Qilin, seeing Mu Yuanzhi remain silent, assumed she was a kind-hearted soul concerned for the child in Pei Yunxi's womb. He crossed his arms and said, "Senior Sister, you must choose: either this fellow dies for sure, or Pei Yunxi faces a slim chance of survival."
"Whether Pei Yunxi lives or dies has nothing to do with me," Mu Yuanzhi replied, leaning closer to Pei Shangnian. "As for this fellow, if he can be saved, I will save him."
A fence-sitter is detestable, certainly, but not necessarily deserving of death—especially not when he was dying right before her eyes. Furthermore, since she was gambling with Pei Yunxi's life, why should she feel any burden?
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