Volume 6: Wangchuan Chapter 29 How to Say Like
"Later, Qiu Ning grew up a little bit, and he finally stopped clinging to me as much as before. And he was too big, so it was inconvenient for me to bring him to the mine. I could only let him wait for me at home."
"Qiu Ning will still sit obediently at the door of the house like before, waiting for me to come back."
"If it weren't for that day, perhaps this situation would have lasted for a very long time." An inexplicable emotion emerged on Qiu Shiyin's face.
"What happened?" Ji Chuan keenly sensed something was wrong.
"That day, I finished my mission early. When I returned home, I saw a group of children at my doorstep, surrounding Qiu Ning and beating him to the ground, muttering something about being a great hero."
Qiu Shiyin pulled the corner of her mouth and said word by word: "These kids regard Qiu Ning as an evil monster. Whoever beats Qiu Ning up will be the hero who has the courage to slay the monster."
"I saw Qiu Ning lying on the ground with dirt all over his face. He didn't resist, but just kept humming until he saw me coming back through the gap in the crowd, and then he started to laugh foolishly. I shouted to drive all the children away, and then carefully brushed the dust off him. I was crying while I was patting him, and Qiu Ning noticed it. He whimpered anxiously, pointed at the group of children who ran away, and kept shaking his head."
"He thought I was crying because he fought with him, and he was explaining to me that he always remembered what I said, never hurting others, so no matter how those kids beat him, he didn't fight back."
"I wiped my tears and asked Qiu Ning how long this had been going on. Qiu Ning smiled innocently and started counting one, two, three, four, but she couldn't figure it out."
"Qiu Ning is actually a violent monster in nature. He just kept enduring and allowed others to bully him because he remembered what I said and was afraid that I would not want him anymore."
"At that time, I understood that from the beginning to the end, I was the only one who accepted Qiu Ning. How could a monster live peacefully in the human world?"
“I took him to the source, where it belongs.
Fish cannot survive long on land.
I told Qiu Ning that if someone bullies you again, you don’t have to endure it. Fight back. I won’t blame you.
Qiu Ning just pulled at the corner of my clothes stupidly, tears in her big eyes, and whimpered like a wounded puppy.
He didn't understand why I would abandon him even though he obviously listened to me so much, didn't hit anyone, and didn't fight back.
I asked him to let go, but he refused.
I glared at him fiercely , and he let go of my hand in panic.
I turned and left. He still followed me step by step like before, but he didn't dare to hold the corner of my clothes anymore.
After walking a few steps, I turned back and pointed to the source and told him that that was where he should stay.
He still kept shaking his head. He just wanted to go home with me.
I yelled at him loudly and said that I didn't want him anymore and that I would be angry if he followed me again.
That was the first time I yelled at him.
He was frightened and looked at me with his big eyes, tears streaming down his face.
I left without looking back.
When I left, I heard him crying, begging me not to leave him, but even though he was reluctant to leave me, he really didn't follow me because he didn't want me to be angry..."
"I just left like that, without even looking back for the first time. I'm cruel, right?" Qiu Shiyin looked at Ji Chuan and said softly.
Ji Chuan could only shake his head.
"I really like my younger brother, but sometimes, I wish Qiu Ning had never come into this world. In this way, he wouldn't have to suffer so much." Qiu Shiyin murmured.
Qiu Shiyin finished speaking and looked at the ceiling, not knowing what she was thinking.
Ji Chuan sat there blankly, not knowing what to say.
Haoran Sword, Haoran Sword, he who has cultivated that Haoran energy, has spent just a few short decades so far, conquering the world with his sword, and it is extremely joyful.
He was suddenly exposed to something so shocking that he was speechless for a long time.
He didn't know why Qiu Shiyin suddenly told him so much.
Was it because the death of those children touched something in her heart, prompting her to find someone to talk to?
Maybe.
He didn't care about these things, but he felt an unspeakable emotion echoing , making him feel depressed.
"Did you see Qiu Ning again afterwards?" Ji Chuan's voice was hoarse.
Qiu Shiyin shook her head.
Once again, there was a long silence.
