A weak voice came from inside the house. Lu Fei told Gu Changge and the others to wait outside for a while, then quickly walked a few steps to open the door and go inside. In the dilapidated and dimly lit house, she immediately saw a withered and emaciated woman lying on the bed.

If it weren't for the slight undulations under the blanket, one would have mistaken it for a skeleton.

"Mom, I'm back."

Lu Fei looked at the person the original owner could not bear to part with most in her memories—her mother, Chen Wanyue.

The mother and daughter were driven to live in the slums for three years. During this time, they depended on each other for survival. Lu Fei was able to eat her fill occasionally because she had to go on missions, but Chen Wanyue, who stayed at the base, struggled to make ends meet.

The woman, who was once from a wealthy and beautiful family, is now just skin and bones, looking as old as eighty at the age of 51.

Nevertheless, every time Lu Fei returned, Chen Wanyue would give the leftover food to her daughter.

Lu Fei refused, so she got angry and refused to eat. In the end, she had no choice but to eat it all, and only then was Chen Wanyue satisfied.

In her memory, the mother and daughter relied on each other for warmth, which was the only warmth in the original owner's heart. But even so, Chen Wanyue could never wait for her daughter again.

"System, what is Chen Wanyue's ending in the book?"

[After the original owner, Lu Fei, was pushed into a pile of zombies and died, Chen Wanyue was unaware of it. At that time, the Lu brothers were too guilty to go see her, so they sent the mistress and her daughter to deliver supplies to her.]

Lu Xue and her mother wished she were dead so they would never give her food. Without the original owner of the body, they became even more unscrupulous.

She starved to death, clutching the two pieces of bread she had given to the original owner of this body as she lay dying. She was the only person who truly cared for the original owner.

Lu Fei slowly closed her eyes, suppressing the sorrow in her heart and the hatred she felt for the Lu family.

Just as she was thinking of persuading Chen Wanyue to leave with her, she asked the system to take out the stamina potions she had exchanged.

The next second, something hard was shoved into my hand.

Looking down, I saw that it was a hard, rock-hard rice cake.

"Feifei must be hungry after her mission. Luckily, supplies have arrived from over there. Mom has already eaten, so eat this quickly."

The original owner was on a mission and before he could even see Chen Wanyue, he was hanged on the city wall by Lu Jiamu and lost his life.

When Chen Wanyue saw her daughter return empty-handed, she knew that she must have been harassed again, so she quickly handed over the dry food that she had been saving to eat, so that her daughter could have her fill.

Listening to Chen Wanyue's constant urging, Lu Fei felt the coarse rice cake in her hand was very heavy.

Just by looking at how weak Chen Wanyue was, and how her lips were cracked and bleeding, you could tell she hadn't eaten in a long time, yet she still tried to fool people by saying she was full.

“Feifei, Mom is old and useless. Your brothers are blind and heartless, following Lu Xue to bully you. If it weren’t for them threatening you with me, you wouldn’t always risk your life on missions.”

Every time I see you come home covered in injuries, my heart breaks.

Chen Wanyue thought about it for several days and finally waited for her daughter to return. She trembled as she stroked Lu Fei's face, her eyes full of reluctance and heartache.

"Listen to your mother, leave. Don't worry about me. My life has been a complete failure, and I don't want you to be dragged down with me..."

You'd be better off without me; you shouldn't be suffering here.

Tears fell onto Lu Fei's hand, reminding her of the image of her mother holding her hand and giving her words of advice before she died.

“My Feifei, what will you do without your mother? Mommy doesn’t want to die. If Mommy dies, you’ll have no one to love you…”

The two mothers' faces were completely different, yet they strangely overlapped in Lu Fei's mind, causing her eyes to well up with tears without her even realizing it.

"Mom, I won't abandon you..."

Lu Fei buried her face in Chen Wanyue's neck, tears falling into her clothes.

Chen Wanyue was surprised by her daughter's unusual weakness; even when she lost an arm, she would pretend it didn't hurt.

She knew her daughter must be upset, and those brats were probably up to something again. Her heart ached, and she quickly hugged her, and the two of them cried together.

