Since I have neither the kindness of giving birth to you nor the kindness of raising you,

Chapter 38 Since I have neither the kindness of giving birth to you nor the kindness of raising you, why should I call you Mother?

Mother?

Xie Yue and the others subconsciously turned to look at Ning Shu, only to see Ning Shu's brows furrowed slightly, and no one knew what she was thinking, but her eyes revealed an extremely disgusted emotion.

"Ah Shu".

Xie Yue called out softly.

He shouldn't have interfered in Ning Shu's family affairs, but judging from the current situation, Ning Shu's relationship with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School wasn't that good.

Is Ning Shu the eldest daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?

But why did he only hear that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School only had one young lady, who was the future successor to the sect leader, Ning Rongrong?

Is Ning Shu from a collateral branch?

Xie Yue frowned slightly, stood up, and stood in front of Ning Shu.

"You say you're A-Shu's mother, so you're A-Shu's mother? A-Shu hasn't even said you're her mother yet."

Hu Liena also stood up. She had just learned that Ning Shu had been expelled from the sect and had nothing to do with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School anymore. In addition, if this middle-aged woman was really Ning Shu's mother, why would she let her child be expelled from the sect without caring about her?

This person doesn't seem like a good person at all.

The middle-aged woman had a rather harsh appearance, a pointed face, and her features were not considered beautiful. Her lips were thicker than average. She wore glasses and had long, jet-black hair. Her figure was much better than that of an average person, and her skin was bronze. Her first impression was not very good.

Hu Liena stood up to protect Ning Shu, and Yan, not to be outdone, chimed in, "That's right, A-Shu hasn't even said you're her mother, so why are you, her aunt, trying to claim kinship with her like this?"

Hearing the voices of the kids protesting, the middle-aged woman's face darkened. She sneered, "Ning Shu, you're doing quite well out there, aren't you? You've been away for so long, shouldn't you go back?"

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes, making people extremely uncomfortable.

Xie Yue and the others naturally noticed this unusual situation. Ning Shu sat in the chair without saying a word, trying her best to recall the original memories of this body.

The attendants brought by the middle-aged woman were all outer disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Each of them possessed the strength of a Soul King or higher. Although their martial souls were ordinary and their soul rings were not very old, their soul power alone was enough to suppress Xie Yue and the others by a great deal. Although their soul power level was higher than Ning Shu's, they were still only Soul Masters. Under such strong suppression of soul power, and with the middle-aged woman's martial soul being the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, they would only suffer losses in a fight.

The original owner's memories flooded back, and Ning Shu quickly figured out the relationships between them.

This middle-aged woman is named Ning Li. She is the original owner's adoptive mother and the legal wife of the Third Elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. She disliked the original owner from beginning to end, simply because the original owner was a child that the Third Elder had picked up outside. The Third Elder always treated the original owner as his own daughter, even ignoring the children born to Ning Li. Ning Li harbored resentment because of this and assumed that the original owner was the Third Elder's illegitimate daughter.

The Third Elder explained countless times, but Ning Li just wouldn't listen, so the two ended up living in separate rooms, each raising a child.

Without Ning Li, the original owner and the Third Elder lived happily. However, this happy time did not last long. A year and a half ago, the original owner's soul power level reached level 30. At that time, she had a good relationship with several outer disciples, so she invited them to hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings. However, during a soul hunt, those outer disciples who were on good terms with her all died tragically, while she herself survived by chance, but she did not know what had happened.

In her memory, it rained heavily that day, washing away all traces. She couldn't find any evidence to prove her innocence. If it weren't for the Third Elder's protection, the original owner would have died in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School long ago.

From that time onward, the original owner of this body was shunned by the sect members and hated by everyone, simply because she was the only one who survived.

The original owner's personality changed drastically, becoming increasingly annoying. Because this matter involved the grandsons of several other elders, Sect Master Ning Fengzhi had no choice but to cover it up.

Even though he knew in his heart that it wasn't the original owner of this body who did it, considering the original owner's situation in the sect and Ning Li's subtle hints, Ning Fengzhi gave two options.

First, leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and remove your name from the school's genealogy. This matter will then have nothing to do with the original owner.

Second, if the other elders forgive him, the sect may continue to accommodate the original body.

Faced with such a frustrating choice, even if the original owner of this body was incredibly patient, she would never admit that she was the one who did it.

On the mainland, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is the second largest of the three upper sects, with countless resources within its ranks. Leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is tantamount to cutting off the original owner's wings, leaving her to fend for herself on her own outside, which can be considered as appeasing the anger of the elders.

Although the original owner of this body had a bad personality, she would not admit to doing something she didn't do. After Ning Fengzhi's persuasion failed, she chose to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and claimed internally that the original owner of this body had been expelled from the school, thus severing all ties with the school from then on.

To be honest, the original owner of this body did go through a difficult period after leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, but fortunately, the Third Elder was always secretly helping her, which prevented her from suffering too much.

Later, she went to Shrek Academy, which was a place to stay. But something happened along the way, and Ning Shu always felt that there was a missing piece in the original owner's memories, which made her feel very strange.

When she first transmigrated into this body, the original owner's memories did show that her personality was terrible. But after unlocking her past memories, Ning Shu felt that the original owner wasn't particularly annoying. In fact, before that incident happened, she was quite popular. How could her personality suddenly change so drastically and become someone that everyone disliked?

Ning Shu thought about it over and over, but still couldn't figure it out.

But now is not the time to think about that. This Ning Li, using the Third Elder's name to come looking for her, must have ill intentions.

Or did she hear some news?

Ning Shu lowered her eyes and reached out to tug at Xie Yue's sleeve.

Xie Yue glanced back at her, slightly moved.

He stepped aside, making way for him.

Ning Shu stood up, smiled gently, and said, "Third Madam, it's been a long time."

"Third Madam?" Ning Li's lips curled into a slight, wicked smile. "It's been a year, and Shu'er seems quite distant. You used to call me Mother. Although you were expelled from the sect for causing the death of the Fourth Elder's grandson, you were still a member of the sect before. There's no need for us to be so formal, is there?"

Ning Li's expression showed no trace of goodwill. Although her tone of voice seemed indifferent, her words were nothing short of a brutal exposé of Ning Shu's past, laid bare for Xie Yue and the others to see.

She couldn't stand seeing Ning Shu doing well; the fact that Ning Shu had friends was completely unexpected for her.

Having received the original owner's memories, Ning Shu felt utterly disgusted with her wicked adoptive mother. She frowned, hissed, and feigned ignorance, saying, "Third Madam, your words are meaningless. I, Ning Shu, am neither your biological daughter nor were you raised by you. How can I call you mother? You have done me no favors in giving me life, nor in raising me. Our relationship is only maintained through the sect. Now that I have left the sect, we have no further connection. Why are you still speaking so formally to me?"

(End of this chapter)