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The person who arrived was none other than Chu Mingyuan, dressed in all black.

The scars on his face looked exactly like those hideous centipedes.

His cold expression and the way he limped over startled everyone present.

"Yuan'er, what brings you here?"

Li Yi immediately helped Chu Mingyuan up.

She looked at Chu Mingyuan's face, which was pale and her eyes were red.

Her son, who was once handsome and dashing, had turned into this.

"Rou'er greets elder brother."

Chu Wanrou lowered her eyes, her voice soft and gentle, and she held the handkerchief with even greater respect than before.

Chu Mingyuan immediately retorted sarcastically, "How could I, Chu Mingyuan, a cripple, be qualified to be your elder brother? Chu Wanrou, how could you instigate Mother to come and sever ties with Zhenzhen? You are truly shameless!"

Li Yi was stunned.

Chu Mingyuan once loved Chu Wanrou the most and hated Chu Xunzhen the most.

Why does the way you talk to Rou'er today seem like a completely different person?

"Eldest son, it was my decision to sever ties with her. If she were still my daughter, she would surely cause chaos in the Marquis's mansion. I have mentioned to the master many times before that I should send Chu Xunzhen to the estate. But he just wouldn't listen to me. Now, if we don't sever ties, I'm afraid all three of you will be persecuted by her."

Chu Xunzhen laughed, her eyes narrowing as she laughed.

"Madam, it is you and Chu Wanrou who have caused chaos in this household. You are shameless, having been caught having affairs with your adopted daughter and future son-in-law, oh, and a few other men as well. How dare you say I have caused chaos in the Marquis's mansion?"

Li Yi's face changed color with anger, and his eyes became somewhat distorted.

She roared, looking as if she was about to grab Chu Xunzhen and throw her out.

"Before you returned, my Marquis's manor was filled with harmony and prosperity. After you returned, everything in the manor went wrong. You are a jinx. You can harm yourself, but why do you have to harm others? If I were you, I would have hanged myself long ago to avoid harming others and myself."

After he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent.

The servants at Juyuan were utterly astonished.

The lady actually said that the eldest daughter was thick-skinned and still alive, believing that if she had enough shame, she should have taken her own life. Is this the kind of thing a mother should say?

Chu Wanrou's eyes sparkled with laughter as she turned her head away. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to hold back her laughter.

Chu Xunzhen really wanted to take her parents and brother away from her, so she would teach her how to write the word "death".

"Mother!" Chu Mingyuan looked at Li Yi in disbelief—the most fair and just mother in his heart.

His voice trembled as he said, "How could you say that? You're trying to force Zhenzhen to die!"

Chu Xunzhen scoffed, "The reason the Marquis's mansion is so unlucky is because you're incompetent. Chu Mingyuan has been raised to be arrogant and self-willed, Chu Mingli is secretly gambling away his fortune, and Chu Mingxuan has been turned into a fool who only listens to his adopted daughter. Even your own daughter was switched at birth, and you still have to raise your enemy's daughter and spoil her. You can't even keep your husband, Marquis Chu's, heart. If I were you, I would have already drunk a cup of arsenic and ended my life to avoid facing such a powerless version of myself."

Without hesitation, Chu Xunzhen reached out and snatched the broken letter from Li Yi's hand.

She read it very carefully. Once the severance agreement was signed, she would have no further connection with Li Yi, and he wouldn't give her a single penny of dowry when she married. As for the others, they had absolutely no connection to the agreement. In short, this agreement meant that Li Yi unilaterally no longer wanted her as his daughter.

Chu Xunzhen looked at Li Yi with a half-smile and said, "Madam, are you really sure? Once the severance agreement is signed, there's no going back."

Chu Mingyuan grasped Li Yi's hand and immediately spoke gently to Chu Xunzhen, "Zhenzhen, how about giving the letter of severance to your elder brother? Mother doesn't know the injustices you've suffered; she's just been deceived. Trust your elder brother, okay? He'll definitely change Mother's mind."

"Brother, do you mean I've misled Mother?" Chu Wanrou asked sharply, her dark eyes suddenly filled with tears, which fell like pearls from a broken string.

