My Co-renting Lady Boss

Chapter 2046: Chapter 2042: Xu Mengting?

"Ah! Not good, the Star-Picking Orb has stopped glowing."

One of the girls suddenly woke up, looking in horror at the dim and dull crystal ball.

"Quick, go report to the Family Head, something big has happened."

The other girls realized and all shouted in panic.

A white-haired elder in a blue robe hurried to an elegant courtyard located in the southeast corner of the building complex in the Bamboo Forest, gently but urgently knocking on the door.

"Who is it?"

The lights came on, accompanied by a pleasant, melodious voice.

"Miss, it’s Meng Liang, something big has happened."

Meng Liang responded anxiously, this elder was the mysterious old man who represented the Meng Family in the final vote at the Imperial City’s martial competition!

At that time, he intentionally cast a vote for Tang Ming, allowing Tang Ming and the Dark Group to win the championship in the competition.

A breeze blew by, and the courtyard door and the room door opened automatically. Meng Liang quickly hurried inside.

He saw a beautiful woman in a purple robe kneeling on the ground, with a pale-faced, breathless handsome middle-aged man lying on the bedding in front of her.

This woman in the purple robe was Ru Meng, who once had a brief encounter with Tang Ming, and was also Liu Mengting’s biological mother. The middle-aged man was... Liu Gaoze!

Ru Meng gently wiped Liu Gaoze’s face with a towel, asking without raising her head, "What happened, coming to disturb me so late?"

"Miss! It seems Meng Ting may have lost her innocence."

Meng Liang lowered his head and replied softly.

"Is that so?"

Ru Meng was slightly surprised, then frowned, "Was it Tang Ming or someone else?"

"I’m not sure! But now the Star-Picking Orb has faded, the Family Head and several elders are furious, and summoned you for questioning, look..."

"Hmph! A bunch of old fools, now they look for me, but back when my husband came to find me, they ruthlessly attacked him, leaving him severely injured."

Ru Meng snorted coldly, interrupting Meng Liang, "My husband risked his life to come up the mountain to find me, something major must have happened. But this bunch of people didn’t care and left him unconscious, let them face the consequences themselves."

"This..."

Meng Liang’s face stiffened, sympathetically glancing at Liu Gaoze.

Back when Tang Ming got into trouble, Dragon’s Fang immediately sent people to capture Liu Gaoze. Fortunately, Liu Gaoze had always hidden his cultivation and suddenly erupted, escaping Dragon’s Fang’s pursuit.

At that time, Liu Mengting had already been captured, and Liu Gaoze immediately thought of Ru Meng and rushed to the Meng Family for help!

He didn’t even see Ru Meng before being severely injured by the Meng Family. If it weren’t for Meng Liang’s tip-off, allowing Ru Meng to save Liu Gaoze in time, Liu Gaoze would have been killed by the Meng Family by now.

Despite that, Liu Gaoze remained in a coma due to his severe injuries, with Ru Meng constantly using her power to sustain his life.

"Miss, regardless, this concerns Meng Ting’s purity and the years-long Martial Arts Revival plan preparation by the family, you should go and check the situation."

Meng Liang sighed helplessly, advising, "With this incident involving Meng Ting, the family might lift your confinement, maybe even allow you to leave the mountain."

"That might be possible, but with my husband’s condition, how can I possibly leave the mountain?"

Ru Meng nodded, then helped cover Liu Gaoze with a quilt and slowly stood up.

At the top floor of the Star-Picking Tower, a middle-aged man bearing some resemblance to Ru Meng and a group of mysterious people in long robes and cloaks gathered around a silver table.

"A wild child is a wild child, so unaware of self-love, like mother, like daughter."

"Indeed! We shouldn’t have spared Xu Youcai and his daughter back then. Now, the little wild child’s loss of innocence greatly impacts our Martial Arts Revival plan."

"The Moonfall Trace, now the stars fade, yet the moon wanes first, are we to wait years to cultivate a new sacrifice?"

"Her mother was indiscreet back then, lost her purity, forcing us to wait so many years. Now, the little wild child is equally wanton, a disgrace!"

...

A group of black-cloaked elders spoke one after another in curses, all filled with anger, but their target was not Liu Gaoze but Xu Youcai.

Liu Gaoze’s real name was Xu Youcai; after being harmed, he had to change his name and hide in Songlan City to avoid pursuit, and Liu Mengting never knew her real name should be Xu Mengting.

Because of this, the Meng Family never found Liu Gaoze and his daughter, and since they didn’t know Xu Youcai’s alias, Meng Xianjun kept blindly searching.

Meng Xianjun knew the person they sought came from Songlan City because Meng Family people had followed Meng Ruming, knowing she had visited Songlan City, thus deducing Xu Youcai and his daughter were hiding there, but they never found them.

Meng Xianjun had been to Songlan City, but with no luck finding anyone amidst the vast crowds, decided to enroll in Imperial University, hoping to utilize the power of the Imperial Meng Family to locate the legendary cousin, leading to subsequent events.

Back when Liu Gaoze first met Tang Ming, he had said his name was Xu Youcai, but that was to conceal his identity as the Family Head of a commercial family in Songlan City and to confirm Tang Ming wasn’t from the Meng Family, so he casually mentioned it.

"Everyone, mind your words!"

The middle-aged man’s face darkened as he coldly huffed: "No matter what, she’s still my sister’s daughter."

Hearing the middle-aged man speak, the mysterious individuals ceased their curses, but still held anger.

"Big brother, you don’t have to defend me like this, I’ve become wanton, so what?"

Just then, Ru Meng strode in, sneering at the group: "All these years, you separated me from my husband, and my daughter became a stranger, I’ve had enough."

"Meng Ruming, don’t forget you’re part of the Meng Family." Hearing this, someone immediately chastised.

"Haha, if I had a choice, I really wouldn’t want to be part of the Meng Family."

Ru Meng chuckled coldly, glancing at the dimming crystal, "Why did you call me here?"

"Sister, don’t act rashly."

Meng Rushan frowned, pointing at the crystal ball and said: "You should know the Star-Picking Orb resonates with the Moonfall Trace on your daughter. Once she loses her purity, the Orb loses its function, meaning the Innate Yin Power within her is no longer pure, greatly affecting our coalition Martial Arts Revival plan with various families..."

"What does that have to do with me?"

Before Meng Rushan could finish, Meng Ruming impatiently interrupted him.