How to capture the evil villain? I choose to be his mother!

Chapter 520 The Useless Female Supporting Character's Sword Master Mother (23 pages)
These days, the more renowned Zhu Wen's name becomes on the Five Continents, the more tragic the fate of the Qi family becomes.

No one will sympathize with a family that overestimates its abilities and fails to see the situation clearly. They will only think that the Qi family is foolish, that they provoked others and were humiliated, and that they deserve it all.

Even those families that used to be on good terms with the Qi family have cut off all contact with each other, fearing that they might be targeted by the rumored peak Mahayana stage expert and take advantage of their misfortune to show their loyalty.

This made the already difficult situation of the Qi family even worse.

Qi Sheng stood motionless in the empty Qi family mansion, watching the servants fleeing along the wall.

The house was in a mess, as the elders of the family had just been there.

They made a huge fuss, demanding that Qi Sheng pay for his father's debts and bear their losses.

In fact, after seeing his father's death, he coveted the Qi family's wealth and wanted to gain as much as possible before the Qi family's fortune completely sank.

Many of the people inside were once kind and gentle elders to Qi Sheng, who patted him on the shoulder, praised his talent and excellence, and said that the future of the Qi family rested on him.

The past is like fleeting clouds, impossible to retrieve.

The ugliness of today's open confrontation is what Qi Sheng is seeing all over again.

He raised his hand and touched the mask on his face, but for some reason, he felt no anger.

Instead, he kept recalling that day when Lord Zhu Wen, who had killed his father, turned around and walked back, step by step, to Ming Miao's side, making that girl, who was as insignificant as an ant, suddenly shine brightly.

Mingmiao became the lucky one that countless people envied, while he became a fool who couldn't see the pearl, and how much he regretted it.

……Yes.

Qi Sheng did not hate Zhu Wen because of his father Qi Yuanshan's death.

He only regretted that he hadn't treated Mingmiao well before and had always been hypocritical.

If he really were the gentle and trustworthy childhood sweetheart she had in her heart, would the outcome today be different?
Qi Sheng thought this way more than once, almost to the point of self-torture.

His mother came out of the inner courtyard crying and said to him:

"Xiao Sheng, go check on your brother! He's suicidal and keeps saying he doesn't want to live anymore..."

"Then let him die."

Qi Sheng remained motionless.

The mother's expression froze, on the verge of tears, which made her look somewhat comical.

Qi Sheng then shifted his gaze:

"Since it's his own fate, let's do it his way. If he wants to die, let him die. Nobody's stopping him."

Qi Sheng had always doted on his younger brother Qi Ming, but now, there was not a trace of brotherly tolerance in his eyes.

The mother was terrified; she thought Qi Sheng had gone mad.

Qi Ming, who happened to hear this, rushed out from the side and fell directly from his wheelchair to the ground:
"Qi Sheng! Are you still my brother? Now that Dad is dead and you can't be the heir to the Qi family, you don't want to care about anything anymore?"

Qi Sheng looked at him with a mocking expression:
"How should we handle this? Didn't this whole thing start because of you? If you hadn't wanted to avenge Lu Zhuangzhuang, you wouldn't have thrown Mingmiao into the arena, you wouldn't have offended Lord Zhu Wen, and Father wouldn't have died... Think about all this, do you think you deserve to die or not?"

Qi Ming's eyes were bloodshot, but he couldn't utter a single word of rebuttal.

Qi Sheng waved his hand in annoyance, not wanting to listen to his nagging anymore.

Qi Ming fell silent and stopped trying to kill himself.

The mother covered her face and wept uncontrollably.

……

When Secretary Wang arrived, this was the scene he saw.

He stepped directly through the half-open door:
"Excuse me, gentlemen, perhaps I've arrived at the wrong time?"

Qi Sheng was taken aback when he saw him:
"Manager Wang?"

"Please call me Secretary Wang."

Secretary Wang reintroduced himself to his new role.

Qi Sheng listened, somewhat dazed—

Overnight, some gained favor and rose to prominence, while others suffered ruin and were reduced to destitution. Is this the lingering power of a peak Mahayana stage expert?
Qi Sheng was filled with longing and even felt a sense of respect for the man who had killed his father.

Consequently, their attitude towards Secretary Wang improved even further, and they almost fawned over him as they asked:

"Secretary Wang, may I ask what brings you here today...?"

"Lady Zhu Wen is leaving Bai'an City. Before she leaves, she wants to settle her score with your Qi family."

Secretary Wang raised his chin, displaying a rather arrogant and domineering attitude.

Qi Sheng dared not show the slightest disrespect.

Qi Ming, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it anymore:

"She even killed my father, what else does she want to do..."

Snapped!
Qi Sheng slapped Qi Ming across the face.

Qi Ming had just returned to his wheelchair, but now he had fallen to the ground again.

The two mothers rushed over to protect Qi Ming, but they didn't say anything, only silently shed tears.

Qi Sheng couldn't bear to look at his mother's appearance any longer and turned his gaze away.

"I'm sorry, Secretary Wang, it was my younger brother who was being disrespectful."

At this critical juncture, Qi Sheng remains clear-headed.

If Lord Zhu Wen hadn't said "I won't hold it against the Qi family" before leaving, the Qi family would have suffered endless targeting and torment.

Even if Zhu Wen doesn't take action herself, countless people will try to curry favor with her and make all sorts of moves against the Qi family. That would be the real danger.

Therefore, no matter the cost, Qi Sheng needs Zhu Wen to say those words of forgiveness.

At this moment, he looked at Secretary Wang with an urgent and humble expression, no longer displaying the pride of his former privileged status.

Secretary Wang smiled with satisfaction:

“Young Master Qi Sheng, you are much more sensible than your younger brother.”

When Secretary Wang left the Qi family, he took with him a large number of spirit stones and magical treasures from the Qi family's treasure vault.

Even those relatives of the Qi family couldn't take it away, yet Qi Sheng so easily handed it over to Zhu Wen.

the next day.

When Zhu Wen left Bai'an City, everyone in the city knew that her feud with the Qi family was over.

She wasn't the kind of person to be aggressive, and she didn't need the Qi family to be completely wiped out to feel satisfied.

Therefore, she would not allow anyone to use her name to target the Qi family.

In the blink of an eye, the undercurrents surrounding the Qi family disappeared.

The Qi family regained peace.

And a nearly empty treasure trove, where centuries of treasures have vanished.

However, Qi Sheng felt it didn't matter. As long as Lord Zhu Wen stopped holding a grudge, everything could start over!

……

"Don't care? How could that be?"

Zhu Wen sat on the Yunmeng Boat, leisurely kicking his calves.

The clouds drifted past her toes, like the shallow stream flowing by.

At this moment, they are 10,000 meters in the air.

And sitting beneath him was the flying magical artifact, the "Cloud Dream Boat".

The items unearthed from the Qi family's treasure vault are characterized by their small and exquisite style. Every table, chair, and bed is a top-quality product, and even the ship's planks are carved with flowing cloud patterns and runes.

A fog light made from the eye of a glowing whale hangs from the bow of the boat, capable of piercing through all illusions. It sways gently in the wind, creating a particularly evocative scene.