After Becoming the Hero's Ex-fiancée

Opening the Sect’s Doors (2)

Zheng Wan stood in this small courtyard. The wild excitement when she had first arrived in the Upper Realms had turned into a tremendous sense of loss. The radiant sun overhead shone so brightly that she was all sweaty, and even her eyes looked like they were dripping with sweat.

“Father, Mother… Wanwan was wrong, Wanwan was wrong…”

The jade wall only revealed one word: ‘Mortal’.

Be it her father or her mother, they were both mortals, mortals with no innate qualities for cultivation at all.

“Wanwan——”

Madam Wang sighed, walked over to her, and tenderly took her into her arms. This docile woman, who was never very opinionated, who obeyed her father at home, and then her husband when she married, was showing tremendous tolerance right now.

She patted Zheng Wan, who was in her arms. “How was Wanwan wrong?”

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“Wanwan shouldn’t have brought you here, if you were still in the mortal world, you would be enjoying wealth, glory and supreme authority, but here, here……”

Zheng Wan rested her head on her shoulder and sobbed uncontrollably while breathing in her mother’s familiar scent.

“If Wanwan didn’t come, how would your father and I know that we cannot be cultivators?”

Madam Wang stroked her head gently, feeling that the adult who had protected her and her husband from the wind and rain earlier had suddenly become the toddler in her arms again, “Wanwan, it is not your fault.”

“When you were three years old, Poluo fruit was your favourite. Poluo fruit has an unusual taste, but you would always have Father and Mother eat them with you. When you were six years old, you liked the Qiqiao rings. You thought they were the most fun food in the world, so you also wanted to give Mother one…”

She sighed. “Wanwan just loves Father and Mother too much.”

Zheng Zai also said, “Glory and wealth, fame and fortune, haven’t your mother and I seen it all? Being able to come here and widen my knowledge makes me feel that this life was not in vain. Wanwan, there’s no need to force things.”

“No.” Zheng Wan raised her head; her face was already covered with tears, her gaze obstinate. “Right, I’ll go to Cui Wang, he must have a way! Even if I have to beg, to cheat, I must find a way for you both to be able to cultivate——”

“Stop there!”

Zheng Zhai stopped her with a shout. “You’re not to go! You’re not allowed to look for him! Putting the fact that he abandoned you aside, even if he really gave you hundreds and thousands of precious treasures, your mother and I will never accept it!”

“Father!”

Zheng Wan turned her head, “Didn’t you… not stop Wanwan in the past?”

“That’s because you wanted to.” Zheng Zai stepped forward slowly and looked at her gently, “Father definitely does not want you to beg him. Your mother and I will try to live as long as possible. We will be content as long as we can accompany you for a few decades.”

“But Wanwan isn’t content.”

Tears streamed down Zheng Wan’s face. She looked up at her father, who had always been upright and indomitable. In the past year, his grey hair had increased by a lot. She said, “Wanwan thought, Father and Mother can accompany Wanwan for a hundred years, for thousands of years…”

She covered her eyes, and tears fell through her fingers like gleaming pearls. “Wanwan is very scared.”

“If Father and Mother aren’t around, Wanwan will be very scared.”

The sky was boundless, and the earth was vast, but there would be no place to return to.

Zheng Zhai seemed to see again the little toddler that had waddled towards him, her hair in two little red buns, rubbing her eyes while crying, “Father, why are you so late? They left Wanwan here, and there’s no one around at all. Wanwan was scared to death.”

His eyes also grew wet; he touched the bun on her head, “Wanwan, you’re all grown up. The young eagle will have to leave the eagles to strike out on its own someday.

“Also, didn’t that guide tell us? If Wanwan enters a major sect, they will find a place for Father and Mother to settle in as well. When that time comes, Father and Mother can also enjoy a leisurely life. What’s so great about the mortal world? The emperor wants one thing now, then another thing the next. Who knows if we might face the extermination of our entire clan again? Besides, the air here is so pleasant, perhaps Father and Mother will live to see Wanwan’s daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter be born.”

Zheng Wan blew her nose.

“Why not a son?”

“Father thinks that men are all dumb things, and not as clever and lovely as girls.”

Zheng Zhai sighed secretly. It would be false if he said he wasn’t disappointed, but, “Do not look for Cui Wang anymore. That person looks mild, but in reality, he sees no one beneath him. He’s cold and arrogant, a boring guy that never speaks—you can’t even beat a fart out of him with ten rods. It’s better to find a fun-loving person who loves to laugh to accompany Wanwan to play.”

“Wanwan doesn’t want to find anyone, I just want to accompany Father and Mother.”

Zheng Zhai pushed her away and said solemnly, “Father has observed women here have no shackles as they do in the mortal world. What they pay emphasis to is strength. Father and Mother are still counting on you to protect us, you must not lose your head.”

Zheng Wan was still dispirited, but she finally pulled herself together somewhat and nodded.

“Mm! Wanwan will definitely enter a major sect!”

Seeing that her parents were tired, she ordered the servants to help them in and take good care of them, then went to her room. As soon as she entered, her face fell. “Granny Jin, you knew long ago that my father and mother cannot cultivate, didn’t you?”

After a long while, Granny Jin sighed.

“Yes. Your father and mother don’t even have any vital roots, how can they cultivate.”