Your Highness, please stop chasing me.

Mu Xue continued, "The few times I've seen Ye Shangyuan interacting with you, he's been looking at you with a very subtle look of apprehension. I suspect that your identity is not simple. Also, I heard you say that you haven't been to Yu Nan City for more than ten years. I suspect that you don't live in Xi Yu Kingdom, so I don't want you to get into trouble."

Cang Lin walked over and sat down next to Mu Xue. Looking at Mu Xue's still somewhat childish face, he reached out and touched the top of her head, saying, "Little girl, you don't have to think so much."

This time, Mu Xue didn't shake his hand away. She said, "You are my family, and I can't let you be in danger."

“You are also my family,” Cang Lin said earnestly.

Before Mu Xue could speak, he continued, "Do you want to know my identity? Perhaps knowing it won't do you any good."

Mu Xue looked at Cang Lin with a serious expression.

She began by saying, "Do I look like someone who's afraid of trouble?"

Cang Lin burst into laughter at Mu Xue, who quickly covered her mouth and said, "Are you crazy! Don't you even know what time it is!"

With his mouth covered, Cang Lin patted Mu Xue's hand to indicate that he understood.

As soon as he was released, he took a deep breath.

He looked up at the moon, and Mu Xue also looked at the moon, waiting quietly.

"My name is Cang Lin, the Lord of the Demon City," Cang Lin began, stating his identity.

Mu Xue was startled. She thought Cang Lin was of noble status, but she never expected that he was actually the Demon Lord of the Demon City.

Cang Lin continued, "My parents were killed by enemies when I was very young. I grew up with my older brother. When I was ten, my brother said he would take me to see the most beautiful woman in Xiyu Kingdom. He told me that he would marry her and make her my sister-in-law..."

Cang Lin calmly recounted his story, while Mu Xue listened quietly, resting her chin on her hand.

"...Later, our enemies learned of our whereabouts and found us. To escape their pursuit, my elder brother led me to the backyard of Princess Anning's residence, where we happened to run into my elder sister." Cang Lin paused here and looked at Mu Xue.

“Your mother saved my eldest brother, who was injured at the time. She felt that Princess Anning’s residence was not safe either, so she secretly hid us in her carriage and took us back to the Marquis of Zhenbei’s residence overnight. But those people came knocking on our door very quickly. For the safety of my sister and me, my eldest brother lured away the pursuers by himself. That was the last time I saw him.” Cang Lin said, his expression very dejected.

Mu Xue thought that his elder brother must be a very important person to Cang Lin.

Mu Xue asked, "Was it during that time that you started living with my mother?"

Cang Lin composed himself, his face showing his dejection, and continued, "Seeing that I was worried about my elder brother's safety, my sister secretly sent people to search for him. Neither my elder brother nor I told my sister our true identities, so how could her people possibly find us?" He gave a self-deprecating laugh as he said this.

"If I had known that my brother would never come back, I would have told my sister our true identities. Would that have saved his life?" Cang Lin sighed.

He continued, "Luckily, I didn't. Otherwise, my sister would have been in great danger too."

"Later, I lived with my sister for more than a year before the Grand Elder of Shanghai found me and took me back," Cang Lin said.

"When I got back, I found out that my older brother was dead. I no longer have any blood relatives in this world," Cang Lin said, covering his eyes.

Mu Xue patted his shoulder, wanting to comfort him, but not knowing what to say.

Cang Lin patted Mu Xue's hand and said, "I'm fine. Later, I was well protected in Modu and I also sent people to keep inquiring about my sister's whereabouts. It wasn't until you were born that I was allowed by the Grand Elder to come out and look for my sister."

"But by the time I arrived in the capital, Mu Qinghe had already brought you all to Yu Nan City. My whereabouts were leaked once again. Fearing that I would endanger my sister, I had no choice but to return to the Demon Capital. Not long after I returned, I heard the news of my sister's death," Cang Lin said.

Mu Xue lowered her head and said softly, "The poison that Mother was given to her was given to her by my own hands."

Cang Lin put his arm around Mu Xue's shoulder and said, "I've already heard about it from Granny Kang. In the end, you're still young and you were taken advantage of. It's not your fault. Be good."

At this moment, Mu Xue finally couldn't hold back her emotions any longer.

Cang Lin was the first person to say that to her, the first person to say, "This is not your fault."

Mu Xue sobbed softly, tears streaming down her face as she desperately tried to suppress the sound of her crying.

She bit her fists hard to stop herself from crying out loud; the more she suppressed her sobs, the more she felt she was about to lose control.

Cang Lin could only switch from using one hand to both, holding Mu Xue and constantly coaxing her, "It's okay, it's over, it wasn't your fault, it wasn't your fault."

After an unknown amount of time, perhaps Mu Xue had cried herself to exhaustion, she was still murmuring, "It's not my fault, it's not my fault..."

Cang Lin sighed helplessly, shook his head with a smile, picked up the light-footed Mu Xue, and turned back to her room.

Hearing the commotion, Granny Kang and Susu quietly stood by, both of them already in tears.

Cang Lin nodded to Granny Kang, and whispered to Su Su, "Get some ice to wipe your young lady's eyes, otherwise they'll be swollen like walnuts tomorrow."

Su Su sniffed and said in a muffled voice, "Yes, Uncle."

"Thank you, young master. This old servant had no idea that young lady was suffering so much," said Granny Kang in a low voice.

Cang Lin nodded in agreement and said, "It's good that she cried. Don't let her mature demeanor fool you; she's still just a child after all!"

Soon, Susu arrived with ice cubes and Wang Heping.

Wang Heping bowed respectfully to Cang Lin and said, "Master, a letter has arrived. The messenger is waiting in the main hall."

Cang Lin waved his hand and said to Granny Kang, "Wipe her eyes and let her rest well. She'll be fine after a nap."

After saying that, he and Wang Heping walked out together.

Su Su and Granny Kang helped Mu Xue change out of her men's clothes and wiped her eyes with ice water before leaving. Mu Xue did not open her eyes during this time.

After everyone left the room and the door closed, Mu Xue turned around and opened her eyes.

By the moonlight, she watched the departing figures of Granny Kang and Su Su.

She slowly sat up, leaned against the bed, and, by the moonlight, picked up the remaining ice cubes from the small table beside her and covered her eyes.

She spoke as if to herself, yet also as if to someone else: "It's all in the past. The injustices you suffered will gradually fade away. You've been forgiven. None of this was your fault. You're finally free..."

At this moment, Mu Xue felt truly relieved. She felt that she was now the complete person she truly was!