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Chapter 292 Is he my biological son?
The new regulations in Qingzhou brought fame to the Tang and Guo families as well.

One of them was called a troublemaker because they were arrogant and demanded an explanation from Qingzhou, making Qingzhou responsible. As a result, they could no longer come to Qingzhou at will and had to pay an extra fee.

The other was called a pig-brain, stupid without realizing it, killing people on someone else's turf using his own methods, as if he wanted to live too long.

Unfortunately, Guo Laosan disappeared without a trace and could not be found.

In the eyes of others, this would be seen as having a guilty conscience, fleeing from justice, and confessing without being asked.

Yin Zheng also showed the Tang family a video of Guo Laosan arguing with Tang Ning and the other two at the hotel, and also found evidence that he had driven away from Qingzhou with his men that day.

As for what will happen to the Tang and Guo families afterward, that's beyond their consideration.

Guo Laosan, who had secretly slipped into Qingshui Town, was caught and imprisoned that very night by Fu Dong, Zhang Jinwu's squad leader.

After everything was over, before leaving, Yang Yi asked Xia Yi again, "You really don't plan to come back with me? Your grandfather actually..."

“Teacher,” Xia Yi interrupted Yang Yi with a smile, “thank you for making a special trip to Qingzhou to help me. Don’t worry, I will live well on my own and will not cause any more trouble for Shanhaitang in the future.”

"You kid."

Yang Yi was quite helpless. He could understand Xia Yi's meaning. She only mentioned Shanhaitang, but not the Xia family and the Fang family. Obviously, she still insisted on her original intention to sever ties with the Xia family and not benefit from the Fang family.

She assumed that Meng Qi had called Shan Hai Tang and asked them to intervene.

In fact it is.

If Fang Bingjun truly cared about his granddaughter, he would have come in person instead of just sending Teacher Yang.

Although she knew this clearly in her heart, Xia Yi still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when she actually saw Yang Yi.

But it only lasted a moment; she quickly adjusted her mindset and faced everything calmly.

"Meng Qi".

When Xia Yi returned to the dormitory, she found Xiao Qi sleeping soundly on the bed. She couldn't help but go over and wake her up, saying, "Wake up, don't sleep."

"what?"

"Mengqi, don't you want to ask me anything?"

Xiao Qi rolled over and closed her eyes to continue sleeping, muttering impatiently, "What's there to ask? What's there to ask?"

"Of course there are. For example, why did I leave Shanhaitang? And my relationship with the Xia family and the Fang family."

"Isn't that your business? It has nothing to do with me."

Xia Yi:
That makes so much sense, she was speechless.

But perhaps it's because she's been alone for so long, but Xia Yi, who is usually very independent, really wanted to talk to someone today.

She stood motionless in front of Xiao Qi's bed, muttering softly, "But I want to tell you something, do you want to hear it?"

Xiao Qi:
What triggered this woman's anger?
Xiao Qi sat up and looked at her, "As long as you don't say you're joining Qingzhou, you can say whatever you want."

Xia Yi had previously said that she would officially withdraw from Shan Hai Tang after this matter was over, and asked her if Qingzhou wanted her.

It's not that I'm afraid to take it, it's that I don't want to get involved in this mess; there's no need.

Xia Yi shook her head, "From now on, I want to be free and not join any group. But Meng Qi, could I register in Qingzhou so that I can freely come and go from Qingzhou in the future? I mean after I graduate from university, not just now."

"That's possible, but there are certain conditions..."

"I know, don't cause trouble. Don't worry, if no one bothers me, I definitely won't provoke anyone."

But if someone insists on provoking her, then the outcome is beyond her control.

Xiao Qi rolled her eyes at her, lay down, propped her head up with her arm, and said lazily, "Say what you want to say, I'm listening."

Xia Yi didn't care about her attitude, as long as she was willing to listen.

"There are four children in my family. I have an older brother and an older sister, and a younger sister. I'm the third child. From this order, you can probably tell that I'm the one who's most easily overlooked in the family. Plus, after I started cultivating, my talent was only average, so I became even less favored. My mom often doesn't even remember that I exist in the family, and my dad even calls me by the wrong name. Isn't that ridiculous?"

"Do you know how I got into Shan Hai Tang? I went to my maternal grandfather and begged him for a month before he reluctantly agreed. Who knew that when my parents heard about it, they weren't happy at all, but instead beat me up because I took my sister's spot and shouldn't have gone to Shan Hai Tang. Because my sister's talent isn't as good as mine, my mother originally planned to ask my grandfather to make an exception and admit my sister. But I got in, which disrupted her plans and took up my sister's resources, so I deserve to die." Xia Yi said this in an extremely flat tone, as if she were talking about someone else, not herself. Even when she said the word "deserves to die," her tone and expression remained completely unchanged.

Xiao Qi looked at her, not knowing what to say.

Of course, she also knew that Xia Yi didn't actually need her comfort; what she needed was to confide in someone, someone who could quietly listen to her.

“I stayed at Shanhaitang for three years and was scolded by my mother for three years. My maternal grandfather knew everything, but he ignored it. My maternal grandmother complained that I was immature, disrespectful to my parents, and did not love my younger sister. She said I was too selfish and only cared about myself. She said that a person like me was destined to have a bad end.”

