Chapter 549 You Must Be An Illegitimate Daughter (Part One)


    Rufus'' face turned pale the moment Harper''s words faded away. He looked at Matthew in worry. The


    previous betrayal of the Xiao n had almost led to Matthew''s doom. If he had been less lucky, he


    would have died with his mother.


    "Harp," Matthew said, casting Harper a doubtful nce. He always thought that he and the Xiao n


    were fully independent of each other. The Xiao n had never dered loyalty to him, so they couldn''t


    betray him. The person they had betrayed was his mother.


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    Harper fell silent immediately. She had never mentioned the Chu n to anybody unless someone


    else mentioned them first, because she thought they had already been left behind her. She didn''t like to


    continually dwell on things that had happened long ago, nor did she like to reopen anyone else''s old


    wounds. If Rufus hadn''t annoyed her first, she wouldn''t have said what she said just then.


    "Harper Chu, I have nothing to do with anyone in the Xiao n!" Rufus shouted angrily.


    "None of us can choose the families we are born to, and I am no exception. I can''t deny that Ie


    from the Chu n, because everybody knows it. You can''t deny that you are a member of the Xiao


    n, either, but you can control your own behaviors. You can decide what kind of person to be, rather


    than giving yourself up as hopeless only because of your family of origin," Harper said in a slow yet


    powerful voice.


    Rufus had always hated his own identity as a member of the Xiao n, because the people of the n


    hadmitted many evil deeds which disgusted him. The members of the Chu n also had


    committed many terrible sins in their past, but Harper still regarded herself as a daughter of the Chu


    n, and even made great efforts to cultivate Alexander. It was clear that she didn''t let her family


    history bother her. Otherwise, she would have hated other members of the Chu n such as


    Alexander or Gianna, instead of helping them


    "If they pressured you to do something you didn''t want, what would you do?" Rufus questioned Harper,


    fixing his burning eyes on her.


    "That would depend on what they wanted me to do. Take Sue and her daughters as an example. They


    wanted to advance themselves through my blood, which was extremely malicious of them. In that case,


    I fought back calmly without revealing anything. As for Charles, who wanted to use me to obtain power


    and wealth, I did not take his life, but I let him lose everything he had." Rufus was struck dumb by her


    deration. Seeing that the cup in his hand was empty, Harper took it, refilled it with water, and put it in


    his hand again.


    After a long silence, Rufus said, "There is a proverb that says parents never make mistakes. No matter


    how horrible they are, they are still my parents."


    "There are many parents in the world that are worse than beasts," Harper retorted, suddenly fuming


    with rage at the memory of her birth mother''s death at the hands of Charles.


    "Parents'' actions are intended for the good of their children, even including the actions which are


    mistakes."


    "So my father killed my mother for my own good? He allowed his adopted son to kill my grandmother


    for my own good? And he connived with his concubine to have me killed for my own good? He even


    connived with the children of his concubines, who also plotted against me, just for my own good?"


    Harper asked, finding Rufus'' remarks ridiculous.


    For a moment, thetter wasn''t sure how to reply. Was Harper talking about her own father? It sounded


    more like Charles was her sworn enemy.


    "You''re talking about your sworn enemy, not your father, aren''t you?" Rufus said in a weak voice.


    "That was exactly how I hade to view him," Harper confirmed. "I suspected it was because my


    mother cheated on him and I''m not the daughter of his blood that he tried by every means to kill me."


    "What happened atst?" Rufus asked. It made sense to him that Harper could be an illegitimate


    daughter of Charles, because it was unimaginable for a man to treat the child of his own blood so


    horribly.


    "I acquired a sample of his blood by stealth, did a blood test by mixing his blood with mine, and found


    that our blood waspatible. Although the result was slightly ambiguous, there is not much doubt that


    I''m rted to him by blood. That is to say, I am his daughter." Harper spread her hands in despair.


    "Then I thought carefully about everything I had done, hoping to find what the reason could be why he


    let other people harm me in that way. But the conclusion I drew in the end was that I didn''t do anything


    wrong."


    Swallowing hard, Rufus said, "It can''t be easy to live as you have until now."


    "Yes, it has not been easy," Harper said seriously. "I was framed by the daughter of my father''s


    concubine, and used of plotting to murder the baby in the belly of Maxwell''s concubine. The most


    remarkable part of it was that His Majesty wanted me to pay with my life."


    "General Maxwell had never had a son until then. Finally, his concubine was pregnant with a son, but


    the baby died, and they thought you did it. It made sense that they wanted to kill you," Rufus said,


    reasoning quickly.


    "But I was wronged and I didn''t want to die. It was not until then that Ipletely renounced the Chu


    n. When I asked Matthew for help, I wanted everyone else in the Chu n to die with me. Butter


    my anger subsided and I realized that my testimony alone would be insufficient to bring justice against


    those of the Chu n who set me up. Therefore, I decided to use my knowledge to clear myself of


    suspicion." While speaking, Harper looked very peaceful, as if she were talking about someone else''s


    experience.