Before confiscating their property, they emptied the imperial city and exiled them!

Mu Shilan looked at her aunt who was constantly crying, and was about to go find Liu Cuizhu when she saw Mu Qiyang who had rushed back.

"Uncle, please come and comfort Aunt. She has been crying for a long time."

Mu Qiyang didn't say anything, but simply waved his hand to signal her to leave.

Seeing the seriousness on Mu Qiyang's face, Mu Shilan wisely kept quiet.

They walked away quietly.

Because she knew that no matter how angry her uncle was, he wouldn't abandon her aunt.

Gu Xingzhi lay on the bed, sobbing and shaking her shoulders, ignoring Mu Qiyang.

Upon seeing this, Mu Qiyang's face showed a hint of pity: "Don't be sad, I really didn't know what to do at the time."

You suffered severe bleeding during childbirth, which damaged your health. If you were to learn the devastating news about the baby, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to handle it.

Gu Xingzhi turned her head, her eyes red, and questioned him, "So you're just going to let me raise your child with another woman?"

Mu Qiyang sighed, walked over and looked at her seriously: "I'm sorry for what happened to you, and I'm sorry for Cuilan too."

Gu Xingzhi glared angrily: "You dare mention that woman in front of me?"

With a look of guilt on his face, Mu Qiyang said, "You know, we were the ones who wronged her back then..."

Mentioning the past, Gu Xingzhi couldn't help but feel irritated: "Even if what happened back then was our fault, I've raised her daughter for so many years, shouldn't I have paid back for it by now!"

Suddenly, Gu Xingzhi glanced at Mu Qiyang, whose face was full of guilt, and seemed to have an idea in her mind.

She looked up at him with a firm gaze and said, "You are not allowed to have any relationship with that mother and daughter again, nor can you have any contact with them."

Upon hearing this, Mu Qiyang was startled and looked at her incredulously: "What do you mean by that?"

What about Qingwan? You don't even want her anymore?

"She's not my daughter!" Gu Xingzhi was unwilling, but she remembered that Mu Qingwan was Liu Cuizhu's biological daughter.

It's like there's a thorn in my heart; whenever I think of Mu Qingwan, I can't help but feel a sharp pain.

If I let them keep hanging around in front of me, wouldn't I be tortured to death?

Mu Qiyang refused to believe that the Gu Xingzhi he knew could be so heartless, assuming that she was still angry.

So he gently persuaded her, "I can't agree to what you're saying. We can't ignore Qingwan's existence."

Gu Xingzhi couldn't believe that Mu Qiyang, who had always treated her words as gospel, would disobey her.

So she angrily said, "No, if you don't agree, I'm going to divorce you!"

"What did you say?" Mu Qiyang's eyes widened in anger!

On Lin Xiaoxiao's side, after Su returned to her room and learned about Mu Qingwan's background, she hurriedly came to Lin Xiaoxiao's place.

Their rooms were just right before, but with Mu Qingwan's arrival, they had to be rearranged.

The ship owner didn't have any extra rooms, so he could only give them a storage room.

When Lin Xiaoxiao tried to pay, the boat owner refused to accept the money.

They had to stop traveling because the ship needed repairs.

Three days later!

Under Liu Cuizhu's care, Mu Qingwan recovered quickly.

However, during this time, Mu Qiyang and Gu Xingzhi never came to visit again.

However, Mu Qingwan did not insist on these things.

It was another ordinary morning. Everyone was still fast asleep when they were woken up by a scream.

"It's frozen over! The ship's frozen solid!"

After a scream, everyone rushed out in alarm to check.

The group ran to the deck and then witnessed a scene that filled them with despair.

A thick layer of ice had formed on the river, freezing the boat firmly in place.

"How could this be?"

"We're not going to die here, are we?"

The group glanced at the surrounding glacier, and some of the more timid ones burst into tears.

The crew busied themselves trying to break the ice using various methods, but all their efforts were in vain.

At this moment, snowflakes began to fall from the sky, and the cold wind was biting, making the situation even more severe.

Looking at the scene before her, Lin Xiaoxiao felt a sense of unease.

At that moment, a warm hand reached out and comforted her.

The crew, who had been busy at the bottom of the ship for half a day, all came aboard in vain.

Although Lu Hu was also very panicked, he thought that the area should thaw in a couple of days.

I've already been here for three days, so one more day won't make a difference.

So he said to everyone, "Let's all go back first!"

Although the others were worried, they could do nothing about it when they saw the crew members; they could only follow Lu Hu's instructions.

Inside the cargo hold, the usual lively atmosphere was absent.

The atmosphere was unusually quiet.

Although Mu Qiyang promised Gu Xingzhi that he would no longer visit his daughter, he is no longer spending time with her.

Instead, he took a bedding set and found a place to rest by himself.

After what happened, Song Huai'an also learned about Mu Qiyang's character.

Heartbroken, they never spoke again.

He once questioned Mu Qiyang, and Mu Qiyang admitted that he abandoned Liu Cuizhu without knowing that she was pregnant.

He and Gu Xingzhi fell in love at first sight, but Gu Xingzhi could not tolerate him having other women around him.

She even resorted to crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide, leaving Mu Qiyang with no choice but to go against his conscience.

Lin Xiaoxiao sat inside, looking out the window at the heavy snow: "I wonder how long this snow will last."

Song Wenjing walked to her side and covered her legs with a blanket.

Looking at the heavy snow outside, he said, "If the snow continues, we may have no choice but to rely on manpower to pull the boat to shore as soon as possible in order to save ourselves."

Lin Xiaoxiao turned to look at him: "Pulling the boat by human power?"

A scene gradually appeared in her mind: a group of people braving the cold wind and snow on the ice, pulling together on a rope to drag a heavy ship.

Just thinking about it was exhausting, but she knew that if the snow kept falling and the ice didn't melt, this would be their only option.

"I hope this snow stops soon! I don't want to go down into the river to pull the boat." Lin Xiaoxiao rested her chin on her hand, looking out at the heavy snow and praying.

The lunch delivered at noon was not as plentiful as usual, but Lin Xiaoxiao did not show any dissatisfaction.

She knew that in this kind of weather, the boat owner should have already started making preparations based on his experience.

Controlling your diet is the most basic step.