Hong Chaoyang was still worried about Shen Qing, fearing that her mother might not save Shen Qing due to her dislike.
Suddenly, when she heard the Red Butterfly True Person mention the strange word "father", she instinctively shook her head. But then, seeing the obvious disbelief in the Red Butterfly True Person's eyes, she stiffly nodded.
She remembered.
As the child of a cultivator, she could perceive the world through spiritual power even when she was still in her mother's womb.
So, she knew everything, including her father's ill intentions, his desperate plea to her mother not to kill him in the killing formation, and the raging fire in her father's sect.
She remembered it all...
"Chaoyang, you're the child of a cultivator. Mother knows you've already known all the truth. So, you can understand mother's... teachings to you all these years, right?"
Hong Chaoyang fell silent. After she was born, the image of her mother in her mind was only that complex look in her eyes and her displeased expression.
The rare moments of tenderness were also because Hong Chaoyang abandoned herself and submitted to the Red Butterfly True Person.
She could understand her mother's pain, but she couldn't agree with what her mother had done to her.
She was an independent person, not an appendage of anyone. She also wanted some... freedom.
Seeing that Hong Chaoyang answered her with silence again, the Red Butterfly True Person instantly flew into a rage and wanted to lecture Hong Chaoyang as usual.
Shen Qing saw this situation in front of the light screen and rubbed her forehead in distress.
Although she knew the past of the Red Butterfly True Person from the original text and could understand her attitude towards Hong Chaoyang, she didn't quite agree with the Red Butterfly True Person's control over Hong Chaoyang.
In the original text, Hong Chaoyang, because the Red Butterfly True Person pushed her too hard and was instigated by Lin Yibai a few times, got angry and became a Taoist companion with a disciple of a small sect.
Although she wasn't killed by her Taoist companion to prove the Dao, her ending wasn't good either. In a sense, she repeated the same mistake.
And Lin Yibai took the opportunity to bewitch the Red Butterfly True Person, making her abandon her daughter Hong Chaoyang and seize the Red Butterfly True Person's spiritual fire.
In the later stage, Lin Yibai could use the system to use high points to seize everything except for the fortune.
"Alas... What should I do..."
Shen Qing couldn't help muttering to herself, her eyebrows tightly knitted into a "chuan" character.
On the contrary, Ling Zhou, although he wasn't clear about the past of the Red Butterfly True Person, he had heard something about it. He just didn't expect that after his fall, the Red Butterfly True Person's personality had become extreme.
Seeing the Red Butterfly True Person's face turn gloomy, Hong Chaoyang knew that her mother was going to lecture her again. But for Shen Qing's sake, Hong Chaoyang very rarely remained silent and didn't talk back.
When the Red Butterfly True Person's hand touched Shen Qing and recalled what Shen Qing had done in the law enforcement hall, something in her mind seemed to become clear.
She awkwardly raised her hand and touched Hong Chaoyang's hand.
Hong Chaoyang thought the Red Butterfly True Person was going to hit her and reflexively closed her eyes. But the next second, she felt a warmth on her head.
"Mother?"
Hong Chaoyang looked at the Red Butterfly True Person with doubt, her tone faintly carrying expectation and surprise.
The Red Butterfly True Person could clearly feel the change in Hong Chaoyang's mood, and the strange feeling in her heart became more obvious. But this feeling seemed... not bad?
"Chaoyang, it was mother who didn't consider your feelings before. You're growing up and have your own thoughts. Maybe you can talk to mother. Mother won't be like before anymore."
The Red Butterfly True Person's eyes were full of kindness. Although her tone was a bit stiff, it was still acceptable.
Hong Chaoyang looked at the Red Butterfly True Person in disbelief, her eyes slowly filling with tears.
She finally heard this sentence!
When Hong Chaoyang was a child, she had seen how ordinary mothers and daughters got along. Their interactions were full of warmth. She heard others say that it was called love.
So, she began to wonder if the Red Butterfly True Person loved her.
When she grew a bit older, she had no freedom to make friends or move around. She began to wonder if the Red Butterfly True Person hated her.
Until now, she found the answer from the Red Butterfly True Person's words.
There was love and respect.
"Mother, are you telling the truth??"
Seeing this sudden turn of events, Shen Qing was speechless.
She knew Hong Chaoyang was very innocent, but she never thought that a single sentence from the Red Butterfly True Person could make Hong Chaoyang's knot in her heart disappear after so many years.
"Haha, the Red Butterfly's daughter is so easy to coax. This personality is really, well, innocent."
Ling Zhou thought for a long time before he came up with the adjective "innocent".
To put it bluntly, it was...
But anyway, this mother and daughter finally started to talk things out.
Shen Qing was very relieved. Looking at the heart - warming scene of the mother and daughter in the light screen, she was really happy.
Even though she was still lying there covered in blood beside the Red Butterfly True Person and Hong Chaoyang, and even though they ignored her increasingly pale face, it didn't matter...
But slowly, the atmosphere between the mother and daughter began to change.
When the Red Butterfly True Person asked Hong Chaoyang to tell all her dissatisfaction and requests over the years, Hong Chaoyang poured them out like beans, criticizing the Red Butterfly True Person from head to toe.
At first, when Hong Chaoyang asked to decorate her room all in pink, the Red Butterfly True Person's smile became a bit forced.
Hong Chaoyang even thought the disciple uniforms of the Qingyun Sword Sect were too monotonous. She wanted to change the disciple uniforms of the Zhixing Peak to pink and add a big pink bow on the head, saying that it was called the peak uniform.
The Red Butterfly True Person could only take two deep breaths and squeeze out an ugly smile.
Until Hong Chaoyang asked to change the Red Butterfly True Person's natal weapon, the Sun Spirit Fire, to pink, the Red Butterfly True Person completely lost her composure.
"HONG CHAOYANG!!!"
"You!"
The Red Butterfly True Person was about to refuse when she saw Hong Chaoyang smiling brightly with tears in her eyes. She got anxious.
"Chaoyang, what's wrong? Is it because mother refused you? But..."
Hong Chaoyang shook her head, her tone full of lightness: "No, mother, I'm very happy."
The Red Butterfly True Person was a bit confused.
"You can finally listen to me properly, no matter what nonsense I say."
The Red Butterfly True Person's heart was instantly hit. She was in a daze for a long time before slowly reacting and pulling Hong Chaoyang into her arms.
So what if it was a pink bow and pink clothes!
For her daughter, it's a must - do!
When the Honghua True Person rushed over with a group of elders, what they saw was the warm scene of the Red Butterfly True Person and Hong Chaoyang in a harmonious mother - daughter relationship, and the bloody scene of Shen Qing half - dead on the small couch.
The Honghua True Person felt dizzy and almost fainted.
His white beard stood up in anger, and he roared: "RED BUTTERFLY!!! Can you just turn around and take a look at my precious Shen Qing who endured nine thunderbolts!!!"
The Red Butterfly True Person and Hong Chaoyang were startled. When they turned around and saw Shen Qing on the verge of death, they let out the same scream.
Shen Qing: "It's good to be alive, but it's not bad to die either."