After Recklessly Courting Death, I Caught the Attention of a Yandere - Chapter 44

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a roll of the eyes from Dongfang Wuchen.

Dongfang Wuchen had no idea that his good friend would actually say such things.

While applying medicine to the bump on Yun Dan’s forehead, he couldn’t help but chat with Wuyou.

“What do you think caused the bump on her forehead? She couldn’t have gone and hit a pillar, could she?”

Wuyou spread his hands, feeling somewhat speechless inside.

He thought to himself that he wasn’t a coroner – how could he immediately determine the specific cause just by looking at an injury?

He was a doctor, not a coroner!

“You’d have to ask her who she encountered before and what happened to her to end up like this. But didn’t you say she came out of the inner room? Don’t tell me you did something to her?”

Dongfang Wuchen finally understood why Wuyou had been looking at him with such strange eyes earlier.

So all this time, he had been suspecting his motives.

“You… how could I possibly do such a thing?”

Wuyou stroked his chin and said with some surprise. “Eh, it wasn’t you? Then who could it be?”

Hearing Wuyou’s tone, Dongfang Wuchen discovered for the first time just how much this person deserved a beating.

If not for their friendship, he would have given Wuyou a thrashing long ago.

The two discussed for a long time but couldn’t come to any conclusion.

Seeing that Yun Dan hadn’t woken up after so long, and not wanting to disturb her further, Dongfang Wuchen decided to go see if the shadow guard had found any information.

When Dongfang Wuchen had just returned to his own courtyard, the shadow guard was already waiting there.

“Young Manor Lord, this subordinate has investigated. That young lady was taken away by Madam’s people and never left Madam’s room. When she was carried out, the bump was already on her forehead.”

After hearing these words, Dongfang Wuchen understood everything.

It seemed his mother had made her move again.

He knew his mother would definitely want to harm Yun Dan.

This was exactly the kind of thing she would do.

Dongfang Wuchen irritably dismissed the shadow guard, feeling angry inside.

No matter what, Yun Dan was a guest he had brought into the manor, yet she had encountered such treatment. How could he face Yun Dan now?

“No, I must go talk with Mother.”

Mulan was originally preparing to rest when she found her door pushed open directly, and the person entering was none other than her son.

Actually, having slapped Dongfang Wuchen earlier still made Mulan feel very guilty.

She hadn’t hit her son in many years.

Let alone slapping him.

But she just couldn’t swallow her anger, couldn’t stand seeing her son speak up for a great demon.

“What’s wrong, Wuchen? Why did you come?”

The old nanny who had followed behind saw Dongfang Wuchen sit down while Mulan’s expression remained normal, so she withdrew.

“Mother, why did you make her hit the pillar?”

Mulan had actually guessed that her son would find out about this, but she hadn’t expected him to come so quickly.

Although it was somewhat inappropriate.

But Mulan didn’t regret it.

She had to screen out anyone who wanted to infiltrate Mingyue Manor as a spy.

After thinking, Mulan still smiled and tried to hold Dongfang Wuchen’s hand, but he avoided her.

He said, “Mother, in my memory you’ve always been a very gentle person. I never thought you would become like this. What has happened to you all these years? You seem to fly into a rage easily over small matters. I know you’re doing this for my good, afraid others will scheme against me.

But Mother, I’m already twenty years old. I’m no longer that stumbling, babbling little boy who needed your protection. I’ve grown up and have my own judgment.

I know who treats me well and who doesn’t, and I can see through those who harbor ulterior motives toward me. Yun Dan is someone I took the initiative to befriend – how could she possibly be a spy?

If I hadn’t taken the initiative to strike up a conversation with her, we might never have met, might never have had any connection in this lifetime. So from any angle, she couldn’t possibly be a spy.

She was injured because of me – it was a completely undeserved disaster. How could you treat my benefactor this way? That bump on her forehead is so large – if she were unlucky, she really could have died. Must you force people to prove their innocence through death?”

Mulan was left speechless by Dongfang Wuchen’s words.

For the first time, she realized that her son had become different from how she remembered him.

In her memory, Dongfang Wuchen had always been very gentle and refined.

Even when he occasionally talked back to her, he had never said so many words at once just to refute and condemn her.

She didn’t understand.

Why, when she had raised him according to everything she had planned from childhood, did he still turn out rebellious?

She couldn’t help but recall that figure who had been so obedient and well-behaved when facing her.

Mulan shook her head, not wanting to think about these things anymore.

She just tried to explain to Dongfang Wuchen. “Wuchen, Mother is also doing this for your good. Since you were small, too many people have wanted to harm you, because you are your father’s only son and the manor’s only heir.

Our Dongfang family is like a piece of fat meat in others’ eyes, with endless wealth and treasures. Everyone wants a bite of this fat meat, so countless people will infiltrate and hide among us to harm us.

Mother still remembers when you were ten – because of Mother’s negligence, someone poisoned the cat you were raising by coating its fur with poison, causing you to be severely poisoned.

If not for Mother’s background in the Tang Sect and developing an antidote to save you, you would have died long ago. So do you understand now why Mother is so vigilant?”

Of course Dongfang Wuchen remembered this incident.

He had nearly lost his life because of it.

“But this doesn’t mean Mother can ignore right and wrong, and randomly wrong and suspect others without any evidence. Mother always tells me not to pity people like Xiao Yueqing, and forbids me from speaking up for him. But sometimes Mother’s actions – how are they any different from his?

Right and wrong, good and evil cannot be determined by one person alone. Even when arresting people, you need evidence. The mother in my memory wasn’t like this. Have you changed, or have I changed?”

Mulan was furious.

She raised her hand wanting to hit him.

But then thinking of something, she ultimately lowered her hand.

She sighed and said, “This matter was indeed Mother’s fault, but you must always understand – no matter how many evil things Mother does in this lifetime, it’s all for your good. Because you are my son. Everyone under heaven might harm you, but I never will.”

But she seemed to think of something else and added another sentence.

“I don’t know what feelings you have for that girl. If you like her and fancy her, giving her a concubine’s position would be enough – you can play around with her as you please. But the position of principal wife, don’t even think about it, unless I’m dead.

Although I told your father I wouldn’t care about social status, that was under the premise of taking concubines. Your wife, the future Young Manor Lord’s wife, must be of equal social standing with you.”