[GL]Whose Wife Is Always Acting Pitiful? Oh, It Turns Out It’s Mine 54

Chapter 54: The Culprit

Xue Duanhun’s suicide note wasn’t very long, but every line revealed the deepest regret and guilt suppressed in her heart.

“Mu’er, at this moment, Duanhun has reached a dead end. By the time you read this letter, my soul will no longer be in this world. Past friendship is like lingering drizzle. Due to a moment of obsession, I committed an act of treachery. Great enmity has been avenged, but I bear the burden of chilling slaughter. I have no face to confront it, and no way to turn back. The road of Jianghu is not easy. Do not be hurt by the sorrowful cry of the wild goose. Let all gratitude and grudges be left to murmur in the wind. Flee from the heavy entanglements within, and never lose yourself because of my choice. Duanhun’s last words.”

Dugu Yuan’an still couldn’t believe it. She read it several times. Judging from the words in the suicide note, Xue Duanhun absolutely couldn’t escape connection with the tragedy of the extermination of the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain—”Great enmity has been avenged,” “burden of chilling slaughter.” Did Xue Duanhun exterminate the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain for revenge?

Thinking of this, the shrill screams on Jin Mountain seemed to ring in Dugu Yuan’an’s ears again. Grief surged, and she couldn’t help loosening her hand. The suicide note fell slowly, caught by Xue Mu, who carefully folded it. Then she picked up Xue Duanhun’s body and walked out.

At Xue Jinming’s signal, the guards had brought another coffin. Xue Mu no longer had the urge to smash it. She silently and gently placed Xue Duanhun’s corpse into the coffin. Lying on the edge of the coffin, tears burst from her eyes, and she whispered, “Master, do you want to sever the master-disciple relationship with Mu’er? Even in the suicide note…” She couldn’t help choking up. “Even in the suicide note, you didn’t mention a single word.”

She gazed obsessively at the sleeping Xue Duanhun for a good while before slowly straightening up. Staggering back into the guest room, she collected all the piled papers on the table and put them into a wooden box.

Everyone present watched her actions, their faces showing unbearable sadness. Xue Mu had recovered a calm expression at this moment and said calmly, “Head Accountant of Xue Star Tower, Xue Duanhun, was loyal to her duty and unfortunately died from an attack. The entire Xue Manor feels deeply grieved. Remembering her lifelong contributions, draft an obituary and send it to Sect Leader Qi Qing of the Blue Wind Mountain Sect. The funeral will be held on the third day of the eighth month. We earnestly request the Sect Leader and fellow colleagues to come and offer condolences.”

Since hearing Xue Mu’s crying, Xue Xue had rushed to the guest room and had been standing outside the door ever since. She whispered, “Yes, Young Mistress.”

Xue Mu paused for a moment and said, “It’s six hundred miles from Hanfeng Town to Blue Wind Mountain. Use my good horse, and take another horse. Strive to let the people from the Blue Wind Mountain Sect arrive before my master’s first seven days (traditional mourning period). Xue Chang, draft an obituary first and let Xue Xue send it to the Blue Wind Mountain Sect.”

With that, she walked out of the courtyard holding the wooden box. Feng Motian wanted to chase after her, but Xue Jinming stopped her, shaking his head.

Xue Mu stopped for a moment at the courtyard gate, then turned back to push Dugu Yuan’an’s wheelchair away.

Along the way, Xue Mu didn’t speak, and Dugu Yuan’an stared straight ahead without speaking either. She was still thinking about the words in Xue Duanhun’s suicide note, thinking: “Great enmity has been avenged, great enmity has been avenged.” Could it be that Xue Duanhun had a grudge against the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain when she was young, so fifteen years ago, after achieving success in her studies, she went up to Jin Mountain to exterminate the clan for revenge? No, it won’t be like that. Xue Duanhun wasn’t that stupid. When did she leave the Blue Wind Mountain Sect? Did she tell Mu’er?

Thinking of this, she turned her head to look at Xue Mu’s face. Seeing her indifferent expression and dull eyes, feelings of pity and cherishing welled up in her heart.

