Uncle Shen watched from the side, not intending to stop the two, but for some reason, he always wore a regretful expression whenever Xu Yuehuai spoke, though no one asked why. When Xu Yuehuai left, she still rode in the hearse prepared by Old Master Sheng. "I don't have much of anything, except for a lot of things I collect. You like this shiny exterior, right? Girls all like this kind of thing, so I'll give it to you!"
"This is too precious." Xu Yuehuai was shocked. What kind of kind person would give a spirit boat as a gift? But Old Master Sheng waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "Don't be polite with me. I don't know how to use this. It was Old Shen who said that girls like this kind of thing, so I used this spirit boat when I went to pick you up. You can take it with you."
So, at Old Master Sheng's urging, she boarded the spirit boat. After watching the spirit boat take off from the gate of Cangwu City, Uncle Chen said, "Master, why didn't you tell her about that matter when we were eating?"
With his hands behind his back, Old Master Sheng kept watching the spirit boat disappear into the distance. "It's not that I don't want to talk about it, it's just that the young lady has her own plans. This time, we've already been the first to benefit from her heroic aura, so let's call it a day. We'll talk about that next time she comes."
“The matter of the Sheng family heir cannot be delayed. Once Xu girl leaves, we don’t know when she will return. If we don’t speak up now, we may never have the chance to say it again.” Uncle Shen said from the side, feeling like the emperor was not worried but the eunuch was. “Now, everyone in the clan is urging you to adopt a child from their families. What do you think we should do?”
Old Master Sheng didn't speak. Only after the spirit boat's silhouette disappeared from sight did he lift his foot and leave from the direction of the city gate. "Didn't you hear what that girl Xu said? With my health, I can live for another hundred or two hundred years. What's the rush? With so many years to go, why worry about not finding a child to inherit my Sheng family?"
The Sheng family, with its patriarch having no children, no wives or concubines, and never marrying, relied solely on the drive he had in his youth to get where he was today. The family had elders and collateral branches, but none of them were good people; they lacked ability and only wanted to take advantage. Once the patriarch died, all of the Sheng family's possessions would be divided up by those individuals.
Old Master Sheng has worked hard all his life and doesn't want to just hand over everything to someone else. Finding someone trustworthy and of good character to take over everything he owns is no easy task.
As time went by, things dragged on until now. Although he's still in good health, he can't escape the possibility of someone trying to sabotage him from behind. You can guard against it for a while, but not forever.
Uncle Shen sighed as he looked at him, unsure of what to say.
Uncle Shen grew up with him and is one of the people Old Master Sheng trusts the most, which is why he brought him along on this trip.
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"Junior sister, how did you get to know Old Master Sheng? Although Old Master Sheng is a good person, his family is quite complicated. It's best to avoid contact with him unless necessary." As the spirit boat left Cangwu City, Quan Cang looked at Xu Yuehuai with worry on his face and a different kind of emotion in his eyes.
Xu Yuehua nodded. "I understand."
Quan Cang wanted to say something more, but seeing Xu Yuehuai's absent-minded look, he could only sigh deeply and then turn to leave. As he left, he said, "Now you are much more capable than your senior brother. You have your own understanding of many things. I may not understand what you want to do, but everything I think is absolutely for your own good."
Xu Yuehuai didn't turn around, but simply gave a soft "hmm".
Qi Guze stood beside her, watching the interaction between the two without interrupting. After Quan Cang left, Qi Guze hugged Xu Yuehuai and said, "You haven't hugged me in so long."
...
Their journey back was very comfortable; the stay on the spirit boat was exceptionally pleasant. When Quan Cang followed Xu Yuehuai to Xuancheng, he hesitated and looked at Xu Yuehuai anxiously, "Do you think your sect will disagree with this?"
When Xu Yuehuai returned to Xuancheng, he sent a message to Zisangyi, telling her roughly when he would return to Xuancheng and the sect.
So when Xu Yuehuai arrived in Xuancheng, there were many people at the city gate to welcome her, all wanting to see the legendary hero.
As they stepped through the city gates, many people eagerly wanted to give Xu Yuehuai the things they were carrying.
"Miss Xu, these are just a small token of our appreciation. We hope you won't find them offensive or think they're insignificant. We all feel that what you did this time was truly remarkable. We don't have any other skills, so we can only express our gratitude to you with these things." Someone stepped forward and spoke on behalf of everyone to Xu Yuehuai, saying what everyone wanted to say.
Everyone nodded in agreement. "Yes, Miss Xu, you've done so much for us. These little things aren't worth much, please accept them!"
As soon as the first person came to persuade Xu Yuehuai, a second one followed, and so on. For a moment, Xu Yuehuai stood there as if she were being forcibly controlled.
Qi Guze watched her with a smile, while Quan Cang remained calm, probably because she wasn't the main character being surrounded, so she felt relaxed.
"I appreciate everyone's kindness, but I can't accept these things. Please take them back. Thank you all." As she spoke, Xu Yuehuai raised her hand in a gesture of respect to everyone.
"Xu Yuehuai, you're finally back! This elder has been waiting for you for so long." Amidst the gentle voices, an unfriendly one stood out.
Almost the instant the sound rang out, everyone turned to look in that direction.
The Fourth Elder, dressed in clothing bearing the Song family insignia, stared coldly at Xu Yuehuai as if he were an enemy. On the other side were Zisangyi and the others, who were blocked outside the crowd.
Everyone was so enthusiastic that they were pushed to the very edge. They thought that these people meant no harm, so they weren't in a hurry. But no one expected that a Cheng Yaojin would suddenly appear out of nowhere.
Xu Yuehuai looked up and saw the Fourth Elder standing not far away, his whole body enveloped in spiritual power, looking as if he wanted to fight Xu Yuehuai to the death.
"I'm here to question you about the murder of Song Xin. You instructed Yi Zhuo to kill Song Xin. Do you have anything to say about that?"
When he said this, everyone below was stunned, having no idea what he was talking about.
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