Chapter 649: Chapter 649 - 646 Bloodline Bond_2

Just as the woman finished speaking, Princess Ata frowned in displeasure, shooting a glance at her.

"Dream on if you expect me to stay on Yunzhou Island and marry these rejects you have here!"

Princess Ata’s voice was cold, her gaze razor-sharp, as if she wanted to condemn the woman who had spoken to death by a thousand cuts.

"Rejects?"

"Miss, let me tell you, the men of Yunzhou Island are certainly no less handsome than those from the Central Plains. Look at the young gentlemen here in this Flower Hall—is any one of them inferior to Young Master Ji or Young Master Long?"

As soon as the woman finished speaking, everyone in the Flower Hall could not help but stare at Ji Youzhi and the Emperor. As they looked on, the expressions in some people’s eyes began to change.

"HUH... why does Young Master Ji look somewhat like Brother Yun He?"

At this man’s words, Ji Youzhi and the Emperor could not help but feel a flicker of panic.

Xiaosuisui blinked, looking towards the Yun He the man had mentioned, then blinked again and glanced at Ji Youzhi’s face.

Suddenly, doubt flickered in her heart. "HUH?" she murmured softly. "My Seventh Uncle... he shares a blood connection with him!"

At Xiaosuisui’s words, the people of Yunzhou Island were momentarily unresponsive. The Emperor and Ji Youzhi were stunned; they had not expected Xiaosuisui to make this discovery at such a moment.

They both opened their mouths, momentarily speechless. But in the next instant, they heard Xiaosuisui’s puzzled voice again.

"HUH! How strange. I’m clearly wearing a mask, but ever since we disembarked, Great-grandfather has been saying I look just like his daughter did when she was young!"

Xiaosuisui suddenly had a thought and reached up to touch her cheek. The scar is still here, she realized. That means my mask is still working.

She then looked at all the men in the hall—old, young, and children alike. They all have blood ties to my Seventh Uncle, she perceived. And not distant relatives, but close blood kin!

"You... all of you... you all share blood ties with my Seventh Uncle! That means... it means you are all his blood relatives within three generations!"

Xiaosuisui’s words were truly earth-shattering.

Everyone in the Flower Hall looked incredulously from Ji Youzhi to Old Island Master Yun, whispering amongst themselves, "What’s going on?"

Old Island Master Yun did not answer their questions but turned his gaze to Ji Youzhi.

"Are you still not going to speak?"

Ji Youzhi froze for a moment upon hearing this, a look of bewilderment filling his eyes.

Turning her head to look at Old Island Master Yun, Xiaosuisui’s eyes could not help but widen.

"Great-grandfather, you did this on purpose! Your heart tells me you suspect my Seventh Uncle is your daughter’s child. That’s why you first deliberately tried to find out your daughter’s whereabouts. You mentioned your daughter’s name in front of us many times, and then you deliberately asked my Seventh Uncle if there were any famous heroines with the surname Yun in the Jianghu of the Central Plains. Your aim was to intentionally stir my Seventh Uncle’s emotions, hoping I would read his mind and reveal whether he is indeed your daughter’s child!"

As soon as Xiaosuisui said this, everyone in the Flower Hall could not help but widen their eyes.

"Father," one of his sons asked, "is what this young girl saying true?"

Old Island Master Yun looked at Xiaosuisui, then at the room full of his sons and grandsons.

"Although you didn’t read your Seventh Uncle’s thoughts all evening, you have given me the answer now."

With a steady gaze, Old Island Master Yun looked at Ji Youzhi. "You are Wan’Er’s child, aren’t you?"

Clutching his chest, Ji Youzhi struggled to his feet to face his maternal grandfather.

"Heh! To think this was all an act orchestrated by you, Grandfather, deliberately trying to put us in a deadly predicament. You wanted to throw us into disarray, then have someone deliberately comment on my resemblance to another, all to force me to reveal my identity. What you didn’t expect, however, was that Suisui has a natural ability to communicate with all things and perceive the Celestial Dao. Moreover, her Qi Observation Technique is exceptionally keen. She saw the blood relationship between me and my uncles and cousins here at a single glance!"

His words were an undeniable acknowledgment of his identity. Old Island Master Yun could not help but burst into laughter.

"HAHAHA! So it’s true! My daughter... she’s really alive! Where is she? Why hasn’t she come home after all these years?"

Old Island Master Yun suddenly shot up from his seat, strode over to Ji Youzhi, and gripped his shoulders, his eyes shining with elation!

"Mother, she..."

Ji Youzhi uttered those two words, then trailed off, unsure what more to say.

Old Island Master Yun was extremely anxious and pressed him, "What about her?"

"I don’t know what Mother is thinking. She’s unwilling to tell me anything. She even instructed me that if I ever accidentally came to Yunzhou Island, I must never reveal my identity and must not acknowledge you!"

"What... What did you say?"

Old Island Master Yun stared fixedly at Ji Youzhi, finding it impossible to believe that such words could have come from his precious daughter.

"You’re lying to me, aren’t you?"

Ji Youzhi bravely met Old Island Master Yun’s gaze and said helplessly, "I truly wish I could lie and tell you that Mother misses you dearly and wants to come home. But the truth is, Mother never spoke to us about Yunzhou Island. If not for an unlikely coincidence, I would have gone my whole life without knowing I had a maternal grandfather, or that a place called Yunzhou Island even existed in the Yunhang Sea."

"You’re not lying... you’re not lying to me... Then why? Why wouldn’t she come home? And why would she forbid you from acknowledging me? Why? WHY?"

Old Island Master Yun began muttering to himself, then turned and walked despondently towards the exit of the Flower Hall.

"Wait! Great-grandfather!" Xiaosuisui called out. "Can I ask you a question?"