Chapter 24 Could this be Youyou's father?

Mu Weiting saw that her fingers were still pressing hard against the cut of the empty potion, and worried that she would be scratched, so he gently took the empty potion from her hand and put it back on the table.

"Youqing, this potion was one of the things you asked me to keep. You-" Mu Weiting said, and looked at the golden little fur ball in her arms, "You were going to retreat and concentrate on hatching Shang You. When you handed it to me, you just asked me to keep it safe, and didn't tell me anything else."

Shang Youqing stared at the senior brother in front of him, but did not give up. "Senior brother just said that this potion was just one of the things to be kept, so you still have other things, right?"

Maybe among the other things, there are clues to the relevant information of the human she slept with.

As Lu Jingchi said, she really couldn't understand herself back then.

She thought she had always been efficient.

Since she couldn't control herself and broke her vows, she'd already slept. As the phoenix spirit of Wutong Mountain, she could afford to sleep. At most, she could reward the human with her due gifts afterward. There was no reason to become entangled with them.

Why, after her retreat, had she forgotten everything that happened down the mountain? Not even a trace of the human she'd slept with remained.

She hadn't considered it a big deal, and hadn't even considered it for three years.

But now, this forgotten human was crucial to her baby's safety.

She couldn't put her baby's life in such an unknown danger.

This was the baby's first molting as a phoenix chick, and thankfully, her senior brother had secured a potion containing the baby's biological father's blood, allowing the baby to survive the dangers of her first molting.

But what about the next time?

Shang You would have to molt several more times before reaching adulthood.

Since a phoenix must be fed with the blood of its parents to successfully shed its first tail, Shang You must also be comforted and accompanied by her parents during each molt before the end of her infancy, to avoid the painful burning of her feathers, which even threatened her life, as she had this time.

In other words, before the baby fully matures, before she can temper her molt tail independently, she must find the human she slept with at all costs to ensure that she can shed her tail safely every time she sheds her tail.

Mu Weiting looked at her for a moment, fully aware of her determination.

"Come with me."

Mu Weiting took off his white protective suit and took Shang Youqing back to his family compound.

As soon as he entered the room, Mu Weiting noticed that little Shang Youyou had fallen asleep in Shang Youqing's arms, curled up in her golden feathers that had transformed into something more fluffy and beautiful. He then opened the door to the guest room and said, "Youqing, let Youyou sleep in here for a while. I'm going to the study."

Shang Youqing nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, senior brother."

When Mu Weiting came out of the study with his things, Shang Youqing was already sitting in the living room waiting for him. When he saw him come out, his eyes were immediately fixed on the box in his hand.

Mu Weiting knew she was anxious and handed it to her directly.

"Youqing, here's the thing."

The box was an old-fashioned tin gift box. Shang Youqing couldn't wait to open it as soon as she took it.

Unexpectedly, there was only a plain round ring inside.

Shang Youqing picked up the ring and looked at it for a while in confusion.

The surface of the ring was very rough and unpolished, as if it was forged from some scrap metal.

Shang Youqing quickly noticed something unusual. There were three letters engraved on the inside of the ring, "J, H, Z?"

Mu Weiting lowered his eyes and looked at her, and said calmly: "Could this be the abbreviation of Youyou's father's name?"

However, Shang Youqing stroked the inside of the ring, and suddenly denied it the next second: "No."

She then looked up at Mu Weiting, "Senior brother, the ring has been tampered with."

The inside of the ring was severely worn, and by rubbing it with the fingertips, one could feel some slightly blurred marks of indented characters. It was obvious that someone had deliberately erased the original appearance of the characters.

Mu Weiting's expression paused slightly, "Is that so."

Shang Youqing nodded, and basically concluded: "The original characters here were deliberately erased, and 'JHZ' was newly engraved."

Mu Weiting was silent, and explained softly: "Youqing, I have indeed never opened this box."

"Of course I don't mean to doubt my senior brother. I have helped me so much, and there is absolutely no reason for me to do this."

Shang Youqing pondered and said, "It is also possible that someone knew that I stored the things with my senior brother, and guessed that I might come to my senior brother to retrieve them in the future, so while my senior brother was away, they deliberately engraved these letters to mislead me."

Mu Weiting stared at the circular ring in her hand, and after a long time, he said regretfully: "If that's the case, the clue is interrupted again."

"No, I'm not completely clueless." Shang Youqing turned the plain ring around his finger again, his attitude still optimistic. "The material of this ring looks ordinary, but it's actually a relatively rare metal on the market. If my guess is correct, it must have been forged from some rare gun parts."

At this point, Shang Youqing hummed and pondered. "Anyway, thank you, Senior Brother. I'll go back and investigate the rest myself. It shouldn't be difficult."

As the two were talking, the restless cry of the little phoenix chick suddenly came from the guest room.

"Chirp, chirp..."

Mu Weiting said, "I guess it's because Youyou just completed her first tail molt and is still not very stable. Youqing needs your constant presence."

Shang Youqing put the ring away and nodded. "Okay, then I'll go inside and stay with the baby. Senior Brother, call me if you need anything."

Mu Weiting nodded in agreement and watched Shang Youqing enter the guest room. He stood there in silence for a long moment before turning and walking out of the room. He closed the door, took out his cell phone, and made a call to North America.

After a long waiting tone, the call was finally connected. Except for the heavy breath, no other sound came in.

Outside the railing of the corridor, there was lush greenery. Mu Weiting took his hand out of his coat pocket, holding a cigarette between his white fingers. He slightly suppressed the restlessness in his eyes and looked at the front and said lightly.

"You know how smart You Qing is."

"I can't hide it from her for much longer. You should find a way to return home as soon as possible."

After speaking, Mu Weiting hung up the phone without waiting for the person on the other end to speak. Just as he was about to lower his head to light a cigarette, he suddenly remembered something and looked back at the door. In the end, he restrained himself and put the cigarette back in his pocket.