A Past Foreseen "My mother is still a virgin..." Though Adam had listened to Shangguan Ya's words with a degree of composure—even if they stirred a trace of surprise—this last statement shattered his calm entirely. "You... you must be delirious from fear of death." Adam laughed. Shangguan Yao a virgin? That's absurd! With a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old daughter like Shangguan Ya, how could she still be a virgin? If she were, then no woman in the world wouldn't be! No matter how young Shangguan Yao might look, her daughter's very existence couldn't be ignored. Unless Shangguan Ya wasn't her biological child? Yet their similar features and her mother's clear care confirmed their relationship as blood-related mother and daughter. "Don't misunderstand," Shangguan Ya interjected, "I

