Mu Yu Xin sighed to herself. She rose from the crowd, walked before Ling Changqing, and gave a slight curtsy, speaking in a soft voice.
"Mu Yu Xin, Honored Guest Elder of the family, greets Young Master Ling."
"So you're the treasured daughter of the Mu Family?"
Ling Changqing looked slightly taken aback, feeling rather surprised.
The Ling Family's spies and informants weren't just for show. They had naturally gathered detailed intelligence on the upper echelons of the Mu Family, and Mu Yu Xin was among those profiled.
A trace of bitterness tinged Mu Yu Xin's smile. "The Mu Family is now a thing of the past. I am nothing more than a stray dog that has lost its home."
"Fortunately, the Patriarch is magnanimous and no longer concerns herself with my origins or my past. From this day forward, I am simply an Honored Guest Elder of the Ling Family!"
"…"