"Mengqi, listen to this! My own mother wants me to die, my own grandmother curses me to have a terrible fate—these are my relatives, my closest family. Look at me, look at my face! What's wrong with it? Why does even the person who gave birth to it dislike it?"

Xia Yi has a baby face, big eyes, and a slightly upturned nose; she's very pretty.

Even if you look like an angel, if someone dislikes you, they will still dislike you.

So this isn't your fault at all; it's that person's psychological problem.

“From the first day I entered Shanhaitang, I worked very hard, studying and cultivating diligently. However, I almost went into qi deviation several times when practicing internal energy cultivation techniques, because whenever I calmed down, I couldn’t help but think of the things my mother said to me. She said that it would have been better to give birth to an egg than to me, and that if she had known I would be so disobedient, she should have aborted me the moment she got pregnant with me.”

I was plagued by inner demons and could no longer stay at Shanhaitang, so I left in my third year, then asked my teacher for a leave of absence and wandered around for a year before returning. Although I verbally severed ties with the Xia family, I know that legally it's invalid; I am still a member of the Xia family.

After Xia Yi finished speaking, the dormitory fell silent. One of them turned to look out the window, while the other looked at the other.

Xiao Qi suddenly asked, "Are you your parents' biological child? Have you secretly done a paternity test?"

Xia Yi smiled and said, "I did it. It's a pity, but I am their biological child."

Xiao Qi opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word.

Given her age and experience, it's truly difficult for her to understand how there could be parents in the world who treat their own daughter this way.

She sighed and patted Xia Yi's shoulder, "Poor kid, you probably really were born into the wrong family."

Xia Yi:
Meanwhile, Yang Yi made a phone call to Master Fang on his way back to Beijing.

"Yes, Master, it's resolved. Meng Qi's cultivation level is even higher than we anticipated. She was even able to accurately locate all the cultivators hiding in Qingzhou in a short time—nearly two hundred. With her cultivation level, she could crush them all with a flick of her finger if she wanted to. So it's no wonder that the capital and the provincial capital obey her so readily. If our Shan Hai Hall had such a genius, we could also treat her like royalty. You mean Xia Yi? Yes, they shared a dormitory. It was purely coincidental, but at first, Xia Yunsong thought Xia Yi was someone you arranged to steal Meng Qi."
"Their relationship must be good, otherwise Meng Qi wouldn't have gone to such lengths for Xia Yi, even accompanying her to see the Tang family and nearly killing Tang Lao San. However, she also clearly expressed her dissatisfaction with our Shan Hai Tang, complaining that we're all talk and no action. So from now on, even if people from Shan Hai Tang go to Qingzhou, they have to follow those three rules and report to Captain Yan."

When asked again why Xia Yi hadn't returned, Yang Yi said helplessly, "Master, how could Xia Yi come back? You know what your daughter is like. To be honest, although Xia Yi's talent is average, she's hardworking and can endure hardship. Her physical fitness is among the best of her batch of students. As for not mastering the internal energy cultivation method, ask yourself, which child can calm down and cultivate properly when scolded by their own mother every day? And your wife, her words are quite hurtful to the child."

However, he couldn't bring himself to say the last sentence. After all, she was his boss's wife, and he had to show her at least some respect.

To be fair, he really felt sorry for Xia Yi. She was only fourteen years old when she left, such a young child, but apart from him trying to persuade her to stay, no one paid any attention to her.

Since that was the attitude back then, why call people back now?

To Yang Yi's surprise, Fang Tangzhu's phone was taken by his wife the next second. "Little Yang, do you think Xia Yi and Meng Qi are getting along really well now?"

Yang Yi: "They are classmates."

"So they have a good relationship. Since she's made a friend like Meng Qi in Qingzhou, let her stay there for now and not come back. Here's what I'll say: give me her phone number, and I'll give her a few words of advice. You know that girl; she's rather dull, not very good at talking, and not very good at handling people. I'm afraid she might accidentally offend Meng Qi and then drag our Shan Hai Tang and our Fang family down with her."

Yang Yi's lips twitched. He really didn't know what to say about this old lady.

He politely declined, "Madam, it's not that I don't want to give you her phone number, it's that she won't allow it. Have you forgotten that when she left Kyoto, she said she would have no further connection with the Xia and Fang families?"

"Hey Xiao Yang, what's wrong with you today? Why are you so rigid? You actually took those angry words from a child seriously? This is her usual trick since she was little. She says whatever hurtful things to get adults' attention. This child has very low emotional intelligence. I've been trying so hard to teach her, but I can't get her to behave. But what can I do? She's still my own child. I have to teach her even if I can't. So give me her number."

Yang Yi:
If you can't teach this child, then don't bother teaching him.

But the other party wouldn't give up and was determined to get his number.

Yang Yi sighed softly. He was somewhat disappointed in the head of the Fang family. He sat next to him, watching and listening as his wife, with some ulterior motive, pressured him to hand over Xia Yi's phone number.

Yang Yi knew that if he gave it to Madam Fang today, a bunch of Xia family members would come looking for Xia Yi tomorrow.

If he doesn't give it to them, they might find Xia Yi's number through other means, but since it wasn't sent by him, he'll feel better and won't feel guilty.

Yang Yi ultimately did not give it to him, and instead chose to hang up the phone directly.

Then he sent Xia Yi a message, instructing her not to answer calls from the Fang and Xia families recently, as Yan Ming and his group were looking for her because of Qingzhou and Meng Qi.
(End of this chapter)