Of course, Bibi Dong was his teacher after all, so Shang An still softened the story somewhat.
"Is that so?" Qian Renxue listened blankly as Shang An finished his account.
Even though she had prepared herself mentally long ago, she had never expected the truth to be so cruel. The towering, noble image of her father in her heart came crashing down.
So her father had been that kind of person. So her very birth had been a mistake. No wonder, no wonder she hated her so much.
She truly had no reason to blame her, because to her, she was nothing but a humiliation. Yet she could not blame her father either, because without him, there would be no her.
She began to pity that woman, because she knew how cruel this was for a woman.
Seeing Qian Renxue lapse into a daze, Shang An took the opportunity to pull her into his arms, letting her lean against his chest as he comforted her softly.
"Although the harm your mother suffered cannot be changed, she actually still loves you in her heart."
"Really?"
A flicker of surprise passed through Qian Renxue's reddened eyes. Her father had died early, and her mother hated her as well. If not for Qian Daoliu filling part of the void left by her father, her mind might have changed long ago.
Yet even so, she still deeply yearned for a mother's love. Wasting her talent to infiltrate Heaven Dou was only to gain Bibi Dong's acknowledgment.
"Of course. She has merely been blinded by her own hatred." Although Shang An had erased Bibi Dong's demonic obsession, her existing hatred would not vanish with it. She was simply no longer as extreme.
"Then what should I do?" Hearing that Bibi Dong actually loved her in