669: I regret it.

It would have been very simple for Liu Pei to kill Mu Erniu directly, but rather than giving him a quick and painless death, he wanted to see the look of despair on Mu Erniu's face.

When Liu Pei brought Qiu Lan back to the Liu Family, there were actually many dissenting opinions within the family. However, because Liu Pei was exceptionally capable and possessed high cultivation talent—with a chance to surpass the current Family Head and lead the Liu Family to a higher level—those people only grumbled privately, saying such matters damaged the Liu Family's reputation. Beyond that, there was nothing else.

Looking at the luxurious wing Liu Pei had provided for her, Qiu Lan felt another wave of sorrow in her heart.

When she first started out with Mu Erniu, though life wasn't as comfortable as this, it was still warm. They had their own little home, and life was manageable—plain and simple.

Unfortunately... everything changed in the end.

Watching Liu Pei busy himself with various tasks for her, Qiu Lan felt another pang of bitterness. She understood what Liu Pei was thinking, but she was no longer the young girl she once was.

She was a married woman.

Qiu Lan was, at her core, a proud woman. She could no longer accept being with another man, and she felt she was unworthy of anyone else, especially Liu Pei.

Therefore, seeing Liu Pei do so much for her only filled her heart with more guilt, but right now, Mu Xin needed Liu Pei's help.

Without Liu Pei's help, it would be very difficult for mother and daughter to survive in this world.

From a distance away from the Liu Family, Su Chen watched silently. He was in no rush to reveal himself; since he had found them, everything would be fine from here on out.

Less than a month later, Mu Erniu ran to the gates of the Liu Family and knelt, begging for Qiu Lan's forgiveness. He claimed he couldn't afford food and was starving, hoping that for the sake of their marriage, Qiu Lan would give him a few Spirit Stones.

One didn't even need to look to know that Mu Erniu had gambled away all the Spirit Stones he had.

Unfortunately, not long after he started shouting, Mu Erniu had a leg broken by the Liu Family guards and was thrown far away.

What kind of place was the Liu Family? They wouldn't tolerate him shouting there.

After that, Mu Erniu didn't dare show himself at the Liu Family, but from time to time, a man leaning on a crutch could be seen in the distance. His eyes were fixed on the Liu Family, never missing a single person entering or leaving.

This continued for about two months.

Today.

Qiu Lan and Liu Pei walked out of the Liu Family compound. Upon seeing them, Mu Erniu immediately rushed forward and stood before Qiu Lan.

"Lan'er, I know I was wrong. Please give me a chance. We were once hus—"

"Shut up!"

Qiu Lan barked angrily, her eyes filled with a towering rage. She had completely given up on Mu Erniu.

"It's over between us. You aren't fit to be my husband, nor are you fit to be Xin'er's father. You came looking for me because you ran out of Spirit Stones for gambling, didn't you? A dog can't stop eating filth."

After saying that, she directly pulled Liu Pei along, wanting to leave.

Seeing his only chance to get Spirit Stones slipping away, Mu Erniu went a little crazy. He tried to lunge forward to grab Qiu Lan, but before he could touch her, Liu Pei kicked him in the shoulder, nearly dislocating it.

Liu Pei looked at Mu Erniu with a playful gaze and sneered, "Mu Erniu, have you lost your mind? Do you want to die?"

Mu Erniu's face was instantly filled with terror. Only then did he remember who Liu Pei was.

Watching Liu Pei and Qiu Lan walk away, Mu Erniu's face was full of resentment as he walked forward, despondent.

"Daddy, eat this."

A sweet, childish voice rang out. Mu Erniu's somewhat clouded eyes suddenly looked up. Ahead was a familiar courtyard house—the very one his parents had bought for him.

At the entrance of this courtyard, a small child was feeding a candied hawthorn to a middle-aged man. Beside them stood a middle-aged woman with a gentle expression.

"Our Yanyan is so good, the best Yanyan in the whole world."

Laughter and joy rang out continuously. Looking at the happy family of three, Mu Erniu's eyes were full of daze. He seemed to recall what his life had been like at the very beginning.

Once, he had also sat in front of this threshold and fed things to Qiu Lan.

Mu Erniu felt a stabbing pain in his heart. A sense of suffocation flooded his mind, making it difficult for him to even breathe. Pain, regret, and helplessness intertwined within him.

He slumped down onto the ground.

Why did I go to the Jicai Tower?

Mu Erniu suddenly remembered the reason he went for the first time. A friend had said he could earn Spirit Stones there—that if he was lucky, he could earn thousands or even tens of thousands in a single day.

Coupled with the fact that the family was indeed short on Spirit Stones at the time, and he wanted to give Qiu Lan a better life and environment, he decided to give it a try.

But at some point, he felt like he couldn't stop.

By then, Mu Erniu had already forgotten that his initial reason for entering the Jicai Tower was to have a better life. He began to love gambling and started using all sorts of methods to obtain gambling funds.

In the end, he sold this courtyard house.

Mu Erniu returned in a daze to his dilapidated shack in the outer city. Perhaps because he hadn't been back in a long time, the house looked even more run-down, with water everywhere.

Yet in this cramped room, all the necessary facilities were present. On the floor were several bowls he had smashed in an uncontrollable fit of rage after losing a bet.

Recalling Qiu Lan's disappointed and tear-filled eyes from that time, Mu Erniu froze.

"What on earth... have I done?"

Unknowingly, tears flowed from his eyes.

He wiped away his tears and began to repair the house, cleaning the interior thoroughly. It took two full days for the entire house to look brand new.

Mu Erniu sat on the bed. Opposite him were the things Qiu Lan had used in the past.

Recalling when they first arrived here, Qiu Lan hadn't complained. Instead, she had kept the room in perfect order. Back then, she would always smile and say to him:

"It's okay, everything is in the past."

"As long as we live well in the future, things will definitely change."

But at that time, Mu Erniu already owed too much. His mind was frenzied; how could he think of so much? To earn more Spirit Stones through gambling and then pay off what he owed—

That seemed like his only way out.

Unfortunately.

He didn't pay it off; instead, he owed more and more.

The days that followed were always like this, and Qiu Lan became increasingly disappointed in him.

Mu Erniu's eyes were blurred as he looked at the empty room. "What do I have left?"

My life was supposed to be beautiful. How did it come to this?

"Hahahaha."

Mu Erniu couldn't help but laugh twice, but gradually, the sound weakened. Finally, the room fell into a dead silence as crimson blood slowly seeped out from the gap beneath the threshold... Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

After three years, Mu Xin was already able to walk on her own. Now, she looked like a porcelain doll—exquisite and exceptionally beautiful.

Mu Xin sat in the courtyard, staring blankly at the sky, her eyes full of confusion.

What's going on?

How am I alive again?

Is this Reincarnation?

Where is my husband?

Countless doubts echoed in her mind. She had learned about the situation in this world; it wasn't called the Immortal Realm at all, but was collectively known as the Myriad Realms.

Initially, Mu Xin thought this was the Lower Realm.

However, she heard from her mother that the place they were in was Huang Province. Immortals were rare here; only in places like Central Province or Beidou Province would there be more Immortals.

This meant that there truly were Immortals within this Cloud Firmament Realm.

This was not the Lower Realm!

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