***Blurb***
Bai Ling has always been a famous figure in the demon realm.
The thing people love talking about most is his marriage, which caused a sensation in the demon realm several years ago.
Though he was merely a white goose demon of ordinary bloodline, he made the third son of the Dragon Clan's patriarch turn against his family and insist on forming a bond with him.
Everyone gossiped about it for a year, thinking it was a moving true love that transcended bloodlines.
But before ten years had passed, Bai Ling's dragon husband died.
He also left Bai Ling with a half-grown child he'd had with someone else, named Jing Xuan.
The Dragon Clan came to claim the child, but Bai Ling stood his ground and cursed them all back out, declaring that the child was the only keepsake his late husband had left him.
People were only half-convinced by his devotion. Rumors spread that Bai Ling was taking revenge on his late husband by deliberately raising his child to turn out badly.
Years later, however, Jing Xuan made a name for himself in the demon realm.
He was a proper and honorable gentleman, gentle and modest, with impeccable conduct. The long-standing rumors that he'd been raised badly were thoroughly disproved.
Bai Ling also thought that he had finally raised the child into a fine young man and fulfilled his late husband's wishes.
Then, one rainy night, Jing Xuan got drunk by accident.
The mask of the usually courteous gentleman suddenly shattered. With bloodshot eyes, he gazed at Bai Ling, pressed his feverish face against Bai Ling's hand, and called his name over and over.
"What Father couldn't give you, could you let me make up for?"
"I'll do better than Father..."
"Could you... give me a chance too?"
Bai Ling stared at him, his mind buzzing.
It's over, he thought. How did I really manage to raise this child badly?
Theme: Dare to go after what you want
