Curiosity

Xia Ying shook her head, but when she saw the little girl holding the shopkeeper's wife's hand, she froze completely.

Cultivators had excellent memories—perhaps too excellent. Xia Ying recognized her at once. She looked exactly like Aqing as a child, as though they had been carved from the same mold!

"Senior Sister? Senior Sister, what are you looking at? Senior Sister, calm down!"

The corners of Xia Ying's eyes reddened. "I can't calm down! That damned wild man—his child is already this big! How dare he!"

Chapter 42: Curiosity

But once Xia Ying calmed down, she realized something was wrong.

Aqing was the eldest daughter of Listening Crane Manor. If she had truly borne a child, there was no way there would have been no news at all. Saying the girl was He Gan's daughter was more believable instead.

Besides, Aqing was only four years older than Xia Ying. She was only twenty-four by nominal age this year; there was absolutely no way she could have given birth to such a big daughter.

Thank goodness, thank goodness. It wasn't some wild man's child.

But that was still wrong. Aqing's mother had long since passed away. Even if Manor Lord He had another daughter, she should not resemble Aqing so closely. Come to think of it, people always said daughters resembled their fathers, yet Aqing looked at most twenty percent like He Gan.

Could it be that Aqing's mother had never died?

Xia Ying racked her brains, but she was not especially familiar with Listening Crane Manor. In the past, she had only dealt with Aqing. In truth, she had never liked Manor Lord He Gan. She only felt that he was far too shrewd and mercenary, his eyes often concealing calculations she could not understand.

People did say he was