Chapter 309 - A Father-Son Talk (2/2)

Ling Zhaowu had been gazing at him all along. After quite a while, he observed, “That was a result of divine intervention and secret protection from your mother’s spirit.”

Ling Zhang smiled faintly, “I also feel that mother has been protecting me. When my maternal grandfather told me that descendants of the Phoenix Clan would acquire the ability to foretell the future if they manage to reach the highest layer of the cultivation method, I was very surprised, believing that maybe it was because of the blood in me that I had that dream and prevented the disaster from befalling our family.”

Ling Zhaowu inclined his head and exhaled deeply. “Fortunately, fortunately…”

Ling Zhang didn’t want to talk any more about this matter. He kept having this feeling that there was something behind the look in his father’s eyes when he’d been staring at him a moment ago. In order to keep his father from sensing his suspicions, he said, “Father, let me show you to your room so you could take a bath and change out of these travel-soiled clothes.”

Ling Zhaowu kept silent for a few moments and then said, “Okay.”

Ling Zhang was leading the way in front. A look of misery mixed with grat.i.tude for his good luck flashed across Ling Zhaowu’s eyes as he watched his son’s back, and then he buried all these thoughts into the deep recesses of his mind.

…

After bringing Ling Zhaowu some toiletries, Ling Zhang took his leave. Standing in the corridor, he quietly thought back to the talk he’d just had with his father. The more details of his father’s mien he recalled, the more skeptical he was. Pity there was still a thin shroud of mystery cloaking this matter, which kept him a step away from a flash of inspiration.

Ling Zhang raised his hand to finger the jade pendant around his neck and then recollected what Mr. Mu had said to him when they’d been in the Millennium Pavilion, and with that the expression in his eyes slightly changed. He had always been meaning to ask his father about it after he woke up.

It took Ling Zhaowu a long while to finish his bath and change clothes. When he walked outside and saw that Ling Zhang was silently pondering over something in the corridor and didn’t even notice him coming, he called, “Zhang’er.”

Ling Zhaowu still sounded quite discreet when talking to Ling Zhang.

Ling Zhang pulled himself back to the present and looked at him. “Father, have you got everything handled? If you do, let’s go to the front yard.”

“Okay.” Ling Zhaowu gave a smile.

Sensing the caution in his att.i.tude, Ling Zhang also had quite mixed feelings.

He could tell that Ling Zhaowu was feeling distress and guilt because of what he’d done previously, but there seemed to be something else behind it.

After all, in that year, his father had insisted on leaving home to look for his mother, and afterwards he’d sustained severe injuries and had been comatose ever since. Half a year ago, he came to but lost his memory, and it was not until a couple of weeks ago that he’d recovered his memory. Theoretically, even if his father had come to realize the mistakes he’d made bigotedly on an impulse, he shouldn’t be acting like he was undergoing some kind of unendurable agony, given that currently the Ling family was fine, and he was fine as well…

What was he overlooking exactly?

Right at the time when Ling Zhang felt he was within an inch of a eureka moment, Ling Zhaowu walked out of the room, bringing his musings to an end, so he had no choice but to give up thinking about it for the moment.

“Do you still have headaches or any other uncomfortable feelings, Father? Did Mr. Mu mention anything about follow-up treatment?” asked Ling Zhang.

Ling Zhaowu answered the questions one by one. “I’m not having any headaches. That pill was a miracle cure. Right now, not only is my mind at ease, I also feel that I’m even more energetic than I’d been before I got injured. My body is returning to its best state as well. But it’ll still take some time for me to be rid of all the symptoms, because after all, I stayed in bed for so many years. Presently, Mr. Mu uses medication and nutritious food to improve my health. On top of that, he also told me to do exercise on a daily basis, saying that I’d fully recuperate in half a year or so.”

Ling Zhang was greatly relieved. “I’m glad to hear that. Nothing would comfort my grandfather and uncle better than the knowledge that you’re okay.”

Ling Zhaowu flicked a glance at him and said, “Before I came here, your grandfather and uncle asked me to take a message to you for them. They wanted you to take good care of yourself in the capital city. Your uncle also said that you and Yuwen Tong should have no misgivings about doing what you wanted to do in this city, that he’d have everything handled in Tanyang.

In fact, these are my family responsibilities as well, but… I’ve been absent from your life during the past over ten years, so I can’t let you face all this alone.”

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