Chapter 49 - As Sharp as Expected (2/2)

”That's good then. I shouldn't delay you any longer.”

”I don't mind.” Qiu Ling smiled at her again, then turned around and vanished down the corridor.

Madam Zhong stood motionless next to the window and watched him disappear. She had always had a good feeling about him and had only been worried about his intentions in regards to her son's future. Now that she knew, she could be unconcerned. She didn't have to let her son go and he wouldn't have any expectations placed on him. He could decide, whatever he wanted to do. This man, he really was their savior.

She went back to the room and had a look at her son, who was still sleeping peacefully. Yes, it felt good to have her doubts dispelled. And in regards to him someday requiting that man's love or not … She wouldn't worry about it. After everything she had seen, she didn't think Qiu Ling would force her son. Everything could just take its natural course. If Jing Yi ever fell in love, it was alright, but it would be alright, too, if he didn't.

Mister Zhong came over and stood next to her, likewise looking at their son. ”Do you believe, what he said?”

Madam Zhong lifted her brows. ”Who was the one asking, if our son had been a dragon in his last life?”

Mister Zhong scratched his head and laughed. ”He was talking about previous lives and the dragon folk. What else should I have thought?”

”If dragons really came to our realm before, then one certainly didn't need to be a dragon to encounter them.”

Mister Zhong slowly nodded. ”So it turns out in the end … our son was the emperor.”

Madam Zhong stared at her husband exasperatedly, unable to say anything else.

Qiu Ling, who had already returned and sat quietly at the table, put a hand to his forehead. How come, his mother-in-law was so sharp, while his father-in-law could make up such unbelievable nonsense? How had those two fallen in love in the first place?!