Chapter 342: Think Carefully Who is the Hostage Before Taking Action

The woman was desperately suppressing the rage in her heart. She had given up so much for the Soul-summoning Ceremony and would not allow it to be disrupted. Yet as the ceremony neared success, she discovered that her daughter had been causing trouble all along.

There's no greater pain than being betrayed by the family member you trust the most.

"Zhuang Qing, you're grown up now. Since your father died, I've rarely interfered in your affairs, and now I hope you won't interfere in mine, okay?"

Zhuang Qing felt alienated by her mother's words; her mother had never been like this before. Everything seemed to have changed since the Soul-summoning Ceremony, after which her mother gradually became different.

The soul of her father had not been summoned, and her mother had become unlike her former self, filling Zhuang Qing with even greater fear.