In that instant.
Yuan Xin felt as if his head was about to explode.
He could no longer hold back his excitement. With trembling hands, he grabbed Jun Lanran's arms.
His face was filled with grief.
"You're lying to me, aren't you?"
Jun Lanran looked up.
Her eyes were also filled with despair.
"Why would I lie to you? Big Brother Yuan, you know that I've loved you the most. From beginning to end, I've never lied to you."
"Jun Xin, that girl from the Cloud Mist Alliance, she is my daughter and also yours. By the way, she should be your only daughter."
"Impossible, it's impossible."
"Didn't you see the mark on the back of the Azure Dragon Green Leaf Butterfly? It's the mark of the Jun family of the Azure Cloud Country. Big Brother Yuan, how could you not know?"
"Jun Xin is your own daughter. Look, she accompanied you for seventeen years and called you foster father for seventeen years. Didn't you even hear her call you father when she was dying?"
Yuan Xin's hands were now covered in blue veins.
He kept shaking his head and backing away.
Impossible, how could it be?
Suddenly, Yuan Xin rushed towards Jun Lanran like a madman, tightly grabbing her arms with both hands.
He questioned, "I know you're lying to me, right? Lanran, you hate me. You hate me for leaving without saying goodbye back then. You hate me for letting you down back then. You hate me for not taking responsibility for you. So now, after you heard that I sacrificed my own kin for justice and harmed Jun Xin, you deliberately said this. You want me to regret it, don't you?"
"Lanran, I know you want to take revenge on me, but could you please not make up this story? How could it be? How could Jun Xin be my child?"
There was also a strange and bloodthirsty smile on Jun Lanran's face.
"Why would I lie to you? Yuan Xin, didn't you see the pattern on Jun Xin's back?"
"Is that... the Azure Cloud Pendant?"
Jun Lanran nodded.
"The Azure Cloud Pendant. She is our child. When she was born, I imprinted it on Xin'er's back. The Azure Cloud Pendant was the round jade pendant you gave me. You're really forgetful. You don't even remember this."
So, Lanran was really Jun Xin's biological mother.
And he was really Jun Xin's biological father?
Yuan Xin was extremely confused at this moment.
He began to breathe rapidly, gasping for air, and then slumped to the ground.
Miao Xi, who got the news, just arrived at this moment. Seeing this scene, she quickly stepped forward to help Yuan Xin up.
"Someone, drag this woman who spreads fallacies and confuses people away and beat her to death with clubs."
"Stop!"
"My Lord, this woman has caused you so much trouble. Why are you still...?"
Yuan Xin pushed Miao Xi away.
"You step back."
"But, My Lord—"
"Get out!"
Miao Xi's eyes turned red.
She gave Jun Lanran a hateful look and then stepped back.
Yuan Xin's eyes were bloodshot. His teeth were trembling. He opened his mouth but couldn't say a word for a long time.
He reached out his hand, wanting to touch Jun Lanran.
But Jun Lanran took a step back as if he was a plague.
Yuan Xin's hand missed.
"Why?"
These three words were finally different from those other three words.
Jun Lanran walked under the locust tree. Maybe she was only worthy of staying in the shadows for the rest of her life.
"Why? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Why didn't you tell me when you were pregnant back then?"
"She was clearly my daughter. Why didn't you tell me?"
Jun Lanran was in a daze.
"I wanted to tell you, but if I had told you I was pregnant back then, would you have stayed in the Azure Cloud Country for me? Even if you were willing to stay in the Azure Cloud Country for me, would your heart be there? Since your heart wasn't with me, what's the use of telling you and forcing you to stay?"
"Also, when I gave birth to Jun Xin, I wanted to tell you. But do you know? When I saw you standing in the yard, saying those unforgettable and heart - touching love words to An Susu, how could I tell you? Yuan Xin, tell me. At that time, if I walked up to you with the child and said this was your daughter, what would you do?"
"I decided to give birth to my daughter by myself. I thought you were her father. At that time, whether I had the support of the Jun family or not, she would have suffered a lot with me. It was better to hand her over to you through someone else's hand. The Yuan family is a large and wealthy family. It's no problem to raise her well."
"The reason I didn't tell you is that I was afraid. I was afraid that you would interrupt your pursuit of the head of the An family because of this suddenly - appeared daughter. At that time, would you regard Xin'er as a burden? Would you take out your dissatisfaction on Xin'er?"
"Yuan Xin, this is the reason. This is why I didn't tell you."
At this moment, Yuan Xin felt as if his heart was being gnawed by thousands of ants. He was suffocating and uncomfortable.
This news was more embarrassing and heart - wrenching than any other news.
"How could I? She was my daughter. How could I?"
"Big Brother Yuan, why did you kill Xin'er?"
"Big Brother Yuan, she called you foster father all the time."
"Yuan Xin, she was your own daughter."
Yuan Xin had no strength left in his body at this moment. He sat on the ground, looking blankly at everything around him.
Suddenly, the scene from yesterday flashed through his mind.
At that time, Jun Xin didn't even resist. She clearly noticed something was wrong, but she still walked into that cage.
Yuan Xin thought about it now.
He didn't show any mercy with those ten whips yesterday.
Now, those whips hurt even more than if they were hitting himself.
Yuan Xin felt that he could hardly breathe.
When Xin'er died, there was no resentment in her eyes when she looked at him. She called him father. She reached out her hand, hoping that he would hug her.
But he didn't.
"The reason I'm telling you this is that you committed these evil deeds, Yuan Xin. You've changed. You're no longer the just and kind Big Brother Yuan. How could you do such unscrupulous things for your own interests?"
"You killed your own daughter with your own hands. You forced her to death. I want to tell you this. I want you to remember Xin'er in your heart for the rest of your life."
Jun Lanran walked to the side of the locust tree.
In front of the locust tree, there was a sharp tree trunk.
It was carved out by Xin'er with a dagger when she was naughty and playful as a child.
"Jun Lanran, you're so cruel!"
"Am I cruel? Yuan Xin, the cruelest person in the world is not me, but you."
Yuan Xin looked at the woman in front of him. Now she was almost in a state of madness. Where was there any trace of the demeanor of the young lady of the Jun family back then?
"Yuan Xin, I want you to always remember Xin'er, remember me, and remember the harm you've caused to our mother and son."
After Jun Lanran finished speaking, she threw herself backward.
"Don't!"
Yuan Xin quickly got up, trying to grab Jun Lanran.
But Jun Lanran moved very fast, and Yuan Xin's legs were weakened by that shocking news.
So, he could only watch helplessly as Jun Lanran's body was pierced by the tip of the locust tree.
Blood flowed down the branches.
There was a relieved smile on the woman's face.