Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Han Li’s Female Mother Is Mo Yan’s Aunt

"Aunt!"

Mo Yan said excitedly, "I’ve finally found you!"

Seeing a member of his own family, Mo Yan lost his composure for a moment. Mo Yan was startled and subconsciously took a step back.

"Who are you?" the Maid asked, protectively shielding Mo Yan. "Stay away from my mistress!"

Mo Yan was stunned. "Aunt, you... you don’t remember me?"

Mo Yan shook her head. She was about to say she didn’t know him, but Han Li, who was standing beside her, seemed drawn by something and strode forward.

"Li’er, wait for your Female Mother..."

Only then did Mo Yan notice Han Li’s presence. His gaze shifted between Han Li and Mo Yan, a look of disbelief on his face.

’Han Li is my aunt’s child?!’

In front of the food stall, a Beastman who had finally made it to the front of the line waited for the person ahead of him to leave. Just as he was about to order, someone suddenly cut in front of him.

He was taken aback for a second, then said angrily, "Hey, hey, hey! Don’t you know how to wait in line?"

Han Li didn’t react to any of the commotion around him, naturally ignoring the man’s words. His eyes were fixed on Yu An, unblinking.

Yu An had been squatting down to get something. Hearing the commotion, she quickly stood up.

When she saw it was Han Li who had cut in line, she quickly said, "Han Li, don’t stand there. Come around from the side."

"Sorry about that. This is my Beast Husband. He didn’t mean to cut in line."

The Beastman’s expression changed instantly. He chuckled and said, "Oh, so that’s how it is."

His anger subsided. He took another look and thought, ’Huh, why does this person look so much like the Young City Lord?’

Before he could get a closer look, Yu An pulled Han Li behind the stall. She didn’t have time to talk to him right now, so she told him to wait there for a moment.

Han Li didn’t understand what Yu An was saying, but he felt very, very safe beside this little female, so he obediently did as he was told.

Just as she finished instructing Han Li, Mo Yan arrived right after. She said anxiously, "Li’er, don’t run off like that. Your Female Mother won’t be able to find you."

The two of them were very close to Yu An, so she naturally heard what Mo Yan said. She glanced at her in surprise.

’Didn’t Han Li say he only had a Beast Father, and that his Female Mother passed away when he was very young?’

Before she could ask Han Li what was going on, she saw Mo Yan run over.

"Aunt, don’t go!"

That one sentence completely fried Yu An’s brain.

’W-w-what is going on now?!’

After waiting for a long time without a response from Yu An, the Beastman craned his neck to look. "Boss Yu, is something wrong over there?"

Yu An snapped back to reality. "I’m so sorry, something urgent has suddenly come up. There are still... ten of you. Could you all come back tomorrow? I’ll give it to you for free, how about that?"

The ten people looked at each other. They had been waiting in line for a long time, eagerly anticipating the delicious barbecue.

"Alright, we’ll come back tomorrow then."

It was just one day’s delay, and they’d get it for free. They could bear it!

Lan Ying had heard everything from the side and started to pack up the stall on his own initiative.

Feng Xuan and Ao Wu didn’t know what had happened and asked Lan Ying. Lan Ying shook his head. "I’m not too sure, but it seems pretty complicated."

Han Li looked dazed, clinging to Yu An’s hand and not letting go; Mo Yan kept saying she knew Mo Yan, while also trying to take Han Li away.

The Maid, on the other hand, wanted to take both of them away, but couldn’t manage to move either one.

When Da Hu and the others saw Han Li, they all excitedly hugged his legs, chattering and calling him "Beast Father."

The scene descended into utter chaos. Yu An really felt like drinking it down while it was hot.

"Stop, stop, stop!"

She couldn’t take it anymore and shouted, "Everyone, shut up! We’ll talk about this at home!"

The clamoring group subconsciously fell silent. When the Maid came to her senses, she asked unhappily, "And who are you?"

"I am Han Li’s Female Master," Yu An said calmly. "What is your relationship to Han Li?"

The Maid was flabbergasted for a moment. "Since when does the Young Master have a Female Master?"

Seeing her mistress acting foolish and the young master looking dazed, the Maid grit her teeth and made the executive decision to go home with Yu An to get to the bottom of things.

All uninvolved parties—namely, Feng Xuan’s group of three and the Zaizai—were shooed inside the house by Yu An, leaving only the concerned individuals in the courtyard.

Seeing that Mo Yan was too agitated, Yu An directed him to the kitchen to make a pot of tea and calm himself down.

She took a seat first at the stone table in the courtyard. "Alright, let’s all sit down and talk."

Han Li, still holding her hand, sat down right next to her. Mo Yan then sat down next to Han Li. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The Maid, being the only sane one among the three, said to Yu An, "Miss, this is my mistress and my young master. You must have mistaken them for someone else."

"My mistress is an orphan. Besides the master and the young master, she has no other relatives. And my young master is not mated, so it’s impossible for him to have a Female Master."

"I’m not mistaken," Mo Yan said, striding over. "She is my aunt."

"An’an, do you remember I once told you that my family was wiped out, and I was the only one lucky enough to survive?"

His gaze was intense. "Actually, I wasn’t the only one. I also had a young aunt. When I was very young, my aunt was kidnapped by our enemies. The family searched for her constantly, but everyone thought she was already..."

The Maid glanced at Mo Yan and said in confusion, "I have been serving the mistress since I was very young, and I’ve never heard about her origins. I only heard the master say that the mistress was an orphan."

Yu An observed Mo Yan’s condition carefully and asked, "Is your mistress... a little different from most people?"

She phrased it delicately, but in reality, anyone could see that Mo Yan’s intelligence didn’t seem very high.

The Maid nodded. "My mistress was injured. The witch doctor said her memories would forever be stuck in her childhood."

"What about Han Li?"

Yu An felt that Han Li wasn’t normal either. He didn’t say a word, and his eyes were even clearer than Da Hu’s and the others’. ’Could he have been injured too?’

The Maid shook her head. "I don’t see the young master often. Every time the master brings the young master to see the mistress, he’s always like this."

To be blunt, all of them who served the mistress thought Han Li was a fool.

Every time he came to see Mo Yan, he was as well-behaved as a small child. If no one spoke to him, he would just sit by himself in a daze.

"An’an," Mo Yan pleaded, "can you please take a look at my aunt?"

"Before my Female Mother and Beast Father passed away, they held my hand and made me promise to find my aunt. I’ve found her, but now..."

"Okay," Yu An said, patting his hand. "I’ll give it a try."

Seeing Yu An take Mo Yan’s wrist, the Maid hesitated for a moment but did nothing.

Not all males cherished females. Some ignored the rules set down by the Beast God, abducting females or handsome young males for their own disgusting purposes.

The Maid had been one of their victims.

When she was captured, she managed to escape, but she didn’t get far before she was caught again.

Fortunately, she met Mo Yan.

She still remembered how Mo Yan, though trembling with fear herself, refused to move and stood in front of her, protecting her from being taken away...

As the memory returned, a complicated look appeared in the Maid’s eyes.

’The mistress was never injured. Before that incident, she was a normal female.’

’If it weren’t for the City Lord, she would have been with the one she loved. She would have been... so, so happy.’

Thinking of this, the Maid forced herself to forget the punishment for disobeying orders, hoping with all her heart that Mo Yan could recover.