Chapter 242: Ji Qing

Su Mu pressed her hands together in a prayer.

“Sister Tang, you are great and merciful. I was blind to your greatness. Please, feel free to stay and sleep.”

If she let her continue, things would get dangerous. 

She was practically acknowledging a villain as her benefactor… 

‘But she didn’t mention this to me in the future either!’

Thinking about how Tang Nai must have looked when Su Ya handed over the bill after Su Mu had settled the rental contract with Ye Wanqing, Su Mu felt so ashamed she wanted to crawl into a hole. 

‘When I think about it, how many other things is she hiding from me? No matter how bad it is, she might as well tell me all at once so I don’t have to feel so uneasy.’

If calculated by Tang Nai’s standards, Su Mu had owed quite a bit over the years. 

No wonder the woman hadn’t revealed the details to her; that was why.

Su Mu actually had a bit of money left from her streaming, but most of it came from Tang Nai’s massive gifts. 

Tang Nai, Tang Nai… nothing involving money could escape that head of gray hair. 

Su Mu was truly out of moves now.

Heh, could this be the power of the Authority of Value?

“Don’t be so nervous. I consider this money as something I owe you—think of it as a pension for a Magical Girl. After all…”

Tang Nai’s eyes swept over Su Mu, a trace of loneliness appearing in her expression.

“Your mother hoped you could live a peaceful life. She refused my money and didn’t want to stay at the coffee shop. She came here alone, but without the help of a barrier, she was quickly eroded by her Authority.”

Hearing this, Su Mu unconsciously clenched her fists. 

However, she knew she couldn’t blame Tang Nai for this. 

In fact, she had only been able to grow up without worrying about food or clothes because of her influence.

Tang Nai hid her name when doing good deeds as if it were something to be ashamed of, but when playing the villain, she was full of enthusiasm and arrogance, as if she wanted to attract everyone’s hatred and make it impossible not to dislike her. 

‘This woman…’

Suddenly, Su Mu thought of another detail she had missed—a very important fact.

“Then what about my real father?”

Tang Nai fell silent. 

Only after a long while did she speak.

“He sacrificed himself.”

The news, like a sudden clap of thunder, didn’t cause much of a stir in Su Mu’s heart. 

It was just like how anyone would feel hearing about a father who died before they were born. 

Her heart felt heavy, but she couldn’t show grief. 

At most, it was a sense of dissatisfaction with a difficult life.

A close relative whom she had never met, before she even had a chance to understand or know him, had already vanished like smoke into the past. 

This was a great misfortune, a sorrow that stuck in her throat, impossible to voice.

“At least tell me his name.”

Tang Nai lowered her gaze and calmly spoke two words, “Ji Qing.”