The matter was simple enough.
Dugu Ba had heard that Lü Zheng had an expert backing him, so he fished Lü Zheng's elder sister, Lü Hui Niang, out of the Music Bureau.
Not only had he rescued her from the Sea of Bitterness, there had inevitably been another bout of affection between them.
From the looks of things now, this woman had already been gripped tightly in Dugu Ba's hand.
Of course, Lü Hui Niang was now pregnant. No matter who the biological father was, Dugu Ba was clearly willing to be this "real father" who was not quite a godfather, yet better than one.
This was a life-preserving talisman Dugu Ba had bought for himself long ago.
Even if Lü Zheng one day turned over like a salted fish and truly fought his way back, surely he could not do anything to his own brother-in-law.
A son-in-law was half a son, and a brother-in-law was like a real elder brother.
Everything feared comparison.
Compared to Dugu Ba, who knew when to advance and retreat and could endure humiliation, the father-and-son pair Dugu Chen and Dugu Rou were two useless pastries best bundled together.
The bearing of an emperor?
Dugu Ba could scarcely believe his ears. The wild ups and downs of this night had been far too abundant, leaving him constantly wondering whether he was trapped in a nightmare from which he could not wake.
He was like a dancer leaping barefoot upon a blade's edge. Every question from Yang Sui added another steel knife beneath his feet.
Dugu Ba even felt a little weary. He no longer wanted to keep struggling in this cursed world.
Yet those words, "the bearing of an emperor," truly made his heart blossom with joy.
Over the years, it was not as though