For a moment, Ye Xunhuan’s face was filled with a complex expression.
He didn’t know how to tell Wang Zilin, nor did he know how to begin.
After all, Wang Zilin is the King’s daughter. If he tells her that the King is her biological father, how would Wang Zilin react? Would she hate him?
At this moment, countless thoughts suddenly surged through Ye Xunhuan’s mind.
Wang Zilin observed the changes on Ye Xunhuan’s face, and the bitterness on her face thickened significantly. Moreover, her slender, delicate body trembled slightly in the breeze.
"He’s my biological father, isn’t he?"
Ye Xunhuan still didn’t speak. Although the King didn’t raise Wang Zilin and had wronged her mother, he gave Wang Zilin life, an undeniable fact.
Moreover, the King didn’t know he had a daughter like Wang Zilin. If he found out, he might give everything he has to provide the best for Wang Zilin.
"Brother Ye, did I guess correctly?"
Ye Xunhuan’s reaction and expression revealed many things, but Wang Zilin was unwilling to give up; she still wanted to confirm again with Ye Xunhuan.
At this moment, Wang Zilin’s face was filled with various negative emotions, and her whole body trembled, unable to accept this reality.
Under Wang Zilin’s gaze, Ye Xunhuan took a deep breath and nodded stiffly.
"Zilin, I..."
"Brother Ye, why didn’t you tell me I guessed wrong? Why didn’t you tell me it’s not true, he isn’t my father, he’s just the man my mother once loved dearly..."
Tears slowly slid down Wang Zilin’s cheeks, and she hysterically shouted at Ye Xunhuan.
At that moment, Wang Zilin looked like a child abandoned by the roadside, losing both parents, losing everything, appearing very bewildered and helpless, prompting anyone to feel deep pity, and even an urge to take her away and lovingly care for this girl.
Looking at the tear-streaked face of Wang Zilin, Ye Xunhuan also didn’t know what to do.
After a while, Ye Xunhuan sighed heavily and slowly said, "Zilin, I’m sorry, I really wanted to deceive you, wanted to tell you it’s all fake, but the truth will always be the truth, it can’t be false!"
Now that it has come to this, Ye Xunhuan could only honestly tell Wang Zilin everything.
Additionally, Ye Xunhuan understood that even if he denied it flatly, Wang Zilin already had the answer in her heart, and denying it would be meaningless.
Tears like disconnected beads kept sliding down Wang Zilin’s cheeks, making her instantly resemble a tearful mess.
Seeing this, Ye Xunhuan couldn’t help but reach out to wipe away the tears on Wang Zilin’s face.
Wang Zilin didn’t dodge, nor did she knock away Ye Xunhuan’s hand, instead quietly allowing Ye Xunhuan to wipe away her tears.
"Brother Ye, I so hope you would tell me it’s all false, really, I hope very much you could tell me it’s all false!"
Even though Ye Xunhuan wiped away Wang Zilin’s tears, he still couldn’t completely clean them. The tears in Wang Zilin’s eyes continued like drizzle, never stopping!
"Brother Ye... you... you know, I always considered you as a big brother, as my own brother!" A hint of pain slowly emerged on Wang Zilin’s pale face: "I always thought I must work hard to take care of you and Sister Ruo Xi in the future!"
"To repay you!"
"Zilin..."
"But why did you have to tell me he’s my biological father? Why tell me all this?" Wang Zilin screamed hysterically at Ye Xunhuan: "Why couldn’t you deceive me just this once, just once is enough!"
When the words fell, Wang Zilin’s strength seemed to be drained, and she crouched down on the ground, covering her face and crying bitterly.
She truly, truly wanted Ye Xunhuan to deceive her once, just once.
And she really considered Ye Xunhuan as her family, even as the most important person in her life, but Ye Xunhuan did not deceive her, instead ruthlessly told her the truth!
Wang Zilin’s not-so-strong heart couldn’t accept all this.
Seeing Wang Zilin crying out loud, the bitterness on Ye Xunhuan’s face deepened.
Does she now hate him deeply?
After all, he killed her biological father.
Although she had no emotional ties with the King, the King was still her father. Just like Xie Jun, Ye Xunhuan never met Xie Jun, Xie Jun never gave anything to eat or wear to Ye Xunhuan, never held Ye Xunhuan, providing any fatherly love.
But knowing Xie Jun was his father and having been harmed by the King, Ye Xunhuan still wanted revenge for him.
And there was Lin Yuhai, Ye Xunhuan also wanted to kill him, because if it weren’t for him, Xie Jun might not have died!
Now, Wang Zilin also probably felt the same, she also wanted to kill him, to avenge her biological father, right?
"I’m sorry!" Ye Xunhuan took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and said, "Zilin, I know you hate me, and can’t accept all this."
"But this is the reality, and we must face the facts and reality!"
"I killed him, I don’t deny it, you hate me, I can understand, but Zilin, I really had no choice, if I truly had a choice, I would definitely choose!"
Whether Wang Zilin hated him, Ye Xunhuan couldn’t be certain, but Ye Xunhuan knew he still had to say what needed to be said.
"If you want to avenge him, I won’t blame you..."
"Avenge?" Wang Zilin suddenly looked up at Ye Xunhuan, her eyes red like a little tigress, shouting: "Tell me, how should I avenge?"
"You’ve helped me so much, if it weren’t for you, I might have been violated by someone, if it weren’t for you, I don’t know how I would have been bullied, if it weren’t for you..."
Does Wang Zilin hate Ye Xunhuan?
The answer is certain!
She surely hates Ye Xunhuan.
But what she hates most isn’t that Ye Xunhuan killed the King, she hates that Ye Xunhuan didn’t deceive her.
Ye Xunhuan fell into silence, completely unsure of what to say to Wang Zilin.
"Brother Ye, I truly considered you as my own brother!" Wang Zilin choked as she spoke to Ye Xunhuan: "Apart from my adoptive father, no other man has been so kind to me, even if there are they all have hidden agendas, only you, truly treated me well!"
"You helped me selflessly, and now... now you’ve killed my biological father, what should I do, what should I do?"