"What happened?"
A graceful figure slowly flew over from the sky not far away and landed beside Lin Chuan.
After Lin Chuan left, Bu Lianshi had been using Absolute Perception to follow his movements. When she sensed the unstable fluctuations in his spiritual energy, she thought it over and decided to come take a look. At a time like this, no one but her could enter Lin Chuan's heart.
"I saw the so-called truth, but..." Lin Chuan closed his eyes and gently shook his head.
Bu Lianshi said nothing. She stepped forward and softly embraced Lin Chuan. Sometimes, you did not need to say anything to comfort someone. You only needed to be by their side and let them feel that you were there.
Lin Chuan said nothing more either. Instead, he wrapped his arms around Bu Lianshi. Neither of them spoke again, merely leaning quietly against one another.
After a long silence, Lin Chuan finally spoke, his voice somewhat hoarse. "Yijiang City was destroyed by Mu Li. He was never controlled by Feng Yuan!"
Bu Lianshi's expression shifted slightly. "And then?"
"Mu Li is actually Father, Mu Zheng's son. Father simply never knew it. Back then, Mother, Qin Ruxin, had always been unable to conceive. Once, after Father got drunk, he mistook Mother's personal maid for her and slept with her. No one knew about this. In the end, that maid left Mu Manor!"
"Later, Mu Li was born, but his mother fell gravely ill. Before she died, she told Mother Qin Ruxin about Mu Li's identity. That was why Mu Li was later taken in as an adopted son. But Father never knew what had happened back then. Only Mother knew!"
"Later still, my birth and everything that followed changed Mu Li's state of mind. But because Mu