Chapter 63 Something's Wrong
Qing'er sat down beside him and sighed, "Li Lianhua, can't you just say what's wrong? I can't guess what's going on. I was thinking of staying with you a few more days before going home, but I'm worried about you now." Li Lianhua had been acting really strange these past few days; he seemed less interested in life and had become melancholic. She was very worried about him, afraid that if she left, he might do something rash. Then all her efforts would have been for nothing. Well, actually, she didn't want anything to happen to Li Lianhua; the thought of him getting into trouble made Qing'er sad.
Li Lianhua panicked the moment he heard this, forgetting his own heartache, and said in a trembling voice, "You...you're leaving?" He had originally thought it would be good for Qing'er to leave, but he hadn't expected it to be so soon.
Seeing his appearance, Qing'er's heart clenched. "Yes, I'll go back and take a look. I'll be back soon." Then she said worriedly, "Li Lianhua, do you know what you look like right now?" His face was deathly pale, without a trace of color.
Li Lianhua tried her best to calm herself down and said jokingly, "I'm just afraid that if you leave, you won't come back. What will Master and Mistress do if they miss you then?"
Qing'er blurted out, "Then don't you miss me?" As soon as she said it, she regretted it, and her face instantly turned red to the roots of her ears.
Li Lianhua hadn't expected her to ask that, and for a moment she was speechless. The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and neither of them dared to look the other in the eye. Li Lianhua thought to herself, "Yes, I am."
Looking at the silent Li Lianhua, Qing'er felt a pang of sadness for some reason, but she still changed the subject, saying, "Ahem... I wonder if Mother... and my sisters miss me?"
This was the first time Li Lianhua had heard Qing'er talk about her family. He wanted to know more about Qing'er, so he asked, "Sisters? Does Qing'er have many sisters?"
Qing'er leaned on the table, resting her chin on her hand, and said, "Yes, I have four older sisters and two younger sisters, all of whom are troublesome."
Li Lianhua was a little stunned. So many? But... "Troublesome?"
Qing'er said with some worry, "I suddenly came here, and I don't know how they are doing. Are they cultivating properly? Is Dong Yong treating Seventh Sister well? He's cultivating now, but he still makes Seventh Sister eat pickled vegetables with him, right? Could the other sisters have secretly descended to the mortal realm? Could they have been deceived by other men as well?"
The more she thought about it, the more worried she became. She suddenly stood up and paced back and forth in the room, saying, "Dong Yong's talent for cultivation is so poor, I don't even know if he's been working hard at it. Now everyone in the mortal realm is starting to cultivate, I don't know if he can protect Seventh Sister and the other sisters. When I came here, the God of Food and Eldest Sister were getting along very well, and Third Sister and Jinzha were also showing some signs of getting closer. Seventh Sister is in the mortal realm, and the others are cultivating. If they haven't come out of seclusion, it's fine, but if they have and are tricked into coming down to the mortal realm by the Yin Shi King, it will be terrible." Although the Yin Shi King may have listened to what she said back then, if he wants to continue cultivating, he has to break the seal, and breaking the seal means that all of them have to come down to the mortal realm.
With the example of the Seventh Sister already set, she didn't want the others to marry useless men. The God of Cookery and Jinzha were alright, at least they were immortals. The Second Sister's boyfriend in the original series was also alright, and he seemed to have decent talent. But the Fourth Sister, Sixth Sister, and Seventh Sister's boyfriends were a different story. She knew it was too late for the Seventh Sister, but she felt that the Fourth Sister and Sixth Sister could still be saved.
Li Lianhua watched his pacing figure, and the more he listened to her words, the more uneasy he felt. He asked somewhat nervously, "Qing'er, didn't you say that immortals cannot fall in love?"
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