256 You are My Daughter (2/2)

”What's bothering you?”

”Huh?” Mingyue looked up at her father with a dazed expression.

General Lin heaved a sigh. ”Between your sister and you, you were the one who was good with chess. I remember back then when I first taught you to play, and it didn't take you too long to understand the rules. After three rounds, you began to pick up the game, and we played for hours before your mother asked us to stop.”

Mingyue smiled at the memories.

Actually, she had learned to play chess from his father, Jiang Huan. Occasionally, she would accompany the Crown Princess to play a round of two as well. It was just that, when she came to this world, she had forgotten everything. When General Lin had taught her to play the game, it didn't take her too long to remember.

”Should we stop now?” General Lin suggested. ”It doesn't seem like your mind is here at the moment.”

Mingyue shifted her glance between her father and the board. But General Lin had moved to pick up a cup of tea and slowly enjoyed drinking them. Mingyue knew that her father had decided to stop.

”Do you have something to talk to me?” his lips curved into a smile as he watched Mingyue continue to be in a daze. ”Mingyue, you are my daughter. How can I not know that there was something you'd like to say. Today was not the first time you came in with a tray of refreshment for me. Speak. What is it?”

”Well,” Mingyue hesitated. Her father had caught her off her guard. Although she had come to talk to her father, Mingyue had long ignored that intention when her father asked to play a game of chess.

General Lin continued to drink his tea leisurely as he waited for Mingyue to speak.

Mingyue pulled at her fingers and took a deep breath as she made up her mind. This time, Mingyue decided not to beat around the bush. Instead of testing her father, Mingyue chose to be straightforward. ”Dad, do you believe in the existence of another time and space?”

General Lin's paused in his movement, but he immediately recovered before his daughter could notice anything. He stared at his daughter for a few seconds longer as he tried to decipher what was on Mingyue's mind.

Noticing that there was something strange in her father's gaze, Mingyue forced a smile. ”I was casually asking.”

General Lin took another mouthful of tea before he heaved a long sigh. He noticed that this was not the first time that Mingyue had brought up the topic that led to the existence of another dimension.

”It's not that I did not believe in such thing,” General Lin said. He put the cup on the tray and cast his gaze down as he thought of something.

When he looked up again, Mingyue could see his probing gaze.

”Mingyue, you,” he paused. ”Have you remember anything?”