This Aunt Has No Descendants

Zhang Jing fell asleep after being sedated.

Her complexion was even paler than before, and her entire face looked more exhausted.

As soon as Zaizai saw the woman, her mind flashed back to the Yin energy she had sensed when the woman was asleep. Her bright eyes blinked.

"Daddy, who is this?" she asked.

Huo Chenling suddenly realized that he hadn't introduced his family members to his daughter yet.

"Zaizai, this is Daddy's wife and your mother," he replied.

Zaizai blinked her big, sparkling eyes and, from her perspective, saw that her mortal dad had married a woman with a heavy karmic burden and carried the weight of lives on her.

Zaizai asked her dad with a puzzled face, "Daddy, you are so good, why do you have such a wife?"

Huo Chenling was taken aback. "What kind of wife are you talking about?"

Could there really be something wrong with his wife?

Were those subtle changes he had noticed over the past three months not just his imagination?

Bai Mingxu discreetly activated his Yin-Yang eyes and frowned when he saw the faint Yin energy surrounding Zhang Jing.

"Uncle Huo, has anything been different about Aunt Zhang recently?" Bai Mingxu asked with a serious expression.

Huo Chenling looked at the Milky Dumpling in his arms and then at Bai Mingxu, who was looking at him seriously. His gaze gradually became deep and obscure.

"There have indeed been some changes, but they were minor. For example, she used to love drinking milk, but now she only drinks bird's nest soup. She used to enjoy painting and visiting art exhibitions, but now she doesn't even take a glance. Her parents said it's because three months ago, she and her sister Little Jing went to an art exhibition together, and something happened to Little Jing. She even gave up painting and art exhibitions altogether."

Zaizai sniffled and then let out a loud sneeze.

Bai Mingxu remembered that Zaizai had sniffed the sandalwood fragrance from his bead bracelet earlier and had also sneezed heavily. His gaze quickly scanned the corners of the ward, and sure enough, he saw a little bit of ash beneath the curtain in a corner near the window.

Huo Chenling's attention was drawn to Zaizai's sneezing.

"Zaizai, what's wrong?"

Zaizai started rubbing her nose again, quickly making the tip of her nose turn red.

"Daddy, the smell in the room is the same as the smell on Brother Mingxu's bracelet. When Zaizai smells it, she can't help but sneeze."

"Achoo!"

"Achoo!"

Huo Chenling hurriedly pulled open the entire curtain and opened the window for ventilation.

Bai Mingxu touched some of the ash with his finger and smelled it. Huo Chenling walked over to him, holding the Milky Dumpling, his gaze sharp.

"What is this?"

Bai Mingxu didn't hide anything. "Uncle Huo, this is incense ash."

Huo Chenling thought about how his wife often claimed to dream about her sister Little Jing burning incense for her in the hospital room.

"Zaizai’s auntie died on the spot. Since your Aunt Zhang had a good relationship with her, she often burned incense for her in the room."

That's what he said, but Huo Chenling had always had doubts in his heart.

His wife had a gentle and quiet personality and had always been very reasonable and sensible.

Even though this was a VIP ward, it was completely out of character for his wife to occasionally burn incense for her loved ones in the room.

But his wife's explanation was flawless.

After all, three months had passed, and his wife often had nightmares about the scene of the accident. It seemed reasonable for her to burn incense for her sister.

But then Bai Mingxu suddenly appeared and mentioned incense ash. There was definitely something wrong.

The Huo family and the Bai family had been close friends for decades, if not longer. Huo Chenling naturally knew that Bai Mingxu had abilities that ordinary people didn't possess.

In the past, he didn't believe in those things, but now it seemed he had no choice but to believe.

With these thoughts in mind, Huo Chenling spoke slowly, "Mingxu, take a closer look. I'll take Zaizai out first."

"Okay, Uncle Huo."

Huo Chenling found it amusing to see Zaizai rubbing her nose vigorously outside the room.

"Zaizai, are you allergic to incense ash?"

Zaizai thought for a moment and nodded obediently.

"Daddy, do you have any other children?"

Huo Chenling thought of his three sons, and a hint of warmth appeared deep in his eyes.

"Zaizai, you have three older brothers."

Zaizai became even more confused. "Older brothers? But Daddy, that aunt inside is destined to have no descendants because of her heavy karmic burden."

Huo Chenling's heart trembled. "You said... she has no descendants?"

Zaizai nodded quickly. Since she chose to be this mortal dad's daughter, Zaizai knew she couldn't keep any secrets.

"Yes, Zaizai definitely wouldn't be mistaken.”

Huo Chenling couldn't help but feel uncertain and suspicious. He stared at the Milky Dumpling in his arms and carefully scanned the surroundings with the corner of his eye, relieved to find that there was no one around.

He carried the Milky Dumpling to the adjacent resting room. He often stayed here when his wife's emotions got out of control. It was a very secure place.

"Zaizai, can you tell Daddy what you saw when you went inside just now?"

Zaizai looked at her father with caution and care. Her dark eyes turned around, and she glanced left and right with a nervous and adorable look.

She thought about how she came from the underworld and this man in front of her was her mortal dad. Her father, the King of the Underworld, had told her not to scare humans.

So Zaizai racked her brain and tried her best to express her meaning without scaring her mortal dad.

"Daddy, Zaizai saw that Auntie was burdened with human lives, but Daddy, you are pure and righteous, and you and that Auntie shouldn't be family."

Huo Chenling: "..."

So Zaizai, just like Bai Mingxu, also had Yin-Yang eyes?

He couldn't help but think of the scene where Zaizai appeared under the hundred-year-old locust tree in their own estate.

"Zaizai, how did you come from the orphanage to Daddy's house?"

Zaizai grinned, "Zaizai saw on TV that Daddy's estate has a super big locust tree, and Zaizai loves locust trees the most, so when Grandpa President and the others fell asleep, Zaizai took the subway here by herself."

There was no resident of the underworld who didn't like locust trees!

If there were, then they definitely weren't genuine residents of the underworld!

Huo Chenling: "..."

What a bold Zaizai!

Huo Chenling pinched the chubby cheeks of the Milky Dumpling, feeling both doting and fearful.

"And not afraid of being kidnapped!"

Zaizai arrogantly puffed up her little chest, "Even if Zaizai gets kidnapped, Zaizai is not afraid. Zaizai has a special way with people and can quickly find her way back."

There were many wandering residents of the underworld in the human world, and now it was July, so there were even more residents of the underworld.

If she were to be kidnapped, it would be easy for any of those residents to bring her back.

The corner of Huo Chenling's mouth twitched. Look at Milky Dumpling's resourcefulness!

Thinking about the fact that Zaizai also had Yin-Yang eyes, Huo Chenling furrowed his brows.

He held Zaizai a little tighter and lowered his voice to instruct her, "Zaizai can see things that others can't see, except for Daddy and Brother Mingxu, don't tell anyone, okay?"

Although Zaizai didn't understand, she obediently nodded.

"Daddy, Zaizai understands."

Huo Chenling kissed her forehead and glanced at the wall, thinking about his wife in the hospital room...

No!

That person should not be his wife, Zhang Ning, but his "aunt" Zhang Jing, who "died at the scene of the accident."

The one who truly died at the scene of the accident was his wife, Zhang Ning.

Huo Chenling's eyes darkened. He held Zaizai and left the resting room, coincidentally running into Bai Mingxu coming out of the hospital room.

"Uncle Huo, there is indeed something wrong with Aunt Zhang."