half a catty
Ke Zhixing came here because it was the place she consulted for her fortune telling. Lately, she has rarely consulted fate, because fate has not granted her any favors.
When she arrived, she saw a very coincidental person.
The man was dressed in a green robe, with a gentle smile, and introduced himself as "Mu Luohai".
Hello, young lady.
“…I’m not good, get out.” Ke Zhixing’s anger was evident on his face.
Not wanting to bother her any further, the other party replied, "Okay, miss, I'll wait for you here."
"???" Ke Zhixing left behind a string of unanswered questions.
Then, he turned and walked into the Rouge Pavilion.
She quickly changed her clothes. Before long, a burly man suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes and cleverly blended into the crowd.
When Ke Zhixing arrived, her magical artifact reacted first.
She raised her eyebrows, and her striking appearance even caused a stir at one point.
[Image of a large man frowning.]
Ke's actions were not her own intention, and she usually did not explain them, and she spoke very little.
So much so that it took a long time to finish this series, and even the two little ones were almost exhausted.
Ke Zhixing felt that luck was not that important; what mattered was that his life was in his own hands.
When Ke Zhixing saw Tong Jiusheng again, he didn't recognize him at first glance.
"A person's temperament is a unique boundary, but it is not immutable."
In recent years, Tong Jiusheng has changed a lot, and Ke Zhixing can't even remember him anymore.
Hello, Xiao Xing.
"oh."
The two groups clashed silently, one composed, the other playful yet with a touch of the harsh reality of accepting things as they are.
“You’re still as quiet as ever. I was right,” Tong Jiusheng said.
"So you didn't die." Ke Zhixing stared at him, scrutinizing him closely.
"I didn't want you to know because I was worried about you," Tong Jiusheng explained.
"And now?" Ke Zhixing asked unhurriedly.
"Now... I think I should live. Being alive allows me to do more. There are many ups and downs in the world, and we can only do more with the strength in our hands."
He calmly thought that it was already very difficult. The road ahead was long and the return date was nowhere in sight, and his heart had been cold for a long time.
"Do you need my help?" Ke Zhixing asked.
Tong Jiusheng looked at his apprentice, who was speaking righteously and with an ambiguous expression, and who was even more robust than two of him, and said with some difficulty, "Can we change our appearance first? The way you're talking makes it sound like we're having some kind of improper relationship."
Ke Zhixing "..."
Ke Zhixing turned around and shed his burly man persona, successfully reverting to a cold-faced young girl.
The clothes she was wearing were still the same old style that Tong Jiusheng had been looking at for a long time.
"Is it alright now?" Ke Zhixing asked slowly. This ruined the atmosphere of their reunion they had just created.
Tong Jiusheng muttered softly, "You still ruin the atmosphere like this."
Fleeting moments, "Aren't you angry with me?"
Ke Zhixing looked at him directly again and said, "You're so long-winded."
Tong Jiusheng waved his arm. "No, it's just that I've missed you terribly since we last met."
Ke Zhixing read the sentence "You miss me?" again, emphasizing the word "miss".
Tong Jiusheng laughed and said, "Don't be so persistent. Of course you can."
Ke Zhixing looked at him and asked, "What do you need me to do?"
"Can't you just live a good life?"
"……good."
After saying goodbye, Tong Jiusheng turned and walked back towards Jin Yulou, leaving Ke Zhixing with the words, "If you have anything you don't know how to do next, follow your heart. It's much more useful than consulting divination. After all, if your heart desires something, you will surely reach it, no matter how far away it is."
Ke Zhixing paused for a long time before saying, "Disciple will follow Master's teachings."
...
Qu Mingzhe remained silent at home; his father had passed away. He stayed silent, the butler beside him, whom he dismissed with a serious expression.
"Old ginger is spicier, he's resigned to his fate," Qu Mingzhe thought bitterly to himself.
The less pressure or support one feels for him, the more people around him will fawn over him, and the more their attention and affection will slither up towards him like snakes.
He has been self-absorbed for too long, forgetting that there is someone silently supporting him behind the scenes.
The person who supported him was long gone...
The sadness fades, leaving behind the outwardly resolute Young Master Qu, or perhaps the head of the Qu family.
The position of head of the family is a place where "a new broom sweeps clean," and moreover, the three moves are made when the family is neither fully established nor completely new, which is exactly what he needs.
Qu Mingzhe entered the main room, where the seats around him were filled with his uncles and elders.
He was the only direct descendant, while the others were collateral branches, relying on the vast Qu family mansion. But now, the Qu family mansion had declined and no longer had enough to rely on, leaving only a young master who had been sent to the immortal sect to study when he was young.
Their verbal and veiled struggles remained outwardly calm when the parties involved arrived.
"Extremely hypocritical, yet also very realistic."
He coldly commented.
Qu Mingzhe looked at his uncles and elders, first showing them polite respect, then in the blink of an eye, his next words were a gesture of drawing his sword towards them.
Some of the uncles' masks were broken, but then they continued talking about the plans they were discussing as if nothing had happened.
But the head of the Qu family calmly scanned each person sitting down. He asked his uncles, "What exactly do you want? From the moment you started this treacherous banquet, have you considered the future of the Qu family? My father may know what you have done, and may consider blood ties, but I am different. I have no affection for you whatsoever. If you want to threaten me, you have no chance."
