Chapter 214 Year (Liang 7 Side Story)
Chapter 214 Year (Liang 7 Side Story)
Liang Tiantian survived.
That night, all the women in the Liang family died. A few days before the Liang family's demise, the head of the Liang family and all the men of the Liang family had been ambushed by a monster and had already perished in the clouds.
Over the years, they have killed many demons in Danli, and the demons have long been eyeing them.
Liang Tiantian's identity was not hidden for long. The next day, it was quickly discovered whether she was a boy or a girl, an older brother or a younger sister.
But it was too late.
Liang Tiantian insisted that she only heard someone call out "Liang Qi" and assumed it was her name; she knew nothing more. Unable to do anything about it, the people took her to the capital.
In the capital, the elders of the Liang family almost beat her to death. They drove her out of the family, and the man she was supposed to marry also refused to marry her. Seeing the Liang family in trouble, he broke off the engagement and took back the treasures he had given away.
In the end, it was her aunt, who had married into the Wen family, who took her in.
She was thrown into the Wen family mansion, given food, and made a concubine. When she reached marriageable age, she was to be married off.
She had no choice but to live cautiously; she didn't know what to do.
The change came when she was fourteen, when a young lady from the Wen family came to live with them. She was very different.
No one else dared to point a sword at their father just because he rebuked them.
Given her status and circumstances, she should have been more careful than her.
But she didn't.
While everyone else wore masks and acted cautiously, she wielded a sword and, with her dog, turned the entire Wen family mansion upside down.
Wen Li, Liang Tiantian admitted that she was really attractive, and she couldn't help but want to get closer to her.
At first, Liang Tiantian genuinely wanted to be friends with Wen Li. She secretly brought her medicine, took the initiative to get close to her, and protected her. Gradually, they truly became friends.
One day, several elders of the Liang family came to the Wen residence to pay their respects to their aunt. The Liang family was nearly wiped out, but they still possessed many miraculous medicines, gold, and silver treasures, and their lives in the capital were far from peaceful.
When the elders saw her, they gave her another good scolding.
They called her their nemesis, accusing her of causing the Liang family line to end. Just then, Wen Li came to get medicine from her after beating someone up outside, and bumped into these old men, so she immediately released the Second Master and scared them away.
That evening in Wen Li's courtyard, Liang Tiantian carefully bandaged Wen Li's wound with medicine. Wen Li's leg injury was quite severe this time, and it was unknown how many people she had offended this time.
If she hadn't been applying medicine to her at that moment, no one would have been able to tell during the day that she had suffered such serious injuries. These injuries could have been avoided.
But Wen Li just loves to court death.
After the bandage was finished, Liang Tiantian couldn't help but ask, "Wen Li, doesn't it hurt?"
"nonsense."
"Then why did you go looking for a fight?"
"I'm asking for a beating? Liang Tiantian, are you out of your mind? They're the ones who deserve it."
Liang Tiantian is four years older than Wen Li, but Wen Li never calls her "sister".
“But you can’t go on like this. There are too many of them, and you have nothing.”
"Bullshit! Look what I'm holding in my hand!"
Liang Tiantian glanced at the broken sword in her hand and saw that she was holding the sword with a smug look on her face.
"I'm not penniless. As long as I'm alive, I'm going to show my attitude: no one can bully me."
"But as long as you stay obediently in the Wen residence, with Prime Minister Wen around, no one can bully you."
"Bullshit! Their looks and actions are just designed to annoy me. Besides, why should I hide? I have a clear conscience, so I can go wherever I want. But Liang Tiantian, what are you pretending for? Are you some kind of weak and kind little woman?"
Liang Tiantian's expression froze. "What? I..."
Wen Li grabbed Liang Tiantian's hand. "You've been secretly practicing your sword a lot lately, haven't you? Don't you want to beat up those old men today?"
Liang Tiantian stared at the blood on Wen Li's leg. Did she want it? Did she want it?
"You're about to come of age, and I heard that woman is already trying to find you a match. Liang Tiantian, are you the kind of woman who's content to stay in the backyard, being a wife and mother?"
"Everyone in the manor says you're well-behaved, obedient, gentle, and kind. You don't actually believe that yourself, do you? Stop deceiving yourself, you fool."
Liang Tiantian slapped her wound and scolded, "You little dwarf, what do you know?"
"what!"
Wen Li clutched her leg in pain; this was the first time Liang Tiantian had revealed her true colors.
“I don’t understand, of course I don’t understand. Everyone outside says I’m a remnant of the Jiang family, the only bloodline of the Jiang clan left in the world. How come when it comes to you, you’re still alive and well, those old men are shouting that the Liang family line is extinct? Aren’t you a member of the Liang family?”
"They push the blame onto you when you're guilty, but then they disown you when it comes to inheriting wealth and status. It's ridiculous."
Liang Tiantian fell completely silent; she actually felt that Wen Li was right.
Yes, she is a member of the Liang family, and the blood of the Liang family flows in her veins...
But the Liang family girl was of lowly status and could not be compared to a boy; she had to live obediently and docilely. For the past fourteen years, she had lived this way, and could only live this way, but the obedient and docile little girl was not her at all.
No matter how hard she tried to deceive herself, to convince herself that all the women in the Liang family were like that, that she was always the most obedient in her parents' eyes, and that obedience was her greatest strength...
That's all fake! It's fake! She had to admit that she didn't want to be Liang Tiantian at all; she wanted to be Liang Qi, the one most likely to inherit the position of family head.
But if her feelings were discovered by others, neither the Liang family nor her aunt would tolerate her...
"Why are you shaking?"
Wen Li patted her and asked, and only then did Liang Tiantian realize that she was trembling slightly.
“Sweetie, be honest, you know what? In this world, the weak and kind-hearted will be the first to die. And we are still alive.”
Liang Tiantian sat next to Wen Li, looked at the little girl next to her who was a head shorter than her, and smiled.
"Wen Li, you're right."
"So, from now on, stop practicing your sword secretly. Come find me, and we'll do it openly and honestly."
The second master at her feet wagged its tail quietly, and Wen Li stroked its fur gently.
The young girl was open and confident, and she took good care of the dogs around her.
Liang Tiantian really likes Wen Li.
"Wen Li, do you believe me? If I become the head of the Liang family, I will definitely become a legend a hundred years from now."
"Of course I believe it."
"Let me tell you another secret."
Liang Tiantian said very seriously, and Wen Li looked at her, "What secret?"
Liang Tiantian glanced at her, as if she had made up her mind, and then turned to look at the moon in the sky.
"I killed my own brother, who was born of the same mother."
Wen Li stopped petting the dog, somewhat surprised. Why was she telling her this?
“Every day after killing my brother, I felt no sadness, no guilt, only relief.”
I can only feel grateful; I feel grateful every single day.
Why are you telling me this? Aren't you afraid I'll tell others?
Liang Tiantian looked at Wen Li with a serious yet somewhat frightening expression, "I want to tell you that I will never regret any of the decisions I've made."
The moonlight was bright that night; it was their last night alone together.
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