Chapter 290: His talent was taken away by me
Su Tan didn't know that Master Ye wanted to take Song Xiao as his disciple.
Now I know.
But it didn't have much impact.
"He is indeed a piece of meat that fell out of my stomach."
When Su Tan said this, his voice was cold and desolate, as if a snowflake had quietly fallen on the lake.
She looked calm, knowing why Lu Zhiheng asked this question. Among all the mystical masters, her strength was considered decent, and a child who was related to her by blood should not have inherited any of her talents.
"I don't have any talent for cultivation because I took it away from me."
When Song Xiao was a child, he was very likely to come across unclean things.
He was too young and too weak. He was not qualified to practice cultivation until his body recovered.
People who are gifted in the mystical arts are more likely to encounter such unclean things.
But he is weak.
It's simply a case of an innocent man being guilty of possessing a treasure.
His body was like an excellent vessel for cultivation. Any evil spirit or ghost would want to devour his soul so that he could take the body inside as his own.
At that time, Su Tan had lost most of her cultivation, and she was afraid that she would not be able to protect Song Xiao in the future.
"I took away 70% of his talent back then."
Su Tan's voice was cold. She had thought at that time that if Song Xiao wanted to take this path in the future, she would return these talents to him.
Normally, ordinary mystics do not have the ability to take away other people's talents.
But Su Tan is Song Xiao’s biological mother.
Everything he has was given by her, not to mention his talent, even his life was given by her.
In nature, male lions sometimes eat their cubs. She did not kill Song Xiao, but only took away 70% of his cultivation talent. Her original intention was to protect him.
It's really nothing.
The way of heaven will not take it seriously.
After 70% of his talent for cultivation was taken away, the magnetic field around Song Xiao became much cleaner, and there were no more messy things bothering him.
Even if there is, it is nearly 70% less.
As for the remaining little ghosts, she could use the blood amulet to protect him.
"Even if my blood can't protect him, I still have this life and breath. As long as I'm here, I will never put him in danger."
"That's exactly what I thought at the time."
There was a hint of self-mockery in Su Tan's voice.
Perhaps after becoming a mother, people always subconsciously forget themselves.
At the most extreme moment, she even thought that if one day she really had to separate from Song Xiao, she would use her own heart veins to forge a bloody path for Song Xiao.
"Although it sounds a bit silly and a bit too extreme, that's what I thought at the time."
Mothers in this world always like to be self-righteous and self-touched when devoting themselves to their children.
She is no exception.
Until a nightmare, her daughter used her life to remind her of the consequences of recklessly serving her husband and son.
Su Tan was shocked to realize how stupid he was.
"It's a good thing you didn't do that."
Lu Zhiheng frowned slightly.
His gaze fell on Su Tan, and he stopped fanning himself. After a pause, he finally spoke, "I want to tell you, Su Tan, in this world, no one is worthy of your devotion except yourself."
“Before you love others, you must always love yourself first. Otherwise, not only will you leave yourself with scars, but the person you love may not be happy either.”
When Lu Zhiheng said this, a hint of sadness appeared in his eyes, but it was quickly hidden away.
It seemed as if some painful past events were raging in his mind, but he tried his best to suppress them.
Su Tan saw the sudden hint of pain beneath Lu Zhiheng's cynical appearance.
She is a mystic praised by everyone. If she wanted to, she could definitely spy on people without anyone noticing.
Without Lu Zhiheng knowing it himself, his past life was completely known.
It’s a pity that Su Tan doesn’t have such a strong desire to pry into other people’s private affairs.
Everyone has secrets.
Everyone has a past that is too painful to mention.
She is a master of mysticism, but she really has no interest in prying into Lu Zhiheng's past.
She simply said, "Someone told me what Your Highness said, and I figured it out at that time."
So when she just returned to Beijing, no matter how painful it was, even though she could not help but feel soft-hearted due to her body's instinct when facing Song Xiao, those emotions were eventually swallowed up by her bit by bit.
