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Lin Xiaolu glared: "And don't you take her side! She was mimicking my mom earlier, don't tell me you didn't notice!"

"...It's true, but her intentions weren't bad."

"How do you know her intentions weren't bad? What if she's acting all sweet because she likes you, but actually she's a bad woman? What then?"

Lin Xiaolu muttered, "Then the bad woman becomes my stepmom, and who knows, she might say, 'Your mom stole my man back in the day, now it's payback time,' and then she'll abuse me, starve me, make me wear rags and sweep chimneys... or whatever."

"Where did you get that from?" Lin Yun wondered.

"TV," Lin Xiaolu stated with conviction.

Xia Liang will have to help keep an eye on this girl later; I can't let her watch weird shows every day.

Lin Yun planned in his heart, but his face showed no emotion: "We don't have a chimney at home."

"It's a metaphor, a metaphor!"

"Even as a metaphor, that's not going to happen. I assure you, she's not a bad person."

After pausing slightly, Lin Yun said with heavy emphasis, "And I understand what you mean. Just like you, I miss your mom a lot, so I wouldn't do anything to hurt her."

"I told you, I don't care if you find me a stepmom or not."

Lin Xiaolu sulked, "Your love life is up to you, I'm just reminding you. But it's unacceptable to be fickle, whether or not you plan to find someone new..."

"When have I been fickle?"

"How haven't you been? You're clearly dating Emerald Sparrow!"

Lin Xiaolu grabbed the corner of Lin Yun's shirt, "Then behind her back, you go shopping with that... Hong Siyu. Are you saying you're not distracted?"

"Are you sure you saw me?" Lin Yun tried a last-ditch struggle.

"How could it not be you, the clothes were the same! And so was Hong Siyu, she even used her Magical Girl form to seduce you!"

Lin Xiaolu stared with her eyes wide: "Men like them young, right? She gets younger and your heart flutters?"

"You child, really..."

Throwing the meat to one side of the cutting board, Lin Yun pulled out the kitchen knife and lightly traced his finger along its edge: "First of all, I've already said that I won't do anything to hurt your mom, so I'm not planning on finding you a stepmom."

"Not planning to find a stepmom?"

Lin Xiaolu blinked, pondered for a moment, and then her expression turned somewhat alarmed: "Are you planning to be irresponsible and abandon her after leading her on... Ah!"

"What would you know at such a young age."

Unable to hold back, Lin Yun gave his daughter's head a pat and returned his hand to grasp the kitchen knife: "Don't talk like the people in those TV dramas, real life doesn't have all that nonsense."

"...Then what about that." Rubbing her forehead, Lin Xiaolu mumbled sullenly, "You already have feelings for Emerald Sparrow, do you plan to just leave her hanging?"

"That's secondary."

Lin Yun sighed, "Who told you that Emerald Sparrow and I are dating and planning to get married?"

"...Mosi."

At Lin Xiaolu's answer, Lin Yun almost choked on his saliva and struggled for a while to regulate his breathing. However, he still forced himself to appear calm: "Who's that?"

"A bad person." Lin Xiaolu glanced at him sideways, "The person from the Full Moon Festival night."

"...Oh."

Knowing that he shouldn't comment much on this identity, Lin Yun continued as if nothing was amiss: "So? You believed it because a bad person told you?"

"She told Emerald Sparrow that, and the evidence is solid!"

Lin Xiaolu's voice grew louder: "That night, Emerald Sparrow said she wouldn't return to Fangting City, but she suddenly came back. Weren't you the one who notified her?"

"Where did you hear that?"

"I saw it myself, you weren't in your room that night!" Lin Xiaolu declared righteously.

So that's what it was.

Lin Yun had an epiphany.

Only at that moment did he understand the source of this month-long confusion and where he had made a mistake.

Because he dashed out on the night of the Full Moon Festival without considering the possibility of exposing his whereabouts, and along with Mosi's wild conjectures based on her own assumptions, Lin Xiaolu was completely led astray.

Thinking about it, during his fight with Mosi, because he didn't want to reveal too much information, he didn't clarify things, which looked to the children like an implicit "admission." The combination of coincidences had led to this misunderstanding.

So, should he clarify things? And to what extent?

Lin Yun pondered silently, at a loss for words.

Allowing Lin Xiaolu to continue misunderstanding this thing with Bai Jingxuan was undeniably awkward, especially since recently Bai Jingxuan had been calling Emerald Sparrow "mom," and although self-adopted, each call gave Emerald Sparrow a headache.

However, it has to be said that this was also a justification to cover up his and Emerald Sparrow's identity issues. The vague connections and contradictions between Lin Yun and Emerald Sparrow in many matters could be explained away with this justification.

Just that, if he really admitted this explanation out loud, it would only make it harder for him to reveal his true identity to Lin Xiaolu. Discover exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire

Weighing the options over and over in his heart, Lin Yun's silence lasted for a full half a minute. Just when Lin Xiaolu thought she might have said something wrong, he finally said: