Chapter 378 I am already seventy years old, not a young person.

"!!!"

"???"

Hearing what the housekeeper said, even Shen Que couldn't help but cast a shocked look at Meng Zhiyi.

Shen Que knew that she had experienced many small worlds, but Meng Zhiyi never went into detail. What she talked about the most was her time with Old Madam Shen.

But he had never heard what the butler just said from Meng Zhiyi.

Compared to the surprise of these people, Meng Zhiyi seemed much calmer. She placed her hands on the charcoal basin to warm them, her eyes fixed on the red-hot charcoal, and her memory was quickly brought back to that time.

The first world bound by the system was the ancient world.

And her identity is the daughter of a marquis whose property was confiscated.

Meng Zhiyi has a vivid memory that when he woke up, he was buried in a mass grave. Hundreds of dead bodies were thrown into a huge pit, and the air was filled with the stench of rotting corpses.

Countless rats were crawling on the corpses, and some corpse collectors were searching with sticks, trying to find something valuable from the corpses.

And she, the daughter of a marquis, had just turned twelve years old.

When she crawled out of the pile of dead bodies, the corpse collector saw that she was still alive and wanted to sell her.

Meng Zhiyi had died with resentment in his heart, and the resentment accumulated in his soul would not dissipate. He ignored the system's attempts to stop him and directly used his ability to kill those people.

At that time, Mrs. Shen, who was already in her forties, happened to arrive and saw this scene.

The Marquis' Mansion was her mother's home, and this time she came to look for the bodies of her relatives and bury them properly.

Judging from the relationship, Meng Zhiyi really had to call her aunt.

At that time, Old Madam Shen didn't know that Meng Zhiyi was a time traveler. She just thought she was her brother's orphan, so she secretly took her back.

"But she is too wary." The housekeeper looked up at Meng Zhiyi, who had been transformed, with relief in his eyes.

"After the young lady brought her home, the child refused to eat or drink. She would not accept any food given to her. She would only sneak into the kitchen to find food at night when no one was around."

Meng Zhiyi pouted: "How dare I eat it? I'm not familiar with the place. What if you sell it to me later?"

Hearing this, the originally rather depressing atmosphere was broken by her joking words.

"So what happened next?" Leo had completely taken this as a story and couldn't wait to know the sequel.

"The young lady told the servants to pretend they didn't know and to leave some food in the kitchen every day."

"Later, a spy appeared in the mansion, recognized Miss Meng's identity, and reported it to the court. That day, the soldiers rushed into the mansion to arrest people."

"The young lady hid the person and risked having her house confiscated in order to save her."

Speaking of this, Meng Zhiyi still remembered that she was hidden in the secret compartment at that time. Through the gap, she could see the officers and soldiers outside arresting the servant who reported her and threatening her to find her.

But Madam Shen was strong and killed the servant who betrayed his master for glory on the spot.

When the officers and soldiers who came to arrest people saw that the only witness had been killed, the leader's face turned black with anger.

But since Old Lady Shen had done a great job in following the emperor and there were no witnesses, the officers and soldiers did not dare to continue to act rashly and could only leave in disgrace.

It was also from then on that Meng Zhiyi gradually let down his guard against Old Madam Shen.

Later, in order to prevent such a thing from happening again, Mrs. Shen risked half her life's reputation, no... the reputation of her nominal husband.

She announced to the outside world that her husband had a mistress and that the son born to the mistress gave birth to a daughter for her.

Then he brought her back in great style.

"..." Hearing this, Shen Que found it hard to imagine that his grandmother could do that.

Leo and Wang Xiao were also stunned.

"If the Lian Mubai incident hadn't happened, maybe Miss Meng could have lived a happy life, right?"

The butler felt a little regretful.

Later, when they learned about Meng Zhiyi's life experience, they all felt sorry for the child.

According to Old Madam Shen's plan, she wanted to raise her well, and if there was someone she liked, she would find a good husband for her in the name of Miss Shen.

But after Lian Mubai started to go crazy, Miss Meng not only gave her life for them, but was also charged with disrupting the world order.

"Are you so powerful?" Leo looked at Meng Zhiyi, and his understanding of her increased to a higher level.

"If her abilities had not been confiscated by the system, Ms. Meng would have been the source of trouble in every world."

After he finished speaking, Leo moved closer to Wang Xiao unconsciously.

Shen Que felt an indescribable pain in his heart.

He reached out and pulled Meng Zhiyi into his arms, saying softly, "Not anymore in the future. I will always, always be with you."

Meng Zhiyi no longer has any feelings about her past. In that gray and white world, only Old Madam Shen is colorful.

Today, her world is becoming more and more colorful.

There are family, lovers, friends, partners...

She is no longer aimless and moving forward aimlessly.

She has direction.

Have affiliation.

Leaning in Shen Que's arms, feeling the warmth from his body, Meng Zhiyi said softly, "Once I have dealt with Lian Mubai, everything will be over."

As soon as these words came out, the butler and Leo looked at her unconsciously, with complicated emotions in their eyes.

After that, people had nothing to say.

The wind and snow outside had not stopped, and there was silence inside the house.

*

On the sea.

Even Mu Bai and his crew did not have a smooth journey. The journey was supposed to take about a week, but they encountered several storms and went in the wrong direction.

As a result, it now takes three more days to reach the destination at sea.

Mrs. Shen was in good condition at first, but she was old after all, and drifting on the sea for a long time had made her mental state a little bad.

"I heard that you haven't eaten for two days?"

Lian Mubai came to Madam Shen's room and asked as she was leaning on the bed with her eyes closed.

Old Madam Shen raised her eyelids lazily and said weakly, "I am already seventy years old. I am not a young person anymore."

"..." Although that was the case, Lian Mubai really never regarded her as an elderly person.

Maybe this is also related to the reason why he is still alive.

Lian Mubai looked at her, and his voice softened unconsciously: "Because the storm changed the direction of the voyage, we have now returned to the correct course. We will arrive in three days at most. Just hold on."

Old Madam Shen: “…”

How could she not know what was hidden in Lian Mubai's heart.

She knew it from the beginning.

But she never wanted to expose it directly.

But in this situation, no matter how calm Madam Shen was, she was speechless.

"Why are you doing this? Given our relationship as enemies, you should just throw me into the sea to feed the fish."

Hearing this, the expression on Lian Mubai's face changed.

"You wish! I told you that I would let you see with your own eyes that your original choice was wrong!"

"I'll have someone bring you some food later, so you'd better eat it! Otherwise, when I catch Meng Zhiyi and your garbage system, I'll show you how I'll torture them!"

Old Madam Shen: “…”