Chapter 15 Chapter 15 I had already lain in a bed
After returning from the Jin family, Xu Zhaoyi's daily routine finally returned to normal. He no longer stayed in the room day and night to absorb spiritual energy. Occasionally, he would take a walk around the manor at the persuasion of Noodles.
A few days later, Wu Yunlian called and said that everything for the engagement was ready and gave a date.
Qin Sheng looked at the calendar and found that the engagement ceremony was scheduled for the day after tomorrow, which meant that he and Xu Zhaoyi would have to go back to the Qin family's main residence and stay for one night at the latest tomorrow night.
After all, it’s quite a long drive from here, and it would definitely be too late to go there that morning.
He told this to Xu Zhaoyi, but he just hummed and didn't react. Only when he saw his serious expression did he frown and ask, "Is there something wrong?"
"That's not the case." Qin Sheng smiled and said, "Even if we stay overnight at the Qin family, we can only sleep in one room and one bed. Besides, the old man is halfway to the foundation building stage, and with the blessing of the formation, he can hear every little thing in the Qin family. So even if we close the door in the room, we can't relax. Do you understand me?"
Xu Zhaoyi understood immediately. What it meant was that as long as they were within the Qin family, they had to pretend to be a real couple.
"What's the big deal? They're all men. They're just lying on the same bed. It's not like they're losing any weight."
Ever since he accepted that this marriage was a cooperation in name only, his slight discomfort was absorbed by his strong adaptability.
But having said that, if the other person was a greasy, sloppy man who snored loudly, Xu Zhaoyi would definitely be disgusted.
In short, if the other party is Qin Sheng, he doesn't care. If Qin Sheng feels embarrassed, then they can bring Noodles along and let Noodles lie between them all night.
A few days ago, Wu Yunlian and Qin Sheng asked for custom-made dresses in their respective sizes, even the size for noodles was included.
Xu Zhaoyi guessed that she was afraid that Qin Sheng would treat Noodles as his family, only to find out that the Qin family didn't treat his 'family' equally. Then she would immediately explode and lose her temper in front of all the guests, making the Qin family lose face in the entire cultivation circle.
It's not really Wu Yunlian's paranoid delusion. Even Xu Zhaoyi thinks that Qin Sheng might really take advantage of the situation to do such a thing.
The Qin family owed him too much, and there was no way to get it all back right now. It was only natural for him to want to use the bargaining chips to collect some interest.
"I'm glad you don't mind." Qin Sheng shrugged. He had nothing to be pretentious about. Thanks to the little troublemaker Noodles, he had already slept in the same bed with the unconscious Xu Zhaoyi, but Xu Zhaoyi himself didn't know it yet.
Xu Zhaoyi asked again: "Do you want to bring noodles?"
Qin Sheng didn't care about this.
"If it can bear not being able to open its mouth and speak a word for two days, then it can go if it wants to."
Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.
A round and white dumpling the size of a sheep dung ball scurried under the sofa using its hands and feet. It was as filthy as a cockroach, and the matchstick legs were about to spark it.
"What are you doing, little brat? It's so dirty under the sofa."
Noodles's triumphant voice came from under the sofa: "A little bug just got into the manor and set off my alarm. I caught it!"
Qin Sheng and Xu Zhaoyi were both shocked when they heard this.
"What little bug?"
"It looks like a... poisonous insect." A glutinous rice dumpling that had rolled in the dust and turned gray came out from under the sofa, holding a tiny insect as small as a grain of rice that kept twisting its body.
Xu Zhaoyi quickly went to the kitchen and got a sealed glass bottle and asked Noodles to put the bugs in it.
Qin Sheng also breathed a sigh of relief. He had just subconsciously thought it was some kind of eavesdropping device, but now that he had calmed down, he realized that this was simply impossible.
If it was an electronic product, it wouldn't even be able to get over the wall outside their manor and the noodles would cut into the data chain and destroy the internal core firmware.
Only this kind of real creature would trigger the system's safety warning if it came within one meter of him.
but……
"If it's a Gu worm, then it couldn't have been the work of the Qin family." Qin Sheng looked at Xu Zhaoyi and said pointedly, "It seems the Xu family has received our engagement invitation and is frightened and anxious."
“…You knew?” Xu Zhaoyi recalled that he seemed to have never told him that the people chasing him were hired by the Xu family.
"That's not hard to guess."
"Okay, I think it should be them."
There was a cold pond in Xu Zhaoyi's eyes. His good uncles were afraid that after he married Qin Sheng, he would use the power of the Qin family to retaliate against them, so they wanted to strike first and kill both him and Qin Sheng.
At this moment, Qin Sheng's cell phone rang. The caller ID showed 'Paparazzi No. 1'. He answered the call and pressed the hands-free button. A rough and anxious voice came from the other end of the line.
"Master, we spotted someone sneaking around the outskirts trying to get close to the manor. After engaging him, we discovered he was a Gu Master. We weren't prepared to deal with the poisonous insect, so he escaped."
This was the first time they encountered a desperate madman who dared to attack Qin Sheng since they were ordered to protect him and moved here. They didn't know what he was trying to do by risking being hunted down by the Qin family to kill a sickly person.