Mu’er knows nothing. If Xue Duanhun was the culprit who exterminated the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain, then Mu Ruo injured her, and she chose not to expose Mu Ruo because she felt guilty. After avenging her great enmity, she felt she bore the sin of exterminating a clan, so she tried every means to find the dying Mu’er afflicted with Fire Poison, wanting to accompany her to make up for her mistakes and dissolve her sins. But what use is that?

Thinking of this, Dugu Yuan’an’s heart trembled again.

If Xue Duanhun knew Mu’er was still alive, she would think that the little girl who escaped from Jin Mountain was also alive. She had long suspected that there was a surviving orphan of the Yu Clan in the Dugu Manor, that illegitimate daughter of Hero Dugu sent halfway. So she stayed in the Xue Manor unobtrusively for fifteen years, until Dugu Yuan’an married her current disciple, finally confirming the orphan’s identity.

When Xue Duanhun confirmed her identity and knew she knew the Soul Cold Twelve Arts, was she afraid or happy?

Dugu Yuan’an always thought about revenge, but never expected that there was an enemy hidden beside her wife for fifteen years. Now this enemy committed suicide out of guilt and regret. Was she also afraid that Mu’er would discover the truth, so she used death to escape?

Guarding Mu’er all these years, was there some falsehood mixed in her sincerity, or some sincerity mixed in her falsehood?

Xue Mu pushed Dugu Yuan’an all the way to her own residence, put the wooden box on the table, then carried Dugu Yuan’an to the bed in the room. Squatting down, she gently rubbed her knees and whispered, “Did I hurt you just now?”

She naturally referred to the incident where she went crazy and smashed the coffin, and Dugu Yuan’an stepped forward to hug her. Dugu Yuan’an shook her head, cupped her face with both hands, and said, “Mu’er, you are sad now. Sleep for a while.”

Xue Mu said, “I… I won’t sleep.”

Dugu Yuan’an pulled her to sit next to her. “Xue…” She originally wanted to say Senior Xue, but if this person was really the enemy who exterminated the Yu Clan, she couldn’t say the word “Senior” no matter what. “Mu’er, what are your thoughts now?”

“My thoughts… my thoughts…” Xue Mu murmured repeatedly, clenching her fists. “If no one from the Blue Wind Mountain Sect comes to offer condolences, making Xue Xue run in vain, I will… I will kill my way up to Blue Wind Mountain!”

Dugu Yuan’an was stunned. “Why do you think that?”

Xue Mu slammed her clenched fist on the quilt and said, “My master said it! She… she left the Blue Wind Mountain Sect for some reasons. It turned out she left for revenge… She must have had a dispute with Sect Leader Qi Qing. But now she is dead… If Sect Leader Qi Qing doesn’t come to see, I’m going to demand an explanation!”

Xue Mu spoke through gritted teeth like this, sometimes “killing her way up to Blue Wind Mountain,” sometimes “demanding an explanation,” sounding incoherent. Dugu Yuan’an failed to state the suspicious point of Xue Duanhun’s blindness directly last night. Saying it now would definitely arouse Xue Mu’s resistance, but she still decided to say it: “Mu’er, the injury on your master’s eyes is actually… actually traces left by Soul Cold internal energy.”

Xue Mu stared hatefully ahead. Hearing Dugu Yuan’an say this, her gaze froze instantly.

After a long time, she slowly turned her head to look at Dugu Yuan’an, her pitch-black eyes full of confusion and bewilderment. “Wh… what did you say? That’s impossible!”

“I thought about telling you before, but I was afraid you would get involved in the dispute and felt it wasn’t necessary to tell you.” Dugu Yuan’an sighed. “I only found out not long ago.”

Xue Mu looked helpless. “Yuan… Yuan’er, what do you want to say?”

Dugu Yuan’an held her hand, shocked to find it no longer warm, and smiled bitterly. “I am not the only surviving orphan of the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain. There is another one in your Xue Star Tower.”

Although Xue Mu was in great grief and pain, a bit muddled, listening to Dugu Yuan’an’s words at this moment, a thought suddenly arose in her mind: “Are you saying Mu Ruo—?”

Dugu Yuan’an was slightly stunned. “How did you guess?”