Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 68 - Valuable
Chapter 68: Chapter 68 Valuable
Chapter 68 -68 Valuable
In the lady’s attic.
“You mean Master Zhang gave Zheng Fa an Immortal Item token?” the lady asked the Seventh Young Master.
The Seventh Young Master saw shock displayed on the faces of both his sister and his mother.
“Yes, Zheng Fa told me…
he also mentioned that he has no plans to marry yet.”
The Seventh Young Master carefully watched his mother as he relayed Zheng Fa’s words, somewhat fearful that his mother might become angry due to Zheng Fa’s refusal.
Unexpectedly, what displayed on his mother’s face wasn’t anger but rather a touch of melancholy.
She remained silent for a long while before she finally spoke, “I thought there was still time, I didn’t expect it’s already too late.”
Hearing this, the Seventh Young Master became even more confused, “Too late for what?”
The lady didn’t answer him but instead shifted her gaze to his sister.
Following her gaze, the Seventh Young Master saw that the emotions on his sister’s face were even more complicated than those on their mother’s.
Seeing both of them looking at her, the eldest miss controlled the complexity in her heart, and contemplated before saying, “It might be from the day he visited Sister Zhang’s courtyard.”
The lady nodded, the tone of sigh in her voice still lingering, “Although I had already greatly esteemed Zheng Fa, I never expected Master Zhang to value him so highly.”
Having said that, she suddenly stood up and walked downstairs.
“Mother?
Where are you going?”
The Seventh Young Master asked.
“I’m fed up, just need a walk.”
“…You treat me as if I’m three years old?”
“Having grown up, it’s indeed hard to deceive.” There was still a hint of sigh in the lady’s voice.
The Seventh Young Master scowled, finding the deceiving excuse too flimsy.
From his earliest memories, his mother had secluded herself in the attic.
Even when his sister came back, the mother just waited on the first floor, never leaving the attic.
And now she was suddenly planning to leave this attic?
“Are you going to see Zheng Fa?”
The Seventh Young Master pondered; he had only spoken about Zheng Fa’s matter.
“Is that not okay?”
“Why though?”
The lady turned to look at him, her gaze filled with surprise, as if she found his question foolish, “Even Master Zhang has granted him the Immortal Item token, shouldn’t I congratulate him?
After all, he has grown up in our Zhao Family.
In the future, when he joins the Immortal Sect, he will also be considered our Zhao Family’s connection.
As the head of the Zhao Family, should I just sit idly by?”
The Seventh Young Master skeptically looked at his mother, full of disbelief.
Zheng Fa receiving the Immortal Item token from Sister Zhang was indeed formidable.
But his mother, who hadn’t stepped outside for twenty years, breaking this pattern just for this matter?
“Mother…
are you planning to apologize to Zheng Fa?” he suddenly thought of something and asked.
The lady’s steps halted, and a look of disdain and embarrassment appeared on her face as she responded, “I’ve always said, you’re smart at the wrong times.”
“Mother, why go to such lengths?”
“My child, I’m frightened, what if he gains influence in the Immortal Sect and decides to trouble me?” The lady’s expression seemed genuinely fearful.
“You know Zheng Fa isn’t that type of person.”
“Can you guarantee it?
You might trust him, but I don’t.”
The Seventh Young Master grabbed his mother’s sleeve, stopping her, “Mother, whatever you did was for me, if anyone has to apologize, it should be me!”
He knew too well how proud his mother was.
Since his father became infatuated with wine and women and gathered concubines, his mother stayed in the attic and did not go to the front yard.
After giving birth to him and his sister, completing the task of passing down the family line, she cared even less to see his father.
Her pride was such that she disdained competing for favor, doing what she believed she ought to and then simply seeking to avoid further annoyances.
“What wrong have you done?
