Chapter 0
130. Utterly Unlucky
Fleeing hastily from Madam Shen’s clutches, Qin Gou quickly grabbed Liang Tiantian and entered a quiet room, wary of accidentally encountering the ‘Madam Shen’ outside again and fully exposing himself.
“Brother Qin, you weren’t wronged, were you?” Liang Tiantian looked Qin Gou up and down. He finally let out a sigh of relief, saying, “Cough, if my mother did anything excessive, please bear with her, Brother Qin!”
“I wasn’t wronged, but I do feel it’s a bit strange,” Qin Gou asked with a face full of confusion, “And I really don’t understand, what kind of image does your mother have in your heart?”
Upon hearing this, Liang Tiantian froze, seemingly pondering hard. After a while, he gave a bitter smile and said, “My mother, though not malicious, speaks like a knife and acts overly domineering, especially towards my father. I don’t know what grudges lie between them… Of course, on matters of great importance, my mother wouldn’t be willful.”
“This is what puzzles me the most. The Madam Shen you and your sister described, who makes my father Liang Zhuxiao incredibly fearful, is completely different from the one I saw with my own eyes,” Qin Gou frankly confessed his true feelings.
“Brother Qin, what did you talk about with my mother earlier? Did you mention telling my sister to focus on the selection ceremony and absolutely not to provoke ‘Chudi’ anymore?” Liang Tiantian asked curiously.
“Not at all.”
Qin Gou gave a dry laugh, “I’m already lucky not to have been exposed on the spot, let alone having the chance to speak. I couldn’t even get a word in.”
“But wasn’t the main purpose for my mother summoning Brother Qin alone to discuss my sister’s selection? How could she not have mentioned it at all?” Liang Tiantian asked, utterly bewildered.
“How would I know?” Qin Gou innocently spread his hands and truthfully replied, “As soon as I entered the room, she just told me to drink tea.”
“Drink tea? Brother Qin, you didn’t fall for it, did you!” Liang Tiantian suddenly exclaimed.
“Then she had me eat some spirit fruits, and she even fed me herself! I really didn’t expect that.”
“Was it the Bone-Crushing Palm or the Heart-Devouring Evil Fruit?”
“Finally, she said she saw I had traveled too hard and personally massaged my shoulders! Regardless of her technique, that affection for your father was truly heartwarming.”
“That must have been my mother’s Bone Shattering and Vein Splitting Hand!” Liang Tiantian’s eyes widened in terror, and he quickly fumbled in his Nas ring, apologizing profusely, “Brother Qin, please don’t say anymore. This is the best healing medicine from your little brother. Apply it quickly!”
“Bastard!”
Qin Gou glared at the kid, “I’m telling the truth, word for word!”
“Yes, yes, we’re both men, Tiantian understands.” Liang Tiantian nodded vigorously. In his opinion, Brother Qin was clearly a person who valued his reputation immensely!
“Forget it, think what you want. I also find this matter too abnormal.” Saying this, Qin Gou shook his head helplessly and casually picked up a snack from the plate on the table and ate it.
“Cough!”
The next second, Qin Gou started coughing violently, looking at the half-eaten snack in his hand in disbelief. “Are the chefs in the Hidden Immortal Tower crazy? Did they mistake salt for flour? They’re really trying to choke people to death!” He then couldn’t help but gulp down a mouthful of tea.
“Really? I ate a lot of this snack just now, and I thought it tasted quite good. Could it be…”
Liang Tiantian reached out, took the pastry Qin Gou hadn’t finished, and took a bite from another corner.
“Pfft!”
Without even half a second’s hesitation, Liang Tiantian’s face turned the color of liver. He threw away the pastry in his hand and exclaimed in exasperation, “Damn it, it’s true! But this whole plate of snacks, why is the one Brother Qin chose so… unique?”
Qin Gou gritted his teeth, “If you want to mock me for being unlucky, just say so!”
“Let’s talk about business,” Liang Tiantian scratched his head and smiled apologetically, “Actually, if I had known that even my father couldn’t control my sister, I should have had Brother Qin transform into my mother’s appearance. After all, at home, my mother is the true ruler.”
“Should I be thanking heaven that you didn’t think of such a wicked plan earlier?” Qin Gou said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. “Otherwise, if I, the imposter, had run into your mother herself, the consequences would have been disastrous.”
“No, Brother Qin, the reason I brought this up is that it’s not too late.” Liang Tiantian patted his chest and volunteered, “I have a brilliant plan to temporarily get rid of my mother. During that time, Brother Qin can use your god-like shape-shifting technique to sternly warn my sister.”
“Dream on,” Qin Gou refused the heartless fool without hesitation. “Don’t you know how risky that would be? Moreover, there are too many loopholes. If your sister just casually asks a question later, it will be easily exposed, and it will all be in vain.”
Hearing this, Liang Tiantian drooped like a frost-beaten eggplant, sighing, “Why did I, this young master, have to have such a uniquely spirited elder sister?”
“You have the nerve to criticize others?” Qin Gou chuckled and scolded him. Then, because he had been force-fed too many sweet and juicy spirit fruits by ‘Madam Shen’ earlier, Qin Gou immediately stood up and headed for the toilet.
A moment later.
Liang Tiantian glanced at Qin Gou, who had reappeared before him, with a confused expression. “Brother Qin, you only went to the toilet for a moment, why did you change into a new pair of shoes?”
“Because…” Qin Gou’s mouth twitched. “In the middle, I inexplicably had an unprecedented and violent shiver! I was even unlucky enough to almost slip because the floor was too wet. Those boots can’t be worn for now.”
“My apologies for asking.” This was indeed a bit embarrassing, Liang Tiantian said with some sympathy.
“No, you’ve reminded me.”
At this moment, Qin Gou’s brow furrowed, and his eyes deepened. “It’s been a long time since I’ve been so unlucky, but this feeling isn’t unfamiliar to me. It even reminds me of an old acquaintance… Especially when this string of misfortunes appears after being treated so kindly by others! It’s made me think of quite a few things.”
“Who?”
“A complete little jinx,” Qin Gou pondered. “And that child also has some grievances with your Lang Chen Escort Agency! It seems I need to go and ask Elder Lan for some information.”
Liang Tiantian listened with a bewildered expression, just shaking his head. “If you ask me, Brother Qin and my plan were flawless. We were just unlucky to have run into my mother here at the Hidden Immortal Tower! Now, I really don’t know what to do!”
However, the moment Liang Tiantian finished speaking.
Outside the main gate of the Hidden Immortal Absolute Beauty Tower.
“May I ask your esteemed name?” the mountain-guarding disciple asked as a matter of routine.
Before them stood an elegant, refined, and graceful white-clothed female cultivator who had traveled from afar.
At this moment, she had her hands behind her back, her phoenix-like eyes calmly parting her rosy lips…
“I am Shen Xuan, the mother of Liang Guiyun of the Lang Chen Escort Agency. I am passing through this blessed land and have come to see my little daughter.”
