Chapter 89 Mom and Dad actually went their separate ways?

"Ten years ago..."

Anger flashed in Ye Zhi Qiu's eyes instantly. "It's all because your uncle Ning Hai wanted to seize the inheritance rights of the family property and hired people to kill me and your father."

"Your dad drove me away, but the killer was in hot pursuit. He crashed into our car by a river on the outskirts of the city, and we both fell into the river."

"We all thought we were going to die, but then suddenly a white light appeared around us, and the next second we were in another place."

"Later we discovered that we had actually traveled back to ancient times more than two thousand years ago."

Even though ten years have passed, Ye Zhi Qiu still feels a chill run down his spine when he recalls that harrowing day.

If it weren't for a miracle, she and her husband would definitely be dead.

“It really was him…” Ning Jinli wasn’t surprised at all when she heard that Ning Hai was the mastermind behind the car accident. She held Ye Zhi Qiu’s hand tightly. “Mom, I’m going to settle this score with Ning Hai sooner or later!”

Ye Zhi Qiu's eyes reddened. "Xiao Li, you've suffered so much these past years. I've thought about you every day and night, afraid that something might happen to you... Now that I see you're alright, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I only wish that you can live a peaceful life from now on, and that you won't provoke Ning Hai again."

She knew that her daughter was naturally innocent and kind.

How could they possibly defeat the ruthless Ninghai?

Even though she hated Ning Hai to the core, she couldn't return to the modern world, so she absolutely couldn't let her daughter risk her life to seek revenge.

“Xiao Li…” Ye Zhi Qiu saw that her daughter was pursing her lips and not saying a word, her eyes filled with hatred, so she continued to persuade her gently, “At least your father and I are still alive, and you were able to come here through the time-space passage, so it can be said that our family of three can be reunited, right?”

Ning Jinli's nose tingled, and she changed the subject, saying, "Mom, where's Dad? Didn't he travel through time with you? Where is he now?"

"Your father..." Ye Zhi Qiu's expression became complicated.

Ning Jinli's heart skipped a beat. "Has something happened to Dad?"

Ye Zhi Qiu looked bitter and shook his head. "No, that guy is alive and well."

Ning Jinli breathed a slight sigh of relief, but was even more puzzled.

Something is clearly wrong.

"Mom, you and Dad... could it be that you're having relationship problems?" Ning Jinli asked tentatively.

In fact, even she herself didn't believe it when she asked that question.

In her memory, her parents were always loving and never argued; they were a model couple.

"No, not at all," Ye Zhi Qiu said, both amused and exasperated. "Your father went to the capital of Xuan Kingdom and is now an official in the court. We're just not on the same page."

Ning Jinli looked completely bewildered. "Mom, haven't you and Dad always been a united couple? How come you're now at odds? Besides, you two traveled to this world together, shouldn't you be working together even more?"

Ye Zhi Qiu said helplessly, "I would like to, but your father and I have a big disagreement on a certain matter. Neither of us can convince the other, so we can only go our separate ways."

Ning Jinli hurriedly asked, "What is it?"

Ye Zhi Qiu looked into her daughter's big, puzzled eyes and said, "I want to travel back in time, but your father doesn't agree."

Ning Jinli blinked, "I understand even less now..."

"Here's what happened," Ye Zhi Qiu said thoughtfully as he explained, "If we want to travel back in time, we can't wait for the same miracle to happen again; we have to find a way ourselves."

"After our research and analysis, the only possible way to achieve this is to use our modern scientific knowledge to find or create a spacetime tunnel."

"Sounds outrageous, right?"

"After all, even in the modern world with such advanced technology, we don't yet have the conditions to do this."

"But... there's really no other way but to try in this direction."

"Even though I know it's a pipe dream, I don't want to give up. Otherwise, I don't know what belief I would have to keep going."

"Returning to your side at all costs has become my only hope for survival."

At this point, tears welled up in Ye Zhi Qiu's eyes, and her voice choked with emotion.

Ning Jinli, however, felt even more puzzled.

Doesn't Dad want to come back to me...? That's impossible...

Ye Zhi Qiu composed himself and continued, "To achieve that, we must use all our modern knowledge to accelerate the development of this era. That's where the problem comes in."

“Your father believes that if we do this, it will definitely have a huge impact on this era, causing a series of chain reactions that will cause everything in the future to deviate from the original historical trajectory.”

"He felt that the consequences would be very serious..."

After hearing this, Ning Jinli roughly understood.

