Chapter 501: Chapter 501

Qi Ling’s emotions were somewhat agitated, his tone scornful, "What ability do they have to take revenge on me? Since they have enjoyed everything that the Xu family has brought them, then they must bear the consequences!

I even spared their lives, they should be satisfied with that!"

"You might as well have killed them, acting ."

"Yes, that’s exactly what I want, to make them all wish they were dead."

Mr. Xu had defiled his mother, and later had him out of necessity. The Xu Family, in order to cover up this incident, arranged an accident that killed his mother.

When Qi Ling was little, he survived on the charity meals provided by the villagers.

He gradually grew up to be around ten years old, with delicate features and a very cute appearance.

A villager, seeking money from the Xu family, brought him to find the Xu family’s people and met Xu Xingwen.

That person thought he could extort some money, but after he went to Imperial City, he never returned.

As for the still young Qi Ling, he was nearly given away by Xu Xingwen to those middle-aged men who liked boys.

As Mr. Xu’s legitimate son, Xu Xingwen, despite knowing his father’s character was flawed, still deeply despised Qi Ling, his illegitimate half-brother.

If it weren’t for Qi Ling’s good luck in escaping, he would have ended up even worse off than those of the Xu family who are now sold off to the Northwest.

Unfortunately, not long after Qi Ling escaped, he encountered human traffickers.

The traffickers didn’t make him do those disgusting tasks, instead, they trained him to be a thief.

He had to steal a certain amount of money every day, or else he would be brutally beaten.

That was how he grew up amidst constant turmoil, and later, in the midst of such upheaval, he met Chu Yan.

"Chu Yan, live your own life and don’t meddle in mine."

Qi Ling said coldly, "In my memory, Chu Yan was never a person with compassion, and those Xu family people don’t need your pity."

"I’m not pitying them, I’m just reminding you."

Chu Yan spoke indifferently, "Everything has its karma, consider it carefully yourself."

He had lived for over a thousand years and had long since become indifferent to everything.

In his previous life, he too had hated everything with a mad passion.

But in the end, he lost the most important person to him.

Chu Yan had wished countless times he could return to the past, where even a sliver of sanity would have stopped him from killing so many people, and from letting Qin Zhao’s kin die by his own hand.

Qi Ling did not speak, and Chu Yan looked at him and sighed inwardly.

A person filled with hatred is like a madman, completely impervious to any advice.

If there really is retribution, he will have to bear it himself.

Chu Yan had gone through it himself; he knew that more words were useless and did not continue the topic.

"How about we grab a coffee or something?"

Qi Ling and Chu Yan went to a relatively quiet café.

He handed over a mahogany box.

"A gift for your son."

Chu Yan took it and saw that inside was a well-crafted longevity lock.

Chu Yan accepted the item and corrected him, "What son? It’s clearly a daughter."

"Can you be sure it’s a daughter now?"

"Not yet, the months are too few; I think it should be a daughter."

"Qin Zhao has been craving spicy food since she became pregnant."

"Pickles for boys, spicy for girls?"

Qi Ling couldn’t help but find it amusing, but seeing Chu Yan filled him with a bit of envy.

How wonderful would it be if he could have a happy family and a loved one too?

Living a life like a desperate gambler every day, it was really tiring.

At this thought, the image of Shangguan Qiu unbiddenly appeared in his mind.

Qi Ling’s expression stiffened for a moment.

Why would he think of that dead woman?

But in just an instant, Qi Ling cast out the image of Shangguan Qiu from his mind.

"So what will you do in the future? Stay at home every day to accompany your wife and take care of the child?"

"Yeah, it’s a hassle to be with a growing child. She has to go to school, develop her interests and hobbies, and then there’s the teenage rebellion—all of these need the parents’ close attention.

My wife has a rather casual personality and is quite lazy, so I’ll definitely have to take responsibility."

His daughter wasn’t even born yet, and Chu Yan had already thought about the future.

During this time, he had been looking at kindergartens and schools for elementary, junior high, and high school in Imperial City.

Qi Ling suddenly said, "Your daughter will have to get married eventually."

Chu Yan’s face darkened instantly, "Can you shut up? Who is my daughter going to marry?"

"What if your daughter wants to date? You think you can control that?"

"Enough, enough, just stop talking."

Thinking about these things gave Chu Yan a headache.

He suddenly understood why Nan Xian looked at him with disfavor.

At that moment, his cell phone rang.

It was a call from Qin Zhao to Chu Yan.

Qi Ling saw that Chu Yan, who was originally wearing a cold expression, couldn’t help but smile as soon as he answered the call.

He couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

Is that necessary? It’s just a woman.

He wasn’t that envious, okay!!

"Ji Shaohai is back already, why are you still hanging around outside?"

"I ran into Qi Ling, and we’re having coffee."

Chu Yan was thrilled inside; his wife actually cared about why he wasn’t home yet.

"Oh, bring me back some roast pork belly."

"Where am I supposed to buy that?"

"I don’t know, go look for it. If you can’t find any, don’t bother coming back."

The smile on Chu Yan’s face vanished instantly.

Am I less important than roast pork belly?

My heart is breaking, do you understand?

Qin Zhao had already hung up on the other end, and Chu Yan stood up.

"I have to go, my wife asked me to go buy something."

Qi Ling nodded without saying much more.

After Chu Yan left, Qi Ling’s eyes darkened, and he too left the coffee shop.

Qi Ling drove back to the neighborhood they had just left and went to one of the apartments there.

If Chu Yan had been there, he would have recognized that this apartment was the same one Ji Shaohai had visited.

After the woman opened the door, she treated Qi Ling with great respect.

"Why did you have him leave just then? The time was auspicious today, and we could have made our move."

Once inside the house, the woman asked him with curiosity.

"We were almost discovered."

Qi Ling frowned slightly.

He had not expected that Qin Zhao would know some mysticism techniques, let alone that Chu Yan was from the underworld.

"Give up on Ji Shaohai for now, find a new target."

"What? But it’s not easy to find a target; it took me a long time to find him."

"There’s no helping it. If the underworld discovers this, you know what the consequences will be."

Qi Ling glanced at her coldly, and she shivered with fright.

"Move out of here and don’t concern yourself with Ji Shaohai anymore."

Having instructed her, Qi Ling left the apartment.

He had come to the vicinity earlier just to find this woman; she was one of his subordinates.

This woman was a Ghost King who had escaped from the underworld, and someone had used special techniques to make her look almost human. Even underworld officials would find it difficult to detect her.

Qi Ling had intercepted Chu Yan out of concern that he would discover the woman’s identity and what she was doing.

He drove his sports car away from the neighborhood and returned to his temporary residence.

A swirl of black mist appeared in the room, and Qi Ling nodded slightly at it, "Your Highness."