Chapter 382: 361 Xu Ying, come to my Azure Dragon Duke’s Mansion.
"After all, I was the one who brought up the topic!" Chu Qin added with a smile, "You mentioned earlier that you had something to discuss with me!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Ying’s expression changed slightly as she stood up, holding her right elbow with her left hand, and deeply bowed towards Chu Qin!
"What are you doing, Xu Ying!" Chu Qin exclaimed in surprise.
"I apologize, Chu Qin! That day in the Evil Eye Forest, I was poisoned by the Man-Eating Demon Flower and acted rudely towards you!" Xu Ying bowed as she spoke.
Chu Qin was immediately shocked; he hadn’t expected Xu Ying to remember.
"Xu Ying, it’s alright!" Chu Qin responded, "After all, you said it yourself, you were under the effects of the hallucinogenic poison of the Man-Eating Demon Flower, you couldn’t help it!"
Receiving Chu Qin’s forgiveness, Xu Ying didn’t seem surprised, but instead asked, "Do you really believe me just like that, Chu Qin?"
"Huh?" Chu Qin blinked in slight bewilderment, "Otherwise, what?"
"You’re not afraid it was all intentional on my part?" Xu Ying replied with a light smile.
"No... surely not..." Chu Qin felt somewhat uneasy.
"I’m just teasing you!" Seeing Chu Qin’s reaction, Xu Ying covered her mouth and laughed.
"Such jokes are best left unmade in the future!" Chu Qin shook his head slightly.
"I won’t be able to make them in the future!" Xu Ying suddenly said with a look of dejection on her face.
"Why is that?" Chu Qin furrowed his brows.
"In a couple of days, I plan to leave the Zhu Family Royal Mansion!" Xu Ying replied.
"Leave... leave, to where?" Chu Qin was both astonished and clearly surprised.
"You were right!" Xu Ying said with a light smile, "One can’t go through life wearing a mask, or it’s no different from being dead. Since you’ve said so, what reason do I have to stay here? Chu Qin, thank you, your words have truly enlightened me!"
"So... Xu Ying, where do you plan to go after leaving the Royal Mansion?" Chu Qin asked.
"I don’t know!" Xu Ying shook her head, "It’s probably impossible to return to my family. Rather, not just my family, it will be difficult to find a place for myself within the entire Xing Luo Imperial Palace, as a woman who’s been cast aside by the Duke’s Mansion will inevitably be the subject of ridicule."
"Ah!" Chu Qin exclaimed in shock, "That’s something to be laughed at?"
In his previous life, divorces and remarriages were commonplace!
But this is Soul Land, where the thinking is still quite conservative!
"Yes!" Xu Ying replied with the corners of her mouth twitching slightly, "I plan to go to a small town, far away from the Xingluo Empire, perhaps even the Tiandou Empire, and live out the rest of my life in peace."
Hearing this, Chu Qin felt a sense of loss and an inexplicable pain in his heart.
As she spoke, Xu Ying took out three soul bones from the Soul Guidance Container that Chu Qin had given her, "Chu Qin, here, take these back!"
"Why?" Chu Qin frowned.
"Now that you know, I am not the mother of Zhu Yun Zhu Qing, and there’s no blood relation between us, you should take back such precious items!" Xu Ying answered.
"No!" Chu Qin shook his head, "The things I, Chu Qin, give away, there’s no reason to take them back! Keep these three soul bones! Besides..."
Chu Qin bit his lip gently, "Why don’t you come to Tiandou Empire, Xu Ying, to my place?"
"To your... place!" Xu Ying’s beautiful eyes widened in surprise.
"Yes!" Chu Qin smiled lightly, "If you don’t mind, from now on, you can stick with me!"
"Really?" Xu Ying smiled, "I’m quite a handful, you know, aren’t you afraid I’ll bother you? I’ll take it as a joke then!"
"No! I’m not joking, when a gentleman gives his word, even a team of four horses cannot take it back!" Chu Qin affirmed.
"Really?" Xu Ying’s expression changed.
"Yes!" Chu Qin nodded.
"Alright, if there is a chance, I will definitely go!" Xu Ying paused and nodded.
"Hmm..." Hearing Xu Ying’s uncertain words, Chu Qin felt unexpectedly annoyed.
Eventually, Chu Qin left Xu Ying’s room and returned to Zhu Zhuqing’s room.
As soon as Chu Qin returned to the room, he closed the door tightly and let out a sigh of relief, "What’s gotten into me, just now when I heard Xu Ying say she wasn’t Zhu Qing and Zhu Yun’s mother, I felt a bit excited."
"Could it be that I have fallen for her?"
"Wait, what am I fussing over? Is this even me? Since Xu Ying is not related by blood to Zhu Yun and she has to be honest with Uncle Zhu, why should I be troubled any longer!"
With that thought, Chu Qin revealed a mischievously charming smile.
"Chu Qin, what are you smiling about?"
"What blood relation?"
Just then, two confused female voices sounded.
"Zhu Yun, Zhu Qing, how are you awake if you were drunk!" Chu Qin was startled and then replied with a smile.
"My sister and I are not so easily drunk!" Zhu Zhuqing said proudly with a smile.
"If you weren’t drunk, then why were you sleeping like pigs just now?" Chu Qin furrowed his brows and said.
"You’re the pig!" Zhu Zhuyun retorted, "If we didn’t pretend to be drunk, how could you and father have spoken candidly?"
"Ah, you two!" Chu Qin sighed softly.
"Chu Qin, where did mother take you just now?" Zhu Zhuyun asked with curiosity.
"I... I went to..."
Upon being asked by Zhu Zhuyun, Chu Qin immediately thought of everything about Xu Ying and couldn’t help feeling a bit guilty!!
However, Chu Qin suddenly realized something was amiss, and as it dawned on him, he patted Zhu Zhuyun’s body, "Wait a minute, since when do I have to report my whereabouts to you two!"
"Ouch, you jerk!" Zhu Zhuyun humphed lightly.
"Good, it should hurt, and there’s more pain to come!" Chu Qin said and immediately grabbed Zhu Zhuyun by the waist, tossing her onto the bed.
...
The night passed without words!
The next morning, Chu Qin got up from bed and glanced over at Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, who were sprawled on the bed in their pajamas, sleeping deeply, and his lips slightly curved upwards, "It looks like the two are pretty much out cold!"
With that, Chu Qin pulled up the quilt over them.
As Chu Qin was about to dress, Xu Ying’s voice came from outside the door, "Chu Qin, Zhu Qing, Zhu Yun are you awake?"
Chu Qin hastened his dressing with a slight start, covered Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun tightly with the quilt, promptly picked up all the torn clothes from the floor, and then walked over to the door.
"Creak!"
The door opened. At this moment, Xu Ying, dressed in a pale purple long skirt, carried a silver tray in her hands, on which sat three bowls of exceedingly fresh soup!
"Chu Qin, what took you so long to answer the door?" Xu Ying looked at Chu Qin and smiled sweetly.
"I just hadn’t gotten up yet!" Chu Qin said, glanced at Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, and after confirming they hadn’t moved the quilt, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
