After having a good time in the small world, Qingyin composed herself and prepared to take on the next mission.
Where did the dog system go again? But it doesn't matter, she doesn't need it to do her tasks.
Qingyin casually waved her hand, and a cloud of mist dispersed, revealing a man in a plain gray robe.
She was around thirty years old, but her hair was already showing signs of gray. Her clear eyes held a hint of sorrow, yet she exuded a Buddhist aura, a subtle Zen-like quality. Coupled with the string of Buddhist beads she wore on her wrist, her aura became even more contradictory.
Stopping her observation, Qingyin looked at the man who calmly walked towards her, slightly surprised. It was another male wisher who had come; how unexpected.
The man appeared in the clouds, as if he understood why he had come, muttering something like, "Amitabha, it's all predestined..."
He walked gracefully to Qingyin, cupped his hands in a bow, and said, “Since you know the purpose of my visit, I will not say anything more. I only hope that you can protect my Luo family, adjust the temperaments of my second brother and third sister, and protect them for the rest of their lives. I will be eternally grateful.”
Qingyin nodded, not asking about his background. Judging from his expression, she knew he didn't want to say anything more, so she let it go.
"Okay, go lie down in the River of Time."
"Thank you, sir. This humble monk is very polite." The man walked over calmly, his slightly worried brows and eyes seemed to have their worries soothed by the shimmering water, and gradually relaxed.
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In the first year of the Yongzheng Emperor's reign, the Luo family in the capital, the Ningyuan Earl's Mansion.
The new emperor had just ascended the throne, and the world was at peace. The turmoil in the royal family did not involve this fallen earl's mansion.
Inside the inner courtyard, a girl in a pink dress rushed to a handsome man. "Second brother, how could you help that bitch instead of your sister? Am I not your own sister anymore?"
"Luo Miaoqing, you're supposed to be a proper young lady, can you stop using such vulgar language like 'bitch' all the time? How can you even say such things? Miss Lin Congyu and Shao Huai have nothing between them. Can you please stop being so unreasonable?" The man said impatiently as he was being stopped.
Luo Miaoqing is the third eldest daughter of the Luo family, and the man in front of her is her second brother, Luo Jiancang, born of the same mother. Qin Shaohuai is the eldest son of General Qin Qingzhi, and the two families have a good relationship. Before the Luo family fell into decline, they arranged a marriage between Luo Miaoqing and Qin Shaohuai.
Upon hearing this, the beautiful young girl's face twisted violently, her face turning red with anger, and she could no longer see any beauty in it. She was so angry that her hand pointing at her second brother trembled, and she could only utter a few words, "You, you, you've gone too far... Waaah."
The two sides argued, leaving only the girl who ran away crying.
Luo Jiancang was initially wondering if he had gone too far, but then he remembered Luo Miaoqing's unreasonable attitude towards Miss Lin Congyu last time, and felt a surge of anger. He simply turned and left.
The two siblings also fell into a cold war.
Originally, Luo's mother wanted to comfort her children, but the news she received from her husband clearly disrupted her plans. In a moment of panic and joy, she simply forgot about her two sworn enemies and became immersed in inexplicable excitement.
Luo Miaoqing stayed in her room, fuming for several days. Without receiving comfort from her familiar mother, she felt both strange and angry. In a fit of pique, she ran out of the courtyard and headed towards her mother's yard.
Along the way, Luo Miaoqing noticed that all the servants in the mansion seemed to have come out to clean and decorate, as if some important guest was coming.
The more Luo Miaoqing thought about it, the more curious she became, and her previous anger disappeared. She walked into her mother's courtyard and saw her familiar mother. She was initially delighted, but then her lips curled into a sneer.
"Mother!"
"Qing'er is here?"
Mother Luo, dressed in a dark purple silk robe with only a few embroidered patterns on the collar, and with her hair styled in a light cloud bun, appeared exceptionally gentle and elegant. However, Mother Luo, who usually doted on her youngest daughter, seemed somewhat dazed at this moment, instinctively responding to her daughter's coquettishness, unaware that the tea she was pouring had spilled.
Seeing her mother's state, Luo Miaoqing disregarded everything else and quickly stepped forward to snatch the spilled teacup from her mother's hand. Although she was spoiled, she had a deep affection for her mother, who loved her the most. Seeing her mother's unusual behavior, she naturally wanted to comfort her, "Mother, the tea is all spilled? What happened to you?"
"Qing'er, your eldest brother is coming back." Mother Luo said blankly, her eyes flashing with a mixture of joy and trepidation, a complex emotion that was hard to describe.
"Big Brother?" Luo Miaoqing was momentarily stunned upon hearing this unfamiliar title.
She was young, and it's said that her eldest brother, Luo Qingzhang, had already passed away when she was born, so she had no impression of him at all. The name Luo Qingzhang was taboo in the household, and it couldn't be mentioned at all. When she was little, she mentioned it out of curiosity on her birthday. She only remembered the tears streaming down her mother's face and the barely suppressed anger on her father's face. After that, she was punished by being made to stand. So she didn't like this older brother she had never met at all. In addition, after more than ten years, she slowly forgot about this title and his existence.
However, seeing the joy on her mother's face, she knew in her heart that her mother had not forgotten her older brother. She pouted slightly with a hint of jealousy, but the fourteen-year-old girl still knew not to upset her mother. She asked cautiously, "Mother, is my older brother really coming back?"
"It's true, your father told me that your eldest brother will be back in a few days. Tell the servants to clean up properly. I don't know if your eldest brother still remembers the house..." Mother Luo paced anxiously, gazing into the distance from time to time, as if she felt that the person would return at any moment.
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