Yao Xiaodie knelt on the ground, her face covered by a veil.
She recounted the heartbreaking story of how she had abandoned her son years ago, tears streaming down her face.
Shang Linyuan grew increasingly annoyed as he listened.
He especially wanted to ask—
If you truly loved me, why did you abandon me without hesitation back then, leaving me to fend for myself among beggars?
Why haven't you contacted me all these years? If I weren't shrewd and sensible, how could I have survived until now?
Why did you only come to acknowledge me when you were dealing with Ling Sijin? Are you acknowledging me, or your own ambitions?
But he didn't ask any of these questions.
It's no longer necessary.
He knew very well that neither Shang Qinghan nor Yao Xiaodie wanted him, their illegitimate child.
People like them love no one but themselves.
Shang Linyuan lowered his eyes, pondered for a moment, and asked expressionlessly, "How do you want me to save you?"
Seeing that Shang Linyuan had agreed, Yao Xiaodie almost jumped up with excitement.
She gripped the iron bars of the water prison with both hands and couldn't wait to reveal her purpose: "Xiao Yuan, there's some poison hidden under the bronze mirror in my room."
"That was given to me by Shang Qinghan. He told me to put it in the food of the martial arts alliance leader every day."
"This kind of poison will not leave any trace, and will only make the martial arts alliance leader mistakenly believe that he is sick."
"Go quickly and put the poison in Ling Sijin's room. That way, I can say that he killed the martial arts alliance leader and clear my and your father's names."
"Once we kill Ling Sijin, our family can be reunited."
"Xiao Yuan, you will be able to enjoy family life with your parents."
After hearing this, Shang Linyuan stood there silently for a long time, his fists gradually clenching. After a moment, he suddenly chuckled without warning.
"So this is why you kept this last charge to yourself and refused to admit it no matter what?"
"Yes, Xiaoyuan, I want to protect myself too!" Yao Xiaodie cried hypocritically, using the guise of family ties. "I want to get out of here and reunite with you, my child!"
"Alright, I understand." Shang Linyuan turned around and said with a chilling tone, "I will tell the martial arts alliance leader about this. You'll be torn to pieces by him."
"No!" Yao Xiaodie's heart sank, and she hurriedly reached out to grab Shang Linyuan's clothes.
"Xiao Yuan! Don't treat your mother like that! It wasn't easy for me to carry you for ten months and give birth to you."
Yao Xiaodie grabbed a corner of Shang Linyuan's clothes and kept calling out, "How could you betray your mother for an outsider! Waaah!"
"Outsider? You're quite the talker!" Shang Linyuan finally snapped, lowered his head, interrupted Yao Xiaodie's grip on his hand, and kicked her back into the water dungeon.
Bang--
Yao Xiaodie's body slammed against the iron railing with a crisp sound.
She was so shocked that her vision went black and her ears rang, but she heard Shang Linyuan say, "Jinjin and I have never been outsiders."
"From childhood to adulthood, everything I have has been earned by myself, including Jinjin."
"But what about you? You've never given me anything, yet you've repeatedly tried to take Jinjin away from me."
"wishful thinking!"
"I already know the truth, you can all just wait to die!"
After saying that, he strode out the door without any hesitation and told the martial arts alliance leader everything Yao Xiaodie had told him.
The truth came to light: Yao Xiaodie was sentenced to be publicly executed by slow slicing for plotting against the alliance leader and instigating the martial arts alliance to slaughter disciples of other minor sects.
Shang Linyuan did not attend the execution of the slow slicing.
He speaks rudely to outsiders, saying he doesn't care at all.
But when she returned to the house, she hugged Si Jin, gritted her teeth, and shed tears.
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