Junior Brother Pays Respect to You: Chapter 59
Chapter 59
Qin Su, holding Qin Zheng in his arms, flashed and arrived beside the Spirit Pillar.
The old man sensed Qin Zheng and Qin Su’s presence and withdrew his barrier.
When he saw the weak and pale Qin Zheng in Qin Su’s arms, he was shocked.
“You ran into demons?”
“That’s impossible. The demons shouldn’t be able to get out anymore.”
“What exactly happened?”
As he spoke, the old man followed Qin Su into the wooden house.
Once Qin Su laid Qin Zheng on the bed, the old man eagerly used spiritual energy to examine Qin Zheng’s body.
But what he discovered made him even more confused.
“Poisoned?”
Qin Su nodded.
The old man let out a sigh of relief. “As long as it’s not demons.”
“I was afraid the seal had malfunctioned again.”
“But how did he get poisoned?” As he spoke, he wiped a bit of blood from Qin Zheng’s lips and smelled it.
“He Ding Dong poison?”
“You’ve only been down the mountain for less than three days, and already made such deadly enemies?”
Qin Su paused and replied, “His younger brother.”
The old man looked at Qin Su in surprise, then sighed. “Let me guess — over money and status again?”
Qin Su shook his head. “I’m not sure. He was already like this when I found him.”
The old man criticized him slightly, “You should’ve kept a closer eye on him.”
“This poison wouldn’t affect you because of your cultivation, but Qin Zheng has no spiritual energy at all — no way he could resist it. Luckily, you suppressed the poison in time. Otherwise, even if his constitution is stronger than a normal person’s, he’d still be dead.”
Hearing the words "be dead," a flash of killing intent passed through Qin Su’s eyes. But he only spoke with guilt, “I didn’t take good enough care of him.”
The old man withdrew his spiritual energy and smiled, “Well, he’s lucky this time. That lake by my door has detoxifying properties.”
“Quick, take him in there.”
“After ten days or so, the poison in his body will be completely gone.”
Qin Su immediately picked up Qin Zheng and started to leave.
Just as he was about to step out of the room, he paused, turned to the old man, and said, “Please postpone the cultivation training for a day.”
“I want to take care of him.”
The old man stroked his beard and replied, “Alright.”
***
Qin Zheng soaked in the lake for a full day and night before he finally woke up.
Though he could move freely, his whole body still felt uncomfortable inside and out.
The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was Qin Su’s face. He smiled and said, “Don’t tell me you stayed with me the entire time.”
Qin Su didn’t reply.
Qin Zheng forced a smile, assuming he was just shy.
Then, changing the subject, Qin Zheng suddenly asked, “When you left, did you say goodbye to my father and mother?”
Seeing how he still cared about those people, Qin Su’s expression instantly darkened. Gritting his teeth, he said, “I was kicked out.”
“…Huh?” Qin Zheng blinked in confusion. “Kicked out?”
As he thought about it more, a slight sadness welled up in his heart.
He could more or less guess what had happened.
He had been allowed into the Prince’s Residence only after being acknowledged by the Prince. For Qin Su to be kicked out, it must have also been the Prince’s decision.
What did that mean?
It meant that after he was poisoned, Lin Sui must’ve returned and said something that made his father and consort believe his version — that Qin Zheng was fake.
As expected, even with blood ties, people who haven’t grown up by your side can never fully trust you.
Especially not in a place like the royal residence, not a commoner’s home.
They’re always worried someone is eyeing their inheritance.
Qin Zheng paused for a moment, then couldn’t help but ask Qin Su, “Does this mean the consort’s illness will continue to worsen?”
Qin Su said coldly, “You’re still worried about them?”
Qin Zheng leaned weakly against the lakeside and smiled. “It was Lin Sui who poisoned me. The consort was actually quite kind to me.”
He almost forgot — the past couldn’t be changed so easily.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have had to travel through so many lifetimes already.
Qin Zheng sighed. But in his heart, he had already come to terms with it.
He had done all he could. If fate meant he and his family were not meant to be, then he would stop forcing it.
From now on, they’d go their way, and he would go his own.
He still didn’t understand what he had done that was so terrible to make Lin Sui resort to such a deadly poison.
But on the bright side, now that he’d been driven out of the sect, he wouldn’t have to walk all the way to Nanchuan again.
He definitely didn’t want to suffer through that a second time.
“Looks like you're recovering well,” Qin Su said.
Qin Zheng turned his head at the sound of the voice and saw that it was the old man. He smiled and said, “I have your lake to thank for this!”
The old man nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Qin Su and said, “It’s been a day already. You should come with me to cultivate now.”
“Half a year may sound like a long time, but we can’t afford any more delays.”
Qin Zheng looked at Qin Su in surprise. “You stayed with me for a whole day?”
Without waiting for a response, he pushed Qin Su’s leg lightly and said, “Go train already. I’m just soaking here, alive and well.”
