Chapter 559

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Incidentally, Nuwan saw a leather-bound diary between two curse books and picked it up to open. Neat handwriting greeted her eyes; the notes were handwritten and had been around for some time, making the script somewhat blurry, indicating that they had been written by a woman.

Nuwan realized right away that this was the diary of Long Xiushui, whom she wrote after getting married. She lived a life filled with happiness but also endured the torment of curses, trying her best to find ways to break them. Nuwan originally didn’t understand Long Xiushui very well, yet after reading several pages from the diary, she felt more sympathetic towards her. After all, she was still her mother who had suffered as much as she did, and thus deserved forgiveness no matter what she had done in the past. She wished for Nuwan to grow up safely; she shouldn’t be resentful.

She loved her husband very much, especially after becoming pregnant when she was filled with anxiety and fear of giving birth to a daughter. Initially, Long Xiushui didn’t want any children because bearing them would subject her to the same suffering as before, plus there were constant threats from the Long family who all coveted the throne, causing her to be in constant dread and worry. She nearly lost her first pregnancy carrying Long Chengtian; it was only due to her father’s insistence that she retained the child, allowing for his safe birth.

Since it was a boy, Long Xiushui felt very happy.

All she wanted was just one child and not have any more. But the elders kept pressing her to have another daughter as the Long family placed great importance on bloodline succession, requiring direct heirs who bore butterfly birthmarks. If there were no marks, they wouldn’t be considered successors or suffer under curses. Long Xiushui absolutely didn't want to bear a girl child but couldn’t withstand the pressure and could only comply with the elders' demands.

At this moment, Nuwan discovered something unusual: it turned out that there was a witchcraft in the Long family that prevented them from giving birth to heirs with butterfly marks. Long Xiushui had said that if she were suffering alone, that would be fine; she didn't want her daughter to suffer as well, so during the preparation period for another pregnancy, she practiced the unique witchcraft of the Long family. Nuwan couldn’t help but touch the butterfly mark on her shoulder when reading this—why was she born if she had already learned the witchcraft and didn’t wish to have an heir

What was happening with the butterfly on her shoulder Was it because the witchcraft failed

She doesn't know.

Warmth urgently wants to continue reading and find out what secrets this diary holds. Since Dragon Xiushui found out she was carrying a girl, she has been very worried, fearing that her witchcraft might fail. What puzzles Warmth is that when Dragon Xiushui was eight months pregnant, she went on a trip with her father; typically, at this stage of pregnancy, one should be preparing for childbirth rather than traveling. When writing about the trip, it appears they were indeed away from home, and two months have passed since then.

Dragon Xiushui wrote: I gave birth to my daughter, a child with a "butterfly" birthmark. For some reason, the word 'butterfly' is enclosed in quotation marks. No matter how much Warmth thinks about it, she can't quite understand what's going on. After this entry, Dragon Xiushui doesn't mention anything related to butterflies or witchcraft.

The later entries are sporadic. Warmth senses something is amiss but cannot pinpoint exactly what it is. When closing the leather-bound diary, she sighs softly; her mother has had a very hard life.

With a deeply loving father and two children, yet cursed in this way—how could anyone not be bitter

The later entries mention that her mother tried to break the curse out of desperation, writing about her fears. As her father approached thirty and she couldn't escape her predicament any longer, she decided to try breaking the curse and take a chance on spending her life with him.

But who would have thought it would lead to her father's death

The diary ends here, after mentioning that her mother attempted to break the curse.

Warm wanted to glean some information from the brief remarks behind, but there was nothing. With her mother's powerful witchcraft skills, all Dragon Clan heirs had a great natural talent for witchcraft; if even she couldn't do anything about the curse, then how could an urban fantasy novelist like her

She knew absolutely nothing about witchcraft and couldn’t even read it.

Tiredly closing her notebook, Warm thought that her mother must have suffered greatly living alone on the island as punishment for so many years. Should she forgive her and visit her out of sympathy

Thinking of her one-time encounter with her birth mother, Warm’s feelings were complicated.

"Little sister, what are you doing" A voice rang from the door. Distracted by her thoughts, Warm turned around to see Long Chengtian at the doorway, staring intently at her. She held up her notebook as if she had done something wrong and said, "I came up here to take a breeze and accidentally peeked inside."

Long Chengtian looked at her quietly while she pursed her lips without saying anything for a long time before finally apologizing.

"It’s fine. This used to be our parents’ room, I just moved it here as is, so you have the right to come in too." Long Chengtian walked over and saw that what she was holding was her mother's diary, saying casually, "This is Mother’s diary. When I was young, I often saw her writing in it."

"Has Brother read it"

Dragon Chengtian shook his head, "This is my mother's diary; I don't want to read it and I can't bear to see the sorrowful emotions she writes about every time. Every time she writes her diary, she either cries or looks very heavy-hearted. I believe my mother must feel terrible pressure when writing this journal, which isn’t a happy thing, so I have never read it."

Warming pursed her lips; indeed, this wasn't an uplifting diary to read. Even so, however, she didn't regret looking through the pages. At least, she felt more grateful and sympathetic toward Dragon Xiushui because of their shared experience.

"I happened upon it by chance," Warming said, "and I was originally going to see if there were any hints about the curse."

Dragon Chengtian chuckled as he asked her, "Don't you plan on giving up"

"If there's even a sliver of hope, who would choose to abandon it" Warming smiled gently. The Dragon Manor’s environment and upbringing had made her appear very healthy recently with an excellent complexion. “I haven’t given up; I’ve just realized that I want Non墨 (Non-Moh) to forgive my past selfishness.”

Dragon Chengtian looked at her, feeling a twinge of regret as he said, "Sis, you've grown up now. Although Brother doesn't like Ye Nón-Mò, if you do, then Brother won't interfere with your decisions."

Warming smiled and nodded; she knew she had a very indulgent big brother.

"Did reading the diary help in any way" Dragon Chengtian asked. Since Warming had made up her mind about this matter, he no longer felt apprehensive to discuss it with her. She shook her head, "No, my mother mentioned she didn't want a daughter and practiced a witchcraft to avoid having an heir; perhaps the spell failed because I was still born. In reality, I feel that such things are very mysterious: whether you have a boy or girl isn’t decided by the mother but by the father. Can this witchcraft guarantee you'll only bear boys"e at night where Murong Bai was. Cheng Anya could only be speechless. Did Ke Lan really dial the phone number of Ye Yan’s roomThe light in Ke Lan's eyes brightened even more. "Ouch! Little Uncle, who...