The sky over the rivers and lakes is very clear

Chapter 287

Although Mr. Chen did not speak, his gaze towards her was full of affection.

Zhu Huihui felt a sense of confusion. She looked at Madam Wan, then at Yu Xiaoyao, hesitated for a long time, and finally called out to Yu Xiaoyao, "Mother!"

Yu Xiaoyao's voice was shrill: "Why are you still calling me 'mother'? I just hit you! Didn't you wish I were dead? Your pig-dog parents are there, weren't you willing to risk your life to save them? Go save them! Go!"

Zhu Huihui was taken aback, then answered matter-of-factly, "Of course I'll call you Mother! You raised me with so much care, what's a few slaps? You didn't even use any force!"

Recalling her own severe injuries and the hardships she endured raising Zhu Huihui, Yu Xiaoyao felt a sudden pang of sorrow, but hardened her heart and shrieked, "You don't need to thank me! I didn't take care of you with any good intentions!"

Zhu Huihui looked very troubled: "Mother, I don't understand, what exactly happened back then?"

Yu Xiaoyao gave a bitter smile, and Mr. Chen and Mrs. Wan also wore wry smiles. Their thoughts drifted back to more than ten years ago...

At that time, Yu Xiaoyao was new to the martial arts world and poisoned the third young master of the Tie family in Jiangnan.

When Tie Sanshao's body was brought back, it was bloated all over, his body was mangled beyond recognition, and even his internal organs were swollen and rotten like pulp, a truly gruesome sight. At that time, the Tie family invited a peerless physician to examine the body.

The divine doctor diagnosed that the poison that Tie San Shao had been afflicted with was a secret poison from the southern border. Because the poisoned person's pores bled all over their body and their skin ulcerated, resembling a blood-stained shirt, this domineering poison was called "Blood-Threaded Shirt".

This miraculous doctor was none other than Madam Wan.

Of course, at that time, Lady Wan was not yet a "lady". As a young and unmarried woman under the age of twenty, she traveled the world with her unparalleled medical skills and compassionate heart, practicing medicine and saving countless lives.

Madam Wan's maiden name was "Wan Ning," but people in the martial arts world always called her "Great Compassionate Bodhisattva."

According to ancient records, the Blood-Thread Garment originated in the Southern Frontier. However, it had been lost for a long time, but now it has been produced. As a physician with a heart for the world, Wan Ning naturally had to find a medicine to counteract this deadly poison. Thus, under the escort of Chen Mobai, a chivalrous hero from the Central Plains, she personally went to the Southern Frontier.

Little did they know that this journey would lead to countless troubles. Wan Ning, Chen Mobai, and Yu Xiaoyao, three exceptionally talented figures in the martial arts world, would have their lives forever changed because of it.

While practicing medicine and collecting herbs in the southern border region, Wan Ning and Chen Mobai also searched for information about the Blood-Threaded Robe.

Yu Xiaoyao was a free spirit, and upon hearing this, she assumed they were there to cause her trouble, so she immediately went to their door. Her first move was poison. However, Chen Mobai's swordsmanship was divine, and Wan Ning's medical skills were truly superb; Yu Xiaoyao gained no advantage and was driven away by the two. Naturally, she was unwilling to accept this, so she went to cause trouble every few days.

Chen Mobai possessed exceptional martial arts skills and was also handsome, elegant, and refined. After spending a lot of time with him, Yu Xiaoyao fell deeply in love with him.

However, Chen Mobai and Wan Ning were already a well-known young couple in the martial arts world. Although Yu Xiaoyao was incomparably beautiful, she was capricious, ruthless, and had a heart of stone. Chen Mobai disliked her too much to bear and always gave her a cold shoulder when she pestered him, never saying a kind word.

Yu Xiaoyao has a strange personality. The more people dislike her, the more she pursues them. Moreover, her methods are vicious and evil, making it impossible for Chen and Wan to guard against her.

Later, Chen Mobai and Wan Ning were so entangled that they had no choice but to hastily get married to put an end to Yu Xiaoyao's hopes. Yu Xiaoyao, driven by love turned to hate, disrupted their wedding. If Chen and Wan Ning hadn't been prepared, everyone attending the wedding would have been poisoned by her.

On the day of their wedding, Yu Xiaoyao stood in the hall where the two were to be married and told Chen Mobai and Wan Ning, word by word, that she would make them regret it for the rest of their lives! Then she leaped away and disappeared without a trace, never to be seen again.

Chen Mobai and Wan Ning lived a happy and peaceful life for a while. Later, Wan Ning gave birth to a daughter. When the daughter was just three months old, Yu Xiaoyao suddenly appeared and stole the baby.

