Chapter 145

Azi naturally disagreed; she stubbornly pursed her lips and remained silent.

"A-Xing, are they my daughters?" Duan Zhengchun, standing to the side, couldn't help but ask.

"Who is your daughter? Don't be so conceited!" After casting a sidelong glance at Duan Zhengchun, Azi leaped back to Lin Fan's side.

"Yes, Brother Duan, they are both your daughters!" Things having reached this point, Ruan Xingzhu no longer hid the truth.

With a face full of pride, she introduced Azhu and Azi to Duan Zhengchun; she felt very proud to have borne two daughters for him.

Duan Zhengchun was also very moved; he had never known he had two more daughters.

Lin Fan, meanwhile, frowned to the side. In Jin Yong's original work, the elder daughter Azhu was "sixteen or seventeen years old," and the younger daughter Azi was "only fifteen or sixteen."

Clearly, Azhu and Azi were not twins; there was a one or two-year age gap between them.

This meant Ruan Xingzhu had first become pregnant out of wedlock and given birth to Azhu, then sent her away, and a year or two later gave birth to Azi, only to send her away as well.

Kang Min, in order to avenge the hatred of being abandoned by Duan Zhengchun years ago, had deceived Huang Qiao Feng into believing the leader of the group was Duan Zhengchun, which led to Azhu dying in Duan Zhengchun's place. This was done to protect both Huang Qiao Feng and Duan Zhengchun.

But just after Azhu died, Duan Zhengchun, while fully aware of the situation, flirted with the culprit Kang Min. Seeing this, Ruan Xingzhu was still able to forgive him, which was truly excessive. Combined with the current scene, it seemed Ruan Xingzhu was a "love-brain."

It was no wonder Duan Zhengchun was so promiscuous; after obtaining other women, he wouldn't see them for over a decade, yet he frequently came to Little Mirror Lake to see Ruan Xingzhu. It seemed their relationship was the strongest of all.

Lin Fan felt that although Ruan Xingzhu was beautiful, she was not worth him collecting.

And just as Lin Fan made up his mind not to collect Ruan Xingzhu, she suddenly felt a headache. Duan Zhengchun hurriedly supported her. A moment later, Ruan Xingzhu's diary copy and all related memories were completely erased, and she returned to normal.

Every heroine who possessed a diary copy was shocked to discover Ruan Xingzhu had lost hers, and they felt a sense of crisis in their hearts.

Because the diary copy prompted the heroines that this time it was Lin Fan who had actively severed all possibilities with Ruan Xingzhu, which led to her losing the diary copy.

This showed that the choice between them and Lin Fan was a two-way street; they could choose to give up on Lin Fan, and Lin Fan could also give up on them.

But even the heroines who had no feelings for Lin Fan did not want to discard their diary copies, because now they could not only learn secret news from the Wu Lin through them, but also obtain rewards from the diary copies, so none of them wanted to miss out.

"Sister, that little thief Lin Fan wouldn't give up on me, would he?" Yaoyue suddenly asked with concern.

"Young Master Lin's wish is to collect the beauties of the Wu Lin. He is screening those who have partners, and he hasn't let go of a single one who doesn't. You are the Great Palace Master of the Flower-Shedding Palace; any man would take conquering you as his goal, so you don't need to worry, Sister!"

Lian Xing felt like laughing; since when had the dignified and overbearing Yaoyue become so insecure?

"What are you babbling about? I just don't want to lose the diary copy and the opportunity to obtain rewards!"

Yaoyue only then realized she had overreacted. Would her sister notice anything?

Ning Zhongze looked at the Evil-Warding Sword Manual beside her with a complex expression. This sword technique was indeed bizarre and extraordinary, filled with a gloomy aura, but the opening line stated that to practice this art, one must first castrate oneself—who could endure that?

Zuo Lengchan was watching like a tiger stalking its prey. Unless she gave the Evil-Warding Sword Manual to her senior brother to practice, he would be no match for Zuo Lengchan at all. But she couldn't really let her senior brother cut himself, could she?

Thus, the heavy responsibility of saving the Huashan Sect rested on her shoulders. She absolutely could not be abandoned by Lin Fan, and she even needed him to mention her more. If he rewarded her with a divine art or a heavenly treasure to increase internal energy next time, wouldn't the crisis of the Huashan Sect be easily resolved? ===== CHAPTER 147 =====