Volume 2, Chapter 88 – Lianna’s True Feelings

“Mother will make as many as you want.”

Bai Lianyue said softly, stroking Ailiya’s little head.

“Mm.”

To this, Ailiya nodded with satisfaction.

Lianyue’s cakes~

Hehe~

Like the little ones Miya and Weiya, Ailiya was also quite fond of the fruit cakes made by Bai Lianyue. Especially those fruits that Lianyue produced herself.

Every time she ate them, Ailiya would feel a wave of deep happiness.

If not for maintaining a serious expression, Ailiya would have gone with her sisters to eat cake just now.

But quickly,

Ailiya shook her head and returned to her serious demeanor.

“Hmph, thinking a few cakes will distract me, dream on! Mother promised me last time not to act recklessly, but this time you snuck out again!”

The silver-haired girl’s glare at Bai Lianyue carried deep resentment.

“You really make me worry to death, do you know how concerned I was about you this morning.”

Ailiya crossed her arms and leaned against a pillar, her silver hair sliding off her shoulders as she frowned.

However,

Just as little Ailiya was about to continue complaining, she was suddenly enveloped by the soft scent of jasmine.

“Aier, don’t be angry anymore, I absolutely won’t do this again~”

Accompanied by a sweet coaxing voice, Bai Lianyue clung to her like a spoiled cat, her blue hair brushing against Ailiya’s reddening ear tips. Her arms wrapped around Ailiya’s neck.

Of course, the Malevolence lady’s hold around her daughter’s neck was just right, neither allowing escape nor causing discomfort, while her fingertips mischievously caressed the sensitive skin at the back of Ailiya’s neck.

Before the ambushed girl could rebuke her, a feather-light kiss landed on her cheek.

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Bai Lianyue’s lips carried the coolness of morning dew, yet her breath felt scorching:

“I was wrong, won’t Aier forgive mother~”

“Geez……”

After being kissed on the cheek and nuzzled like this by Bai Lian, Ailiya’s little face couldn’t help but flush slightly.

Seemingly unable to withstand her mother’s pleading gaze, Ailiya quickly lost the strength to maintain her serious expression.

“Sigh~, as for forgiveness, that will depend on mother’s behavior from now on.”

The silver-haired girl said helplessly.

Seeing this, the Malevolence lady raised her corners of her mouth triumphantly:

“Hehe~”

“Sigh~, so tell me,”

Glancing sideways at her mother, Ailiya set aside all her displeasure and asked softly:

“Where did mother run off to so early this morning?”

“Your mother~”

The Malevolence lady slowly leaned back, resting against the swing’s backrest.

“Went to deal with some bad people who wanted to harm you and your sisters.”

“Bad people?”

“Yes.”

Bai Lianyue nodded.

“From your grandfather’s side, the Anloxi family.”

Facing Ailiya, Bai Lianyue naturally had no intention of hiding anything.

“Grandfather.”

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As these words reached her ears, Ailiya’s eyes immediately contracted.

“Mother, did you… all of them…”

“Yes, I wanted to give them a chance, but they were still gathering family experts, planning to attack the Lingyuan family with Paradise Manor.”

“I see.”

“Aier, you don’t need to feel guilty about anything. You have no blood relation to people like Coburn, and they never truly considered you family. In their eyes, you were just tools with some utilitarian value.”

Bai Lianyue said in a comforting tone, while gently brushing aside the silver strands of hair from Ailiya’s forehead.

She seemed to want to soothe her child and prevent her from feeling guilty.

“Don’t worry, mother, I’m fine.”

Ailiya smiled and shook her head. Although she shook her head, a bitter smile still involuntarily spread across her face.

Regarding the Anloxi family, Ailiya had no emotional attachment to them since eight years ago when Hein seriously injured Weiya.

But regardless,

She had grown up in the Anloxi family’s territory.

Her childhood was spent there.

With such a place being destroyed, Ailiya still felt a mix of complex emotions.

Seemingly sensing Ailiya’s feelings, Bai Lianyue took a deep breath before continuing:

“While dealing with the Anloxi family this time, I also learned some information, about your mother.”

“Mother?”

“Yes, your birth mother. Lianna-Anloxi.”

“What about her? What happened to mother?”

Upon hearing her mother’s name, Ailiya immediately stopped her inner conflict and focused all her attention on Bai Lianyue.

The next moment,

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Under Ailiya’s concentrated gaze, Bai Lianyue slowly began to speak, sharing the information Serveiling had collected with Ailiya.

“Your mother back then, she didn’t truly want to harm you.”

“The reason she suddenly took you away from the Anloxi family to the Lingyuan family was mainly because Coburn had already planned to team up with Paradise Manor to move against you. To protect you, your mother brought you to the Lingyuan family.”

“However, by doing so, your mother essentially broke ties with the Anloxi family. Your grandfather, well… calling him grandfather doesn’t seem appropriate. The Anloxi family’s patriarch Coburn… he was controlling your mother through a special drug. Once separated from this drug, your mother’s body and mind would begin to collapse.”

“This was the fundamental reason why Lianna later went insane and wanted to kill you.”

Hearing these words from Bai Lianyue, Ailiya’s pupils began to tremble.

“Is, is that so? I, I thought… mother’s personality changed drastically because, because we took away her power…”

“That’s not it.”

Bai Lianyue shook her head.

“That power wasn’t taken by you. It was what Lianna wanted to give you. You were born with Augury Force, destined to be future Divine-Graced Maidens. Lianna knew countless people had ulterior motives toward you. Without the drug, Lianna herself wouldn’t live much longer. To help you grow quickly, Lianna gradually transferred her own power to you.”

Strictly speaking,

Lianna undoubtedly loved her children deeply.

It was for her children that she risked physical and mental collapse to take Ailiya and her sisters away from the Anloxi family.

This made Bai Lianyue view her more favorably.

However, while her opinion improved, the Malevolence lady also found herself puzzled by certain aspects.

Mental collapse would certainly affect personality…

But could the influence really be that dramatic?

Bai Lianyue had encountered madmen before, but their actions were sometimes influenced by their previous obsessions. How could someone who loved her children so much before suddenly hate them so intensely after a breakdown?

To the point of wanting to kill them?

A complete 180-degree change in attitude…

It was quite strange.

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Perhaps it was because Lianna was a synthetically created life form, her mental state might differ from normal people and couldn’t be judged by common sense.

Thinking this, the Malevolence lady vaguely waved her hand.

Meanwhile, little Ailiya hadn’t yet considered this aspect.

After hearing Bai Lianyue’s words, the silver-haired girl quietly lowered her head.

Her body began to tremble slightly.

At this moment, Ailiya had only one thought in her mind.

That was…

——Mother truly did love them after all…

All at once, the knot that had been buried in Ailiya’s heart for many years began to loosen.

The girl’s heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Seeing Ailiya suddenly fall silent, Bai Lianyue asked with concern:

“Are you alright, Aier?”

To this, Ailiya’s lips curved slightly upward, revealing an incredibly relieved and sweet smile.

“Thank you.”

“Hmm?”

The Malevolence lady blinked in confusion.

However, before Bai Lianyue could react, Ailiya quietly turned sideways, resting her head on Bai Lian’s lap, her body curling up on the swing.

“Let me lean on you for a while, mother.”

Hearing this, Bai Lianyue was first startled, but the next second she revealed an indulgent smile and gently ran her fingers through her daughter’s silver hair.

“Of course, you can lean on me for as long as you want.”