Upon hearing the sound, Ye Wanwan glanced at Wang Lai. If he had been braver back then, he might not have seen this day.
“Miss Wu You, you must be careful. The new leader claims you’re the murderer of the old leader, but I can’t help feeling that the real culprit might be the new leader. Of course, it’s just a possibility, my personal speculation,” Wang Lai said to Ye Wanwan.
Ye Wanwan nodded in response.
After Wang Lai left, Ye Wanwan fell into deep thought.
Back then, she had only thought of injuring her grandfather and never imagined he would die. The injury she inflicted on him was barely significant to him.
When she had injured her grandfather, her mind went blank, and she didn’t know how to face him, so she fled from the Martial Arts Alliance Guild.
She never expected to learn from Si Xia that her grandfather had been killed by her.
Just now, Wang Lai suspected Si Xia of being the true culprit behind her grandfather’s death, but Ye Wanwan didn’t share that belief.
Firstly, she knew Si Xia quite well. Si Xia had deep feelings for her grandfather, having been raised by him since childhood. Even if Si Xia had intentions to harm her grandfather, his strength at the time was insufficient. Even with her grandfather injured, Si Xia couldn’t have been a match for him.
However, if, as Wang Lai suggested, it was the person in the black robe…
Earlier, in the Fearless Alliance, Ye Wanwan had fought against a prominent figure in a black robe, whose strength was unfathomable. If the black-robed person Wang Lai mentioned was the same individual from the prominent family, then… given the black-robed person’s strength, it was possible for them to have killed her grandfather.
Of course, Ye Wanwan was only speculating and couldn’t be sure.
What could be confirmed was that her grandfather’s death was related to the black-robed person, but whether this black-robed person was the one who took the ring remained uncertain.
“Xiao Feng.”
Before Ye Wanwan could delve deeper into her thoughts, Qiu Shui walked in.
Shortly after the establishment of the Death Rose, Ye Wanwan had dispatched Qiu Shui to oversee operations at the Death Rose headquarters.
Ye Wanwan looked at Qiu Shui, composed herself, and asked, “Have there been any updates from the main and side branches?”
Qiu Shui nodded in response and said, “Both sides are engaged in intense conflict now, with the battle centered in the north. Many smaller factions from the Independent State have joined the war.”
“What about the traitors?” Ye Wanwan inquired.
“They haven’t been found yet,” Qiu Shui shook his head. “The current situation is quite chaotic. Xiao Feng, when do we depart?”
“Qiu Shui, announce in the name of the Death Rose that we support the main branch,” Ye Wanwan instructed.
“Understood,” Qiu Shui nodded and left.
That day, the Death Rose publicly announced their unconditional support for the main branch and opposition to the side branch.
Simultaneously, all members of the Death Rose headed north, arriving at the battlefield between the main and side branches in the afternoon, where Ye Wanwan reunited with Si Ye Han and the others.
…
The war between the main and side branches turned out to be even more intense than Ye Wanwan had anticipated. In the north, the Independent State was the battleground.
Upon arriving at the northern battlefield, Ye Wanwan first reunited with Si Ye Han and the others.
In the north, the power of the Sin Domain faction did not mix with other factions, and even their strategy meeting rooms were separated.
At this moment, inside the meeting room…
Si Ye Han sat at the head of the table, listening to Jiang Li Hen’s ceaseless analysis of the situation, without making any comments.