Chapter 1921 (1/2)
Chapter 1921 - Memory of the Moon (5)
The blood beads fused into one bigger blood bead instantly and without any resistance whatsoever. When the profound energy holding them afloat ran out, they slowly fell toward the ground before scattering on the verdant grass.
For a long time, Xia Qingyue simply stood there with a dazed, unfocused look on her face. It was like her soul had departed her body completely.
Yun Che was almost as stunned himself.
What… what is going on here!?
Not only did the barrier that should’ve barred everyone except a direct descendant not work on Xia Qingyue, but her blood had merged perfectly with Yue Wuya’s blood as well. That could only mean…
What am I thinking? That’s just impossible! Xia Qingyue’s birth father is without a doubt Xia Hongyi!
Yue Wugou was still a virgin when Xia Hongyi found her. Moreover, it was only in their third year together that they had Xia Qingyue.
It was just impossible for Xia Qingyue to be the daughter of Yue Wuya!
Did Xia Hongyi lie then? Was she already pregnant when he found Yue Wugou?
That made even less sense!
Xia Hongyi and Yue Wugou had married during the second year, conceived Xia Qingyue during their third, and Xia Yuanba during their fourth… the entire Floating Cloud City knew about this. They might have been able to fool one person or ten, but an entire city? Impossible!
It was at this moment Yun Che recalled the doubts Chi Wuyao had voiced to him some time ago:
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“He was way too indifferent toward Xia Qingyue’s death… Xia Yuanba is the bearer of the Tyrannical Emperor’s Divine Veins and a firm mind, yet he can barely control his pain after hearing the news.”
“On the other hand, all I felt from Xia Hongyi was a flash of pain. In fact, I felt more shock and pity from him. He reacted how a person would when they heard of their neighbor’s daughter’s death.”
“You are a father with only one daughter to your name. You know better than me how unusual his reaction was.”
“He is no profound way fool or cold-blooded ruler, but he could be emotionally detached by nature. That is the only other possibility I can think of anyway. People like that do exist. Like a person who is born without an arm or a leg, some are born without the seven emotions and six desires that drive us all.”
“However, his extreme reaction towards Yue Wugou’s death contradicted that completely.”
“Which brings us back to the question, ‘Why is a man this passionate reacting so coolly and rationally toward his daughter’s death?’ There was barely any sorrow at all.”
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“Do you still remember why Xia Qingyue was obsessed with cultivating the profound way?”
“Yes… long story short, she wanted to find her mother and reunite her family.”
“That is correct. Chu Yuechan told me the same thing… This tells us that she was a woman who cherished familial bonds deeply. At the very least, she was someone who gave it her all just to seek out a mother she barely remembered.”
“So why did a woman who values love and familial bonds so, so much… not visit her father even once after she married you and traveled to Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace?”
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Yun Che feigned indifference back then, but he wasn’t nearly as indifferent as he looked.
Today, her words had surfaced from his memories and mingled with the scene in front of him into a hot pot of utter confusion.
Xia Hongyi had acted unusually indifferent when he heard of Xia Qingyue’s death.
Yue Wuya had personally appeared to Xia Qingyue, a lower realm denizen despite being a god emperor.
If he had to make up an explanation for this…
The indifference was because they weren’t blood related, and the profound attraction was because they were?
However…
Even if Xia Hongyi wasn’t Xia Qingyue’s birth father, they had still lived under the same roof for sixteen years. How was it possible they were so indifferent toward each other that it was almost to the point of being strangers?
What was going on here? Where was the contradiction?
Did Xia Hongyi weave a lie that somehow fooled everyone? Or was the fusion of two bloods that should be utterly incompatible with each other just a coincidence?
Xia Qingyue had never spoken to him about this. Naturally, he didn’t know that she had been carrying a burden like this until now.
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It was at this moment that Yue Wugou opened her eyes. It was almost as if she had sensed her daughter’s distress.
She pushed herself into a sitting position and noticed that her daughter was staring mindlessly ahead. She hadn’t noticed her awakening or rising at all.
“Qingyue?” She called out softly.
Xia Qingyue twitched, and she finally returned to herself. However, there was still a bit of mistiness in her eyes.
“What’s wrong?” Yue Wugou asked concernedly after noticing her daughter’s abnormal reaction. “Were you thinking about his proposal?”
Xia Qingyue shook her head. She sat down beside her mother and watched her eyes. A while later, she finally asked in a very soft voice, “Mom, did you… sleep with Senior God Emperor before you encountered dad?”
“Of course not,” Yue Wugou answered without hesitation before shaking her head smilingly. “Wuya had wanted to leave everything until our wedding night. In his words, he wasn’t willing to ‘tarnish’ my name [1] until then.”
“I told you this a long time ago, didn’t I? Why are you bringing it up again?”
Yue Wugou’s answer did nothing to chase away the mistiness in her eyes. Still staring into her mother’s eyes, she murmured almost unconsciously, “Really…? Not even once…?”
The abnormal reaction visibly startled Yue Wugou. Then, a bolt of realization struck her, her expression turned both panicked and painful at the same time. She gripped her daughter’s hands tightly and said in an urgent voice, “Please believe mom, Qingyue. I’ve never… I’ve never slept with him, not now, and definitely not before I knew your dad! Never!”