[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-doted-by-the-regent-king":3,"chapter-doted-by-the-regent-king-doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-442":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Doted By The Regent King",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1324983,1760,"Chapter 442 - 442 442 Acknowledge my father","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-442",442,"\u003Cp>442: Chapter 442: Acknowledge my father?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I stupid?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>442: Chapter 442: Acknowledge my father?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I stupid?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they had offered it to her on their own, Wufu certainly saw no reason to turn away the treasure; she happily accepted it, and, upon Ah Jiu expressing a wish to see her contest entry, Wufu led him out of the Floral Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the front courtyard, which was also a cloister, there stood a very large apricot tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the wind blew, Wufu stopped in her tracks, looking toward that apricot tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu, noticing her stillness, looked over as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu raised an eyebrow and casually scanned the surroundings, saying, “It seems this time the loss you suffered in secret was quite severe; the number of people around you has increased, huh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her residence, there were at least two members of the Hidden Guard lurking in the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu was momentarily stunned, his complexion turning somewhat unpleasant – not because Wufu had discovered the truth, but because the level of his Hidden Guard might be too poor if even she could see through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept over two spots, and those hiding there somehow felt a chill run down their spines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After admiring Wufu’s work, Ah Jiu said, “I will find a piece of top-quality mutton fat jade; when the time comes, you can help me carve a statue of Goddess of Mercy Guanyin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an acknowledgment of her skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that chest full of jade at stake, Wufu had no reason to refuse and readily agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in Wufu’s study, Ah Jiu looked around and said, “The arrangement is a bit too simple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as it’s comfortable, that’s all that matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A study is just for reading and office work after all; is it meant to be admired?” Wufu replied with a shrug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu smiled, sipped his tea, and then disclosed his other purpose for the visit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you still searching for your biological father?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wufu’s teacup lid clinked against the cup as she looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu met her gaze directly without flinching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It must not be any good news,” Wufu said with a corner of her mouth hooked up in certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not certain, but seven or eight out of ten, it is him,” Ah Jiu responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s hear it, what’s the origin?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone was like that of addressing a stranger; Ah Jiu thought that perhaps, knowing the man’s background, she wouldn’t be upset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, once he described the circumstances of the man called Wu Lihong, all that remained on Wufu’s face was silence and calmness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu asked, “Aren’t you angry?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who heard such news would feel enraged, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man had abandoned his wife and child for over a decade and even remarried; most people would find such an act despicable and would be indignant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wufu was not; on her face, there was only serenity and a sense of ‘I knew it would be like this.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Jiu grew increasingly interested in her; what kind of thoughts were going through this girl’s mind?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just as I imagined, if he wasn’t dead, then he had taken another wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And besides, isn’t it typical of sons from noble families to act this way?” Wufu said with a half-smile looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She might not have eaten pork but had seen pigs run; Wufu might not have witnessed the scum of this era firsthand, but she had heard enough from TV dramas and palace-styled novels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young noble and a peasant girl, or a girl from a brothel, promising to spend their lives together only for one to rise in status and abandon their vow to marry another – such melodramatic stories were all too familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her mother’s experience was exactly this sort of melodramatic plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, for her, such an outcome was hardly surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you plan to do?” Ah Jiu asked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you want to acknowledge him, I’m afraid…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you thinking I’m a fool?” Wufu interrupted him, saying, “I have hands and feet and skills; I can support myself without anyone meddling in my affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would I be foolish enough to acknowledge such a man as my father and end up trapped in a big house?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the beginning to the end, she had never intended to acknowledge her father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Searching for him was simply because she couldn’t stand to see Madam Zhou washing her face with tears in her woeful state!\u003C\u002Fp>",753,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.774Z",1,"novelbin.me","4f8329aea658dcae5a60a715d295cbe8568bbdea9cac4f6f7f59ff7022974553","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-443","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-441",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]