Chapter: 955 (1/2)
AST 955 – Hu Yanlin, Meeting Lady Duanmu
He was surprised that a slightly cold woman like her would also marry someone. Qing Shui also had an especially favorable opinion towards that seemingly simple and honest man when he saw him.
“Yanlin, this is Qing Shui. A friend of mine and my mother.”
“Qing Shui, this is my husband. Hu Yanlin.” Duanmu Lingshuang introduced them to each other. She was a lot more cheerful now than before.
“Hello!”
The two of them greeted each other and Qing Shui was checking the man in front of him out. He should be slightly older than himself. He wasn’t really handsome, but he appeared to be good-natured and seemed like a dependable man.
He was a fatherly man. Qing Shui could understand now why Duanmu Lingshuang was willing to marry this man who didn’t seem to be particularly handsome. He could feel that this man could tolerate everything from just one look.
For a lady like her, she had quite a lot of promising young men pursuing her. But she wasn’t interested in any of them. Qing Shui had only interacted with her a little in the past and had never considered any possibilities between them. There were plenty of fine and beautiful women and he had never thought of possessing all of them. However, after he saw this man, he understood how great a family’s influence was to the growth of a child.
This man didn’t have a powerful cultivation and on top of that, his cultivation seemed to be a little all over the place. This was what Qing Shui had sensed through his spiritual sense. Most importantly, this man didn’t look like he was a member of any aristocrat clans. A noble couldn’t be nurtured in three generations. He couldn’t sense even the inner arrogance of an aristocrat in him.
It was merely a feeling he had.
On top of that, he was still a peak Martial King cultivator. To Qing Shui, he was a little pitiful. Furthermore, he seemed to be very bad at controlling the Qi stance and energy in his body. The man that Duanmu Lingshuang had found was indeed surprising.
“Is this a lad or a lass?” Qing Shui looked at the delicate little fellow and asked with a smile.
“A lad, a lad!” Hu Yanlin chuckled.
Qing Shui took out a brocade box that contained a strange fruit and passed it to the man. “Consider this a gift to the little fellow.”
“This….” Hu Yanlin looked at Qing Shui in bewilderment and then looked towards Duanmu Lingshuang.
“Just accept it. Keep it so that the little fellow can eat it in the future. It can increase his physique.” Qing Shui pushed it into the arms of the man. He was very fond of this good-natured man.
Qing Shui didn’t know if this man was lucky or unlucky. For someone like him to be able to marry a woman like Duanmu Lingshuang, it wasn’t too much to say that he had the blessing of three lifetimes.
He must have eaten something good for his strength to skyrocket like this. Even if he married Duanmu Lingshuang, he must’ve been mocked and gossiped about behind his back quite a lot because Qing Shui could see it from the looks of the guards.
If even the guards from Duanmu Clan were looking at him this way, he could imagine that it was probably worse for the outsiders.
He was able to conclude that this man’s cultivation had never reached the Xiantian realm before after he sensed his aura. Thus, he also came to the conclusion that he wasn’t the son of an aristocrat clan.
Life is like a play; fortune favors the fool or the good will be well-rewarded!
“Miss Lingshuang, is the Lady around?”
“Mother is around. Let us go in!” Duanmu Lingshuang answered. The three of them then made their way towards the Duanmu Residence.
They continued walking towards that familiar-looking courtyard. He saw that gorgeous silhouette at a distance. It was still as gracefully refined as ever. That silhouette bore an indescribable charm.
“Mother!”
“Mother!”
Duanmu Lingshuang and Hu Yanlin greeted Lady Duanmu. Compared to Duanmu Lingshuang’s joy, Hu Yanlin’s greeting was more of a form of respect.
“You’ve return.Yong’er has fallen asleep already.” Lady Duanmu nodded at them with a smile and then gestured towards the little fellow who was sleeping soundly.
However, Lady Duanmu’s gaze unintentionally fell on Qing Shui, who wasn’t standing too far away. She had mistaken him for a Duanmu Residence guard earlier, so she didn’t think much or paid any attention to him either.
But now she saw him. By the time she discovered that he was Qing Shui, he was looking at her with a smile. That familiar young face was still so familiar to her, only that it looked more mature than before….
Duanmu Lingshuang held her child, as she excused herself from Lady Duanmu with Hu Yanlin. “Mother, I’m sending Yong’er to the bedroom. Qing Shui, you go and have a nice talk with mother first.”
“Sure!’ Qing Shui nodded his head with a smile.
Hu Yanlin nodded back at Qing Shui with a smile and then left with Duanmu Lingshuang.
Lady Duanmu smilingly watched them leave before turning to Qing Shui. “What brings you here all of a sudden?”
“Am I not welcome?” Qing Shui laughed, as he looked at Lady Duanmu. She was still as graceful as ever.
“Come in and have a seat. It’s been so many years. I am very happy to see you again.” Lady Duanmu gave him a smile before turning around and making her way inside the house along with Qing Shui.
Qing Shui happily followed Lady Duanmu into the living room. It had been a very long time since he last came here, but he still remembered. The decorations here weren’t much different from how they were before.