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Chapter 4532: 5.0284 Fleeing in Panic

"We usually don't have much interaction; at most, when on a mission, we occasionally need to coordinate with each other."

Hongchang said in a deep voice, "The six division hall masters each serve their own purposes and have always been outwardly cordial but inwardly divided. Young Mistress, you know that."

"True," Mu Xiaoxue sighed softly. "I wonder what Mother and they are discussing. Should we have Elder Zhuang go and see?"

"Rest assured, Young Mistress, we have people secretly protecting the Hall Master."

"Although the Earth-Escaping Hall is at odds with us, they won't make a move here. If they were to act openly, they'd be subject to the sect rules."

"Indeed," Mu Xiaoxue nodded gently, then slowly turned, her gaze slightly hardening.

She saw a woman in simple green passing by them, not looking sideways, her steps not pausing at all.

"Sister," Mu Xiaoxue stepped forward a couple of paces, offering Mu Rouxuan a standard curtsy.

Mu Rouxuan's body stiffened slightly, and her steps also paused.

She didn't turn around, simply nodding lightly with her back to Mu Xiaoxue.

Seeing that she didn't turn and seemed ready to leave immediately, Mu Xiaoxue quickly caught up a few more steps, speaking softly and gently, "Sister, are you... going to Mother's place?"

"Mother's place currently has guests, including the Hall Master and Deputy Hall Master of the Earth-Escaping Hall, so it might not be very convenient."

Mu Rouxuan's voice was flat, without any fluctuation.

"Mother summoned me. Excuse me."

"Hongchang, does Sister dislike me?" Even from a distance, Mu Rouxuan could still hear Mu Xiaoxue's soft, gentle voice, like fragmented willow catkins, drifting lightly on the wind.

"How could that be? Young Mistress, you are gentle, beautiful, and so understanding. Perhaps Eldest Young Mistress is just a bit... unaccustomed."

"Yes, Sister didn't even know I existed before. But I always knew I had her as a sister. I truly... have been looking forward to meeting her since I was little."

Mu Rouxuan quickened her pace, almost fleeing in panic.

Why was she running away? Mu Rouxuan questioned herself repeatedly in her heart.

Was it that uncontrollable jealousy?

When she saw this graceful girl before her, she actually felt a touch of self-abasement.

Her sister, her biological sister whom she had never met before this.

She actually made her feel ugly emotions like inferiority and jealousy.

She didn't know what kind of emotions, what kind of face, to present to this beautiful girl before her.

One was a girl held in her mother's palm, growing up bathed in tender maternal love, innocent and naive, with eyes full of bright flowers.

The other was a daughter despised and neglected by her parents, filled with bitterness, seeing and hearing only darkness.

Now, the reason her mother kept her by her side wasn't because she was her daughter, but rather... she still had the ability to serve her.

If one day, she lost even that tiny bit of usefulness.

Then...

Perhaps she would be completely abandoned.

"Hall Master, Eldest Young Mistress has arrived." He'er curiously glanced at Eldest Young Mistress's somewhat pale face, wondering why.

"Come in," Mu Qingya said flatly.

Mu Rouxuan took a deep breath, lowered her head, and walked into the cabin, bowing without looking sideways. "Mother."

"Rouxuan, come and sit. These gentlemen are Hall Master Gong, Deputy Hall Master Meng, and the elites of the Earth-Escaping Hall."