It shouldn't be like this...
Mo Qianshang shook her head slightly. She had lived two lives and had never misjudged anyone when she was a mercenary. Her master and superiors had always praised her for her good judgment and accurate judgment of people. How could she misjudge someone?
At that time, she could tell that the couple had kind faces and gentle auras, and that they were people who usually did good deeds, which is why they were so quick to help.
She has the means to buy ginseng, but not everyone is worth saving.
As he was pondering, Yu Wende, who had been silent all along, seemed to remember something. He stared at the old woman in disbelief, his lips trembling.
"You, you are..."
"Master Yu, you really have a bad memory. Can't you see the resemblance between my face and your former page?"
The old woman raised her hand to touch her face, staring blankly into the distance, while two streams of turbid tears uncontrollably slid out.
“You are Zhuzi’s mother!” Yu Wende’s eyes widened suddenly, then he sighed with regret, his back slightly hunched.
"I regret that Zhu Zi was murdered in prison. But I have a clear conscience about what I did. Isn't it too cruel and heartless of you to take revenge on my family like this?"
"What a depraved and insane person!"
Enraged, the man raised his foot and kicked Yu Wende in the back. If someone hadn't been there to steady him, the woman in his arms would probably have been thrown off.
"If you hadn't driven him away, how could he have gotten drunk and set fire to your house? And the person who reported him, don't think I didn't inquire about it. That person knows your family. You must have deliberately had that person keeping watch around here!"
Hearing what the old woman said, Yu Wende was so angry he almost laughed, and asked her in a helpless tone.
"Did I force your son to buy kerosene? Did I force-feed him that bellyful of cat pee?"
The old woman was suddenly taken aback by the question. After a moment's pause, she continued to berate Yu Wende.
"No matter what, it was wrong of you to drive my son away. If you don't dare to look for him, he won't hold a grudge against you!"
“My son, whom I raised for over ten years, has always been well-behaved, obedient, and sensible. He would never do anything outrageous! He only stayed at your house for less than half a month, yet he managed to set fire to your house and burn you to death. This shows just how wicked your whole family is!”
The more he talked, the more outrageous it became, and Yu Wende couldn't stand it anymore, so his tone became harsh.
"Your son is really good at putting on an act in front of you!"
"Do you know that when he was in the academy, he often stole things from others and beat up his classmates, forcing them to take the blame for him? If he hadn't acted so well in the academy, why would I have hired him to be my page?"
“I saw it with my own eyes that day. He dared to steal other people’s things in front of so many people in the restaurant, how could I continue to keep him at home?”
"And about the arson you mentioned, if he hadn't had malicious intent to set fire to our house that night, how could he have been discovered by others and arrested by the authorities? Even the people who beat him in prison were thugs he had gotten into when he was gambling."
"No, impossible! My son never gambles. He takes all the money I give him to buy paper and pens!" The old woman seemed to have suffered a great blow and raised her hand to slap Yu Wende's face again.
However, Yu Wende's fearless expression frightened the old woman so much that her hand trembled in mid-air, and she dared not strike.
“You see, you’ve actually heard what kind of person your son is, but you, as his mother, just don’t want to admit it.”
After saying this, Yu Wende fell silent and gently rubbed his wife's forehead.
It seemed like lingering affection, yet also like saying goodbye.
Seeing the reactions of these two, Mo Qianshang finally breathed a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, she hadn't saved the wrong people.
Just as she relaxed a little, the bandits grew tired of listening, pushed the old woman aside, and angrily questioned her.
"You said you wanted them to die knowing why, now that everything's been cleared up, can we take action?"
On the surface, they were asking the old woman what she thought, but their actions showed no hesitation. They drew their broadswords and were about to slash at Yu Wende and his wife.
In a flash, Mo Qianshang had already calculated where to start. After confirming that the old woman had retreated far away due to her grief, she directly exchanged a small throwing knife from the shop and shot it out, knocking the large knife out of the bandit's hand.
Caught off guard, the bandits were stunned for a moment before searching around for the person who had attacked them.
Unexpectedly, Mo Qianshang attacked them directly from behind. The bandits were caught off guard and could only retreat to both sides, which conveniently made way for Mo Qianshang.
She immediately used her light-footed skills to lead Gou Danzi forward to protect Yu Wende and his wife, and kicked the old woman away in the process.
The sudden turn of events enraged both the old woman and the bandits, with the old woman shouting in fury.
"It's you again, you meddlesome woman! They killed my son, they deserve to die! Why are you helping them?"
"I'm willing to save them, so what's it to you?"
Facing people who could no longer distinguish right from wrong, Mo Qianshang was too lazy to explain much. She casually tossed out a sentence and then got into a fight with the bandits.
After all, those bandits don't care about martial ethics, and they wouldn't obediently finish their conversation while she was talking to that old woman.
Under the absolute suppression of strength, the bandits did not last long before they were all beaten down by Mo Qianshang, who was deliberately staring at the old woman who had prompted them to make their move.
Honestly, if they had known they would get involved with someone like Mo Qianshang, they would have stayed in the village instead of taking on this deadly job!
Seeing the resentment overflowing on their faces, Mo Qianchang pondered for a few moments and roughly guessed what they were thinking. She immediately added insult to injury, killing them by destroying their spirit.
"Did you think you'd be fine if you didn't come out? I'm sorry, but that old woman probably didn't tell you that we've already taken care of your child, and your brothers are probably on their way to the authorities right now."
"Don't worry, you'll be reunited soon."
Mo Qianshang smiled warmly, like a spring breeze, but the bandits seemed to sense something and kept shivering.
"Dog Egg, they are no longer a threat. Feed them these poisons, otherwise it's hard to believe they'll obediently go to the government."
Having long been impressed by Mo Qianshang's abilities, Gou Dan did almost everything Mo Qianshang said.
Without even a second check to see if the bandits were truly powerless to fight back, he went up and fed them poison without hesitation, as if what he was doing was neither hateful nor likely to provoke resistance.
The bandits wanted to refuse, but Mo Qianchang had deliberately dislocated almost all of their arms. They couldn't stop Gou Dan, who was physically capable and had some martial arts skills, with just their feet. They could only watch helplessly as the poison took effect in their bodies.
Seeing that things were going very well, Gou Danzi finished feeding the poison and was about to go back to guard the vicious old woman when a pained cry, tinged with a hint of delirium, suddenly came from the middle of the open space.
"It hurts, it hurts..."
Hearing that weak yet gentle voice, Mo Qianshang knew without even looking that it must be Madam Yu, and she quickly went forward to check on her.
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