Chapter 261 – The Other sMother” (1/2)

After closing the door, Su Mo first discussed the two families’ joint business ventures with Lin Xuanzhi. After he had answered Lin Xuanzhi’s questions and cleared away his doubts regarding these family matters, Su Mo somehow changed the topic to Lin Xuanzhi’s private affairs.

Su Mo candidly asked, “Are you and your Didi together now?”

Lin Xuanzhi wasn’t very surprised that Su Mo could see this. After all, he and Yan Tianhen had not hidden anything these past few days, or, to rephrase, he intentionally hid nothing. He hoped that those who should see it would see as soon as possible and have time to digest first to save him the trouble of having them say anything inappropriate in the future.

Furthermore, they couldn’t hide something like two people in love even if they wanted to.

As long as two people had an affinity with each other, even if they simply stood side by side, their auras and gazes would still be different from other people’s.

Lin Xuanzhi nodded and confirmed with especial calmness, “That’s right, we’re together.”

A somewhat worried expression appeared between Su Mo’s brows. He hesitated for a moment, “How much do you know about your own background?”

Lin Xuanzhi paused slightly. He thought that Su Mo would ask whether he knew about Yan Tianhen’s background and origins, but he didn’t think that Su Mo would mention Lin Xuanzhi’s own background instead.

Lin Xuanzhi paused for a while. He naturally understood that the background Su Mo was asking about didn’t refer to the Lin family’s side of his parents, so he answered, “I only know who my dad is, but I don’t know who my mother is. My dad never mentioned my mother either.”

“En.” Su Mo’s train of thought seemed to be drifting away. “Your dad……actually, your dad should also be considered your mom as well. Back then, we each took one Pregnancy Pill; he actually gave me the one that I had — sigh, now that I think about it, this Pregnancy Pill isn’t an item that’s easy to get. It was extremely rare, even in the Nine Lands.”

Lin Xuanzhi digested this information for quite a while. He wasn’t really surprised that Lin Zhan was his mother. Instead, he was surprised that, even with a temperament like Lin Zhan’s, he was still perfectly willing to be pressed down by someone. Suddenly, he was a little curious about the “father” whom he’d never seen before.

Exactly what kind of man could enter Lin Zhan’s eyes and make him happily willing to birth that man’s child?

Lin Xuanzhi soon snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Su Mo. “Uncle Su, I heard Fourth Elder say that you’re the person who witnessed my birth into this world. I’m afraid that you probably know more about my dad and my other biological father than I do, right?”

Su Mo gazed at the youth whose appearance looked practically the same as his biological father and sighed involuntarily in his heart.

“Back then, I was young, frivolous, and reckless. Your dad and I flocked together like birds of a feather, partners in crime. We feared nothing in heaven or earth and hit it off right off the bat. By accident, we chanced across a teleportation array left behind by some great power, let it transport us at will, and actually ended up directly in the Nine Lands.”

Lin Xuanzhi was slightly stunned, his eyes lighting up.

“I know what you want to ask.” Su Mo shook his head and sighed, “Unfortunately, that transportation array must be combined with certain talismans and magic treasures and will be destroyed after a single use. Furthermore, even if I still had methods to go to the Nine Lands, I would never disclose it now. Fundamentally, the Nine Lands isn’t a place that people like us can go — especially with our current cultivations; going to the Nine Lands right now is the same as walking to our deaths.”

Even after so many years, Su Mo would still be startled awake by the untold dangers and difficulties in the Nine Lands when dreaming. If it weren’t for the fact that Lin Zhan just happened to hold onto a golden thigh, and that person offhandedly protected them, he was afraid that within only a few days after entering the Nine Lands, not even their corpses would have been left, and their souls would have scattered with the wind.

Lin Xuanzhi indeed was somewhat disappointed, but he understood that the time wasn’t yet ripe.

Lin Xuanzhi was more concerned about the matter regarding Lin Zhan.

“Uncle Su, I don’t know what you and my dad experienced in the Nine Lands, but I heard that when my dad was in the Five Continents’ mainlands, he was also a proud and arrogant son of heaven. But when he returned from his travels, it seemed as though he had a change of heart, and his cultivation also fell greatly.” Lin Xuanzhi paused, then continued, “Uncle Su, you must know my dad the best. Can you tell me about my father’s past?”

Although Lin Xuanzhi had lived for a thousand years, he was still like a child when Lin Zhan was mentioned.

When Su Mo heard Lin Xuanzhi’s words, his heart immediately ached for him.

In his eyes, Lin Xuanzhi was still a youth, even if he was steady, calm, and mature. Compared to him, a brat like Yuan Tianwen, who didn’t suffer many hardships and had both parents to protect him, really was much more fortunate.

“About your father’s identity, I once swore to Lin Zhan that I wouldn’t reveal a single word, so I can’t tell you. However, if someone from your father’s side comes to take you back one day, you should be wary of them.”

Lin Xuanzhi blinked. “I’m afraid that the father I’ve never seen before is also from the Nine Lands?”

“That’s right.”

Lin Xuanzhi sneered in his heart while he said lightly on the surface, “Then he shouldn’t have the leisure time to come find me.”

In the thousand years in his last life, he had never heard any news about this “father” of his. Naturally, no one came to the Five Continents to look for him either.

Lin Xuanzhi couldn’t describe his mood right now. In fact, his desire for his “mother” had long since disappeared when that person wasn’t there for him every time he needed a mother.

It was the same now that the mother changed into father.

In the end, Lin Xuanzhi was a cold-blooded person. He wouldn’t return others’ evil with kindness. If other people wronged him, then why should he care about them?