The room remained quiet for a long time after Rong Ye finished speaking.
Hu Yan stood there, completely stunned. He had always known that Rong Ye had a past. Anyone could tell that much just from the way he sometimes acted... carefree on the surface, but hiding something deeper underneath.
But he had never imagined it would be like this.
To poison oneโs own father... and then slaughter almost the entire bloodline just for the throne...
Hu Yanโs brows tightened sharply.
That kind of cruelty...
Even ferocious beasts would not go that far.
For a moment, he felt a chill run down his spine. Rong Ye, who usually laughed and joked so easily, had actually walked out from such a hell.
Hu Yan looked at him again, and his expression slowly grew more serious.
On the other side, Su Qinglan did not show much reaction on her face. She remained calm. But her silence did not mean she was unaffected. She already knew part of the truth.
She had seen fragments before... seen how Rong Ye had been hunted down, seen how he had fallen, seen how he died in the last life because of his so-called brother.
But she had not known everything. She had not known that his brother had gone as far as killing their own father.
That level of ruthlessness...
Her eyes slowly narrowed.
"That man..."
A cold thought passed through her mind.
"He is far more dangerous than I thought."
For a brief moment, a sharp killing intent flashed across her eyes before it was hidden again. Anyone who dared to harm her people, she would not let them go.
After a while, Su Qinglan finally let go of Rong Yeโs face and stood up. Her expression returned to calm, but there was a new firmness in it now.
She turned her head and looked at Hu Yan.
"Did Shi Feng come back?" she asked. Her tone was steady. "He went to find An Mo and Xuan Long. He should be back by now, right?"
Hu Yan snapped out of his thoughts and nodded slightly. "He should be nearby."
Su Qinglan gave a small nod. "Go and call them," she said. "Call Xuan Long, An Mo... and Han Jue as well."
She paused for a moment.
"I need to tell everyone something." Her voice was calm, but it carried a quiet seriousness that could not be ignored.
Hu Yan looked at her for a second, then nodded again without asking further. "Alright." He turned and walked out of the house immediately.
Inside the room, only Su Qinglan, Rong Ye, and the three cubs remained. It did not take long before footsteps sounded outside the stone house.
Hu Yan returned first, and behind him came Shi Feng, Xuan Long, An Mo, and Han Jue. It seemed they had already finished what they were doing in the forest, because the moment Hu Yan called them, they came back without delay.


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