After Recklessly Courting Death, I Caught the Attention of a Yandere - Chapter 79

Mulan also knew that Mingyue Manor and Tianqing Manor had always been adversaries.

So it was only natural that this person wouldn’t welcome her.

But this time, Mulan truly wasn’t here to cause trouble—she was here to save her son.

“No, this time I’m really not here to make trouble for you. I’m hoping your manor master can save my son. I know your manor manor is immune to all poisons. My son has been poisoned with a deadly toxin, and only your manor master can save him.”

Yue Po finally understood why a woman like Mulan would humble herself so much to plead with him.

So it was to save her son, Dongfang Wuchen.

Even so, Yue Po still didn’t want to let Mulan in, afraid it would displease his master.

“Who would have thought that you so-called righteous sects would one day come begging to our side. Besides, even if our manor master is truly immune to all poisons, what does that have to do with your son? Why should he bother saving your son?”

In Yue Po’s mind, Mulan had always been the embodiment of shamelessness.

Just as Yue Po was about to have someone throw Mulan out, he heard Xiao Yueqing’s voice from behind.

“Yue Po, let her in.”

After receiving Xiao Yueqing’s permission, Mulan finally stepped into Tianqing Manor.

The layout here was quite different from Mingyue Manor, so Mulan walked slowly, afraid of taking a wrong turn.

The attendants led her through several corridors until they finally arrived at a courtyard.

At that moment, Xiao Yueqing had his back to her.

Hearing footsteps, Xiao Yueqing turned around. Seeing that it was Mulan, he said mockingly, “What wind blew you here today, Madam Dongfang?”

Mulan took a deep breath before stating her request.

“Xiao Yueqing, I’ve come hoping you can save my son. Last night, a group of people came to assassinate us, trying to obtain the treasure map. My son was accidentally poisoned by them. I know you’re immune to all poisons, so can you please save my son?”

Xiao Yueqing didn’t answer directly. Instead, he sat down and toyed with the teacup in his hand.

After a long while, he finally spoke, “I never imagined that one day Madam Dongfang would come begging to me, and all to save your son. Your own son is your responsibility to save. What does it have to do with me? Even if I am immune to all poisons, I have no obligation to save your son, do I?”

Actually, on her way here, Mulan had already prepared herself mentally for Xiao Yueqing to refuse her.

She just hadn’t expected Xiao Yueqing to be this cruel.

Having come all this way, Mulan naturally wouldn’t give up easily.

If she just left like this, Dongfang Wuchen’s life truly couldn’t be saved.

She could only lower herself further and beg Xiao Yueqing again.

“Yueqing, please save Wuchen, won’t you? I truly can’t live without him. If Wuchen dies, I won’t be able to go on living either. He’s still so young with such a promising future. I hope you can save him. He’s your biological younger brother!”

Who knew these words would directly enrage Xiao Yueqing.

He shoved Mulan away and coldly spat out, “I don’t care who he is. Why should I save someone who has nothing to do with me? When you say ‘biological younger brother,’ do you even believe it yourself, Tang Lan?”

Tang Lan was Mulan’s original name.

After leaving Tianqing Manor, she had changed her name, not wanting anyone to know about her past.

If it weren’t for Dongfang Wuchen being poisoned again, she definitely wouldn’t have stepped foot here again.

The young man before her now seemed completely unfamiliar.

Mulan couldn’t help but feel that things shouldn’t have turned out this way.

She reached out her hand wanting to touch him, but Xiao Yueqing directly dodged away.

“Get away, don’t touch me. If you want to find your so-called familial affection here with me, then don’t let the door hit you on the way out. I, Xiao Yueqing, don’t need familial affection, and I don’t need your false concern, Tang Lan. My father died long ago. My mother abandoned me early on—she abandoned me twice. And you have no relationship with me whatsoever.”

How could Mulan not know about Xiao Yueqing’s hatred toward her?

Similarly, she didn’t like this son either.

Because she always felt he represented her shame.

He made her remember being forcibly married off to Xiao Yi by the Tang Sect.

“Yueqing, Wuchen is your biological younger brother. I know you hate and despise me, that you’d like nothing more than to kill me. But Wuchen is innocent—he knows nothing. In this world, only you can save him, so I hope you’ll save him. Whatever you want, I can give you. If you’re still willing to acknowledge me as your mother, I’ll definitely treat you well…”

Before she could finish, Xiao Yueqing cut her off directly.

“Shut up. Don’t you dare mention the word ‘mother’ again, because you’re not worthy of it. All I know is that my biological mother wishes she’d never given birth to me. She abandoned me twice, schemed against me, used me, and reduced me to this state, yet she’s never shown me a shred of compassion.”

“Tang Lan, from beginning to end, you’ve never been worthy of being a mother. I don’t need your false affection. You’ve never loved me—in your eyes, I’m nothing more than a tool to be used.

If it weren’t for you, how would I have become like this? Do you know that the poisons you administered to me, using me for poison experiments, also eroded my body and left me with little time to live?”

Xiao Yueqing had kept these words buried for many years, always thinking he’d never have the chance to say them in this lifetime.

Yet he never calculated that Mulan would come seeking him out.

He had no feelings whatsoever for Mulan—only resentment.

But as for Dongfang Wuchen…

He had always known that Dongfang Wuchen was his biological younger brother, so over all these years, he had been paying attention to news about Dongfang Wuchen.

Many assassination attempts had been secretly resolved by him.

Xiao Yueqing was someone who could clearly distinguish right from wrong.

Those grievances had always been between him and Mulan from start to finish, not with Dongfang Wuchen.

Hatred aside, Xiao Yueqing had never thought of wanting his biological younger brother’s life.

Otherwise, he could have stood by and done nothing countless times.

Without his intervention, Dongfang Wuchen would probably have died hundreds of times already.

But given Mulan’s face, Xiao Yueqing naturally wouldn’t comply with her wishes.

There was no familial affection between them. Only through an equal exchange would he choose to act.

Xiao Yueqing looked Mulan up and down and put forth his own terms.

“If you want me to help save your son, you can hand over the treasure map to me, and I’ll save your son. Otherwise, you can wait to collect his corpse.”

Mingyue Manor had been troubled by this treasure map business all along.

Because of this treasure map, Mingyue Manor had already suffered countless assassination attempts, and Dongfang Wuchen had been poisoned twice also because of this treasure map. Mulan had long since come to hate this treasure map with a passion.

Handing it over wasn’t out of the question.

Therefore, Mulan agreed quite readily.

“Come to Mingyue Manor tonight. I’ll give you the treasure map, as long as you can save Wuchen. As for other matters, I’ll handle them. Regarding the theft of the treasure map, I won’t pin it on you.”