"Since General Wang Yu is here, let's talk about this in three days from now." He said.

Carye let out a sigh of relief while Rindy was unable to conceal her smugness as she raised her chin up in a proud way.

But, Senja sensed a feeling of amusement in the air. Not from the family of three nor Xiao Tianyao, she had never been able to sense his emotions anyway. However, this feeling came from the patriarch to her left. Senja glanced at him, just in time to see him hide a smirk and pretend to drink his tea.

**Something's going on! **

Senja shot a glance at Xiao Tianyao beside her, but the poker face didn't betray a jot. Finally, she shrugged her shoulder and nonchalantly decided to eat the fruits on the table.

No rush, she could ask him anytime.

With Xiao Tianyao's answer the conversation about the engagement ended. Wang Yu who hadn't spoken until now, finally spoke up.

"Senja, come to father's study after lunch." Wang Yu ordered.

"Yes, father."

Senja was prepared for this. Yet, Xiao Tianyao to her right suddenly tensed up.

"Yes, both of you need to talk alone. Your father must have missed you very much, even though he doesn't show it on the surface." Carye was all motherly.

"Yes, sister… You have been gone for quite a long time." Rindy chimed in.

The other Senja's letter had mentioned how bad her father had been treating her. It wouldn't be any different now, would it?

.....

After lunch, Senja followed Wang Yu to his study while Xiao Tianyao and Elder Dam stayed in the pavilion with Rindy and Carye.

Senja followed Wang Yu a step behind all the while assessing his emotions and pretty much guessed what awaited her.

"Close the door." Wang Yu barked as he took a seat behind his desk.

Senja did as she was told and closed the door slowly. She wore an obedient face while looking down at her toes. She reckoned this was the way the other Senja had acted all the time.

"Now, you can drop your pretense and tell me why you are here and not in Xinghe." Wang Yu intertwined his fingers and propped his chin on it while observing his daughter in front of him.

**Xinghe?! **

Senja racked her brain. The way he questioned her was so odd. It almost felt like he knew something. Since Senja was clueless to begin with so she didn't have an answer. The best answer was no answer, so she kept mum.

"Did Modama send you back?"

His daughter Senja had always been a quiet child, so this silent Senja who stood before him didn't raise his suspicions.

** Indeed, he knows something! ** Senja thought. She needed to give him an answer to keep the conversation going.

Wang Yu's patience wore out, so he stood up and walked towards Senja. When he was about to haul her, Senja raised her head and spoke plainly, "Grandfather is here; if you hurt me, he will know."

Wang Yu stopped midway and withdrew his hand.

Right, his father was here, so he couldn't hurt her in his presence. But it didn't mean he couldn't threaten her.

"Tell me everything or I will kill you. Even your grandfather won't be able to save you." Wang Yu growled.

**Tsk, these threatening words again?!** Senja sneered in her mind. She remembered reading something like this in one of the other Senja's letters.

"What do you want to know?" Senja tried to grasp the situation as much as she could. She had felt something wasn't right with Wang Yu since the moment the other Senja had mentioned him and his words and actions had proved her right. He was hiding a deep secret that not even Elder Dam was privy to and Senja needed to get to the bottom of it.

"I don't like repeating my question, so answer me before I lose my patience." He glared at Senja, but this time Senja looked back right into his eyes, before she lowered her head and returned to her docile self. Wang Yu was taken aback.

"He sent me back." Senja blurted out. She made a mental note of the name Modama.

"Why did he send you back? Is it another mission?"

**Mission? ** Senja was puzzled. But she nodded anyway.

"What he ask you to do this time?"

From the way Wang Yu put it, it seemed it wasn't the first time that the other Senja had received a mission from Modama.

**Did her disappearance have something to do with the man named Modama? **

"I can't tell you."

Senja really couldn't tell him anything not because she didn't want to, but because she knew nothing!

"Modama told you to keep this secret?"

"Yes."

To her surprise, Wang Yu didn't question her any further. Senja felt strange, it seemed Modama held power over him, the kind he acquiesced to without a single peep.

"It's related to the overthrowing of the Black Sword Clan?" He changed his question still trying to ferret out.

His question threw Senja for a loop. But she concealed her astonishment before Wang Yu could sense something was off.