"My dad... used to be my mom's lover." After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Mao finally managed to utter these words.

Fang Qingdai, who had just put the water in her mouth, spat it out with a "pfft"!

She glanced anxiously at Qingdai, and only when she saw that the little girl was still asleep and had not woken up again did she feel relieved.

"Sister! This is Grade A water!" Xiao Mao reacted even more strongly than Fang Qingdai, gasping for breath as she looked at the water stains on the ground!

Only Fang Qingdai and Xiao Mao were there. Fang Qingdai poured two cups of water from her spatial dimension to drink. She really couldn't drink the processed, disguised water; one sip and her mouth was full of sand.

Anyway, Xiao Mao knew that Fang Qingdai had "connections," so it was nothing for her to bring out Grade A water for drinking.

Fang Qingdai glanced at Xiao Mao with a resentful look, it was all because his words were too explosive!

"Never mind the water, let's continue." Fang Qingdai rubbed her forehead and pulled Xiao Mao to sit down again.

Once Xiao Mao started, things became less complicated.

"My mother is the daughter of the previous base commander. She is wealthy and powerful, and she is also exceptionally talented. She was already a level six ability user at the age of twenty-five!"

Fang Qingdai nodded. Given her family background, her own excellence, and the fact that they lived in a wasteland where morality had collapsed, keeping a male concubine didn't seem so unacceptable...

"But later my mother really fell in love with my father, so she dismissed the other male lovers and registered her relationship with my father."

Fang Qingdai nodded again, so Xiao Mao's father could at most be considered a son-in-law who moved in with his wife's family.

"So your parents' relationship is bad because your father was forced into it and didn't want to?"

After all, he was just a male concubine who was treated like a plaything at first. Even if he later rose to power, he could not erase the past of being humiliated.

It's likely that Xiao Mao's father won't register voluntarily; he's been forced into this arrangement for life, so it's understandable that he might feel resentful.

"No, back then, there were plenty of men who wanted to be my mother's male concubines. My father came to her door himself, and he worked hard for a long time to get this opportunity. Who forced him?"

Fang Qingdai shook her head, thinking to herself that Xiao Mao was still naive and didn't understand how quickly a man from a humble background could change his attitude after rising to prominence.

But if Li Weidong really came to them on his own initiative, why did their relationship fall apart later?

Li Weidong, having both power and influence, started to cheat after winning the heart of a rich woman.

"It was because my mother was pregnant with me, but she had just dismissed her other male lovers around that time. My father said the child might not be his and wanted my mother to beat me up so they could have another one later."

“But my mom disagreed and argued with my dad many times. She insisted on giving birth to me, so… my dad has never liked me.”

Fang Qingdai's pupils dilated wildly, a sign that her CPU was working overtime to process the exciting gossip.

After a long while, Fang Qingdai finally asked, "But... um... tsk!"

She opened and closed her mouth, unsure how to ask the question tactfully.

Even if paternity tests can't be done in the wasteland, Xiao Mao looks 60-70% like Li Weidong when he grows up, so what's there to doubt?

After thinking for a moment, Fang Qingdai first asked tactfully, "If your parents don't get along, why do they still stay together?"

Xiao Mao was even more distressed: "It's not that our relationship is bad, is it? I don't understand. Sometimes my dad really loves my mom. He carefully coaxes and indulges her. The two of them seem very close."

“Sometimes we often argue, and when we do, my dad slams the door and leaves, moving into the superpowered group’s work area.”

Fang Qingdai's expression became even more distorted.

Perhaps it's true that outsiders have a clearer perspective; Xiao Mao longed for his father's love so much that he was blinded by Li Weidong's reasons.

Fang Qingdai, an observer, could see clearly that Li Weidong's approach to Xiao Mao's mother was entirely for the purpose of climbing the social ladder and achieving upward mobility.

The only question is that Li Weidong, who started out as a male concubine, shouldn't have made such a scene just because the child might not be his own.

After all, he had already achieved his goal and had already "endured humiliation" by becoming a male concubine, so it wouldn't be a big problem for him to "compromise" and become a father.

Could it be that Li Weidong also had genuine feelings for Xiao Mao, which is why he cared about the child's bloodline after Xiao Mao's mother decided to marry him?

It's the kind of feeling where I can overlook the past, but the future must belong to me.

Fang Qingdai couldn't fathom the specific thoughts of the person involved, but she was certain that Li Weidong's true feelings, if any, were few; his heart was filled with more calculation and exploitation.

And he has a perfect excuse to neglect Xiao Mao, and even to mentally control him!

Thinking of this, Fang Qingdai looked at Xiao Mao with some surprise.

"W-what's wrong, sister?" Xiao Mao felt uncomfortable under Fang Qingdai's gaze.

He couldn't understand what that look—a mix of sympathy, affirmation, and speechlessness—meant.

"It's nothing, I just think you're great!"

Being subjected to his father's emotional patterns and even cold words of oppression for a long time would have caused personality problems in anyone with a less open mind.

Although Xiao Mao was thoughtful, he was also forgetful and optimistic, and did not succumb to the mental torment inflicted by Li Weidong.

After learning about Xiao Mao's family situation, Fang Qingdai had a general idea of ​​what was going on. She asked, "Your father might not protect you, but don't you still have your mother? Can she protect the business you're in?"

Even though the power structure within the base has changed and the base leader has been replaced, the connections and resources left by Xiao Mao's mother's family should not be underestimated.

What's more, his mother was a level six ability user more than ten years ago, and she could stand on her own. Who knows how powerful she is now!

Xiao Mao became even more distressed upon hearing this: "My mother's superpowers malfunctioned after she gave birth to me, my maternal grandfather has passed away, and my aunt is a support-type..."

"Your mother's superpowers are malfunctioning? What exactly happened?"

Fang Qingdai sat up straight instantly, feeling a vague unease in her heart, and her expression became serious.

"All I know is that after my mother gave birth to me, her superpowers inexplicably plummeted. She went from a level six superpower user to a level three superpower user, and her superpowers continued to decline until now... she is like an ordinary person and can no longer use her superpowers, and she also feels like her body has been hollowed out and is in unbearable pain."

Fang Qingdai's heart sank to the bottom!

Others wouldn't know this and naturally wouldn't make the connection.

But Fang Qingdai herself knew that an organization was conducting experiments on superpower transplantation, and it was hard not to speculate about Xiao Mao's mother's situation!

But a level six ability user is considered a high-level ability user. Didn't Jing Yi say that the abilities of high-level ability users are not easily stripped away?

Fang Qingdai's mind was a bit of a mess. She didn't dare to think that if that laboratory had started more than ten years ago, then by now that organization would probably be so huge that it would be terrifying!

Fang Qingdai could only make an excuse that she would plan the catering business later, and then she sent Xiao Mao away.

She needed to communicate and discuss with Jing Yi as soon as possible. She didn't know as much as Jing Yi, and her understanding of the world was not as deep as his. In this situation, she still had to rely on Jing Yi to solve her problems.

After seeing Xiao Mao off, Jing Yi didn't return for a long time!

Fearing something might go wrong, Fang Qingdai sent Qingluan, bed and all, into her spatial dimension, while she hurriedly went out to look for someone.