“How could I joke about something like this?” Qiu Miaozhen said with a smile.
Liu Xianghui then asked, "If that's the case, why are you still getting so close to him? You know how Young Master Beichen feels about you. Now that you've suddenly brought a junior brother back, he's bound to overthink things."
“That’s right, Miaozhen. The three of us were able to survive back then thanks to the relief from the Beichen family. If it weren’t for the Beichen family head giving us a bite to eat, you, my daughter, and I would probably have starved to death on the streets. Now that you’ve grown up and have been chosen by the sect leader of the Lingshui Sect to become a personal disciple, shouldn’t we repay the family head and the Beichen family?”
"It just so happens that Young Master Beichen is interested in you, so you might as well get together with him..."
Before Qiu Yuanming could finish speaking, Qiu Miaozhen coldly interrupted him.
“Father, Mother, do you really think Bei Chen Xifeng has taken a liking to me? He doesn’t like me, but he likes my status as the disciple of the Ling Shui Sect’s sect leader! If I weren’t the disciple of the Ling Shui Sect’s sect leader, do you think Bei Chen Xifeng would even give me a second glance?” Qiu Miaozhen said with a frown.
"Whatever the reason, it's enough that they like you now."
“Yes, Miaozhen, you can’t get stuck on one thing.”
Qiu Yuanming and Liu Xianghui spoke earnestly together.
However, Qiu Miaozhen stood up and said coldly, "Father, Mother, don't think that just because the Beichen family saved our family of three back then, we have to spend our whole lives repaying their kindness. In fact, I have already repaid all the kindness I owed and all the debts I owed. Our family doesn't owe the Beichen family anything now!"
"What do you mean?" Qiu Yuanming asked, puzzled.
“Three years ago, Bei Chen Wenxiong and Bei Chen Xifeng went to sea together and encountered a shipwreck. It was my master who personally rescued them! The reason my master rescued them was entirely because I pleaded for them! If it weren't for my sake, do you think the sect leader of the Ling Shui Sect would have intervened?”
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Our family has already paid back what we owed the Beichen family. So what is there to worry about? In fact, I came back this time intending to take you away. You no longer need to live in the Beichen family or work for them."
Qiu Miaozhen said this very seriously, and her tone left no room for doubt.
Qiu Yuanming and Liu Xianghui looked at Qiu Miaozhen in shock, seemingly not expecting her to say such a thing.
"This...this..."
Qiu Yuanming was at a loss for words.
Liu Xianghui said, "Miaozhen, your father and I have lived here for more than ten years, and we are used to it. If you take us away to another place, we are afraid we will not be able to get used to it."
"However, the Beichen family has ulterior motives, and you will be in trouble if you stay here..."
Before Qiu Miaozhen could finish speaking, a series of loud knocks came from the door.
Then, the voices of Kitachen Fumio and Kitachen Seifeng came from outside.
"Yuanming, Xianghui, are you resting?"
"Uncle Yuanming, my father and I have come to visit you."
Qiu Miaozhen was very dissatisfied with the arrival of Beichen Wenxiong and Beichen Xifeng.
Qiu Yuanming then stood up and said, "I'll go open the door."
Qiu Yuanming strode to the door and opened it.
As soon as the door opened, Bei Chenwenxiong and Bei Chenxifeng appeared before Qiu Miaozhen.
It was obvious that Beichen Wenxiong and Beichen Xifeng were carrying a lot of things, which were various kinds of snacks and other gifts.
"Master, what brings you here? Please come in, please come in..." Qiu Yuanming said with a smile.
Liu Xianghui also stood up and said, "Patriarch, you've come all this way, but why did you bring so many things? How can we accept this?"
"It's nothing, just a small gift," Bei Chenwenxiong said, waving his hand as he handed the gifts in his hands to Liu Xianghui.
Beichen Xifeng said, "The festival is just around the corner, so of course we want to give you some gifts. It's just a token of our good intentions."
"You're too kind," Qiu Yuanming said warmly.
Qiu Miaozhen walked over and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Uncle, it's nothing that you came to visit, but how can we bear to bring so many things? Besides, our family is living very well now and we lack nothing. You should take all these things with you."
Upon hearing Qiu Miaozhen's words, Bei Chenxifeng's expression immediately turned rather unpleasant.
Bei Chenwenxiong, however, didn't care at all and said with a smile, "Miaozhen, it's a big holiday, don't be so formal. Besides, these things aren't worth much money, they're just food and necessities."
Qiu Yuanming and Liu Xianghui also looked at Qiu Miaozhen. Although they didn't say much, their eyes contained a hint of reproach.
Beichen Wenxiong changed the subject and asked Qiu Yuanming, "Yuanming, how many days of work did you do this month in total?"
“Only fourteen days, Patriarch,” Qiu Yuanming said.
"Now I'll settle your monthly wages... You worked for fourteen days, and you arrived earlier than everyone else every day. Plus, the festival is coming up soon, so it's a total of three hundred taels of silver."
As he spoke, Beichen Wenxiong took out the silver notes he had prepared beforehand from his sleeve.
"What? Three hundred taels?" Qiu Yuanming was taken aback.
Liu Xianghui was also startled and said, "How can there be so much? Patriarch, did you miscalculate?"
“No mistake, no mistake. Yuanming’s monthly allowance is already quite high. He’s performed so well, and now that it’s a holiday, his monthly allowance should naturally be doubled,” Beichen Wenxiong said with a smile.
"This... I don't even know what to say, thank you so much, Patriarch!" Qiu Yuanming said with a smile.
Beichen Wenxiong walked over and stuffed all three silver notes into Qiu Yuanming's hands, reminding him, "Keep these silver notes safe and don't lose them. If you ever have any difficulties in the future, just come to me. I will definitely not stand idly by if there is anything I can do to help."
"Good, good, good, thank you for your concern, Patriarch." Qiu Yuanming smiled broadly.
Liu Xianghui then said, "Patriarch, please sit down and rest. I'll go and prepare some food."
"No need, we already ate before we came," Kitashita Fumio said, shaking his head.
Suddenly remembering something, Beichen Wenxiong glanced at Beichen Xifeng.
Bei Chen Xifeng then said to Qiu Miaozhen, "Miaozhen, I was a bit harsh with what I said during the day, please don't take it to heart. Don't worry, I promise I won't do it again!"
Qiu Miaozhen remained silent with a cold expression.
Bei Chen Xifeng wanted to say something more, but Bei Chen Wenxiong pulled him outside, so he had to give up.
After Beichen Wenxiong and Beichen Xifeng left, Qiu Yuanming and Liu Xianghui looked around the room and then looked at Qiu Miaozhen.
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