Mu Hanyan certainly recognized the old man feigning indifference. Even if he turned to ash, she would still recognize him. Jian Zhongtian! This beast! He used to be a heavyweight official in the Capital before he retired and returned to his hometown, building an elegant manor twenty miles outside of Heishi City. In the eyes of the public, he was a venerated elder. But Mu Hanyan knew, this man had a perverse lust, especially for teenage girls—and would quickly grow bored with his old conquests, who never met a good end.
In her past life, it was precisely Qinglian who was tortured to death by him and his new favorite. And it was because of this that Mu Hanyan had slaughtered his entire household. In her past life, Qinglian had been forced to marry Jian Zhongtian as his concubine to save Mu Hanyan, who was in a dire situation. It wasn't until Mu Hanyan was executing Jian Zhongtian that she found out her predicament had also been a trap set by Jian Zhongtian to coerce Qinglian.
