The mastermind behind the scenes starting with the calamity of all races

At the entrance of Nanyuan Medical Center, Su Long paced back and forth, sweating profusely and looking extremely nervous, repeatedly muttering, "Please protect mother and child, please protect mother and child!"

At that moment, a medical worker ran out of the hospital, holding a newborn baby who was crying loudly.

Su Long rushed over, but before he could even ask a question, the medical staff's words made him feel like his whole world had shattered.

"I'm sorry, your wife couldn't make it through childbirth and died from exhaustion..."

boom!

Su Long felt his mind explode. He collapsed to the ground, his face deathly pale. "How could this be? How could this be? We clearly agreed to watch our child grow up together, to see him get married and have children."

"Please accept our condolences. The deceased has passed away. The most important thing now is to take good care of the children."

As she spoke, the medical staff gently placed the child in Su Long's arms, then turned and left. She experienced this several times a year, and she had long been used to it and numb to it.

Perhaps, this is fate.

Su Long sat on the ground, staring blankly at the child in his arms. He seemed to have cried himself to sleep and had fallen into a deep sleep.

a long time.

Without saying a word, Su Long stood up, picked up the child, and walked into the hospital. He found a staff member and said in a hoarse voice, "Where is my wife? I need to take her home."

The staff member glanced at him, said nothing, and silently led the way. To be honest, it was their problem; their medical skills were limited, and they couldn't even save a pregnant woman in difficult labor.

Finally, Su Long took Lin Xuan's "body" and the child back home.

Afterwards, Su Long buried Lin Xuan at the foot of Mao'er Mountain outside Nanyuan City without disturbing anyone.

Unbeknownst to Su Long, the "Lin Xuan" he had buried underground was slowly dissipating and eventually disappearing completely, as if it had never existed.

At Lin Xuan's grave, Su Long named the child Su Yu.

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the other side.

Inside the palace of Prince Daxuan.

Yun Jie has brought Lin Xuan back, but Lin Xuan is still unconscious.

Yun Jie handed her over to Jiang Yao and said, "Have someone take good care of her. Let me know as soon as she wakes up."

"Ah."

Jiang Yao knew that this was the wife of Yun Jie's adopted son, and thus her daughter-in-law. Although she didn't know why Yun Jie had brought her back, Jiang Yao maintained her usual attitude and didn't ask.

Half a day later.

Lin Xuan slowly woke up and got up, looking around at the unfamiliar surroundings. Yes, unfamiliar. She could tell that this was not the Nan Yuan Medical Center, nor was it her home.

"Oh, you're awake!"

At this moment, the maid also noticed Lin Xuan, who had woken up.

Lin Xuan became secretly wary, shrinking into the corner of the bed, and asked, "Where is this? And who are you?"

Without even thinking, Lühe said directly, "This is the Great Xuan King's Mansion. My name is Lühe, and I am the Queen's personal maid."

"Da... Daxuan Palace? Princess?"

Lin Xuan was extremely surprised and somewhat incoherent. Could this be the legendary residence of the Great Xuan King?

For ordinary people, being invincible is indeed a legendary existence.

"Oh, I have to talk to you now. The princess instructed me to notify her as soon as you wake up."

After saying that, without paying any attention to the surprised Lin Xuan, Lü He ran out quickly.

A short while later.

A series of footsteps sounded, and the first to enter was Yun Jie, who was now in the guise of Su Long's adoptive father.

The first person Lin Xuan saw was Yun Jie.

"Dad?" Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment, then she jumped off the bed, grabbed Yun Jie's arm as if it were a lifeline, and hurriedly asked, "Dad, what are you doing here? We thought something had happened to you. Oh right, did you save me? Where's Su Long? Where's the child?"

Lin Xuan didn't give Yun Jie a chance to answer, and kept asking questions one after another.

At this moment, Yun Ying, standing behind Jiang Yao, widened her eyes and opened her mouth slightly after hearing Lin Xuan's address to Yun Jie. She thought to herself: Goodness, could I have really guessed right? My dad not only has someone else outside, but his daughter is already so grown up!?

"mom."

Yun Ying tugged at Jiang Yao's sleeve, afraid that her mother would explode. She knew Jiang Yao's strength, while the woman in front of her, who was suspected to be her sister, was just an ordinary person at the Kaiyuan Realm. If her mother's aura were to erupt, she would be instantly killed.

Jiang Yao slapped Yun Ying's hand away, immediately understanding her thoughts. She glared at her and said, "Don't overthink it. It's not what you think. I'll explain later. Just watch quietly!"

While the mother and daughter were talking, Yun Jie was also comforting the emotionally agitated Lin Xuan, "Don't rush, come, sit down and have a glass of water, and I'll tell you slowly."

Glug glug...

Lin Xuan tilted her head back and drank the water Yun Jie handed her in one gulp, then looked at Yun Jie expectantly, waiting for his answer.

Yun Jie understood her urgent feelings, so he asked, "Do you remember what happened before you fell into a coma?"

Lin Xuan thought for a moment, "I remember, because of the difficult childbirth, the doctor asked me whether I wanted to save the mother or the baby. I told her to save the baby, and then I don't know anything anymore. Logically speaking, shouldn't I have died?"

