I'm Really Not Your Mom

No doubt about it—whenever a major villain wore a smile like that, he was definitely plotting something bad!

Lord Lucifer had thought of a brilliant idea!

Once he pulled it off, it would definitely raise the Repulsion Value by quite a bit!

"Hehehe!"

Lord Lucifer quietly slipped away and returned to Qian Renxue's side.

He picked up Qian Renxue and hurried back toward the place from before.

"Little thing, I found you a new mother!"

"Be grateful for Lord Lucifer's kindness!"

After arriving at the previous spot, Lord Lucifer secretly observed Ah Rou.

Ah Rou was picking fruit and was already preparing to leave.

Once Ah Rou stood up, Lord Lucifer considered the direction she was heading.

"Looks like she's going home."

Lord Lucifer quickly circled around to get ahead of her, then set Qian Renxue down against the roots of a tree.

Afterward, he swiftly found a place to hide, without returning to Qian Renxue's body.

Lord Lucifer sighed with feeling. "Sigh! I'm just too kind!"

Things unfolded according to his plan.

Ah Rou encountered Qian Renxue!

"Huh? Whose child is this? Why is she lying here all alone?"

Ah Rou was both surprised and confused.

This was not the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, but the boundary between the middle and inner regions.

Something was clearly suspicious, so Ah Rou did not rashly approach.

She first searched the surrounding area.

Without a doubt, she found nothing.

After hesitating again and again, she still walked over to Qian Renxue.

"Not a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form!" She carefully sensed Qian Renxue's aura.

Her cultivation had already reached the Spirit Douluo level, and she herself was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form.

Therefore, she only needed to observe Qian Renxue up close to determine without question that she was human!

"But how could a human child appear here alone?"

Ah Rou could not make sense of it no matter how hard she thought.

Qian Renxue had an extraordinary bearing and wore luxurious clothes, prompting a guess to arise in Ah Rou's heart—

"Could she have gotten separated from the elders in her family?"

"Or was she brought here by some monkey-type Soul Beast that liked playing pranks?"

No matter what, she could not simply leave Qian Renxue alone.

She had always been kind by nature, and Qian Renxue's pitiful appearance happened to stir her maternal instincts.

Otherwise, she would not have stepped in to save Bibi Dong back then.

"Child! Wake up!"

Ah Rou set down her fruit basket and gathered Qian Renxue into her arms.

"Child! Wake up!"

She could sense that Qian Renxue had merely fainted and was not injured.

Lord Lucifer had already been out of Qian Renxue's body for some time.

After Ah Rou shook her a few times, Qian Renxue slowly woke up.

Qian Renxue's eyes were still hazy. Seeing a face identical to her mother's before her, she assumed she had not truly awakened yet.

"Was I dreaming again?"

"But it doesn't seem like a nightmare. That's nice!"

Seeing the concern in the person's expression, she gave a soft, mocking laugh.

If this were not a dream, how could her mother possibly look at her with such concern, let alone hold her in her arms?

"Mom!"

Since it was only a dream anyway, Qian Renxue decided to properly enjoy the motherly love she could never receive in reality.

She wrapped her arms around Ah Rou's waist and leaned into her embrace, greedily savoring that gentleness.

Ah Rou was completely dumbfounded!

Mom?

She only had one daughter, and her name was Xiao Wu!

Had this child been frightened silly?

Ah Rou froze for a moment, then decided that Qian Renxue had yet to recover from her panic.

So she did not rush to explain and instead comforted her softly first.

"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!"

"The danger has passed! You're safe now!"

As she comforted her, she gently patted Qian Renxue as well.

Qian Renxue was curled up in Ah Rou's arms like a little rabbit!

What a wonderful feeling. Once the dream ended, it would be gone!

As time passed, Qian Renxue gradually realized something was wrong!

"Huh? Why does this dream feel so real?"

Once she noticed that, she became increasingly confused.

The touch, the sight, the smell... why did everything feel so real?

Startled, she ran her little hands all over Ah Rou's body.

It was simply too real!

"That tickles!"

In the shadows, Lord Lucifer sensed the shared sensation coming through his hand and hurriedly cut off the connection.

When Lord Lucifer was doing bad things... ah, no... doing important things, he would never let trivial matters distract him!

Qian Renxue sat up and slowly widened her eyes, staring fixedly at Ah Rou.

"This isn't a dream?"

"Of course it isn't a dream!" Ah Rou gave her a gentle smile.

Qian Renxue's breath caught.

It wasn't a dream!

At that moment, she did not even have time to wonder why "Bibi Dong" was here.

There was only one question in her mind: "Then... Mom, you don't hate me anymore?"

Uh!

Ah Rou was stunned again. What kind of questions was this child asking?

But when she saw the hopeful yet cautious and uneasy expression on Qian Renxue's face, Ah Rou's heart inexplicably tightened.

Could she be a child with a tragic past?

She comforted her gently, "Silly child! How could a mother hate her own daughter?"

Qian Renxue stood there in a daze for a long time.

This scene was too surreal!

She usually did not even dare imagine something like this in her dreams!

Then she suddenly recalled what Qian Daoliu had said.

Grandfather was right!

Mother did not actually hate me!

She merely had conflicts with Father and had taken it out on me!

With that thought, she threw herself into Ah Rou's arms again and held her tightly.

"Mom!"

"You're finally willing to accept Xue'er!"

Overwhelmed with emotion, Qian Renxue began to sob softly.

Tears kept streaming down, soaking Ah Rou's light shirt.

Ah Rou helplessly raised her head to the sky.

Sigh!

Why was this getting more complicated the more they talked?

If Xiao Wu found out that she was out here acting as someone else's mother...

She did not even dare imagine that scene!

No matter what, Ah Rou had to explain this matter clearly.

She coughed lightly twice, making her tone gentler.

"Um... little girl, did you mistake me for someone else?"

"Huh?"

Qian Renxue's sobs abruptly stopped. She raised her head, her eyes full of confusion.

"Mom! What... do you mean?"

A bad feeling rose in her heart.

"Um..." For some reason, Ah Rou did not dare meet Qian Renxue's eyes.

Her gaze dropped. "I'm not your mother!"

"This is the first time we've met!"

I'm not your mother!

Those words exploded in Qian Renxue's mind like thunder!

She had just been accepted, only to be denied the next moment. The sudden reversal left her dazed!

At the same time, a tremendous question arose in her heart—why?

Seeing this, Ah Rou hurriedly explained, "You've got the wrong person! I might just look somewhat like your mother!"

"When I passed by here earlier, I saw you lying on the ground alone. I was worried you might be in danger, so I woke you up!"

"Did you get separated from your family?"

Hearing that, Qian Renxue also realized that something was wrong.

Shouldn't Bibi Dong be in Spirit Hall right now?

Besides, she had not reached a bottleneck yet. There was no need for her to come to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Spirit Ring!