Chapter 193 - 174: Don’t Call Me Mother, Call Me Sis 2

Fu Ying quickly waved her hand to stop her. "Don’t call me Mom, it’s weird! Back in our original world, I’m not that much older than you. Call me sis!"

"..." Su Mo was speechless.

After a moment of silence, she asked, "What about your Beast Husband?"

"He was killed by Jiang Wu’s people while protecting me." A flicker of sorrow crossed Fu Ying’s face. "I figured since I couldn’t go back, I might as well live a good life here... but life is unpredictable."

Fu Ying seemed to recall something. "And don’t blame us for abandoning you. Back when I first regained my memories, Jiang Wu had already poisoned you and ordered me to get rid of you quietly. I had to pull out all the stops just to get you out of there."

"At the time, I wasn’t even sure if you were the transmigrator she was looking for." Fu Ying gave an awkward laugh. "But the enemy of my enemy is my friend, right? I was thinking, what if you really could change the ending? I left after you came of age because staying together would have made us too big of a target. And besides, back then... you hadn’t arrived yet. I was afraid that if I stuck around with the original owner, we’d die even faster. I mean, every year you can scrape by is another year of life, right?"

Su Mo nodded in understanding.

"Oh, right. You’re satisfied with the Beast Husbands I arranged for you, I hope? You have no idea, I had to rack my brains to get them to agree to those marriages! Luckily, I’ve seen a thing or two in my day. A little scheme was all it took, and it was a done deal! Now they’re basically your strongest support, so at least all my painstaking effort wasn’t for nothing."

Su Mo said, "...Why, thank you so much. You really are a wonderful ’Mom’!"

’It was a complete coincidence, but it lined up perfectly with the plot of the book I’d read. For a while there, I actually thought I was just here to follow the script.’

’Good thing I have a decent head on my shoulders, otherwise I wouldn’t even know what killed me.’

Fu Ying frowned. "I told you, don’t call me Mom! Call me sis! As long as we get through this ordeal, we’ll be sisters through thick and thin for all our future lives! When I write my next book, I’ll invite you to make a cameo~"

Su Mo’s eyes widened in alarm as she waved her hands dismissively. "Let’s just forget about that! Can we please solve the problem at hand first?"

Fu Ying gave an awkward laugh. "So, what aces do you have up your sleeve? C’mon, tell me. We can figure out a plan."

Su Mo briefly explained about her system and the Totem. Fu Ying looked at the dark pattern on her wrist, her expression a pleasant surprise. "Now that’s the good stuff! A classic Golden Finger, essential for any transmigrator! I really picked a winner this time. We can definitely take this gamble!"

Su Mo sighed. "But none of this is a secret to Jiang Wu. I only managed to fight her off that day by a stroke of luck. If she comes back, her attack is bound to be even more vicious. Plus, she didn’t even use her Ultimate Kill. If she had, I’m not sure I would’ve been a match for her."

Fu Ying thought for a moment before saying, "During her cultivation, she overcame the weakness of the Reversed Feather, so she must have switched out her Ultimate Kill skill long ago. I don’t know what her new one is. Since I’ve been in this world, I’ve always died pretty early on. I never get a chance to see her use her Ultimate Kill..."

Su Mo frowned. "Why is she so hard to kill?"

Fu Ying heaved a long sigh. "Her resentment is overwhelming, she’s cold and utterly ruthless, and she’s even become aware of the plot’s design... You know how it is with that kind of character archetype. In any story, they’re the ultimate big boss."

With a wave of her hand, she said, "But whatever. She’s injured now, isn’t she? While she’s busy healing, we can still have a little fun."

Su Mo glanced at the woman beside her. "You’re pretty optimistic, aren’t you?"

"Listen to you. I’ve been through this cycle so many times, my mentality has been honed to a fine edge! In any case, the current outcomes are either total annihilation, everything returning to peace after she dies, or... we get killed by her."

Su Mo asked, "Are... are there no other possibilities?"

"Well... maybe we’ll return to our original world after we die?"

Su Mo shot her a speechless glance. ’This woman is terrifyingly insane.’

’I came to her because I don’t want to die, and yet two out of every three sentences she says involve dying...’

’Forget it. I’m not talking about this anymore.’

"By the way, why is it that when Jiang Wu suppresses my Totem’s power, my Beast Husbands’ power is also affected?" Su Mo frowned. "She doesn’t have some Golden Finger I don’t know about, does she?"

Fu Ying pondered for a moment. "I didn’t give her that kind of ability in my original book, and the protagonist didn’t have it either. She couldn’t have gotten it from one of those fanfics, could she? This is not good. We need to find a solution as soon as possible."

——

By the time Su Mo and Fu Ying came out of the cave, Mo Xiao was already walking toward them.

"Wife, have you and Mother finished your talk?"

Su Mo nodded.

Fu Ying gave Mo Xiao an awkward smile, then turned to Su Mo. "I’ll come find you when I think of a plan."