As Xiao Nanpan explained Ling Mi'er's identity...
The elders of the Mysterious Xiao Sect had already received their orders and immediately gave chase. Though they had not been following Xiao Nanpan, they were on Frost Isle and moved swiftly.
Elsewhere...
Sikong Jing swept Mi'er out of the spatial passage, landing on an uninhabited islet outside Frost Isle.
The moment they landed, Ling Mi'er cried out in overwhelming delight, "Second Brother, are you finally willing to acknowledge me?"
Sikong Jing still had his black hair hanging loose and disheveled over his shoulders...
Yet upon hearing that, he slowly brushed his hair back, allowing Ling Mi'er to see his entire face.
He said softly, "Miss, take another careful look. I truly am not your second brother."
The moment those words fell, Ling Mi'er froze and stared fixedly at Sikong Jing's face again.
Gradually, large tears began to tumble from Ling Mi'er's eyes. Watching her, Sikong Jing felt a faint ache in his heart. After finally encountering a long-lost relative, only to discover she had mistaken someone else for him...
One could imagine that feeling of collapse.
Thus, Sikong Jing gently comforted her, "Miss, please don't be too sad. Perhaps your real second brother will return soon."
Yet the moment his words fell, Ling Mi'er's tears only flowed harder...
Suddenly, her lips trembled...
"Second Brother, why won't you acknowledge me?"
"Why are you still denying it even now? Is it because you despise me for being taken in as an adopted daughter?"
"But what choice did I have? If I hadn't become an adopted daughter, our family would have been wiped out!"
Sikong Jing, who had been comforting Ling Mi'er, was instantly dumbfounded. What the hell?
I've shown her my entire face, and she still thinks I'm her second brother? This little