Piao nodded and took the lead.
Mu Anxiao said to Gecko, "Take good care of her."
"Got it." Gecko nodded.
Mu Anxiao gently patted Xiao Nian's shoulder and turned to follow Piao.
The room of the man in his thirties...
"Master, I heard there's been a haunting in the mansion recently, said to be coming from Xiao Nian's side," the woman said, sitting at the table and embroidering.
The man in his thirties sat at the table and thought for a moment before saying, "You go take a look later."
"Why?" the woman frowned.
"Because your sister is still there," the man in his thirties said.
Upon hearing this, the woman slammed her embroidery onto the table and said, "Master, when you married me, you never said you liked my sister. Now you mention my sister in front of me every day, and a few days ago, you didn't help me in that room and even listened to her opinions. What do you mean?"
"Do you really not see it, or are you pretending not to?" the man in his thirties suddenly asked.
The woman was stunned. "What do you mean by that?"
"I mean, you really don't see that I like your sister?" the man in his thirties asked.
"You..." The woman's heart sank. "Didn't you say you would only marry me and only love me for the rest of your life? You... you lied to me?"
"I always liked Tian Jiang, but I happened to meet you, and because of your persistence, I had to marry you. Of course, don't be angry, I divorced my wife who had immortal destiny for you, so it's even," the man in his thirties said logically.
The woman sneered and said, "How dare you say that? You were the one pestering me, and now it seems I'm the one pestering you."
"Bitch," the man in his thirties suddenly blurted out these three words.
The woman smiled bitterly. "I'm a bitch, but aren't you the one who drove me to this? You..."
"You'd better not talk to me. I'm annoyed when I hear you speak now. Get out quickly, or I'll divorce you," the man in his thirties said, pointing at the woman.
The woman never thought the man in his thirties would say such heartless words to her. Looking at him, she gave a bitter smile and said, "I once told myself that if you dared to betray me, I would burn down your mansion."
"You wouldn't dare," the man in his thirties said coldly.
"See if I dare. If you push me further, I'll..."
Before the woman could finish speaking, the man in his thirties stood up, roared, "Shut up!" He then stepped forward, grabbed the woman by her collar, and said, "Get up."
The woman was startled and stood up with the man's force.
Following that, the man in his thirties beat the woman severely. The woman lay on the ground, her mouth and face covered in blood, and said, "You hit me."
"I've wanted to hit you for a long time. Women are like clothes. If you dare to say you'll burn down my house again, I guarantee your fate will be worse than my first wife's," the man in his thirties said. He kicked her twice, stepped over her, and left the room.
The maidservant looked down at the woman and called out, "Madam."
"Come here," the woman said coldly.
The maidservant's body stiffened, and she walked forward gracefully, squatting in front of the woman. "Madam, your servant will help you up."
"Why didn't you help me?" the woman asked, looking up at the maidservant angrily.
The maidservant was terrified. "Your servant dare not."
"Dare not? He hit me, and you're happy about it, aren't you?" the woman roared, gathering all her strength.
"No, your servant dare not, your servant dare not," the maidservant began to cry.
The woman sneered, "What a pitiful appearance. I never expected this. I've only been married for a month, and I'm already treated like this. I never expected that man... to be such a person."
"Madam," the maidservant gently took the woman's hand and said, "Please get up."
"Get lost," the woman roared, clutching her stomach and saying, "Damn it, my stomach."
The maidservant looked at the woman's appearance and asked nervously, "Madam, are you pregnant?"
"Pregnant with what? He just kicked me in the stomach, it hurts a lot," the woman said, her lips starting to turn pale.
"Madam, your servant..."
Unexpectedly, before the maidservant could finish speaking, her eyes suddenly widened, and she collapsed.
The woman frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"Do you want to kill them?"
Hearing this, the woman looked up at Xiao Nian's mother, who was floating above the maidservant's body, and exclaimed, "It's you."
"I died miserably. Do you know how painful it is to fall off a cliff? Do you know what it's like to be beaten by that man?" Xiao Nian's mother said, then looked down at the woman, "Oh, you've already been beaten by him."
"What... what did you do to her?" the woman asked, looking at Xiao Nian's mother in horror.
"She's dead, died without any pain," Xiao Nian's mother said distractedly, "My daughter, you want to kill my daughter. If my daughter dies, I'll make all of you pay with your lives." With that, she disappeared.
"Pay with their lives," the woman repeated. Enduring the sharp pain in her stomach, she crawled to the maidservant, placed her finger under the maidservant's nose, and exclaimed, "She's dead." Then, she quickly backed away.
In the kitchen, black light kept circling under the eaves. People inside ran back and forth in panic, shouting.
At the same time, Queen Rabbit, accompanied by Yan, passed through the door and observed the black light that was constantly scaring them. She said, "I remember now, Xiao Nian's mother... is back." She then turned to Yan.
"What's the situation?" Yan asked.
"I told Xiao Nian's mother that Xiao Nian was not doing well and that the people here treated Xiao Nian badly. Then her mother got furious... and said she would come back for revenge and hand over her soul essence to me after she got her revenge. So, I brought her here," Queen Rabbit said, thinking for a moment. "Now... the woman should have already fallen out with that master."
"Fallen out?"
"Yes, if I remember correctly, the woman started that fire," Queen Rabbit said seriously.
"Then who killed the people here?" Yan asked nervously.
"Xiao Nian's mother."
"Ah?" Yan was completely stunned.
Everything that happened here left Yan in disbelief. Looking at the fleeing humans and the black light floating in the air, she couldn't help but say, "So scary."
"It's all my fault, but..."
"But you can't change it," Mu Anxiao said.
At the sound of his voice, Yan and Queen Rabbit were startled and turned to look at Mu Anxiao, who had opened the door and entered. "How did you get here?"
Mu Anxiao said, "I followed you."
"You..."
Unexpectedly, as Queen Rabbit uttered a word, the black light floated in front of Mu Anxiao. At the same time, it clearly saw Mu Anxiao's face. "It's you, the woman in the painting."