Mo Jiuli and Di Minghan opted for convenience, deciding to stay directly in the middle courtyard, while Elder Han resided in the backyard. The front yard was occasionally a place where Shen Changle and others would co to wait...
"I don’t know what’s wrong with , just feeling a bit down! Lord, do you ever feel down?" Han Yu asked as he saw Di Minghan coming in, sitting up slightly.
"I have!" Di Minghan, seeing Elder Han’s deanor, pondered for a mont and sat down beside him.
"Did you return to the Han family?" Di Minghan asked. Earlier, when he and Jiuli were heading to the Library, Elder Han was accompanying them. Midway, Mo Jiuli noticed Elder Han seed preoccupied, so he asked Elder Han to handle his own affairs today, assuring him to contact them if any help was needed.
Originally, Mo Jiuli and Di Minghan expected Elder Han to return after so ti, but unexpectedly, Elder Han returned and shut himself in his room, lost in thought. Di Minghan speculated that Elder Han might have encountered sothing...
Di Minghan was not one to comfort others, yet seeing Elder Han, he decided to stay and listen to Elder Han’s thoughts, should he choose to share. Otherwise, he would simply get up and leave...
"Yes, you wouldn’t know, Lord, I was adopted by the Han family since childhood. They said my parents were from the Han family’s branch. The Han family is an Alchemy Family, and my alchemy talent surpassed others since childhood! But I rarely engaged in pill refining; I mostly crafted poison. The Han family is not a formal Alchemy Family; they would refine whatever they needed, be it elixir or poison. My master was an ancestor of the Han family skilled in poisoning techniques. My reason for learning poisoning techniques was to save my mother, despite knowing she wasn’t my biological mother; I wanted to save her because she was the best to , gave the most love since childhood, the only warmth I received. My adoptive father died before I reached adulthood, and I lived with my adoptive mother depending on each other. Later, I had a master; my adoptive mother’s poison needed various poisons to suppress it to survive, much like I needed to consu Love Flower to prolong my life...
From childhood to adulthood, I diligently learned poisoning techniques from my master so my adoptive mother could continue living. Gradually, my talent beca recognized by the Han family. Just as I thought I might develop an Antidote to save my adoptive mother, she unexpectedly perished, leaving a letter during my secluded training, urging to serve the Han family wholeheartedly before taking her life! I vowed to fulfill my adoptive mother’s wishes, dedicating myself to the Han family without doubt! But today, upon returning to the Han family, I learned everything was a lie—the adoptive mother who truly cared for had long been dead, and the woman who made believe that if I worked hard, she would be safe was rely a maid posing as her, lying in bed whenever I returned! The adoptive father I thought had died was actually my master. He saw my talent and, after deciding to cultivate , realized my affection for the adoptive mother, murdered his own wife, conspired with the Han family’s patriarch, and had soone impersonate my adoptive mother solely to use my gratitude towards her to push to study poisoning techniques, extracting my talent, ultimately leaving an adoptive mother’s letter when he believed I was shaped into a useful individual, binding completely to the Han family!
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