Chapter 90: Chapter 90: The Snow Wolf Skeleton... It Moved

"T-two pairs."

Housekeeper Han gave a sheepish smile. "I’m a person, too."

Yu An didn’t know what to say for a moment. Han Li stood up, his face cold. "I didn’t go looking for you, but you came looking for me!"

"Li’er, your Female Mother and you are both here. Of course your Beast Father had to come."

Han Fengyun’s gaze was gentle as he looked at his wife and child. "A Yuan, I’ve come for you."

Mo Yan instinctively shivered and hid behind Mo Wei, unwilling to show her face.

"Beast Father?"

Han Li scoffed, blocking Han Fengyun’s view of Mo Yan. "My Beast Father is already dead. You killed him. And you even stole his wife and child. What right do you have to call yourself my Beast Father!"

Han Fengyun’s expression faltered slightly, but he quickly composed himself and said helplessly, "Li’er, what happened back then was complicated. Why don’t we sit down and talk?"

Before Han Li could speak, he quickly added, "I was indeed responsible for your Beast Father’s death, but that was a grudge between us. We agreed back then that life and death would be decided by fate, with no one else to blame."

"But in the end, I caused A Yuan to lose her Beast Husband and you to lose your Beast Father. It’s my fault, and I want to make it up to you both."

"Whatever you want to know, I’ll tell you without holding anything back, including the orders the Imperial City gave me to assassinate Miss Yu."

Han Li paused, instinctively glancing at Yu An.

He had no memory of his biological father. Aunt Mo Wei had told him that his biological father passed away while he was still in his Female Mother’s womb.

’If there’s a hidden story behind my biological father’s death, should I still kill Han Fengyun to avenge him?’

Yu An gently squeezed his hand and met Han Fengyun’s gaze. "Who gave the order? The Beast Emperor?"

Han Fengyun nodded, then shook his head. "I previously thought it was the Beast Emperor, but I later discovered that perhaps someone else gave the order."

"But as for that person’s identity... I have no way of knowing."

After answering, Han Fengyun looked back at Han Li. "As your Beast Fa—No, I know I was wrong. Li’er, you see, no matter what you ask, I’ll answer truthfully."

I only ask that you and A Yuan give me a chance to make amends. I... I don’t want to lose you and your mother."

His face was full of sincerity. Housekeeper Han also pleaded for him, "Madam, Young Master, the City Lord has been losing sleep and appetite these past few days, constantly thinking about how to make it up to you..."

Never mind Mo Yan’s and Han Li’s reactions; Yu An, for one, couldn’t make sense of it.

’What kind of act is this?’

’Suddenly starting to repent? Is this a joke?’

"Perhaps he realized that taking them by force wouldn’t work, so he’s switched to a sob story to gain sympathy."

Mo Yan placed a peeled shrimp in her bowl. "No matter how capable Han Fengyun is, he’s just the lord of a small city. His own strength is no match for ours." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Han Li was hypnotized by him. He must have noticed when Han Li woke up."

’If the hard approach doesn’t work, try the soft one.’

Yu An thought he had a point. Just Feng Xuan and Lan Yin, who were out in the open, were more than Han Fengyun could handle, not to mention she had a secret weapon—Ao Wu.

Ao Wu was a powerhouse with Divine level Spiritual Power. As far as Yu An knew, this Level, like her own Divine level fertility, was the stuff of legends.

Noticing Yu An’s gaze, Ao Wu said with a touch of pride, "An’an, want me to get rid of them? It’d be as easy as lifting a finger."

But Yu An shook her head. "They are guests. Please, make yourselves comfortable. Han Li, come with me for a moment."

The two of them went into the kitchen together. Han Fengyun breathed a sigh of relief, a pleased look on his face, and thought about taking the seat next to Mo Yan.

But on Mo Yan’s left was Han Li, and on her right was Mo Wei. Han Li certainly wouldn’t give up his seat, and Mo Wei had no intention of moving either.

"An’an," Han Li said, a little lost after they entered the room. "I don’t know what to do."

"He was very good to me. At least, growing up, he never let me suffer any injustice. But he also wanted to kill me, because I’m not his and my Female Mother’s child."

When he hypnotized Han Li again, perhaps Han Fengyun thought Han Li would never have self-awareness again and would just be a puppet to please Mo Yan, so he didn’t do it secretly like before.

He had hypnotized Han Li many times before, which was what had made his spiritual power unstable, causing him to revert to his original form many times. It was also why he was stolen by Han Fengyun’s enemies last time.

Yu An cupped his face, meeting his eyes. "Han Li, let me ask you, if your Beast Father’s death was really just a grudge between them, like Han Fengyun said, would you still avenge your Beast Father?"

Han Li opened his mouth. "I..."

’Would he?’

When he was young, Han Fengyun would lift him onto his shoulders for piggyback rides and shield him in his arms when there was danger... These memories told him that Han Fengyun’s fatherly love for him was real.

"Your hesitation has already told you what to do," Yu An said softly. "You don’t know what happened back then, but Aunt does. Since it’s a grudge from our parents’ generation, why not wait for Aunt to recover and let her decide?"

Han Li was silent for a moment. "Okay, An’an. Let’s do as you say."

"But," he said, dissatisfied, "why are you calling her ’Aunt’ like Mo Yan does? You should call her ’Female Mother’ like I do."

Yu An scratched her head. ’Yeah, whose naming convention to follow is definitely a problem.’

"Oh, don’t worry about the details. Let’s hurry and go back out."

After the two came out, Han Fengyun noticed that Han Li’s resistance toward him seemed to have lessened somewhat.

He was about to say something, but Han Li spoke first. "Let’s eat first. I want to talk to you afterward."

"Alright," Han Fengyun said with a smile. "Li’er, I will be sure to tell you everything I know without holding anything back."

Han Li didn’t look at him. "You’d better."

Heaven and earth are vast, but setting up her stall was vaster. This time, Yu An only brought Mo Yan and Lan Yin, leaving Feng Xuan and Ao Wu at home to both watch the house and keep an eye on Han Fengyun, in case he had just been acting and tried to take Mo Yan and Han Li away when their guard was down.

"Oh, right," Yu An suddenly remembered something. "Mo Yan and I once found the skeleton of a Snow Wolf in an underground cave."

She took out the skeleton. "Is this Han Li’s biological father? If not, I’ll just find a random place to bury it."

She had meant to give it a proper burial back then, but she got sidetracked after leaving the cave and forgot about it.

Han Fengyun’s expression was indescribable. He had been guessing for ages who had taken the skeleton, never expecting it to be Yu An.

"Yes," he said, resigned to his fate. "That is indeed the skeleton of Han Li’s biological father—my older brother."

Han Li didn’t have much of a reaction upon seeing the skeleton, but Mo Yan froze.

She dazedly walked forward, touched it gently, and called out, "A Shao."

Han Fengyun’s fists clenched, his eyes filled with jealousy.

’So even after losing her memories, Mo Yan still couldn’t forget him!’

Yu An had no intention of getting involved in their love-hate drama and was about to give them some space. But just as she was about to leave with her people, the Snow Wolf skeleton suddenly... moved!

All of its bones began to creak and rattle. The skull slowly twisted, its empty eye sockets turning toward Mo Yan as if equipped with radar.

"A... A Yuan..."

"Is that you, A Yuan?"