Harem Daily Life

Chapter 287 Regret

Tao Yanyan’s words made Mu Yu’s face turn pale.

But Tao Yanyan's next words were like a knife, stabbing into his heart.

"Your daughter Jiaojiao is dead. The person standing in front of you now is Tao Yanyan. The Tao couple are my parents. Don't recognize relatives randomly. I don't have a father like you."

Mu Yu's face was pale, he was trembling and didn't know what to say. After a long pause, he said: "Good, very good, you have perfectly inherited your father's stubbornness, this stubborn temper is exactly the same as your father's."

Tao Yanyan: "..."

You really know how to flatter yourself!

She was too lazy to talk to him about the father-daughter relationship anymore. She wanted to see him just to find out what happened and find out the truth.

Tao Yanyan got straight to the point: "How did you get drugged back then? Do you still remember?"

Speaking of this, Mu Yu's face turned red. Perhaps he felt it was not nice to say this in front of his own daughter, so he hesitated and did not speak.

Tao Yanyan was getting impatient waiting: "Why? It's been a long time, you don't remember? If you can't remember, just recall the people and things you encountered after you came to Beijing. This is called associative memory."

After saying that, he looked at Mu Yu, waiting for his answer.

Mu Yu finally gave in. This was Jiaojiao, the girl Gu Xinran gave birth to him, and he couldn't refuse her.

So he recalled everything that happened before and after that day.

"That day was the Lantern Festival, and the capital was very lively. After I finished my business, I went to the Miaoyin Pavilion to listen to music..."

Suddenly realizing something, he immediately explained: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not the kind of person who hangs out in places with fireworks. I really go there to listen to music. I just like music theory."

Tao Yanyan nodded and motioned for him to continue.

Mu Yu thought for a moment and said, "Maybe I was drugged in Miaoyin Pavilion. I got up and left the moment I felt something was wrong, but I couldn't stand it soon after returning to the inn. Just at this time... at this time, your mother came to the inn for some reason and knocked on my door..."

Mu Yu paused here and said, "It was such a coincidence that I thought it was your mother who drugged me. Afterwards, I found out that your mother was very simple. She looked like she was raised in a pampered family and didn't have any ulterior motives. She kept crying afterwards and said a few words intermittently, like: why aren't you here, why isn't it him, why did you lie to me, etc. But the drug effect hadn't worn off at that time, so I don't remember what she said specifically."

Mu Yu was feeling a little depressed. His encounter with Gu Xinran started from that day.

Sometimes he wondered, if he had been more alert and not fallen into other people's traps, he would not have harmed Xinran, and she would have been able to marry a rich young man of high status and position with the status of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.

Unfortunately, time cannot be reversed, and it is too late for him to regret now.

Tao Yanyan fell into deep thought, and after a while he said: "So, she went to your inn because someone had planned it? Who could have planned it?"

Tao Yanyan narrowed her eyes and analyzed them one by one: "Her enemies? It is difficult for a lady from a wealthy family to make enemies with others. Someone who has a conflict of interest with her? Or is it the rival family of the Marquis' Mansion?"

I was puzzled, and then I heard Mu Yu continue: "She seemed to be looking for someone. Either she went to the wrong place, or someone made an appointment with her to wait in my room in the inn."

Tao Yanyan was more inclined to the latter - she had an appointment with someone in that room.

It seems that we need to investigate who Miss Gu had a date with during the Lantern Festival that year. The person who dated her is highly suspicious.

Tao Yanyan decided to wait until he had a chance to tell He Linzhang about this matter first. He had many subordinates, so it would be easier to investigate.

"So did you take her away from the capital directly afterwards?" Tao Yanyan asked.

Mu Yu nodded: "After becoming my person, she found it hard to accept it for a while, and was worried about bringing disgrace to the Marquis's family, so she wanted to commit suicide. I was afraid that she would do something stupid, so I decided to take her away."

After saying that, he looked at Tao Yanyan and explained: "I brought her back to Penglai Island with the intention of divorcing my wife and marrying Xinran. Unfortunately, my position was unstable at that time. My wife was the daughter of the leader of the Demon Cult, and I inherited the position of Demon Lord after marrying into her family. I lacked reputation and strength. Because of this incident, I received pressure from many parties. They neither let me divorce nor let me resign from the position of Demon Lord, so I had to take care of Xinran until she gave birth to the child. One day, my wife took advantage of my absence and sent you and your daughter on the boat..."

At this point, Mu Yu's eyes turned red: "After I found out, I ignored everyone's opposition and went out on a boat to look for you. Fortunately, with God's blessing, I finally found you on a small island where you drifted there."

He shed a tear, quickly brushed it away with his sleeve, and continued: "After this incident, I was completely disappointed with my wife, so I wrote a letter saying that I wanted to divorce and abdicate. I took you and your daughter to the land, thinking that I would accompany you for the rest of my life."

Mu Yu sighed, beating his chest and stamping his feet: "Who would have thought that one day the Great Elder would come in a hurry and say that the Madam was crazy and had injured the Young Master, and that he might not live long. I was worried about Xingchuan's safety, so I asked someone to protect you and your daughter, and returned to Penglai Island alone."

Mu Yu looked sad and regretful. "Who would have thought that the vicious woman would use her privilege as the leader's daughter to send the island's top killers to hunt you down? You can probably guess what happened next. I went to save you after I found out, but in the end... I saw your mother drowning with her baby in her arms."

Mu Yu was already sobbing uncontrollably at this time. This was the first time Tao Yanyan saw a grown man cry like this.

She waited for a while before she saw Mu Yu calm down and said, "After burying Xinran and the child, I was disheartened. After returning to Penglai Island, I resigned from the position of Demon Lord regardless of everything. Since I couldn't divorce her, I left the island and lived alone. In the past 17 years, there has been no day that I haven't regretted everything I did. I regretted bringing Xinran back but not protecting her."

Tao Yanyan closed his eyes, and when he opened them he was clear-headed: "The hatred for killing my mother is irreconcilable. I will never forgive your wife. I think she still regards me as a thorn in her side, and she will not be happy until she is eliminated. The hatred between her and me cannot be resolved."

Mu Yu's eyes flashed, and Tao Yanyan sneered: "Don't worry, that's your wife, I won't force you to help me kill her. But I hope you won't stop me and become a stumbling block on my road to revenge."

Mu Yu looked at her with some worry: "But you... don't have any martial arts skills, it's hard for you to protect yourself, how can you... Jiaojiao, let go of the grudges of the previous generation. Your mother's spirit in heaven also hopes that you can be safe and sound, let go of these grudges and live your life well."

"Oh! Live my own life well? Your son kidnapped me here, how can I live my own life well? Do you know that they want to use my blood to make medicine? The knife is going to cut my body, if it doesn't work once, they will cut it twice, and if it doesn't work twice, they will cut it three times. Can I still live my own life well in this life? Hmm?"