It doesn't matter if your souls are scattered, as long as you die.

Yun Li's expression shifted slightly as he waited quietly for what was to come.

Mu Qian sat upright, his hands resting on his knees, and began to speak:

"Yunxuan has memories of six lifetimes, and in each of these six lifetimes, your mother, Yun Jiaoyue, was present."

Seeing that Yun Li didn't react, Mu Qian paused and continued, "In their first life, Yun Xuan and Yun Jiaoyue were both born in an ancient village."

"The two families are quite different. Yun Jiaoyue's family makes a living by hunting and is a poor family, while Yun Xuan's family has more than 50 acres of land and is a wealthy family."

"Later, when Yun Jiaoyue's family wanted to change their social standing, Yun's father sent his third son, who was Yun Jiaoyue's third brother, to study. Yun's father and eldest son risked going into the mountains to hunt, hoping to catch a lot of animals to sell and use the money to support their children's education."

"Their hopes came true; they killed a tiger."

Yun Li's eyes lit up; Yun Jiaoyue's father and brother were amazing.

"However..." Mu Qian's tone changed, "Although the Yun family father and son managed to kill the tiger, the father was also seriously injured and died the day after they came down the mountain."

The light in Yun Li's eyes gradually faded.

"The death of Yun's father was a huge blow to the family, but it was this blow that changed all the members of the Yun family, making them even more hardworking."

"In the end, your third brother passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, but that was the end of his journey."

"Even so, the title of Juren is enough. The Yun family's life has improved a lot, and Yun Jiaoyue has married into a family that runs a general store in town."

"Because Yun Jiaoyue is very diligent and kind, she gets along very well with her husband, her parents-in-law, and her sisters-in-law."

Mu Qian looked at Yun Li and said, "Although your mother was not extremely wealthy in this life, she never lacked food or drink and lived a peaceful and healthy life."

Yun Li smiled, feeling warm inside.

Mu Qian: "On the contrary, Yun Xuan's life was not so good. When she reached the age to get married, she set her sights on Yun Jiaoyue's third brother, who was already a scholar at that time."

"Yunxuan's parents and family thought it was a good choice for their daughter, so they asked a matchmaker to come and propose marriage. However, Yun's third brother refused."

"After that, a feud was formed between the two families."

"In order to prove themselves, Yunxuan's family provided a generous dowry of ten acres of land to marry her off to a scholar in the next village."

"This scholar is an only child."

At first, Yunxuan was very proud that she had married a scholar, but year after year, her scholar husband failed to pass the imperial examination every year.

"That's not all, her scholar husband is someone who can't lift a finger or carry anything."

"Years have passed, her parents-in-law have grown old, she has given birth to three children, and the men in the family are useless, so all the burdens have fallen on her shoulders."

"He was plagued by illness before he was even thirty, and he didn't look thirty at all; he looked fifty."

"She later committed suicide at the age of thirty-one."

"Suicide?" Yun Li looked up in surprise. This life was over just like that. She hadn't even found out where she had any grudge against Yun Jiaoyue.

"Then why does she hate Yun Jiaoyue?"

If it was a rejection of the marriage proposal, then it was the fault of Jiaoyue's third brother. Why would he want to take revenge on Jiaoyue?

Yun Li couldn't understand it at all.

Mu Qian: "Because before she committed suicide, she went back to her parents' home, hoping to ask her mother for help. As a result, she ran into Yun Jiaoyue, who had returned to the village with her child and husband."

Seeing Yun Jiaoyue's glamorous appearance, she felt very inferior. In addition, her family did not like her, so she was in a daze.

She couldn't understand how her life had turned out this way.

On his way back, he passed a pond and saw the old woman's reflection in the water. His heart ached, and he burst into tears. After crying, he jumped in without hesitation.

Yun Li clenched her small hands into fists. So, just because Yun Jiaoyue was doing better than her, she became jealous?

You're insane!

Mu Qian was a little thirsty after talking so much, so he told Yun Li and went to his room to get a cup full of water.

Then they continued with their second life.

"In their second life, Yun Jiaoyue and Yun Xuan are still in the same world, the same city, and the same era—an era of high technology."

"Yun Jiaoyue was born into an ordinary family, neither rich nor poor, while Yun Xuan's birth was less fortunate; her family was classified as impoverished."

Upon hearing this, Yun Li wore a sarcastic smile.

Yunxuan's bad birth must be due to her suicide in her previous life. Having spent time in the underworld, she knows very well that people who commit suicide are considered guilty and naturally cannot be reborn into a good family.

Mu Qian noticed the change in her expression, but didn't pay much attention and continued speaking:

"Yunxuan in this life has the memories of her previous life, so from childhood, she dug up wild vegetables to sell in town to earn money."

"Perhaps influenced by her memories of ancient times from her previous life, she didn't value studying too much. After finishing fifth grade and recognizing all the characters, she stopped studying."

"After that, she tried to go out to work, but because she was too young, no one dared to hire her. In the end, she had no choice but to return to her hometown to buy crops from villagers and carry them to town to sell."

Yun Li frowned and asked, "Don't her family care about her? Why do they let her do whatever she wants? She just decides not to go to school."

Mu Qian: "Ali, the reason her family is poor is because her parents in this life are one deaf and one mute, and neither of them has much of their own opinion."

Yun Li opened her mouth, somewhat incredulous. Could someone who committed suicide really have such a miserable afterlife?

"Yunxuan has been good at making money since she was a child. Her deaf and mute parents listened to her in everything when she was very young because they believed that people who can make money are smart."

Mu Qian: "Yunxuan's income from buying and selling agricultural products was quite good. By the time she came of age, she had indeed saved a considerable amount of money."

"Later, she was not satisfied with such a small-scale operation, so she took out a loan and opened a shop that specializes in selling mountain products."

"Because collecting mountain products takes time, she basically collects one day and sells the next."

Yun Li asked in surprise, "Doesn't she know how to hire someone?"

"She doesn't trust anyone and is afraid of being taken advantage of, so she does everything herself."

Yun Li chuckled twice, somewhat sarcastically, and said, "So she got rich later?"

Mu Qian shook his head. "She didn't get rich because she met a man she liked, and she lost interest in running the mountain produce shop. She spent all her time following him around."

Yun Li was surprised. Wasn't this a classic case of being love-struck?

"So she ended up marrying that man?"

"No!" Mu Qian shook his head again and sighed.

"They say she was following that man around, but the man didn't even know her. She was the one unilaterally trying to find out where he was, like a stalker."

Yun Li's eyes widened in disbelief. This wasn't just a lovestruck fan; it was a terrifying stalker.

Suddenly realizing something, she asked urgently, "Could this man know Yun Jiaoyue?"

Under her curious gaze, Mu Qian nodded.

"This man is Yun Jiaoyue's college classmate. Yun Xuan once followed the man and accidentally saw Yun Jiaoyue."

Seeing someone she knew from her past life, Yunxuan was surprised and felt inferior. For three days in a row, she stopped following the man and instead stayed in her rented room in a daze.

"On the fourth day, as if she had figured something out, she went out refreshed and followed the man again. But this time, she didn't just follow him; she mustered up the courage to confess her feelings."