My expression turned complicated. At a time like this, I should have been investigating the situation inside the Destiny Cauldron, not entangled here with Xia Qingping. Yet his sudden greeting made the still waters of my heart ripple as though a stone had been thrown into them.
"I got married and had children. The two children have both grown up—one boy and one girl. A second child will be arriving soon, a little girl." I described it calmly.
As Xia Qingping listened, two streams of muddy tears slipped uncontrollably down his face. He hurriedly wiped them away with his sleeve, then said with a smile, "Good, good. Three children—that's wonderful. One boy and two girls... I really have become a grandfather now..."
I looked at him and sighed softly in my heart. Although I had never thought highly of him because of the things he had done, those events had happened who knew how many years ago. Some people had already lived out an entire lifetime since then.
Even if he had been wrong in countless ways back then, his current circumstances could be considered punishment for the first half of his life. He had more or less repaid what he owed. Of course, if he was still continuing to do evil, I would not forgive him.
When Xia Qingping looked at me, the imposing air in his eyes was long gone. He truly was old. He was not as young as he appeared; his refined features had merely preserved his looks. In truth, he was probably already at the end of his life.
He slowly sized me up, then looked toward my heels. With a bitter smile, he said, "It seems my old eyes have grown dim. I actually thought you had truly returned... One day, after all these