Chapter 1630 — Very Puzzled
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"She is my junior sister, the next Palace Master of the Ice Palace," Bing Tang said flatly. "Is there a problem with her speaking to you that way?"
"What?" Tang Lingtou was instantly dumbfounded; at Bing Tang's words he nearly choked and could not catch his breath. Junior sister? The next Palace Master of the Ice Palace? How could she have only Yellow-rank strength? What was going on?
Of course, if Bing Tang was telling the truth, then Feng Xiaoxiao, as the next Palace Master of the Ice Palace, could beat him soundly with nothing but Yellow-rank strength, and he, Tang Lingtou, would not dare strike back.
As if seeing through Tang Lingtou's doubt, Xiao Qing explained, "Xiaoxiao joined the Ice Palace less than a month ago; before that she was only an ordinary person. But the Palace Master has already designated her as the successor to the next Palace Master! She will soon become a Heaven-rank master!"
"Ahem!" Tang Lingtou was all the more astonished. Less than a month, and she had gone from an ordinary person to a Yellow-rank master—what kind of speed was that? So swift? No wonder she was the choice for the next Palace Master! Tang Lingtou said awkwardly, "My apologies, Young Palace Master. I... I didn't know..."
"Hmph!" Feng Xiaoxiao snorted and ignored him.
"As you please, Master Tang." Xiao Qing made a gesture of dismissal and spoke flatly.
The DNA test results, however, took everyone by surprise. What had been thought utterly settled underwent a dramatic turn!
Bing Tang's DNA was partly similar to Tang Lingtou's, but it fell far short of the similarity expected of father and daughter; it closely resembled the result of the test between Old Master Tang and Bing Tang! In other words, Bing Tang was a member of the Tang clan, but she was not Tang Lingtou's daughter!
When Tang Lingtou heard the news, his face turned the color of iron. He wanted to curse Xiao Ming as a bitch! She had carried on an illicit affair with another man of the Tang family—and he had actually felt a little guilty all this time! Had he known earlier that Bing Tang was a bastard child, he would have killed her himself, without needing You Xiaoxin to arrange anything!
But now, even if hatred burned in his heart, he could not show it! Whether or not he was Bing Tang's father was in fact of no importance; to Bing Tang he was now no more than a passerby. If he dared to do anything to Xiao Ming, Bing Tang would probably kill him with a single blow of her palm!
So no matter how bitter his resentment, he dared not say a word.
As for Old Master Tang, when he received the test results, he seemed to age several years in an instant and cried out, "A misfortune upon our house! A misfortune upon our house! That such a thing should have happened!"
By ordinary reckoning, when such a scandal befell a family, the first thing to do was to summon the child's mother—Xiao Ming—and ask her who the child's father really was!
But now no one in the Hidden Tang family dared do any such thing, for behind Xiao Ming stood Bing Tang. Unless Bing Tang gave her consent, no one could force Xiao Ming to do anything at all!
Bing Tang looked at the test report, her face expressionless.
In truth, for Bing Tang, having her mother confirmed was enough; who her father was no longer mattered.