Chapter 569: Chapter 50: Agreement_3

The girl’s head moved slightly, her black, glossy hair brushing across the boy’s face.

“Ah Ce’s sense of mediocrity is spilling out.”

Damn it!

Gongsun Ce stretched out his arm menacingly, with the caution of handling glass artwork, and carefully wrapped his arms around the girl in his embrace.

“Okay, Mr. Gongsun, I’m holding you now,” he softened his voice. “I’m behind you and can’t see your face. So if there’s anything unpleasant, feel free to say it.”

“Ah Ce, sometimes you don’t have to be so smart.”

Mine, mine.

Qin Qianbai fell silent for a while, as if recalling the past.

“Ah Ce, you remember the life I had before I came to the City of Sky, right?”

“Of course.”

Gongsun Ce, who had just revisited the past in a dream not long ago, naturally understood it clearly. After learning about the chaos triggered by Qin Ming in reality, the last piece of the puzzle from those years was also put into place.

The once carefree genius girl, after experiencing the family’s downfall and Qin Ming’s departure, felt forced to take on the responsibility of the younger generation. Her dearest grandfather left home because of work, and her closest uncle was the very perpetrator of the chaos.

Thus, under the expectations and obligations unilaterally placed on her by the family, the girl who lost her support nearly collapsed and eventually ran away from home.

“Almost a year before I awakened my superpower, I was already very tired of this kind of life. I wanted to have some time to myself like my other siblings, to have my own interests and hobbies. I wanted to break away from the daily battles and training and take a rest.”

“I thought this wasn’t too much to ask for. Because that was my family, I was a member of the family, not a martial arts machine.”

The girl’s voice sounded somewhat sad, reminding him of the conversation they had three years ago.

“I tried very hard to communicate with the elders. At first, I was calm and peaceful, but after being rejected repeatedly, I began to shout and scream in anger, and later even started to cry. But the elders were always talking about the family’s responsibilities, and my parents told me I should listen to their words.”

“At that time, I was astonished because whether I cried, laughed, was sad, or angry, the reaction of the adults was always the same. The only thing that changed was the way of expression, but the core never changed.”

“It seemed like my emotions never existed to everyone.”

Gongsun Ce hugged her a bit tighter, allowing her to feel his warmth.

“Out of a prankish desire for revenge, I took rebellious actions,” Qin Qianbai slowly said. “I controlled my expressions, not showing any emotion before the adults, trying to make them understand my dissatisfaction with this joke-like method.”

“And then?” asked Gongsun Ce.

“This prank lasted for a few days. I covered my tracks, eavesdropped on the elders’ discussions, wanting to see their reaction,” Qin Qianbai said. “I heard them say, ‘This is a great joy! Little Qian has changed significantly these past few days, she must have made further progress in her martial arts practice and is about to enter the legendary Realm of Unimpeded Techniques!'”

“At that time, it felt like something shattered inside me.”

“It turned out they really didn’t care about my feelings. In their eyes, I wasn’t Qin Qianbai, just a person with exceptional talent.”

Qin Qianbai said softly, “For some reason, after that day, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t make any expressions.”

Gongsun Ce was furious.

He knew this was a long-gone story and not every member of the Qin family was like this, but right here and now, he still had a strong desire to fly to the capital and smash that ridiculous Qin estate to pieces.

“They truly deserve to be beaten up by you and Qin Ming, deserves to be ranted at by Mr. Qin!” Gongsun Ce swore. “Damn so-called martial arts leaders! A group of shortsighted, old-fashioned fools, how can they be considered adults!”

“Ah Ce.”

“I’ll curse!”

Qin Qianbai turned her head to look at him disapprovingly. “Ah Ce, they are my family.”

Gongsun Ce grudgingly suppressed his anger, struggling for a while before he unwillingly said, “Don’t tell me now you’ve forgiven them.”

“Yes, I forgave them. It was only after further communication that I realized that those words were an unintentional remark by the elders,” Qin Qianbai said bitterly. “They really hadn’t noticed my prank… until I came to the City of Sky, and then the elders realized that it wasn’t a sign of progression in the Martial Arts Realm.”

Half of Gongsun Ce’s anger turned into helplessness mixed with absurdity and mockery.

“…So your Qin family is the so-called wooden family, right? You are the little wooden block, Qin Ming the big wooden block, and then at home a bunch of muscle men are all like towering trees competing to be the most wooden? The only one who seems understanding in the family is Mr. Qin, ouch ouch ouch!”

Thump! Qin Qianbai’s head bumped into someone’s face. She said discontentedly, “Ah Ce, you are the last person in the world who has the right to say this.”

Gongsun Ce complained, “Mr. Gongsun here is much more sensitive than that bunch of wooden blocks in your family!”

The young mistress looked up, and as Gongsun Ce met his neighbor’s eyes, he suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of guilt.

“…Why are you looking at me with such a strange expression?”

“Ah Ce, I am sitting in your lap right now.”

Gongsun Ce said sternly, “Other than holding you like this, I will not make any inappropriate moves! Although I am not a saint, I can still refrain from chaos in my lap!”