A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles

Yuan Yifan took a deep breath, then took a hefty sip of tea before he could continue speaking.

"It was me, I was the one who disguised as Li Qi, I was the one who sent Miss Xi’Er to the Li Family!

I did it all at the request of Miss Xi’Er and Li Qi’s last wishes."

As soon as Yuan Yifan said this, the looks in the eyes of the Old Madam Ji, Ji Youyuan, and Ji Youzhi were as sharp as blades, trying him mercilessly.

"Why would my sister do such a thing?

What were Li Qi’s last wishes?"

At this moment, Ji Youzhi’s aura completely changed, his questioning of Li Qi’s decision felt more like an interrogation of a criminal.

Yuan Yifan simply couldn’t withstand his tone and presence, and spilled everything all at once.

"To be honest, Miss Xi’Er had previously told us the truth: she doesn’t have a father, her brothers wander around far and wide, making homes wherever they went, never settled.

Throughout her life, she had no one to rely on apart from Li Qi, who saved her life!"

"I..." The Old Madam Ji moved her lips, cursing that damned Ji Shang again and again in her heart.

Far away in another world, Ji Shang sneezed violently.

The young scholar by his side merely glanced at him, "You’ve come down with something!"

Ji Shang gave him a sidelong look, "You’re the one who’s sick, huh! And why on earth do you care if I’m sick or not?

Hurry up, quickly find the weak point in space, if you find the most volatile area susceptible to spatial rifts between the Profound Celestial Continent and the Tianling Continent, I’ll take you as my last disciple and impart all my knowledge to you!"

Upon hearing this, the scholar shook his head, "I’m not interested in all your knowledge."

"Why wouldn’t you be?

You’re naturally a good material for cultivation, you know that?

Your talent is the best I’ve seen, though admittedly not as good as my granddaughter’s, let me tell you..."

"The Black Tortoise Essential Soul and the remains that you promised your granddaughter, you haven’t yet obtained them, and you’re determined to find the weak points in space to go there forcibly?

Do you believe she won’t beat you if you do?"

"I am her grandfather, would she dare to beat me? The Celestial Dao would not permit it, you know?"

When the scholar heard the term Celestial Dao, he suddenly fell silent and lowered his head in a pensive manner.

Seeing this, Ji Shang said, "What are you daydreaming about?

Strange, why do you always react this way whenever I mention my precious granddaughter?

Does she have a grudge against you?

No, that can’t be right, you’ve never met my granddaughter, how could you possibly hold a grudge against her?"

The scholar merely shook his head and covered his head with his hands, "I don’t know, but I always feel I’ll be entangled with her indefinitely."

"Ah?"

Ji Shang opened his eyes widely, "You..."

"The Celestial Dao is not significant; she... she can defy the Celestial Dao."

"Ah?" Ji Shang once again widened his eyes, his mind buzzing, thinking that this bookworm was even more of a fool than when he first found him.

No!

One should say he was becoming dumber, always spouting nonsense, talking gibberish!

...

Meanwhile, Old Madam Ji was still listening to Yuan Yifan talk about Ji Xi’Er’s matters.

"We all thought Miss Xi’Er was truly homeless, and naturally, Li Qi thought no differently, he gave all his money to me, entrusted me to take good care of her in the future, saying that no matter whether the child Miss Xi’Er bears is a boy or a girl, he hoped that the child, when grown, could fulfill filial duties on his behalf.

He said, the ones he felt most sorry for in this life were Miss Xi’Er and her child, followed by his parents, because as a son, he never fulfilled his filial duties by their side since childhood, and due to childhood knots, he left home and never returned for over a decade."

"So that’s why Xi’Er returned to Baiyun Town, went to the Li Family instead of the Ji Family?"

The Old Madam Ji wiped her tears with a handkerchief as she asked.

Yuan Yifan nodded.

"That’s right, after Li Qi passed away, Miss Xi’Er was very calm, she buried Li Qi not far from their secluded place beneath Yingyue Mountain.

She would always go to his grave every day to talk to him.

But gradually, as her pregnancy progressed, she would frequently fall into a deep sleep; once, she slept an entire day and night, it was my junior sister who noticed something was wrong when she went to see her and wanted to call a doctor for her, she refused and summoned me instead, telling me she wanted to fulfill Li Qi’s dying wish!"

"Li Qi’s dying wish, was it for their child to fulfill filial duties on his behalf to the Li’s elderly couple?"

Ji Youyuan pursued the matter further.

Yuan Yifan nodded, "Yes!"

Old Madam Ji started coughing but soon stabilized, "Go on, continue!"