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Given Mother’s methods, she’d likely pull this off without anyone noticing, leaving the Xiao family powerless to resolve it.

At that moment, a flicker of guilt stirred within her. If not for her, perhaps he wouldn’t be facing all this trouble and pressure now!

"Big Brother Xiao, please sit down and have some tea!" Yue’er poured him a cup and asked, "Are you very busy after returning, Big Brother Xiao? Why haven’t you shaved? You look quite different from the Big Brother Xiao I know."

"Little Qi, I’m sorry."

He lowered his eyes, his voice tinged with gloom. At that moment, he couldn’t even meet Yun Qi’s gaze.

Hearing this, Yun Qi understood his meaning. Yet, curiosity stirred within her. What exactly had her Mother done? That it could make him admit defeat so swiftly?

"Big Brother Xiao, why are you apologizing to me? You haven’t done anything wrong to me!" she spoke up.

Xiao Junyan looked at her and said, "The Old Predecessor has arranged a marriage for me. I..."

He took a deep breath and told her, "I’m sorry. Not long ago, I confessed my feelings to you. But between my family and you, I ultimately couldn’t abandon my family to choose you."

His voice was low and hoarse as he continued, "I am Xiao Junyan, the Young Master of the Xiao family. I cannot turn a blind eye to my clan’s peril. I..."

"Big Brother Xiao."

Yue’er’s lips curved into a gentle smile. She gazed at him and said, "Big Brother Xiao, you needn’t blame yourself or feel guilty. In truth, the one who should be apologizing is me."

She sighed softly. "I met Big Brother Xiao when I was very young. All these years, I’ve always regarded you as a Big Brother. But when we went down the mountain last time, spending time together, I realized you felt differently about me. I think you liked me, but I wasn’t ready to accept those feelings."

"In that secret realm, trapped by that fragment of divine soul, I saw Big Brother Xiao confront my illusion. Even knowing it might not be my true form, he refused to let my phantom suffer the slightest harm. He chose to cover himself in wounds instead. My heart was utterly shaken."

"Over the years, only my closest family had treated me this way. I never imagined Big Brother Xiao would go to such lengths. Later, when my meridians were destroyed and cracks appeared in my dantian, everyone said I was ruined—unable to cultivate anymore, doomed to live out my days as an ordinary mortal. Yet it was then that Big Brother Xiao confessed his feelings to me."

She smiled as she spoke, looking at him: " My feelings were complex then—shocked and touched. I liked Brother Xiao, but I wasn’t sure if it was love. So I asked my Mother. She said, regardless of whether I loved him, since he’d confessed, she’d test him first. She wanted to see how far he’d go for me. If he truly risked everything for me, if I meant more to him than anything else, then we could build our relationship."

At this point, she looked at him apologetically and continued, "Big Brother Xiao, the truth is... my father is Xuanyuan Mo Ze, Hell’s Lord and my mother is Feng Jiu. I am their youngest daughter. My name is Xuanyuan Muyue."

Xiao Junyan stared at her in utter shock, stumbling back in disbelief. His mind churned like a raging sea, his thoughts completely blank.

She said... her father was Hell’s Lord, her Mother was Feng Jiu, and her name was... Xuanyuan Muyue...

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