My mind was racing. I knew very little about the Queen Mother in my previous life. I only knew that she was Xiao Heng's adoptive mother, not her biological child. But I didn't go into details about the specific grudges. Making one up randomly?
No, he asked "why". He was concerned about a certain point in my words.
I bit my lip and pretended to shrink, my voice trembling: "The Queen Mother said... That you owe her something and it's time to pay her back."
Xiao Heng's pupils shrank suddenly.
I could even feel the temperature around me plummeting. He stood up and stood with his back to me for a while.
"Take good care of her. Don't let her die."
Leaving these words behind, he strode out, the sound of boots stepping on the bluestone getting farther and farther until it disappeared completely.
I fell to the ground in exhaustion, breathing in the moldy air. The wound on his wrist hurt slightly, but compared to the severe pain caused by the system's punishment, this pain was nothing.
