"I can't remember very clearly. Mother said it seemed to have been caused by... the power of one of her friends."
Aurora sat atop a slender vine, her thin body seeming weightless as she swayed gently with it.
Her emerald-green hair trailed to the ground, brushing the blooming flowers. Beneath her skirt, her fair, delicate feet swung leisurely back and forth.
Yao Ziyan studied her, a thoughtful look in her eyes, as though she were pondering something.
"Did you know this friend of your mother's?" Luo Chuan, however, had not noticed the change in Yao Ziyan's expression.
Aurora shook her head softly. "No. I only heard Mother mention it in passing."
"Tell me more." Luo Chuan was intrigued.
"Mother said it was an unknown existence she had known since a very, very long time ago, someone who helped her bring the darkest era to an end," Aurora answered.
Luo Chuan waited for a while, but no further words came.
"That's all?"
"That's all I know."
"Fine."
Luo Chuan sighed. It seemed he would not be getting any more useful information from Aurora.
At the same time, a rather bold idea quietly began to take shape in his mind.
"Did you forget, or did you simply never hear the Goddess tell the story herself?" Yao Ziyan finally emerged from her earlier daze.
After observing Aurora, she finally understood a certain boss's preferences.
People would always feel the urge to possess beautiful things. That was perfectly normal.
To claim them for themselves, to hold them in their hands.
Aurora looked at Yao Ziyan in confusion. For some reason, she had felt something strange just now.
Was it an illusion?
Never mind. It was not important.
"I was born much later than my other sisters. I do not know much about Mother's past.