Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 2671 Doubt

“There’s something I’ve never understood,” Ji Mo said calmly, twirling the prayer beads in her hand. “She abandoned you to me. You bear my surname, live in my house, and I raised you.”

"But why do you only hate me, and not her?"

This is probably the longest sentence Ji Mo ever said to Ji Qingyuan in his life.

Ji Qingyuan was so shocked that he didn't even have time to savor the meaning behind the words.

Was he dreaming, or was Ji Mo possessed?
Ji Mo grew impatient and gave him a cold glance. "Answer me!"

This sound woke Ji Qingyuan from his dream, and he let out a long breath.

This is the father he knows.

“I thought you wouldn’t care about this issue,” Ji Qingyuan lowered his gaze. “From childhood to adulthood, I’ve never seen you care about it.”

Ji Mo is used to playing the role of a strict father, and he is not the only child who resents his children.

Do you think Jia Shu doesn't hate you?

Ji Mo frowned, a faint killing intent emanating from his body. "I'm talking about your mother."

Why don't you hate her?

Ji Qingyuan noticed that even when Ji Mo was on the verge of anger, he softened his tone when mentioning Lin Shubai.

“Mother…” Ji Qingyuan couldn’t help but feel lost. “I’ve only met her a few times, and I don’t even remember what she looks like.”

For him, his mother was merely a phantom existing in his memory, a figure he longed for but could never reach.

Ji Mo said calmly, "She looks exactly like your sister."

Ji Qingyuan looked intently at Ji Mo, "Are they really the same?"

He had heard many people say that Ji Ange resembled Lin Shubai, but he knew very well that they were definitely not exactly the same.

Ji Mo was taken aback upon hearing this, and looked up to meet his son's eyes.

He actually saw something similar to himself in his son's eyes.

“They’re different,” Ji Mo said, looking away. “Their demeanor and temperament are completely different.”

Lin Shubai is a unique existence in this world.

Everyone who has met Lin Shubai is momentarily stunned when they see Ji Ange as an adult, but he is the only one who has never mistaken her for someone else.

“Yes,” Ji Qingyuan took a deep breath, “You’ve only come to see her a few times in the past year, except for forcing her to wear a veil when she goes out.”

He once thought that his father treated Ji Ange that way because he hated his sister who looked so much like his mother.

He once thought that his father hated their mother so much that he treated them this way.

It wasn't until he left Southern Chu, met more people, and encountered more things that he realized it wasn't like that at all.

“I’ve resented Mother’s words, but I’ve never hated her,” Ji Qingyuan looked up at the window. “I don’t remember Mother’s face, but I remember her scent.”

Lin Shubai sent Ji Ange to Nan Chu after he and Ji Ange had been weaned.

Logically, a baby who has been breastfed shouldn't have any memory, but he remembers the feeling of being in his mother's arms.

“Baoyue smells a lot like Mother,” Ji Qingyuan said. “When she was alive, Ange and I would come to see us every year on our birthdays, you know that?”

Ji Mo said coldly, "Do you think I don't know?"

Without his tacit approval, did this kid really think Lin Baoyue could step into Southern Chu?
“Baoyue is Mother’s messenger,” Ji Qingyuan said. “Ange and I both know that Mother didn’t want to come to Southern Chu to see us.”

"She just doesn't want to come!"

Ji Mo suddenly became agitated and said sternly, "With her cultivation level, is it really that much trouble for her to come and see you?"

She doesn't even visit her own children; how can she be worthy of being a mother?
Ji Qingyuan was once again shocked by his father's outburst of emotion, his eyes widening again, "You..."

A question arose in his mind: Was Ji Mo angry that Lin Shubai didn't come to see the child, or angry that Lin Shubai didn't come to see... him?

No way……

"Master National Preceptor..."

Ji Qingyuan frowned, "You promised to raise us back then, it wasn't for..."

Could it be that they agreed to raise the children because they thought Lin Shubai would visit the Southern Chu State Preceptor's Mansion often?
Ji Mo seemed to have been hit where it hurt, his gaze suddenly sharpening like a sword. "What do you want to say?"

"It's nothing," Ji Qingyuan said, but swallowed his words. He wanted to live for another two years.

"Although it was your mother who left us with you, you also took on the responsibility yourself, didn't you?"

Who in this world can force Ji Mo to do something? Even if Lin Shubai abandons the child to him and runs away, he is fully capable of catching up, isn't he?

He promised to take care of them, but he didn't treat them well. Now he's blaming them for hating him. What's wrong with this person?
"What do you mean I should take it myself?" Ji Mo was indeed furious. "If I don't take it, are you going to freeze to death at the door?"

Well, thank you for not letting them freeze to death at the door.

"Then...didn't you ever have any doubts?"

Ji Qingyuan hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help asking the question.

This was a deadly test, but the opportunity to understand his father's heart was too rare, so Ji Qingyuan decided to go all out.

"Suspicion of what?" Ji Mo's gaze grew even colder.

"You doubt that we are not yours..."

Bang.

Before Ji Qingyuan could finish speaking, the carriage exploded.

……

……

"Something has happened to Zuo Jun."

After listening to the messenger's report, Ji Jiashu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at Ying Baoyue, who was examining the map.

"What is it? Didn't you say the bandits only numbered two hundred?"

Gui Chen was more than capable of handling this, which is why she didn't send anyone over.

"It wasn't about the bandits, it was the carriage my father and elder brother were in... that exploded."

exploded?

Ying Baoyue raised her head and met Ji Jiashu's gaze.

The expressions on their faces were indescribable.

"Anyway... is he alright?"

“It’s nothing,” Ji Jiashu said with a wry smile. “It’s just that the carriage needs time to be repaired. General Gui asked if we wanted my elder brother to come and sit here for a while.”

"Let him come. I'll check if he's really alright."

Ji Mo never holds back when he strikes.

"As for your father..." Ying Baoyue was speechless, "Let him walk until the carriage is repaired."

Fifteen minutes later, Ji Qingyuan arrived.

He had changed his clothes and only suffered minor scratches.

Ying Baoyue looked him up and down, then breathed a sigh of relief. "You ran fast enough."

"I jumped out of the carriage window before the Grand Preceptor made his move," Ji Qingyuan sighed, "that's how I escaped unharmed."

Otherwise, they would have had a few bones blown off.

“You seem to know him quite well,” Ying Baoyue frowned. “Tell me, what exactly did you talk about that made Ji Mo blow up the carriage?”

“We didn’t talk about much; he was the one who initiated the conversation,” Ji Qingyuan said after a moment of silence. “We started talking about our mothers.”

No wonder.

Ying Baoyue rubbed her forehead, "What did you say before he blew up the carriage?"

“I asked him…” Ji Qingyuan hesitated for a moment, “I asked him if he had ever had any doubts…”

"What do you suspect?"

Ying Baoyue's eyes widened. "You suspect that you and An Ge aren't his children?"

Ji Qingyuan nodded.

Ji Jiashu's face turned pale instantly.

“My God,” Ying Baoyue shook her head, “you really dare to ask.”

　This chapter is so funny!

　　The elderly father was brutally attacked.
　　(End of this chapter)