Why did Shirley lie to Hu Bayi that her father was dead?

Her father is not dead, but she made up the lie that "his father is dead" in order to go to Jingjue Ancient City.

Because Xueli Yang was cursed and could not live to be fifty years old, she wanted to visit the ancient city of Jingjue because she was a descendant of the Jingjue people. In order to conceal her identity, she said I went to find Jingjue Ancient City because of my father.

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Shirley Yang, Chinese-American, photographer for National Geographic magazine.

Her father is a well-known archaeologist, which made her have a strong interest in archeology when she was a child.

Later, my father unfortunately disappeared during an archaeological expedition to find the ancient city of Jingjue. In order to find his father, he came to China to find his father's friend Professor Chen, and organized an archaeological team. Only then did Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang join in, and the legendary story of the three of them began.