"Pfft—!!"
Jialan, who had just taken a sip of juice beside them, suddenly sprayed it out.
Shen Qingzhu, seated beside An Qingyu, froze with his chopsticks suspended in midair as he was about to pick up some food. He casually lowered his hand and quietly pricked up his ears...
The entire dining table fell silent.
"Y-you had a son?!" Baili Pangpang's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "Qiye... you..."
"Stop right there!" Lin Qiye was so startled that he immediately set down his chopsticks. Turning to An Qingyu, the corner of his mouth twitched wildly. "What are you talking about? How could I possibly have secretly fathered a child somewhere?"
"But..." An Qingyu adjusted his glasses. "That boy carries the same aura as you..."
"Aura?"
"Yes. Within him, I sensed an extremely familiar... golden power." An Qingyu paused before continuing, "That power forms his body, permeates his soul, and intertwines with his bloodline...
From a genetic perspective, there is indeed a strong possibility that he is your son."
Lin Qiye was stunned stiff.
"Wait a second." Lin Qiye grabbed Jialan's fist beside him and pressed it down, then continued asking, "How old is that boy?"
"He looks fourteen or fifteen."
"Fourteen or fifteen?!" Lin Qiye was speechless. "I'm only twenty-two this year. How could I have a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old child? Was I supposed to have... when I was seven?"
Jialan: Σ(??д??lll)!!!!!
An Qingyu thought carefully. "That... does seem not to add up?"
"It also can't be ruled out that Qiye likes older women," Cao Yuan seriously added.
Lin Qiye: ...
"That boy is very strange." An Qingyu carefully recalled, "Aside from a human aura, he also has the soul of a strange cat within him..."
"Qingyu, what are you talking about?" Baili Pangpang asked in confusion. "A human,