TSFLIP Chapter 997

In the dim prison cell, faint sobbing could be heard.

The crying was so irritating that the person sleeping frowned deeply. Finally unable to bear it any longer, she sat up and shouted, “Stop crying!”

The sobbing abruptly ceased.

Outside the cell, Wang Ci wiped her eyes and snapped irritably, “You little brat, you’re finally awake!”

Xia Chao protested, “Can’t you just call her Feng Guang properly? What’s with ‘little brat’?”

“Mom…” Feng Guang looked toward the doorway, then at the man standing beside her mother. “Dad… why are you here? No—why am I here?”

The room was dark and windowless. Through a large glass panel, she could only see the desolate corridor outside—and her parents standing beyond the glass.

Wang Ci was the first to speak, her expression far from pleasant. “This is the prison of the Nether Marsh.”

“Prison?” Sitting on the bed, Feng Guang quickly remembered what had happened before she lost consciousness. Her hand instinctively moved to her lower abdomen. When she felt no pain or discomfort, the stone in her heart eased slightly. Then she gritted her teeth inwardly. That old man, Mo Feng—using his talent on her without warning. Quite capable, wasn’t he?

Wang Ci’s delicate makeup had long since been ruined by tears, but she had no mind to fix it. Gritting her teeth, she said fiercely, “Xia Feng Guang, get over here!”

Feng Guang’s body trembled. Obediently, she got out of bed and walked to the window, lowering her head and avoiding her parents’ eyes.

Seeing her like this only made Wang Ci angrier. “You’ve really got some nerve! Your father and I just went abroad for less than a month, and you’ve already made us grandparents?”

“Well, if you don’t want to be grandparents, that’s fine too…”

“Xia Feng Guang!”

“Calm down, calm down,” Xia Chao said, patting his wife’s shoulder. He looked at his daughter gently. “Feng Guang, you need to understand how anxious we were when we received the president’s call. No matter how much we asked him to wait until we returned to handle this matter, he still locked you up here.”

Feng Guang was in a poor mood. She kicked the wall lightly with her left foot and said, “Sorry for interrupting your romantic getaway.”

“That’s not the point,” Xia Chao said patiently. “You’re our daughter. If something happens to you, it doesn’t matter whether we’re in Egypt or at the ends of the earth—we would rush back. Feng Guang, you know what it means to be imprisoned here. But this isn’t without a solution…”

Feng Guang looked up. “What solution could there be? I know that vampires like me are eventually sentenced to death after trial.”

“You’re different from them,” Wang Ci said. “You’re a pureblood. Your status is far more noble. Feng Guang, listen to me. As long as you tell us who the man is and take care of the child, the Council of Elders can let this go.”

“But the two conditions you mentioned… I refuse both.”

Wang Ci’s voice rose again. “Feng Guang, don’t you understand? This is the only way you can survive!”

“I understand… Mom, if you were in my position, would you choose not to have me?”

“That’s different!” Wang Ci bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes again. “Your father and I are both purebloods. Our marriage was recognized by the Council of Elders. But what are you now? Pregnant before marriage—and with a human, no less! If you were an ordinary vampire, it might not matter so much. But you’re a pureblood. What you’ve done violates the Council’s absolute laws!”