The Villain's Mom Becomes Famous for Fortune-Telling and Gossip Ch. 93

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"I don't know what kind of person that child will grow up to be, but I can tell you with certainty that the child is exactly what those wayward metaphysics masters most desire. A child born with a twisted nature, one who harbors more resentment than ordinary children. That makes them the perfect material for crafting Yin instruments."

The air fell into a long silence.

No one knew how much time had passed before Yu Yuan heard the man's dry voice next to him. "My mom passed away when I was fifteen. Her biggest wish before she died was to see my biological father one last time, but I couldn't find him for her... To this day, I still remember how she refused to close her eyes on her deathbed, how full of regret they were."

"I thought someone who she'd been hung up on her whole life—if not perfect—should at least be gentle, decent, and responsible."

He let out a mocking laugh. "Never thought it'd turn out to be that kind of scum. She gave up her whole life for that."

The stuff about his wife and mother made him feel irritated. Out of habit, he reached into his pocket for a cigarette, only to realize a beat later that he'd already quit a while ago because his wife was pregnant.

When he thought about his wife still lying in the ER with her life hanging by a thread, his hand froze in place, staying there without moving for a long time.

He was thinking. Thinking about how he was supposed to face his wife later, and in what kind of identity.

It clearly wasn't their fault. They were victims too. And yet, because of the mess left by the previous generation, they had to bear all this.

Just because that man was their biological father...

"Master Yu," the man suddenly turned his head, "I... Qingqing's father... does he really only have the three of us?"

"...What do you think?" Yu Yuan looked into his tired eyes, her gaze soft. "You already know the answer."

"I can tell you this—you're right."

"My answer's right," the man lowered his head, the hair that had been neatly slicked back started falling loose. "He really is a monster, huh..."

Zhou Yu sat beside his master. This was the first time in his life he'd run into something this dramatic—it was taking everything in him not to blurt out his curiosity.

After the man calmed down a bit, Zhou Yu moved his lips and asked, "All these years, your wife never once thought that her stepmother's son might actually be her real younger brother?"

They'd lived together for years—there's no way she didn't notice something, right?

The man shook his head and gave a bitter smile. "Never. Honestly, that woman was really good to Qingqing before she became an adult. None of that typical rich family scheming, and she didn't fake kindness to manipulate her either. Their relationship was actually way better than most blended families. It wasn't until Qingqing became an adult, and her father decided to hand over most of his shares to her, that her stepmom suddenly started seeing her as an eyesore."

They weren't real mother and daughter after all. Their relationship fell apart fast after Qingqing came of age. Later, the stepmother developed a mental illness, and after he and Qingqing got married, they pretty much never saw each other again.

After saying all that, the man went quiet. Just then, the ER doors swung open and a nurse wheeled out the unconscious Xiang Qing.

"Qingqing..." The man rushed up, grabbing the doctor's arm. "Doctor, how's my wife?"

"She's out of danger," the doctor said with a tired sigh, "but the baby couldn't be saved. And there's one more thing—you need to prepare yourselves. The miscarriage caused serious damage to her body. Her uterus was hurt... It'll be very hard for her to get pregnant again."

Yu Yuan had already told him earlier that Xiang Qing's fate didn't include children. The man's face went pale for just a second before he nodded. "Alright, I understand... As long as she's okay."

He held onto Xiang Qing's hand as the nurse pushed the hospital bed, following them to the room. Yu Yuan and Zhou Yu took that as their cue to leave.

Once they were in the car, Zhou Yu buckled his seatbelt but didn't start driving.

His head was still filled with Xiang Qing's pale face.

"Master," he stole a glance at Yu Yuan, who had already closed his eyes. His lips parted and closed again, unsure whether he should ask.

Yu Yuan let out a quiet "Mm" from her nose. Seeing Zhou Yu still silent, she opened her eyes slightly. "You want to ask about Xiang Qing?"

"Mhm." Zhou Yu didn't sound too upbeat. He lowered his eyes to the steering wheel in front of him, the sharp silver hair on his head drooping down. "Master... if we hadn't stepped in, would Xiang Qing's body still be okay?"

"Zhou Yu, are you feeling guilty? You think Xiang Qing losing her ability to have children was because we interfered too much, right?"

"I..." Zhou Yu didn't want to question his master, but this had been eating at him. "Yeah."

Yu Yuan's voice was calm and gentle. "Do you know what would've happened to Xiang Qing if we hadn't gotten involved?"

Zhou Yu shook his head.

"The spiritual energy on her face showed she would've died on the night she gave birth," Yu Yuan said, eyes dark and serious as she looked at him. "And her child wasn't going to be an ordinary child. When the time came, not only would the child be taken by those evil cultivators hiding in the shadows, but Xiang Qing would've died too. The only ones who would've benefited... are them."

"..." Zhou Yu looked into his master's eyes. His already droopy silver hair seemed to lose even more life. "Sorry, Master. I didn't think that far. Was that a dumb question?"

He'd simply thought that if they hadn't stepped in, Xiang Qing wouldn't have lost her ability to get pregnant.

"You haven't even stepped through the front door yet. It's normal to have questions." Yu Yuan was patient with her first disciple. "Right now's the time to observe more, ask more, clear things up when you're unsure. That way, when you're on your own in the future, you won't end up in a huge mess."

"Our line of work deals with ghosts and spirits all the time. One mistake could cost a whole lot more than in any other job. So starting now, every step you take has to be steady."

Zhou Yu's heart warmed when he realized his master didn't mind his dumb question at all. His energy came back instantly. As he started the car, he switched topics. "Master, if we put it that way, does that mean we basically changed Xiang Qing's fate?"

Yu Yuan shook her head. "Not really. At most, you could call it setting things back on the right track."

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