"Audacious! Where are your manners? ...Jinghe, what is the meaning of this? Guards, get her off me at once!" Dongfang Yanliang was utterly bewildered by the child who had suddenly appeared and leapt onto Dongfang Jinghe.
The little girl looked to be no more than a year or two old, yet she spoke with perfect clarity and moved with the agility of a monkey. Most importantly, she had called his son "Daddy." Watching his son’s doting, affectionate reaction, he couldn't help but wonder: could she be Jinghe’s illegitimate daughter?
The girl was certainly bright-eyed and spirited, but her origins were entirely unknown. The heads of the other families would be arriving soon; if this situation became common knowledge, the scandal would reflect poorly on the family.
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