Wen Yang nodded. "If she hadn't faked her death, then how could she have given birth to you inside the coffin?"
"They all said it was because my vitality was tenacious..." Wen Xinyun shook her head in disbelief, then suddenly remembered. "What about my mother?"
"She disappeared," Wen Yang said.
"Disappeared?" Wen Xinyun's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Yes. After you were born, Wen Ting, the family head, discovered that your mother's 'corpse' had vanished. He did not tell anyone immediately. Instead, he covered up your mother's grave and pretended not to know."
"Why would he do that?" Wen Xinyun demanded angrily, tears on her pretty face as she stared coldly at Wen Yang.
Wen Yang sneered. "Do you know who was originally meant to be the Wen Family's head?"
Wen Xinyun slowly shook her head.
"Your father!"
"Although your father was not as breathtakingly gifted as your mother, he was still a genius seen only once in a thousand years. The position of Wen Family head was bound to be his. No one could have taken it from him."
"Unless he gave it up himself."
Wen Yang sighed when he reached this point.
Wen Xinyun released Wen Yang and asked sorrowfully, "Was it because of Mother?"
Wen Yang nodded. "The Wen Family head had to manage the entire Mystic Realm, and also search for the Painted Skin Scholar's whereabouts. Your father would have been very busy. To care for your mother, he firmly refused the position and gave it to Wen Ting."
"My father gave him the position of family head, and Wen Ting still treated my parents like that?" Wen Xinyun snapped furiously.
"Wen Xinyun, there is a saying in this world: great kindness breeds enmity."
"Wen Ting was considered a genius as well, but he spent his entire