My Lady Always Lacks Ambition-Chapter 317 - 315: The Thousand-Year Fox Should Stop Playing Zhong Kui_2

Chapter 317: Chapter 315: The Thousand-Year Fox Should Stop Playing Zhong Kui_2

Qin Liuxi saw him, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He pushed little Wangchuan forward and said, "This is your fellow disciple’s father, call him uncle, and there will be a meeting gift."

Teng Tianhan: "?"

Little Wangchuan looked up at the refined and dignified Teng Tianhan, bowed in greeting, and sweetly said, "Hello, Uncle."

Teng Tianhan’s throat bobbed as he examined her carefully, thinking the same thought as his son—was this the foolish child? She seemed quite normal, clean and cute, and utterly naive about the world.

He turned to look at Qin Liuxi, who said with a grin, "Oh, this is also my disciple, picked up on the streets."

Teng Tianhan and son: Ha ha, even you don’t believe what you’re saying!

Under Qin Liuxi’s gaze, Teng Tianhan was the first to concede. He took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to little Wangchuan, "Good child, this is for you to play with."

Little Wangchuan, looking at the translucent jade pendant, didn’t reach out immediately but first looked towards Qin Liuxi.

Qin Liuxi was satisfied and nodded, "Hurry up and say thank you. Since he is your fellow disciple’s father, you should show some respect in the future."

"Thank you, Uncle." Little Wangchuan thanked him sweetly and received the jade pendant.

Teng Tianhan was puzzled—if this child was from that family, could she have learned so much about manners in just one night?

Qin Liuxi said to Teng Zhao, "Zhaozhao, how about you take Wangchuan inside? Your father probably wants to ask me something."

Teng Zhao turned and left without a word of acknowledgement or refusal.

Little Wangchuan followed him with tiny steps.

As they left, Teng Tianhan, unable to wait, asked, "Master, is this really the Liang Family’s daughter?"

"What is the official talking about? I don’t understand. I had a dream last night. The Grandmaster told me to go out and accept disciples. When I went out, I found this child standing on the street. Seeing that she had a bit of Spiritual Energy and guided by the Grandmaster, I picked her up and brought her back."

Grandmaster: I did not, I have nothing to do with this!

Teng Tianhan huffed, they’re all ancient fox spirits, stop pretending this is a ghost story. Saying you picked her up? It’s more like abduction?

Abducting one child isn’t enough, you want a pair?

However, thinking of her true origins, Teng Tianhan sighed internally but didn’t expose Qin Liuxi. He just asked, "Her name is Wangchuan?"

"Right." Qin Liuxi said, "When I found her, she had already forgotten all her past lives, hence I gave her the name Wangchuan and she took my surname, Qin. What does the official think of this name?"

Forgetting all past lives, perhaps this is for the best.

Teng Tianhan looked at her and said, "Quite fitting for her. Jia Zhen is dead, and Landlord Jia is crippled, do you know?"

Qin Liuxi smiled faintly, "Good deeds bring good karma, evil deeds bring evil karma. Good and evil will eventually meet their recompense. Whoever commits evil, their karma will inevitably fall upon them; I am not surprised."

Karma.

Teng Tianhan rubbed his fingers, silent for a moment, then asked, "Has Wangchuan’s mother’s soul scattered?"

Given the concept of karma, Mrs. Liang surely harmed living beings and would also have to be accounted for. Could her soul have dissipated into nothingness?

Qin Liuxi spoke indifferently, "An eye for an eye, her soul scattering is unlikely, but she would be judged and punished with hard labor underground. After completing the labor, she will be reborn. Whether her next life will be good or bad depends on her past deeds and karma."

"Is this the cycle of cause and effect spoken of by the Buddhist and Taoist sects, the way of the Heavenly Dao?"

Qin Liuxi: "Is the official perhaps afraid? Doing good and accumulating merit will lead to blessings. The official might consider contributing some incense oil to our Qingping Temple every year. Every winter, we distribute charity to the poor. In this way, the official could also accumulate yin de."

Teng Tianhan was taken aback and asked, "Does everyone at Qingping Temple directly ask for incense oil as clearly as you do?"

"Not exactly, they are more subtle," Qin Liuxi said with a smile: "I am different, I am straightforward."

Fellow Taoist brothers and sisters: Pah!

Teng Tianhan turned his head to look inside the house. The soft voice of Wangchuan faintly carried out, while Teng Zhao remained silent throughout. Was he really going to let him be taken under Qin Liuxi’s wing?

"If the official agrees, we will depart for Li City after noon. As for Zhaozhao, he will just bring a servant. After he’s accustomed to being by my side, I will send the servant back."

Teng Tianhan immediately couldn’t bear it, "He might not want to go."

"Why not directly ask him for his wishes?"

Teng Tianhan thought he could make a last desperate effort, so he went inside. He saw Teng Zhao as usual sitting on the Arhat bed, but instead of playing with chess pieces, he was staring at Wangchuan.

Wangchuan was not intimidated; she looked around curiously, constantly asking questions about everything. Even without Teng Zhao’s response, she tirelessly inquired.

Teng Tianhan sat before Teng Zhao and directly asked, "Zhao’er, would you like to take Master Buqiu as your teacher and pursue Cultivation in the temple?"

Teng Zhao looked at him.

"You are seven now, Zhao’er. I need you to answer for yourself," Teng Tianhan said as he looked into his eyes, "If you take her as your master, from then on you’ll be her disciple, and it will be even harder to see your father, not to mention your family clan. It’s not that your father is abandoning you, it’s that the Mystic Sect has its rules. Even if we’re not severing all ties, it still dilutes worldly connections..."

"I am willing."

Teng Tianhan stiffened, a hint of sadness in his eyes.

Teng Zhao, however, lowered his gaze.

"Don’t you want to think about it? If you go back to the capital with me, I will arrange for the best teachers."

"By her side, I feel at ease," Teng Zhao replied with a brief and forceful answer, rejecting his father’s closeness.

Teng Tianhan felt a sourness in his heart, his throat tight, inexplicably feeling wronged.

Thin bonds between father and son.

Qin Liuxi didn’t say a single thing wrong; he had been a father for seven years, not to mention feeling at ease, but even communication was scarce. Yet, in just a few short days, Qin Liuxi managed to earn his son’s trust.

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Teng Tianhan couldn’t hold it back anymore. He stood up and said, "Then I will see you off."

He rushed out awkwardly, pausing as he passed by Qin Liuxi, casting her a look.

Resentment, reluctance, sadness.

As if he personally invited the wolf into his house and let her snatch away his only child!