Chapter 13

Xiao Mo couldn't help but step back. He was in front of Chu Jinglan, and Chu's mother's expression and words seemed to be directed at him.

If it was those malicious intentions that were already disgusting, he would sneer or laugh back, but Chu's mother's innocent and puzzled expression only made him feel uneasy.

Chu Jinglan paused for a moment, he calmly put down his chopsticks, and was about to say something when Chu's mother's hand suddenly curled into claws and attacked him directly in the face!

Chu Jinglan's mother, Wanyu, is a cultivator in the early Jindan stage. She was born in the middle realm and was treated as a tool by her family. She has never enjoyed any care and attention.

However, fate never cared about her. She spent the first half of her life trapped in the pain of her family, and the second half of her life was ruined by a treacherous man.

Chu Tianshi, the scumbag father of Chu Jinglan, was taken care of by Wanyu when she first met him. She felt unprecedented warmth from him, so she believed his vows of love and thought she had met a true lover. She quickly fell into depravity and finally got rid of her family with all her might and followed the Taoist couple to the lower world.

She thought she had finally escaped from the nightmare of the clan and would have a harmonious family from then on, but she didn't know that she was just jumping from a fire pit into another hell.

After Chu Tianshi brought his people back to the Chu family in the lower world and became a Taoist couple, his true nature was finally exposed a little bit. He could no longer hide it. He became arrogant, licentious, gluttonous and lazy, and kept looking for women outside. After being discovered by Wanyu, he burst into tears and promised that he would change.

Wanyu went from shock to pain. She forgave her husband again and again, but what she got in return was his endless mistakes. After countless disappointments and despair, she finally had to admit that what she thought was the most precious warmth in the world was all a lie in the end.

No one truly loves her, no one cares about her.

Wanyu was finally driven crazy.

Before she went crazy, Chu Tianshi would often say nice things to coax her, after all, Wanyu was beautiful. But after she went crazy, no matter how beautiful she was, Chu Tianshi was not willing to deal with a lunatic who could get sick at any time, so he opened a separate yard for her and never came again.

If Chu Jinglan had not been so gifted and demanded that the Chu family must treat his mother's illness, no one in the Chu family would be willing to take care of her.

By controlling Wanyu, they can make Chu Jinglan contribute to the family. After all, the medicine for Wanyu's treatment is not cheap. What she drinks every day is real gold and silver. They also planted a talisman on Wanyu's body, making it impossible for her to be taken out of the Chu family easily.

Wanyu is easily irritated when she sees Chu Jinglan and the scumbag Chu Tianshi, so Chu Jinglan often only dares to look at her quietly from a distance, for fear that his mother will go crazy because of him.

After drinking the medicine, Wanyu's cultivation will be greatly suppressed, and even if she gets angry, her servants will not be hurt.

Chu Jinglan raised his hand and grabbed Wanyu's wrist, stopping her attack midway.

"Why don't you die? Why don't you just die!"

Wanyu struggled, veins bulging on her thin hands. Chu Jing restrained her but didn't use too much force for fear of hurting her. His mother's vicious words seemed like something he was used to, and he was not surprised at all.

Xiao Mo didn't dare to lie on the dining table today. He hesitated for a moment and tentatively leaned over Chu Jinglan's shoulder.

Tuanzi jumped on Chu Jinglan's shoulder, as if patting him on the shoulder.

As a child who deeply loves his mother, when he heard his mother asking him to die, Xiao Mo didn't believe that Chu Jinglan was as calm as he appeared.

Even though he knew that this was not what his mother really said... No, perhaps it was precisely because he knew that it made him feel more painful.

His mother was crazy, so crazy that she couldn't even tolerate him.

Under normal circumstances, Chu Jinglan should have driven away his inner demon long ago, but now he really had no time to spare and had to endure the inner demon staying with him for the time being.

Wanyu had a ferocious expression, her pretty face was distorted horribly. She struggled and kept muttering "Go to hell", and occasionally cursed the bastard. Chu Jinglan took all of it.

