Chapter 46: Gong Jie I
Word Number：277
Author：王者之路
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Release Time：2026-03-08
When we are young, home is both a cradle and a set of shackles. We always cherish dreams, hoping that one day we can soar to the skies and never return. When Gong Kang returned to the inner city of Windwood Citadel, the guards urgently directed him to the Great Chief's residence for a council meeting. During his absence, a major incident had occurred: Gong Jie and Ge Wu had gone missing. Gong Jie's elder sister, Gong Min, was the first to discover the disappearance and immediately reported to their mother, Yu Jiao. That very night, Yu Jiao interrogated the suspects—Ji Zhi and Ji Yong, the twin son and daughter of the kitchen steward, Ji Mazi. Ji Zhi and Ji Yong were fraternal twins; Ji Yong gathered firewood, while Ji Zhi tended the kitchen fires. Yu Jiao glared at the kneeling pair and demanded sternly, "Speak! Where have you hidden Gong Jie?" Trembling, Ji Zhi kowtowed and pleaded, "My Lady, have mercy! We wouldn’t dare hide the Second Young Lady even if we had a hundred times the courage! We had no choice—Second Young Lady and Ge Wu forced us into this!" The chain of events began when Great Chief Gong Dian refused to take Gong Jie to the capital, leaving her furious. “My father took my second brother, Gong Yi—why couldn’t he take me?” Alone and resentful, she vented her anger by hurling stones into a pond within the inner city. Ge Wu, who had always followed her around like a persistent shadow, approached her. Although Ge Wu was a hostage from the Youxiong Tribe, he enjoyed considerable freedom within Wi
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