However, the person who entered was completely beyond anything Bibi Dong could have imagined.
Before the door had fully opened, the moment Bibi Dong caught sight of those strands of golden hair, an unprecedented shock filled her heart. No matter how she thought about it, she could never have imagined that the visitor would be her daughter, Qian Renxue.
As the Pope, Bibi Dong naturally knew that Qian Renxue had returned with Mo Lin. But given that Qian Renxue had never taken the initiative to seek her out, and that her return to Spirit Hall in the course of carrying out her plan was most likely only a brief stopover, Bibi Dong had even assumed that Qian Renxue had already left Spirit City.
If it had been Mo Lin, Bibi Dong could still have considered whether to keep pretending or come clean. But now that it was Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong did not even know how to begin. In the end, she managed to force out a single sentence:
"You're here. What is it?"
Looking at Bibi Dong before her, Qian Renxue did not really know how to respond either. She might have sounded so confident when speaking with Mo Lin, but that was because she had not experienced this firsthand. For over twenty years, mother and daughter had barely exchanged a word beyond the necessary discussions of official affairs. Only now that she was actually in this situation did Qian Renxue realize that this was far from easy. She also did not know whether she should gently tell Bibi Dong that she knew the truth, or simply get straight to the point.
As Bibi Dong watched Qian Renxue remain silent, she grew desperately anxious inside! Logically speaking, as a mother, she should have been delighted that her daughter had