"I never would have guessed that someone as heartless as you could be so kind-hearted. Get out of here, don't come back to see me while you're up in the mountains."

Gongsun Li turned around, closed the courtyard gate, and went back to bed.

Cen Xi wasn't angry when he was yelled at; after all, this old man used to do this kind of thing all the time.

Back in her own courtyard, Xiaoyu was still teaching Jiuyi.

"Brother! Look, the dress Mom bought you is so pretty, and this nine-linked rings are really fun!"

"Brother, how about you acknowledge our mother?"

Cen Xi saw Xiao Yu holding a piece of clothing and a toy, circling around Liu Jiuyi in the courtyard.

“I don’t acknowledge her; she’s not my mother.”

"Hmph, if you don't acknowledge me, I won't acknowledge you either. You're no longer my brother."

The little fish pouted and threatened.

"You...you've been bewitched by that woman. She's not your mother. She didn't consummate her marriage with Father, so how could she be your mother?"

Liu Jiuyi glared at Xiaoyu and retorted.

“She and Dad didn’t consummate their marriage, but she’s still my mother. She is, she is, brother, you big bad guy, you’re so wicked, you don’t even recognize your own mother.”

Xiao Yu, hands on her hips, fiercely confronted Liu Jiuyi.

"I don't acknowledge her, I just won't. She's not my mother, even my grandmaster said so!"

Liu Jiuyi answered stubbornly.

"Mother has admitted it. I call her Mother, so she is my Mother. Brother, do you really want to separate from us and from me?"

The little fish continued to roar at Liu Jiuyi.

“I… Xiaoyu, you are my sister, you are not allowed to be with her anymore.”

Liu Jiuyi realized that after losing his mother, he might also lose his younger sister, and he was very unwilling, so he said firmly.

"No, my brother is a bad guy."

After saying that, the little fish burst into tears.

"Liu Jiuyi, you've gone too far. Xiaoyu is still so young, it's only natural that she needs someone to take care of her. Although I don't know what my relationship is with your father and mother, since I took your mother's place back then, it means that we must have some connection. So even if you're thinking of your mother and father, you shouldn't make things so difficult for Xiaoyu."

"As for you, whether you acknowledge it or not, I will take care of you until you are sixteen. After that, you can do whatever you want. This way, I can repay your parents for taking you in."

Cen Xi entered the room and hugged Xiao Yu tightly, then said to Liu Jiuyi with a cold face.

"Waaaah... Mommy, I want Mommy."

When Xiaoyu saw that the person who came was Cen Xi, she cried even harder.

"Alright, alright! As long as Mother is here, Little Fish will always be Mother's daughter. How could Mother abandon you?"

Cen Xi picked up the little fish, glanced at Liu Jiuyi, and then turned and went into the house.

After coaxing Xiaoyu to sleep, she came out again, intending to have a serious talk with Liu Jiuyi.

Actually, she revealed her virginity mark just to annoy this kid, since he always says she's not his mother.

She might as well just admit that she's not her mother.

But she never considered abandoning them.

He went a bit too far.

"Tell me what you're really thinking? What are your plans for the future?"

After Cen Xi went out, she found a place to sit down and asked Liu Jiuyi.

“You’re not my mother, you have no right to ask.”

Liu Jiuyi glared at Cen Xi resentfully and said.

"Even though I'm not your mother, I must have known your mother and father before, otherwise I wouldn't have come to your house! Now that your father has passed away, and I don't know anything about your mother's situation, it's hard to get a result in a short time. Are you sure you want to continue like this?"

Cen Xi looked at him and analyzed.

"Then I won't go with you."

Liu Jiuyi said proudly.

"Fine! You can choose not to follow me, or you can make Little Fish leave me too. So what do you plan to do? Take Little Fish and wander the streets, beg for food?"

"Liu Jiuyi, I don't think I've ever done anything to wrong you since I woke up in Xiaoli Village. Even though you've been making a fuss, I haven't really abandoned you. Are you sure you really want to take Xiaoyu and wander outside?"

Cen Xi suppressed her anger and asked slowly.

"I'm not going to wander around, I'm staying here to take care of my master!"

Xiao Jiu replied hesitantly.

"Heh, stay here! Without my connection to your master, would that old man Gongsun Li want you? Why don't you go and ask him?"

Cen Xi felt that this kid still hadn't come to terms with reality!

"I……"

Xiao Jiu wanted to say that his master would want him, but then he remembered how impatient his master had been for the past three months, and his confidence waned.

"You can't say it, can you? Hmm?"

Seeing his expression, Cen Xi leaned closer to him and asked again.

"I……"

Liu Jiuyi slumped to the ground, speechless.

"There's nothing to say. From now on, just listen to me. I'll take you and Xiaoyu with me when I go down the mountain this time. Master said you've already been taken under my senior brother Jun Jianchou's tutelage. If you don't want to see me, that's fine too. From now on, you'll follow him and learn from your master."

"I will investigate your parents' matter thoroughly, though we're currently at a loss. But I will eventually give you and Xiaoyu an explanation."

Cen Xi squatted down to be at eye level with Liu Jiuyi and shared her thoughts.

"..."

Liu Jiuyi rubbed her fingers, unable to find a rebuttal, so she kept quiet.

"If you don't answer, it means you agree. If you bully Xiaoyu again, I'll beat you up."

Cen Xi symbolically waved her fist at him as a warning.

"snort!"

Liu Jiuyi got up, rolled her eyes at Cen Xi, and ran away in a flash.

"Should Master go after them?"

Seeing Liu Jiuyi run far away, Bai Ze couldn't help but ask a question. After observing her just now, he could tell that the little boy who ran away was very important to his master.

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