Chapter 79: Chapter 79: A Return Gift from the Fiancee(Seeking Recommendations) 1
Translator: 549690339 I
Just as Liu Ruolei was flustered, Wang Shouzhe, with a sullen face, walked over and grabbed Wang Luoqiu by the ears: “Wang Luoqiu, did your ears grow on your forehead? This is Sister Liu Ruolei, not Sister Liu Ruolan!”
“Ouch, ouch, Fourth Brother, let go. This is too embarrassing. I, Wang Luoqiu, am the future dignified Empress… Humph, don’t blame me for turning… “Before Wang Luoqiu could finish her bravado, she was already in so much pain that tears were about to fall off; all she could do was beg for mercy, “I was wrong, Fourth Brother.”
Hearing her cry in soft pleading, Wang Shouzhe finally let her go and began to tease: “The grand future Luo Qiu Empress… so easily suppressed?”
“Hmph.” Wang Luoqiu rubbed her reddened ear and huffed, “Every path of growth for a genius is always full of hardships and thorns, along with some nasty little…”
Seeing the change in Wang Shouzhe’s face, Wang Luoqiu quickly amended her words, with a sincere face, “Of course, it couldn’t be without someone like fourth brother, who cares so much, is attentive, and acts as a spiritual mentor on the lonely road of being an Emperor.”
Wang Shouzhe felt a headache coming on. This little girl had read too many heroic fairy tales. Does she really think she’s the main character?
“I am sorry, Sister. I shouldn’t have called you small.” Wang Luoqiu sincerely apologized, and then energetically dove back into the work of helping their family rise to prominence. “Wang Shou Yong, what are you doing? You can’t even maintain order? If you can’t handle this, let me do it.”
“Wang Shou… Third Brother, you need to build your workshop faster. Many recruiters will have nowhere to sleep tonight.”
“Wang Luotong, can you make the porridge any slower? If you continue like this, we can only send you off for a matrimonial alliance.”
“Fourth Brother, could you please make way? Go about your business and don’t get in the way.”
Wang Shouzhe was quite speechless. This bratty girl had a knack for honesty, addressing by name anyone she could beat while those she couldn’t, she would affectionately call Third Brother, Fourth Brother, and so on.
“Ruolei,” Wang Shouzhe apologized, “Let me apologize on behalf of Luoqiu. She’s just like this, loud and boisterous, but she doesn’t mean any harm.”
“Shouzhe Brother, it’s okay, it’s okay, um, Sister Luoqiu is quite cute.” Liu Ruolei had recovered from the embarrassment.
“Brother Shouzhe, your sister is too…” Liu Yuanrui was filled with emotions.
“Not at all.” Wang Shouzhe hurriedly interrupted, denying it and smiling, “Luoqiu is the lively one in our family, she’s an exception. My younger sister Luojing is understanding, obedient, gentle and pleasant. Luo Jing, come and greet us…”
As the words fell,
A scream sounded from the crowd.
A burly man covered in poisonous ants, was rolling on the ground screaming with pain: “It hurts, I’m in agony, please, young lady, spare me, I was wrong, I shouldn’t have instigated…Wa!”
“Fourth Brother, I caught a spy.” Wang Luojing casually threw out two fist-sized spiders and three centipedes which quickly crawled onto the burly man. “This guy is a Profound Martial practitioner, and by his looks, I’d say he’s probably an independent cultivator. He dared to incite the refugees and was planning to go and loot our family’s food. Hmph, you’re a bad guy, I’ll let the bugs sting you to death.”
The man’s screams were so painful that it silenced the crowd.
The smile on Wang Shouzhe’s face froze. Should these sisters behave like this? This is sabotage…
What should he do if they regret the proposal, prevent him from getting married?
Liu Yuanrui was breaking out in a cold sweat, and his gaze towards Wang Shouzhe began to waver. Was this a gentle, obedient sister?
Are you sure these sisters are cute, not like a pack of ferocious wolves?
He instinctively backed away a little. Coming to the Ping’an Wang Family filled him with a sense of superiority.
Now it seems, Ping’an Town appears to be very dangerous. He had come here too haphazardly!
This isn’t a place to stay.
“Brother Shouzhe.” Liu Yuanrui went pale, “Now that the project tour is over, it’s indeed very magnificent. But it’s getting late, and it’s time to visit Uncle Gongsun and Old Ancestor Longyan.”
“Little brother, you go and pay respects to Uncle and Old Ancestor for me. I’m not on the mission list anyway, so I’ll stay here and help out.” Liu Ruolei, quite interested in Luoqiu and Luojing, volunteered to stay and help, “Also, Brother Shouzhe. I can see many people are very hungry, can we give them some porridge before they register?”
She was, after all, a lady used to luxurious living and unfamiliar with the suffering of the world.
“What Sister Ruolei said is correct.” Wang Shouzhe said with a bow, “It was my lack of consideration. I’ll have Luotong arrange it right away. Also, you can stay here and help, I’ll ask the house guards to take extra care of you.”
“Brother Shouzhe, I’m not a defenseless little girl.” Liu Ruolei gave a light smile, and then ran off to meet up with Wang Luoqiu to continue working.
After giving orders to Wang Luotong, Wang Shouzhe returned to the carriage with Liu Yuanrui and headed towards the main residence.
In the carriage.