Feeling the warmth that belongs only to her mother, Lu Fei felt as if she had returned to the time she spent with her mother, making her reluctant to leave.

The mother and daughter cried for a while before sitting up straight. When they looked up, a determined light flashed in Lu Fei's eyes.

Regardless, she accepted the original owner's body, so Chen Wanyue would be her responsibility from now on, and she would definitely treat her like her own mother.

"Mom, come with me, let's go to Hongjian Base."

Oh, I forgot to tell you, I awakened my purification ability and met a level 5 expert who invited us to the Hongjian Base.

Although conditions there are difficult, I have hands and feet, and I also have special abilities; I'm sure I can support both of us.

As they were talking, Lu Fei coaxed Chen Wanyue into drinking the stamina potion.

The medicine didn't taste very good as soon as it went down her throat, but it quickly nourished her severely depleted body. In the blink of an eye, Chen Wanyue felt much more comfortable, and even her eyes looked much brighter.

"System, is there anything in the store that can help my mom get back to her previous state quickly?"

Looking at Chen Wanyue's appearance, Lu Fei felt a pang of pain in her heart and desperately wanted her to get better soon.

[Host, your mother's body needs time to recover. As long as you complete more tasks, accumulate crystal cores to exchange for points, and drink more repair potions and rejuvenation pills, not only will she return to her previous state, but she will even look like your sister.]

The little honey badger in her mind was smug and arrogant, but Lu Fei found it incredibly cute.

With the system's words, Lu Fei was full of energy. It's just a mission, it's just crystal cores, let's do it. As long as we don't die, we'll do it to the death. We'll definitely be able to help our mother recover.

"You silly child, you should keep such a good thing for yourself. Giving it to me is a waste."

While Lu Fei was distracted looking at the various repair items in the system shop, Chen Wanyue felt her condition improving, but was very regretful.

"If you awaken your superpowers, you'd better leave now. In my current state, I'll only be a burden to you, and when we get to the base, I'll just be used as a bargaining chip to threaten you."

"Feifei, don't worry about Mommy."

Chen Wanyue did not want to be a burden to Lu Fei.

But Lu Fei knew that Chen Wanyue had actually had the opportunity to leave before, but her maternal grandparents didn't like the Lu family and demanded that she not take any of the children with her.

Chen Wanyue stayed because she was really worried about the children.

Later, the mistress and her daughter sowed discord and framed Chen Wanyue, causing her to drift apart from her five sons, leaving only her youngest daughter to depend on her. Several times, when the original owner was sick and on the verge of death, it was Chen Wanyue who rushed out to find medicine and saved her.

How could Lu Fei possibly abandon a mother like that?

As soon as Chen Wanyue finished speaking, Lu Fei stared at her with red eyes.

"Mom, are you reluctant to leave because you can't bear to part with my brothers? I know I'm not your only child, but you're all I have left."

Lu Fei gently rested her head on Chen Wanyue's lap.

"Mom, can you please be more loving towards me? With you here, I feel like I have a home, okay?"

Upon hearing Lu Fei's words, Chen Wanyue's tears, which she had just stopped, fell again, and she swallowed the words of advice that were about to come out.

Seeing that Chen Wanyue's expression softened a bit, Lu Fei pressed on, sobbing as she recounted how her fifth brother had hung her on the city wall and thrown her into a pile of zombies, while her second and third brothers stood by and did nothing.

"Mom, you don't know, if it weren't for the big shots at Hongjian Base saving me, I would never have seen you again."

"You beast, you're a real beast! You're their own sister, how could they do this to you for the sake of a mistress's daughter..."

Chen Wanyue trembled with anger, clutching Lu Fei in fear. She thought about how heartbroken she would be if her daughter never came back, and her resentment towards her sons deepened.

Taking advantage of this moment, Lu Fei quickly ran to the door, let Gu Changge and the others who were waiting in, and packed her things and left without saying a word.

Seeing that Chen Wanyue was weak, Gu Changge picked her up and carried her.

"Mom, don't worry. Lu Fei is my older sister, and you are my real mother. From now on, you can expect to live a life of luxury at the Hongjian base. If anyone dares to bully you, I will burn them to ashes."

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