The murderer had already become Xu Zeqing's entrenched impression of Huo Wen'an.
The reason he severed his father-daughter relationship with Xu Xingguang so hastily in the beginning was precisely because Xu Xingguang was in love with a murderer, which disgraced him.
He and Mo Yinshu had groomed Xu Xingguang to be an outstanding talent, hoping she would marry into a high-status family, not to associate with a murderer ex-convict.
The last time Xu Zeqing saw Huo Wen'an, although he appeared sickly, he still looked human. Therefore, when he saw the emaciated and sickly-looking Huo Wen'an now, it was natural for him not to recognize him.
"Yes, I am that fatherless, motherless, ex-convict, down-and-out murderer from Cangshan Town." After saying this, Huo Wen'an held Xu Xingguang's left hand, gently squeezed it, and asked her, "Xingguang, your father is here. You two haven't seen each other for a long time, aren't you going to greet him?"
