"At first, Mother had only caught a chill, and he pretended to be kind by bringing her medicine."
Luo Xi bit her lip and said, "There was nothing unusual when she first started taking it, but later we discovered she couldn't stop. If she went more than seven days without it, she would vomit blood endlessly, her whole body wracked with pain as though ten thousand ants were gnawing at her heart."
Luo Zixi trembled with rage, her full chest heaving violently. "Beast! What shameless bastard would resort to such despicable methods?"
A cold gleam flashed in Luo Qimeng's eyes. "No wonder your mother refused him all these years. How could someone so vile dare speak of true love?"
By this point, Li Chen understood.
The system had guided him to Luo Xi, clearly intending for him to rescue this mother and daughter.
If he succeeded, he would not only earn Luo Xi's affection but might also gain an unexpected reward through the clues her father had left behind.
"Xi'er, tell your uncle who that man is," Li Chen asked gently, as though he were planning to teach a lesson to an ant he could crush between his fingers.
Luo Xi lifted her dirty little face and hesitated before saying, "It's... it's the master of Hongmen Mountain Villa, Qin Hong."
Despair filled her as she spoke those words.
Although Hongmen Mountain Villa was not a top-tier power, its master, Qin Hong, had already reached Great Perfection of the Heavenly Abyss Realm and was said to be capable of breaking through to the Saint Realm at any moment. He also reportedly knew several powerful Saint Realm experts, and the forces behind him formed a tangled web.
Luo Xi assumed that once she said this, her two aunts and the man she