Chapter 8 Relics
Chapter 8 Relics
Nangong Jing's mood was very complicated and confusing at this time. This was the first time in his past and present lives that Nangong Jing was held in Nangong Tao's arms. Nangong Jing had always thought that he resented Nangong Tao and had completely given up hope for fatherly love, but when he was held in Nangong Tao's arms and felt the broad and warm embrace, Nangong Jing realized that deep in his heart he still longed for fatherly love.
Nangong Tao naturally saw the shock that flashed across Nangong Jing's face. For some reason, Nangong Tao suddenly felt sad, but he had been used to being cold-hearted over the years and quickly suppressed the sadness.
"You will live in this room from now on. I will arrange someone to serve you." Nangong Tao took Nangong Jing to a room that was about three times larger than Nangong Jing's previous room. After putting the person down, Nangong Tao said coldly.
Nangong Jing glanced at the room and thought that this was the same as his previous life, where he was also placed here by Nangong Tao. The only difference from this life was that he had walked here on his own, rather than being carried by Nangong Tao.
"Thank you, father." Nangong Jing thanked Nangong Tao obediently. No matter what Nangong Jing thought in his heart, Nangong Tao knew that he could only rely on Nangong Tao in this mansion until he grew up.
Nangong Tao glanced at Nangong Jing, whose height was totally inconsistent with his age, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end he turned around and prepared to leave without saying anything.
At the moment Nangong Tao left, Nangong Jing suddenly found the courage to look at his back and shouted to him, "Father, didn't my mother leave anything behind?"
Nangong Jing had never known much about Qiao Huan'er, even growing up. In his previous life, the only thing he had received was a fortune left by Qiao Huan'er, and even that money wasn't given to him until he reached adulthood. As for Qiao Huan'er's belongings, Nangong Jing had never seen them. Some said they were thrown away, while others said they were stored in a warehouse. Nangong Jing didn't know whether this was true or not. In his previous life, Nangong Jing had searched the warehouse but couldn't find anything belonging to Qiao Huan'er, so he wondered if they had been thrown away.
As for why you didn't ask Nangong Tao, Nangong Jing in his previous life always had a grudge against Nangong Tao, and Nangong Jing felt that asking Nangong Tao would be like admitting defeat to Nangong Tao. Coupled with the inexplicable self-esteem in his heart, Nangong Jing did not find out whether Qiao Huan'er had any relics or last words left until his death.
If you want to know why Nangong Jing was willing to speak this time, just think that he had just been reborn and his mind hadn't recovered yet, or maybe he was stimulated by Nangong Tao's embrace just now.
Nangong Tao didn't expect Nangong Jing to suddenly ask about Qiao Huan'er. He stopped in his tracks and remained silent for so long that Nangong Jing began to doubt whether Nangong Tao had heard what he said.
"It was left behind and I kept it." Nangong Tao did not turn around but said in a deep voice with his back to Nangong Jing.
When Nangong Jing heard that Qiao Huan'er had left something behind, a look of surprise appeared on his young face. He rarely said loudly like a child, "Father, can you give me my mother's belongings?"
Nangong Tao, who had his back to Nangong Jing, finally turned around and saw Nangong Jing's hopeful eyes. Nangong Tao's eyes flickered for a moment, and after a long while he took out two sets of small clothes and a book from the space ring.
"These two sets of clothes were made for you by your mother when she was pregnant with you. As for this book, it contains some of her experiences in cultivation. She is a summoner like you, but her talent is not as good as yours, only three stars. If it were not for this, she would not have almost gotten into trouble and been saved by me. She would not have married me and maybe she would still be living a good life now." Perhaps because he was lost in his thoughts about Qiao Huan'er, Nangong Tao suddenly said some things about Qiao Huan'er.
Nangong Jing keenly grasped the flaw in Nangong Tao's words, and his tone suddenly became stern. He asked Nangong Tao, "Father, what did you mean when you said that if my mother hadn't married you, she might still be living a good life? Was my mother's difficult labor artificially caused???"
Nangong Jing regretted very much why he had no suspicion at all in his previous life and never thought of investigating Qiao Huaner's difficult labor.
Nangong Jing's questioning woke Nangong Tao from his thoughts. His face suddenly darkened. He flicked his sleeves, turned his back to Nangong Jing, and said in a deep voice, "Even if you know the truth about some things, what can you do now? If you really want to know why your mother got into trouble, then work hard on your cultivation. When you have the strength to avenge her, come and ask me about this matter."
"What about you? I don't have the ability to avenge my mother now. You obviously have it, but why don't you do anything? Do you hate my mother and me so much?" Nangong Jing no longer had any thoughts of pleasing Nangong Tao so that he could be protected and grow up safely in the mansion. The only thought left in his mind was that Qiao Huan'er was murdered, but Nangong Tao did nothing.
"I did hate you or blame you before. If you were you, Huan'er wouldn't have died, and I wouldn't have lost her. She is the love of my life, how could I possibly hate her? It's just that some things are not that simple. So what if I know who killed Huan'er? I have more than one son, and I can't ignore my other sons for Huan'er. I can only punish her lightly and warn her severely." When Nangong Tao came back that year, he found that Qiao Huan'er had died of dystocia. Didn't he hate her? Of course he did.
Nangong Tao wanted to kill everyone who harmed Qiao Huan'er back then, but almost all of those who joined forces at the time had children. No matter how much he hated them, he couldn't let all the children lose their mothers. So he could only lock them all up for a period of time as punishment, and he never set foot in their rooms again in all these years.
But even if that were the case, would it bring Qiao Huan'er back? In reality, Nangong Tao hated himself the most. He hated himself for not protecting Qiao Huan'er back then. Why, knowing that many people in the backyard hated her, he only left a few guards and didn't even provide a female doctor to protect her.
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