CHAPTER 279: CHAPTER 279: ORIGINS (PART 1)

"Child, why would you think that?" Duan Nian stared in disbelief, eyes wide open.

Feng Wuya choked up and said, "Old Feng said it was you who killed them. He said you were rejected by my father at the tavern, got furious, and had them burnt to death!"

"Utter nonsense! Cough, cough—" Duan Nian was so aggravated that he coughed several times.

"Manor owner!"

"Father!"

Duan Yunfei quickly helped him sit down, gently patting his back to ease his breath, while Xuan Hua hurriedly poured a cup of tea.

Duan Nian pushed away the teacup offered by Xuan Hua, his eyes reddened as he looked at Feng Wuya and said, "Changle and I grew up together; Changle is like both a family and a friend to me, and he treated me the same way. When was there ever any... any rejection of love?"

"As for that old Feng..." He continued looking at Feng Wuya and asked, "Do you know who he is?"

"I..." Feng Wuya tightly pursed his lips, and after a long time, he whispered, "I don’t know!"

"Don’t know?" Duan Nian smiled bitterly and sighed, "Oh, Chen Qi, I underestimated you!"

Tears filled Feng Wuya’s eyes with confusion as he looked at him.

Xuan Hua frowned, "Could it be that Chen Qi thought... that the young master is his child?"

Otherwise, with Chen Qi’s ruthless nature, why would he leave an unfamiliar child?

"What do you mean?"

At this point, Feng Wuya was completely bewildered.

Could it be, he was not Chen Qi’s child? Then whose child was he?

Duan Nian sighed and looked at him, "That old Feng was a subordinate of the late manor owner of Haoyue Manor. After the old manor owner Huang died, he stayed to take care of his grandson Chen Feng."

"Impossible!" Feng Wuya’s eyes widened suddenly, "How could old Feng be someone from Haoyue Manor?"

So, was this all just a setup? A trap set by Chen Qi?

He sent old Feng to confuse him, instilling from a very young age that Duan Nian was the murderer who killed the Xu family and Xiao Wu. At that time, he believed that old Feng was his savior, the person who raised him, and would never deceive him...

"Haha, hahaha!"

Feng Wuya staggered a few steps back and finally fell into the chair.

How foolish he was, to believe old Feng’s words without ever seeking the truth!

He never thought to investigate old Feng’s true identity!

Truly... the epitome of stupidity!

Feng Wuya, as if recalling something, suddenly stood up and asked Xuan Hua, "You just said I’m not Chen Qi’s child, so whose child am I?"

He suddenly felt a vague anticipation. Could he be the biological son of Xiao Wu?

"This..."

Xuan Hua looked towards Duan Nian.

Duan Nian sighed softly and said, "You are neither Chen Qi’s child nor the child of your father and mother."

"What?" Feng Wuya was completely stunned.

Duan Yunfei was also somewhat shocked.

Outside the door, both Xuan Ying and Mo Liu were stunned.

They had thought that even if Feng Wuya was not Chen Qi’s child, he would at least be the child of the Xu family and Xiao Wu. Unexpectedly, Feng Wuya turned out to be nobody’s child!

"Then who am I?"

Feng Wuya looked up in confusion, his expression somewhat dazed as he looked at them.

"Alas!" Duan Nian sighed helplessly, "Back then, Changle learned that the Xu family was taken away by Huang Shu. He was anxious, but because he was not in Liuyun Town, he sent a letter by pigeon to inform me. After learning about it, I sent people to sneak into Haoyue Manor to rescue them, only..."

He paused, sighed softly, and said, "The people I sent found the Xu family covered in blood, already unconscious, at the foot of Haoyue Manor."