You, a blessed fool, prioritizing a person with such talent, brings joy to mother,” the lady shook her head as she spoke, and seeing he wasn’t letting go, she sternly added, “Is it wrong for me to admit my mistakes when I’ve wronged others?”
The Seventh Young Master remained silent, just holding tightly to his mother’s sleeve.
The lady’s tone softened a bit:
“If you go to apologize on my behalf, it consumes the affection between you two.
The more talented he is, the more valuable this affection is, and it’s not worth it.”
“If I go, it consumes my pride, which is worth nothing.”
“Let go.”
Seventh Young Master did not let go.
Of course, he knew that his mother cared most about her reputation.
The lady pulled her sleeve corner from his hand and looked at Seventh Young Master with a light laugh.
“No matter how much I care about my face, is it worth as much as the Immortal Item in Master Zhang’s hand?” Looking at her son and daughter, she shook her head in self-mockery: “If my face were that valuable, my son wouldn’t have been waiting ten years for an Immortal Item.”
Watching her leave the building, Seventh Young Master turned his head to look at his sister.
“Sister, why didn’t you stop her?” Even if he was on good terms with Zheng Fa, Seventh Young Master couldn’t bear to see his mother debase herself so.
“Don’t stop her, you need to remember,”
“Remember what?”
“What use is the Immortal Item to Mother?”
Seventh Young Master paused.
“How does Zhang’s favor matter?
Can Zheng Fa make our mother become an Immortal ancestor?”
“…”
“Even if she offends Zheng Fa again, would Zheng Fa kill her considering your face?”
“…”
“She apologies not because her face is worthless, but because compared to your future, her face is worthless.
She doesn’t want her past actions to affect your relationship with Zheng Fa, even if it’s just a slight chance.” The young lady looked at her brother: “When you go to the Immortal Sect, and when you feel the sect is bitter, the cultivation exhausting, and the path hopeless, think of today.”
Seventh Young Master looked at his sister, suddenly realizing that after ten years in Qingmu Sect, she had really changed a lot.
…
Downstairs, Housekeeper Wu watched as the lady walked out of the building, his face looked as if the sky was falling.
“Madam?”
His tone sounded as if he did not recognize the person in front of him.
“Do you know where Zheng Fa’s house is?”
“Zheng Fa’s house?” Housekeeper Wu thought for a moment, then replied: “I know.”
“Lead the way.”
“I’ll order someone to prepare the carriage.”
“No need, let’s walk.
First, take a round around Zhao Mansion.”
“Ah?”
…
“Zheng Fa!
Something big has happened!”
Outside the Zheng family’s small courtyard, came Gao Yuan’s shout.
“What’s the matter?”
Hearing him speaking so gravely, Zheng Fa also came out of the courtyard door and asked him.
“You don’t know, today the lady actually walked out of her building!”
“That’s it?” Zheng Fa felt that the man was making a big fuss out of a small issue.
“You don’t understand, the lady hasn’t come downstairs for twenty years…
Think about it, if it weren’t for something big, why would she come out?”
Zheng Fa listened and felt there might be some reason in that.
“So, what happened?”
“How would I know?
It could be some important person coming to Zhao Mansion, or maybe some trouble with the master’s various mistresses.” Gao Yuan curled his lips, “All I know is that all the servants in the mansion are busy at work, afraid of being caught slacking off by the madam.
My father is now trembling with fear, and even chased me out, telling me to go to Seventh Young Master’s study to pretend to be busy.”
“Why did you come here then?”
“Seventh Young Master wasn’t in the courtyard.” Gao Yuan explained, “But I did see the madam on the way, she looks so young.”
“Hmm…”
“Us younger servants have never seen her before, I couldn’t believe it when I saw her, she looks like she could be Seventh Young Master’s sister.”
“Hmm…”
“I think the madam didn’t go to the front courtyard, probably meeting some important person…
Do you know who it might be?” Gao Yuan speculated with a gossiping tone.
“Me.”
“?”
“Right, she is behind you.”
