Repentance, Third Uncle's Past?

There had to be a story behind this...

Mu Xingqi thought so.

But he had no way of knowing any of this right now. With that thought, he continued looking at the Simulation Panel.

[You returned to your own courtyard from Grandpa's cave residence. Seeing little Ruilin helping clean the courtyard again, you felt rather curious, since you had not specifically assigned him this task.]

[So you asked little Ruilin about it, only for his answer to leave you both amused and helpless.]

[Little Ruilin said that you had assigned tasks to all his older brothers except him. He thought you did not want him anymore.]

[You could not help laughing. Children really were too innocent. You comforted little Ruilin, saying, "When little Ruilin grows up, Big Brother will naturally give you tasks. You're still too young now. Hiring child labor is against the law."]

["What is child labor?" little Ruilin asked curiously. You proceeded to bamboozle him with some knowledge from your previous life.]

[Yet Li Ruilin believed every word you said, simply because his brother Li Qingyun had told him that Big Brother was a good guy. Naturally, everything Big Brother said had to be right.]

"Why is little Ruilin so dazed? Is he naturally airheaded?"

Mu Xingqi said with a bitter smile in reality.

His actual older brother, Li Qingyun, was clearly bright and clever. How had his younger brother Li Ruilin failed to inherit any of that?

Maybe he just had not grown up yet?

Whatever. Being a little brother was not bad either.

Mu Xingqi stopped dwelling on it and turned back to the Simulation Panel.

[After bamboozling little Ruilin, you went into your room to cultivate. You discovered that you still had a long road ahead before condensing the ninth Spirit Platform. As for