bookcurios Chapter 502: Separation
Chapter 502: Separation
When Lin Xuan Qi got back to the mansion, he told Xue Cong and the others about his trip to the capital.
And they responded as he had expected.
"Do you have to do so right now?" Xue Cong asked with her eyebrows pulled together.
It was the winter and traveling to the capital city could be deadly in her mind.
Yue Xin and Yue Jie also nodded their heads in agreement.
From what they knew, even catching a cold on a trip was something serious.
As for Liu Shi Shi, she also wanted him to stay with her, but she knew that she had a duty to carry out as the head of the security team.
So she sat and waited to see if he would need her guards to be on the trip with him instead.
Lin Xuan Qi already had an excuse made up on his way back and he said, "I would need to check on the house we have in the capital, and also check if things are going well in the retail shop.
"After all, I might not be able to leave Hong Feng City for quite some time when spring arrives."
He wrapped his arm around Xue Cong’s waist and he glanced over at Yue Xin.
Both of them knew what he was hinting at and they had no other option except to give him a nod.
What he had said made sense, and it was indeed the best timing for him to go and have a look.
It was best for him to do so before their pregnancies started to affect them.
"Maybe you can bring a few servants along with you." Xue Cong suggested and glanced over at Xiu who was standing by the side.
Lin Xuan Qi shook his head and said, "No need for that, I wouldn’t be staying long, only for about a day or two."
He rather had Xiu attending to Xue Cong in the mansion instead of going on the trip with him and making it inconvenient for him to do whatever he had planned.
"Remember to keep yourself warm." Xue Cong sighed and reminded him to take care of himself.
"Don’t worry, I will. So it’s settled then." Lin Xuan Qi replied with a smile and they continued to have their meal.
The others kept quiet thinking about the next few days where he wouldn’t be around while he thought about how much money he should bring with him this time.
He still remembered the feeling of wanting to buy everything but was limited by how little money he had with him.
This time, he had better make sure that he had enough.
After he was done with the meal, he instructed the servants to prepare the items he required for the trip and while they were doing so, he went over to Yue Jie’s room.
He took three hundred and fifty taels of gold and kept them in his toad statue, leaving around three hundred taels of gold behind for Yue Jie to manage the budget.
And after everything was done, he continued with his cultivation in the night.
His progress was going smoothly as usual and his proficiency with the Spirit Attack and Spirit Control spells was getting better.
Compared to what he was able to do earlier, he could now make his opponents unconscious for a moment and control their bodies for a little bit.
Lee He Song and Zhi Yong, being his test subjects, weren’t too used to the Spiritual Attack and Spiritual Control.
They were then eager to ascend to the next level of their cultivation so they could wield it themselves.
Things were slow but he was glad that it was at least progressing.
He could see how these two spells would be useful for him in the future and he wanted to master them as much as possible.
The Five-Element Stones he had now weren’t too much of an issue, and the only bottleneck for him was his time and the Five-Element Foundation Establishment Pills.
He had only one left and it was time to buy more of the Spirit Herbs from Lu Ting to make more of them.
Lin Xuan Qi was exhausted when he got out of the lab and he went over to Liu Shi Shi’s room to spend the night.
When he dual cultivated with Liu Shi Shi, he got another pleasant surprise.
Liu Shi Shi ascended to Qi Concentration Level Mid Stage.
He was glad for her and he thought that it might be due to her martial arts experience that she was able to progress at a much faster rate than Yue Xin and the others.
That also gave him more confidence that she would be much more capable of protecting the mansion while he was away.
"Good night." He said and hugged Liu Shi Shi closer.
Liu Shi Shi let him and she glanced at him until he slept soundly.
Every moment being with him was getting more precious for her.
She wasn’t oblivious to the fact that Yue Xin and Xue Cong were likely pregnant, with the old physician coming to the mansion and tending to them.
Who knew how his time and attention would be spent after their children were born? She was confident that he wasn’t a heartless young master like the others but deep down inside, there was still a voice saying to her that, what if...
When she thought about this, Liu Shi Shi closed her eyes and prayed silently to her parents.
Even if she didn’t want to admit it, a part of her still longed to bear and give birth to a child for him. Especially after seeing how happy he was recently.
But there hadn’t been any success so far for her even though she had done it with him every time whenever possible...
Liu Shi Shi cursed at what she was thinking about and reminded herself that things would work out fine as they always did.
Where had the carefree and bold Liu Shi Shi gone? She thought and tried to fall asleep.
It was a long night for her. Having to stay awake with all the different feelings she had, until the gong of the night watchman in the distance became softer and softer.
She didn’t know how long it took, but she eventually drifted to sleep and couldn’t hear it anymore.