Chapter 625 - 344: Internal Stability
Chapter 625: Chapter 344: Internal Stability
"She’s almost obsessed, and she’s been training hard in her courtyard these days."
Liu Qingyan didn’t wait for Chu Qing to pour her tea; she picked up the teapot herself, poured a few cups, and looked at Chu Qing:
"She also knows that you’ve been too busy lately to teach her Martial Arts.
"So she asked me to tell you not to worry."
Chu Qing nodded; Su Ningzhen was so understanding that he naturally appreciated it.
Then he frowned at Liu Qingyan:
"Your brother’s back, yet you didn’t go looking for him. Why are you running over here?"
"I heard you saved that arrogant fool, so I came to check it out. I heard he got bullied pretty badly this time."
Liu Qingyan spoke with a hint of schadenfreude.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, a voice came from the doorway:
"Are you even my sister? You hear I got bullied, and it makes you happy!"
Turning around, already entering the courtyard and walking over, it was Liu Jinghan.
Liu Qingyan snorted, completely unafraid:
"This time you finally understand, there’s always a higher mountain, and someone stronger than you, right?
"I’m telling you, you must learn to be humble and patient.
"Don’t have a bit of skill and act like you have the world at your feet, disregarding everyone else.
"At home, people may spoil you, but outside, who will?"
From her words, Chu Qing heard a tone of satisfaction and pride.
It seems that usually, she rarely has the opportunity to scold her brother like this?
Liu Jinghan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn’t utter a word. He snorted and sat down beside Liu Qingyan:
"Move over a bit..."
As he spoke, he looked up at Chu Qing.
With furrowed brows, he searched the room and finally asked:
"Who are you?"
"..."
Chu Qing touched his face:
"It’s me."
"..."
Liu Jinghan was stunned:
"Your face..."
"Just a disguise."
Chu Qing glanced at the siblings, their similar brows and eyes distinguishing their different genders. The man was handsome with an indescribable arrogance.
The woman was elegant, her every movement full of liveliness.
The sibling’s relationship seemed tense on the surface, but it wasn’t entirely so.
Chu Qing suddenly thought of his two brothers... Would Chu Tian come along this time to assassinate him?
And where was Chu Fan now?
For a moment, his mind wandered, and he forgot about the guests in front of him.
Just as he wasn’t paying attention, he suddenly heard someone at the door reporting:
"The Mansion Master requests everyone to the Five Tones Hall for a meeting."
Everyone looked up, Liu Jinghan instinctively looked at Liu Qingyan, who, in turn, naturally looked at Chu Qing.
Chu Qing smiled slightly:
"They must be here. Let’s go."
Although Liu Jinghan had just returned, he knew what had happened in the Celestial Sound Mansion recently.
He immediately smiled:
"Let’s celebrate with drinks after this battle!"
Liu Qingyan nodded repeatedly and said to Chu Qing:
"Cousin, we should stay close."
Chu Qing also smiled:
"Alright, let’s have a good chat after this battle."
Without further words, the group headed to the Five Tones Hall.
Along the way, they could see that the disciples of the Celestial Sound Mansion were all in action. Even when they saw Liu Qingyan and Liu Jinghan, the two young masters and misses, they only gave a brief salute and hurriedly left.
They were gathering people to prepare for the arrival of the other mansions.
When they reached the Five Tones Hall, they found it crowded.
Liu Zhaonian sat in the prime seat, with Liu Zhaohua in the first position on his left.
Down one empty spot was the Five Tones and Seven Rhymes members.
However, only six of them were present, apart from Yi Zhishang, whom they had seen before, there were three men and two women.
Chu Qing still didn’t know their specific names.
Across from them sat a group of older men and women, six in total.
The youngest was about forty, and the oldest had white hair and seemed to be over seventy.
"These are from our Celestial Sound Mansion’s branch families."
Liu Qingyan, knowing Chu Qing hadn’t met these people before, introduced them:
"The oldest one is Liu Yucheng, the current Patriarch of the Fuyang Liu family. He’s seventy-six this year, and it’s said he has no successor, so he’s remained in the Patriarch position.
"The woman next to him is Liu Ruyun, the current Patriarch of the Beixiang Liu family.
"It’s quite remarkable for a woman to become a Patriarch... For this, she never married out but brought in a husband. Her husband is unremarkable, nothing worth mentioning, but their son is quite impressive, one of the rare talents of the younger generation..."
Chu Qing listened quietly, knowing these six branch families were mainly divided by six major cities.
They were Fuyang City, Beixiang City, Qiushui City, Lvliu City, Yuehai City, and Qiwu City.
The City Lord of Qiwu City was given special emphasis by Liu Qingyan, a strong man in his forties.
Most Liu family members were elegant and refined, but this City Lord of Qiwu City was an exception.
Dressed in black, he wasn’t elegant but rather had a protruding belly, a full beard, and eyes like bronze bells.
He seemed out of place with the Liu family’s harmonious atmosphere.
Liu Qingyan told Chu Qing that this branch family Patriarch, who was least like the Liu family, was a genuine genius.
Moreover, he was quite ruthless, easily defeating his opponents in family struggles, and became Patriarch before he was even twenty—a person definitely not to be underestimated.