Yun Jie nodded and said slowly, "That's true. If I hadn't intervened back then, you would have had a hard time surviving."

"Thank you, Dad!"

Lin Xuan was overjoyed. She was alive, which meant she could reunite with her husband and children.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Xuan said to Yun Jie, "Dad, let's hurry back. Don't keep Su Long waiting. You can also go back and see the children. Su Long hasn't seen you in a long time. Although he didn't say it, I could tell from his expression that he misses you very much."

Thinking of Su Long and Su Yu, Yun Jie smiled and said, "Yes, don't worry, I will go."

Then Yun Jie resumed his serious expression, "But you can't see them for the time being, and you can't let them know you're still alive, at least not for the next eighteen years."

"what!?"

Lin Xuan stared blankly at Yun Jie.

"Don't get agitated, let me finish."

Yun Jie's voice carried a faint willpower as he tried to calm Lin Xuan's emotions. He then continued, "First, let me answer your first question: why am I here? Because this is the Great Xuan King's Mansion, and I am the Great Xuan King. Therefore, I am here."

"This...this..."

When had Lin Xuan ever experienced anything like this before? The Great Xuan King? She usually couldn't even get in touch with the city lord of Nanyuan City, yet Su Long's adoptive father was actually the Great Xuan King? She was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

"Secondly, it is true that I saved you, but Su Long did not know that you were still alive. Not only him, but apart from the few of us, no one else knew that you were still alive."

"Finally, the question you care about the most. Su Long is very sad right now, but he is also very strong. He and the child are both fine now, so don't worry. He named the child Su Yu."

"Okay, I've finished speaking. If you have any questions, ask them one by one, and I'll answer them to the best of my ability."

After saying that, Yun Jie picked up the tea on the table and took a small sip.

Lin Xuan wasn't most concerned about Yun Jie's identity. She asked, "Why didn't you tell anyone after you saved me? Not even your son."

What Lin Xuan really wanted to ask was why Yun Jie had placed her under house arrest.

Yes, in her eyes, Yun Jie was essentially keeping her under house arrest.

Yun Jie shook his head. "It's not that I don't want to tell him, it's just that the time isn't right yet. I can't tell you the specific reasons, but I assure you that both Su Long and Xiao Su Yu will live well."

"But..." Lin Xuan wanted to say something more.

“I understand how you feel, but this is a very important matter, and I can’t let you go back,” Yun Jie paused for a moment, and continued, “Besides, after you ‘die,’ Su Long will definitely retire from the army to take care of the child. Don’t you want him to retire from the front line? Do you want to worry about him every day?”

"This...can he do it?"

Lin Xuan wavered. Indeed, to be fair, she certainly didn't want her husband to fight on the front lines; it was too dangerous.

Although she never told Su Long about it, during the seven years she was married to him, she had nightmares almost every day, fearing that she would wake up to the devastating news that Su Long had died on the battlefield.

"Yes, definitely!"

Yun Jie nodded affirmatively. He would definitely not show up before Su Long retired, and Su Long was destined to fail in finding him. Therefore, if he did not want to leave the child in an orphanage, he would have no choice but to raise him himself.

After a long silence, Lin Xuan looked somewhat disappointed. She looked up at Yun Jie with a pleading expression and asked, "Do we really have to wait eighteen years, Dad?"

"Sigh, I'm sorry to have troubled you," Yun Jie gently patted Lin Xuan's shoulder, without giving a direct answer, but Lin Xuan already knew the answer.

Then Yun Jie continued, "I know it's been painful for you and your spouse to be separated for eighteen years, and for your family to be separated as well, but believe me, in the future, I will repay you for one hundred and eighty years, one thousand eight hundred years!"

At this moment, Yun Jie decided that in the future, he would rely on resources to help Su Long and Lin Xuan reach the Eternal Realm.

Lin Xuan didn't respond. She continued to ask Yun Jie questions, but this time she was a little more cautious: "Dad, are you really the Great Xuan King?"

Yun Jie nodded, "Absolutely genuine."

"Then you..."

"You want to ask me why I adopted Su Long, right?"

Lin Xuan nodded. She really couldn't understand why Yun Jie, with his status and strength, would take such an ordinary person as his adopted son.

Not only Lin Xuan was puzzled, but Jiang Yao and Yun Ying had the same question.

Yun Jie smiled mysteriously, glanced at them, and said, "You'll find out later."

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PS:

Su Yu was finally born...

Troublesome...

There will be an extra chapter this afternoon, but it's uncertain if it will be in the evening; it depends on the time and my energy. I will definitely make up for the extra chapter I owe, so don't worry!

Chapter 146 A Woven Lie [Bonus Chapter for the 10,000 Yuan Reward, Thank You for Holding the Loli!]

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Great Xia Prefecture, Nanyuan City.

That night.

The Su family.

Inside the room, the baby's cries startled Su Long, who was completely flustered as a new father with no idea how to take care of a child.

It was past midnight before Xiao Suyu finally fell asleep. Su Long immediately decided to find a wet nurse for Xiao Suyu the next day so that he could be taken care of when he was older.