The Consequence of Judging Others by Appearance

“I don’t agree.”

In the large study of the Cen family, Cen Qiusheng and Cen Baihe sat opposite to each other, and Third Master Cen sat quietly next to Cen Baihe.

“Baihe, you and Master Qi are good friends. You should understand why I want to adopt him. Besides, we are indebted to Master Qi. Adopting him as a son is almost considered to be taking advantage of him.”

If others had heard that, they would have come begging to be adopted by him. They wouldn’t mind being taken advantage of at all.

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“Dad…”

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“Dad, Baihe, do you want to drink some water before you talk?” Third Master Cen suddenly stood up, walked to the door of the study, and asked the housekeeper to bring some pills that could calm the heart. His father didn’t know about this yet, but judging from the look on Baihe’s face, he was going to tell him. Given how much his father cared about Baihe, this would definitely cause a storm.

Cen Baihe looked back at his brother who came back, and was silent for a few seconds, “Dad, I don’t want to be brothers with Qian Qian.”

“How can you say this?” Cen Qiusheng’s expression was calmer than Third Master Cen imagined, “Aren’t you two good friends?”

“Yes for now, but it doesn’t mean that I want to be his brother in the future.”

The study was suddenly dead silent, Cen Qiusheng quietly glanced at his youngest son several times, and suddenly picked up a book and threw it at Cen Baihe. Cen Qiusheng almost never hit Cen Baihe. He must be furious at the moment.

“What did I teach you when you were young?!” Cen Qiusheng stood up from the stool and scolded sharply, “Master Qi has done so many things for you, and he even saved your life. You are not sincere towards time. When did the Cen family raise such a hypocritical and unfeeling person?!”

Third master Cen, who wanted to stand up and calm his father, was a little dazed. Did his father misunderstand?

“Dad, calm down…”

“Don’t try to calm me down, it’s all my fault that I spoiled him over the years and taught him to be ungrateful,” Cen Qiusheng said coldly, “Baihe, you have disappointed me too much.”

Cen Baihe touched his forehead, which was hit by the book, and looked at his angry father with a smile in his eyes, “Dad, you misunderstood, I am sincere towards Qian Qian, and I have absolutely no intention of taking advantage of him.”

“Then why don’t you want to be brothers, what’s wrong with Master Qi?”

“He’s great, I want to live with him for the rest of my life.”

“That’s more like it,” Cen Qiusheng nodded, suddenly realizing that something was wrong, “What did you just say?”

“Dad,” Cen Baihe knelt in front of Cen Qiusheng, “I want to spend my life with Qian Qian.”

The sun shone into the room from the window, and the study became dead silent again.

Just when Third Master Cen thought his father would be angry, his father spoke, and his tone was much calmer than he imagined.

“Do you know what you’re talking about?” Cen Qiusheng looked at his son who was kneeling in front of him. He didn’t ask him to get up, but he didn’t do anything to him like he did just now. He just looked at him with emotion in his eyes and a trace of nostalgia.

“I know.” Cen Baihe raised his head to meet Cen Qiusheng’s eyes, and Cen Qiusheng saw a deep and boundless sea in them.

Decades ago, he had seen such a look, but the love between the pair of homosexual lovers finally died under the judgemental eyes of society. Since then, they had separated from each other, and become each other’s awkward and painful past.

He didn’t want his son to end up like his friends.

But only those who have walked know how rough the road is, and only those who wear shoes know whether the shoes fit their feet.

He sighed and said, “When did it start?”

Cen Baihe looked at the patterns on the carpet and did not speak.

Third Master Cen coughed dryly, “Dad, Master Qi still doesn’t know about it.”

Cen Qiusheng looked at Cen Baihe, “So it’s still one-sided?”

Cen Baihe remained silent.

“Okay, get up,” Cen Qiusheng snorted as he looked at his younger son, “If you like someone, you should go after them with all your heart. Back then, when I was pursuing your mother, I moved her to the core. You’re unlike me.”

Cen Baihe stood up and nodded seriously, “I will do my best.”

“Hmm,” Cen Qiusheng patted his arm, “That’s my son.”

Third Master Cen walked out of the study quietly. When he saw the housekeeper with the heart pills, he quickly took one.

He didn’t expect that he’d be one who needed it.

“Are you okay?” Qi Yan came out of the room, saw Third Master Cen holding a bottle of heart pills in his hand, and said, “If there is no major problem with the heart, you shouldn’t take this medicine.”

Looking at the face of Third Master Cen, he didn’t look like someone with heart problems.

“Qian Qian?” Cen Baihe walked out of the study, saw Qi Yan standing in the corridor outside, closed the study door and walked to him, “Have you taken a nap?”

