Today's fourth update: Chapter 3488! 4/4!
As the legitimate daughter of two legendary figures, Xu Qingcang and Zhu Nan, she had been born into incomparable nobility, on par with Xu Kun's once-revealed identity as the "Son of Cang Xuan."
However, unlike Xu Kun, who had at least been secretly cared for by his mother Mu Qingxuan, who had concealed her identity during his childhood, Xu Buwan's illustrious parents had seemingly considered their task complete the moment she hatched from her shell. They truly became hands-off parents, leaving almost no trace in her memories of growing up.
Deep in her heart, she had always harbored a lonely sense of grievance at having been "abandoned."
And "Brother Xu Kun" was the brief yet most vividly colored stroke in her life. He was a towering, father-like presence in her emotional world, as well as an untouchable pain and taboo in her heart.
From the time Xu Kun took her from the Phoenix Domain and ventured through the Beast Domain with her, their time together had not been especially long, yet it had been the most carefree and blissful period of her life, when she had been doted on without limit.
No matter how much trouble she caused, that brother who stood tall beneath the heavens could always resolve everything for her with a smile.
Since Xu Kun's "death," even though sisters-in-law such as Yang Yao and the aunts of the Phoenix Race had showered her with endless love, no one had ever again given her that mountain-like, unconditional tolerance and sense of safety.
The mention of Xu Kun was not merely reopening an old wound. It was more like a cruel mockery that completely detonated the emotions she had kept bottled up.
At the end of the day, a loneliness that was