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Chapter 4699: 5.0451 Killing Intent 2

When a bond breaks, it breaks. That relationship can never be mended. Moreover, the current situation was already so tense, like drawn swords and taut bows.

The little poker face stared at Long Qian, her eyes utterly icy, as if looking at a complete stranger. No, looking at a stranger would, at most, be a fleeting glance. Looking at her, it was as if she were staring at a mortal enemy...

Long Qian's heart inexplicably trembled. She didn't want it to be like this, but the truth was, at this point, no one... could turn back.

"Patriarch Long," Duo Qiang couldn't help but scoff. "It's come to this; there's no need for us to be polite with her, or answer anything she asks."

It would have been fine if he didn't know, but ever since Duo Qiang learned that Long Qian was so ruthless as to summon thirteen elders from the Sacred Domain, all above the peak Immortal Venerable Realm, his heart had steadily settled. Everyone knew who came from the Sacred Domain. As long as they could evade the Heavenly Dao's notice, everything would be manageable...

Today, this wild, stinking girl must hand over his son, Duo Shanming. If this dead girl dared to harm a single hair on his son, he would make her accompany his son to the grave! The old man's eyes were filled with malice, staring coldly at Qiao Mu as if she were a dead person.

If the stinking girl was sensible, it would be fine... if not, he'd make her suffer!

Long Qian ignored Patriarch Duo, sighed, and looked at Qiao Mu with a faint gaze. "Mu Qiao, we really didn't need to come to this point."

"Less nonsense," Qiao Mu interrupted her again, her eyes like cracking star-vortexes, spinning intensely as if to suck a person's soul into them. "Let me ask you, back then, was it also because of this reason, the Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl, that you sent people to Sikong Star to hunt down Mother?"

Qi Xuanxuan and the others were all stunned. They had all heard about Qiao Qiao's mother. Wasn't that a terrible thing done by that Mu Qingya woman? Why was Qiao Qiao saying this now...?

Qi Xuanxuan couldn't help but shiver slightly in her heart. She abruptly looked up, her gaze filled with shock, at Long Qian, whose face had also changed instantly, seemingly too slow to react.

Qiao Mu no longer needed Long Qian's answer. Her heart felt as if a large hole had been opened, and now a cold wind poured in, rushing and roaring, blowing fiercely, making her feel chilled to the bone, from the depths of her heart all the way to her limbs.

That icy sensation made it almost impossible for her to speak, to utter a single word.

Was the truth truly so cruel?

A person's facial reactions were the most genuine. Long Qian hadn't prepared herself psychologically for Qiao Mu suddenly asking this question. She didn't even notice that her own expression twisted slightly for an instant. Qiao Mu took in every subtle change in her expression.

It was truly terrifying, Qiao Mu thought.

Could it be... Mother already knew the truth back then, knew that those people weren't entirely sent by Mu Qingya? That the Forgetfulness River Long clan had sent their people to mix in, trying to take her life while stirring up trouble?

So she was simply... without desire to live.

At that time, she was severely wounded and in critical condition. Even if the Mermaid Pearl couldn't completely save her, couldn't it at least prolong her life by ten or eight years?

No, it was that she completely didn't want to save herself anymore.

How desperate must she have been to completely give up on herself, even abandoning her most beloved daughter...?