I traveled through the book and became a junior sister of a sect. The plot is decided by me.

Gu Ning was stunned for just a moment, and then he found a stool and sat down. With mixed feelings, he looked at He Mei, who was lowering her eyes and whispering about her past.

"I grew up in a brothel. In order to give birth to me, my mother spent all the money she had saved to redeem herself. I heard from the sisters in the brothel that my mother was put on the list again before I was even a month old..."

He Mei's eyes were a little complicated. "There are so many people with all kinds of weird habits in this world. At that time, I was lying in a small cradle, crying with hunger, but I couldn't even drink a mouthful of milk."

"When I cried, my mother always found a way to leave me some milk so that I wouldn't starve to death in my cradle."

Gu Ning pursed her lips, wanting to say something, but she didn't know what to say. It was just that such a birth... brought only endless pain to He Mei and her mother.

"When I was older, I still couldn't have enough to eat." He Mei laughed softly, "I already have some memories of that time. I remember that there were always some discarded big fish and meat next to the swill bucket in the backyard kitchen that I could pick up to eat. I was small and even smaller at that time, and I could never get enough food from other children... It was the kindness of the auntie who cooked in the kitchen who would secretly leave one or two steamed buns for me..."

"In this way, year after year, I slowly survived."

As He Mei continued her story, a thin and timid little girl seemed to appear before Gu Ning's eyes. She huddled in a corner, wolfing down a large, dry steamed bun, her big eyes full of timidity and fear.

But...what about her mother?

As soon as this thought came to mind, He Meimei's eyes became gentler, "Little Senior Sister, you must be curious about where my mother went, right?"

She quietly raised her eyes, with an indescribable tenderness in them, "She sold herself again, to a cultivator... to be used as a furnace, and the condition was that the man took out a spirit stone and detected my spirit roots."

"My spiritual roots..." He Mei sneered, "They are just middle-grade spiritual roots."

"Just for such an opportunity, she burned her life. I watched her age day by day. Wrinkles gradually appeared on her beautiful face, her black hair gradually turned gray, and her originally plump figure shrank day by day, just like... a flower that quickly withered..."

"In a month, she will be sober one day. On that day, she will touch my hair gently, give me all the money that the cultivator gave her, and tell me again and again with expectation."

"Nannan, one year... give me one year, and I will take you away from this place." He Mei laughed foolishly, "She is so silly. A mere mortal body is used as a cauldron. It is already a very lucky thing to survive for three months."

"One day three months later, I had just grabbed a piece of meat, but before I could put it in my mouth, the kitchen lady grabbed me and dragged me to my mother's room. I was confused and saw my mother lying in a pool of blood with a small hole on her neck..."

"She called me: Nannan, Nannan, my dear Nannan..."

"Her hands were hanging by the bed, stretching towards me as hard as she could. Her eyes were glued to me, as if she wanted to see my whole life... Then, the light in her eyes suddenly dimmed in an instant, like a dried flower."

He Mei was immersed in the past, tears falling like round pearls, but she was unaware of it.

"Mother... Mother, what's wrong with you?" She murmured intermittently, and the blood-red scene appeared before her eyes again. The red and white that often appeared before He Mei's eyes in her dreams at midnight appeared clearly in her mind at this moment, so clearly that she seemed to be able to see the beautiful bright red flower on her mother's forehead.

So brilliant, so short-lived, so inconspicuous.

"Master, can you take a look at this girl and see if she is useful?" Little He Mei was stunned when suddenly someone pushed her from behind. She staggered forward and fell heavily to the ground. The next second, a pair of black boots appeared in front of her. The man bent down condescendingly and lifted He Mei's chin.

A stream of spiritual power instantly rushed through Xiao Hemei's body. She felt a sudden pain in her heart and spat out a large mouthful of blood with a "wow".

A voice came from above, "Not bad, her physique is better than her mother's. I will take this little girl away."

While He Mei was in a daze, the man carried her out of the brothel as if he was carrying a chicken.

But... she left her mother behind.

He Mei suddenly smiled brightly, "Little Senior Sister, I was taken away by that evil cultivator just like that, but he didn't know... he took away a beautiful snake that can bite people."

Gu Ning remained silent, and He Mei did not need Gu Ning to answer, so she continued, "He taught me how to practice and fed me many, many pills. My cultivation reached the Golden Elixir stage when I was eighteen, but before I could rejoice, they were all absorbed in the next second..."

"Later, every time he was full, he would gently stroke my cheek and say softly, 'Nannan... You are really my good daughter!'"

"He is not worthy of calling me Nannan..." He Mei showed a crazy smile, "He wanted to get something for nothing, and he wanted the spiritual power in my body. I fed myself the Spirit Crying Pill, and when the spiritual power came out of my body for the last time, I had a gentle and affectionate smile on my face. When he was most happy, I dealt him a fatal blow."

Lingkudan, you can tell what it is just by hearing the name. It starts by destroying the spiritual power, then erodes the meridians and dantian bit by bit, and finally decomposes the whole person into a handful of earth.

There is only one way to save them, and that is... one life for another.

Gu Ning stood up in a flash, and under He Mei's slightly surprised gaze, he said, "Well done, well done."

He Mei looked even more surprised, she thought...

"Little Senior Sister, don't you think I'm vicious?"

"I don't think so. You are just trying to save your life and seek revenge. Why not?"

Gu Ning walked closer and sighed softly, "Don't advise others to be kind without experiencing their suffering. Junior Sister He Mei, I think your mother will be very pleased that you have grown up to be what you are now."

As soon as the words fell, He Mei opened her mouth wide, and the next second, tears could not stop falling, "Mother... Mother always wanted me to be a good person... But, but..."

But she is not a good person. She is cruel, selfish, has killed and harmed people, and will do anything to grab resources...

"No buts." Gu Ning sighed lightly, finally understanding why He Mei told him these past events.

She was afraid... afraid that when she saw her mother, her mother would blame her.

"Junior Sister He Mei, no matter what you did later, the kindness in your heart is always there. I believe you always have a bottom line to stick to." Gu Ning patted He Mei's shoulder gently, "Don't think too much, have a good rest."

He Mei lay down sobbing, and when Gu Ning saw that she closed her eyes, he tiptoed to leave.

"Little Senior Sister, thank you." Unexpectedly, just as Gu Ning reached the door, he heard He Mei's voice behind him, "I am indeed not a good person. If I were a thorough good person, I would not be able to enter the Mingyue Sect, nor would I be able to meet you."

Gu Ning turned his head, only to see He Mei turned sideways, leaving only her back to him.