"I'm a little tired..." The silent atmosphere lasted for a long time, and Qiu Shiyin suddenly said.
Ji Chuan woke up with a start and nodded woodenly, "Then you have a good rest, I won't disturb you."
Looking at Ji Chuan carefully closing the door, Qiu Shiyin was lost in thought for a long time.
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"Brother, how is Miss Qiu?"
As soon as he went out, Ji Chuan saw Lu Qingshan waiting not far away, looking at him with a smile.
Ji Chuan hadn't come back to his senses yet. He just nodded and replied subconsciously: "There's nothing wrong with my body."
"How was your investigation going?" Ji Chuan thought of something and asked quickly.
"I asked the head of the Qiu family to help investigate. Yesterday alone, three families in the Zangling area were attacked by source monsters. They were the Qiu family, the Lin family in Shanglin Town, and the Hua family in Chi Town. The latter two were small families. When the Qiu family arrived nearby, the entire town had already been slaughtered, with few survivors."
Shocking information.
"According to this situation, the next period of time should be the peak period of source monster riots, and incidents of the Zangling source monsters attacking the human race will occur one after another." Lu Qingshan said slowly.
Ji Chuan frowned slightly, "By the time the spiritual message is transmitted back to the Sword Sect and the Sword Sect's support arrives, it will be at least seven or eight days later."
The human race's territory is too large, and there are too many things to deal with. All things must be ranked according to importance, the so-called priority. The order in which things are handled is based on the priority.
The reason is not difficult to understand.
It's like if a theft occurs in a small village, you can't ask the city police department to ignore the kidnapping case at hand and deal with this theft case first.
Zangling is just a remote place, and in the eyes of the Sword Sect it is like a small village. Generally speaking, the things that happen there are of very low priority in the eyes of the Sword Sect, so they will not be handled too quickly.
The last time, it took a month for the Qiu family’s spiritual letter to be uploaded to the Sword Sect.
This time, although the spiritual message was sent back by Ji Chuan himself, the efficiency would be much higher, but no matter what, it would take another seven or eight days for the Sword Sect to provide support.
"It is not realistic to wipe out all the source monsters before they riot. In addition, according to previous situations, if the previous batch of source monsters died, the next batch of source monsters would soon rush out from the source area. Therefore, the most practical thing to do now is to find the source of the source monster riot and leave the source area, so as to drive these source monsters back to the source area."
Ji Chuan pondered for a moment and said, "Moreover, I always feel that since the underworld is behind this matter, this matter will never end if the source is not found."
Lu Qingshan agreed: "I think so too, so we need to find more information and clues from the Qiu family."
Ji Chuan nodded, "Then let's go find the head of the Qiu family first. The Qiu family is the largest family in Zangling, and they should have the most complete clues."
After reaching a consensus, the two immediately set off to find the head of the Qiu family.
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"Junior brother, can I ask you a question?" After taking only a few steps, Ji Chuan suddenly stopped and said this.
" Hmm?" Lu Qingshan turned around, a little confused, "Brother, tell me."
Ji Chuan hesitated for a moment, then asked cautiously: "Junior brother, do you know what it takes to be considered as falling in love with someone?"
Before Lu Qingshan could answer, Ji Chuan shook his head and asked, "Junior brother, why do you want a woman to be your Taoist partner?"
"Appearance? Cultivation? Talent?" Ji Chuan enumerated them on his own, "Or is it because we have similar interests?"
Lu Qingshan looked at Ji Chuan with a smile, and Ji Chuan's voice gradually became lower and lower until it finally disappeared.
"The reasons you mentioned are just extras at best. They can't be the reason why you want a woman to be your Taoist partner." Lu Qingshan shook his head.
"What should that be?" Ji Chuan blurted out.
"Because I like her," Lu Qingshan said, "Only if you like her can you want her to be your Taoist partner."
“And there is no reason for liking someone.”
After a pause, Lu Qingshan continued, "Let's go back to the first question you asked. If you were thinking of a certain woman when you asked me this question just now, then you fell in love with her."
Ji Chuan was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Thank you."