After struggling for a while, Wanyu became tired. Her strength gradually weakened and she began to sob.

"Shocked, shocked, why did I give birth to you with him? You have his blood, it's dirty, so dirty, you go die, and then mother will accompany you, okay, mother will accompany you, ok?"

She was coaxing the child, but in fact she was coaxing the child and herself to die. Xiao Mo felt suffocated, and he could hardly bear to watch or hear any more. However, he still stubbornly lay on Chu Jinglan's shoulder and did not hide back in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Chu Jinglan slowly put down her hand and said to her softly, "Mom, we are not dead, we are alive, and it is not you and me who should suffer. Please give me some more time, it will be soon, please wait for me."

The servants pretended not to hear this and came up to help carry Wanyu away. Perhaps the medicine finally took effect. Wanyu was dazed for a moment, looked carefully at Chu Jinglan's face, suddenly retracted her hand, staggered and fell backwards.

Chu Jinglan wanted to help her, but was avoided.

"Why are you here! Did I hurt you again? I don't want to hurt you, go, go quickly! Don't look at me, don't look at me, you have to be fine, be fine..."

Chu Jinglan's hands froze in mid-air. The forbearance and strength in his eyes were melted by her words and turned into sadness. He took two deep breaths and backed away slowly from his mother.

"Okay, I'm leaving. You... take care of yourself too. I'll come back next time."

Wanyu was helped back to the room, and Chu Jinglan walked out of the courtyard. His back was still straight, but he couldn't hide his exhaustion. After walking a long way and there was no one around, Chu Jinglan finally spoke: "...How long are you going to stay on my shoulders?"

Between hitchhiking and floating on his own, Xiao Mo chose the more labor-saving method: "Get off as soon as you get to the house."

Unless Chu Jinglan insisted on taking him away, Xiao Mo decided to take this ride to the destination. He lay on Chu Jinglan's shoulder and said, "Just treat me as air."

Chu Jinglan half mocked: "...Aren't you just air?"

In the outside world, no one could sense Xiao Mo. Whether he was lying on the kitten or on Chu Jinglan's shoulder, he was just like air.

He mocked until his voice was hoarse and fatigue was evident in his voice. Considering the emotional ups and downs Chu Jinglan had just experienced, Xiao Mo magnanimously didn't bother with him.

Xiao Mo didn't say a word until they walked back to the yard. The yard was very quiet. Chu Jinglan usually didn't keep servants to serve him at all times. The servants were all in the side yard and would only come over when Chu Jinglan called them.

With the gate closed, the whole yard became heavy with silence.

Chu Jinglan's breathing became a little heavier: "Why don't you argue with me anymore?"

Xiao Mo was speechless: "Isn't it better not to quarrel with you? You are addicted to quarreling, right? I am used to you-Hey!"

Before Xiao Mo could finish his words, Chu Jinglan suddenly leaned against the door panel and slowly slid to the ground. He covered his abdomen with his hands and sweat broke out on his forehead. Xiao Mo then noticed that his face was extremely pale.

"Chu Jinglan!"

Xiao Mo was so frightened that the mist ball jumped up: Could it be that he was poisoned? Didn’t they say that it was ineffective?! ?

The inner demon cried out in surprise, then spun around in the air, looking very anxious.

Chu Jinglan was shocked and found it absurd and weird: the one who cared about him the most at this moment was actually a demon in his heart.

...But that's true. If he died now, his inner demon would disappear with him, and they would live and die together, so he should really worry about himself.

Inner Demon: "Didn't you say that intestinal peristalsis has no effect on you? Could it be some other poison?"

Chu Jinglan was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. He leaned against the door and endured it without answering.

Chu Jinglan's guess was completely wrong. Xiao Mo knew that he couldn't have died during this period of time, but anyone would be shocked to see a healthy and alive person suddenly fall down in front of him.

Chu Jinglan was silent, so Xiao Mo had to quickly pull out the system.

After all, he was just a ball of black mist, untouchable and unreachable, and he couldn't even help someone.