"I'm not afraid to tell His Highness that I'm actually very glad that Song Xiao is as cold and indifferent as his biological father, and he can't be warmed up just the same."
If he is a sensible, well-behaved and very considerate child, who is devoted to her, always knows her pain and is sensible enough to share her burden.
Only then would she be truly miserable.
She feels that this feeling is like a leech attached to her bones, which she cannot let go of, yet it makes her feel miserable.
Fortunately, Song Xiao not only looks like Song Tingchen.
Even the temperaments of this father and son are exactly the same.
Lu Zhiheng seemed to be sighing, and his tone unconsciously revealed a hint of envy. Yes, it was that inappropriate envy.
"He only uses you and has no feelings of admiration for you. This is good. At least you can make a clear choice."
"Even if the process is a little painful, a short pain is worse than a long pain."
“Not like…”
Not like what?
Lu Zhiheng slowly shook the fan in his hand.
He didn't continue speaking after that.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. By the way, you just said that you took away 70% of his talent."
Lu Zhiheng opened his fan and calmly started talking. Beneath his cynical appearance, his eyes were as still as a cold pond, and it seemed that even if a stone was thrown in at that moment, no ripples would appear.
"So where did the other 30% go?"
It won't disappear without you noticing.
Talent is there.
It’s just that some people may never discover it in their lifetime.
But there is no such thing as talent disappearing quickly.
"Then Master Ye is not a drunkard."
"If your son really has 30% talent, that's still far better than the 90% others. He won't let such a good seedling go unattended."
But Master Ye did not accept Song Xiao as his disciple.
It was even stamped, Song Xiao is a waste.
This is all against common sense.
Su Tan looked at him quietly, "Your Highness, do you really want to know?"
Without waiting for his answer, she slowly said, "I took away the 30% of talent later."
She no longer considered Song Xiao her son.
Why let him keep things related to her?
Su Tan's tone was a little too calm, as if taking away Song Xiao's talent was not cruel to her, but just a very common thing.
A gentle breeze blew, and the fragrance of peach blossoms was pleasant. Lu Zhiheng unfolded his fan. Yuan was just casually chatting, so he asked slowly, "When was it taken away?"
"They didn't even call me. It's such a shame that I never got to see such a good show."
Su Tan glanced at him, and at this moment she showed an expression that was hard to describe.
"...just the past two months."
"While we are already very busy with the disaster victims."
Lu Zhiheng: “?”
Now Lu Zhiheng stopped fanning himself.
He frowned slightly, his gaze slowly falling on Sui Sui, who was playing around with the fox. If Song Xiao had done something in the epidemic area that caused Su Tan to take away his talent—"was it because he framed Sui Sui?"
"Um."
Su Tan nodded slowly.
That is indeed the case.
A peach blossom fell on her sleeve, and she gently shook it off, her eyes gentle and calm, but not at Lu Zhiheng, but at Sui Sui.
After returning to Beijing, Su Tan's few smiles were all directed at Sui Sui.
She smelled the fragrance of peach blossoms and looked at Sui Sui playing carefree with the fox, and a look of ease unconsciously appeared between her eyebrows.
"Song Xiao is my son. Unless it's an emergency, I will never be cruel to him. If he wants to use his original 30% talent in the future, he can use it at any time."
"I'll never take it back."
But there are always exceptions.
Everyone has a bottom line.
Song Xiao's intention to frame and harm Sui Sui really touched Su Tan's bottom line.
She thought at that time that Song Xiao was vindictive and would definitely take revenge on Sui Sui for causing her such a big loss.
Perhaps seeing that Sui Sui is practicing, the other party also wants to follow suit, and who knows, he might plot against Sui Sui one day.
"I don't want to gamble on people's hearts, nor do I want to gamble on Sui Sui's future, on whether Song Xiao will harm her. The safest way is to take away his talent."
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