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Chapitre 102

He Qinglu frowned and took the orange pulp into her mouth with an extremely reluctant expression.

Pang Wan thought he was disgusted by her hands, so she quickly stuffed the orange pulp into his hands: "It's very sweet, I picked it for a long time."

However, He Qinglu did not accept it.

Pang Wan thought he didn't want to eat, so she broke off a piece and put it in her mouth, only to receive an angry glare from the person opposite her.

Pang Wan had no idea what was wrong with him, so she put down the oranges and looked at him sullenly.

"Your hands smell like roast chicken," Young Master He finally said, humbling himself.

Pang Wan knew that his mysophobia was acting up, so she quickly asked the maid to bring water to wash his hands, and then peeled another one and brought it to him.

He Qinglu, however, grew annoyed by the clattering sound.

While inwardly lamenting how difficult it was to please a gentleman, Pang Wan peeled off another petal and fed it to him.

He Qinglu's brows gradually relaxed only after she had finished eating the entire tangerine.

The maids behind them found the way the golden couple interacted extremely amusing and couldn't help but cover their mouths and giggle.

So Zuo Huai'an walked into the flower hall and saw this harmonious and joyful scene.

"Master!"

The maids knelt down to pay their respects, and Pang Wan quickly stood up from the table.

Only He Qinglu remained seated, continuing to drink tea.

Pang Wan thought he didn't know who the newcomer was, so she quickly tugged at his sleeve, but he deliberately remained unmoved—from the bottom of his heart, he hated this middle-aged man who wanted to marry Pang Wan off to the Southern Barbarians.

Pang Wan was so angry that she stomped on his foot, and only then did he stand up from the table with a dark face.

"Wanwan, who is this?"

Zuo Huai'an looked He Qinglu up and down. His years of experience told him that this young man was an outstanding person, so his tone could barely be considered breathless.

Pang Wan opened her mouth as if to speak, but then closed it again with unease, glancing at He Qinglu subconsciously.

She dared not reveal He Qinglu's identity rashly. If the sect leader found out that he was the young master of the Lonely Palace, he would inevitably be dragged into this bloody struggle.

"I am her fiancé." But He Qinglu took Pang Wan's hand and slowly found an answer for herself.

"Nonsense!" Zuo Huai'an was already furious and annoyed after searching for two days without finding any trace of the Southern Barbarians. Hearing He Qinglu's provocative words, he immediately grabbed a teacup and threw it at her. "Who do you think you are! How dare you lay a hand on my daughter!"

Pang Wan's heart skipped a beat, thinking to herself, "So I really am the cult leader's biological daughter."

He Qinglu deftly picked up the teacup with a wave of her hand and then slowly placed it on the stone table.

"I've come here to tell the leader that I'm taking your daughter with me. Name your price."

He stood under the shade of flowers, tall and sturdy like a pine tree, calm and composed.

Pang Wan's mouth opened like an ostrich egg.

—She never even dreamed of abandoning everything in the Moon Worship Cult and running away with He Qinglu.

With a clang, Zuo Huai'an drew his sword from his waist, his eyes wide with fury.

Seeing that someone was about to die, Pang Wan rushed forward and grabbed Zuo Huai'an's hand, calling out in a clear voice, "Father!"

Zuo Huai'an was startled by the shout, turned around, and looked at Pang Wan with a complicated expression.

"Father, don't be angry. He's just woken up and his mind is still foggy. Don't hurt him."

Pang Wan didn't care about anything else and wrapped her arms around Zuo Huai'an's arm, acting coquettishly.

He Qinglu's face fell when she heard that she was confused.

Zuo Huai'an sighed and put down his long sword.

Pang Wan knew when to stop. She quickly signaled to her maid to appease Young Master He, while she herself took Zuo Huai'an's hand and left first.

The story of Zuo Huai'an and the previous Holy Maiden is a plot point that actually happened in the Mary Sue world.

One was a holy maiden, and the other was a young master. They were childhood sweethearts, and everything should have fallen into place naturally. However, Zuo Huai'an rescued a beautiful girl with celestial beauty while he was training down the mountain, ruining their marriage.

The Holy Maiden was so angry that she locked herself in a cave to devote herself to martial arts. When she came out of seclusion, the beautiful woman was pregnant with Zuo Huai'an's child, and the two of them got married.

Heartbroken, the Holy Maiden found her ideal husband a year later through a martial arts contest within the sect. The two married on an auspicious day arranged by the sect leader. However, the closer the wedding date approached, the more restless Zuo Huai'an became, because he realized that he still loved the Holy Maiden the most. He was afraid of losing her and afraid that she would fall in love with someone else.

Soon after, Zuo Huai'an succeeded his father as the leader of the sect, and he used coercion and enticement to force the Holy Maiden to stay by his side.

The Holy Maiden, having conceived his own child, felt she had no words to face her husband and the leader's wife. On a dark and stormy night, she took her daughter and fled.

Zuo Huai'an lost his beloved and then discovered that his wife was promiscuous and had been having an affair, and that the child was not his own. He was furious and immediately executed the adulterer. The Holy Maiden's husband also left without saying goodbye.

However, he no longer had any intention of marrying and having children, and raised the child as the young master. That child was Nan Yi.

For years, he had been sending people to search for the Holy Maiden and her daughter, and finally found Pang Wan ten years later. However, he could not reveal the scandalous affair between the Holy Maiden and himself, so he simply brought his biological daughter back in the name of the new Holy Maiden.

Pang Wan listened quietly as Zuo Huai'an recounted these past events, feeling both bitter and melancholy.

However, the greater pain was for the sake of the Southern Barbarians.

Although her world was turned upside down, it was only that her uncle became her father, while the world of Nan Yi was completely collapsed—her father became the enemy who killed her mother, and the young master's identity became that of an unknown bastard.

"Father, please bring my senior brother back." She pleaded with Zuo Huai'an, "I have no internal energy left, and I need to start all over again. The Moon Worshiping Sect cannot be without a successor."