At Wen Yue and the beautiful woman's feet, a pretty little girl stood, carved out of pink jade, wearing a princess dress, looking very adorable.
Wen Rou recognized at a glance that this was herself as a child.
It seemed that the beautiful woman had not deceived her; she indeed had left her mother very early on!
However, if she had left all those years ago and had not returned to see her for over a decade without any contact, why had she come back to find her now?
"Xiaorou, how can you not remember what your mom looks like? Did Wen Yue do something wrong?! Where is he now? I'm going to find him and settle the score!"
Chen Shuyi, seeing Wen Rou take the photo she offered and her changing expressions, knew she had remembered her and spoke vehemently.
Upon hearing Chen Shuyi's words, Wen Rou's long eyelashes trembled, then she shifted her gaze away from the photo and sighed deeply, "Dad has... died!"
"Died?!"
Chen Shuyi's expression changed, showing disbelief and resentment.
When she had divorced Wen Yue, she had been deeply wounded by him and had entirely lost faith in love, returning to the Kunlun Ruins to deliberately forget about Wen Rou and her father.
A dozen years had passed in the blink of an eye, and Chen Shuyi had by then forgotten about Wen Yue and Wen Rou.
She thought she had never had these two most important people in her life.
But during this time in the clan, she heard that great chaos had erupted in the outside world, and the Elders had divined a prophecy. The descendant of the Chen Family that she had left behind when she sneaked out of the Kunlun Ruins would bring an unpredictable turn of events to the Chen Family, possibly leading to their rise.
Reluctantly, Chen Shuyi left the Kunlun Ruins to return to the outside world, and, after much effort, she found Wen Rou hidden in the Dragon King Hall.
But she hadn't expected Wen Rou to not even remember her face, and the man who had hurt her so deeply had already died long ago.
This realization made Chen Shuyi's gaze waver, feeling the vicissitudes of the world, truly as ever-changing as the sea into mulberry fields.
"It's good that he is dead, saving me the trouble of teaching him a lesson!"
Chen Shuyi took a deep breath and said with a cold laugh.
She had returned from the Kunlun Ruins to revisit her past, her unbearable earlier life, to bring Wen Rou back to the Kunlun Ruins, and she had also considered revenge against Wen Yue.
But if she had someone kill Wen Yue, and once Wen Rou found out, it would definitely upset her, potentially causing trouble for the rejuvenation of the Chen Family.
Therefore, Chen Shuyi never contemplated killing Wen Yue, just wanting to teach him a small lesson, to make him regret the way he had treated her.
Unfortunately, she was a step too late; the jerk had already died.
Never mind, if revenge was not possible it was not possible, and she was content not to cause a rift between mother and daughter over revenge against Wen Yue!
"Xiaorou, now that you recognize your mom, come with mom quickly. The mundane world has become very dangerous, with evil ghosts roaming everywhere, and the human realm like hell..."
Chen Shuyi dispelled the ripples in her heart caused by Wen Yue's death and said to Wen Rou in a grave voice.
She believed that Wen Rou would unquestionably agree to leave with her.
In a world overrun by demons and devils, anyone would surely agree to any condition if a mighty person suddenly offered help to rescue them from misery.
Wen Rou's earlier wariness of her was merely because there were so many demons, and Wen Rou feared being deceived by them, hence she was so cautious.
Now that their relationship was clarified, why wouldn't Wen Rou rush to leave with her?
However, things did not go as she expected.
Wen Rou, after hearing her words, shook her head resolutely and said, "Mom, I'm sorry, I can't go with you. I have to wait for my husband to come back."
"What?!"
Chen Shuyi was stunned by Wen Rou's response, feeling as if she had been struck by a bolt out of the blue, "You're already married?"
"Not yet," Wen Rou whispered, shaking her head. "But I live with him already, and will only marry him. He's currently away on business, and I need to wait for him to return."
Chen Shuyi also calmed down at this moment, and Wen Rou was already in her early twenties, certainly old enough to get married.
In all these years, having been in Kunlun Ruins, she hardly disciplined her. It was understandable that Wen Rou, not realizing the high status of her own identity, would fall in love with a lowly boy from the Mundane World.
Thinking of this, Chen Shuyi was ready to forcefully separate them, intending to make Wen Rou break up with her partner immediately.
But then she considered how girls of this age are often naive, believing in the so-called concept of love; she reckoned that even if she spoke up, Wen Rou wouldn't listen. Hadn't she herself fallen for Wen Yue in the same way?
Therefore, it was better to let Wen Rou make her own mistakes and realize the gulf between her and the lowly boy. Naturally, she would then leave him!
"Fine, I'll bring him back to Kunlun Ruins as well. Xiaorou, hurry up and call him to come back, leave whatever he's doing aside, and don't waste my time!"
Chen Shuyi spoke with a condescending attitude to Wen Rou.
Wen Rou frowned slightly upon hearing Chen Shuyi's tone, feeling somewhat disappointed, then pursed her lips and said softly, "No, my husband is handling important matters outside. I cannot disturb him; we'll wait for him to come back."
"You?!"
Chen Shuyi, seeing Wen Rou daring to go against her will, was immediately furious and was just about to say something.
Su Zijin frowned slightly, feeling that the attitude of this mother, who had abandoned her child and then sought to retrieve her, was inappropriate, and spoke up to persuade, "Mother-in-law, it's not good to talk to your child like this; moreover, my son is handling important matters outside, and really can't be disturbed..."
"What did you just call me?"
Chen Shuyi's voice suddenly sharpened, casting a cold glance at Su Zijin.
She hadn't paid much attention to Su Zijin and the others beside her, only taking offense at the term "mother-in-law," which she found particularly sensitive.
Chen Shuyi had not really taken a good look at Su Zijin, who was standing beside Gu Xiyan. Only now did she realize this young-looking woman was actually the mother of her daughter's partner!
"Mother-in-law," repeated Su Zijin calmly.
Wen Rou had already been intimate with Mu Jinyu and had also accepted the decision to marry him along with two other women.
Although they hadn't officially registered their marriage, in their hearts, they already considered themselves Mu Jinyu's wives.
What was missing was just the marriage certificate.
As soon as the darkness and chaos were over, with Mu Jinyu's current status as the Dragon King, arranging a marriage certificate for each of the three women would be no trouble at all.
"So you are the mother of that boy who deceived my daughter?"
Chen Shuyi, looking at Su Zijin's self-assured demeanor, was burning with rage. She impulsively reached out her hand, aiming a slap at Su Zijin's face!
Gu Xiyan, Mei Yinxue, and Wen Rou wanted to intervene, but they couldn't react quickly enough.
The gap in strength between them and Chen Shuyi was simply too great!
And while Mu Hongchen had reached the Early Energy Transformation Stage, the gap between her and Chen Shuyi was still significant. Caught by surprise, she too was unable to react in time.
It seemed Su Zijin was about to be humiliated by Chen Shuyi's hand.
Even Su Zijin herself felt that she couldn't evade Chen Shuyi's slap...
Suddenly!
"Bang!"
A dazzling golden object suddenly appeared in the sky, crashing directly towards Chen Shuyi's head.
Chen Shuyi, her hand inches from Su Zijin, felt an immense and unparalleled terrifying pressure and her face changed drastically as she quickly withdrew her hand and dodged to the side!
"Boom!"
A deep pit was smashed into the ground.
Following that, Mu Jinyu descended from the sky, landing steadily beside Su Zijin, anxiously asking, "Mom, are you alright?"