Although he already knew about Xu Jin's problem, Qi Zhiheng still pretended to be surprised: "Xu Jin usually seems like a nice person, is there some misunderstanding?"
Hearing his son's conversation, Qi Zhenhe said earnestly, "Son, people's hearts are unpredictable. You can't judge everything by appearances. You're not a child anymore. Stop wasting your time all day."
Qi Zhiheng said somewhat awkwardly, "I've been studying pharmacology lately! I've turned over a new leaf."
Qi Zhenhe was somewhat dismissive of his son's words, thinking he was just having a fleeting interest. However, he didn't argue, as he didn't want to discourage his son's ambition.
Hearing that his father indeed had a plan, Qi Zhiheng felt relieved and went to keep the appointment.
After he left, another person entered Qi Zhenhe's study. He was a thug who had sold himself into the Qi family, named Qi Dao.
Qi Dao stepped forward and said, "Patriarch."
Qi Zhenhe: "How's the situation over there?"
Qi Dao reported, "Those people are following the granddaughter of the Li family patriarch and may make a move at any time."
Qi Zhenhe: "Go and inform the head of the Li family, and have a good talk with him about this matter."
Qi Dao: "Yes." Then he withdrew.
Qi Zhenhe narrowed his eyes dangerously. Children's squabbles are nothing, but who would believe that they weren't orchestrated by adults, not to mention that the people involved were all controlled by higher-ups?
There's no way the head of the Chen family wouldn't know about those children's tricks. The Chen family is really ambitious; if the Li family's granddaughter is harmed by the Qi family's young master, the relationship between the two families will break down.
The two sides fight like the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman benefits—what a clever scheme! Even if they're exposed, they'll just say it's a children's squabble, unrelated to the Chen family. Then they'll just throw out the useless Chen Tao Hai as a scapegoat, and the Chen family won't suffer any losses.
Qi Zhiheng arrived at Wangyue Pavilion from the other side. There were eight people in the group, making a total of nine including him.
Wangyue Pavilion is actually just a restaurant, and when a group of people come to a restaurant, they naturally come to drink.
Qi Zhiheng thought to himself: Is this the same old trick from my previous life? It seems my awakened aptitude is too good, making them unable to resist making a move ahead of time. Qi Zhiheng entered the private room in the pavilion, where the table was already full of dishes.
The group was chatting and laughing when they saw Qi Zhiheng arrive, and they quickly invited him to sit down.
In other words, their usual friends and acquaintances are all ordinary people. It's precisely because they're ordinary that they've come together; the young masters with innate spiritual powers would have already formed their own groups. Ordinary people simply wouldn't fit in.
In his previous life, even though Qi Zhiheng awakened a spirit body, it was the one with the worst aptitude. The circles of those young masters who had already formed their own groups simply wouldn't allow him to join. So he always hung out with a group of ordinary people.
Originally, we were all a bunch of chicks. Now that we've all grown up, we suddenly discover that there's a crane among us. Isn't that a crane standing out from the crowd? In my previous life, I was foolish and blinded by flattery.
Seeing the jealous expressions on the faces of many people present, he finally understood why not a single friend visited him when he was kicked out of his home, and why Xu Jin, the only one who came to visit him, was only pretending.
Qi Zhiheng cupped his hands in greeting and said, "It's been a long time, everyone."
One of them said, "Zhiheng, that's not fair of you. You can't forget about us just because you've awakened your spirit body."
Qi Zhiheng pretended to be helpless and said, "How could I dare? Actually, I want to come out and play every day, but my grandfather keeps me in the herb garden. He won't let me out unless I'm doing something important!" He then put on a smug look on his face.
Sure enough, many people displayed even more distorted facial expressions. His understated boasting clearly fueled the discontent of many.
Qi Zhiheng didn't care. Since they weren't true friends, there was no need to try to please them.
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