Qi Wu looked down at her. "Who's that?"
Lilith pursed her lips and reluctantly said, "My dad."
Qi Wu froze for a moment. "Your dad? Isn't your dad a vampire?"
Lilith shook her head. "He's not a vampire. He was just an ordinary college student until my mom took a fancy to him and married him into the family."
Qi Wu looked the refined middle-aged man up and down, then glanced at the petite Lilith beside him. "Your mom had good taste."
Lilith rolled her eyes. "Of course she did. How else could she have had a daughter as cute as me?"
Qi Wu smiled, then asked, "Where's your mom?"
Lilith's smile froze instantly. She lowered her head, her little face paling slightly as her fingers unconsciously twisted the hem of her clothes.
Qi Wu watched her without pressing further.
Just then, the "old man" seemed to sense something and looked up in their direction.
Through the noisy crowd, he spotted Lilith at once. A complicated emotion flickered in his gentle eyes.
He raised a hand and beckoned to Lilith.
Lilith turned her head away, pretending not to see.
The servant beside him leaned down and said quietly, "Family head, the young lady..."
The older man lowered his hand, his smile turning bitter.
The servant sighed. "Family head, aren't you indulging the young lady too much?"
The older man remained silent for a long time.
"She looks more and more like her mother." His voice was soft, with a barely perceptible tremor.
The servant said nothing more.
The older man looked toward Lilith, watching her hide behind the white-haired young man. Her little face was full of reluctance, yet held a trace of reassurance.
He lowered his head and adjusted his glasses.
"If she doesn't want to come back, then