Like an elder, Li Wensong finished speaking, shook his head and smiled, and left first.
Before he came here, he had done his homework and learned the whole story of how the father and son had fallen out, which even led to Qian Lingxu running away from home.
Qian Lingxu lost his mother at a young age and was raised by Qian Xiuzhu. The father and son had no mediator between them and often quarreled over various things.
As Qian Lingxu grew up, he yearned for the freedom of cultivation, adventure, and exploration. He didn't want to be bothered by various affairs, especially business matters, which gave him a headache.
However, Qian Xiuzhu was adamant that Qian Lingxu should inherit the Chamber of Commerce, forcing Qian Lingxu to learn how to manage it.
In the end, the father and son had a big argument, and Qian Xiuzhu, in his anger, used some of his cultivation to suppress Qian Lingxu.
After that incident, Qian Lingxu left home and did not return for many years.
The father and son sat together and talked for a long time.
Qian Xiuzhu did not talk about the past between the father and son, nor about the Chamber of Commerce, nor about the future.
He simply wore a smile on his face when he talked about love.
When he spoke of the woman he loved most, his eyes were filled with longing, yet his love remained boundless.
It was as if she hadn't died and was still by his side.
He talked about how they first met, how they got together, how they became Daoist partners, and how they acquired money from Lingxu.
Qian Lingxu listened quietly from beginning to end, because he had rarely, if ever, heard his father talk about his mother since he was a child.
He always thought that Qian Lingxu didn't say anything because he didn't love his mother much, because from childhood he felt that his father valued the business empire more.
He also thought that perhaps in his father's eyes, no so-called relatives could compare to the Qian family's business association.
However, when he heard his father say that the Qian Family Chamber of Commerce was founded by his mother, his heart skipped a beat.
Qian Xiuzhu's eyes suddenly reddened, but a smile still lingered on his lips: "Your mother didn't leave me much of an inheritance, only you and this Qian Family Chamber of Commerce... To be honest, before you ran away from home, I couldn't accept the fact that your mother was gone. At that time, I only had one thought in my mind: I must protect what she left behind..."
Qian Lingxu fell into a dazed state from which she could not calm down.
It turns out that I've been misunderstanding my father all along...
Qian Xiuzhu took a deep breath and said, "Alright, I've finally said these words!"
Qian Lingxu snapped out of his daze, looked deeply at his father, opened his mouth, and finally spoke.
"Dad, I'm sorry, I was too willful before..."
Qian Xiuzhu wiped his eyes and smiled, "It's alright! Father won't force you to take over the Chamber of Commerce anymore! Anyway, I'm in the Eternal Realm, with an infinite lifespan."
Qian Lingxu took a deep breath, nodded, and then suddenly clenched his fist, saying with utmost seriousness, "Father, there's something else you've never told me..."
He paused for a moment at this point.
"Mother, how did you die?"
He asked that question once when he was a child, and he hasn't asked it since.
Because after that question, he didn't see his father for a whole year!
When I saw my father again, he was completely dejected, like a homeless person, and he was unable to recover for some time.
His second uncle approached him about this matter and asked him not to mention it again, so many years have passed and he has never brought it up again.
Upon hearing this question, Qian Xiuzhu's face suddenly turned cold, but he quickly took a deep breath and said earnestly, "Back then, your mother and I were at the peak of the Sovereign Realm when we encountered an early-stage Eternal Realm cultivator..."
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