“Hmm,” Qi Yan glanced at Cen Baihe’s forehead, and swept his gaze across the brothers, “You two fought?”

Cen Baihe smiled and shook his head, “Not at all. The chef made crab roe soup, do you want to try it?”

“Okay.” Qi Yan didn’t think much of it.

Third Master Cen: ???

When Zhao Zhicheng and Xiang Qiang came to the Cen’s house, Qi Yan was eating a bowl of crab roe soup. Seeing them, he asked the housekeeper to give each of them a bowl.

“Thank you.” Xiang Qiang thanked the housekeeper. When he turned his head to see Qi Yan’s face flushed and full of energy, he knew that the Cen family had treated him well, and that Qi Yan and the Cen family got along well. Otherwise, Qi Yan, as a guest, would not be so comfortable.

“Captain Zhao, what brought you here today?” Qi Yan took a sip of crab roe soup, looked up at Zhao Zhicheng and said, “Looking at your face, it seems that you have been troubled recently.”

“Master Qi, something did happen recently,” Zhao Zhicheng said with a wry smile, “We came here to warn you.”

“What happened?” Qi Yan’s face became serious, “If there is something bloody and terrifying, wait until I finish this bowl of soup.”

Zhao Zhicheng and Xiang Qiang looked down at the soup and couldn’t help but finish it as well.

“That’s right,” Qi Yan said, wiping the corners of his mouth, “No matter what, eat when you need to eat, and rest when you need to rest.”

Only then did Zhao Zhicheng realize that Master Qi said this because he noticed that they hadn’t been eating well.

“Master Qi, when this kind of thing happens, we wish we could divide our bodies to solve the problem. We don’t have the mood to eat,” He took out a document and put it in front of Qi Yan, “In recent days, many young Feng Shui masters were attacked by unknown people. Although all of them survived, they were injured to varying degrees. More importantly, their abilities were greatly reduced, and there is almost no chance for them to recover.”

“These people have so many tricks.” Qi Yan frowned. If they had so much information about all the Feng Shui masters in the country, they must really understand the field. Otherwise, they would not be able to hurt so many young Feng Shui masters in such a short period of time. 

“We are here today to remind you to go out as little as possible in the near future, and if you want to go out, don’t go alone,” Zhao Zhicheng said, “Especially not let anyone take your hair or blood.”

“Thank you for your reminder, I’ll be careful,” Qi Yan thought for a while, then stretched out his hand to the two of them, “Give me a hundred-yuan bill each.”

Zhao Zhicheng and Xiang Qiang trusted Qi Yan completely, so after he said that, they obediently took out the money. Xiang Qiang even took out a few more, “Is that enough?”

“Why so much?” Qi Yan took one from each of them, put two fingerprints on the hundred-yuan bill, and folded them into a very elegant shape.

“The two of you are from the Special Task Force, and they might target you as well.” Qi Yan gave them back the folded money, “Carry it with you. Remember not to let it touch water, and do not open it by yourself.”

“Thank you, Master Qi.” The two immediately put the money close to their body, without any doubt.

They would never doubt the talismans that Master Qi folded for them. Although it was not the traditional yellow paper but dollar bills, it didn’t matter because he was a master.

“Although I don’t quite understand what’s going on, if you need my help, just let me know and I will do my best.” This was no longer a personal matter, but involved all Feng Shui masters in the country. No one could watch them perish.

“We will, thank you.” Zhao Zhicheng thanked Qi Yan again, but still allowed Qi Yan to help. Among the new generation of masters, Qi Yan was considered a genius, and the authority valued him. After he was seriously injured, they had been reluctant to let Master Qi take risks.

Master Qi was the hope of the next generation of masters, and no one wanted someone like him to get hurt.

There is only a future if there is hope.

Some dark force was targeting the younger generation of Feng Shui masters in the country, and it had already angered the authorities.

A sleeping dragon has scales, and if anyone touches its scales, it will wake up and make the offender pay the price.

Soon after Zhao Zhicheng and Xiang Qiang left, they felt something was wrong. Several cars were following them. There were many cars on this road. If there was a vehicle chase, many innocent people would be injured.

The two of them looked at each other and tried to get rid of it. They even took out the siren to sound the alarm.

However, they didn’t want to hurt innocent passers-by, but the cars following them did not care. Soon the cars were driving around theirs, and when a car was about to hit them, a miracle happened.

The car that was about to hit them suddenly lost control and slammed into the car behind them, which was also one of the vehicles chasing them.

Bang bang bang! The four cars collided, and the two cars in the middle were severely deformed because of the force of the impact. It was not known whether the people in the cars were still alive.