Chapter 666: The Unspoken Truth

The sky outside the window was dark now.

The time Big Sis Bai and I spent here was much longer than we had anticipated.

And the original owners of this house had also returned successively.

As expected, the mother returned with the child from work, and the father returned even later.

“They just abandoned the child here and ignored it?”

Big Sis Bai and I walked to the nursery room, which was essentially a bedroom with a crib.

“One immediately goes to cook… the other one starts chain-smoking the moment he gets home… heh heh.”

Big Sis Bai and I looked at these two people, and then at the baby girl in the crib, feeling a sense of empathy for the hardships this baby girl would face in her future life.

Big Sis Bai was also very curious about the baby.

If the baby hadn't already fallen asleep, Big Sis Bai would probably have reached out to play with her.

I leaned over the crib, looking at the several-months-old infant.

At this moment, she was neither crying nor fussing, having fallen asleep peacefully in the bed.

Logically, this time should be roughly the end of the maternity leave, but I didn't expect her to be back at work so soon…

However, the baby's arrival was innocent. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

No matter how much I disliked this family, I couldn't bring myself to dislike the newborn.

I subconsciously used the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell on her, but not for Earth Vein Timeline Retrospection, but for information presentation.

I just wanted to know how much hardship this child had gone through with these parents during this time.

During the maternity leave, they should have taken good care of this child… at least that would prove that they had been competent parents for a period of time.

As the information from the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell was continuously revealed, and the compiled data constantly surfaced, a crucial piece of information appeared, causing my hand resting on the crib to tremble violently.

“Xiao Han? What is it?”

As Big Sis Bai asked with concern, the sudden tremor startled the child from her sleep, and the baby's sharp cry seemed to ignite the last fuse of this family.

“Her father! Go check on her!”

“Damn it… why don't you go! And don't call me her father!”

“Why don't I go? I'm cooking, don't you know! If the food burns, you won't eat anything tonight!”

“…”

The argument continued incessantly.

It was as if they weren't arguing about the child's issue, but venting their day's suppressed frustrations.

“Xiao Han…”

I looked at Big Sis Bai and shook my head, interrupting her words, but my gaze was complex as I looked back at the vigorously crying child.

Ultimately, I did nothing, but instead, I pulled Big Sis Bai's hand and completely left the place via Spatial Teleportation.

But with the baby's mysterious cry, the incident completely escalated into yet another dispute in the house.

At Big Sis Bai's house now, a Teleportation Channel opened, and I pulled Big Sis Bai out of it.

“Xiao Han, what exactly happened?”

Big Sis Bai asked with concern.

Many things happened too fast just now.

It wasn't that she couldn't react, but the parents' reaction to the baby's crying shattered her cognition, making her unable to understand…

Why did they immediately start arguing instead of soothing the infant when the baby cried?

Whether it was the mother busy cooking in the kitchen or the father smoking sullenly in the room, from the moment that first shout of "go check on her" began, many things went wrong.

After that, neither of them was right.

The mother, at the end of her maternity leave, had to face work pressure and cook after coming home, unable to tend to the child.

The father was smoking, perhaps sulking, and the smell of smoke made him unfit to care for the child.

Neither of them was wrong, but neither was right either.

It was just that they had let their lives become a daily argument.

“Something happened… something I can hardly believe myself.”

I shook my head and said.

“Then… is it convenient to tell me?”

Big Sis Bai's tone softened, and she asked gently.

Something must have happened just now, something so shocking that even Xiao Han, a Body Cultivation Enhancer, subconsciously lost control and her hand shook.

The baby's crying, when traced back to its source, was only due to Xiao Han's unintentional tremor.

“That baby girl… is not their biological child.”

I said.

“What?!”

“That child… is not the biological child of these two parents, but… that woman… was pregnant.”

I was adjusting my mindset.

This incident reminded me of what Yao Beijuan told me once… that I was also adopted.

But I didn't verify it at the time.

Even after obtaining the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell, I subconsciously ignored the matter when using it on myself, thinking that I had bid farewell to the past, so whether this was true or not didn't matter.

But now, another similar case appeared.

“Not biological? Did the woman cheat?”