“Brother Shouzhe, your sister is certainly quite lively,” Liu Yuanrui still had some qualms. He was the legitimate second son, not particularly fond of cultivation, nor was he in line to tread the path of the Spirit Platform Realm.
Therefore, he usually considered himself a scholar and valued elegance. Much to his surprise, each of Wang Shouzhe’s sisters was fiercer than the last.
“Ha ha, Yuanrui, does it seem like Sister Ruolei has concealed her aura?” Wang Shouzhe changed the subject. “I can’t see through her cultivation level.”
There are two reasons why one can’t see through a cultivation level. The first is that the person’s cultivation level is much higher, and the second is that the person has found a way to hide their aura.
“Well…” Liu Yuanrui hesitated for a moment before finally saying, “Brother Shouzhe, you can be considered one of our own. Yes, our family’s Ruolei has good cultivation talent and has been favored by the Old Ancestor Xuan Fu since she was young. She didn’t want to reveal her cultivation progress, so the ancestor gave her a treasure that could conceal her aura. In two more years, the Old Ancestor will take her to the Academic Palace.”
Although Wang Shouzhe had some speculations, he was still somewhat surprised and envious when he heard it,”Congratulations, Yuanrui. The Liu family’s luck is really good.”
Being so favored by the Old Ancestor Xuan Fu, Liu Ruolei must surely possess qualifications and potential that are not inferior to her own. With resources from the academic palace and subsidies from the family, as long as there are no accidents, she will definitely become a practitioner of the Spirit Platform Realm in the future.
Attending the academic palace is something that the lower-class prominent families dream of. The Academic Palace, unlike family cultivation, offers a broader stage and more resources. The future development of family heirs will also become infinite.
However, the Academic Palace is very strict about its elite disciples. They can contribute to the family to some extent and give back to the family. But ultimately, they are people of the Academic Palace. The large amount of resources and teacher strength that the Academic Palace devotes to teaching is not intended to cultivate talent for the prominent family.
This is why the Old Ancestor Long Yan had to give up her elite disciple status and return to guard the family for a long time.
And for the Old Ancestor Long Yan to do this, it was almost tantamount to betraying the Academic Palace. That the Academic Palace ultimately turned a blind eye and did not hold her accountable, can be considered very generous. It must have been her master who interceded for her.
Despite the strict rules of the Purple Abode’s Academic Palace, most prominent families try to send their prodigies to the Purple Academy whenever one appears in the family. This allows the family to establish influences inside the academic palace, consciously or unconsciously, and for other prominent families, they would also pay more respect and caution.
Because no one can imagine how far that family descendant can go in the future. If they achieve the Heavenly Human Realm, it would bring glory to the entire family, at least guaranteeing the family for hundreds of years.
Besides, during this process, it is not impossible for the family to gradually ascend to a Heavenly Human Prominent Family.
As far as Wang Shouzhe knows, as long as a family becomes a Heavenly Human Prominent Family, it would not be possible not to have anyone in the Academic Palace, and in most cases, there are more than one.
But let’s leave these sidetracks for now.
Wang Shouzhe and Liu Yuanrui arrived at the main residence together and, as per the traditional etiquette, went to pay respects to Gongsun Hui.
Although the Liu family of Shanyin and the Gongsun Clan of Shanyang had been at odds because of the minerals on the same mountain range, they were still obliged to maintain the etiquette. Moreover, Gongsun Hui is now the Mater familias of the Wang family.
Gongsun Hui, dressed in fine formal attire, received Liu Yuanrui in the main hall of the main residence.
After some pleasantries, Liu Yuanrui requested to pay a visit to the Old Ancestor Long Yan.
“Don’t be in a hurry, Yuanrui,” Gongsun Hui said with a smile, “We are still waiting for someone. Later we will go to Long Yan Habitat together.”
Despite being perplexed, Liu Yuanrui gracefully held down his curiosity and started a conversation with Wang Shouzhe over tea. “Brother Shouzhe, I am here to visit you for two reasons. Firstly, I want to express our family’s gratitude for your dispatch of the head of the household to warn us about the insect plague in advance. Secondly, I have been entrusted by my sister to bring a return gift for you.”
With that, Liu Yuanrui presented two lists of gifts.
When Wang Shouzhe discovered the signs of the insect plague, he immediately wrote to notify all the families with a marital alliance.
If the Liu family ignored this camaraderie, it would seem as though they were taking the Wang family lightly. The fact that they sent an envoy directly and brought gifts of gratitude means that they accepted this favor.
The private return gift from Liu Ruolan was because Wang Shouzhe, at the suggestion of Gongsun Hui, had sent her the best parts of the Eastern Sea Spearflag he had hunted, so she could taste the fresh catch.
Liu Ruolan’s return gift was a type of spiritual tea known as the Cloud Mist Spirit Seed, weighing as much as three taels.
This return gift of the Cloud Mist Spirit Seed gave Wang Shouzhe a sense of gratification and also made him feel some affection for Liu Ruolan.
The gift she had chosen was not only the elegant spiritual tea but also one of the scarce resources needed by people like Wang Shouzhe who tread the path of Spirit Platform. Moreover, its value was almost equal to that of the spiritual fish Wang Shouzhe had sent. Not too much, not too little.
Such a return gift made one feel comfortable. It also revealed that she must have put a lot of thought into it.
Although she didn’t leave a single word, he could feel her emphasis and her expectations for his future.