Seeing the guilt written all over his face, Wu Lifeng knew he had done it on purpose. His gaze abruptly turned cold.
He grabbed the boy by the collar and demanded harshly, "Who sent you?"
On the Northern Frontier, he had seen the Northern Qiang People use a Secret Art that could restore a person's youth.
They looked like children on the outside, but their minds remained those of adults.
They used that appearance to infiltrate enemy camps and steal intelligence, lying, cheating, and committing every imaginable evil.
Could it be... that the Northern Qiang People had infiltrated the Jin Kingdom?
At the thought, Wu Lifeng could not help knitting his brows.
As he looked at the child before him, disgust filled his face. His gaze was sharp as he demanded, "Speak. Who are you, really? What is your purpose in infiltrating the Jin Kingdom?"
Frightened by his ferocious expression, Black Crane could not stop his shoulders from trembling.
His eyes brimmed with tears. "Benefactor, I'm not a bad person. I..."
He abruptly lowered his head.
He could not casually reveal his true identity to mortals...
Not even to his benefactor.
Otherwise, he would be captured and made into pills.
"Then why did you suddenly call me Dad and ruin my chances with her?"
The thought that Yuzhu might now dislike him made Wu Lifeng seethe.
Black Crane answered quietly, "I... I only came to repay your kindness..."
"Repay my kindness?"
Wu Lifeng's expression cracked. "Are you sure you didn't come to take revenge?"
"I'm not here for revenge!" Black Crane immediately protested.
Suddenly spotting the people ahead out of the corner of his eye, he pointed at them and said to Wu Lifeng, "Why does that man take that child home when he calls him Daddy, but you scold