Big Sis Bai hadn't fully processed the situation yet, or rather… she hadn't thought of a person being that bad…

“The child is not that woman's biological child either… Do you remember the words just now? 'Don't call me her father.' That phrase…”

My words completely stunned Big Sis Bai.

But she couldn't understand why.

Accepting the thoughts of others was the most difficult thing, especially things that defied one's own cognition.

The silent atmosphere lasted for a long time.

I was the first to react.

Perhaps I had experienced too many harsh realities…

“Big Sis Bai… accompany me to two places.”

I stood up and said.

“Alright, I'll go with you.”

Big Sis Bai nodded.

Although she didn't know where we were going, since Xiao Han had a goal, she was willing to accompany her.

“Big Sis Bai, aren't you going to ask where I'm going?”

“No matter where you go, I will accompany you.”

“Thank you, Big Sis Bai…”

I held one of Big Sis Bai's hands, feeling the remaining sense of security.

“I… want to go to the nearby Holy Light Church… and… the hospital.”

“Mm, then let's go.”

Big Sis Bai nodded.

It wasn't surprising.

Going to these two places was nothing more than wanting to know the truth of some matters, just like the retrospection of the past conducted here.

The first destination we chose, the Holy Light Church, was not far from here, so Big Sis Bai prepared to walk there with me.

The dark night sky was only illuminated by the warm, yellow streetlights.

We strolled along the way, no longer feeling so urgent.

Perhaps we had let go of many things?

After all, what had happened could not be changed.

We were merely witnessing the truth with the truth we carried.

The Holy Light Church at night was located in the most bustling area of the region.

It stood here, and its exterior alone gave a first impression of grandeur and magnificence.

Even at night, it was the brightest scenic spot here.

The church's architectural style integrated the most mainstream historical church elements of the current Holy Light Church.

The undulating facade created the most shocking light and shadow effect under the Holy Light's illumination.

The soaring spires pointed directly to the sky, encircled by a halo like that of a Holy Angel.

This was the greatest Holy Light Miracle displayed by the Holy Light Church in the night.

It guided and blessed every believer and Ascetic.

As Big Sis Bai and I approached, the exquisite white jade carvings on the church's exterior walls depicted the stories from the Holy Light Apocalypse and the images of the Holy Angel vividly with the most intricate craftsmanship.

Under the illumination of the Holy Light, a sense of sacredness was added, making people unable to help but pray.

Even at night, many believers wearing the same clean white sacred clothes and devout Ascetics were still gathered here.

Whether arriving or leaving, they carried the most sincere piety.

And this was the destination of my trip.

Big Sis Bai and I exchanged a look.

Our clasped hands, even without Heart Sense Resonance, seemed to understand what we were going to do next.

The people around ignored our discordant presence, and with every step Big Sis Bai and I took forward, the scene in our eyes retreated by one moment.

The dark night gradually brightened, and the already set sunset turned into the morning light rising from the west.

We once again embarked on the road of the past.

A massive amount of information hit me with a huge impact in an instant, but I was not as distraught as the first time.

I still walked forward resolutely, going to understand the past.

But this was the Holy Light Church, not that "home."

However, this made it easier to search.

After anchoring the information of that family, the moment they intersected with this place would be the moment we stopped to watch.

But I found that the first thing that intersected was not that family, but the relationship between my name and this Holy Light Church.

After all, we were tracing backward against the current of time, which also meant this was the last thing that happened.

“They knew my name, recognized my power, understood my terror… and they coincidentally knew my family, my parents, and my… brother.”

And before that, I also knew why the "mother" who should have been recuperating from childbirth was so lively and active: the Holy Light Church helped her with a Healing Spell.

This was also a means of demonstrating a Miracle.

“How interesting… unable to obtain you, they set their sights on your brother.”

Big Sis Bai was also watching the fast-forwarded scene next to me.

The delight of the Holy Light Church executives, as if they had found a treasure, and the promises they gave, all made Big Sis Bai almost unable to contain her laughter.

“Mm, they acted really fast…”

I also shook my head, continuing to trace forward.

And the incident, as I predicted, further back was the time when the Holy Light Church did not know that this family was the one I used to belong to.

The people of the Holy Light Church only continuously promoted them as a typical case of being protected by the Holy Light.

They would resolutely stand against evil Transcendent Academies like the Imp Academy, firmly guarding every child's right to freely choose their Academy.

