kvmb Chapter 355 Dingming City 2
Chapter 355 Dingming City 2
"No need!" Bai Jin's voice was gentle and calm, her tone very soft: "It can't be protected!"
"Sister-in-law, are you asleep?" A serious, deep voice came from outside.
Cheng Jiu and the other two exchanged glances. They had chosen a time when the moonlight was deep during their nighttime raid on the Qi residence. Who would come so late?
"Could you hide somewhere for a bit?" Bai Jin asked, her face showing embarrassment and awkwardness.
“Actually, you don’t need to be afraid!” Cheng Jiu pointed at the three of them. With the three of them around, who would dare to act recklessly in front of Bai Jin!
"I know!" Bai Jin's face showed a bitter expression: "That guy outside is a member of the Hyenas. I'm afraid that if he sees you here, he'll try to take advantage of you no matter what!"
Cheng Jiu was about to say something when Yingyue pulled her aside, saying, "Alright, Junior Sister, Madam must have her reasons for saying that! Let's hide for now!"
“Okay! If anything happens, just call us! We’ll come out!” Cheng Jiu said earnestly.
Bai Jin smiled a pure and grateful smile: "Okay!"
The commotion outside grew even louder: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, are you asleep? So early? Open the door quickly, sister-in-law!"
"Second Uncle, what are you doing in my mother's yard?" Qi Minghao came out after hearing the commotion and angrily scolded Qi Denggao for causing a scene in the yard!
"Isn't this Minghao? Why are you so hostile? I'm still your second uncle, I don't have any bad intentions."
After your father died, you and your widowed mother had no one to take care of you.
I'll reluctantly accept the responsibility of supporting both families. You can call me Second Uncle if you like, or you can call me Father!
"Shut up, you beast!" Qi Minghao's eyes turned red as he roared and raised his fist to strike!
He dared to insult them, mother and child, he's asking for it! He's going to kill him!
The attack landed, but it was like an ant trying to shake a tree!
He was firmly controlled by Qi Denggao and held in his palm.
Although Qi Denggao was also a useless piece of trash, he easily suppressed Qi Minghao by relying on his strength, which was one level higher.
Looking at Qi Minghao, who was powerless to resist in his hands, he sneered:
"Hmph! Nephew, if it weren't for the fact that you are my elder brother's only bloodline, do you think I would spare your life?"
As he spoke, his hands clenched tightly, and he actually began to have murderous intent.
This little bastard has been going against him ever since his older brother died! If he were dead! But he's dead!
Everything in the Qi family would then be his, and he wouldn't have to go against his conscience to marry that old woman!
The door creaked open!
Qi Denggao snapped back to his senses, met Bai Jin's calm gaze, and abruptly released his grip on Qi Minghao's hand!
No, Qi Minghao can't die yet. If Qi Minghao dies, that old woman Bai Jin will definitely not let him go.
And that group of people outside!
Although Qi Denggao was greedy and foolish, he was not blind to the situation. So many forces were besieging the Qi family, yet the Qi family still existed. Wasn't that all because of his suicidal older brother?
If we kill Qi Minghao now.
That old woman Bai Jin will definitely not let him go! He wants the Qi family that his elder brother left behind after his death, and he doesn't want to end up with nothing!
Moreover, Bai Jin is definitely not a simple woman. She managed to seduce his brother while his father was still alive and was accepted into his family by his father.
Who knows if his brother left Bai Jin a backup plan? Back then, his brother made a huge fuss about marrying Bai Jin that was known throughout the city!
Qi Minghao took deep breaths of fresh air, looked at Bai Jin, and said with a wronged tone, "Mother!"
Looking at her son, who was so weak and dependent on her, Bai Jin closed her eyes in despair and suddenly felt a strong hatred for her father-in-law!
She didn't understand why her father-in-law had agreed to let her into the family, and why, after taking the child away to raise it on the day she gave birth, the child had developed such a useless personality!
How could she feel at ease seeing him like this!
"Hao'er, you go down first," Bai Jin said calmly.
"Mother?" Qi Minghao, who had been expelled, looked at his mother in disbelief. Shouldn't she have told his second uncle to leave?
"Did you hear that? Nephew, get down. Your mother and I have some important matters to discuss!" Qi Denggao, who had already secured the first city, said smugly to Qi Minghao, his eyebrows raised high, revealing a smug and petty smugness.
"You!" Qi Minghao's pride was pierced by that contemptuous gaze. Anger surged within him, and he looked at Bai Jin with resentment and grievance: "Mother, why is this? Mother?"
Faced with Qi Denggao's smugness, Bai Jin's face remained expressionless, only revealing an indifference that Qi Minghao had never seen before: "Hao'er, what's wrong? Are you being disobedient?"
