Little Bowl isn’t Zhu Jiuxing... not Zhu Shi?
I feel like my thought process has been put on pause, and for a mont, I don’t know how to keep it running.
The possibility that "Little Bowl isn’t Zhu Shi" isn’t sothing I never considered. Zhu Shi has also ntioned this possibility to my face. However, when this possibility manifested into reality right in front of , it felt like plunging into a clueless lake because my previous thoughts were all based on the solid premise that Little Bowl is Zhu Shi. If Little Bowl isn’t Zhu Shi, then who could she be?
Slowly, I thought of a candidate.
In the current Zhu family, only one person has fallen into soul loss, and that is Zhu Jiu. Suppose the soul of a soul-loss patient traverses to the Doomsday Era, then Zhu Jiu’s soul should also be in the Doomsday Era. Is it possible that Little Bowl is Zhu Jiu, whose soul traveled to the Doomsday Era, underwent a series of mysterious changes, and eventually shrank into a ten-year-old girl, losing the mories of her adulthood?
But this reasoning has obvious flaws. First, young Zhu Jiu not only didn’t have the Right Positioning Heavenly Phenona, but her talent as a demon hunter was never highly valued by Mr. Zhu. Second, when Little Bowl ntioned the vague mory of "mother storing the abandoned doll in the white box," it was clearly narrated from a daughter’s perspective. If Little Bowl were Zhu Jiu, she would have said "storing the daughter’s abandoned doll in the white box."
Just thinking doesn’t help, so I decided to take a chance and ask: "So, do you rember the na Zhu Jiu? She’s Zhu Shi’s mother... if I say you are actually Zhu Jiu, would you feel anything?"
"Zhu Jiu?..."
Little Bowl seed to be racking her brains too; after a while, she said, "This na... does feel familiar, but I don’t think I’m this person called Zhu Jiu."
She’s not even Zhu Jiu... then who could she be?
Could she be Zhu Shi’s daughter? I recalled a previous hypothesis.
This possibility is not zero. If Little Bowl is Zhu Shi’s daughter, it’s reasonable for her to be familiar with the nas Zhu Shi and Zhu Jiu. The only questionable point is why Little Bowl has mories of Zhu Shi’s childhood. It seems a bit far-fetched to say Little Bowl experienced the sa events as young Zhu Shi long ago.
However, in the abnormal world, it’s not impossible for a demon hunter to inherit mories from their parents’ generation. Take Changan for example, even if he wasn’t chosen as Yinyue’s incarnation during their lifeti, his demonic lineage naturally grants him "inherited knowledge"; demon hunters might achieve a similar effect through mysticism, passing down life experiences from parents to descendants. Though, I still wonder why a daughter should rember her own abandoned doll incident from childhood.
Based on the Zhu family’s naming style for descendants, Zhu Shi’s daughter should be nad...
"’Zhu Shiyi’... do you have any impression of this na?" I asked tentatively.
This ti, Little Bowl shook her head quickly: "No impression at all."
Seems she’s not Zhu Shiyi either... I’m really getting more and more confused.
"Who is this ’Zhu Shiyi’ then?" Little Bowl sensitively asked, "From the way Mr. No.3 asked just now... could it be that you and that girl called Zhu Shi have even picked a na for your child in advance?"
I shared my thoughts and related information with Little Bowl.
After listening, she relaxed a bit and then thought seriously for a while, eventually saying, "... Objectively speaking, the possibility of being ’Zhu Shi’s daughter’ still exists.
"Though I’m sure I’m not called Zhu Shiyi, according to you, Zhu Jiu once nad her daughter ’Zhu Jiuxing’ with the hope she would stay away from battles, which wasn’t in the Zhu family’s naming style; so Zhu Shi might have also nad her daughter sothing other than ’Zhu Shiyi’ to keep her away from mortal danger.
"Moreover, Zhu Shi’s daughter might not even have the surna Zhu. Mr. No.3, after all, you are a human god... In your terms, you are Impermanence. After you married Zhu Shi, it wouldn’t be you joining the Zhu family, and naturally, the daughter born would have your surna. So my real na might not be ’Zhu So-na’ but ’Zhuang So-na’."
"Makes sense. But... are you just going to accept the possibility that you might be my daughter?" I asked.
"Actually, my mind is still quite dull right now, but that doesn’t stop from reasoning." Little Bowl seed to say calmly.
"But even if you are Zhu Shi’s daughter, that doesn’t necessarily an you are the daughter of Zhu Shi and ." I said, "If Mazao didn’t travel to my era, I wouldn’t have recognized Zhu Shi as a demon hunter, and she wouldn’t have realized I am a supernatural power user. Under that developnt, of course, there would be no marriage between her and , leading to your birth."