"Enough, Yuan'er!" Li Yi said coldly. "Mother knows that you've held a grudge against Rou'er for setting the fire and harming you last time. But she's been your sister for so many years, has she ever wronged you in any way?"

"That's not true, Mother. When have I ever blamed Chu Wanrou?"

He cared about Chu Wanrou more than his own life.

But he couldn't accept Chu Wanrou's disgust and fear of him.

In this life, he was disfigured and crippled because he saved her.

In his past life, however, he caused Chu Xunzhen's adoptive brother to become lame.

This must be retribution.

"Mother, I'll tell you about Chu Wanrou later. Don't even think about signing this letter of severance today."

As Chu Mingyuan finished speaking, he limped forward, his eyes flashing with madness and obsession.

She was truly her sister. Even if it was just severing ties with their mother, he would absolutely not allow it.

With a tearing sound, the letter severing ties was torn in two.

Upon seeing this, Li Yi was first stunned, then so angry that his whole body convulsed.

"Yuan'er, how dare you touch your mother's letter severing ties?"

With a loud slap, a slap landed hard on Chu Mingyuan's face.

Just then, Chu Wanrou's soft, gentle voice rang out: "Mother, don't worry. I have another copy of this letter of severance."

Chu Wanrou ordered her maid, Taozi, to hand her the letter severing ties with her.

"Mother, you mustn't sever ties with your family. You can't lose Zhenzhen, your daughter."

Chu Mingyuan stared intently at Chu Wanrou, tears streaming down his face.

"Chu Mingyuan, don't block my way."

Chu Xunzhen spoke, took the letter of severance from Chu Wanrou with his right hand, read it carefully, and then signed his name stroke by stroke.

Li Yi was completely dumbfounded.

Chu Xunzhen actually wanted to sever ties with his family?

Shouldn't she beg her relentlessly not to do such a thing?

Did she really think that even without the Marquis's background, someone would still be willing to be friendly to her?

"No!"

Chu Mingyuan clutched his head and let out a scream.

How can you sever ties with a family?

"A mother cannot sever ties with her family, she cannot sever ties with her family."

Chu Mingyuan suddenly went mad, and his hand reached for the letter severing ties again.

How could Mother sever ties with Zhenzhen, who is truly blessed? Zhenzhen is his sister.

Even if it was just Chu Xunzhen unilaterally severing ties with his mother and it didn't affect their relationship, he just couldn't bear it.

The letter severing ties was held tightly in Chu Xunzhen's arms. Her voice was cold as she said, "Chu Mingyuan, what business is it of yours?"

Chu Xunzhen remained indifferent. After speaking, he didn't even glance at Chu Mingyuan before handing the letter severing ties to Li Yi.

"Madam, the letter of severance has been signed; you will regret it."

Chu Xunzhen waits for Chu Wanrou's true identity to be revealed.

"If I regret it, may I live a lonely and miserable life, without the love and companionship of children, plagued by illness, and not die a peaceful death."

As soon as Li Yi finished speaking, Chu Mingyuan's expression changed drastically.

"Mother, you mustn't say such things."

Chu Mingyuan's expression turned ugly as he roared.

He was also dead, and only learned that everyone in the Chu family was a person with extraordinary luck when his soul wandered around the Chu mansion.

Of the entire Chu family, Chu Xunzhen has the strongest luck, while Chu Wanrou has the worst.

There is an 80% chance that what the Chu family says will come true.

Chu Xunzhen glanced at Chu Mingyuan. He had been reborn, but did he know whether Chu Wanrou's identity was known?

Chu Wanrou covered Li Yi's mouth in fright, saying, "Mother, please don't say anymore. I'm terrified. I don't want you to do that."

"Shut up! You bitch!" Chu Mingyuan roared, then looked at Li Yi and said, "Mother, even if Rou'er is Father's biological child, she is truly innocent. How could you be so heartless as to let Zhenzhen bear the stigma of being estranged from her own mother?"

Chu Xunzhen smiled. It turned out that Chu Mingyuan also knew about Chu Wanrou's background.

This is going to be interesting.

Upon hearing this, Li Yi froze, then screamed in disbelief, "What did you say? Rou'er is the Marquis's own flesh and blood?"