Chapter 69: Return to Their Home
In an area far from the slums, where wealthier families and nobles reside, Aldrian, along with the mother and son, passed through. Yu Ruomei and Yu Fenglian covered their heads with black robes that Aldrian had given them, ensuring they remained unrecognizable.
They walked until they arrived at the gate of a manor. The eastern style gate and the wall beside it looked dirty and dilapidated, signs of long neglect. The gate was also sealed with some kind of formation, and a sign warned passersby that this manor was under the city’s authority.
"There are no guards here, did they just leave your manor like this?" Aldrian asked.
"I’m not sure of the exact reason, but after a while, they simply abandoned it. Maybe they’re confident that no one would dare to enter," Yu Ruomei replied.
"Excuse me, but who are you?" a passerby suddenly asked Aldrian and Yu Ruomei. Yu Ruomei and Yu Fenglian tried to hide their faces by pulling their hoods lower.
"We’re just business partners of the family that used to live here. What happened to them? Why does it look so neglected and sealed off by the city guards?"
"What? You don’t know what happened to the Yu family? Listen, you’d best forget about them. They were accused of being involved with devils. They were massacred overnight, and nothing remains of the Yu family," the passerby lamented. "What was once a great family with great influence has been reduced to nothing."
Upon hearing this, Aldrian feigned shock, but Yu Ruomei’s body trembled as she tightened her grip on her son’s hand. Yu Fenglian, also feeling terrible, wanted to scream that it was all lies, but he held back with all his strength. Aldrian then said to the man.
"How can that be? The Yu family is an honorable family, there’s no way they were in cahoots with devils!" Aldrian exclaimed.
"Right? I didn’t believe it either! The Yu family was one of the few noble families that upheld chivalrous and honest principles. There’s no way they would be involved in something like that! But the city lord’s manor made an official announcement, claiming that the Yu family was massacred by a group of devils because of a dispute."
"That sounds like a made-up excuse. Ridiculous, don’t you think?" Aldrian asked, eyeing the man carefully.