"So this is what you wanted to ask?" Mo Yuan looked at Tang Wulin expressionlessly.
"Yes. I want to know who my birth parents are." Tang Wulin nodded solemnly.
"Does that matter? You should focus on the present." Mo Yuan offered him a word of advice.
"I know that, of course, but I still want to know the truth. Big Brother Mo Yuan, you're so capable—you must know, right?" Tang Wulin looked at Mo Yuan hopefully.
"Knowing too much isn't a good thing. Often, ignorance is a form of protection. At least you can live without worries. Have you ever considered that your birth parents might be criminals? If they committed unforgivable sins, how would you face them?" Mo Yuan said softly.
Tang Wulin's eyes widened. "Big Brother Mo Yuan, don't scare me..."
"I'm merely telling the truth. At least from the perspective of the Federation, or even Douluo Star, your father is a criminal through and through. Or rather, an unforgivable traitor!"
"Uh..."
Tang Wulin bit his lip. He had never imagined he would receive an answer like this.
A criminal...
And the kind Big Brother Mo Yuan called unforgivable...
"Well, Wulin? Learning the truth isn't very pleasant, is it? I told you before that knowing too much often only brings needless worries. What will you do now?"
At those words, Tang Wulin clenched his fists, then relaxed them. "Big Brother Mo Yuan, if that really is the case..."
"Red Mountain Academy taught us that if someone gives you life but doesn't raise you, severing a finger can repay that debt; if someone raises you without giving you life, a hundred lifetimes wouldn't be enough to repay them. If my birth father really is a criminal, then I'll simply repay him for giving me life."
"It seems you've made