The captain of the guard team could not hide his annoyance in his tone. They had been peaceful for a whole year, so it was inevitable that they had become slack.
"Please don't go out for the time being. Our family will send someone to pick you and Young Master Xu up tomorrow morning."
"knew."
Qin Sheng calmly agreed and hung up the phone. He turned to Xu Zhaoyi, whose expression was stern, and said with a smile, "Alright, let the Qin family investigate. Your uncles are ignorant and fearless. I guarantee that the Qin family, including the old man, who just received the news, were scared to death."
That scene is very humorous when you think about it.
Although no one was caught, there were surveillance systems outside the manor. The poison master even used poisonous insects to reveal his identity in order to escape. With the influence of the Qin family in this circle, it would not take too much effort to find the mastermind behind the scenes.
"That's not too ignorant."
Xu Zhaoyi shook the bottle in his hand and said something fair on behalf of his good uncles: "If they had been willing to use such a method to deal with me, I would be dead or alive now."
Most Gu Masters are solitary and aloof when traveling outside, so it is not easy to contact them, not to mention that this commission also carries the risk of being on the Qin family's blacklist, and the price is definitely not low.
It can be seen that they know that they cannot afford to confront the Qin family head-on, but if they don't take action, Xu Zhaoyi will sooner or later use the Qin family for revenge. They will suffer either way, so they might as well take a gamble.
Although this seems to be a reckless act, it is actually an inevitable choice if you think about it carefully. If everyone would give up taking risks and consider the serious consequences of doing bad things once they are exposed, there would be no crime in this world.
"That's impossible. If they had had the foresight and courage from the very beginning, they wouldn't have resorted to killing you and seizing your parents' inheritance."
How can someone who is so greedy as to covet the inheritance left by his elder brother and sister-in-law to his nephew not be stingy?
As Qin Sheng spoke, he took a disposable cup and poured some cold boiled water into it. He stretched out two fingers to pick up the noodles. It looked like he was going to soak the dirty noodles directly in the water and scrub them.
Xu Zhaoyi couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he took the noodles and wiped off the dust on the small dumplings bit by bit with a wet tissue.
"Little dad is still particular!"
Noodles gave a thumbs up to the massage service.
Xu Zhaoyi smiled at it, then thought of something and said, "After something like this happened, would the Qin family take the opportunity to let you move back?"
"Of course they will, but they wouldn't dare to force me to stay if I didn't agree. I guess they know what's going on and are already making preparations, selecting additional guards for the perimeter."
"That's good."
It would be fine to sleep together for a night or two, but if he moved into the Qin family, he would have to pretend to be a loving couple with Qin Sheng every day, so he respectfully declined.
Moreover, even if the Zhoutian Star Shield could help him conceal his cultivation level, it would be very inconvenient to practice secretly under the nose of Old Master Qin.
On the other side, just as Qin Sheng expected, all the insiders gathered together in the Qin family's house, including the old man, and everyone was wiping the cold sweat off their faces with a handkerchief.
I've been comfortable for too long, and now there's this sudden stimulation, no one's heart can bear it.
Qin Kangnian was also so frightened that he couldn't stop feeling palpitations. It was a close call. Their generation was almost destroyed by the backlash.
"Second brother, find out who did it." The old man stared at Qin Kangnian with his eyes as bright as torches and said gloomily, "They dared to touch the foundation of our Qin family. If it was just a simple conflict and happened accidentally, I would teach the culprit a lesson and deal with everyone involved. But if they knew something and targeted Sheng'er..."
Qin Kangnian understood: "Eliminate the hidden dangers, leaving no one behind."
At this time, Wu Yunlian not only wiped the sweat off his face, but also very pretentiously pressed the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and suggested: "Dad, maybe Sheng'er is also scared. Why don't we ask him if he is willing to come back to live. The Qin family is the safest place."
The old man gave her a rare look of approval.
"It would be best if we could persuade him to come back, but that's all we can do. If he really doesn't want to, forget it. I'd rather arrange for more people to protect him. Do you understand?"
"My daughter-in-law understands."
Wu Yunlian deserved to be docile, but in fact, she didn't care at all. Sometimes she was very curious. In Qin Sheng's understanding, she was the only sickly person in the cultivation family who couldn't practice, so why could she be so confident and domineering.
But she can only act like a bully at home. After what happened, she didn't believe that Qin Sheng, an ordinary person with no ability to protect himself, would not be afraid.
However, these words were not pleasant to hear, and she didn't dare say them in front of the old man. Even though the old man probably thought so, he always tabooed them from saying such words out loud, so Wu Yunlian could only make a few sarcastic remarks to Qin Kangnian in private after returning to her room.
Qin Kangnian didn't let her shut up.
"he tui!"
Noodles used the network cable to eavesdrop on what was happening at home, and after listening, he couldn't help but curse.
"What a bunch of hypocritical bastards! I'm not moving back. This kind of thing should happen more often. Then we'll see who gets really scared!"
Xu Zhaoyi saw it was so cute when it jumped up and down with its hands on its hips, but Qin Sheng's heart was like stone. He stretched out a finger and pointed at it: "Don't say bad words."
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