Zhou Huai raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise in his voice as he asked, "This involves my mother too?"
Zhou Ting's cloudy eyes shifted to Zhou Huai, responding with a question instead of an answer: "In our Zhou Family, you and your mother actually spent the most ti together."
"In your impression, what kind of woman was your mother?"
Zhou Huai frowned slightly.
He didn't quite understand what the old man was getting at.
In the original owner's mories, his ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ mother was very beautiful, often with a bright smile on her face.
She seed no different from an ordinary woman.
If there was any difference, it might be that she lacked the arrogance expected of a noble from a prominent family.
She was also very approachable with the servants.
Zhou Huai couldn't fathom how such an ordinary mother could be connected to the ruins.
Seeing that Zhou Huai had no intention of answering, Zhou Ting simply continued on his own: "Your mother was actually picked up by your father."
"I rember it was a rainy night when your father suddenly brought a woman back."
"The woman was thinly dressed and completely soaked, but she was very beautiful."
"At the ti, I felt sothing was off about this woman; she seed to have lost her mory, couldn't answer any questions, and even spoke haltingly."
"Since your father liked her very much, I had no choice but to let her stay."
"Three months later, your father told that the woman was pregnant with his child."
Zhou Ting sighed deeply at this point, his face filled with complexity.
"Your father insisted on marrying her, no matter what."
"I had no choice but to agree and arranged their wedding."
"A year later, you were born."
"Things were peaceful for several years, until you were about seven years old, when your mother developed a high fever."
"When she woke up again, she told your father that she seed to have rembered so things."
"She said she ca from the Underworld."
Zhou Huai's frown deepened.
The Underworld?
"At first, everyone thought she was delirious from the fever and didn't take her seriously."
"But she kept insisting she needed to go back to see, making a fuss, even wanting to run away from ho."
"Your father couldn't dissuade her, so he sent Earth-elentalist practitioners to accompany her in digging underground."
A ridiculous, bitter smile appeared on Zhou Ting's face.
"We initially thought it was just a ga to humor her, but the deeper they dug, the deeper it got."
"They dug for over a year, and unexpectedly, she actually found a Secret Realm."
The more Zhou Huai listened, the more preposterous it seed.
According to Zhou Ting, this underground ruin was actually discovered by his own mother.
His mother said she ca from the Underworld.
Does this an she ca out of the ruins?
How could that be?
He had never heard of any information about living people surviving in the ruins before.
However, at this point, Zhou Ting seed to have no reason to lie to him.
It seed his mother was indeed not simple.
And what about that Mr. Duan, who claid to be his mother's brother?
Damn it, his head hurt.
He really needed to use his brain now.
Zhou Huai organized his thoughts and continued to ask, "What happened after that? Since my mother discovered the Secret Realm for your Zhou Family."
"You should have treated her well. Why did you kill her for Liu Yuru of the Liu Family?"
Zhou Ting shook his head agitatedly at the question: "Things are not as you imagine."
"Your mother was not killed by us..."
"At the ti, we were also very surprised and delighted. I personally asked your mother how she found this Secret Realm."
"Your mother said she didn't know either, only that there was a vague sense of intuition."
"Although I was puzzled, I didn't press further."
"For the next few years, we secretly sent people to explore the Abyss of Mist."
"As you know, the Abyss of Mist is vast, with impenetrable thick fog and dangerous exotic beasts."
"Initially, our exploration work was very difficult, and many people died, until we discovered the first magic crystal."
"From then on, relying on the magic crystals, our Zhou Family earned a lot of money."
"This also attracted the attention of the Liu Family, and soon, they proposed their desire for our Zhou Family to cooperate."
"Originally, I disagreed."
"But our Zhou Family at the ti didn't have special sales channels. If this continued, it would definitely attract the attention of the military."
"So after much deliberation, we decided to cooperate with the Liu Family."
"Thus, by selling magic crystals and various Materials from the Secret Realm with the Liu Family, our Zhou Family grew stronger and stronger in Donghai City."
Zhou Ting paused here, and a genuine apprehension appeared in his cloudy eyes.
"Until one day, five years ago, an uninvited guest suddenly arrived at our Zhou Family."
"That man claid to be your mother's brother."
Zhou Huai's gaze sharpened.
This person was likely that Mr. Duan.
Zhou Ting continued, "That person was very powerful and very overbearing."
"As soon as he arrived, he demanded your mother go with him. Your mother, of course, refused."
"Seeing that gentle persuasion wouldn't work, this Mr. Duan chose a more forceful approach."
"He actually tried to harm you to force your mother to comply."
Zhou Ting's voice began to tremble:
"Five years ago, he was the one who killed you first!"
"Then he told your mother that as long as she went with him, he could bring you back to life!"
Zhou Huai's heart suddenly constricted!
So, it wasn't the Zhou Family who killed him five years ago, but that Mr. Duan?
Zhou Ting continued:
"But your mother also had a stubborn personality. Seeing you dead, she was heartbroken and preferred to commit suicide rather than leave with her brother."
"Your father was furious and wanted to fight him to the death, but I stopped him."
Zhou Ting's face was full of pain and helplessness.
"With the Zhou Family's foundation at that ti, we were no match for that man at all."
"We would have just lost our lives in vain."
"However, fortunately, that man did have a way. He not only saved your mother but also saved you."
"But the process seed to have gone wrong. Although you successfully revived, you beca a paralyzed invalid."
A dusty past was finally revealed, a bloody corner of it exposed at this mont.
Zhou Huai's feelings were sowhat complex.
He had thought he had seen the whole picture, but he hadn't expected there to be so many hidden secrets.
"As an apology, that man also told our Zhou Family sothing."
"He told us that the Secret Realm the Zhou Family had been exploring was actually a ruin."
"This ruin not only contained an ancient civilization but also housed a Divine Artifact, nad Zhen Tian Seal!"
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