Mu Lingxue was stunned for a moment after hearing her story. In her modern life, she had been an only child, cherished by her parents, with grandparents on both sides who treated her like the apple of their eye. Arriving in Dayu State, though she had no grandparents, her parents loved her dearly, and she had three older brothers to protect her. She had never known an ounce of hardship when it came to family affection.
Mu Lingxue stood up and hugged Chu Qingmeng. She did not know what to say; her heart simply ached at the words, "just a stinking bug crawling out of the mire." It was not terrible for others to look down upon her; the truly terrifying thing was that she had always viewed herself that way, too.
Chu Qingmeng smiled and patted the arm wrapped around her. "I'm fine, it's all in the past. At least my mother loved me, and my father loved me, too. Besides, I've recovered my memories from the mountains. I have a wonderful master, senior brothers who cherish me, and an *afu* who raised me like a precious treasure. So those old messes don't have much of a negative impact on me anymore."
Chapter 519