When Shang Lin returned home, Old Man Chai had prepared a large table of food. As soon as he saw him, he smiled and said, "Finally finished the exams. Go wash your hands and eat."

Shang Lin asked, quite puzzled, "Is it a holiday today?"

Old Man Chai continued to laugh, "Of course, to celebrate the end of your final exams."

Shang Lin was both amused and exasperated. "This can be celebrated as a holiday?"

"Of course, you were exhausted from preparing for the final exams. Now that they're over, you should have a good meal and relax, otherwise you'll be worn out."

Shang Lin agreed wholeheartedly, saying, "High school students are indeed quite tired, but it's not that bad."

When Shang Lin finished changing his clothes and washing his hands, he sat down at the dining table. Old Man Chai and She Jinxing were already seated and waiting for him. He immediately picked up his chopsticks and said, "Eat quickly, what are you waiting for me for?"

"Okay, eat, eat, eat." Although Old Man Chai said this, he took the lead in putting food on Shang Lin's plate, "You should eat more."

She Jinxing also served food to Shang Lin, saying, "That's right, that's right."

Shang Lin looked at She Jinxing with a wry smile and then sent him a telepathic message, "Fine, I can accept Old Man Chai, but why are you putting food on my plate?"

She Jinxing smiled apologetically and did not respond. He just wanted to make amends for what happened in the middle of the night, but he didn't know what he could do. He could only try his best to take care of Shang Lin.

After the meal, Old Man Chai brewed another pot of tea. Shang Lin immediately knew that it was time for him to be honest. Sigh, what was bound to happen had finally happened. So, he decided to speak.

However, before Shang Lin could speak, Old Man Chai spoke first: "Seriously speaking, it has been more than a year since my son and I last saw each other. There are many things that have happened in this year that I don't know about, so there is a lot to say. But you can say it if you want, or I won't force you if you don't want to."

Shang Lin looked at the tea that Old Man Chai had placed in front of him, sighed inwardly, and then spoke, "It's not that I don't want to tell my godfather, it's just that so much has happened in the past year or so, and I don't know where to begin. If I were to tell you everything one by one, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to sleep tonight."

After saying that, Shang Lin looked at Old Man Chai's face and said, "How about this, Godfather, you ask. But after you ask, could I also ask a few questions?"

By handing over the initiative to Old Man Chai, I can relax a bit. Otherwise, I would have to carefully consider what I can and cannot say, which would be quite mentally taxing and tiring.

Old Man Chai was taken aback, never expecting Shang Lin to say such a thing. In fact, many times if we want to live a peaceful life, turning a deaf ear is the best way, but not everything can be turned a deaf ear.

Besides, Old Man Chai felt that he had been pretending to be deaf and dumb since he woke up. Before, it was for Shang Lin's studies, but now that he was on vacation, he couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb anymore.

For a moment, Old Man Chai wanted to continue pretending to be deaf and dumb, but since Shang Lin didn't respond to what he said, he could only say, "Okay."

But after saying "okay," Old Man Chai fell silent again, and after a long while, he asked, "Actually, you're no longer Shang Lin, are you?"

Old Man Chai's words were not a question, but an exclamation, because he had known for a long time that this Shang Lin was not the same Shang Lin, and now they had to be honest about it.

Shang Lin was taken aback. "When did Godfather find out?"

Although Shang Lin was basically certain that Chai would have some doubts about him after he woke up, he didn't expect that Chai's confident tone and calm attitude meant that he hadn't just found out recently.

Old Man Chai gave a wry smile. "I knew it from the fact that you can live like a normal person."

Shang Lin, "..."

If we trace this back, it would be almost two years! Shang Lin was incredibly shocked and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Instead, Old Man Chai spoke up and continued, "Actually, when you, no, when Shang Lin's mother was pregnant, I advised her not to go against nature and harm herself and others. But men and women think differently, especially women who are about to become mothers. She said she was unwilling and said, how can you know if it will work if you don't try?"

Shang Lin tentatively asked, "Is the 'she' that Godfather mentioned your junior sister?"

Old Man Chai was taken aback. "How did you know?"

"Your former colleague contacted you before, and they came to see you again not long ago. But they only came to see you to find your junior sister, saying they've been looking for her for over ten years. I think she must be Yuan Shanglin's mother?"

Old Man Chai's eyes instantly welled up with tears. "She was indeed my junior sister, but unfortunately, she was blind and fell for a scumbag. Although she managed to cut her losses in time, she got pregnant and later died for the child. Before she died, she begged me to take care of her son and find a remote place to live, but I still couldn't protect him..."

Shang Lin hurriedly said, "No one can protect him. You're right. Junior Sister's reckless behavior is harmful to herself and others, but she didn't do anything wrong. She just wanted to have a child of her own and grow up healthily with him, just like any other ordinary person."

Old Man Chai burst into tears, "But she's not an ordinary person, how can she be treated like an ordinary person?"

"What's past is past, Godfather should try to let it go." Shang Lin thought for a moment before asking, "Is Junior Sister a demon cultivator?"

Old Man Chai paused, then immediately shook his head. "I don't know. All I know is that she's not human."

Shang Lin's hope instantly turned into disappointment. "More than ten years have passed, and your sect is still searching for her. Why?"

“I think that since she is not human, she probably has something that humans covet. If Junior Sister is really a demon cultivator as you say, then her demon core is a treasure.”

It's true that demon cores are treasures, but Old Man Chai's words shocked Shang Lin: "Is this a case of fratricide?"

If the original owner inherited her "Tang Monk's flesh" constitution from her mother, then what was coveted wasn't just her demon core, but her entire being. It's not surprising that someone like her could incite fratricide; after all, how many people can maintain their integrity in the face of such immense temptation?

Looking back now, it's not a bad ending that the junior sister died for her son. At least she got what she wanted, being cleaved into nothingness and not becoming anyone's meal.

Old Man Chai sneered, "What are fellow disciples? In the face of huge profits, people are no longer people, but demons and monsters that are more terrifying than demons and monsters."

Shang Lin agreed with this statement, but the idea of ​​fellow disciples killing each other was still a bit too much and shocking. However, considering the scarcity of cultivation resources in the human realm, any resource would be ruthlessly and frantically snatched up.

But now that my junior sister has vanished into thin air, those people might target me in the future. No, not just them, but everyone who knows about this will be targeting me.