Chapter 780: Unfixable Generational Gap
The little girl asked sweetly, "Brother Xue Xi, is he really my grandfather?"
Ling Xiang...
Everyone was once again in disarray; the generational hierarchy was truly beyond repair now.
Han Jing lowered her face a little more. It was clearly such a serious and tense occasion, yet she had brought a little girl here to lighten the mood, hadn’t she?
Fortunately, Xia Ji spoke up in time, sarcastically addressing Xia Qingcheng, "Take your son and granddaughter back to your Changhuan Palace. I have no time to look after them. What’s more, he must have some things he needs from you~"
Xia Ji lifted her leg, took a couple of steps, and then turned back, kindly explaining to Xia Qingcheng, "I’ve placed ten Soul Stabilizing Needles in him. That sensation should be quite something, shouldn’t it?"
A strange expression flashed in Xia Qingcheng’s eyes, and he stood silently without speaking.
Yet Xia Ji didn’t seem satisfied and continued, "Oh, by the way, let his friends thoroughly tell you how I threw him into a pack of wolves when he was a child. He truly has a great life, otherwise, how could he still have the leisure to come find you now?"
Xia Qingcheng’s expression finally darkened, his eyes deepening.
"Hahaha~" Xia Ji laughed heartily, as if years of pent-up depression were about to be released in this moment of laughter.
"Look, Xia Qingcheng, you have such a good expression now! Aren’t you always so unfazed? I truly regret it; I should have brought him back earlier to really see your expression. But it seems it’s not too late now — to see your face change in this lifetime is no easy feat!"
With her back turned to everyone, nobody saw Xia Ji’s real expression. They could only hear her seemingly genuine laughter.
She felt relieved at this moment, but so what? What she lost could never be regained; she would never be able to avenge herself. Xia Qingcheng was still Xia Qingcheng, forever high and mighty.
Xia Ji left, and Ling Yue quickly followed.
Han Qingjue glanced at Ling Xiang and then went inside as well. She wasn’t exactly friends with Han Jing and the others, and besides, if it truly came to a fight, she wasn’t a match for them.
Ling Xiang hesitated for a moment, looked back at Su Yu, and also went inside.
The reason he followed was firstly that he didn’t believe Su Yu could lose to Xia Ji just like that, and secondly... if Xia Ji and the others really intended to harm Su Yu or do something excessive, perhaps he could find out sooner.
He wasn’t quite friends with Su Yu, yet not exactly enemies either. Given Xia Ji’s madness, if she really did something, the harm would probably extend far beyond just Su Yu. He didn’t want to get involved in their mother-son feud, but he also didn’t want too many innocent people to be implicated.
Outside the door remained Han Jing and a few of them with Xia Qingcheng.
After Xia Ji and the others left, Han Jing stepped forward to salute Xia Qingcheng, "We’ve come here with a request. Since Senior is the Clan Leader of the Xia Clan, could you perhaps temporarily lend us a place to stay?"
There was old resentment between Xia Ji and Xia Qingcheng, which was obvious to anyone with a discerning eye, let alone the fact that Xia Ji had already admitted that Su Yu was Xia Qingcheng’s son. So the breakthrough point of the issue had to be sought in Xia Qingcheng.
Although it was still unclear whether Xia Qingcheng was a friend or foe, given that Xia Ji hated Xia Qingcheng and Su Yu so intensely without having taken any lethal actions, Xia Qingcheng’s place should be temporarily safe.