"But if Sister Mazao traveling to Mr. No.3’s era is a destined event for both the past and future, and the Doomsday Era where I reside is based on the tiline where ’you and Sister Mazao t’?" Little Bowl asked, "Your eting and marriage with Zhu Shi should have already altered Zhu Shi’s original future, and yet I, existing in the future, haven’t disappeared... isn’t this evidence that I am the daughter between Zhu Shi and you? Provided I am truly Zhu Shi’s daughter."
"If that’s the case, then there’s a straightforward way to confirm it." I said, "Little Bowl, since you have impressions of the possible mother Zhu Shi and the possible grandmother Zhu Jiu, do you have any special impression of the na ’Zhuang Cheng’?"
"No." Little Bowl shook her head.
"Then..."
Before I could continue, Little Bowl used a peculiar tone, saying: "But... this actually makes feel even more that you might be my father..."
"Why is that?" I was puzzled.
Little Bowl looked at for a few seconds and then continued in that peculiar tone: "Based on what Mr. No.3 previously told ... Zhu Shi’s father is called Ying Lingyun, and he was your main opponent so ti ago.
"And this Ying Lingyun had a beloved nad Yinyue, because he was preoccupied with Yinyue, he neglected his rightful wife, Zhu Jiu, who was often away from ho, leading to Zhu Shi, his biological daughter, having little impression of him from childhood to adulthood."
"Hmm... that’s true?" I had an ominous feeling.
"Perhaps saying this offends Mr. No.3, and I also hope you can spend more ti with Sister Mazao rather than that girl nad Zhu Shi..." Little Bowl seed to also lose grip on her tone, "But... Mr. No.3, aren’t you quite similar to that Ying Lingyun?
"Replacing ’Ying Lingyun’, ’Yinyue’, ’Zhu Jiu’ in my earlier description with ’Mr. No.3’, ’Sister Mazao’, ’Zhu Shi’, doesn’t seem out of place, right?"
Despite not sweating in the Void Realm, I felt like this little girl’s questioning was causing cold sweat to flow down my forehead.
"In reality... I vaguely rember having a mother, but I don’t have much impression of a dad. Hence, it’s evident my relationship with dad wasn’t very deep a long ti ago." Little Bowl said seriously, "If my dad is soone like Mr. No.3, sailing two boats, then I indeed wouldn’t want to have a deep relationship with him, and after losing mory, I would likely have no reaction to his na."
It’s the first ti I’ve suffered such a ntal shock, leading to involuntarily saying: "Then... do you prefer spending more ti with your Sister Mazao, or focus on being with your mom, Zhu Shi?"
"—Ah?" Little Bowl suddenly lost her composure, "I, I certainly hope that if I have a dad, he should focus more on being with mom!
"But, I hope Mr. No.3 can be close to Sister Mazao... but then it would beco outright cheating... but being with Sister Mazao is my wish..."
The intelligent and bright her also seed to have her brain burned by this chaotic relationship, muttering in panic, I could almost see steam coming out of her head.
Could Little Bowl actually be my daughter? I pondered repeatedly in my mind, while also realizing Lu Chan’s correctness, that there may indeed be so unconsidered aspects in my marriage with Zhu Shi.
For instance, if Zhu Shi and I indeed had children, and those children saw their father not living closely with their mother but instead cozying up with other won, it would undoubtedly have many negative impacts. Even if I don’t care about such issues, I’m sure Zhu Shi would have a headache.
However, speaking of this, if I indeed had a daughter full of thoughts of urging to cheat, it seems like an ending I wouldn’t know how to handle either.
"In short... let’s set aside the two things about my true identity and Mr. No.3’s two-timing for now. There are too few clues at the mont, and discussion leads nowhere. Let’s talk about another issue instead." Little Bowl seed to want to avoid this overly sordid matter.
I agreed with her reasoning and wanted to step out of this quagmire for the ti being, so I said, "Okay. What do you want to talk about?"
Little Bowl took a deep breath, like she was reorganizing her mind and spirit, then said: "Mr. No.3, you previously ntioned you beca Impermanence in the real world... is this the result of using the Divine Seal Fragnt?"
"No. I beca Impermanence by battling strong enemies according to your proposed plan. Although the opponent wasn’t Yinyue as initially planned, it was another person." I said, "Why do you ask like that?"
"Because you are currently in a very dangerous state." Little Bowl said seriously, "You and the Void Realm have beco too deeply connected."
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