Zhu Zi took a deep breath, suppressing her anger, before forcing a smile. "Okay, I understand. Hurry up and eat the meat!"

He placed a large bowl of twice-cooked pork in front of the piglet, kindly cutting half of it into the piglet's bowl, but in his heart he wished he could put some poison in the meat and give the little rascal a good beating.

But he dared not.

The little pig will retaliate against him, and might even drive away all the poisonous creatures on the mountain, leaving him unable to find any. His poison skills require him to replenish them with poisonous substances from time to time; without them, his poison skills will naturally be greatly reduced.

Now he realized that this little brat was not his apprentice, but his nemesis, his ancestor!

"Thank you, Master. Remember to be polite when you talk to my mom!"

The little pig happily ate a big piece of meat. Although the area was poor, things were cheap. A whole table of dishes cost less than 100 yuan, which wouldn't even buy half that amount in Pingjiang. The food was also very good, especially the twice-cooked pork, which was fragrant and delicious.

"I know, eat more."

Zhu Zi ladled out another bowl of fragrant chicken soup and placed it in front of the little pig, looking even more kind than Lu Mo. However, he should have held the pig's hand less tightly; it would have looked more genuine.

Ye Qingqing found it amusing. She had initially worried that Zhu Zi would take the opportunity to abuse her son, but now it seemed she had been overthinking it. The little pig had a firm grip on that deadpan expression, and Zhu Zi was more obedient than a grandson!

"Say what it is right now!"

After Zhu Zi finished serving the little darling, she spoke to Ye Qingqing impatiently, her tone much better than before.

"Why did you take the pig to such a chaotic place? Murder and arson happen there all the time. What if something happens? Can't we go to a safer place?" Ye Qingqing said discontentedly.

Zhu Zi sneered, "What kind of travel is it if the public order is good? Only in chaotic times can heroes emerge. People in those big cities are controlled like wooden puppets, and even bad people have become wooden puppets, afraid to cause trouble. But bad people will always exist. Once there is no control, all the bad people will jump out and do evil. My apprentice cannot become a wooden puppet. He must know from a young age that this society is not as wonderful as it is written in books, and that people's hearts are all bad."

All that talk about sunshine and beauty, about peaceful times, is just self-deception. Zhu Zi has never felt that living is wonderful.

Some people live to atone for their sins, while others live to punish evil, like him.

However, he doesn't like to meddle in other people's business anymore. Even the pitiful have their hateful aspects. There are no absolutely good people or absolutely bad people in the world, so it's best to let things take their natural course. He has no right to interfere in other people's lives.

All he wants now is to cultivate his poison skills, get his hands on the medical manual, combine medicine and poison into one, and watch Tian Tian get married in style. Then he will have no regrets in this life.

Ye Qingqing was speechless after his rebuttal. He did have a point, but this guy's negative emotions were too strong.

"Your thinking is too extreme. Society is still much brighter and better. The wicked are a minority. Don't let these emotions infect my son. I don't want him to grow up to be a deadpan like you, unable to find a wife and remaining a bachelor for life," Ye Qingqing scolded.

Zhu Zi's face darkened. That wretched woman actually looked down on him. Humph, if he wanted to get married, he could easily have a whole bunch of people marrying him. It's just that he doesn't want to get married!

Women are too weak. He doesn't have the time to protect another weak woman. If she has an even weaker child, what's the point of him practicing his poison skills?