Chapter 178
Then, I saw the patriarch suddenly froze after hearing Feisheng's words. He finally looked at me in the first time after I entered the wooden house, but the emotions in his eyes were very complicated, like a ball of black ink, which was difficult to see through. For a moment, I felt like I was in hell, but the feeling lasted for only a moment and seemed to have returned to normal again, but the pile of powder at the patriarch proved that the previous experience was not an illusion.
It was clearly the wine cup he had been holding before! My eyes shrank, but my face was still normal and I tried to calm down: "Class leader, I have something to tell you about this time, but I am not sure whether it is the girl Feici mentioned by Feisheng..." While carefully observing his expression, I paved the way for the next words. However, the patriarch saw it clearly and waved his hand. His face returned to his previous appearance, like a deep pool, mysterious: "You don't need to worry after you say it."
I swallowed my saliva and felt that the girl named Feici had a close relationship with the patriarch. Then this answer would inevitably make him unhappy. Like Feisheng heard it before, he was also angry and thunder struck two miles away, making me extremely embarrassed. The person in front of me was the patriarch, so his spiritual power should not be underestimated. If he was angry, I would not even have a chance to escape and would have to die on the spot. Therefore, I thought about it for a long time and didn't know how to speak. Seeing this, the patriarch pulled the corner of his mouth and comforted him warmly: "You don't need to worry. I expected that the next words would not be as good as I expected. But no matter how unswerving I would not vent my anger on the younger generation, please be content with mercy."
I had to sigh when I heard this. After all, this was a condescending remark to him. If I had said more, he would definitely think that I was ignorant of being polite, so after weighing the pros and cons, he still bowed and slowly explained the whole story. From how I knew A Zheng and everything else, but the matters involving myself or the temple were mentioned in one sentence, and he only said that he was taking A Zheng to where I lived.
After listening to the silence for a long time, the patriarch of the clan was silent and said without saying anything: "A Ci... Maybe it's not her?" Fei Sheng lowered his head, looking at the nose, looking at the mouth, and not talking. I glanced at him, lowered his head, and stopped talking.
After a long time, the patriarch recovered and suddenly smiled, "Yes... that child should be very close to you, right?" I nodded blankly, but I didn't know what it meant. He turned his head and looked at me carefully before explaining, "You are still stained with its smell. Our Pixiu clan is very sensitive to the breath of its own kind. Even if you are not together, you can still stain with it, which is enough to prove that you have a good relationship with it." Because he didn't know how to respond, he nodded and continued to remain silent.
The patriarch did not express anything else. After carefully examining my answer, he stood up in an unknown way and asked in a warm voice: "Where is that child... now?"
I thought about it and said, "It still has something to do now. Later, I...I will bring it here again." The patriarch looked at me deeply, and then said softly for a while: "That's good." So the three of us looked at each other again, and were speechless again. I knocked my wrist, and I didn't want to stay for a quarter of an hour.
After finally enduring the silence for half an hour, the patriarch finally said: "Asheng, take him out. Some of the scenery in the clan is good and you can still see it... You, you are called Yuli! You brought Aci's news, even if we owe you a favor, you will say that you will never refuse... At present, follow Feisheng around and stay for a few more days so that we can fulfill our friendship as a landlord."
I thought about his expression and realized that the other party was silent, unable to see his joy or anger, and I was really not sure whether he was just polite or sincere. But the facts proved that mortals were indeed more complicated, while most other races were pure and straightforward. Seeing that I was silent for a long time, the patriarch asked, "What? But did Ah Sheng act recklessly before and offend you?"
I said 'ah', and I didn't react: "What?"
The patriarch smiled and patted Feisheng who was standing beside him: "When they were young, I didn't care much about them. He was better than A Ci. When A Ci died, he should be the saddest. He had a bad temper. The news you told him was thankless. If you accidentally got beaten up." After hearing this, Feisheng immediately shook his hand away. I don't know if it was anger and shame, and was so painful that he was said, or what: "It's a blessing for you to say this! Sister is missing, and you haven't even shed tears! My brother-in-law has never slept peacefully since the day Sister disappeared, but you have returned to the same state the day after Sister disappeared. You should eat and drink. Are you my father?"
I was stunned for a moment. The patriarch was Feisheng's father. I realized this and wanted to say goodbye and leave. After all, this was their family affairs and it was really hard to get involved. However, it was too late now. When they quarreled, they were really as if no one else was allowed to interrupt. I was interrupted before the farewell was halfway through, but they didn't turn around to look at me from beginning to end, and they were still cursing themselves.
Of course, what is more accurate is Fei Sheng's unilateral accusation, every word is heart-wrenching and has a reasonable and well-founded approach. The patriarch, who had no words since Fei Sheng's accusation, just sat there calmly without saying a word and letting him blame him. Fei Sheng blamed himself for his own fault, then left.
After seeing him leave, the patriarch withdrew his gaze and drank tea calmly. I looked at him awkwardly and said, "Then... I will say goodbye first." But I couldn't get an answer for a long time. I pulled my sleeves and looked at the patriarch again. Then I realized that the other party's eyes were empty, as if I had forgotten me as a person. So I took the courage to look at him a few more times, with my back straightened, but compared to just now, I had to bend a little, and my eyes were faintly declining, unlike the calmness and spirit just now.
Seeing that he really didn't react, I turned around and left. I had some basic understanding of the father and son in my heart - my father loved his children very much, but was tolerant and unknown to everyone; my son respected his father, but was resentful of the past. This was the knot between them. It was up to them to resolve it or not, and others could not help.
Considering that there was something else on my body, I found Feisheng and resigned after going out. He was a little sorry, but when he saw that I was about to leave, he kept me a few words, but seeing that I was really persisting, he still said goodbye to me with regret and took Xi Wu and I to leave the Pixiu clan.
Before leaving, he said, "Next time, if you come here with that child and take a few shots on this sycamore tree, I can hear it."
(End of this chapter)
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