Seeing Qin Zheng was trying to send him away, Qin Su stood up, clearly displeased, and left with the old man without saying a word.
Watching Qin Su’s retreating figure, Qin Zheng suddenly felt like he had changed.
Then, he suddenly thought of Lin Sui.
When he saw Qin Su pointing a sword at Lin Sui, a surge of satisfaction rose in his heart.
But then he remembered—this was the past. Lin Sui couldn’t die yet.
He couldn’t sacrifice himself for someone like that.
And anyway, he would still have a chance to take revenge once he returned. There was no need to rush.
***
In the days that followed, Qin Zheng soaked in the lake completely naked for seven whole days.
Each day, he recovered a little more.
By now, he was nearly fully healed.
With Qin Su gone, boredom had driven him to count every blade of grass around the lake.
He originally wanted to get out immediately, but the old man insisted he stay one more day to make a full ten.
Today marked exactly one month since Qin Zheng had arrived here.
Although the old man had placed a barrier around the area, sunlight still managed to shine in.
Qin Zheng lay beside the lake, waiting for the moment he could return.
Suddenly, he heard soft footsteps nearby. He felt a shadow cast over him.
Looking up, he was surprised to see Qin Su—who had vanished for seven days—standing in front of him.
Qin Zheng squinted and said, “Done cultivating already?”
“I thought you’d be gone much longer.”
Qin Su slowly crouched down, meeting Qin Zheng’s gaze.
“The one-month mark is here again.”
“Once you leave, who knows if the original Qin Zheng will continue what he started?”
Qin Su stared directly at Qin Zheng, expressionless, as he voiced what Qin Zheng feared most.
Before Qin Zheng could react, his vision blurred.
When it cleared, Qin Su’s face was still in front of him—but in a different place, looking more mature.
The ornament in Qin Su’s hair reminded Qin Zheng that he had returned to the present.
Seeing Qin Zheng awake, Qin Su finally asked, “Were you looking for me?”
Qin Zheng didn’t answer. He quickly looked down at his chest with nervous urgency.
He remembered he had been holding the time scroll before time-traveling.
When he saw that the scroll was still lying on him, unopened, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Hopefully, Qin Su hadn’t noticed anything unusual about it.
But thinking back to Qin Su’s attitude in the Prince’s Residence, Qin Zheng felt that even if Qin Su had noticed something strange about the scroll, he probably wouldn’t ask.
It had been another peaceful month between them, and Qin Zheng felt that Qin Su wasn’t as terrifying as he had originally thought.
He sat up—
talking while lying down felt odd.
Now with a better view, he noticed that just a foot behind Qin Su stood Xiao Hua, staring at him fiercely yet not daring to come any closer.
Qin Su seemed to be completely ignoring Xiao Hua.
Qin Su could easily deal with someone like Lin Shixuan, yet couldn’t seem to handle Xiao Hua?
Qin Zheng smiled at Qin Su, though his mind was still on what Qin Su had said before his return.
Suddenly, he decided to delay his plan to become mortal—just for half a day.
Since the scroll still had three uses left, he might as well use it to help Qin Su. In a way, it was helping himself, too.
After all, the time jump wasn't that long.
Glancing at Xiao Hua, something suddenly struck him. He said seriously, “Wei Feiluan came to see me today.”
“He really likes Xiao Hua.”
“I think you know why.”
Qin Su stood up, hands behind his back, and gazed out the window. After a moment, he replied slowly, “Xiao Hua is Wei Feiluan’s son.”
“My master told me this before I took over as sect leader.”
—As expected!
Qin Zheng had suspected as much but hadn’t been sure.
The old man had once said that Wei Feiluan’s son had been sealed away by Yu Jingchen because of his terrifying power to destroy both mortals and immortals.
Qin Zheng tilted his head to look at Xiao Hua. He still couldn’t believe it.
Xiao Hua clearly looked like just a child.
Then Qin Zheng recalled that Xiao Hua’s seal was tied to the demon realm portal. Qin Su was likely so busy now because that portal had opened.
Seeing Qin Zheng had nothing more to say, Qin Su turned to leave. “I have things to do. Next time, just ask Qin Shuang if you need me.”
Qin Zheng stood at the door watching Qin Su walk away, then rushed over and pinched Xiao Hua’s cheeks fiercely. “No reward for you this time!” he scolded.
“You little brat—you almost got me killed!”
Xiao Hua teared up under Qin Zheng’s abuse but didn’t fight back.
Only when Qin Zheng was done bullying him did he let go and return to his bed. While writing the date on the scroll, he muttered to himself: “Once I’m done with my business, I’ll settle the score with you two father and son!”
Blue light radiated throughout the room, and Qin Zheng quickly fell asleep.
Qin Su, who had already walked far, suddenly turned around and looked in the direction of the wooden house with an unreadable expression.
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