From the very beginning, Mu Lichuan had wanted to deal with Mo Shanshan. Unfortunately, he had been completely unaware of his own "arranged marriage" until his supernatural abilities awakened, and his great-grandfather finally informed him.
In his past life, it was also Mo Shanshan who had approached him after his mother’s death. At that time, his heart had been at its lowest point. Otherwise, how could he have been so easily swayed? That was how the engagement had come about. Now, looking back, it was all part of someone else’s scheme.
"Miss Mo, I hope you will be honest." Mu Changnian was no pushover, and her words were full of holes.
A high school student, even if she was part of an occult family, she was still just an ordinary person who hadn’t learned any skills at all. Yet she had gone to the cemetery in the dead of night, there was no way there wasn’t some scheme behind it.
"Why would I go to the cemetery? That’s not the issue here! The real question is why he led that lustful ghost to possess me!" Mo Shanshan’s face twisted with fury. The Mu family was being far too aggressive.
As soon as she said this, even Mo Xiangxiong frowned slightly. An ordinary person with nothing to do would never go to a cemetery at night. After all, the yin energy was much stronger then than during the day.
"Miss Mo, even though you’re a student, you’ve had some exposure to society and things beyond the ordinary. Don’t you think what you’re saying sounds incredibly naive? If you hadn’t gone to the cemetery, wouldn’t nothing have happened?" Mu Lichuan’s sharp gaze bore into the girl before him.
Mo Shanshan was utterly hypocritical. In his past life, she had been an excellent actress. If he hadn’t caught her in an affair with Mu Xiaolin, they would have married, and who knows how many times he would’ve been cuckolded. Thinking about it now, he was lucky to have exposed her before the wedding, it had at least salvaged his dignity.
Seeing Mu Lichuan target her so directly, Mo Shanshan shot him a venomous glare before finally saying, "I wanted to raise a little ghost."
[小鬼 (xiǎo guǐ): lit. little ghost; fig. a spirit familiar, often used in dark magic for personal gain]
The Mo family knew how to raise little ghost. Once a little ghost matured, it could change one’s fortune and even carry out tasks. Of course, if raised improperly, the little ghost could turn on its master.
Mo Xiangxiong’s face showed surprise, but this was an internal matter of the Mo family, best resolved privately. However, his daughter had been possessed by a ghost and even lost her purity, so this had to be settled. "Patriarch Mu, regardless of why my daughter went to the cemetery, the fact remains that her purity was ruined, and the Second Young Master…" He trailed off, his gaze shifting meaningfully.
Mu Xiaolin seethed inwardly but replied respectfully, "Patriarch Mo, I’m just an ordinary person. How could I possibly use magic to lure a lustful ghost onto Miss Mo? Even if she’s eager to marry into the Mu family, she can’t just make baseless accusations, can she?"
He wasn’t wrong. Though this sister was beautiful, if this matter were confirmed, his standing in the Mu family would be ruined.
"An ordinary person?" Mo Xiangxiong looked at Mu Changnian. "Has Patriarch Mu tested him yet?" Even if he couldn’t discern other people's spiritual roots, the Mo family had some sensitivity to such things, and the Mu family’s Second Young Master didn’t seem ordinary.
At these words, Mu Changnian grew visibly excited. "I haven’t had the time to test him yet. Thank you for the reminder, Patriarch Mo."
Mo Shanshan, realizing the conversation had derailed, snapped, "Since when did I ever want to marry into the Mu family?" Her voice was shrill and harsh.
"If you don’t want to marry in, then why have you been relentlessly pursuing my brother? Could it be that because he treated you coldly, you held a grudge and risked going to the cemetery to capture a little ghost?" Mu Xiaolin’s tone was calm, but his words were razor-sharp.
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