"The information I have is enough to sweep you all out of the manor. From today onwards, I will not tolerate any interference from you if I decide to do anything. If I discover even the slightest clue, don't say I don't care about the lives of you, the people from the collateral branches."
After saying this, everyone was stunned at first, and then someone would be the first to object. Qu Mingzhe had many ways to deal with this kind of person, perhaps some cruel, but not sending him to his death was already an act of great compassion.
"Guards, confiscate all his possessions and deposit them into the Prince's Palace's accounts. Give him forty strokes of the cane, then throw him out of the Prince's Palace and never allow him to return," Qu Mingzhe said coldly.
The "early birds" were the first to become afraid, and they all began to "regret" their actions.
If forty strokes of the cane had already taken a toll on their lives, then confiscating their property would effectively cut off their last means of survival. Moreover, expelling them from the Prince's mansion and forbidding them from ever returning would strip them of their status and make it impossible for them to live.
The head of the Qu family is cold-blooded and ruthless.
Qu Mingzhe vaguely heard one of his uncles talking.
He laughed and said, "Someone, find this gossipy uncle a leisurely job, the lowest level, with the lowest pay. Oh, and stop his monthly salary too. I think they need to temper their minds and bodies and cleanse their thoughts."
"No, no, no, please!"
From then on, Qu Mingzhe became the indifferent head of the Qu family.
Their joys and sorrows were unrelated to his emotions; he was like an outsider, always watching their next move.
On the other side, Chi Wangyue and Yan Tianhua, Bai Hanxin and Gu Shuoxing gathered together. They met on the road and exchanged their views along the way. Xu Huai joined Gu Shuoxing's group, and suddenly, they were all in groups of two or three.
"Let's go play by the roadside." Bai Hanxin stopped and stood in front of the shop owner when she saw some interesting little trinkets.
Xu Huai whispered to Gu Shuoxing, "How long has it been since she's had a proper outing?"
Gu Shuoxing smiled, then pondered, "She usually stays at home and rarely has the opportunity to go out and play. Besides, don't you usually stay at Fufeng and not go out either?"
“…” Xu Huai muttered, “Brother, don’t sabotage me.”
Bai Hanxin heard this and snorted, "We're evenly matched."
Xu Huai retorted, "You're no better than us."
Bai Hanxin ignored her, turned around and went into the small shop in front of her, focusing on picking out the decorations she liked.
Chi Wangyue saw it, glanced at Yan Tianhua, and said, "Senior Brother Yan, I want one too. Can you pick a pretty one for me?"
Yan Tianhua: "...Okay."
Chi Wangyue was surprised that the other party actually agreed. He hesitated for a moment, while Yan Tianhua glanced around and saw a hairpin shaped like a cloud, with a small pink flower adorning the cloud. Although it was somewhat plain compared to the others, he liked it at first sight.
"Shopkeeper, I'd like this." Yan Tianhua's voice rang out, startling Chi Wangyue back to her senses.
When Chi Wangyue saw the other person walking towards him with the hairpin, she didn't give it to him directly. Instead, she leaned close to his ear and said, "Shall I put it on for you?"
Chi Wangyue stopped moving and looked at Bai Hanxin, who was still picking and choosing, and couldn't help but laugh.
"Junior Sister Hanxin, why don't you take the whole thing? It'll be much faster than your indecisiveness."
Bai Hanxin shook her head helplessly, then quickly selected a hairpin decorated with a gourd and a small chain. "Thank you for your kindness, Senior Brother, but I think this one suits me better."
Chi Wangyue: "Okay then."
Xu Huai honestly picked two hairpins that were the same style but had different accessories.
"For you." Gu Shuoxing was taken aback when she heard his words. "For me?"
"Yes, it's a gift from your senior brother Xu Huai."
"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Brother Xu Huai."
Xu Qi suddenly appeared out of nowhere and asked, "Brother, what about mine?"
Xu Huai couldn't help but say, "If there's a benefit, then come out. Who was it that ran away faster than a rabbit when things went wrong?"
“It’s me,” Xu Qi said without hesitation. “But, you’re the best to me, brother.”
Xu Huai tacitly agreed and handed the hairpin to Xu Qi.
Xu Qi thought for a moment, then said to Gu Shuoxing, "Could you help me put this on?"
Xu Huai thought, "...So she was using someone else's flowers to present to Buddha; no wonder she was so unusually attentive."
Gu Shuoxing didn't reply, but Xu Huai spoke first.
"I'll do it. If you still want it."
"Oh, then you can come." Xu Qi's tone was noticeably lower than before.
Xu Huai "..."
Gu Shuoxing chuckled to himself, and Xu Huai nudged him.
Bai Hanxin narrowed her eyes and, before Xu Huai could make a move, said, "Shall I put the hairpin in my sister's hair?"
Xu Qi said with a grin, "Of course, Sister Bai."
Xu Huai "..."
Why did this inexplicable feeling of being betrayed by my own sister suddenly appear out of nowhere?
However, it's really annoying.
Yan Tianhua stood among the crowd, his gaze falling on Chi Wangyue, who was standing in front of him.
"Your image is hidden in my eyes."
[Congratulations, host! Yan Tianhua's favorability has increased by 5%]
[Currently, Yan Tianhua's favorability rating is 95%. Please continue your efforts, host.]
Beep beep beep... Congratulations, host. Hu Li sat in the internal space of the main system, looking at them with light in his eyes, but his hands kept moving, writing down things quickly. After a while, he smiled.
[May the host go even further.]
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