The scene continued to trace back until they completely had no interaction with this Holy Light Church, and I returned to a certain point in the timeline…

“Xiao Han, this is…”

“They were also a pair of pseudo-believer couples. To cooperate with the church to gain more exposure and get more benefits, they would also reluctantly come here for prayer and confession when they were free on weekends…”

“Xiao Han, do you think they would genuinely confess here?”

“I don't know, but… there's too much Earth Vein Information. Before mastering a more precise retrieval method, I can't summarize and extract the truth they didn't speak…”

Of course, my reason for doing this was simply to know one thing: did they recognize their sins under the Holy Light?

But soon… as one confession event after another and time segments continuously jumped forward, they did not confess their actions as I had anticipated.

There were even many segments where they were complaining, as if questioning why the Holy Light gave them such a miserable life.

“It's all your fault! You said there was no rush… but now that family from back then has already moved away. Where are we supposed to find them now?”

“That troublesome thing! What good did you expect from that family? That crazy person is better off gone.”

“Then what about our biological daughter! All we got for our biological daughter was that thing! Can we ever find her again?”

“Our daughter is probably enjoying life somewhere. You don't need to worry about her…”

Looking at the conversation floating above this past phantom, a short few sentences vividly revealed a fact.

“Xiao Han…”

“Let's go. There seems to be no need to stay here any longer.”

I actively pulled Big Sis Bai's hand.

“Big Sis Bai, don't overthink it. Witnessing the diversity of life is also part of the Ordinary Project.”

“It's like a certain kind of bird in nature that likes to lay its eggs in the nests of other birds, letting them incubate them.”

I said to Big Sis Bai.

“This world is incurably ill. Extreme people at the bottom want to make a comeback, and a child is their scratch-off ticket to make it big. They know the chance of their own child winning is low, but a child from a good family might not be.”

“…Why, why did it turn out like this…”

Big Sis Bai was simply too overwhelmed by this truth, which severely impacted her cognition.

If all of this had nothing to do with her, she might only be moved, but since this happened to Xiao Han, whom she cared about the most, she couldn't ignore it.

For a moment, she was even unable to control the pressure of her life force.

The Transcendent-level life force, like the wrath of a god, swept through the entire Holy Light Church.

Innumerable believers and Ascetics immediately prostrated themselves on the ground, praying for the Holy Light's anger to subside.

That instant lasted too briefly, like an illusion, but it was impossible for everyone to have the same illusion at the same time.

Those ignorant believers and Ascetics only took it as another Miracle descending, believing that the person confessing at the moment had committed an unforgivable sin.

“Giving up their own child to be fostered by others, and then having another person's child uplift their own family. The more failed a life, the more it gives rise to distorted cognitive concepts. I thought I had already underestimated the oppression of the world on the people at the bottom, believing that the cognition of pregnancy as an investment was the minimum standard for being human. I never expected…”

I recalled the structure of those Transcendent Families.

In those powerful and wealthy Families, even the most mediocre child had a bottom limit that ordinary people in the outside society could never reach.

The failure of a family did not depend on the child's bloodline.

Ignorant parents could not raise a genius capable of uplifting them either.

Because of their ignorance, stinginess, arrogance, and desire for control… even if the whole world praised their child as the smartest person, they wouldn't admit that the child was the smartest person in the family.

Even if they were given ten thousand chances, they could not learn what it meant to let go.

In the failure of an education, the most problematic people in this family were never the children, but the parents, because they would never admit that they were the ones who made the mistakes.

“Big Sis Bai, let's go to the hospital.”

After calming down, I forced a faint smile and looked at Big Sis Bai.

“Mm.”

Big Sis Bai nodded.

She didn't ask any more questions, nor did she ask if I wanted to go to the hospital to find the truth or my real parents.

She only knew that Xiao Han needed her companionship right now.

Now that the events had unfolded, many truths had been revealed, many regrets had dispersed, many principles had been understood, and many obsessions had been let go.

This trip was not to seek a turn in the development of events, but to personally witness the recurrence of the past truth.

This was the completion of a life experience, the re-experiencing of what was missing, the nourishment of inner strength; it was the persistence of ideals and dedication, the dissipation of regret and the past, the growth of the spirit and the heart, and… the rebirth of the self and cognition.