Ye Anxin hid in her room, leaning against the door, listening to the footsteps outside getting further away. She couldn’t help but frown slightly. Driven by curiosity, she couldn’t resist opening the door a crack and blinking her watery eyes to peek outside!

But outside the door, there were no signs of Mu Beiting’s men!

Ye Anxin blinked in confusion. After thinking for a while, she opened the door and went out!

Staring at the empty hallway, Ye Anxin’s confusion only deepened!

That uncle was just here? Where did he go in such a short time? Could it be...!

Thinking of this, Ye Anxin walked towards the stairs, supporting her waist with one hand and her belly with the other, and slowly descended the stairs.

After going down the stairs, Ye Anxin glanced around the lobby but still didn’t see Mu Beiting’s figure! After hesitating for a moment, she cautiously walked towards the door!

Outside the villa, a dark silhouette flashed by in the distance!

Ye Anxin fixed her gaze and clearly saw Mu Beiting standing among the flowers in the garden, the silvery moonlight casting on him, making him appear even more aloof and lonely.

Mu Beiting stood amidst the flowers, facing the direction of the main entrance, seemingly watching something!

The scene made Ye Anxin’s eyes redden, as she awkwardly approached Mu Beiting step by step.

As the distance closed, a heart-wrenching woman’s voice gradually reached her ears!

"Open the door, open the door! I am your husband’s mother, your madam, the mistress of this house. Hurry and open the door, let me in! Let me in!"

Due to the constant shouting, the woman’s voice had turned somewhat hoarse!

Yet she didn’t stop for a moment, still screaming desperately!

Her sharp voice was especially clear in the quiet night!

"Mu Beiting, you ungrateful child, I painstakingly bore you for ten months, and is this how you treat your own mother? You unfilial son, heartless, beware of heavenly retribution; heaven won’t spare you!"

Hearing this, Ye Anxin couldn’t help but clench her hands into fists at her sides, an inexplicable anger gradually burning in her chest!

"Let me in, these blind, lowly things! I tell you, once your husband lets me in, I’ll certainly take good care of you, make you regret treating me like this today! Let me in quickly!" Along with Mo Xuehong’s scolding voice came the sound of the iron gate being hit.

Outside, Mo Xuehong was completely oblivious to the emotions of those inside the gate, still shouting curses at the top of her lungs, as if she wouldn’t give up until the door was opened!

Listening to Mo Xuehong’s undignified and unrefined scolding, Ye Anxin looked at Mu Beiting with sympathy!

Under the silvery moonlight, Ye Anxin clearly saw Mu Beiting’s hands clenching into fists at his sides, his silhouette tense with suppressed pain. His veins throbbed on the back of his hands, as if they might burst at any moment!

Although she couldn’t see Mu Beiting’s facial expression at this moment, Ye Anxin just knew that uncle must be very troubled, very pained right now!

Otherwise, given uncle’s usual adeptness at hiding his emotions, he would never show such obvious feelings!

She felt her heartache, a sharp, pulsing pain! She ached for uncle!

How could a mother treat her own son this way!

If she didn’t like uncle back then, why give birth to him! Since she gave birth to him, why not fulfill a mother’s duty! Not only did she deny uncle any maternal love, but she sold him for a million to Old Master Mu!

Even knowing that Old Master Mu was uncle’s real father, but the Mu Family’s situation was akin to a dragon’s lair and a tiger’s den! Any other mother wouldn’t bear to push her son into that!

And now, reversing right and wrong, accusing uncle of unfiliality, of not acknowledging her as a mother!

What right does she have to be a mother? 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

A ten-year-old child, clearly with a mother, yet still had to earn a living by collecting scraps! Did this mother fulfill any responsibility at all?

At this moment, Ye Anxin felt not only sympathy but also anger!

Angry at Mo Xuehong for harming Mu Beiting, angry at why she treated Mu Beiting this way!

Mo Xuehong’s vile insults rang clearly, yet Mu Beiting still stood among the garden grass, facing the outside for a long time!

Having lived here for so long, Ye Anxin knew that from where Mu Beiting stood, he could see outside the courtyard clearly, while those outside couldn’t see him!

Clearly, he could walk away, yet he stood there for so long! Ye Anxin couldn’t help but feel even more sympathy for Mu Beiting!

This at least proved that in uncle’s heart, he hadn’t completely written off this mother!

If he could truly ignore her completely, he wouldn’t be standing here, gazing outside for so long!

"Mu Beiting, you unfilial son, come out, come out quickly, or else I’ll go to the press and let everyone know you’re unfilial, that you drive your real mother out, ignoring and neglecting her beyond the gate! Mu Beiting, Mu Beiting...!"

Outside, Mo Xuehong wouldn’t let up for a moment, continuously shouting and cursing without catching her breath!

If not for fearing Mu Beiting would be hurt, Ye Anxin really wanted to rush out and shut her mouth!

As long as Mu Beiting stood in the garden, Ye Anxin stood behind him for just as long!

Despite his usual high alertness, Mu Beiting never once noticed her presence, not even turning his head!

No one knew for how long they stood, but just as Ye Anxin felt her legs growing numb and tired, her belly beginning to ache slightly, Mu Beiting showed no reaction!

Ye Anxin sighed internally and didn’t bother Mu Beiting, instead gently turning around, silently returning to the villa. She first sat on the couch in the living room to rest for a while and only climbed the stairs slowly once her legs regained feeling!

Returning to her room, Ye Anxin took a shower, changed into pajamas, picked up a book, and leaned against the bedhead to read, intending to wait for Mu Beiting to come back!

Though she appeared to be reading, in reality, she wasn’t absorbing anything, glancing frequently at the tightly closed door!

However, she waited for a long time, until Ye Anxin’s waist ached from sitting and she lay down on the bed. Mu Beiting still hadn’t returned!

Ye Anxin herself didn’t know how long she waited. Though not sleepy at all initially, she eventually drifted off in a drowsy haze, yet Mu Beiting still hadn’t returned!

In the middle of the night, Ye Anxin woke up with a full bladder, got up to use the bathroom, and the space beside her was still empty!

After coming out of the bathroom, out of concern for Mu Beiting, Ye Anxin didn’t go back to sleep. Instead, she opened the door and went downstairs again!

The first-floor hall was utterly dark, but in the faint light from the stairwell, Ye Anxin seemed to see a figure sitting on the living room couch!

A tiny bright spot flickered intermittently in the pitch-black night!