[GL]Whose Wife Is Always Acting Pitiful? Oh, It Turns Out It’s Mine 39

Chapter 39: Whereabouts of the Surviving Orphan

Dugu Yuan’an walked in the room on double crutches. Four days had passed, and she tried hard to break through to the eighth level of Soul Cold internal energy by herself, but she was still one step short. If the internal energy could flow smoothly in the Three Yin Meridians of the foot, she would have long broken through to high-level internal martial arts.

If I break through, I can give A-Mu a surprise when she comes back… Dugu Yuan’an thought. Dugu Huansheng’s figure appeared in the courtyard: “Yuan’er.”

Dugu Yuan’an sat down at the table and said to Dugu Huansheng, “Mother.”

Dugu Huansheng closed the door. Her skin, still as delicate as a young girl’s, revealed a bit of gloom under the candlelight. She sat opposite Dugu Yuan’an and sighed softly, “Don’t be impatient.”

Dugu Yuan’an nodded and whispered, “I tried my best. Even if I didn’t break through, I’m not disappointed.”

Dugu Huansheng’s eyes were full of pity and guilt. She stared at Dugu Yuan’an for a long time. Dugu Yuan’an made a cup of tea and handed it to Dugu Huansheng. When Dugu Huansheng took the teacup, Dugu Yuan’an changed her address: “Little Aunt, try the freshly brewed Holy Snow Flower Tea.”

Dugu Huansheng suddenly looked up. Having watched Dugu Yuan’an grow up, she knew that usually calling her “Mother” meant a conversation like mother and daughter. When she changed to “Little Aunt” or “Maternal Aunt,” it meant she was going to mention matters related to the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain.

This year, Dugu Yuan’an hadn’t sought her out for a chat, focusing her mind on practicing martial arts and marrying Xue Mu. Dugu Huansheng knew that Yuan’er would mention these family grudges sooner or later.

Dugu Huansheng spoke first, finding a topic: “Since Yuan’er and Mu’er got married, have you gotten to know each other well?”

This “getting to know” naturally referred to the feelings between the two. Dugu Yuan’an knew she deliberately found a topic and didn’t expose it, just smiling. “Mu’er and I are very good.”

Dugu Huansheng pondered, then her eyebrows relaxed. “So, Mu’er also likes you very much. Although she forgot what happened back then, seeing you again, she still has an impression of you.”

Dugu Yuan’an complained secretly in her heart, but smiled. “Mu’er forgot me completely. How could she still have an impression seeing me?”

Dugu Huansheng sighed with emotion. “This child has been kind since she was young. Back then, she risked her life to drag you down the mountain and hide you, getting afflicted with Fire Poison herself. Growing up, although she acted unrestrained and too flamboyant, she protected many women well. Knowing you had a leg ailment, she never disliked you.”

Thinking of what Mu’er said on the day they met at the Xue Manor, “kick her off the wheelchair,” Dugu Yuan’an couldn’t help smiling. Hearing that at the time, she didn’t show it on her face, but felt depressed and sad in her heart. Without thinking, she used her finger strength to make Mu’er suffer a silent loss, and only then did her mood improve.

She had remembered Mu’er for fifteen years, but that didn’t mean she had to indulge and spoil her as soon as they met. However, Mu’er indeed didn’t take that matter to heart, so pure and innocent that she couldn’t bear to let go.

Dugu Huansheng said with gratification, “Yuan’er, since Mu’er came, you smile more often, and more genuinely.”

Maintaining her smile, Dugu Yuan’an responded, “With Mu’er here, one of my worries is resolved. But the worry about the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain still weighs on my back, making me unable to straighten my back or lift my head.”

Dugu Huansheng’s gaze wavered slightly, sorrow almost overflowing from her eyes. She closed her eyes briefly and whispered, “Yuan’er, what’s important right now is your health.”

Dugu Yuan’an said, “Does Maternal Aunt want to say ‘health is important, revenge comes later’? But with the great enmity of the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain unavenged, how can I live carefree and nurse my health indifferently?”

She paused, her expression even more frank.

“—Or is it that for the matter of avenging the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain, Maternal Aunt has another candidate?”

As soon as her voice fell, a bright light shone in Dugu Huansheng’s eyes. She stared at her intently but said nothing.

Dugu Yuan’an smiled slightly. “Maternal Aunt need not be surprised… Actually, Yuan’er didn’t notice anything strange at first, never thinking that Maternal Aunt actually saved another surviving orphan of the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain back then.”

“Yuan’er believes that Maternal Aunt definitely thought about bringing this one into the Dugu Manor to raise and protect as well. But Maternal Aunt is such a cautious and shrewd person, how could she put all her eggs in one basket? If the enemy came knocking, wouldn’t both orphans die?”

“Therefore, I, the orphan with a leg ailment, stayed in the manor to be raised, while the other child who luckily escaped and didn’t have her whole body’s meridians damaged was raised elsewhere. But where could Maternal Aunt trust?”

“The Yu Clan of Jin Mountain had just been exterminated. Yuan’er’s knee meridians were destroyed, dying. If the culprit didn’t believe the Yu Clan was cut down to the roots, they would definitely investigate the whereabouts of the Yu Clan’s side branches. Maternal Aunt could only choose to find a family facing the same situation at that time to seek survival for the few children involved in the extermination tragedy.”

As Dugu Yuan’an spoke sentence by sentence, Dugu Huansheng’s complexion actually looked better than just now. The look in her eyes as she watched the child in front of her also turned to appreciation and relief.

“At that time, the Xue Manor loved to pick up orphans and train them as manor guards. That child could just stay in the Xue Manor to be raised without arousing anyone’s suspicion.”

“It was also at that time that the Xue Manor began to have ice transactions with the Dugu Manor. But how did the ice transactions come about? Mu’er has Fire Poison in her body and needs a large amount of glacial ice in the pool to alleviate the poison. I originally thought that Maternal Aunt had always provided that ice.”

“But—the ‘Hidden Darkness Generation’ of the Yu Clan is not allowed to learn the Soul Cold technique. In such an emergency, Maternal Aunt had to learn it, using Soul Cold internal energy to turn water into ice. And I, who luckily survived at that time, after Maternal Aunt’s contemplation, was chosen to believe that the ‘Bright Light Generation’ of the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain was completely exterminated, so I could learn the Soul Cold technique with peace of mind.”

“Although Maternal Aunt’s internal energy is high, the Soul Cold technique needs to be learned in childhood to master the basics well. After providing ice for a few years, Maternal Aunt chose to let another person be responsible for this important task, because her Soul Cold internal energy is purer and deeper, and she can help Mu’er when accidents happen.”

Dugu Yuan’an slowly raised her eyes. After saying all this, her expression was extremely calm, as if chatting about family matters.

“This person, I think she is the surviving orphan of the thirty-second ‘Bright Light’ generation of the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain, ranking in the ‘Gong’ character generation—that is, Yu Gongruo, the now famous Music Star Mu Ruo of the Xue Star Tower, right?”

Dugu Huansheng said slowly, “Correct… But I still don’t understand. Why did you get inspiration from Mu’er?”

Dugu Yuan’an smiled slightly and said, “After all, she is my wife. Our hearts are connected.”