"You… you are Lin Gang?"
My mother only then realized who the person kneeling on the ground was, but she couldn't be sure, her gaze filled with unfamiliarity as she looked at Lin Gang.
Lin Gang called out softly, "Sister..."
"Brother, how did you become like this?" My mother crouched down, tears brimming in her eyes.
Her trembling fingers hovered, not yet touching, beside Lin Gang's emaciated cheek.
Lin Gang's lips quivered, "My essence has been drained by Xuanjing."
"Xuanjing also sought you out?" my mother asked with a trembling voice.
Lin Gang's face was full of grievances, "Brother-in-law… made me pledge loyalty to Xuanjing."
"Your… your brother-in-law…?" my mother showed an incredulous expression.
Like a child, Lin Gang threw himself into my mother's arms, "Brother-in-law is one of Xuanjing's people, didn't you know?"
"How could that be possible? Xuanjing also wants to kill our Wanwan." My mother's gaze became vacant as she became startled.
Lin Gang spoke softly, "Sister, didn't you know? Ever since Brother-in-law and you had Su Wan, he planned to use Su Wan's Spiritual Eye to awaken Xuanjing from the Fox Coffin…"
Although this man was crying out his grievances, he was tightly bound.
However, his hands were furtively meddling in the shadows.
I rushed forward swiftly, seizing Lin Gang's collar from behind.
I dragged Lin Gang several steps backward, and with a clanging sound, a dagger fell to the ground.
If I had been half a second later, that knife would have been plunged into my mother's body.
Before anyone could react, Yu Longting's frost-covered dark pupils instantly stepped on Lin Gang's hand.
A snap sounded, the crisp breaking of finger bones.
The intense pain of the fingernail connecting to the heart caused Lin Gang to let out a sharp, agonized scream.
I grabbed Yu Longting's sleeve, striving to remain calm from the shock of the attempted murder, "This guy has been secretly untying the ropes since earlier and pretends not to!"
I knew it, his acting was so realistic, he was bound to take some action.
"Observation is good." Yu Longting patted my head, "From earlier to now, he probably hasn't spoken a single truth."
Everyone's gaze simultaneously turned towards the antiquely styled knife.
Lin Huan's gaze deepened.
He moved his lips as if wanting to say something but ended up saying nothing at all.
"Brother, you… you wanted to kill me?" My mother trembled as she picked up the dagger from the ground.
Her eyes downcast, she observed the strange patterns on it, "It's even a Blood Curse… dagger… were you trying to keep me from reincarnation forever!"
"I didn't, the knife just accidentally fell out." Lin Gang hurriedly denied.
My mother's eyes reddened, accusing, "You had already freed yourself from the ropes, why did you pretend to be tied up?"
"It wasn't but father being too strict, and I was afraid of his punishment," Lin Gang stammered his excuse.
My mother, tears falling, filled with outrage, "You're still lying to me at this point."
Although my mother could discern Lin Gang was pretending at this moment.
But when one pretends too much, it's easy to be deceived.
I pinched the bridge of my nose, unable to watch any longer, "Senior Lin, Lin Gang is too cunning, my mother can't guard against him. Could you let me and Yu Longting have a private talk with him?"
"No, Lin Gang is one of the Lin Family people no matter what, how could I let a snake demon interrogate?" Lin Huan stubbornly refused.
I suddenly felt exasperated, thinking about how to distract my mother.
Lin Huan then added, "I will ask Lin Gang questions with you, and the rest of the non-essential people leave."
That is to say, Lin Huan actually agreed.
But his prejudice against Yu Longting was too deep; he could not agree to let Yu Longting interrogate Lin Gang.
I thought for a moment, then looked at Yu Longting, "How about we do as Senior Lin wishes? The clue to the Blood Curse ended with Lin Gang; we must dig the truth out from his mouth."