"I feel in my heart that it was my own powerlessness in having my body taken from me that led to these consequences; it's unrelated to anyone else,"
Lin Xintu, though speaking indifferently, stared at my hand clutching her sleeve. Her reddened eyes turned even redder, "Su Wan, why were you able to recognize me at a glance? How did you know I was not Xinmei?"
"Because of the aura, you two have completely different auras." I blurted out without thinking, then paused, "Of course, it's also because I trust my grandfather, who is also your grandfather. He is fair in his dealings. Lin Xinmei has done many wrongs that are too numerous to document, so how could he let Lin Xinmei deliver clothes?"
"Yes." Lin Xintu's eyes flickered with tears, then she quickly lowered her head to hide them.
The fingers resting on her knee curled tightly.
I silently waited for a while, letting her compose herself, and then asked softly, "Can you talk about what happened with Qing Li?"
Lin Xintu's fingers suddenly clenched tightly, and her shoulders uncontrollably trembled again.
It seemed that this question touched the defenses of her heart.
"If you don't want to talk..."
I felt that perhaps it wasn't the right time to ask this question, as it may hurt her.
I didn't expect that before I could finish, Lin Xintu interrupted, "Whatever you want to know, I can tell you."
I silently stroked Lin Xintu's head and quietly waited for the child to start talking.
After a long time, Lin Xintu took a deep breath and said, "Before my mother recovered her memories, she loved me deeply and passed on all of the Forbidden Woman's Technique to me, but after she regained her memory, she suddenly became very hateful towards me, calling me... her disgrace..."
Hearing that Qing Li suddenly detested her beloved daughter after regaining her memories.
My heart was wrenched; I had to face a truth.
Lin Xintu does not have the blood of the Snake Tribe.
Therefore, her father is not... Yu Longting's father...
So... could Lin Xintu's father be Lin Gang?
"Once, when my mother was furious, she tried to choke me to death, but grandfather saved me," Lin Xintu said, drenched in cold sweat, her eyes filled with immense fear, "I never went to the attic again, but I will always remember the words she said while strangling my neck..."
"What... did she say?" This was the first time I interrupted to ask after she started talking about Qing Li.
Lin Xintu looked up, her pupils severely constricted, "She was... taken by my father, I am a bastard child, a bastard child who almost killed my own brother... Yu Longting..."
"..." I was completely stunned.
It took a while before I could recover my senses.
When I opened my mouth, my throat was dry, and my voice trembled and became hoarse, "Your biological father is..."
"Lin Gang!!" Lin Xintu said softly.
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Everything in front of me suddenly went dark, and my heart felt even more lost.
This scandal was huge; Lin Gang had violated Qing Li. How was this to be explained to both brothers, Yu Longting and Yu Rongling?
Yu Rongling, such an innocent child, who also has such affection and reverence for his mother.
Once he finds out about this...
I don't even know what will happen...
This damn Lin Gang, how could he commit such a ruthless act?? To actually erase Qing Li's memory, truly violate her, and then father a daughter.
He even stole the snake eggs Qing Li had previously laid, out of which Lin Xintang was hatched.
What was originally an intricate mystery, now suddenly revealed, the truth completely surfaced.
Yet it is... an ending... no one can accept...
Dazed for a long time, I suddenly realized, isn't Lin Xintu the one who truly can't bear the weight of this matter?
I could only try to calm my emotions, dispel the chaotic thoughts from my mind for the time being, and took Lin Xintu's shoulders in my hands, "This matter has nothing to do with you; it's all because Lin Gang is too... shameless."
"Su Wan, tell me, what is the meaning of life?"