The red thread.
The red thread!!
That was it. That was the thing.
He had thought it was nothing serious and had not asked Chuan Ling's people to remove it back then.
He had thought it merely foretold a marriage alliance. Now, looking back, it was a death warrant.
No. He absolutely could not let this happen!
Regret surged through him. Why hadn't he insisted back then?
"I never imagined it had anything to do with Tang San at the time."
"That red thread points toward wherever Tang San is."
"I have only myself to blame. I was greedy back then."
Qian Daoliu was now overwhelmed with regret.
The Sea God had already issued a Divine Oracle: Tang San had to be his successor.
As a Divine Envoy, Qian Daoliu knew the weight a Divine Oracle carried. It was an order that was almost impossible to refuse.
But they wanted to turn his granddaughter into a stepping stone.
Qian Daoliu would not allow it. He would not!
She was his granddaughter, his most beloved descendant.
If he had not been so greedy back then, would Xue'er have been spared this trouble?
Damn it.
He bitterly regretted his past choices!!
"Grandpa, Second Grandpa, Father."
"What is this red thread you're talking about?"
"Why don't I know anything about it?"
Qian Renxue frowned. Could she have some affliction they found too difficult to speak of?
And her grandfather and the others all knew about it. She alone had been kept in the dark.
"Big Brother, tell her. There's no point hiding it from Xue'er anymore."
"Xue'er isn't a child anymore."
"It's time she knew about these things."
Golden Crocodile no longer wanted to keep it from Qian Renxue. Things had already reached this point, and people had come right to their door.