Chapter 44: Yang Qingqiu
Dream Dao Attainment, Opening Scheme Against Cultivators
Dream-Making Expert
The setting sun cast its slanting light, and the Water Moon was like a mirror.
The paired travelers of heaven and earth, north and south; how many times have the old wings known cold and heat?
The Lotus Pond, the Waterside Pavilion, the rainbow, and the weeping girl.
“Stop crying for now. Better to think about how to handle the funeral.”
“Is there anyone who needs to be notified to attend the burial?”
Lin Qi asked.
The Lotus-Picking Girl raised her head blankly, thought for a moment, then shook her head, sobbing. “No one. After Great-Aunt became Dao Companions with Great-Uncle, she cut off all ties with the family.”
“What about your family?”
“They’re all gone.”
Nima.
Lin Qi finally understood why Yourong had sent a message before her suicide, telling the Lotus-Picking Girl to follow him.
So it really was a lone widow and orphan, depending on each other to survive.
Not even a single person to collect the bodies.
Lin Qi’s head ached.
“My father used to tell me that Great-Aunt didn’t actually like Great-Uncle.”
“She was just used to being a wealthy young lady. She couldn’t accept the fall in status after becoming a cultivator, so she chose to marry Great-Uncle.”
“So that Great-Uncle would spend his whole life as her beast of burden.”
The Lotus-Picking Girl wiped her tears, her eyes red and swollen. “After Great-Uncle went missing, she always acted as if nothing had happened. She never sent anyone to look for him.”
“My father couldn’t stand it, so not long after I was born, he went out to search for Great-Uncle. In the end, there was an accident.”
“After my mother learned my father had died, she fell into despair and passed away not long after.”
“So, actually, I hated her too, in my heart.”
The Lotus-Picking Girl choked up and couldn’t continue.
Clearly, she had never imagined that this Great-Aunt, who had lived her entire life in her own wealthy-young-lady world, would, upon learning of Great-Uncle’s death, choose without a shred of hesitation to die with him.
And yet, just that morning, everything had still been fine.
“Sorry. If I had known, I wouldn’t have come.”
Lin Qi thought for a moment, then took out from his bosom the golden-jade bowl Wang Lin had left behind. “This is the relic Fellow Daoist Wang Lin left. Keep it as a memento.”
“I still have matters to attend to, so I’ll be on my way first.”
Though he had personally witnessed an ancient legend of dying for love, for Lin Qi it was only a faint stirring.
He could not possibly, just because he was moved by the love between Wang Lin and Yourong, actually take the Lotus-Picking Girl with him.
He was still a black household now. The most important thing was to find someone to vouch for him, get his identity jade token made, and truly integrate into the Immortal Continent.
Otherwise, though he wouldn’t be completely unable to move a single step, living normally in the Immortal Continent would come with no small amount of inconvenience.
“Great-Aunt told me to follow you.”
Seeing that Lin Qi was about to leave, the Lotus-Picking Girl did not reach for the golden-jade bowl. Instead, she reached out and tugged at the hem of his clothes, saying pitifully.
“She just said it offhand.”
“You don’t even know who I am, or what my name is.”