286: Chapter 66 Mu Wanqing Goes Berserk

In the pavilion, Li Qingluo and Duan Zhengchun fell into silence as they stared at the stone table shattered by Wang Yuyan's palm strike.

Both of them were astonished by the strength Wang Yuyan had displayed.

Li Qingluo knew that Wang Yuyan had learned Martial Arts from Meng Li and was quite strong, but she had not expected her to be this powerful.

However, that was not the main point. The point was what Wang Yuyan had just said: she did not want a fourth person to know about her parentage.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother; she understood the implication behind Wang Yuyan's words very well. Whether a fourth person knew was secondary; the real point was that she must not let Meng Li know.

The problem was that Meng Li had known about this for a long time, and had even used her affair with Duan Zhengchun as leverage to make her...

Although the nature of things had changed as they developed, judging by Wang Yuyan's performance just now, if she were to find out, there was no telling what unpredictable things she might do.

For instance, just now, Li Qingluo had never expected her generally well-behaved daughter to so brazenly defy her.

She had spoken harshly knowing Duan Zhengchun's identity, and in the end, she even dragged her own mother into it and threatened her with force.

From the current situation, Li Qingluo admitted she had no good way to resolve this.

She could only find an opportunity to tell Meng Li and let him think of a solution.

However, Li Qingluo guessed that Meng Li would not have any good solutions either.

Thinking of this, she could not help but sigh inwardly.

At this moment, Duan Zhengchun spoke up: "Ah, Madam Wang, Yu Yan's Martial Arts..."

"It was taught by her cousin." Li Qingluo replied, then looked hesitant, but finally said: "Do not blame Yu Yan. She and her cousin grew up together, and they have a very deep bond. After growing up, she fell deeply in love with him, and they are now betrothed, which is why she..."

She did not finish the rest of her sentence, but the meaning was self-evident.

After listening, Duan Zhengchun's expression was complex, and he replied with a hint of bitterness: "I understand."

"She is right; to give birth without raising is to not be a person. I already owe her so much, so how could I blame her?"

"Besides her, I also owe..."

As soon as he started the last sentence, Li Qingluo anticipated what was coming and hurriedly interrupted: "You are not lightly injured; I will go call someone."

Having said that, she turned and walked toward the reception hall.

Duan Zhengchun froze on the spot, only returning to his senses after a few seconds, with a flash of realization and bitterness in his eyes.

"Not only does she not want to listen to me, but she also refuses to even support me."

"It seems we really can't go back to how things were."

He had not been muttering to himself for long before Qin Hongmian, Duan Yu, Zhu Danchen, and Chu Wanli came rushing over under Li Qingluo's lead.

Qin Hongmian and the others were greatly surprised to see Duan Zhengchun's appearance.

Almost instantly, Qin Hongmian pointed her spearhead at Li Qingluo: "Li Qingluo, didn't you say you no longer had any thoughts for Brother Chun? Why did you hurt him like this?"

Li Qingluo glanced at her sideways: "I was not the one who wounded him."

Qin Hongmian did not believe it at all: "You were the ones who came here to talk alone just now, and we didn't see anyone else when we arrived. If it wasn't you, then who was it?"

Li Qingluo was speechless for a moment.

She wanted to tell the truth, but that would inevitably involve Wang Yuyan's parentage, which was not what she wanted.

Furthermore, she and Wang Yuyan were mother and daughter; there was not much difference between whom Wang Yuyan hurt and whom she hurt.

Duan Zhengchun, who had just had his acupoints pressed by Zhu Danchen to curb his injuries, saw this and hurriedly spoke up: "Hongmian, you have misunderstood Madam Wang. The injuries on my body were indeed not caused by her."

"Then who hit you?" Qin Hongmian retorted.

Duan Zhengchun opened his mouth, then said helplessly: "I brought this upon myself."

Qin Hongmian: "..."

Duan Yu, Zhu Danchen, and Chu Wanli had originally wanted to ask for the truth—after all, Duan Zhengchun was not lightly injured, and there had to be an explanation. But upon hearing Duan Zhengchun's words, they immediately understood that his injuries were related to his romantic debts, and instantly quelled any thoughts of further inquiry.