The system is indeed the strongest assistant. It scanned Chu Jinglan's body and concluded: "The poison is not fatal to him, but it will still hurt."

Is this what Chu Jinglan said, that it was useless to him? Xiao Mo sighed speechlessly. He was about to ask if you were stupid, but when the words came to his lips, he saw Chu Jinglan's pale face and thought of the joy that was revealed in his eyes when he first heard that his mother wanted to see him...

Xiao Mo seemed to suddenly understand something.

He stopped flying in the air and floated back to Chu Jinglan's shoulder. The mist gently stepped on his shoulder.

"Chu Jinglan."

"Is your mother's cooking delicious?"

Chu Jinglan's eyes moved.

He had long been accustomed to the fact that no one around him could speak the truth, and no one could follow his thinking. He never expected that one day, the person who could best understand him turned out to be his inner demon.

Oh, that’s not right. If you don’t understand the inner demon, it’s not called the inner demon anymore.

Chu Jinglan raised his eyes and looked out from under the eaves of the courtyard gate, and said softly: "It's delicious."

Xiao Mo also leaned on his shoulder and looked into the distant sky: "Your mother has you in her heart."

As soon as Wanyu sobered up a little, she hurriedly pushed Chu Jinglan away, fearing that she would hurt him. If she was not crazy, Wanyu, who most longed for having a home, would treat Chu Jinglan like a treasure and give him all the best tenderness.

Chu Jinglan endured the pain and followed Xiao Mo's words, lost in thought as he recalled what his mother looked like before she was driven crazy. Unfortunately, he was too young at the time and could not remember some things clearly, nor did he have the ability to protect his mother. However, he always remembered the sweet winter soup and his mother's warm hands.

Wanyu held his little hand and smiled in his ear: "It's not cold anymore."

It seems like yesterday, yet it seems like a day so far away that it is out of reach.

Then he heard the inner demon sigh sadly: "Unlike me, I don't have a mother."

Chu Jinglan was shocked: "..."

Chu Jinglan:?

He was distracted for just a moment when he was struck back by the inner demon's words.

What does it mean? A demon in his heart says he has no mother?

As everyone knows, there are only inner demons and the true self in the world, but no inner demons and inner demon mothers.

The inner demon is born from the sea of ​​consciousness.

Chu Jinglan was no longer in a trance or feeling lost, and coupled with the pain in his abdomen, he looked extremely excited for a moment, as if he was burnt on the outside but tender on the inside.

He covered his abdomen, endured the pain and slowly stood up.

Just after taking a step forward, Xiao Mo said in a melancholy tone: "I..."

Chu Jinglan paused for a moment, "I don't want to discuss with you whether you have, mother, this matter."

Xiao Mo was disappointed: "Oh."

Xiao Mo: “Alas.”

After Xiao Xinmo finished expressing his melancholy, he flew down from Chu Jinglan's shoulder. When he flew to the front, he saw Chu Jinglan's expression as if he had swallowed a sword. He was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. What he had just said seemed to be wrong.

Yes, he has an inner demon and told his original body that he has no mother?

So that's how it is. No wonder Chu Jinglan used his tone to emphasize his words.

He didn't want Chu Jinglan to misunderstand him, so he actively clarified: "Hey, what I just said may seem a bit strange to you, but don't worry, you are definitely not my mother."

The veins in Chu Jinglan's body that were trying to hold back his patience jumped.

Xiao Xinmo thought for a moment and added very seriously, "He's not my father either."

Chu Jinglan was so shocked that he could no longer bear it: "...Get lost!"

[Psychic attack successful, points +6! ]

Xiao Mo: Wow, that’s incredible. Even though I’ve had arguments with Chu Jinglan before, this is the first time I’ve heard him swear so bluntly.

Being able to say the word "get out" has already reached the edge of Young Master Chu's cultivation.

But this time Xiao Mo really didn't mean to say harsh words. He leaned on Chu Jinglan's shoulder: Uh, are you so angry?