071 Who Are You?
“Achoo! A—choo!”
At the wet market, Qin Ren, who hadn’t sneezed in a long time, suddenly let out two big ones. He rubbed his nose and looked back to see Yu Ling’er with her jade-like hand on her waist, subconsciously making a sword-drawing gesture.
“…” Qin Ren was silent.
“…” Yu Ling’er was also silent, then her earlobes grew hot, like rubies.
Mmm…
Actually, the master looks quite pretty when she blushes. Compared to her disciple, she has a different kind of charm.
When she blushes, she’s just as shy, but it’s not the shyness of a young girl. It’s a kind of “feigned reluctance,” “playing hard to get,” “lingering feelings.”
The kind where the shyer she is, the more fun it is.
“Huh?”
Qin Ren saw a bloody little stool not far away, and his eyes lit up.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve had eel…”
He probably couldn’t make a kung fu dish like stir-fried eel with hot oil, but he could still make a plate of stir-fried eel segments. Even Yourong should be able to handle it. It was a bit expensive, but he had just gotten paid, so a small luxury was acceptable.
“Boss, how much is the eel… hm?”
Just as Qin Ren opened his mouth, he felt a sharp tug on the corner of his clothes. He turned to find Yu Ling’er’s bright black pupils constricted in nervousness.
“What’s wrong?” Qin Ren moved to the side.
“What… is this?” Yu Ling’er pointed with her scallion-white finger at the eels writhing and tangling with each other in the pool.
“These are eels. They’re delicious.”
“Eels… are fish?”
“Yes.”
“Fish… that look like snakes?”
Hearing this, Qin Ren realized why Yu Ling’er was being awkward.
Fish were relatively sacred in the Flowing Cloud Sect, but it wasn’t that they couldn’t be eaten.
But fish that looked like snakes had a stacked buff. They were both fish and snakes. Maybe Yu Ling’er and the others would feel like they were cannibalizing their own kind.
“Let’s go.”
So in the end, Qin Ren simply gave up.
“You’re not eating it?”
Yu Ling’er’s heart grew warm. She was quite happy.
“I’m not.”
It was no big deal. The desire for food was like a catheter. When you wanted it, you wanted it badly. But when the brief desire was satisfied, you would find that, heh, it was just average.
In a practical sense, this was also a good excuse to save some money.
You have to know, some “Michelin” fly restaurants in Rongcheng that specialize in eel are located in the suburbs, and in the past two years, they have been selling for over a hundred yuan per jin.
“Qin Ren, I think you’re a good person.”
Yu Ling’er suddenly gave Qin Ren an evaluation. Qin Ren was amused.
“Master Yu, you’re only just realizing this now?”
Yu Ling’er nodded, then realized that she and her disciple were both being taken in by him, so she shook her head again.
“Qin Ren, you’ve always been a good person.”
That was more appropriate. Qin Ren smiled and went to another stall to buy some liangfen.
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“Did Qin Ren bring you back?”
“Huh?”
In Longhu Residential Community, Luo Yao got straight to the point, which made Gu Qing stunned for a moment.
What kind of talk was that?
What did she mean by “bring back”?
In Gu Qing’s vocabulary, only that kind of indecent woman would be described with the words “bring back,” right?
But…
The other party mentioned her little brother’s name, so at least the key on her wrist should be for her own home.
A girl who has a key to her home…
If Gu Qing remembered correctly, that Cheng girl didn’t even have a key to the house back then. This one in front of her clearly had an unusual relationship with her little brother.
“Did Qin Ren bring you back?” Luo Yao asked again, her soft, delicate brows furrowing.
“Who are you… you know Qin Ren?”
Answering a question with a question. This woman is the most arrogant of all the random women Qin Ren has brought back.
But this was only one aspect.
From another perspective, Luo Yao glanced at this woman’s chest. Her level of arrogance was far less than the big fish and little fish at home.
