"Familiar?"
"Then that makes sense!"
"Because I'm your stepfather!"
"Ah, Dong Lin, you've had such a hard life!"
An Kai made it up off the top of his head without a second thought.
After hearing An Kai's words, Dong Lin's mouth hung wide open, and his expression turned as ugly as if he had swallowed arsenic.
He stared at An Kai, utterly at a loss for words.
"My dear boy, why aren't you saying anything now that you've met your beloved stepfather?"
"Do you have any idea how much effort your daddy put into finding you?"
"Ah, seeing you like this really breaks your father's heart!"
With that, An Kai even put on a sorrowful expression.
He looked genuinely heartbroken that his dear boy, Dong Lin, didn't recognize him.
This is my father?
My stepfather, at that?
Dong Lin stood dumbstruck before the [Summoning Gate].
The corners of his mouth kept twitching.
He couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.
But because he had been summoned through the [Summoning Gate], Dong Lin believed An Kai's words completely.
It was precisely because he believed him that Dong Lin felt something was wrong.
Thinking back to his encounter with his "stepfather," the man hadn't shown him the slightest mercy for the sake of family.
He had crushed him to death with one hand.
When he killed him, there hadn't been a trace of sorrow on his face.
"My dear boy, what are you thinking about?"
"My dear boy Dong Lin, don't you even recognize your own father?"
"To think I raised you to adulthood all those years ago, and now you don't even recognize me! It breaks my heart!"
"Back then, your mother was torn to pieces by three ferocious beasts. Even when her mouth was the only part left intact,