"If that's the case, then what's their purpose in picking them?"
"I didn't know it at first, but they told me when they were about to leave. Your mother was born with an all-poison body. They must gather the antidote by the time she turns thirty, otherwise she will be in great danger."
"But the spiritual materials needed for the antidote are extremely precious and not available on the regular market, so they can only search everywhere for them."
"Uncle Rolness, I have a question. Why didn't my father, as the Young Master of the Gu Family, send anyone to look for her? Why didn't he go himself, and why did he bring my frail mother with him?"
Gu Qingze immediately caught the loophole in his words.
"I don't know about that. After all, I'm a stranger to them. They definitely won't reveal too much information."
Rolness smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Did they really find the Ten Thousand Year Ice Soul Fruit?"
Whether Rolness didn't want to say it or he really didn't know, there would be no result if he continued asking, so Gu Qingze changed the question.
Rolness was silent for a moment, first shook his head, then nodded.
"I found it, but I didn't manage to bring it back. Is that what you mean?"
Gu Qingze looked at Rolness and asked.
"I guess so. They were originally able to bring back the Ten Thousand Year Ice Soul Fruit, but something went wrong and I was attacked by the Ice Soul Beast that was parasitic inside the Ice Soul Fruit. To save me, they used the newly acquired Ice Soul Fruit to attract the Ice Soul Beast. As a result, I was saved, but the Ice Soul Fruit was gnawed to pieces, losing its original effect."
Rolnis's face was full of self-blame. If they had not done this at the time, or scolded him or beat him when the fruit was destroyed, he would not feel so guilty.
"After that, I had no further contact with them. I have no idea whether they managed to gather the antidote. When I heard from them again, your mother had already passed away."
After he finished speaking, the surroundings fell into silence for a long time.
"Thank you, Uncle Rolness, for telling me this."
Gu Qingze was the first to break the silence here.
"Will your father blame me?"
Rolness suddenly asked.
"I'm not his father. I don't know what happened or what he felt back then, so I can't answer for him."
Gu Qingze said it very officially, and it was his true feelings.
No one can truly empathize with another person, and he has no right to make decisions for others.
"...That's right. My brothers and I will soon leave this wilderness and go to the nearby town to recuperate."
Rolness changed the subject.
"Then I wish you a speedy recovery."
Gu Qingze smiled and gave his blessing.
"Thanks."
After saying this, Rolness stopped talking.
Gu Qingze pulled Chu Lingxiao towards where Zhou Yue and Su Ming were sitting.
"Are you done talking?"
Su Ming asked politely when he saw Gu Qingze coming over.
Gu Qingze nodded and sat next to them with Chu Lingxiao.
Chu Lingxiao observed his emotions and found that his face was very calm, without any sadness, joy or anger.
"Um...are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
Gu Qingze looked at Chu Lingxiao in confusion, as if he didn't understand why he asked that.
"Then why didn't you say anything after listening to it just now? You lowered your head as if you were very sad?"
Chu Lingxiao imitated, but his imitation was exaggerated.
"No way! I lowered my head because I was in a daze. Then why didn't you say anything?"
"...After all, this is your family matter. It's not appropriate for me, an outsider, to speak up, right?"
"Ling Xiao, you're so mean! How can you say you're an outsider? I've always treated you like a family member. If you want, you can call my father 'Dad'. I'm sure he'll be very happy."
Gu Qingze said seriously that the reason why the Gu family grew strong and prosperous was because it did not focus too much on blood ties like the other two major families.
Like the homeless children adopted by the Gu family before, now that they have grown up, they are basically in charge of various industries in the Gu family's business. If they want, they can even change their surname to Gu.
He remembered that Chu Lingxiao's father had always been mean to him in the original novel. If nothing else, he might as well join the Gu family tree so that he could have a closer connection with Chu Lingxiao.
Chu Lingxiao was a little at a loss.
What does Gu Qingze mean by this?
Do you want to be his family?
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