Release and Obsession

629 Release and Obsession

When Zhang Mingshu returned to the main camp, Zhao Wuji was still sitting alone in the tent. Still as stubborn. Still as tenacious.

Zhang Mingshu activated a soundproofing formation to prevent eavesdropping and probing.

Zhao Wuji clasped his fists. "Godfather. Although we've never formally established such a relationship, I've always envied Big Brother for being able to call you Godfather. But from now on, he'll have to change how he addresses you and call you father-in-law."

When Zhao Wuji called him Godfather, Zhang Mingshu knew that he had let go. He had come to terms with it. Ever since childhood, Zhao Wuji had been unable to put his parentage out of his mind. After returning to the Handan Zhao Clan, the two had rarely seen each other, and Zhang Mingshu did not know what had caused this change in him.

However, the fact that he had not brought his wife, Wu Ling'er, back with him also explained some things.

Regardless of whether he truly trusted the forces behind Black Widow Island, she was already Zhao Tieyi's mother.

One could only say that within a great clan, every precaution was justified—and necessary.

Otherwise, why would he have been born?

Should he call Zhao Wuxu his father and Zhao Siqi his older sister? Zhao Wuxu was his mother's husband, after all. Thus, all kinds of filthy, sordid things could happen within an Aristocratic Clan.

Even within the small households of commoners, all kinds of discord were common.

With Zhang Mingshu's current state of mind, he had seen through it all. Therefore, from the very beginning, he had avoided formally defining his relationship with Zhao Wuji to prevent unnecessary trouble.

Yet Zhao Wuji had acknowledged from the bottom of his heart the kindness Zhang Mingshu had shown in raising