Dragon Raja 5; Chapter 64: Whale Song (33)

Dragon Raja 5

“Your father is truly…capable.” The crow praised insincerely.

“Don’t get me wrong, he doesn’t have that many wives, nor is he a stud like Caesar.” Nono took a sip of wine, “He just thinks his dragon bloodline is precious and must be passed on to more people. He’s so talented and has so many industries, so he needs many heirs to manage them. So he invested in many different medical institutions and found poor women willing to be surrogate mothers. He gave them money, performed artificial insemination on them, and asked them to bear children for him, and then took the children away. Children with average qualifications were raised in the nursery invested by the family, while those with excellent bloodlines were raised by their father himself.”

“I thought people like Mitsumasa Kido only appeared in comics…” Lu Mingfei stopped talking halfway, realizing that talking about a comic at this time might be disruptive.

Nuonuo didn’t mind and continued, “So I never saw my mother since I was a child, but I have a very large family. There are 54 brothers and sisters I know of. We live together in a large manor. Before going to elementary school, most of us had completed the elementary school curriculum. The best among us could even speak several languages, and our physical fitness was far superior to that of our peers. Dad was very busy with his business, but he insisted on visiting us at the manor every weekend. He managed us like he managed his business and established a strict reward system. The best children would receive rewards and his special attention. Later, we were dispersed to schools around the world to receive the best education. Dad hoped that his heirs would infiltrate every country and every cultural circle. During the holidays, we would return to the manor and hand in our report cards. Just like when we were children, the best ones would receive rewards, and only best would receive the care and love of that man.”

“Then Miss Chen…are you the best or the worst performer among your brothers and sisters?” Crow asked cautiously.

“I’ve always been number one,” Nono said coldly. “I don’t have any special spiritual powers, but I learn everything faster than them. I beat them all and have always been the exclusive favorite of my father. I’m also very proud of it.”

“But one day, everything changed. During the summer vacation of that year, I returned to the manor from school in the UK. I still remember that summer was very hot. I went to the swimming pool with several brothers and sisters of similar age to play water polo. Children younger than us were playing hockey next to us…” Nono’s eyes were blurred and desolate. “When we were having fun, there was a sudden commotion on the hockey field. There were also the sounds of whistles blown by the manor guards and barking dogs. It felt like something had happened. The older brothers came out of the house with hunting rifles. We hurried over to see, and it turned out to be just a middle-aged woman. I don’t know how this woman accidentally stumbled in. She was the dirtiest, smelliest woman I’d ever seen. My maid probably looked like a princess compared to her. She looked like she’d walked a long way, her shoes long since lost, and she was barefoot, covered in blisters. Her eyes were dull, and she looked a bit mentally challenged. The older brothers warned us not to approach her, and to wait for the guards to arrive and chase her out. We didn’t want to get close either; she was so dirty and smelly. She seemed quite afraid of us, but she actually stared at us, looking at each one intently, which gave us the creeps.

“Some of the boys playing hockey chased her away with their sticks. The woman screamed, speaking something I couldn’t understand. But one of my brothers did, and he said it was an Indian dialect. The woman said she was looking for her child. I wondered how your child could be here? The hundreds of hectares of forest surrounding the estate belong to us. Even if you lost the child, there’s no chance they’d find their way to our property. But I couldn’t bear it, so I ordered my brothers not to touch her. I was my father’s favorite child, and they dared not disobey me. The woman suddenly saw me, her eyes lighting up. She slowly approached me, knelt before me, and even reached out to touch my face. My brother quickly told me to stay away, but I didn’t shy away. I had never seen such a look in her eyes before, so gentle, so joyful… She cried and laughed, talking to me in a babble. I couldn’t understand, so I looked at my brother who understood the Indian dialect. He was stunned for a long time before telling me, “You are her daughter.”

“I was stunned. Before that, I had never thought much about my mother. I vaguely knew how I was born, but how I came here was not important. After all, I am my father’s daughter. I am the best among my siblings, so he will love me the most. I only need my father. As for my mother, she must be a woman who would sell her womb for money to get pregnant, then take the money and leave. I don’t care who she is. But suddenly such a terrible woman knelt in front of me and said she was my mother.”

“She hugged me and cried loudly. I didn’t move away, but I didn’t hug her back either. I was just stunned. I looked at my brothers and sisters. The ones who were close to me were very anxious, and the ones who didn’t like me were sneering. At this time, the guards came with dogs. The manor had dozens of pit bulls, which were very ferocious fighting dogs. Adults could even fight lions. As soon as the guards loosened the leashes, they lay on the woman, and the guards quickly dragged me away. Maybe the guards were a little rough in dragging me away, and the woman misunderstood. She had been bitten by the pit bulls and was covered in blood. Suddenly, she struggled and rushed over to yell at the guards, probably cursing them. She looked at me again with anxious eyes.”

“It’s so funny. She was clearly being bitten by a dog, but the expression on her face said, ‘Don’t hurt my daughter.'”