However, Mu Anxiao's emotions did not earn her any sympathy from Lin Yan. Instead, he found her demeanor somewhat amusing, though he couldn't quite pinpoint why.
The wolf demon scoffed, "I never realized you were so childish. Now I see you're even more so than I am. Someone as inferior as your brother isn't worth anything. Capturing him is merely eliminating a harmful element for the greater good." He spoke with a serious expression.
This time, Feng Qishi witnessed a variety of changes in the wolf demon.
Listening to the wolf demon's words, he didn't feel angry. Instead, he found the wolf demon's arguments surprisingly logical. In short, he was startled by the wolf demon's transformation.
Mu Anxiao said, "I need that money." She looked at the wolf demon.
The wolf demon countered, "But you don't lack that money."
"..." Mu Anxiao let out a cold laugh and turned to Feng Qishi, "Let's go back."
"Eh? Don't you want to know how Mu Xi died?" Feng Qishi cautiously observed the changes on Mu Anxiao's face.
"I..."
"Tell me the truth." Feng Qishi stared intently at Mu Anxiao's face, interrupting her.
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao hesitated.
In the next second, Father Mu and Mother Mu suddenly burst into tears.
Hearing them, Mu Anxiao temporarily set aside her hesitation and shifted her gaze to their faces, a disbelieving "Really?" escaping her lips.
Feng Qishi glanced at Mu Anxiao, "..."
Over there.
Mother Mu wiped her tears with a handkerchief and looked up at the group of people, "You've seen enough of our disgrace, haven't you?"
"What do you mean by that?" the woman asked.
Mother Mu replied, "From what I know, your last child was a girl, wasn't she?"
"..." The woman seemed to refuse to answer, her eyes flickering, "Yes, what of it?"
"How did you treat her?" Mother Mu asked again.
The woman responded, "No matter what, she is my daughter, so of course I treat her well." She scanned Mother Mu's face, "We are not like you, treating your daughter that way."
"Do you think I didn't want to treat her well?"
"Don't come here crying to me. The truth is, we all saw the look you gave your daughter just now." The woman spoke righteously, "I actually think you should have acted like a loving mother in front of your daughter, that way she wouldn't resent you when she grew up."
Hearing this, Mother Mu cried.
Seeing Mother Mu cry, the woman quickly said, "What are you crying about? That child, you've already done so much to her, and now you're crying in front of us," she added, "What does that mean?"
Mother Mu retorted, "It's because of you that I didn't dare to treat my daughter well."
"Because of us?" The woman was startled.
The second woman expressed her indignation, "You treat your own child poorly and then blame us. What are you thinking all day?" The third woman chimed in, "Exactly. Don't tell us," she glanced at the others, "that you brought us here today just to blame us."
"I do blame you," Mother Mu's emotions overwhelmed her as she gestured around at them, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been afraid to embrace my daughter. It's all because of you."
"..." Everyone fell silent after Mother Mu uttered these words.
As arranged by the cultivation sect, before young Mu Anxiao was sent away, Mother Mu and Father Mu had to clarify matters with their relatives. Only then could their family escape the mental shackles imposed by their relatives and cease to be their laughingstock.
These words had been pent up by Mother Mu for ten years. She believed that it was these relatives who prevented her from treating her daughter well.
Ten years ago, with reservations, she and Father Mu concluded that if they revealed Mu Anxiao's gender, they would become the Mu family's greatest laughingstock and subject of gossip.
For the sake of face, she and Father Mu concealed Mu Anxiao.
Day by day, whenever she saw Mu Anxiao being bullied or neglected, her heart ached. However, with face being paramount, she dared not dote on her own child.
Every time Mu Anxiao saw her visiting, she would offer her fruit. But what did she do? She would deny all of Mu Anxiao's good intentions.
Whenever she thought of these things, she would shed tears of sorrow.
"Our master is an official, but we are still human. I admit," she said, crying, "That fortune teller at the time said that the child in my womb could bring good fortune. I remember," she looked at the woman, "You were there that day."
The woman's eyes flickered, "..."
"You said that the child in my womb was definitely a boy, and that spreading this news would also benefit the Mu family. But the day I gave birth to a daughter, you disappeared. If I'm not mistaken," Mother Mu said, "it was you who spread the word about me."
The woman: "....."
There are walls with leaks, and there are mouths with leaks.
The incident at the time caused quite a stir.
Because of the woman's actions, everyone who came to their home to offer congratulations spoke to them with mocking undertones.
Once, Mother Mu overheard their malicious gossip and their loud laughter.
It was precisely because of this gossip that Mother Mu verbally set Mu Anxiao's life expectancy at only three months.
From then on, Mu Anxiao's life underwent a tremendous change.
Because of face, because of what others thought, Mu Anxiao was completely ruined.
"You might not remember what you said back then," Mother Mu swept her gaze across each of their faces, "You said that if our family had a daughter, we would fall into ruin. You also said that my husband would soon be dealt with by the court. You've forgotten all those curses, haven't you?"
The white-bearded elder said, "It's been ten years, there's no need to bring up old grudges."
"Old grudges," Mother Mu sneered, "I will bring up old grudges. For a full ten years, your people have been spreading rumors about us. Very well, today I will show you the process of how a child was ruined in your hands."
"That's your problem," the woman said angrily, "You can't blame us."
"I know I can't blame you. I know you spread many rumors about us killing children, but in reality, she didn't die, she's alive and well. I wanted to say these things today because you came. From now on," she said, her face turning cold, "we will have no contact."
"What?"
Mu Anxiao's parents were the most successful in the family. The other families were not as fortunate. In fact, many members of the Mu family relied on them for their livelihood.
They realized that if contact were severed, the Mu family would truly be finished.
Mother Mu never said these things because she believed that kinship always came first. However, after the people from the cultivation sect arrived, they had a change of heart.
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