ICAY Chapter 147

Mu Lan’s Fate

Even before coming here, she had already guessed why Xiao Yi wanted to select so many women to send to Tianqing Manor on such a large scale.

Therefore, she didn’t appear particularly surprised, but simply nodded.

“I will do my best.”

Xiao Yi was clearly very satisfied with Zhizhi’s response.

He thought to himself that since his son didn’t reject this woman, it meant he could accept her. He would let them spend time together and see how things went. If his son really didn’t want this, then as the father, he should at least give it a push.

Zhizhi didn’t take this matter to heart. She was just thinking that the old manor master would surely do something to Xiao Yueqing, and she needed to find a way to guard against it.

Perhaps because he knew that Xiao Yueqing had Zhizhi by his side, Xiao Yi actually relaxed his vigilance over Xiao Yueqing and rarely sent people to monitor him anymore.

Because of the treasure map matter, Xiao Yi wasn’t particularly anxious either. He figured that one day it would eventually fall into his hands, and he didn’t want to destroy this hard-won father-son relationship.

After half a month had passed, seemingly shocking news spread throughout the martial arts world. It was said that the old manor lord’s wife of Mingyue Manor, Mu Lan, had disappeared.

Dongfang Wuchen was very anxious. Together with Dongfang Jue and various other sects, they were all searching for her whereabouts, but no matter what, they couldn’t find any trace of Mu Lan.

Those people probably couldn’t imagine that the once arrogant and proud manor lord’s wife was now imprisoned by Xiao Yi in the back mountain.

Tang Lan looked at the extremely familiar man before her, her eyes full of fear.

“Ah Yi, listen to my explanation. Back then, I didn’t truly want to harm you. I just acted impulsively in a moment of heated passion and did something wrong. Can you forgive me, please?”

Tang Lan had greatly disliked Xiao Yi back then, but now when facing him, she still felt incomparably afraid.

Because she knew too well what this man’s methods were.

Especially since he had survived the catastrophe and returned to Tianqing Manor, her days would definitely not be easy.

So ever since Xiao Yi came back, Tang Lan had been living in constant fear every day, thinking that she must find a way to avoid Xiao Yi.

She never expected that he would directly capture her and confine her to this place.

As for why she couldn’t escape, it was because Xiao Yi had made her consume a venomous insect. If she dared to leave Tianqing Manor, she would be devoured by the insect and die.

She had originally thought that as long as she submitted to Xiao Yi and begged him, he would surely take pity on her and wouldn’t treat her this way, but she was truly mistaken.

The man before her had indeed admired her in his youth and sincerely wanted to spend his life with her.

But what Tang Lan had done back then had long since broken Xiao Yi’s heart. Now he had women on both sides embracing him, yet he was unwilling to treat Tang Lan well.

Xiao Yi looked at the still very beautiful woman before him, but his eyes were full of coldness.

“Tang Lan, have you never thought that one day I could still be alive? If you’ve done something wrong, you must pay the price. I’ve never been someone who likes to talk nonsense. Since you did something wrong, then I must seek justice and make you pay the corresponding price.”

He held another pill in his hand.

“Back then, you gave me a slow-acting poison, slowly wanting to torture me to death so that you’d have a chance to leave Tianqing Manor, right? I never imagined that you, this woman, could be so cold-blooded. Not only did you want to poison me to death, you could even bring yourself to harm your own biological son, making him into this state. Even if you hated me, Xiao Yueqing is still your biological son. What kind of mother is like you?”

If it weren’t for Xiao Yi being clever and fortunately not dying, he wouldn’t have known about all the things his son would encounter after his death.

He never imagined that Tang Lan could be so heartless as to harm her own biological son like this.

Even though the truth had been exposed, Tang Lan was still begging for mercy.

“Xiao Yi, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have treated you and our son this way. Can you give me a chance to make it up to you both? Don’t you like me and want me? I’m willing to stay by your side and treat you well, okay?”

But Xiao Yi let out a cold laugh and kicked her away.

He looked down at Tang Lan from his superior position. “Do you think you’re still the Tang Lan I admired in my youth? Let me tell you, even the best admiration and most sincere feelings will fade away with the passage of time, let alone the fact that you did such things to me and our son, poisoning us. Do you think I would still want you?”

“Besides, you’ve already remarried Dongfang Jue and even had a son, Dongfang Wuchen, right? What makes you think that I, Xiao Yi, would want damaged goods? Oh, I almost forgot—it was Dongfang Jue who picked up my damaged goods.”

He had indeed truly loved Tang Lan once, but those feelings had completely ceased to exist. Now that he’d finally returned, how could he possibly take her back?

Xiao Yi crouched down and grabbed Tang Lan by the throat, mocking her. “You think you’re worthy of returning to my side? Ha, I find you dirty. You’re not worthy.”

With his current status and appearance, he had no shortage of women coming to his side.

Moreover, Tang Lan had harmed him—this was a hurdle that could never be overcome.

He stood up, looked around and said, “I won’t kill you, but you’ll never be able to leave this place. This is the golden house I’ve built for you. You’ll live here forever from now on. Perhaps when I’m in a good mood, I’ll come see you.”

Rekindling the old romance—don’t even think about it.

Xiao Yi finally managed to find out Yun Dan’s whereabouts from somewhere and directly kidnapped her.

When she was kidnapped again, Yun Dan didn’t have the panicked feeling from before, but rather felt that an opportunity had come.

“Xiao Yi, I really didn’t expect that one day I’d fall into your hands.”

Xiao Yi just picked up a dagger and gestured with it.

“Little girl, my patience is limited. Last time you escaped by luck, but this time you’ve fallen into my hands, no one will come to rescue you. My son probably won’t come to save you either.

After all, you two have no relationship anymore. Be sensible and hand over the treasure maps to me. Otherwise, I’ll slice the flesh from your body piece by piece.”

Yun Dan hadn’t been raised on fear. She had hidden all those treasure maps in her spatial storage anyway, because she knew she didn’t need to fear that Xiao Yi could search anything from her body.

Moreover, the last time when she knew nothing, facing Xiao Yi’s hundred tortures and interrogations, she hadn’t revealed any clues about Xiao Yueqing or the treasure maps.

Let alone now.

Although she feared death, it didn’t mean she would compromise.

Yun Dan let out a cold laugh and said, “Actually, I think you’re quite pathetic as a person. You’re far inferior to your son. He’s suffered even more hardships than you—abandoned by his biological mother twice, schemed against and made into a medicine person, resulting in having little time left to live.

Yet his three views have always been correct. He would never do such evil things. But what about you? Not only can you not distinguish right from wrong, you always capture innocent people. You’ll never compare to him.”