Chapter 055: Educated in Return
Qin Gou was utterly dumbfounded. Mu Tangchun still hadn’t realized that she was narrating something extremely serious. She couldn’t comprehend the simple, pure, and sensitive heart of an old father!
“Husband… Daddy, are you alright?” Mu Tangchun quickly came to support Qin Gou, asking with concern.
“Don’t call me Daddy. What you’re saying now is not what I’m thinking!” Old Qin’s expression was quite complex, as if to say, ‘My innocence is about to be corrupted by you.’ The arm she held involuntarily developed goosebumps.
If Mu Tangchun were truly A’Yuan’s ‘clone,’ then such an action would be understandable. What’s wrong with a father holding his daughter’s hand? But the crux of the matter was that Qin Gou saw her as his own daughter, while in Mu Tangchun’s eyes, it was all about affection.
“Then what should Chun’er do to satisfy you?” Mu Tangchun asked with a wronged expression.
“Blood test!”
A hint of madness flashed in Qin Gou’s eyes. He hadn’t cultivated the ‘Spirit Blood Source Seeking’ technique like Su Yuelu back then, nor did he have a magic treasure with a similar function. After all, Old Qin never thought he’d need such a spirit art. However, the most primitive method was still feasible.
“Let’s do a Blood Relation Test by Dropping Blood. That will reveal the truth!” As he spoke, Qin Gou reached for a nearby teacup.
“Chun’er refuses.” Mu Tangchun flatly refused.
“Why?” Qin Gou asked suspiciously.
“Because the Blood Relation Test by Dropping Blood is a very foolish practice in the Mortal Realm. Even if two drops of fresh blood merge, it can only prove that Chun’er and Daddy are destined to be together, and our bloodlines are similar,” Mu Tangchun explained earnestly.
Qin Gou was completely dumbfounded and speechless for a long time. He was being educated by a young girl from the Cultivation World?
“So Daddy must be joking? Or is this what people call losing their minds in love?” Mu Tangchun said with a sweet smile.
This wench really could twist anything into the realm of love!
Qin Gou was extremely frustrated. He knew very well that the Blood Relation Test by Dropping Blood was baseless, but he hadn’t expected the seemingly clumsy Mu Tangchun to be so difficult to fool.
“Forget it. Anyway, when you meet A’Yuan, everything will be revealed.” He figured this was the best solution. Otherwise, even if he told her the truth—that A’Yuan came from another world and about Black Robe’s deeds—the most likely outcome would be that she’d think Qin Gou had gone crazy.
“Who is A’Yuan?” Mu Tangchun asked curiously.
“My daughter! Just like you,” Qin Gou said proudly.
Mu Tangchun’s expression turned to shock. “Ah? Then is A’Yuan also Daddy’s fiancée?!”
“No!”
Qin Gou’s old face turned red, and he gritted his teeth. “I’m telling you clearly, she’s my daughter! And about this fiancée, who told you that you are my fiancée? Didn’t you have amnesia?”
“My master told me.”
“Which master?”
Mu Tangchun truthfully replied, “Grandma Mo.”
Qin Gou suddenly realized. It was that old woman’s doing again.
“What is Grandma Mo’s identity in your Taiping Tower?”
“Grandma Mo was the previous Taiping Tower Master before me.”
Just as he thought!
Qin Gou immediately connected everything. The one who truly leveraged his identity to promote Taiping Tower and gain the greatest benefits was not Mu Tangchun, but Grandma Mo.
This person had likely learned some information about him from Mu Tangchun and cross-referenced it with intelligence departments of various dynasties. Thus, she concluded that although Mu Tangchun had amnesia, she was definitely closely related to him. She then began to deceive Mu Tangchun into using the fabricated identity of ‘fiancée’ to frantically collect cultivation resources for Taiping Tower.
She probably thought that even if it was exposed one day and she was confronted by him or his disciples, Mu Tangchun would serve as the best shield. Moreover, she could be considered a benefactor who saved the amnesiac Mu Tangchun, perhaps offsetting her transgressions. She hadn’t expected Qin Gou to witness her act of deception on the spot and even disperse her Spirit Tool’s power, terrifying her to the point of nearly fleeing.
However, these were just Qin Gou’s speculations. The real details would require a thorough interrogation of Grandma Mo.
“That old woman has been deceiving you all along,” Qin Gou said with an annoyed tone.
“So, the fiancée is fake?”
“Indeed.”
Mu Tangchun paused, her lips curling into a bitter smile. “So, Chun’er was just having unrequited love?”
Having confirmed that Mu Tangchun was A’Yuan, Qin Gou sighed deeply. “My feelings for you are like looking at my own child. Of course, I cherish and dote on you.”
Mu Tangchun’s eyes instantly regained their luster. She broke into a smile and said, “Then Chun’er will treat you like her own biological Daddy from now on…”
“Stop!”
Qin Gou was torn between laughter and tears. “I am one hundred percent sure that what you’re saying and what I’m thinking are not the same thing at all!”
“Yes, Chun’er now understands. Qin Gou truly has no romantic feelings for me,” Mu Tangchun nodded with gentle eyes. “But my feelings for you are something only I know best. The moment I opened my eyes, I instantly remembered who Chun’er was willing to live for.”
Qin Gou fell silent, not for any other reason, but because he was genuinely moved.
“By the way, Daddy, do you hate ‘water’?”
“Water?” Qin Gou asked confusedly. “Water is the source of all things. Who in this world would hate water?”
“That’s good then.” Mu Tangchun blinked her captivating beautiful eyes and smiled playfully. “If that’s the case, then at least seventy percent of me won’t be hated by Daddy.”
Water makes up seventy percent of the human body’s composition.
Qin Gou was stunned. This wench was already starting to use flirtatious remarks? Whose genes did she inherit… Cough.
“Alright, I’m tired. You can go. I’ll send someone to thoroughly question Grandma Mo about this matter,” Qin Gou waved his hand.
“Go back? Did you call Chun’er here tonight just to say all this?” Mu Tangchun showed undisguised disappointment.
“What else do you expect?” Qin Gou gritted his teeth. “Who am I?”
“Husband… Daddy.”
“Then do you still listen to me? Go back and get some sleep!” Qin Gou pretended to be angry.
“I will,” Mu Tangchun said, then honestly turned as if to leave.
“Wait a moment.”
Mu Tangchun, suddenly called back by Qin Gou, turned around in confusion.
Qin Gou’s expression softened. “Goodnight.”
Upon hearing this, Mu Tangchun was first delighted, then pursed her lips and smiled. “Chun’er won’t say goodnight to you.”
“Why?” Qin Gou asked, confused.
Mu Tangchun’s lips curved into a cunning smile. “Why say goodnight? Chun’er wishes you couldn’t sleep all night thinking about me!”
“Get lost!”
“Roger that.”
Listening to Mu Tangchun’s departing footsteps, Qin Gou collapsed onto Yi Chengying’s bed, his eyes filled with a desire to die. He knew that the way a certain mischievous girl acted could sometimes be absurd, but he hadn’t expected that once she stopped seeing him as an elder, she would become so creative and terrifying.
Out of Blue, fearsome indeed!
