บท 257: Never Be Less

Shen Nianzu froze, having not expected this kind of sentence coming from Jin Jiuchi, but the man continued, 

"I am aware of it, but… I guess I sort of forgot about it because I have always been with you. But your parents…" he pulled down his blanket a bit, revealing a pair of sad silver eyes. "Nian'er, I've read that it's important for a child to be filial to their parents so… will you begin to despise me? Will you think I'm weird and can't wait to get as far away from me as possible?"