Chapter 261 Who is the Villain?
Chapter 261 Who is the Villain?
Chapter 261 Who is the Villain?
A voice, tinged with disbelief, concealment, and anger, rang out, but the woman could only kneel on the ground, holding her child and weeping incessantly.
Farid's anger had not yet subsided; he reached out to grab the woman's collar, but before he could even touch her...
A hand suddenly reached out from behind and grabbed his arm, followed by a tremendous pulling force that traveled up his arm and throughout his body.
Fa Liande was thrown backward by a tremendous force. When he landed and regained his footing, he looked up and saw Qiuhe standing in front of the woman.
"Fa Liande, may I ask what you are doing?" Looking at Qiuhe's face, a thousand words welled up in Fa Liande's mouth.
But realizing he'd probably fallen into a trap, all his resentment and hatred choked him, unable to be expressed. He glared at Qiuhe through gritted teeth.
Like a wild beast unleashed, it eagerly awaits its chance, ready to pounce and tear Qiuhe to pieces at any moment.
Qiuhe's eyes narrowed slightly, like a sharp willow-leaf dagger, his pupils radiating a chilling light. The surrounding atmosphere was so oppressive that everyone watching the spectacle in front of Mondstadt's gates felt extremely uncomfortable.
Yura, Amber, and Navia were all bewildered by this sudden turn of events. Only Jean, who had received rigorous training in the Knight's Code, and Clarin, who had grown infinitely through constant battles, remained completely calm and composed.
Judging from the woman's reaction and the confrontation between Qiuhe and Faliande, Qin deduced that regardless of the circumstances, there was only one truth: the one at fault was definitely Faliande.
Clarinde, on the other hand, was more straightforward. She was 99.99% certain of Qiuhe's trust, even though she had only known him for a few days. As time passed, the sound of orderly, rapid footsteps gradually approached, and several knights jogged towards the Mondstadt gates.
Among the knights was another man, Grand Master Falga. Seeing the woman kneeling before the city gate, weeping bitterly, Falga quickened his pace and approached her.
"Hello, madam. I am Falgar, Grand Master of the Knights of Mondstadt. May I ask what difficulties you are facing? If you are in trouble, please tell me."
The woman's eyes were filled with tears, her face contorted with grief. "Please...please...please save my daughter." Upon hearing this, Falga looked at the girl in the woman's arms.
The little girl was breathing and had a normal heartbeat; all her vital signs were perfectly healthy. However, after examining her, Falga discovered that the little girl was completely unconscious and could not be woken up no matter what he did.
"Grand Master, although I don't know what's wrong with this child, I might be able to heal her. However, please keep an eye on Fa Liande for me, to prevent any unnecessary trouble."
Qiuhe's voice came from the side. Upon hearing it, Falga looked at Faliande, who was staring at Qiuhe. Faliande looked like he was barely suppressing his anger.
Falga was completely confused about what was going on, but thinking of the girl's safety, he didn't hesitate any longer. Seeing Falga watching over Faliande...
Qiuhe turned around and slowly squatted down, looking at the unconscious girl in the woman's arms. He slowly raised two fingers, gathering energy in his hand, and gently touched the girl's forehead.
An invisible force spread from the girl's forehead throughout her body. Her eyelids twitched, and when she slowly opened them, her bright eyes, which held a hint of confusion, were revealed.
"Mom...Mom, where are we? Why are you crying?" Seeing the girl speak, the woman, overjoyed, hugged her daughter tightly and knelt before Qiuhe to express her gratitude.
Seeing this, Qiuhe quickly helped the woman up, and then turned to look at Faliande. "Auntie, your daughter is fine now."
But I want to ask, how did your daughter become like this?" Upon hearing this, the woman looked at him with resentment and pointed at Fa Liande.
"It's him! He's the one who killed my daughter!" The woman's heart-wrenching screams led her to identify the murderer.
After a lengthy account, those present learned that Fa Liande had broken into the woman's home the previous night with a strange man.
They threatened her with her daughter's safety, forcing her to come this morning to identify Qiuhe as the one who drugged her daughter. However, after the woman was forced to agree...
More than an hour after Fa Liande left with the man, the woman's door was suddenly and violently pushed open. Startled awake, the woman ran to the door.
By the light of the moon, he could see clearly that the person standing in the doorway was none other than Faliande, who had just left. Just as the woman's face showed fear...
With a speed that the woman couldn't react to at all, Fa Liande instantly appeared behind her, knocking her to the ground with a single blow.
Even as the woman collapsed, she wasn't completely unconscious. Hearing the sounds coming from outside the room, the little girl, who was still sleeping, groggily woke up.
Seeing the half-open door, the girl got out of bed. After he left the room, she saw her mother lying on the floor, and a strange boy walking towards her.
The mother watched as Faliande walked towards her daughter, wanting to stop him, but she had no strength left to stand up, and her vision blurred further.
The woman then fainted. When she woke up the next morning, she saw her daughter lying on the ground, her life hanging in the balance. After the mother recounted what had happened the previous night...
The surrounding crowd gasped in shock, all turning to look at Fa Liande. They knew his identity all too well; as the captain of a knight squad, he was now being identified as the perpetrator who had harmed the little girl.
Yura, Amber, Navia, and Jean, the young girls, all looked at Falcon in disbelief upon hearing what he had done. Amber, in particular, was the most unable to accept it.
“How could this be… Falgar…” Amber murmured softly. Falgar’s expression also turned grave after hearing this. He slowly walked to Falgar’s side.
"Faliande, is this all true?" Faliande slowly closed his eyes, calmed himself, and took a deep breath.
"Commander, although you haven't taken me in for long, you should know me well. Do you think I'm that kind of person?"
Falgar remained fixed on Faliande. "...Sigh, alright, Grand Master, I admit it. We need to find this aunt and have her identify Qiuhe as the one who drugged her daughter."
That's definitely what I said, but! Commander, think about it carefully. There are big flaws in what this auntie just said.
It was true that framing Qiuhe was my idea, but was I really the one who hurt her daughter? First of all, if my purpose was to frame Qiuhe...
So why did I choose to go back and harm them, mother and daughter, and why did I not conceal my identity and let them see my face directly?
Even knowing that the other party might come to the Knights to expose me, I didn't choose to kill them to silence them, but only knocked them unconscious. That just doesn't make sense.
After hearing this, the surrounding crowd, just as before, began whispering amongst themselves, finding what Fa Liande said quite reasonable.
Having already achieved their goal, why go back and shoot themselves in the foot? It's utterly incomprehensible.
"Fa Liande, let's set aside whether you harmed this mother and daughter for now. Why did you plot to frame Qiuhe? And you've already admitted to this incident."
"Then could you explain this to me?" After hearing this, Fa Liande looked at Qiuhe again and slowly raised his hand to point at him, "Yesterday at Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain..."
"I saw it with my own eyes. He tried to push Yura and Amber off the cliff." After Falcon said this, the people around him looked at Qiuhe again.
"Fa Liande, what are you saying? Qiuhe clearly explained to us yesterday that the Qiuhe was a fake. If Qiuhe hadn't discovered us in time and taken care of the fake Qiuhe, we would have almost been pushed off the cliff."
Yura chimed in, trying to defend herself. "Yura, while I don't know how close you two are, judging from your expression when you saw her the day before yesterday..."
Based on how you two interacted yesterday, I can guess his place in your heart, but I hope you can use your brain a little more.
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