Chapter 122 Do You Know What is Decent?
She smiled awkwardly: "Yes, yes, that's not right."
Qintai He nodded and said, "Then you should accompany me to Qintai's house. Otherwise, I really don't know how to face them."
This kid is a bit socially anxious.
Ruan Xing readily agreed and said, "Okay."
"As it is now, I'm afraid you won't be able to return to the sect in a short time." Qin Taihe turned to show a worried look, "After all, this matter was caused by me. I will go back and ask Master. If it is a hindrance to you, I will share with you some of the cultivation resources left by my parents."
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I'm so pissed!
Ruan Xing nodded repeatedly, tears welling up in her eyes, "If you don't abandon me, I'd be happy to be your adopted sister!"
"Eh? It hasn't come to this..." Qin Taihe muttered incoherently for a few words, and suddenly patted the white wolf under him, "Let's go, Yinfeng."
The two asked passers-by and soon found out the location of Qintai's house.
Although some members of the side branches no longer live in the main clan, Qin Taihe himself does not know which branch he belongs to, so he still has to go to the base camp to ask first.
The base camp of the Qintai clan is like a stone castle from medieval Europe, and its layout has the elegance of the Jiangnan region. It is a large manor covering dozens of acres, and is home to more than a hundred people with the surname Qintai and hundreds of slaves.
The two of them were waiting in front of the door for the gatekeeper to pass the message, but they didn't experience any clichéd plot like the eighth-rank official in front of the prime minister and the servant looking down on people. After all, Qintai He was riding a white wolf, and in Xizhou, those who could afford to raise monsters for their children were not easy to deal with.
Ruan Xing touched the stone door, sniffed the fragrant flowers on it, and exclaimed: "It's amazing, this is a real flower, and it actually grows on stone."
If it was some spiritual plant, there would be many such things in the world of immortal cultivation, so it would not be strange for it to grow on a stone. But just now, Ruan Xing touched and looked at it, and confirmed that the flower had no spiritual energy at all, and was an ordinary plant.
It's just a decoration, but it took a lot of effort.
Ruan Xing commented secretly. Qin Taihe was a little reserved. He quietly poked Ruan Xing's shoulder with his finger and asked in a low voice: "I feel that there are many high-level cultivators in there. Why do they need mortals to communicate? It's so weird... Can't we know it with a spiritual sense?"
"Well, what do you know? This is decent." Ruan Xing said disapprovingly.
The main purpose of setting up the profession of doorman among mortals is to be able to receive guests in a timely manner, and occasionally to be responsible for warning and preventing uninvited guests from breaking in.
But in the world of immortal cultivation, who can a mortal gatekeeper warn?
However, asking other monks to treat a mortal servant politely for the sake of the Qintai family makes their family appear more noble.
Qin Taihe didn't understand Xizhou after all. Many times, it was the family system they had inherited for thousands of years that hindered Xizhou's development.
After a while, a servant invited them in.
The two walked for half an hour and arrived at a small flower hall. A woman in luxurious clothes was sitting there. When she saw them, she smiled and said, "Good boy, you are finally back."
Qin Taihe hesitated, "You are..."
The woman had only reached the stage of perfect foundation building, and judging from her demeanor and appearance, she was probably quite old.
The woman smiled and said, "Look at my memory. I forgot to introduce myself to you. I am your second grandmother."
Second grandma? What is that title?
Ruan Xing and Qin Taihe were both stunned for a moment. Qin Taihe looked at Ruan Xing for help, and the latter could only shake his head helplessly.
Her experiences in Xizhou were mostly superficial, and among young monks.
She had never joined any family in Xizhou, so how could she know the twists and turns within the family. The woman did not explain anything, but asked Qin Taihe about everything with concern, and Qin Taihe patiently answered them one by one.
There was nothing he could do. He couldn't figure out what was going on. Although this woman's cultivation was low... she looked very natural. Even though Qin Taihe was impatient to get along with others, he could only endure it temporarily.
After a long while, Qin Taihe finally couldn't help asking, "No need to say more. I... I came here this time just to find out if my father has any relatives. I want to meet them."
The woman paused for a moment, and the smile on her face faded a little. "I know, my dear child. When I heard the announcement just now, I knew it was you who came back. For so many years, you are the only child of the Qintai family who has been wandering outside."
She sighed, "After your grandfather passed away, our family's status in the clan became worse and worse. Second Grandma didn't have the ability to take you back, so don't blame Second Grandma."
Qin Taihe opened his mouth, but was a little confused about the name. Finally, he said, "Besides you, does my father have no other relatives?"
The woman wiped a tear from the corner of her eye and said with a smile, "Yes, you have an uncle and an aunt. Your aunt has married into the Song family. Wait for me to send her a message and ask her to come back to see you tomorrow. Your uncle is not very talented and is now helping the clan leader to manage the business. He will come back in the evening."
Ruan Xing curled her lips. This woman's acting skills were really not that good, and her mentality was mostly revealed in the thinking mode of an ordinary person. Just from these few sentences, she could conclude that the other party was lying.
Qin Taihe's father could raise a white wolf for his son, so how could his family not be wealthy? If he had not been pampered since childhood, how could he have such an idea?
Even if Qin Taihe's grandfather died and his family fell into poverty, it is impossible that they only gave Zhongzhou a few thousand spirit stones as support.
And send someone to pick up Qin Taihe. The round-trip ticket via the teleportation array is only a few thousand spirit stones.
It's not that she didn't have the ability to answer it, but that she didn't want to. Her concern for Qin Taihe at this moment was just superficial. She only cared about herself and didn't sympathize with Qin Taihe's helplessness and embarrassment when facing strangers.
Qin Taihe didn't seem to notice it at all. He just felt that this "relative" didn't quite fit his imagination of Xizhou.
In his heart, his father's image is tall and majestic, and his father's family is also powerful and glorious.
How could... this be the result? He couldn't accept the psychological gap.
Ruan Xing thought about it but decided not to expose the truth. After all, she had just arrived and didn't know the situation clearly. If there was only this woman and the uncle she described left in Qin Taihe's family, Qin Taihe would probably prefer to go to Nanzhou to die.
But she hasn't found any benefits yet...she'd better wait and see.
She patted Qin Taihe's hand unnoticeably to comfort him.
The woman asked for a long time, and it seemed that her curiosity about Qintai Hezhongzhou's life was finally satisfied. She said leisurely, "I asked the servants to clean your room. Come here tonight to have dinner with Second Madam, and it's a good opportunity to get close to your uncle."
Qin Taihe replied in a dull voice, "Okay," and then the woman called a servant to lead the way for them.
The servant was just a mortal, and Qin Taihe couldn't wait to use a small magic to block out any sounds except those of the two of them.
"Junior sister, I can't tell you why, but I feel it's very depressing here. I don't like it here." Qin Taihe said to Ruan Xing.
"I think so too." Ruan Xing touched his chin, "How about we go?"
He exhaled a breath of turbid air, "Let's go tomorrow, after I meet my uncle and aunt."
"That's fine, but, Senior Brother, I always feel like she's lying to you."
Qin Taihe paused for a moment and tilted his head in confusion, "What do you mean?"
The story I'm following hasn't been updated for seven days. I suspect the author has run away. I'm so upset QAQ
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