Chapter Forty-Five Weirdness

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  Three days later, Li Gonggong and his entourage left Huangsha City with a humiliated expression, as he had just received an imperial edict from the palace, which scolded him severely and ordered him not to stay in Huangsha City, but to return to the capital immediately. Originally, they came out this time to please the princess, but unexpectedly, they failed to flatter her and instead suffered a great loss!

  When Li Gonggong's carriage drove out of the Yellow Sand City, he lifted up the curtain on the carriage window, stretched out his head and looked back at the majestic and solemn city wall of the Yellow Sand City with one eye. The terrifying scar on his face from top to bottom made him look like a fierce ghost, extremely ferocious and frightening.

  "Qin Li, remember this, one day I will tear you to pieces! And as for the Shangguan family, we'll be waiting to see the day when your daughter falls out of favor. We'll take good care of her then... Begone!"

  The charioteer raised his whip and set off, the magnificent carriage sending up a cloud of dust as it sped out of sight.

  ……

  "Report to the master of the house, they have left." The powerful black armored knight stood before Shangguan Tie at this moment, his face respectful and his voice soft.

  "Hmph, a eunuch dares to be so arrogant! What can a local strongman do? Disobeying the holy order is a capital offense, he wouldn't dare!" Upper Official Iron said calmly: "Alright, Qin Li and the others are fine, let them leave."

  "Master, won't you go see Qin Gongzi?" reminded the black armored knight.

  Shangguan Tie hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said: "That little thing is stubborn and doesn't like to owe others favors. I guess this time, if it weren't for those hunter companions of his, he wouldn't have stayed in our mansion for three days! Forget it, let him go."

  The black-armored knight hesitated for a moment, bowed his head and went down. In all these years, he had rarely seen such an expression full of kindness and helplessness on his master's face. He was secretly surprised and couldn't help but look at Qin Lige with a few more glances.

  Originally, with Qin Li's identity, in the entire Shangguan family, there were hardly a few people who could look down on him. Even if Shangguan Shi Yu had some hidden illness, Qin Li's identity was even more disreputable!

  Along with this, even these guards had some misgivings about Qin Li, only because of the strict rules of the Shangguan family, they didn't dare to show it. But the leader of the black armored knights clearly saw that things were not simple from Shangguan Tie's face. With Shangguan Tie's identity, why give such a big face to a small illegitimate child? It was simply ridiculous!

  So, the leader of the Black Armor Knights secretly decided in his heart that he must get along with Qin Gongzi.

  ……

  As soon as I arrived at the gate, I saw Qin Han Yue and Qin Xue, who were hanging up the washed clothes in the yard. The originally shabby fence had been renovated, and the broken gate had also been replaced with a new one. Although it looked cheap at first glance, it was much better than before.

  Qin Li raised his head and found that the blue tiles on the roof had also been replaced. He felt a slight movement in his heart, wondering how his home could have changed so much in just over ten days since he left.

  "Mother, I'm back!" Qin Li said softly to Qin Han Yue who was walking towards him.

  "Baby son, I was worried to death! Let me take a look, are you hurt?" Qin Han Yue didn't know about the thing with Li Gong Gong and thought her son had just returned.

  Qin Li naturally didn't want his mother to worry, so he hadn't mentioned it at all. Upon hearing this, he smiled and said: "Mother, do you think I'm that vulnerable?"

  Qin Xue walked up at this time, gave a slight bow to Qin Li and said softly: "Young Master is back..."

  "Sister, we're family, why be so polite? Just call me Qin Li or Little Li, just don't call me Young Master!" Qin Li said with a smile.

  Qin Xue's face turned slightly red, after more than ten days of getting along with each other, her feelings for Qin Han Yue had become better and better, now she really regarded herself as a member of this family.

  Qin Li pointed at the green tiles on the roof and the fence outside the yard, asking: "What's going on with these?"

  Qin Xue smiled slightly and said: "These were all repaired after Miss Shangguan came, we couldn't stop her from finding someone to fix them, so we could only let her be!"

  Qin Li was taken aback, he had indeed seen Shi Yu twice in the past two days, but that girl hadn't mentioned this matter at all! Was she trying to give him a surprise? A faint smile spread across Qin Li's face as he thought back on his experiences at the Shangguan household over the past few days.

  He has been at the Upper Official's residence for the past few days, where he was treated extremely well. Ah Hu and others also borrowed Qin Li's prestige to experience the life of a wealthy family. Worth mentioning is that the iron-armored alligator was directly purchased by the Upper Official's household for 40,000 taels of silver. Of course, how much of this price was due to Qin Li's face, everyone knew very well in their hearts. So when dividing the silver, Qin Li received a full 10,000 taels! Originally, he was supposed to receive 20,000 taels, but Qin Li refused to accept it no matter what, and only reluctantly accepted 10,000 taels after Ah Hu threatened not to be brothers if he didn't accept.

  When she saw Ouyang Shi Yu, she was standing quietly by the pond, feeding the goldfish in it, like a beautiful painting. When she saw Qin Li, she wasn't surprised either, and a faint smile appeared in her beautiful eyes, but she didn't speak, continuing to feed the fish.

  Qin Li walked up to her side, looking at the fat carp in the water, and said: "It's so fat, it must be delicious when cooked in a red sauce!"

  Shangguan Shi Yu glared at Qin Li with a cold gaze, and her clear, melodious voice finally rang out: "Don't eat them!"

  Qin Li rubbed his nose, chuckled, and sniffed the faint scent emanating from Shangguan Shi Yu's body. He felt a sense of calm in his heart, but suddenly, he discovered that the innate purple energy within him began to stir. Trying to guide it with his technique, it started to absorb wildly.

  Qin's heart was shocked by this, which was not a small matter, because the speed of this cultivation was actually faster than absorbing the pre-heavenly purple energy from the horizon at dawn on a sunny day!

  Standing beside him, Shangguan Shi Yu suddenly felt her whole body become languid and comfortable, as if she had some itchy feeling. Her face turned slightly red, and the itchiness increased. She was puzzled, wondering why she would feel itchy when she took a bath every day. Feeling Qin Li's invasive gaze beside her, Shangguan Shi Yu let out a soft snort and stood a little further away from him. The itchy feeling instantly disappeared, and at the same time, the languid and comfortable feeling also vanished.

  At the moment when Shangguan Shi Yu dodged, the congenital purple energy in Qin Li's body suddenly calmed down and returned to its normal speed. In an instant, like a startled swan, Qin Li suddenly remembered the first time he met Shangguan Shi Yu, and the moment their eyes met, the congenital purple energy had stirred once before, but at that time, he hadn't paid attention to it!

  Could it be that... by her side, I can cultivate even faster? Qin Li brought his doubts and leaned in closer to Shangguan Shi Yu once again.

  Wow!

  Shangguan Shi Yu felt it again the moment Qin Li leaned in close! Meanwhile, Qin Li was also staring at her with his mouth agape, and they exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.