She nodded. "So Dad didn't want to affect the course of history, which is why he disagreed with you?"

“Xiao Li…” Ye Zhi Qiu gently stroked her daughter’s cheek and said softly, “Your father thinks that once something changes, our era will cease to exist. The impact on so-called historical development is secondary. The most important thing is that it may lead to… your non-existence.”

"When we have an impact in this era, it may create a historical paradox. Your father and I are like bugs in time and space, and we will eventually be erased by some kind of time and space force that we cannot yet understand."

"According to the original course of history, no one knows what the world will be like more than two thousand years from now. It is even possible that we, who were supposed to appear in that era, will not appear at all, or that we may appear but we did not meet, did not get married, and did not stay together. All of these are possible."

"In short, among countless possibilities, there is a very high probability that Xiao Li will not be able to exist, and therefore you will not be able to become our daughter."

“Your dad is afraid of this happening; he doesn’t want to risk losing you.”

"Therefore, he strongly opposed any action I took."

"As for me, I am skeptical of his theory. I firmly believe that the situations he described will not occur, because I think that if they did, we would not have been able to travel through time. This involves a paradox that he himself cannot explain."

"In the end, I couldn't convince him, and he couldn't convince me either."

"Your father and I separated just like that..."

"Later, I worked towards my goal and joined the Tian Shu Sect, which focused on studying mechanical arts. This made it easier to expand my power and find any usable resources to make what I needed."

"Your father, fearing that I would affect the course of history, has been trying to obstruct my actions. To this end, he has gone into the imperial court and used the power of the court to hinder me."

"Whenever I create something that doesn't fit the times, if he finds out, he'll send someone to destroy it. He just doesn't want my influence to grow."

"It's a long story, really. Your father and I went from being a loving couple to rivals."

After listening to Ye Zhi Qiu's story, Ning Jin Li found herself in tears.

It turns out that the root cause of her parents' separation and even their becoming enemies was herself.

One wanted to do everything in his power to get back to her side.

One reason is the fear of impacting history and causing her to be lost.

Regardless of which viewpoint you hold, it's all because of her.

"Silly child, why are you crying?" Ye Zhi Qiu clearly wanted to cry herself, but she still smiled and gently wiped away Ning Jin Li's tears.

"Waaah..." Ning Jinli cried, "I don't want you and Dad to end up like this. I want you two to always be happy and loving."

Ye Zhi Qiu smiled through her tears, "Then you don't need to cry anymore. Now that you're here, although your dad and I still can't go back to the modern world, the three of us can still be together. I don't need to be obsessed with traveling back anymore, and your dad doesn't need to go against me anymore. Haven't our differences been resolved?"

Ning Jinli was too preoccupied with her distress to react until she heard her mother's analysis. She immediately beamed with joy, "Then...then you should contact him quickly."

Ye Zhi Qiu complained, "Hmph, I don't even want to talk to him anymore. If it weren't for his relentless interference over the years, we might have already advanced to the steam age by now."

"Mom... my dear mom, calm down. I'll talk to him for you later." Ning Jinli pulled her arm, smiling and acting coquettishly.

Ye Zhi Qiu chuckled, "It's still best if we mother and daughter are of one mind. Okay, you rest a little longer, I'll contact your dad right now."

Ning Jinli quickly asked, "After you parted ways, have you kept in touch?"

Ye Zhi Qiu laughed and said, "No, but often, once I come up with something new or make an impact on the public, he quickly sends out a secret operations team to smooth things over. Can you guess why?"

Ning Jinli thought for a moment, "Is he secretly watching you?"

Ye Zhi Qiu gently poked Ning Jin Li's nose. "Pretty much. He planted spies near Yu Qi Mountain. He thought I didn't know! So all I have to do is tell his spies, and he'll be scrambling over to see his precious daughter!"

After saying that, Ye Zhi Qiu got up to leave.

"Mom!" Ning Jinli called out again, "Xiao Qidi is injured, can you help..."

Ye Zhi Qiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, I had already arranged for the sect's doctors to treat him before you woke up. Hey? Speaking of which, you and him..."

Although Ning Jinli told Ye Zhiqiu about what happened after she discovered the time-space passage, she didn't go into detail because there was too much to say. In addition, she kept the details about Linxian Village in Xitun Pass a secret from her mother so as not to worry her.

As for being caught together and falling into the Eagle's Den, she said it was purely coincidental.

