Chapter 2913 — Guessing at an Identity
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"Oh, our Loess High Sect has passed down its line for a thousand years—surely there must be some collateral branches..." Tu Qingsong said casually.
"Collateral branches? Are there?" This was the first Tu Bawang had ever heard of the Loess High Sect having collateral branches, and he was rather surprised.
"Of course. Here—see whether you can find Mr. Wei Zhao and ask him for the photograph and name of that earth-element inheritor, so I can have a look?" Tu Qingsong asked.
"What do you want the name and photo for?" Tu Bawang was taken aback, somewhat at a loss as to what Tu Qingsong meant. What did the question of whether Wei Zhao's friend was an earth-element inheritor have to do with a name and a photograph?
"Oh, didn't I just say? She might be a collateral branch of our Loess High Sect..." Tu Qingsong said.
"Is that so... Hm? Uncle, tell me—could she possibly be my long-lost cousin?!" Hearing Tu Qingsong's words, Tu Bawang drew an even bolder inference.
"Ah!" Tu Qingsong was startled, never expecting Tu Bawang to leap straight from collateral branches to Tu Ranran herself! Still, he had entertained the same suspicion back then, so it was only natural that Tu Bawang would suspect it too—it was simply that Tu Bawang had less reasoning and evidence at his disposal than he did. Yet with that hint about a "collateral branch," Tu Bawang had reached exactly the same conclusion!
"Uncle, though this inference of mine may shock you, it's not impossible!" Hearing Tu Qingsong's cry of "Ah!", Tu Bawang assumed he had been frightened by his deduction.
"It is indeed possible..." Tu Qingsong smiled bitterly, thinking to himself that he had meant to keep it hidden for the time being—but who would have thought Tu Bawang would work it out on his own!
"In that case, with Wei Zhao at the head of things, might he end up as my brother-in-law?" Tu Bawang's thoughts leapt on again. In his view, since Wei Zhao was seeking medicine for "Tu Ranran," his relationship with her must surely be out of the ordinary—perhaps they were close confidantes of that sort!
"Bawang, what on earth are you imagining..." Tu Qingsong felt torn between laughter and tears. "Besides, didn't you say there's another girl at Mr. Wei Zhao's side?"
"You mean Yang Qiqi. Mr. Wei Zhao is so formidable—surely he wouldn't have just one woman? And from what I saw, Yang Qiqi calls Leader Wei Zhao 'brother'—they might well be brother and sister!" As for Yang Qiqi, Tu Bawang had given the matter little thought. At his level, the notion of one husband and one wife simply did not exist; they were an ancient sect, after all, still observing certain customs of antiquity—and in antiquity, one man naturally took many wives!
"Yang... Yang Qiqi?!" At the name, Tu Qingsong gave a sudden, violent start. "You say... that girl is called Yang Qiqi?!"
"Yes. What's wrong, Uncle?" Tu Bawang sensed something strange about his uncle today.
Yang Qiqi—surname Yang. In those years there had been another adept of the Heavenly Dao named Yang Zhao. Then between them... could there be some kinship? The more Tu Bawang thought, the more plausible it seemed—otherwise, why would Yang Qiqi be at Wei Zhao's side?
But clearly he could not say too much of such matters to Tu Bawang. "Nothing—it's a good name..."
"A good name?" Tu Bawang was rather dumbfounded. Were numerical names fashionable now? Though it seemed his own name wasn't quite as domineering, come to think of it!
"Yes. A good name," Tu Qingsong said with perfect seriousness.
"All right, then. I'll do my best to ask." Tu Bawang was rather astonished at his uncle's sudden change in taste, but he could not press him further and simply nodded in agreement.
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In Yang Qiqi's room, Yang Qiqi relayed to Xiao Jiu what Tu Bawang had said. Xiao Jiu, on the other end of the line, was somewhat shocked; after Yang Qiqi finished speaking, she fell silent.