Love and Destiny (宸汐缘)

Grandmother.

A'Mo.

Yes, I am back.

Your ears are well now?

You can talk?

Grandmother, what is wrong? Do you feel ill anywhere?

A'Mo, in the past, I was not kind.

It was my fault.

I disliked you for being deaf and mute, gave you dirty looks.

But your father sincerely loves you.

At the time,

it was I who forced him to do that.

I was muddled.

Please don't blame your father.

I won't.

Do you know that since you left,

he can't eat.

He has become so thin.

He just stays in the local government office and refuses to come home. He doesn't like coming home.

I know

that he is blaming me. As his senior,

how come I was so biased!

A'Mo, I caused you and your father to separate.

I was so muddled, A'Mo!

Grandmother. Grandmother.

It is not your fault. I understand everything.

I was so muddled.

It was all my fault.

A'Mo, you can now check pulses?

I work in a pharmacy. The doctor there taught me how.

Mother, do not worry too much.

Grandmother's illness is not that critical.

Father has already given her medicines.

As long as she can relax her thoughts, she will recover from her illness very soon.

That is good.

Let us go outside.

Come.

What does that man who came back with you do?

He...he...

Why are you mumbling? I won't steal him!

After going out, you became bold.

You dare to directly bring home a man!

I came back

to discuss this matter with Father and Mother.

What is there to discuss?

The Song Family sent people and caused a huge ruckus,

so huge that everyone now knows about it. Your reputation has been tainted.

If you do not marry him, who else can you marry?

Zhan'er.

Lord Song and Madam Song were quite okay.

But their son was really a rotten one!

Before, I did not notice him caring about this marriage.

After being engaged for so long, he did not even come here to visit.

When you ran away from home, he also did not care.

He was always out, exchanging poetic verses with other people, living so lesiurely.

Now he's turned hostile, and charged into our house.

A scholar? Two-faced man. Full of evil intentions.

But I did not make it easy for him, I gave him a fierce scolding and drove him out!

It is just right that you did not marry him.

You... Do not look at me like that. I did not do that to help you.

We all are Lin Family here.

If your reputation is damaged, I also will not have a good life.

Oh.

What kind of person is that man you brought home?

Where is he from?

Stop asking.

Don't you all want to know?

Can I not ask on your behalf?

I also want to know.

This man that First Miss brought home

is quite handsome.

Based on his aura, he does not seem to be from a normal family.

Old Master is home! Old Master, slow down!

A'Mo is back!

A'Mo.

Dad! I missed you!

I also missed you.

Good. Your illness has been cured.

I do not have any worries now.

When you left, I regretted it.

Regretted letting you leave.

You were a lady who had not been far from home.

You went away alone, and did not take that much money.

How could you survive?

I then went to find you.

After half a year, I did not find any news about you.

Until your grandmother got severely ill,

I had no choice but to return.

Dad.

Enough. Stop kneeling.

It was hard for us to finally reunite.

Sit down, and let's have a good chat.

Young Lord Song and their housekeeper came

to say some harsh things.

Of course, I believe you.

You are the kindest person, and you know proper etiquette very well.

How could you be like what they said?

It's just that you brought him home this time.

I know that you are a person who knows your limits.

Quickly tell me who that man is.

What does he do?

How do you two know each other?

His name is Jiu Chen.

Jiu Chen?

Please have some tea.

In our house, all our women.

My mother is still gravely ill. I apologize

if you were not taken care of well.

You have said it too seriously.

A'Mo must accompany her grandmother for the coming days.

I fear that she might not be able to entertain you.

How about this? I will let our housekeeper accompany you to walk around our town.

There are places with nice scenery nearby.

No need to go to that much trouble.

Thank you

for taking care of A'Mo. She has already told me.

She also took care of me.

She has also told me a bit of your situation.

Just that I feel⁠—

These are the deeds to my assets.

Lord Jiu Chen, what I want to know

isn't about these.

Lord Lin, what you want to ask is...

Just call me "Uncle Lin".

Uncle, just call me Jiu Chen.

Okay. Jiu Chen,

A'Mo said that you are a promising lad.

You have assets back home and a meritorious reputation.

You even once trained in the army.

Just that even though I am just

a ninth...

a ninth-ranked lesser official,

my daughter is also not a noble lady from a well-known family,

but in my heart,

she is the most beautiful and the best.

She has a kind temperament,

gentle and submissive character,

has the best heart.

Please sit down.

Hence, I want to know if you sincerely like her,

have decided to cherish her all your life

and to protect her.

That it's not just a moment of frivolousness of a young man,

an occasional moment of curiosity and amusement.

Are you really sure that she's the one?

I am.

I swear to you

that no matter what difficulty we face in the future,

whatever danger we encounter, whatever hindrance we meet,

I will do my best and risk my life to protect her.

I will not let her suffer even a bit of hurt.

If I break this promise, I will be hated by both gods and ghosts,

killed by both heaven and earth, my soul completely destroyed,

forever staying in the netherworld, never getting reincarnated!

Good. Good.

State Preceptor, I received a letter from Lord Chibi.

Did you obtain the item?

Zhonghao has adequately prepared for the Spirit-Binding Abyss matter?

Everything is ready. It seems that to open the Spirit-Binding Abyss,

we not only need the enchanted formation of Zhonghao's tribe,

we also need the blood of someone from the Phoenix Tribe as a guide.

Good thing Lingyue is in his hands. Everything is now ready.

We are just waiting for the day of the blood moon.

Also, the Demon Lord got mad and punished Zhonghao, blaming him for failing in his search,

still unable to find that female immortal who can release the Demon Lord from his seal.

What did Zhonghao say?

He still handed this matter to me. I feel that

Zhonghao is focused on opening the Spirit-Binding Abyss and releasing the demons into our realm.

He is already not interested in releasing the seal.

He wants to rebel against the Demon Lord?

He is not that bold. He is bent on taking revenge.

Now that State Master LIngyue is in his hands and you were driven out of your state,

he has now set his eyes on the Heavenly Race that exiled him.

He already cannot wait to open up the Spirit-Binding Abyss to let the demons in

and cause the world to fall into chaos.

Overestimating himself.

Oh right. I heard from Zhonghao that the Demon Lord has deduced

that Jiuchen must have sent that female immortal to the mortal world to undergo trials.

Once she successfully passes her trials and loses the demonic aura in her,

the Demon Lord will forever be sealed.

This is a good thing for us.

- After all, his coming out will be⁠— - Pass trials?

Jiuchen sent the female immortal to the mortal world to pass through trials?

Right. It is to wash away the demonic aura. If she succeeds,

the demonic aura will get dissipated, she can regain her immortal body and return to her immortal rank.

Qingyao, do you know how to play the zither?

I don't.

How about other musical instruments? Why not play them for me?

I also don't know how.

I am not like the women you knew from before.

- I cannot understand those refined toys. - I...

But, the dance when you do the Nine Acupuncture Technique does look good.

If you are bored, I can do some on you.

No need. No need. I think that watching you play chess is nice too.

Have I told you

about my mortal trial before I became a high god?

No, and I also do not want to hear it.

Since you do not want to hear it, I must tell it to you.