Ms. Khloe was very surprised.
Wasn’t it costly to get a wife these days?
Without ten thousand spiritual stones as a betrothal gift, one shouldn’t even think about marrying a wife… Unless it was a matrilocal marriage.
‘Which girl would be willing to have a matrilocal marriage with a legless man?’
‘This guy must have gotten lucky!’ Ms. Khloe saw that Alex Rockefeller had lost his legs from the calf onward. A feeling of sympathy surged in her heart. Perhaps, it was better described as a feeling of empathy for being in a similar situation. However, she couldn’t help but feel a little curious.
Alex’s legs were broken in a strange way. The lengths and angles were unequal.
“Why is your child hanging on the tree?” Ms. Khloe asked.
“Eh, she…” Just as Alex was unsure of how to answer the question, Ms. Khloe suddenly started speaking. “I get it. You’ve been robbed, haven’t you? This road is relatively smaller, and very few people pass by. There are also more bandits along the way. From your accent, you aren’t local. Did you come from a foreign land?” Ms. Khloe asked.
Alex looked at the large road that was over thirty meters wide. ‘Is this road even small?’ He wondered.
‘You must not have seen a small road, have you?’ Alex thought.
Alex had a feeling that Crazy Crone might have taken him away from earth. Did she?
“Ehh… Yes, I’ve been robbed!” Alex nodded and said.
“Young lady, you’ve got good eyes. Can you… Can you bring my daughter down? ” he asked.
Right then, a few other people got off the boat. There was a girl dressed like a maid with a bow behind her and two people who looked like guards.
“Miss, be careful of tricks! There are many bandits around here!” The maid pointed at Alex with a bow and shouted.
“It’s fine!” Ms. Khloe waved her hand. “He’s just a legless, handicapped person who bumped into bandits here.”
‘Uhm…’ Alex felt a little uncomfortable.
This young woman seemed to lack emotional intelligence. She was saying the most awful things, and she didn’t care whether other people were fine with it.
Finally, Alex’s daughter was brought down from the tree. However, she was still crying loudly.
Ms. Khloe pointed at Alex. “Kill him and bring the child back with us.”
“Hey, hey, hey..!” Alex panicked. He was severely injured now. Meanwhile, these people before him were all cultivators.
Although their cultivation wasn’t very powerful, it was more than enough to defeat an injured, disabled person like Alex. “Wait a second. Aren’t you taking a person’s life too lightly? You haven’t even done a proper investigation, and you’re going to kill me? She really is my daughter! If you don’t believe me, you can check our DNA!”
“What is DNA?” someone asked.
“Huh..?” Alex uttered.
‘Indeed, I must have traveled to the wrong place.’ Alex thought.
“A DNA test means verifying our relationship through a blood test!” Alex said.
“Liar! Blood tests were proven to be a fake method thousands of years ago. However, it’s very easy for us to find out if she’s your daughter. We can examine your gene structures,” Ms. Khloe said.
“Dory, bring me their hair. I’ll check them,” Ms. Khloe added after a pause.
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