The Grandmaster of Scented Steals
Chapter 761

Mystery of His Origins

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"Damn!" Song Qingshu's heart skipped a beat. Realizing he had exposed a flaw, he hurriedly forced a bitter smile. "Maybe the injuries I suffered in Kaifeng last time were too severe, and I accidentally damaged my brain. My memories are a little muddled now. Give me the general idea."

"Hmph, you were full of vigor last night. You certainly didn't look like someone seriously injured." Wanyan Ping's little face flushed as she muttered softly. Fortunately, all her affections were now focused on Song Qingshu, so she did not grow suspicious. She then began explaining, leaving Song Qingshu's expression endlessly strange.

Back then, after Wanyan Honglie used despicable means to obtain Bao Xiruo, she never stopped longing for Yang Tiexin. Though Wanyan Honglie pretended to be magnanimous, he was deeply displeased. Whenever he saw Bao Xiruo's child with Yang Tiexin, the child became an eyesore. So he secretly had someone kill the child. His methods were so skillful that Bao Xiruo believed the child had merely fallen ill and died young. Even though she did not resent Wanyan Honglie, the death of her child still devastated her, and she spent every day melancholy and depressed.

It so happened that Bao Xiruo was carrying his child at the time. Worried that she and the baby would both suffer if this continued, Wanyan Honglie summoned Elder Peng of the Beggar's Clan and used a mind-control technique to hypnotize Bao Xiruo, altering her memories. When she gave Wanyan Honglie a son, she believed the child was Yang Kang, the flesh and blood she had borne with Yang Tiexin. Wanyan Honglie might have been a scoundrel, but he truly loved Bao Xiruo. To ease the knot in her heart, he simply went along with it and let his own son become Yang Kang.

Thus, Wanyan

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