Ethan Brooks after feeding Emily Clark, also took a fish and ate it slowly.

Sarah Miller avoided Ethan Brooks's gaze, looked at Emily Clark who was still playing with the old wolf, and said, "You have never been a Sai person, nor a Huihe person. You are different from all of us, Ethan Brooks, you are a Tang person.

Only Tang people have so many rules, and only Tang people would truly treat a woman who raised them like me as their mother.

Even though I raised you for thirteen years, I never really understood what kind of person you are.

Just like your name. I originally called you Tilas, hoping you could be as strong as an eagle, and I called you by that name for two years. But when you were two, you told me your name was Ethan Brooks."

Sarah Miller's voice was low, tears in her eyes, and her gaze at Ethan Brooks was full of reluctance.

"Ethan Brooks is not a Sai name, nor a Huihe name.

I asked Old Sheepskin, and he said this is a Tang name. He also said that because I am your mother, you would kill any man who sleeps with me.

Six years ago, Charles Bennett wanted me to enter his tent. I wanted to as well, but because I was afraid you would kill Charles Bennett, I delayed it until today."

Ethan Brooks smiled and said, "Since you like Charles Bennett and he treats you so well, I have no reason to kill him.

Besides, I was only seven at the time. How could I possibly kill a warrior like Charles Bennett?"

Sarah Miller sighed and said, "You always think Sai people and Huihe people are fools. I may be a bit foolish too, but as your mother who raised you, everything you do is under my nose. No matter how foolish, I can still see things others can't.

When you were eight, you fed Sarah Brown's horse some water soaked with red stones, and the horse died a few days later, just because Sarah Brown beat me when he was drunk.

When you were nine, you added some green leaf juice to the water Edward Carter drank, and Edward Carter had diarrhea and vomiting that very day.

But you didn't stop there. You kept having his son feed him that honeyed water for six days straight.

You made a good warrior collapse in his own dung heap, almost dying, and turned a strong man into a pile of mud, so anyone could bully him.

Did you do all this just because Edward Carter spat in your face?

And then, the previous Great Apo Michael Carter thought you were good-looking and joked about offering you to the Khan as a catamite, saying you would surely win the Khan's favor.

The next day, he rode his horse off the cliff at Dwarf Slope. When they found him, both man and horse were smashed to pieces.

Now, it's the deaths of Grace Bennett and his son...

Ethan Brooks, I'm a little afraid of you now.

Old Sheepskin always says you belong to him. Are you planning to go find him?"

Ethan Brooks put down the half-eaten fish and grinned at Sarah Miller, saying, "I'm your son, not a devil, and certainly not the devil's son.

None of those things you mentioned have anything to do with me.

You don't need to be afraid of me. When Charles Bennett's plans are finished, I'll leave. You just need to remember that you have a son named Ethan Brooks, with black hair and black eyes. One day, you'll hear legends about me on this Gobi, just like the heroes in the songs you often sing. My name will be sung by everyone."

Sarah Miller's words made Ethan Brooks feel a bit sad.

What he had done was far more than Sarah Miller knew.

For a mature and beautiful woman to live the life she wanted in the Baiyang tribe, a place filled with strong masculine energy, was unimaginably difficult.

All the men of the Baiyang tribe liked Sarah Miller, but the only one truly willing to get close to her and love her was Charles Bennett.

Charles Bennett truly loved Sarah Miller; for her, he would even give up his own life.

He valued Sarah Miller more than his own life. This wasn't just talk from Charles Bennett, but real actions.

Ever since Ethan Brooks discovered that Charles Bennett and Sarah Miller liked to sneak into the grass together, all the hardships Charles Bennett suffered were related to Ethan Brooks. The most dangerous time was when, while they were together, a lone wolf named Old Smith appeared nearby.

That time, Charles Bennett performed very well. Even though he was bitten on the butt by the wolf called Old Smith, he still fought the wolf bravely to cover Sarah Miller's escape, and in the end, he courageously chased away the lone wolf, naked.

Another time, young Emily Clark was attacked by a group of marmots... Charles Bennett ran faster than a horse to save Emily Clark. That time, Charles Bennett really did run faster than a horse—this is not an exaggeration.

Through all these tests, Charles Bennett earned Ethan Brooks's approval. This man was worthy of Sarah Miller, and worthy to be Emily Clark's father.

Sarah Miller didn't know that for her, Ethan Brooks had worked tirelessly at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains to find aconite, mercury ore, and datura that could numb the nerves. The scopolamine content in herbal datura was too low, so he had to purify it, but lacking the proper tools, he failed.

And for a long time, Charles Bennett was Ethan Brooks's test subject for these medicines, which led to Charles Bennett living a hard life—sometimes developing blisters, sometimes festering, sometimes having trouble breathing.