It was already dark, but the lights were still on in Shenchi's room. He was sitting at the table, holding a white handkerchief and wiping a dagger.
His eyes reflected on the smooth blade were as cold as the edge of a dagger.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and Shen Chi moved his hands and asked: "Who?"
Shen Wanyue's voice came from outside the door: "Dad, it's me."
Shen Chi closed the dagger in his hand, then put it in his arms, and said in a faint voice: "Come in."
Shen Wanyue opened the door and walked in. She walked to the table with a food box in her hand, took out the ginseng soup and said, "I made a late-night snack for daddy. Please try it, daddy."
She filled a bowl with ginseng soup and placed it in front of Shenchi.
Shen Chi looked up at her and said, "You haven't healed your body yet, why are you still wasting your time?"
Shen Wanyue lowered her eyes and said in a low voice: "Is daddy angry with me? You haven't visited me these days. Does daddy not want to recognize me as his daughter?"
Hearing her words, Chen Chi felt no emotion in his heart. He just smiled lightly and said, "Don't you want to recognize me as your father?"
"No, that's not the case."
Shen Wanyue grabbed Shen Chi's arm and said, "How could I deny my father? No matter who my biological father is, you are my father."
Chen Chi glanced at her, his eyes calm and calm: "Your mother has told His Majesty your life experience. I believe you have heard about it. Next month, your mother will enter the palace to become His Majesty's concubine, and you There is no need to be sent to Nangong for confinement.
Since Your Majesty already knows your identity, he will naturally not wrong you. Your Majesty will go to Fahua Temple to pray for blessings tomorrow, and you can go if you want."
Shen Wanyue slowly let go of Shen Chi's arm. In fact, she came here today not for the father-daughter relationship but because she heard that His Majesty was going to Fahua Temple to pray for blessings, so she wanted to ask her if she could go with him?
Because His Majesty never took back the imperial edict that sent her to Nangong for confinement, she always felt a little uneasy, but now it seemed that she was overthinking it.
Shen Wanyue breathed a sigh of relief, stood in front of Shen Chi and said, "I know it's my daughter who makes daddy feel cold." She knelt on the ground and bowed: "Please forgive my daughter for being unfilial."
Shen Chi straightened his back and did not help her get up. He just said: "We have to leave early tomorrow. You can go back and rest."
Shen Wanyue stood up, feeling a little sad in her heart. She knew that she had completely lost the father who had loved her since childhood.
Ever since she chose to recognize His Majesty's biological father in order to escape the pain of confinement, she was no longer his daughter Shen Chi.
But the path she chose was her own, and she had no choice but to go on.
Shen Wanyue turned around and was about to leave, but she heard Shen Chi's voice coming from behind: "Sister Yue, do you really love that man named Xiao Chengyi?"
Shen Wanyue stopped and looked back at him and said, "Yes."
Chen Chi said: "But I don't think so. You don't love him, but the obsession that comes from loving but not being able to achieve it. The highest state of love is letting go, which is fulfillment, not destruction!
You and I are father and daughter. This is the last advice I can give you. Also, you must remember that your mother has never done anything sorry for me.
The only person she loves in her heart is me from beginning to end. If you dare to hurt her heart again, don’t blame me for not thinking about the love between father and daughter!"
Shen Wanyue was startled, wondering what Shen Chi meant by what she said. But looking at Shen Chi's somewhat gloomy face, she didn't dare to ask any more questions, so she left with these doubts.
As soon as she left, Shen Chifu took out the dagger on his body again, his tone full of nostalgia and tenderness: "Chu'er, this time I will protect you!"