As everyone knew, before Feng Ling became an Evil Soul Master, before she married Zhongli Wu, she had once been romantically involved with the current Bright Phoenix Douluo.
According to Feng Ling herself, Yan Shaozhe deserved the lion's share of the credit for what she had become.
That alone made it impossible for Ye Xishui to treat Feng Ling warmly. At most, she maintained a superficial cordiality, and even that was out of consideration for Zhongli Wu. Now that Zhongli Wu was dead, the relationship between this "mother-in-law and daughter-in-law" naturally would not remain as harmonious as before.
Others did not know, but Ye Xishui understood better than anyone that her relationship with Feng Ling ran deeper than they imagined. She could not reveal it, though. If she did, it would turn into a sprawling family melodrama.
Yan Shaozhe was a descendant of Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao. Judging by his age and the timing, he should have been their grandson or great-grandson.
But whether Yan Shaozhe was their grandson or great-grandson was not the point. The point was that Feng Ling, who had once been involved with Yan Shaozhe, later got together with Zhongli Wu and even married him.
Fortunately, others did not know how this entire family was connected, and Feng Ling had never borne them any children. Otherwise, it really would have been a sprawling family melodrama.
Whether it was her descendant or her son Zhongli Wu, Ye Xishui did not feel particularly deep affection for either of them. Still, they were her children, and her feelings for them naturally ran much deeper than for an outsider like Feng Ling.
Besides, who was Ye Xishui? She was the woman who had led the Black and White Twin Holy Dragons around by the nose in the previous generation.