Chen Mobai and Wan Ning immediately gave chase.

The couple were kind and chivalrous, and many people in the martial arts world had benefited from their kindness. They had no way to repay them in ordinary times, but when they heard that Mr. Chen and Mrs. Wan's newborn daughter had been stolen by a witch, they immediately volunteered to join the team to save the baby.

Although many people were tracking them, the little fish demon was also very vicious. Several times when she was surrounded and pressed hard, she would recklessly poison people without regard for time or place, and many innocent people suffered as a result.

Despite this, Chen Mobai and Wan Ning were so popular that more and more people came to help them. Yu Xiaoyao finally couldn't take it anymore, so she snatched a child of about the same age, leaving her half-dead, and then pretended to be outmatched so that the pursuers could take the baby girl back.

When Wan Ning saw the child on the verge of death, her heart broke. She immediately tried to save him, but the child's injuries were too severe. She exhausted all her strength to save the child's life—this child was Chen Muwan.

Yu Xiaoyao, along with Mr. Chen and Mrs. Wan's biological daughter, finally managed to escape.

The three adults recalled the past, their expressions ranging from anger to hurt, while Zhu Huihui, the person involved, was deeply shocked. Anger, pain, sadness, grief, distress... a mix of emotions swirled together, leaving her unsure of her own feelings. Finally, she couldn't hold back any longer, sitting on the ground and bursting into tears, this time genuine.

No one spoke. Things had turned upside down so fast. In the blink of an eye, the young lady who was respected by everyone in Beikong Valley had become a "fake." In the next blink, the filthy, lazy, cowardly, thieving, and bullying little beggar who wandered the world had become the lost daughter of a divine doctor. Such things were hard for the person involved to accept, and even someone as calm as Fengxuese was struck by the unpredictability of life and how one's fate was not truly in one's own hands.

Looking at her two daughters, one wailing and the other sobbing with her head down, Madam Wan couldn't help but shed tears herself, yet her tears were tinged with a smile: "Little Yu, thank you!"

Yu Xiaoyao asked coldly, "Are you thanking me for sparing this girl's life?"

“That’s right! If you hadn’t shown mercy back then, I would never have seen my daughter again!” She turned her head and said to Mr. Chen with tears in her eyes, “Mo Bai, look at our child, she’s so cute! Her eyes are big and round, just like yours.”

Chen Mobai suppressed the bitterness in his heart and smiled slightly: "Yes! When I first saw this child, I felt a fondness for her. I never expected... she... she really is our child!"

He said to Zhu Huihui, "Child, come here!"

Zhu Huihui wiped away her tears. She had been sitting on the ground crying, but she immediately crawled to Mr. Chen's side and sobbed, "Sir!"

Mr. Chen smiled and said, "No need to call me Mr.. You are my daughter, you should call me Daddy."

The word "father" was so unfamiliar to Zhu Huihui; she had never heard of it before. Zhu Huihui opened her mouth, but still couldn't utter a sound.

Yu Xiaoyao looked at them and sneered slightly: "This child could have lived, but you've dragged her down with you!"

He reached out and grabbed the maple-colored longsword, his gaze shifting between Mr. Chen, Mrs. Wan, and Zhu Huihui, as if deciding who to attack first.

Mr. Chen and Mrs. Wan smiled calmly, gazing at Zhu Huihui, looking as if they had no regrets about seeing their beloved daughter.

Zhu Huihui wasn't afraid at all. She rushed over and hugged Yu Xiaoyao's leg, crying louder than usual: "Waaah, Mother, kill me first!"

Yu Xiaoyao impatiently grabbed her ear and dragged her away: "I don't need to kill you with my own hands, and you don't have many years left to live!"

Madam Wan's expression changed slightly: "What do you mean?"

Yu Xiaoyao smiled broadly: "Aren't you supposed to be a very important doctor? How come you didn't notice?"

Madam Wan suddenly remembered that back when they first met, she had noticed that Zhu Huihui's blood circulation was abnormal, with a strange and vigorous power flowing within her body. She was very worried at the time, but she never knew why. She had been hoping to have the time to properly examine and treat the child...

"Yu Xiaoyao, what did you do to my daughter?" Her voice trembled.

Yu Xiaoyao smiled slightly: "As you know, I was injured by Bai Niao Yelu back then. Due to the serious injury, the toxins in my body backfired, and I had to take more poisons to control it. Alas! Even though I have spent my whole life with poisons, I am still just an ordinary person of flesh and blood. I dare not use poisons that I am not sure about. Therefore, before taking any, I have to test the poison on others."

Madam Wan's expression was filled with extreme fear, and she stammered, "You...you used Ash...to test the poison for you?"