Qi Minghao: "..."
Suddenly, I remembered the rumors circulating in the city. The affair between Qi's sister-in-law and brother-in-law was known throughout the city. Rational people would naturally feel sorry for Bai Jin and condemn Qi Denggao, that immoral beast!
There were also those with dark intentions who maliciously speculated that Bai Jin had already hooked up with the second master of the Qi family before she even entered the Qi family.
They said that compared to the eldest master of the Qi family, the second master of the Qi family was clearly younger and more vigorous!
Even without any basis, it doesn't stop this group of people from making arbitrary speculations and smearing an innocent person!
At that moment, these baseless words suddenly surfaced in his mind, and he looked at Bai Jin and Master Qi with a shocked and incredulous gaze!
Bai Jin also noticed her son's strange gaze. Although she didn't know what he was thinking, she knew it was something she didn't want to hear, so she sternly rebuked him: "What are you thinking? Now, get out!"
Qi Minghao, who was startled by his own guess, was jolted back to his senses by his mother's scolding.
A sense of guilt welled up inside him. How could he? How could he? To speculate about his mother like that.
Feeling guilty and remorseful, Qi Minghao didn't even bother to argue before running out of the courtyard.
Yu Guang couldn't help but keep an eye on his mother and second uncle's movements.
Bai Jin knew exactly what this guy was thinking, and muttered under his breath, "That idiot!"
Seeing that Qi Minghao was a little further away, he then looked at the vicious dog in the courtyard: "What brings you here this time?"
"Sister-in-law, I miss you so much!" Qi Denggao said with a grin.
But when his gaze met Bai Jin's face, he couldn't help but look away slightly. This old woman had maintained this appearance ever since his elder brother died, and she didn't seem to find it disgusting!
Bai Jin remained expressionless and unmoved by Qi Denggao's flirting. She simply looked at him calmly and slightly opened the door a crack: "Come in!"
Qi Denggao: "..."
He straightened his clothes: "Sister-in-law, you're so generous. Aren't you afraid of gossip if people see you like this?"
Qi Minghao just watched helplessly as his second uncle went into his mother's room!
An indescribable sense of absurdity welled up in my heart!
He abruptly stopped in his tracks as he walked out of the courtyard, looked at the tightly closed door, and rushed back in a huff, only to bump into a protective shield that had somehow appeared outside the courtyard!
"mother!"
The room was warm and cozy, filled with the refreshing scent of gardenia, delicate and elegant, yet exuding an undeniable calmness, just like Bai Jin himself!
"Speak, what brings you here to see me this time?"
"Won't you invite me to sit down and have a cup of tea?"
"Tea is not served to unwelcome guests!"
Qi Denggao wasn't annoyed. He picked up the teapot on the table and prepared to pour himself some water, only to find that there were no cups.
"Was there a guest in your room just now, sister-in-law? I remember that this tea set was specially made for you by a master craftsman at Buyuntian by my elder brother!"
There's tea in the pot, but no cup. Don't tell my brother that my sister-in-law is drinking directly from the spout.
As he said this, Qi Denggao became wary. He suspected that Bai Jin had let him into the house so easily because there might be an assassin hiding inside, ready to kill him!
He never doubted that Bai Jin was capable!
"I said tea is not for unwelcome guests!" Bai Jin flipped his hand, revealing a small cup in his palm.
The extra teacups were naturally taken away by Cheng Jiu and the others. After all, they hadn't expected Bai Jin to let Qi Denggao into the house. In order to avoid leaving any loopholes, they took the cups off the table.
Qi Denggao stared at the cup in Bai Jin's hand for a few seconds before he felt relieved.
After that move, he had no intention of continuing to tease her and directly stated the purpose of his visit: "I remember that you obtained nine Crimson Gold Spirit Pills in the polar regions before. Your nephew is about to break through!"
"As long as you hand over these nine Crimson Gold Spirit Pills to me, I promise I will never bother you again. And once I take control of the Qi family, I will absolutely not make things difficult for my good nephew!"
"no!"
"No, how could there be no?" Qi Denggao suddenly stood up, staring intently at Bai Jin, his tone becoming sharp and sarcastic: "Big brother doesn't have a golden spiritual root, so he can't use his cultivation level!"
You don't mean to say that your older brother gave you those nine Crimson Gold Spirit Pills, do you?
Even a mere Golden Core cultivator wouldn't kill you! That's your nephew, the flesh and blood of the Qi family! He's at a critical stage!
This Crimson Gold Spirit Pill is truly meant to be an asset to the Qi family's descendants; my elder brother would surely have agreed to it before his death!
Bai Jin suddenly stood up: "Where is there any more? I'm asking you, where is there any more?"
