"Nonsense!"
Hearing the black-clad girl's words, Qin Xuan roared, smashing a large pit in the ground beside him.
Nearly twenty years had passed, and no one from the Lu family had ever come to see Ling'er.
Even when Ling'er fell ill, he had cared for her alone until now.
But what about them?
Ling'er had only recently come of age, and they wanted her to marry into another family!
Would such a family be Ling'er's backing?
Qin Xuan didn't believe it at all!
Besides, Ling'er was just a weak girl, unable to even lift a chicken.
If she suffered any unfair treatment at the Lie family, she wouldn't be able to convey the news truthfully.
At that time, her life would depend entirely on the Lie family's whims!
Where would she have any status?
With this thought, Qin Xuan became even more determined to visit the Lu family.
His sister returning home, his sister getting married, these were all things he could accept.
But to return home, Ling'er must do so willingly, and to marry, she must marry someone she loved.
In the current situation, as Ling'er's brother, he absolutely could not accept it!
"Take me to see the head of the Lu family."
With his right hand hanging low, Qin Xuan, after a moment of silence, once again asked the black-clad woman to take him to the Lu family's residence.
But this time, even if Qin Xuan held his sword to her neck again, she refused to take him.
"It's really impossible! If my family finds out I brought you, I won't need you to do anything; my father will execute me with family law!"
"Since it's death anyway, I might as well die by your hand!"
"At least, I'll have fewer scoldings from my father and mother."
Tossing her head back, the young girl, regardless of Qin Xuan's expression, presented herself as ready to be slaughtered.
Qin Xuan was quite helpless at this.
She was Ling'er's own sister, and he could not harm her in the slightest before the matter was resolved.
"Tell me Ling'er's wedding date."
Unable to go to the Lu family now, Qin Xuan had to find another way.
To ensure Ling'er wasn't married off to the Lie family before he found another method, he needed to know the Lu family's future arrangements.
Fortunately, compared to the entrance to the Lu family, the wedding date was not much of a secret.
So the black-clad girl did not hesitate and directly told Qin Xuan a time.
February 28th.
"At that time, both families will gather at the Lie family, with experts everywhere. Don't be foolish enough to come looking for trouble then, or you won't even know how you died."
Although she disliked this man who kept threatening her with a sword, the black-clad woman couldn't help but advise Qin Xuan.
After all, no matter what, he was her sister's brother in the outside world.
If something happened to him, her sister would probably be very sad...
Qin Xuan naturally paid no attention to the black-clad girl's warning.
Although he knew that the so-called hidden families must possess considerable strength, if he couldn't find a way to contact Ling'er before the wedding,
Then even if it were a dragon's pool or a tiger's den, he would have to brave it for Ling'er!
Putting away the Hundred Transformations Divine Artifact, Qin Xuan turned and walked back towards the city without looking back.
The black-clad girl let out a sigh of relief, only to find that Qin Xuan, who had just left, had returned.
"You, what are you doing?"
"Tell me how to get to the Lie family?"
"..."
After getting the Lie family's address from Ling'er's sister, Qin Xuan didn't rush to find his masters but went directly to the orphanage he had funded.
The old orphanage had been completely renovated, and this became their temporary residence before the renovation was completed.
And as the director of the orphanage, Director Lin Yumei, had also come here with the children.
As soon as she saw Qin Xuan, Lin Yumei seemed very happy.
She kept introducing new children to him and also pulled him to taste the latest dishes from the orphanage's new cafeteria.
But when Qin Xuan slowly said that Qin Ling'er had been taken away by her biological parents, Lin Yumei's expression finally changed.
"You really know something!"
"Before Ling'er was sent to the orphanage, you already knew about her parents, didn't you?"
Seeing Lin Yumei's unnatural expression, Qin Xuan couldn't help but press her, and Lin Yumei slowly nodded with a wry smile.
"I saw Ling'er's parents, but I didn't see them very clearly."
"Their faces seemed to be covered by a layer of hazy things, making them not appear real."
"But from any angle, I could feel that they were not ordinary people."
"That feeling, how should I put it? Even though the person was standing right in front of you, you felt like two wisps of mist floating before you."
"If I had to describe it..."
"Compared to ordinary people, they were more like immortals who had accidentally fallen into the mortal world."
"Although they were close, they were out of reach."
"But I had already expected Ling'er to be taken away."
"After all, those two looked very reluctant to leave, but I didn't expect them to remember to take Ling'er back after so many years."
"So, besides this?" Qin Xuan continued to ask.
"Besides this..." Lin Yumei thought carefully but couldn't recall anything else special.
"After they left Ling'er, they gave some instructions and then left."
"They left sadly, as if they would never see her again..."
"Oh!"
"I remember!"
As Lin Yumei mumbled, she suddenly patted her head.
"Back then, before leaving, Ling'er's father suddenly gave a cryptic instruction."
"He said that no matter how Ling'er's life turned out, she should never fall in love with anyone, or the person with her would meet a fatal disaster!"
"I don't know what he meant, but I still told Ling'er about it."
"As for whether there are any hidden secrets behind this, I'm not too sure..."
"So that's how it is."
"Thank you, Director Auntie..."
After listening to everything Lin Yumei said, Qin Xuan nodded gently.
Although Director Auntie's description of Ling'er's parents was also quite vague, it made Qin Xuan even more certain of a certain guess in his heart.
That is, the person who took Ling'er away today was not Ling'er's biological father at all.
Because on that rainy night more than a decade ago, Qin Xuan had seen not only Ling'er but also her parents.
Just as the director said.
Even though they were entangled by something at the time, in the eyes of ordinary people like them, their appearance still had a mist that ordinary people couldn't understand.
And when Ling'er disappeared today, the little swallow that witnessed their departure had never mentioned that so-called unclear mist.
Although the eye structure of swallows and humans is different, the perception of this mist should not be too different.
Therefore, based on all this, Qin Xuan believed that the tall man was not Ling'er's father.