The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

Xiao Xian frowned.

He knew he couldn't keep her here, but he would never do so under the current circumstances.

This person is so annoying it's utterly frustrating!

Xiao Xian held Xiao Yuxi's hand tightly, trying to get around her blocking the doorway, but Mu Siliao stood firmly in the way, showing no intention of making way.

"We really can't let her live." Mu Siliao's eyes flickered slightly, her nails digging deeply into her palms as she struggled to control her emotions. "Since she kidnapped Xixi once, she'll definitely do it again and again... We absolutely cannot give her that chance!"

Musiliao spoke with such righteous indignation, but only she herself probably knew her true purpose.

Hearing her third sister say that, Xiao Yuxi lowered her eyes and silently looked at the stains on her third sister's skirt. Suddenly, she felt a little bitter, as if something was stuck in her throat.

Xiao Yuxi remembered what her third sister had said last time, which she had left at the entrance of the Mu residence and then disappeared from sight.

She suddenly had a strong urge to shake her sleeping "mother" awake. She knew that she wasn't her biological child, which was why her mother disliked her, made her do all the rough and tiring work, and beat her every day.

But why abandon her third sister, who was clearly her own child? Her third sister was so young, yet she was forced to travel such a long distance to the capital, only to be abandoned on the road where she knew no one and had no place to stay, while she herself left alone…

How could a mother be so heartless?

Xiao Yuxi bit her lip and held tightly to Xiao Xian's hand, trying to draw warmth from him.

She actually longed for maternal love from a young age...

Xiao Xian grabbed her hand that was blocking his way, pulled her body away, and led Xiao Yuxi away. "Either you stay here first, and we'll discuss how to deal with her later?"

After saying that, he grabbed the little girl and left without looking back.

Musiliao paused for a moment, glanced at the person lying on the ground, and hurriedly followed.

This is a slum.

How could she dare to stay here?

These people are all fearless...

Back at the Mu residence, Xiao Xian wiped away Xiao Yuxi's tears and looked at her red and swollen eyes.

I knew she had secretly cried again on the way.

Xiao Xian sighed softly, looked at the little girl in front of him, and gently patted her head. "Why are you crying?"

"Do you want to kill her?" Xiao Yuxi looked up at him, her big round eyes red and swollen from crying too many times today.

Although Xiao Yuxi couldn't quite understand their brief words, she could roughly sense their attitude.

Xiao Xian remained silent for a moment, wanting to find a better way to explain to her, but then felt that he shouldn't lie to her.

"You don't want us to kill her, right?" Xiao Xian asked her gently.

“I…I don’t know…” Xiao Yuxi said, wiping away her tears. “I think I should hate her, but I don’t want her to die. I remember when I was little, she wouldn’t hit me, but she started hitting me after my brother was born. I think she’s so bad, but I still don’t want her to die. I don’t know why I don’t want to stop you, but I don’t know what to do…”

Xiao Xian gently wiped away her tears.

He knew that she was still young and had not yet fully understood that the person who raised her was not her biological mother.

She grew up in this family's environment, and her personality had long been trained to be submissive. She was dependent on and had expectations of this family, but at the same time, she was also very afraid.

"Don't worry, brother won't kill her." Xiao Xian smiled gently at her. "But she should be punished for doing something wrong, right? Brother will tie her up for a few days and let her go hungry for a few meals. Let her experience what it felt like for Xixi to go hungry before, okay?"

Xiao Yuxi held back her tears and nodded blankly in response to his words.

"Actually, Xixi doesn't need to care about her. She's not Xixi's mother. Xixi's mother loves Xixi very much. She would feel sorry for Xixi if she saw her crying, so Xixi shouldn't cry."

"What does Mother look like? Why does Mother never come to see Xixi, not even in my dreams?" Xiao Yuxi tugged at Xiao Xian's sleeve.

Xiao Xian was slightly taken aback. He unbuttoned the buttons on his sleeve, turned up the cuff, tore open the fabric inside, and took out a small portrait of Xi Xi's mother.

Xiao Yuxi picked up the small portrait, stared blankly at the pretty older sister in it, and asked, "Is this my mother?"

"Yes." He took it with him when he left.

He had another large one among his clothes, but it wasn't stored properly and he accidentally tore it.

"Believe me, Xixi, your mother will appear in your dreams today."

Xiao Xian gently wiped her face with a towel, then applied a compress to her swollen eyes. He left quietly after she fell asleep.

With a cold expression, Xiao Xian went alone to the previous spot, looked at the person who was still unconscious, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

Experience going hungry a few times? There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Naturally, she should be made to suffer a hundredfold or a thousandfold, to beg for death but be unable to die, only then will people feel relieved.

Xiao Xian had just reached out his hand when it was slapped away. The newcomer quickly stepped forward and released Hu Niangzi's sleeping pressure points.

Xiao Xian looked at the masked woman in front of him, who had the exact same cultivation method as him, with some shock.

"Are you one of Yu Lan's people?" Xiao Xian stared intently at her, the more he looked at her figure, the more familiar she seemed, and the scene froze instantly.

"Kid, you're no match for me. You'd better stop here. I don't really want to hurt you." The masked woman's voice sounded unusually hoarse, as if she had deliberately altered it.

"You..." Xiao Xian looked her up and down, somewhat incredulous, "Why would you protect her?"

"It has its uses."

Xiao Xian felt increasingly strange. Looking at the ring on her right middle finger, he felt that he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where.

"Have you been staying at the Mu residence the whole time? With me?"

“Child, you seem to have misunderstood something. I will get nothing by following you. You should do your own thing, and I will not need your help with my affairs.” The masked woman grabbed Hu Niangzi’s collar with one hand.

"By the way, kid. Do you think anyone has touched the Jade Railing's secret treasure?" The masked woman looked at him with a smile in her eyes.

Xiao Xian was particularly struck by the word "child" and was about to retort when she was taken aback by her words.

Secret treasure?

If she says that, then someone has tampered with the secret treasure? But Yu Lan has long since disappeared into the desert, how could these people possibly find it?

"You mean..."

"It seems you haven't noticed. You're not qualified to be a guardian... I suggest you go back and take a look."