Chapter 80: Chapter 71: The Bad Woman in the Original Plot 2
A bitter sorrow welled up in Chu Chan’s heart, but what she felt more strongly was a cold numbness.
The junior sisters she had always taken good care of, those few she had been on good terms with, had all shrunk back just now. Not a single one had stood up for her.
There were times they couldn’t finish their Sect missions, and she was the one who helped them get the work done.
Some of those junior sisters had even sought her out many times for advice on their cultivation, and she had always patiently guided and explained things until they fully understood.
In the Outer Sect of the Jasper Pool Sect, she did her best to avoid making enemies, forming good relationships wherever she could.
If a junior or senior sister ran into trouble, she would help them out as long as it was within her power.
She worked hard and lived cautiously, as if walking on thin ice, like a blade of grass stubbornly surviving in the crack of a rock.
But in the end, it was all for nothing...
When she was the one in trouble, no one helped her. Not even a single person would speak up for her.
When everyone saw Chen Ning push her out, they even looked relieved, some even gloating at her misfortune...
’Does being kind and honest mean I deserve to be bullied?’
Chen Ning’s charming and pretentious face suddenly became repulsive to her.
Even Senior Sister Zhao, who always acted so gentle and understanding, seemed just as loathsome.
Chu Chan’s delicate hands suddenly clenched into fists.
Her difficult life with her younger brother since childhood began to flash before her eyes like a revolving lantern.
It seemed as if all the suffering and misfortune in the world had befallen her.
Her parents had gone out searching for a Spirit Medicine to treat her brother’s head, but they unfortunately ran into their enemies and were killed, their bodies never to be found.
As a young girl, she had to care for her brother while protecting their family estate from their so-called relatives, who watched like hungry tigers, ready to seize it.
To save up Spirit Stones to buy medicine for her brother,
she missed the best years for building her foundation. But tragically, when she was in the Marketplace, the Spirit Stones she had saved were stolen from her...
To join the Jasper Pool Sect, she followed the rules and handed over all her Spirit Stones and treasures, only to be forced to kneel outside the Sect for three days and three nights.
After enduring countless disdainful looks and cold indifference, just as she was about to faint, an Elder finally sauntered over and mockingly said, "This one actually took it seriously."
Her entire life, she could never escape misfortune and suffering.
And now, she still couldn’t escape the fate of having her innocence defiled by the Prime Minister’s son.
Faced with the Prime Minister’s son, even Senior Sister Zhao with her powerful background chose to stand by and watch with indifference.
’What could an ordinary girl like her, with no power or influence, possibly do?’
But she still had a sickly, simple-minded brother to take care of.
She still wanted to walk further and further down the path of cultivation. She wanted to reach the very top, to a point where no one could ever bully her again...
She couldn’t accept this.
At that moment, Chu Chan’s pale, delicate hands clenched tightly. It was as if a thought that had long been suppressed and blocked in her heart suddenly clicked into place, and everything became clear.
The short jade-stone corridor was shrouded in clouds and mist.
Each step felt like treading on the surface of rippling water, the aura of an Array filling the air.
"I’m not a bad person, you know. Why are you so terrified?"
"Did you think I was going to eat you alive?"
Jiang Lan, as if oblivious to Chu Chan’s thoughts, wore a frivolous smile. He gently lifted her chin with his folding fan and asked with great interest.
"Young Master Jiang... is of course not a bad person..."
"Just as all my senior sisters said, to be noticed by Young Master Jiang is Chan’Er’s honor."
Chu Chan suddenly raised her bright eyes to meet his gaze. Her face looked as if she were on the verge of tears as a mist quickly welled up in her eyes. She began to sob softly. "I was just thinking about how heartless and cold my junior sisters were, and it makes my heart ache."
"After so many years of sisterhood, for them to treat me like this... It’s truly heartbreaking..."
As she spoke, as if having made a great resolution, she stopped walking, buried her face in Jiang Lan’s chest, and began to cry pitifully.
This sudden change in demeanor made Ying, who had been secretly protecting Jiang Lan, freeze for a moment. He looked like he wanted to say something but held back.
’The young master isn’t falling for this woman’s tricks, is he? She wasn’t acting like this a moment ago.’
"I have a soft heart; I can’t stand to see a beauty cry. Your weeping appearance actually makes me feel pity and tenderness."
Seeing this, Jiang Lan concealed the strange glint in his eyes and sighed as if in resignation.
He then took out a clean embroidered handkerchief, had her lift her head, and began to wipe away her tears.
In truth, he had anticipated Chu Chan’s current reaction all along.
Chu Chan was the descendant of an old benefactor of the Purple Mist True Monarch.
Her ancestors had once been a great cultivation clan, but due to various misfortunes, the family had fallen into decline.
By her generation, only she, her simple-minded younger brother, and an old servant were left, all depending on one another to survive.
Many years ago, Chu Chan had resolved to seek the Dao, selling off much of her family’s estate and entrusting her brother to the old servant. Then, with firm resolve, she had set off for the Jasper Pool Sect to become a disciple.
In the original storyline, she was a ruthless and vicious character.
Although she currently looked like a delicate and harmless little white flower, that was merely a facade.
In the story, Chu Chan was supposed to be abducted by him in Anyang City, only to be saved by the protagonist, Lin Fan, who happened to witness it and came to her rescue in a classic "hero saves the beauty" scenario.
But as soon as the protagonist, Lin Fan, left, Chu Chan was betrayed by her fellow disciples. They secretly drugged and knocked her unconscious, then sent her to his temporary residence.
The result was, of course, no surprise: Chu Chan was "defiled."
Afterward, she received news that her younger brother, Chu Yun, had gone missing and died at Zixia Temple, with no remains ever found.
