Mrs. Zhang and Qin Jiang exchanged a glance. Mrs. Zhang smiled and said, "You mean my younger sister - in - law? To be honest, she's been gone for more than a decade!"
Hearing this, Wei Zhong's heart skipped a beat. He never expected that she had passed away long ago. No wonder he hadn't heard from her all these years!
"How could this happen?" Wei Zhong asked in shock.
"Alas! Sixteen years ago, she died in childbirth while trying to deliver the baby in her womb. You couldn't have not known that she was pregnant with your child, could you?" Mrs. Zhang said pretending to be sad.
This! Sixteen years ago? She was pregnant with his child at that time! Why didn't she tell him? Wei Zhong thought to himself.
But at that time, he was locked up by his family. After they were separated by their families, they had no chance to meet, and he had no news of her. Even if he had known she was pregnant with his child at that time, his family would never have allowed them to be together and would surely have forced her to abort the baby!
Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still any longer. He tightened his hands on the chair, almost crushing it!
"What about... the child?" Wei Zhong asked.
Mrs. Zhang glanced at Qin Manman and instructed her, "Manman, go buy some good wine. We need to entertain the master well tonight!"
Seeing Mrs. Zhang's deliberate act of sending Qin Manman away, Wei Zhong immediately assumed that Qin Manman was the child born to Mo'er!
"I saw the bracelet on her hand that belonged to Mo'er. Could she be..." Wei Zhong guessed.
Seeing that Wei Zhong was starting to take the bait, Mrs. Zhang quickly explained, "You're right. My younger sister - in - law died not long after giving birth. Coincidentally, I was also about to give birth at that time, but unfortunately, my unborn child died in my womb. So we raised her as our own. To avoid gossip, we told others that my younger sister - in - law's child had died with her and that she was my own daughter!"
"So, she doesn't know her real origin?" Wei Zhong asked.
"Of course. We've kept it from her to protect her!" Mrs. Zhang explained.
Wei Zhong thought for a while. Considering the situation of his wife at home, if he rashly brought back his own daughter, Mrs. Su would surely not agree, which would be bad for Manman. So he couldn't recognize her as his daughter for the time being!
(Note: Wei Zhongcheng's current wife is Su Qinglan. Her family background is extremely powerful. She is the eldest daughter of General Su Yuanzheng who assists the country. Wei Zhongcheng is somewhat afraid of Qinglan's family background.)
He nodded and said, "That's good!"
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang panicked. What did this mean? Was he not going to recognize his daughter? Then all their efforts would be in vain!
"Ah? What do you mean?" Mrs. Zhang asked.
"Oh, what I mean is that I can't recognize her as my daughter under the current situation... But to make up for the years of my neglect, I'd like to adopt her as my god - daughter. What do you think?" Prime Minister Wei explained.
Hearing this, both of them were stunned. This...
Wei Zhong continued, "I hope you won't tell her the truth for the time being. I'll find a suitable opportunity to recognize her in the future... But don't worry. I'll make your life better. This is also a way to make up for her and your years of hard work in taking care of her!"
Mrs. Zhang and Qin Jiang exchanged glances, overjoyed in their hearts!
They immediately put away their triumphant expressions and said somewhat awkwardly, "This... isn't it inappropriate? How could we accept your kindness?"
"That's all right. But there's one more thing. I'd like to know where Mo'er is buried?" Wei Zhong said.
Hearing that he wanted to visit Qin Mo's tomb, Mrs. Zhang felt a bit guilty. She replied perfunctorily, "Oh, it's a bit difficult. You know, we moved here later. My younger sister - in - law's tomb is in a remote and poor mountain valley. We don't even know if it's still there after all these years!"
"Ah! I see..." Wei Zhong felt even more guilty. He never expected that the woman he loved would end up so miserably!
At this moment, Qin Manman came back with the wine.
Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang quickly stepped forward, grabbed Qin Manman's arm, and brought her in front of Prime Minister Wei. She said excitedly, "Manman, Prime Minister Wei hit it off with you at first sight and wants to adopt you as his god - daughter. Hurry up and call him god - father!"
Qin Manman was completely confused. She had no idea what was going on. How could she become a god - daughter as soon as she came back?
Prime Minister Wei looked at Qin Manman and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes! Your mother is right. If you're willing, I'd like to adopt you as my god - daughter!"
"Willing, willing! How could I not be willing? It's an honor!" Mrs. Zhang said happily, not forgetting to nudge Qin Manman with her hand. "Hurry up and call him!"
"God - father!" Qin Manman called out obediently.
Prime Minister Wei was very satisfied. He nodded and said, "Good! I'll send someone later. You should get prepared!"
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang was overjoyed. What precious gifts was he going to send?
She quickly said, "Okay, okay, okay! Let me see you out. Please!"
On the other side, early in the morning, Wan Ruo woke up and found that Bai Chen had turned into a cute little white fox!
Wow, so cute!
Bai Chen was woken up by Wan Ruo's stroking. Seeing the way Wan Ruo looked at him, which was just like looking at a monkey in a zoo, he instantly got ruffled. He was reluctant in his heart, but when Wan Ruo held him in her arms, he instantly felt embarrassed and blushed!
At this moment, Yun Jiu and Yun Yi came to find Bai Chen. Seeing this scene, they were quite shocked!
Bai Chen was also embarrassed and instantly transformed back into a human form!
"Cough, cough. Do you have something to say?" Bai Chen said pretending to be calm.
Yun Yi said somewhat awkwardly, "Ah! That..." He was a bit shy to say it.
Seeing Yun Jiu looking at him encouragingly, he summoned up his courage, bowed, and said, "Thank you, thank you!"
Looking at the apologetic Yun Yi, Bai Chen was a bit unaccustomed. Maybe after this incident, Yun Yi had changed his opinion of him.
"You don't need to thank me. But you should thank her!" Bai Chen said with a smile, looking at Wan Ruo.
Wan Ruo was a bit panicked. She quickly waved her hands and said shyly, "No, no!"
"Thank you!" Yun Yi bowed to Wan Ruo.
Oh? Bai Chen didn't expect that Yun Yi would be so obedient to him.
"Oh! By the way, I didn't have a chance to ask you last night. What on earth happened? Why were you so badly injured?" Bai Chen asked seriously.
They sat cross - legged together, and Yun Yi began to recall what had happened last night.
"Yesterday, I was on a mission. Just when I was about to subdue the evil spirit, a very powerful evil spirit suddenly appeared and devoured the evil spirit I was about to capture! It seems to strengthen itself by sucking in essence and souls. It targeted me. The gap in strength was too great, but I had to fight for my life and managed to escape... But it was also injured!" Yun Yi described what had happened last night.
Bai Chen frowned slightly and asked doubtfully, "What's its origin?"
"I'm not sure. It seems to be a resentful spirit with extremely strong resentment?" Yun Yi guessed.
Bai Chen frowned tightly. He felt that it was a bit tricky. Each of the Three Realms had its own laws. It was very rare for a spirit to strengthen itself by sucking in the spiritual power of its own kind, unless humans were involved in offering sacrifices or controlling it...
Early in the morning, Si Hongxi received the news that something had happened in the morgue last night!