Back then, you tried to forcibly take Master Meng's sister, but instead seriously injured her! Now, Master Meng's sister is still unconscious, relying on elixirs to stay alive every day!
Back then, to settle this mess and to make amends, your elder brother took out these nine Crimson Gold Spirit Pills. Firstly, to use them to visit high-level alchemists and send Master Meng to cultivate; secondly, to exchange them for resources to save Master Meng's sister's life!
"Nine Crimson Gold Spirit Pills!" Qi Denggao's eyes widened in shock: "That peasant doesn't deserve them!"
“I’ve already said I don’t have it! You know what kind of person your older brother is!”
All the treasures your eldest brother brought back over the years have been used up by you brothers to wipe your butts! Except for this empty Qi family home!
Don't think I have any treasures here, and don't come back again!
Bai Jin's voice carried a hint of barely perceptible weariness. After venting the grievances that had been hidden in his heart for so many years, Bai Jin felt a rare sense of relief!
She suddenly thought of her parents who had tried so hard to dissuade her from being with Uncle Qi!
And her mother's words still echoed in her ears: the Qi family was a bottomless pit!
Tell her not to get involved!
But back then, she couldn't listen to any of that advice. The young girl, Mu Ai, was handsome, powerful, and the most powerful man in the city, so she bowed her head and begged for his hand in marriage.
The girl's love and vanity intertwined, causing her to plunge headlong into this pit, ignoring all attempts to dissuade her!
At that time, I truly rushed towards love against all odds!
After her parents passed away, she lost all support in this world!
Their feelings gradually faded away as they remained unmarried day by day.
Having no children, she became a powerful mistress in the eyes of others!
After finally gaining recognition, what awaited him was not the end of his suffering!
The pillar of support in her eyes could not shield her from any wind or rain in the slightest from Old Master Qi!
Life in the Qi family was a hundred times more painful for her than being a mistress outside!
Her father-in-law is absolutely a combination of a wicked mother-in-law and a wicked father-in-law!
He was so picky and nitpicky about his daughter-in-law that it was outrageous!
When she married into the Qi family, the old lady of the Qi family had already passed away, but she did not enjoy the ease of not having a mother-in-law!
Her father-in-law said that although her mother-in-law had passed away, his concubine still treated her mother-in-law with the same respect every morning and evening, listening to the rules and regulations, and nothing was omitted!
He also said that since she came from a family of concubines, she should learn more about manners!
But before she became Master Qi's mistress, she was a daughter from a respectable family! This is an insult, a blatant insult!
She cried and protested to her husband, but he couldn't offer any help!
Even when she was subtly arguing with her father-in-law, she used the excuse of gaining experience to slip away!
She was left all alone to face her father-in-law, who controlled the entire Qi family!
During that period, she felt utterly hopeless every single day, as if she were living a life worse than death.
Every single moment, it relentlessly wore away the last vestiges of her sharp edges!
From that day on, she knew that her husband was unreliable in front of her father-in-law!
Later, she was allowed to give birth!
She didn't make a fuss after the child was taken away!
Later, she outlived her father-in-law!
He left behind an incredibly selfish, cowardly, and utterly useless son!
She spent a lot of effort getting her son back on the right track, so he wouldn't end up like those scumbags his uncles did!
After her father-in-law died, she found that her life hadn't improved much; her husband was an incredibly contradictory person!
The word "tamed" best encapsulates the influence her father-in-law had on her husband!
Her father-in-law was determined to raise a wolf who would work diligently and tirelessly for the Qi family, but would be ruthless and only protect the interests of the Qi family!
But her husband happens to be a man with a very high moral standard.
He followed his father's dying wish to protect the Qi family! He worked tirelessly to clean up the messes left by his younger brothers!
Even though his brother did something outrageous, he never laid a hand on his own brother!
To atone for his sins and to make amends, he would do everything he could to make amends to the victims every time he cleaned up a mess!
However, he never really restrained his younger brother's behavior.
In this way, all the treasures he had found were lost like water as he cleaned up the mess time and time again!
Bai Jin had once thought about running the family, but after her husband's repeated sacrifices and her repeated failures to dissuade him, she gave up!
Fortunately, influenced by her father-in-law, Uncle Qi never touches the family property for compensation!
Everyone in town knows that Uncle Qi is a good man! As long as you ask him for help, he will do his best to help!
She diligently cleaned up her brother's messes and sincerely compensated the victims.
However, he did not restrain his brother's evil deeds and was an absolute accomplice to evil!
Who would be grateful for Grandpa Qi's kindness after all this!
While Grandpa Qi was still alive, the fact that they didn't retaliate against the Qi family was already the greatest kindness these victims could show!