After everyone was reborn, I was strictly disciplined.

"You, you are...Young Master Xie!"

The scorching heat, carrying the smell of burning, hit Lu's mother's face hard, burning her skin.

She stiffly raised her head, looking at the figure in the center of the firelight, vaguely surrounded by leaping flames.

That was Xie Xingran, the young master Xie who had once saved her life. But at this moment, the coldness in his eyes and the murderous aura around him filled Lu's mother with uncontrollable panic and shock.

Lu's mother couldn't believe that the person who burned down her simple, dilapidated home today, and whose thick smoke nearly suffocated and burned her and her son to death, was actually the savior who had once helped her, the one she had always remembered and wanted to repay.

"Young Master Xie..."

Lu Chengxue also saw the person's appearance clearly. Her eyes were red from being choked by the thick smoke, her face was blackened by the smoke, and her thin body was trembling. When she raised her head, her tone was full of fear and confusion.

"Why...why did you burn our house down? We didn't do anything to upset you..."

As soon as Lu Chengxue finished speaking, Lu's mother suddenly came to her senses. Without bothering to brush the dust off her body, she quickly pulled her trembling daughter Lu Chengxue down and they both knelt on the ground.

The rough ground scalded her knees and made her forehead ache. Her slender shoulders trembled uncontrollably, as fragile as a candle flickering in the wind. In the burning flames, each tremor revealed endless helplessness.

"Young Master Xie, please calm down, please calm down..."

Mother Lu's voice was choked with sobs, "This humble woman...this humble woman doesn't know how my son and I offended Young Master Xie. If we have done anything wrong, I hope Young Master Xie will be magnanimous and forgive us. Please, have mercy on us!"

She genuinely had no idea what she had done to offend this distinguished young master Xie.

Born into humble circumstances, she lived a cautious and timid life, never daring to make enemies, let alone someone as powerful and influential as Xie Xingran, whom she was not even worthy of looking up to.

Now that her home has been burned down and she is in grave danger, she has no other choice but to use this most humble method to beg Xie Xingran for forgiveness, hoping that he will remember their past relationship and spare her and her child.

Xie Xingran looked down at the mother and son kneeling on the ground, a cold and mocking smile curving his lips. His tone was sarcastic, filled with undisguised sarcasm and anger.

"That's because you gave birth to a wonderful son, Lu Chengyuan!"

"Chengyuan..."

When Lu's mother heard those two words, she was completely stunned.

She never imagined that Xie Xingran's anger would involve her eldest son, Lu Chengyuan.

Seeing her like this, Xie Xingran's anger intensified, filled with gritted teeth and hatred: "What? You're stunned when you hear his name?"

"Your good son, he cried and begged me to save you, to cure your illness. I was kind-hearted and saved you, but guess what?"

He paused, his eyes blazing with fury, his chest heaving violently, clearly enraged to the extreme.

"I pulled you back from the brink of death, and what did he do? He turned around and complained about me, saying I bullied him and trampled on his dignity!"

"Tell me, are there really such ungrateful people in this world?"

"He asked me for a favor, to save his dearest mother. Shouldn't he pay a price? I was just joking with him, and he felt wronged, so he went and badmouthed me. Is this the kind of son you raised?!"

Xie Xingran's voice was full of sarcasm, and her gaze was like a knife, scraping against Lu's mother, making her feel cold all over.

"Young Master Xie, please calm down! Young Master Xie, please calm down!"

Lu's mother immediately kowtowed repeatedly, her forehead hitting the scorching ground, quickly turning red. Her voice was filled with guilt and self-reproach.

"It is my fault for failing to educate Chengyuan properly. I have not taught him well enough, and he has acted foolishly and offended you. Please forgive me and do not hold it against him!"

Upon hearing Xie Xingran's account, Lu's mother instantly understood the whole story and why Xie Xingran was so angry.

No one knows a son better than his mother. As Lu Chengyuan's mother, she knew her son's temperament and personality, his inherent pride and arrogance, and his self-esteem that had never been worn down by life.

Back when he was in the Lu family mansion, Lu Chengyuan was the rightful young master of the Lu family, living a life of luxury and being the center of attention. It was understandable that he was a little arrogant and had a strong sense of self-esteem. In fact, in her opinion, that was the demeanor a young master should have.

But ever since they were ruthlessly kicked out by the Lu family, they have struggled to make ends meet and have to work hard every day to earn a living. Lu Chengyuan's inherent pride has gradually become a fatal flaw.

At that time, she was still in good health. In order to support the family, she would take Lu Chengyuan to the street every day to set up a stall, selling some needlework and trinkets that she made herself, to earn a meager living.

But whenever a customer came up to inquire about prices or select items, Lu Chengyuan would always frown, his face gloomy, and remain silent.

Even if a customer initiates a conversation with him, he only glances at them coldly, his tone perfunctory and distant. Over time, this has made many customers unhappy, and some have even turned around and left because of his attitude.

Later on, no one wanted to patronize their stall anymore, no matter how humble she smiled or how sincere she spoke, she could not win back her customers.

With her stall closed and no source of income, she had no other choice but to persuade Lu Chengyuan to find another job, even just odd jobs, to supplement the family income and ease the burden on the household.

But Lu Chengyuan could never let go of his inherent pride and arrogance.

At that time, he was still young and his mind was not yet settled. He looked down on those jobs such as street vendors and odd jobs, thinking that those jobs were lowly and degrading, and that they tarnished his former status as the young master of the Lu family.

He would rather starve with her, rather watch her work from dawn till dusk and grow increasingly haggard, than lower himself to do the jobs he considered "inferior".

Lu's mother always felt sorry for her son. She always felt that it was because of her poor background and mediocre talent that she was unable to give her children a good life or protect them, which caused them to fall from the heights of success into the mire and suffer along with her.

Therefore, she never complained too much about Lu Chengyuan's stubbornness and aloofness.

Even if she was anxious and helpless, she would silently bear all the grievances and burdens of life on her own shoulders, carefully protecting her son's pitiful self-esteem.

Later, as his youngest daughter, Lu Chengxue, grew up, Lu Chengyuan also had the good fortune to enter the Fire Marrow Pill Holy Land by chance and become a disciple of the Holy Land.

The Fire Marrow Pill Holy Land has strict rules and has never allowed its disciples to fight or cause trouble in private. So even though Lu Chengyuan still couldn't change his sullen face and still exuded a distant arrogance, the other disciples of the Holy Land would only refrain from arguing with him due to the rules and would not easily take action against him.

But she never expected that Lu Chengyuan would ultimately cause such a huge disaster because of his own temperament.