Mournful cries echoed through the Zhu Family, yet Zhong Niangyao remained indifferent. She glanced at Zhu Yu and gently shook her head, "It's too late now."
If at the beginning Zhu Yu had been willing to do as she said, to disperse all the family wealth for charity, to accumulate virtue for the Five Ghosts, then there might have been a glimmer of hope for the Zhu Family.
But Zhu Yu refused, and even sought to capture the Five Ghosts. Now, a relationship of neither die nor rest had formed between them.
Seeing Zhong Niangyao's ruthless refusal, Zhu Yu was utterly disheartened, his despair clearly visible on his face.
Zhong Niangyao did not take sides with the Zhu Family's actions, which settled the Five Ghosts somewhat. However, they did not let their guard down against Zhong Niangyao because of this.
