Mu Shaoling spoke very seriously, but Ye Ziâan shook his head, "I have never met my mother, and my father passed away quickly, leaving me no instructions or any special belongings."
"You..." Mu Shaolingâs eyes widened, "Donât tell me youâre thinking of embezzling it for yourself?"
"I would really like to embezzle, but what am I supposed to embezzle?" Ye Ziâan responded coldly, "I donât even know what youâre looking for, so how can I embezzle it?"
After saying this, Ye Ziâan added, "Besides, just because you say my mother is someone, doesnât mean she is. I havenât even met her, so how could you know? How many people have the same name and surname? Just make sure you donât find the wrong person."
"Speaking of Young Master Mu!" Yang Chuxia curiously asked, "According to you, has the crisis of the Luo family not been resolved?"
"It has been resolved!" Mu Shaoling snorted, "Unfortunately, although it has been resolved, that concubine daughter of the Luo Family never returned to the Capital City! The people who were sent out couldnât find her either; they only knew that her last whereabouts were in Quanya County."
"Are you guys too stupid?" Yang Chuxia stared incredulously, "Brother Anâs father is a native of Quanya County, so why didnât you look for her in his hometown?"
Mu Shaoling scoffed in response, "You can go and find her for me then, try finding someone who deliberately concealed their name and household registration? Ye Boshengâs name back in Capital City wasnât even his real name!"
Upon hearing this, Yang Chuxia felt that something was not quite right.
Suddenly, she asked, "Iâm curious, why would a prominent family marry their daughter to someone who concealed their name? Even if it were a concubine daughter from a large household, they would not make such a hasty decision, right? As far as I know, in large households, most concubine daughters are either sent to high officials as concubines or married to minor officials. How could they easily marry a poor scholar with no background? Is there some hidden truth behind this?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Shaoling was taken aback, and his expression turned sour.
"Heh," Ye Ziâan sneered in response. He then said, "The thing that Young Master Mu is looking for, I donât know what it is, and I donât have it. As for my mother and father? Hahaha, Iâm afraid that Young Master Mu might have missed one detail. My mother was actually bought by my father. And my father never went to the Capital City to take the imperial examination."
After saying this, Ye Ziâan ignored Mu Shaoling and stomped down the stairs.
Seeing this, Yang Chuxia quickly went after him, leaving Mu Shaoling behind, lost in thought.
"Brother An! Wait for me, donât walk so fast!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Ziâan stopped in his tracks.
"Xiaxia!"
"Brother An, do you believe what Mu Shaoling said?" Yang Chuxia didnât ask him whether or not he knew about his parentsâ matters.
Ye Ziâan paused for a moment, then took Yang Chuxiaâs hand and walked forward, saying as they walked, "Xiaxia, my mother was bought by my father. A few years ago, when my father died, he told me that my mother was given to a swindler by her legitimate mother. That swindler sold her at Quanya on his way through the town. I heard that at the time, my mother had just developed a rash, or else she would have been sold to a brothel. My father brought her home, and later, I was born. However, my mother did indeed die while giving birth to me. As for other details, my father never mentioned them."
Upon hearing this, Yang Chuxia felt very unhappy and sorrowful for her future mother-in-law, whom she had never met.
"Hmph, this means that Mu Shaolingâs words are false," Yang Chuxia said, "I knew it, even if a prominent family didnât value their concubine daughters, they wouldnât marry them off to a poor scholar. They wouldnât even marry them off without investigating the scholarâs background fully."