Past Events

"Y-You're my b-biological daughter?!"

Nangong Mu'er's body trembled, her eyes welling with tears. She then looked at Lingqin and asked, "Mother, is this true?"

Lingqin nodded solemnly. "It's true."

"No, this isn't true."

"You're lying to me. You must be lying to me, right? Mother, didn't you say Father had died long ago?"

Nangong Mu'er was on the verge of collapse.

She had grown up in the Spirit Clan, raised by Lingqin alone. Lingqin had told her that her father had already passed away.

Though she could not accept it, she had chosen to believe it.

Because she had no father, she had endured so many disdainful looks since childhood.

That only changed after Lingqin married Nangong Qingtian.

This stepfather had treated her very well, as though she were his own daughter.

Yet today, this stepfather was telling her that he was her biological father.

How could Nangong Mu'er not break down?

So she had lived in lies from childhood to adulthood.

She had grown up in lies.

"No, Mother didn't lie to you. What Mother said is true." Lingqin pulled Nangong Mu'er into her arms and comforted her softly. "Qingtian is your biological father. Didn't you always ask why you, who aren't from the Elf Clan, possess the Elf Clan's talent? This is why."

Nangong Qingtian also nodded solemnly.

"No... no."

Nangong Mu'er burst into tears and cried out hysterically, heartbroken, "If I'm your biological daughter, why didn't you tell me sooner? Why are you only telling me now? Why? Are you ashamed to admit that I'm your biological daughter?"

"Why? Why?"

"Why are you telling me now?"

"Why didn't you hide it from me forever?"

"I..." Nangong Qingtian hesitated, unable to speak.

"It was Mother's fault. Mother is sorry. If you want to blame someone, blame Mother, all