"Mother?"
"Justice?"
Sure enough, when Xu Feng mentioned her mother, a glimmer of hope rekindled on her face. Her mother was the person she felt she owed the most.
"That's right."
Seeing Liu Erlong waver, Xu Feng hurriedly continued coaxing her. "Your mother was abandoned by your father, Yu Luomian, because of her background. All these years, he never intended to bring you back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He even had you take your mother's surname, with no intention whatsoever of letting you acknowledge your ancestors and return to the clan. Do you think that's fair to you and your mother?"
"..." Liu Erlong said nothing, but her fists tightened inside her sleeves.
"Oh, right." As though something had occurred to him, Xu Feng added, "As far as I know, Yu Yuanzhen is both the leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and your father's elder brother. He was the first person to oppose your mother's return to the clan back then. Don't you want to demand justice from him?"
"They owe you all of this."
With that, Xu Feng fell silent and quietly waited for her answer.
"..." Liu Erlong still did not respond, but the bloodshot color had already faded from her eyes, and her tears poured down wildly like a flood bursting through a dam.
Creak! Creak! Creak!
Liu Erlong slumped to the ground, her delicate hands clenched so tightly that a series of cracks rang out. Her expression was incredibly complicated, filled with resentment, grievance, hatred, helplessness... all those emotions mingled together.
"Waaah..."
"Why..."
"Why does everyone treat me like this?"
Liu Erlong suddenly curled up, wrapping her arms around her shins and burying her head against her knees.
"Mother... Erlong is so useless... waaah..."
"I'm sorry. Erlong was too selfish. I