[GL]Whose Wife Is Always Acting Pitiful? Oh, It Turns Out It’s Mine 148

Chapter 148: Abandoning Wife and Daughter

Dugu Yuan’an closed the door of the wing room and followed Dugu Huansheng to the next room. Inside, a man in a black robe sat at the wooden table with his back to the door. Sect Leader Qing Lan sat facing the door, her expression very gloomy. Diwu Miaofu stood in front of the man, while Han Yan sat beside Sect Leader Qing Lan.

Dugu Wenxing paced in the room. Seeing Dugu Yuan’an and Dugu Huansheng enter, he signaled them to close the door.

Diwu Miaofu stared blankly at the man, then suddenly burst into tears with a “wah,” throwing herself into his arms and shouting “A-Ta.”

“A-Ta, why didn’t you want me anymore?” She questioned, choking with sobs. “Why did you leave me in Jiangnan? Why didn’t you think of coming to find me?”

Dugu Yuan’an scrutinized the man’s back. Seeing his short curly black hair, completely different from the hairstyle of men in the Central Plains, a strange feeling arose in her heart. She turned to leave, but stopped under Dugu Huansheng’s encouraging and pitiful gaze. Listening to Diwu Miaofu’s sobbing, she clenched all ten fingers into fists, lest she couldn’t control herself and attacked the man who abandoned his wife and daughter!

Sect Leader Qing Lan sneered coldly, “Cult Leader Ge Kan previously boasted that he couldn’t acknowledge his own daughters. Why did he come here with the main group?”

Cult Leader Ge Kan said, “This humble one wanted to catch up with Duke Wutu. Since I’m here, it’s inevitable to meet the two maidens.”

He spoke politely, without the joy, anticipation, regret, or guilt of a father seeing his own flesh and blood. His tone was so indifferent and calm that Dugu Yuan’an’s anger boiled over. She strode forward to examine his face.

Cult Leader Ge Kan patted Diwu Miaofu’s back gently and whispered, “Back then, you got lost in Jiangnan. I looked for you for a long time. Later, I really had to go back, so I couldn’t continue looking for you and left the Middle Earth.”

Speaking of this, he looked up. His deep and sharp eyes met Dugu Yuan’an’s. Looking at those somewhat familiar brows and eyes, he couldn’t help being slightly stunned.

“You… look somewhat similar to Maiden Yu Hancheng,” he said. “Your name is Yu Yuan, right?”

Dugu Yuan’an was silent for a long time before asking, “To you, what exactly is love?”

Ge Kan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, “People of the ‘Peace Can Last Forever Sect’ should not be bound by love and lose their freedom. People of our sect cannot marry, lest it affect the great cause of our sect.”

“You cannot marry, but you have babies with women,” Dugu Yuan’an said calmly. “But after the women gave birth to babies, you abandoned them all, leaving easily without any burden.”

“Offspring are bestowed by the gods. People of our sect must absolutely not violate the will of the gods. If the gods bestow offspring upon me, I cannot decide for the women whether to keep the offspring or not.” Ge Kan said, “Maiden Yu Hancheng and Sect Leader Qing Lan both chose to keep this offspring. This humble one is very grateful for this.”

Sect Leader Qing Lan sneered, “Do you think I wanted this bastard? It was just that I had no choice and had to give birth to her!”

Han Yan called softly, “Master…”

Pulled into Dugu Yuan’an’s arms, Diwu Miaofu was still crying and sniffling. Hearing Sect Leader Qing Lan say something like “Do you think I wanted this bastard,” she subconsciously became suspicious and looked at her with teary eyes.

Sect Leader Qing Lan’s vision had recovered a bit more. She could distinguish faces now, but not very clearly. Noticing Diwu Miaofu looking at her, she snorted. “That jade pendant blocked a sword for you after all.”

Diwu Miaofu stared at her blankly, thinking she heard wrong. Han Yan glanced at Diwu Miaofu carefully and whispered, “Maiden Miaofu, your mother is—”

“Impossible!” Diwu Miaofu shouted, actually pointing at Sect Leader Qing Lan’s nose and cursing, “This old nun wanted to kill me, how could she be my mother?!”

Han Yan’s face changed. “Miaofu, don’t be rude!”

Diwu Miaofu’s chest heaved violently with anger. She glared at Sect Leader Qing Lan’s calm face revealing a trace of mockery, thinking of the mother she had fantasized about countless times, the gentle woman whose face she couldn’t see clearly in her dreams. Then thinking that she was almost killed by her real mother, sorrow came from within. Hugging Dugu Yuan’an, she wailed, “Sister, tell me this isn’t true!”

Still pacing in the room, Dugu Wenxing exchanged a glance with Dugu Huansheng and said to Cult Leader Ge Kan, “The emotional entanglements between my sister-in-law and Your Excellency vanished after the extermination of the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain. But you cannot forget that you still have a daughter who survived by luck. As for the gratitude and grudges between Sect Leader Qing Lan and Your Excellency, my wife and I cannot interfere. But since Miaofu is Yuan’er’s biological sister, our Dugu Manor will take her back and take good care of her. I hope Your Excellency and Sect Leader Qing Lan won’t mind.”

Diwu Miaofu was still sobbing. Hearing this impatiently, Sect Leader Qing Lan sneered, “Fine. Anyway, this old body doesn’t want this bastard dangling in front of my eyes. Moreover, she insulted my beloved disciple—”

Han Yan pursed her lips. Dugu Wenxing looked at Sect Leader Qing Lan sharply and said, “Does Sect Leader Qing Lan know that your beloved disciple looks particularly similar to a guard of the Xue Manor? I’m afraid they are twin sisters, just separated since childhood and wandering outside.”

Sect Leader Qing Lan was stunned. “Yan’er, is this true?”

“Yes, Master,” Han Yan said urgently. “It’s that Maiden Xue Wuluo who was taken away by Yu Hanhong. Although half of her face was burned, she looks exactly like disciple!”

“So she is your biological sister?” Sect Leader Qing Lan paused, then said, “That Yu Hanhong deceived his master and exterminated his ancestors. His crimes are unforgivable, and everyone has the right to kill him. Now he appears openly in front of everyone, truly shameless.”

“If the Cloud Appreciation Mountain Sect is willing to work together with other sects to capture this person, my wife and I would be endlessly grateful.” Dugu Wenxing cupped his hands and said, “I hope the ‘Peace Can Last Forever Sect’ can also cooperate with us.”

“Naturally,” Ge Kan said.

Wiping her tears, Diwu Miaofu stared at Sect Leader Qing Lan for a long time before whispering, “Did you not recognize me?”

Sect Leader Qing Lan was silent for a while before saying, “It was precisely because I recognized you that I wanted to kill you.”

Everyone was stunned. Diwu Miaofu said incredulously, “Why?!!”

“You are just a bastard I gave birth to secretly. I only thought you went back to the Western Regions with Bai Tianxing. How could I expect you to still be in Jiangnan?” Sect Leader Qing Lan said coldly, “Moreover, you insulted Yan’er. I saw long ago that something was wrong with this girl, but I didn’t expect that you actually had… Hmph! Anyway, I didn’t want you to live either. Who would have thought the token Bai Tianxing gave back then actually blocked a sword for you.” In front of several elders, she naturally couldn’t mention Han Yan’s private matter, so she could only snort coldly and continue.

“Insulted?” Ge Kan frowned in confusion, muttering something to himself, then said, “In that case, let Miaofu marry Your Excellency’s beloved disciple.”