There was no helping it; Duan Zhengchun's romantic debts were truly hard to describe in a few words. They could not investigate them all, nor was it appropriate to do so.

Qin Hongmian knew this as well.

After a brief silence, she glared fiercely at Duan Zhengchun and said hatefully: "You will die because of your romantic debts sooner or later!"

After finishing her words, Qin Hongmian turned and walked out.

Duan Yu shook his head and glanced at Li Qingluo nearby. He really wanted to ask if Wang Yuyan was truly his younger sister and if she had really become betrothed to Meng Li. However, on second thought, he was afraid that the answer he received would cause him further heartache. Plus, Li Qingluo's expression was not very good, so he had to dismiss the thought and turned to walk out instead.

Zhu Danchen and Chu Wanli could not be so carefree.

One on the left and one on the right, they carefully helped Duan Zhengchun up and walked outside together.

Only then did Li Qingluo quicken her steps to follow.

In the reception hall, A Zhu and A Bi were both startled to see Duan Zhengchun's condition.

Duan Zhengchun and his group did not explain much, only politely bidding farewell, saying they would come to visit another day to check on Mu Wanqing's situation, and asked them to let Meng Li know.

Meng Li had previously told Duan Zhengchun and his group to make themselves at home, so A Zhu and A Bi naturally would not detain them or stop them from leaving.

Once Duan Zhengchun and his group left, Li Qingluo dismissed the others with a casual remark and went to find Wang Yuyan.

After the buffer from just now, she felt it was necessary to have a chat with her daughter.

Although A Zhu and A Bi were very curious, they did not ask more and turned to busy themselves with their own affairs.

Meanwhile...

After Meng Li went to chase after Mu Wanqing, he did not catch up immediately, because after she left the reception hall, she used her Lightness Skill to return directly to the Mo Mei Forest Garden where she resided.

Meng Li felt that discussing matters indeed required a quiet place, so he followed her all the way there.

Upon arriving at the Mo Mei Forest Garden, Mu Wanqing turned her head and discovered he had followed, so she stopped in the courtyard.

"What are you here for?" she asked.

"I was worried you might do something drastic, so I followed to take a look."

Mu Wanqing paused, then said angrily: "Am I the type of person who cannot think clearly?"

"Then have you thought it through?" Meng Li asked in turn.

Mu Wanqing fell silent. After a long while, she spoke in a tone that contained both sorrow and self-mockery: "I feel that I am ridiculous."

"My mother gave birth to me, but because she was abandoned by a man, she did not want to acknowledge me."

"From the time I was old enough to understand, she told me that I had no father or mother, that I was an orphan, and she addressed me as a Master. When I reached the appropriate age, she forced me to swear a poisonous oath about removing my veil, otherwise she would not teach me Martial Arts."

"After I learned Martial Arts from her, she instilled thoughts of revenge in me, telling me that if I ever encountered Dao Baifeng, Li Qingluo, or Ruan Xingzhu, I should kill them immediately."

"I didn't understand before; I only knew that these people had hurt her and held deep grudges against her."

"It wasn't until I went to Manda Mountain Villa that I understood from the conversation between my mother and Li Qingluo that my Master was actually my mother."

"Dao Baifeng and the other two were all my mother's love rivals."

"The only grudge between my mother and them was that their man had been stolen."

"As it turns out, Li Qingluo said she did not steal that man from my mother. It was that man who abandoned my mother, then met her, was with her, and in the end, abandoned her as well. My mother and she could be considered fellow sufferers, so she let us go."

"This matter clearly showed that the man was the one with the problem, but my mother did not think so; she still wanted to kill Dao Baifeng."

"I knew I couldn't persuade her, so I let her be, intending to learn powerful Martial Arts from you and then go help her."

"As it turns out, before I had even learned the Martial Arts well, she brought the man who had abandoned her and me back then, wanting me to follow them back to acknowledge my ancestors."

"Acknowledge my ancestors?"

"Once I do that, wouldn't all the previous matters be wiped clean?"

"Then what does that man's abandonment back then count for?"

"What does her deception toward me for so many years count for?"

"And what does the hatred she planted in me count for?"

"Is it a joke?"

"Tell me, am I not ridiculous?"