"Let her take revenge, I owe her anyway. But she's slowly shifting her hatred to Xiao Bai. How can that be? That's not right! She's my daughter, and she's her daughter too!"

An Qianshan roared angrily:

"How could she be so cruel? Possessing the maid's body, she beats and scolds her own daughter again and again! But... but as her husband, I couldn't stop her, as her father, I couldn't protect her! I... I'm a useless piece of trash! Hahaha..."

Gu Liyan looked at An Qianshan and seemed to understand the entanglement and pain of this middle-aged man's life.

"What else can I do? What else can I do? I really have no way out... I really have no way out!" An Qianshan angrily smashed the wine glass in his hand, and the scarlet liquid splattered all over the ground.

Gu Liyan frowned slightly and immediately snapped, "Are you going to give up? Give up your own daughter?"

"Heh, faced with immortality and your own daughter, what would you choose?" An Qianshan turned to look at Gu Liyan and asked with a ferocious expression.

Gu Liyan looked at An Qianshan and said without hesitation, "If it were up to me, I would choose my daughter. Immortality is meaningless without someone by my side. I would rather dedicate my entire life to ensuring my descendants' legacy continues!"

"Hahahaha—" Upon hearing Gu Liyan's words, An Qianshan laughed until he was dumbfounded, laughing hysterically, laughing like a madman—

An Qianshan then roared angrily:

"Fine! Well said! But that's exactly what I said too! Why are those idiots contradicting me?! I don't want immortality, I just want my daughter, what did I do wrong?!!"

Gu Liyan's heart trembled. Was it because An Qianshan protected Xiaobai that he ended up in such a state? So he cared about Xiaobai after all. He wasn't a bad person!

“Gu Liyan…” An Qianshan slowly approached Gu Liyan, his aged face etched with the marks of time. He slowly knelt before Gu Liyan, pleadingly grasping Gu Liyan’s trouser leg, his voice hoarse and filled with pain, “Gu Liyan, I’m sorry, I was wrong before. I shouldn’t have stopped you from being with Xiaobai…”

Gu Liyan stared at An Qianshan in astonishment.

"You can kill me, but please save Xiaobai! Xiaobai truly loves you, she's innocent!" Tears streamed down An Qianshan's face. "I can't give her a happy life anymore, I'm an irresponsible father, please help her! I beg you..."

Gu Liyan took a deep breath. Seeing An Qianshan's current appearance, he was reminded of his father, Gu Yan, who had used half his life's blood to pull him back from the brink of death when he was almost dead.

At this moment, how is the tear in An Qianshan's eyes any different from the apologetic look on Gu Yan's face back then?

Indeed, a father is like a mountain, truly great!

Gu Liyan knelt down and helped An Qianshan up. "Uncle, please rest assured, I will save Xiaobai!"

"Thank you, thank you..." An Qianshan said gratefully.

He was so overwhelmed with guilt towards Gu Liyan that he could no longer lift his head...