...
As he thought about this, Xia Zhengxiong's gaze seemed to sink into memories, only to be interrupted by Xia Shiyi's sharp and acerbic voice.
"Xia Xiyan, your mother is the real homewrecker! She stole my father away, and you still have the nerve to talk?! Your mom was already pregnant with another man's bastard before she married my dad—cheap! And you, you're just the bastard child of a cheap woman!"
Xiyan's whole body was trembling.
No... This can't be...
I'm not a bastard, I'm not!
Xiyan staggered backward.
Even if Xia Zhengxiong had always treated her poorly.
Even to the point of verbally severing ties with her during their last argument.
But Xiyan had never doubted that she was his biological child.
Yet now... Why has it come to this?!
This revelation, like a ticking time bomb, exploded with a deafening force, blowing every shred of awareness and rationale from her mind.
Xiyan's gaze grew unfocused.
