Faced with such a sensitive topic, He Lan Nana showed no embarrassment at all. She stroked her chin and seemed to seriously consider the question. Only after several seconds did she helplessly shake her head. "I'm not really sure."
The others immediately let out repeated cold laughs.
"Not sure? You're biological sisters!" Emin, who had just argued with Tula, sneered from within the group.
"Not biological ones." He Lan Nana giggled. "Her parents died in an accident, so my family adopted her. On top of that, she performed exceptionally well, so our family merely gave her a direct-line status."
Her parents died in an accident?
The others sneered even more coldly.
This information was included in the intelligence reports. He Lan Ziyue—change the name? Zi Xing didn't sound very good—had originally been a descendant of a branch of the He Lan Family. That branch had few people, and after her parents died unexpectedly during a mission, the main family adopted the child. This sort of situation was actually very common among Great Clans. If such children had decent aptitude, most would be adopted by the main family and cultivated as arms for the direct-line heirs.
But for someone like Zi Yue to turn the tables and directly become the next direct-line heir of the He Lan Family was exceedingly rare!
After all, even if someone had the aptitude, many clan elders still valued blood relations. If every clan disciple in this world were treated fairly based only on aptitude, there would not be so many resentful illegitimate children.
In fact, many people knew that strange phenomena had appeared when He Lan Ziyue was born. It was said that even as an infant, she could make the servants guarding those around her suffer nightmares and die horribly from the torment. It