"Why?" Mu Hanyan looked at her father, puzzled.
"Your background is somewhat unique," Mu Rui’an said after some thought.
"My background? Could it be that I’m not the biological child of my mother and father? Could I have been picked up somewhere?" Mu Hanyan asked, blinking her eyes.
Family members murdered, adopted by kind-hearted people, changing names and concealing identities, enduring humiliation and hard work to make a comeback, twenty years later having her identity revealed to the world for revenge and retribution... Yep, she had heard plenty of such melodramatic stories, which easily led to such speculations.
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"Utter nonsense, what are all these ridiculous ideas in your head!" Mu Rui’an did not expect Mu Hanyan to ask such a question, and what was most infuriating was that she looked excited, as if she were looking forward to it. He stood dumbfounded for a moment, then said, frustrated.
This was the first time Mu Hanyan had seen such an exasperated expression on her old man’s face, and she couldn’t help but laugh inwardly. Of course, she was deliberately teasing her father. Although he usually maintained a stern façade, her own and her brother’s features were cast in the same mold as his. The only difference was that her face shape, nose, and lips resembled her mother’s more, adding a touch of softness and not as sharply defined as her father’s features.
With deliberate makeup and a cool demeanor, she could see her father’s youthful appearance reflected in the mirror. How could she possibly be adopted? But seeing her father so agitated was truly amusing. Her usually aloof father, who seldom showed extra emotion, seemed so lively all of a sudden, which made Mu Hanyan feel an even closer bond with him.
"Indeed, you and your brother are the flesh and blood of Fan Ling and me. However, you were both born with a unique constitution, and there might be other opportunities involved. If someone else were to discover this, it could bring about a disaster upon you. Therefore, from the moment you were born, we have intentionally concealed your gender, raising you as a son, and indulging you in everything, simply because we wanted to avoid drawing attention," Mu Rui’an said, quickly regaining his composure as the head of the family and continued to explain.
"A special constitution? Is father talking about my Heart Meridian? And who are those people father mentioned who could bring a calamity over me?" Mu Hanyan originally thought the conversation was about her origin, but suddenly it shifted to a unique constitution. A flash of insight in her mind brought her to the vastness of her Heart Meridian, far beyond that of ordinary people, and she also recalled the highly skilled black-clothed assassin. Anxious for answers, she quickly pressed on with her questions.
"Heart Meridian, is there something wrong with your Heart Meridian? I haven’t noticed anything off," Mu Rui’an said, looking at Mu Hanyan curiously.
Mu Hanyan did not find anything odd about this. It was only after she became the master of Star Illusion Thousand Machine and with the help of the power of the Meteor Shower that facilitated meridian clearing and marrow washing that she gained the ability to look inward and noticed the abnormality of her Heart Meridian. Before that, she had thought she was naturally untalented, so it was normal for her father not to have noticed.
Mu Rui’an paused, then continued, "As for the people you mentioned, I have not seen them myself, nor do I know who they might be. Actually, all of these things were told to me by your grandfather. I don’t really understand them myself, so you just have to believe that he wouldn’t harm you."
While saying this, Mu Rui’an’s expression was somewhat blank, clearly not lying.
It was at this point that Mu Hanyan realized that her father knew hardly more than she did. Everything was in accordance with her grandfather’s arrangements. It seemed that to find the answers, she had to seek out her grandfather.