Hmph, so-so.
Give Luo Yao a few hundred more years, and she could also grow to be like this.
And so, the High Immortal’s mood calmed down a bit. Gu Qing had already guessed Luo Yao’s identity and asked tentatively.
“Are you that Luo Yao? Qin Ren’s friend’s child? You’re… still living at our place?”
She was a little incredulous. It had been so long.
“This eminence doesn’t understand what you’re talking about. No respect for your elders…”
Luo Yao was not happy. Why was it “their place”? This was Qin Ren and Luo Yao’s home.
However, this was only a temporary thought.
“I’m Qin Ren’s older sister, Gu Qing.”
The person finally introduced herself. The Pixiu stood there in a daze, her long, soft eyelashes blinking with her blank eyelids.
“Older sister…”
“Mhm.”
Is she calling me? It should be. Gu Qing nodded in acknowledgement.
Towards this little girl who had a key to her home, Gu Qing was actually quite friendly in their first encounter. Her attitude was neither cold nor warm.
Not cold, because Luo Yao was pretty.
People are visual animals and are always closer to beautiful things.
Not warm, because Luo Yao was too pretty.
Even though she didn’t look very old, the thought of her little brother living with such a pretty little girl for so long still made Gu Qing feel a little awkward.
After all, a little girl is still a person. Some feelings are often cultivated subtly from a young age.
For example, herself. She was a typical example…
“I’m going upstairs. Do you want to come with me?”
Gu Qing shook the key in her hand and looked down at the Pixiu.
“I… you…”
The Pixiu didn’t expect the big one to come this time. The other party was not a random woman, but the native “orthodox Qin family.” After coming back to her senses, she said nothing, her mind full of messy thoughts, and then silently followed behind Gu Qing’s suitcase.
In the elevator, Gu Qing tried to ask Luo Yao some simple questions, such as how old she was.
But the answers she got were all strange, like “three hundred and twenty-one.” Gu Qing then changed the question, to a question about her little brother.
“Luo Yao, is Qin Ren… at home right now?”
“No…”
“He went out?”
“Mhm…”
“Have you guys eaten?”
“No…”
Luo Yao answered every question, her voice small and well-behaved.
Because in her impression, an older sister was superior to a younger brother and could control him. So the Gu Qing in front of her had now become a special existence in her heart, just like… just like on TV, when those people called daughters-in-law face their mothers-in-law.
Ding—
The elevator arrived. Gu Qing saw the familiar door of her home. Even though Qin Ren wasn’t home now, she couldn’t help but imagine her little brother cooking for her in the kitchen, busying himself for her.
When she opened the door, her little brother would poke his head out from the kitchen, grin, and gently call her “Jie.”(standard term for “older sister.”)
No, it would be best if… it would be best if he called her “Qing’er”…
But since her little brother wasn’t home now, and she had come home suddenly today to surprise him without telling him, then why not prepare a meal for him instead, so that as soon as he came back, he would see his older sister busy in the kitchen, and then he would exclaim in surprise, “Jie”?
No, no, it would still be better if he called her “Qing’er”…
…
While Gu Qing was imagining two scenarios in her mind, she inserted the key into the door. But she never expected that what greeted her after opening the door was a third scenario.
In the house, there was a distinct scent of a woman.
In the entryway, there were a pair of women’s shoes, slightly larger than Luo Yao’s.
In the kitchen, there was the sound of clattering and the fragrance of rice.
Just as Gu Qing’s heart tightened, an exquisite and flawless face peeked out from the kitchen doorway.
“You’re back? For lunch, we’re having…”
“…”
The voice stopped abruptly.
Two equally complex gazes met, and the air seemed to freeze for a moment.
As the gentle smile on the girl’s face gradually faded, Gu Qing’s trembling lips had already stopped moving after a slightly deeper breath. Then, her fresh and pretty little face became as cold as an iceberg.
“Who are you?”