"What happened between him and me?" Ning Jinli's cheeks flushed slightly without her noticing.

Ye Zhi Qiu's eyes revealed a meaningful look, "You know what kind of person that kid will become in the future, so don't get too close to him. Since ancient times, emperors have been mostly heartless, let alone the first emperor in Chinese history."

Ning Jinli lowered her eyes, unsure how to answer.

Just as Ye Zhi Qiu was about to leave.

A bolt from the blue struck Ning Jinli's mind.

no!

We mustn't let Mom contact Dad!

It's not the right time yet!

My father is determined not to let history change, yet he's doing just that!

If he finds out that I'm already transforming Linxian Village and Xitun Pass, he'll definitely stop me and even make me turn everything back to normal!

How could I possibly change Xiao Qidi's fate then?!

"Mom! Wait!" Ning Jinli scrambled off the bed and grabbed Ye Zhi Qiu in one swift motion.

Ye Zhi Qiu asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Why are you so startled?"

Ning Jinli hurriedly said, "Let's contact my dad again after a while. It's been ten years since we last met. I... I want to make some preparations."

"Xiao Li, you..." Ye Zhi Qiu hesitated before speaking.

She could tell that her daughter was just making up an excuse.

There must be other reasons behind this, but it's just not something I can say right now.

"Okay, let me know when you plan to see him." Ye Zhi Qiu didn't ask any more questions and agreed softly.

"Hehe, thank you, Mom. Mom, give me a kiss." Ning Jinli hugged Ye Zhi Qiu and gave her a big kiss on the cheek.

Ye Zhi Qiu smiled broadly, "Since we're not calling your dad right now, I'm going to take a nap. Mom will give you a present later."

"What gift?" Ning Jinli asked expectantly.

"Keep it a secret for now," Ye Zhi Qiu said mysteriously.

——

It was noon soon.

After Ning Jinli finished lunch, Ye Zhiqiu came over.

Led by Ye Zhi Qiu, Ning Jin Li followed her to the sect leader's private training chamber.

"Mom, the gift you're giving me isn't... teaching me martial arts, is it?" Ning Jinli was a little apprehensive.

She was indeed somewhat interested in practicing martial arts.

But if she really wanted to practice, she felt she definitely couldn't do it.

It wasn't that she was afraid of hard work, but rather that she had never been athletic since childhood, and her physical education grades were always at the bottom from elementary school to university.

"You guessed right, so I'm going to teach you martial arts." Ye Zhi Qiu said with a smile, "Your mom is the head of the Tian Shu Sect, after all, and I have the most powerful martial arts techniques in the sect. How could I not give them to my own daughter?"

Ning Jinli looked troubled, but still asked out of curiosity, "What kind of cultivation technique is it?"

"What's it called... Heavenly Profound Heart Method?" Ye Zhi Qiu tapped his forehead with his index finger as he thought, "It's said to be the only super technique that has survived from ancient times, and it's more powerful than any martial art from any sect at present. Only the successive leaders of the Heavenly Pivot Sect are qualified to learn it."

Ning Jinli asked suspiciously, "Really? You've mastered it?"

Ye Zhi Qiu shook his head, "If I had mastered all of that, would Lu Xing Feng still be so unruly?"

"Hehe, that's true," Ning Jinli said with a grin, "My dad used to say that I perfectly inherited your athletic ability, so you can imagine—"

"Do you want to feel the love from your mother?" Ye Zhi Qiu pretended to raise her palm.

Ning Jinli wasn't scared at all. She took her arm and said, "Mom loves me the most. You never hit me when I was little, and you definitely won't now."

Ye Zhi Qiu chuckled, "Alright, let me tell you, this is a mental cultivation method, not martial arts, so you don't need much athletic ability."

Ning Jinli asked in surprise, "Huh? Then why didn't you succeed? If you couldn't succeed, I certainly can't."

"Sit down first," Ye Zhi Qiu pressed his daughter down on a meditation cushion. "Don't say I haven't mastered it. Not even any of the previous sect leaders have succeeded. Being able to master 30 or 40% is already quite impressive."

Ning Jinli asked, "Mom, how far have you progressed?"

"Ahem, that's not important." Ye Zhi Qiu placed his hands on Ning Jin Li's shoulders and said seriously, "The more powerful the cultivation technique, the more energy it requires to support it. I'll explain the principle to you in detail later. Moreover, I've discovered an important secret of the Heavenly Profound Heart Method, so I can confirm that in this world, only you can completely master it!"