Chapter 1430 — First Arrival at the Zhao Family
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"Old Bi praises me too much. Courtesy is a fine and traditional virtue," Zhao Qibing said modestly. "But I have seen little of the world and know little of its rules. I beg you not to take offense—and when I meet my grandfather in a while, do give me plenty of guidance!"
"That goes without saying. When the time comes, just stay at your Grandpa Bi's side—I will keep watch for you!" Old Bi, delighted by Zhao Qibing's words, agreed again and again.
Nothing was said the whole way. Only when the car drove into the Zhao family estate did Zhao Qibing and Old Bi breathe out together in relief. It was no exaggeration to call this pill worth whole cities; they had feared some mishap along the road. Fortunately, the Yu family presumably still knew nothing.
Once inside the estate, the car could only be left in the estate's parking lot, for the interior was all narrow, winding paths meant for people on foot and not for vehicles. So Zhao Guangyin and Old Bi had to get out and walk, while Zhao Qibing remained in his wheelchair.
The sights of the estate stirred longing in Zhao Qibing. So this was the Zhao family? If only one day he might become master here. Zhao Qibing drew a deep breath. He had made up his mind: he must seize this one chance.
If one day he became master of the Zhao family, then never mind Wei Zhao, never mind Ergoudan—they would count for nothing. In his presence they were ants!
"Guangyin, this is...?" Zhao Guangyin had not expected that he had barely taken a few steps from the car before he saw his wife, Yu Xiaojin. Her eyes were fixed on Zhao Qibing; though she was asking him, she had clearly already recognized the boy.
Given how well informed Yu Xiaojin was, she surely had long since held Zhao Qibing's particulars in hand. It was only that in recent years Zhao Guangyin had had little contact with the boy, and Zhao Qibing had never returned to the Zhao family, so she had turned a blind eye.
But this time, Zhao Guangyin had brought Zhao Qibing back openly and without concealment, and that did not sit well with Yu Xiaojin.
"Xiaojin, this... is Zhao Qibing... You must know already... so I will spare the introductions..." Zhao Guangyin was suddenly embarrassed, at something of a loss to explain why Zhao Qibing had come here.
"Well, well, Guangyin? Aren't you something!" Yu Xiaojin gave a cold laugh. "I thought that after all these years you had set that notion aside. Who would have guessed you would actually bring him home?"
"Young Mistress, if you have words for the young patriarch, save them for when you have time!" Old Bi cut her off coldly. "The old master has named Qibing and asked to see him. I am to take him to the old master."
"What?" Yu Xiaojin was stunned. She had not expected that it was Old Master Zhao who wanted to see Zhao Qibing. She had assumed Zhao Guangyin had sought out Old Bi to put in a good word with the old master, so that the boy might be acknowledged and take his place in the clan—she had read the whole thing wrong.
"Xiaojin, it is Father who wants to see Qibing. Let us speak of this another time, shall we?" Zhao Guangyin thought of how his father was about to break through from Earth rank to Heaven rank, and felt a new confidence in his heart. By then the family would possess a Heaven-rank expert just as the Yu family did, and he would no longer have to watch Yu Xiaojin's face.