Chapter Sixty-One: The Kindness of Parents

Just as Zisang opened the door, she glanced around and froze for a moment before turning away indifferently. A low voice came from behind her.

"I've been waiting for you here for three days. Are you just going to leave like this?"

The tone was calm, but it carried a hint of anger, as if trying to conceal the underlying rage.

"Hmph! I haven't even come to settle accounts with you, and yet you show up here on your own. I have no intention of forgiving you for what happened that day!"

Zisang's words were cold and indifferent, making it difficult to discern her emotions.

The person inside the house pondered for a long time before speaking in a soft voice.

"Dan Jun is severely injured."

"What does that have to do with me? Don't forget, she took that blow to atone for your sins. Otherwise, that blade would have struck you!"

Zisang gritted her teeth and said.

At this moment, she wished she could tear herself apart. She hated herself, hated her own incompetence for failing to avenge her father.

She also hated that the blade had injured Dan Jun instead of herself!

"I came here for two reasons. First, I promised Dan Jun I would find you."

"And second, for you. I want to tell you a story. I wonder if you would be willing to listen."

He still sat properly at the table, exuding an air of righteousness.

"I'm not in the mood to waste time with you! Do as you please!"

Faced with the hatred for her father's death, how could she calm down and pretend nothing had happened while talking to him?

Zisang impatiently wanted to leave, but Bai Di's next words made her completely reconsider.

"You don't want to hear the story of your parents?"

She didn't know when, but her steps had already halted, her pupils widened in shock.

After a moment, the blue figure outside the door wavered, hesitated, and then slowly turned back, speaking in a tentative tone.

"You... really know about them?"

"Of course!" He replied without a moment's hesitation.

Bai Di's words struck a chord deep within her, causing her resolve to waver.

Her mother had left her when she was very young, and she knew almost nothing about her parents' relationship.

It wasn't that she didn't care, but she understood her father's feelings for her mother better.

Her mother's departure was a devastating blow to her father. If it weren't for her and her mother's dying words, her father would have led millions of demon soldiers to attack the demon realm and avenge her mother.

But he endured. He stayed behind and raised Zisang.

After her mother left, her father became her only relative. They had always depended on each other, and to her, her father was her entire world.

Yet, even after all these years, she could still see her father alone, going to Biyue Lake, gazing at the stars, and secretly wiping away tears. That place held the only memories of her father and mother.

Her father had always borne his suffering in silence, shielding her from the hardships, giving her everything he had left.

One could only imagine how those eyes, once like the spring waters of a lake, might have shed tears of sorrow when she wasn't looking.

In the past, she was too young to share her father's burdens. Now that she was capable, he was gone.

She felt guilty for her father's years of nurturing.

So now, even if she could learn just a bit about them, she wanted to know, even if it was just to make up for it.

But at this moment, Zisang couldn't completely let go of her guard against Bai Di.

At least from her perspective, someone who could kill her father once wouldn't hesitate to kill her as well!