Although Lu Shui's choice of books left Zhen Wu at a loss, he still carefully considered what Lu Shui had said.
Then he said,
"How about we find that person from earlier?"
"..."
For a moment, Lu Shui didn't know what to say. He decided they might as well just walk around.
Still, he found he couldn't get into any of the other books, but he could read this one just fine.
For instance, if you wanted to pierce someone's heart, you had to reopen their old wounds.
In his previous life, his father had often asked when Lu Shui was going to give him a grandson.
That had really struck a nerve. If it hadn't been his father, Lu Shui would've definitely hit him.
There were a few times he could barely hold himself back, but in the end, his father struck first. Then his mother came running over after hearing the commotion, and what started as a one-on-one turned into a husband-and-wife double beatdown.
Sigh, how old had he been back then?
Anyway, he'd already been tens of thousands of years old.
At his age, and still getting beaten up by his parents together.
Putting aside those painful memories, Lu Shui began to think about Mu Xue's sore spots.
Mu Xue's biggest sore spot was probably that her birth mother had died young and her father didn't love her.
He had to avoid that one. If he brought it up, she might cry.
His father had taught him from childhood that tears were the water in a woman's brain. Once the water in her brain ran dry, she was hard to deal with.
Hmm, better to say she was ugly, and that she wasn't good enough for him.
Not only was she ugly, she wasn't as tall as him, not even on tiptoe. At best, she was about the same height.
How could a little shorty like that be fit to become a bride of the Lu Family?
"I'm so mad. They're awful. They took the Eldest Young Lady's residence, cut off her cultivation resources, and now they're even making her pay for the two little Spirit Beasts she was just playing with.
She hasn't even broken off the engagement yet, and they're already driving me crazy."
"Oh, Ding Liang, please shut up. Everyone knows where things stand now. If anyone hears you saying that, you'll really be done for.
Your Eldest Young Lady can't protect you now."
"I'm just mad."
"You really don't need to be so devoted. Even if the Eldest Young Lady gets married, you can't go with her. You'll be the one left suffering."
"But I watched the Eldest Young Lady grow up. You don't know how sweet she is. Anyway, I'm mad."
"All right, hurry up and bring the Spirit Beasts to your Eldest Young Lady. Say less."
Lu Shui watched the two maids walk past.
But he hadn't paid any particular attention to either of them.
"Ding Liang? I think there was someone by that name." Lu Shui thought to himself.
But asking him to say exactly who she was would be asking too much.
Lu Shui couldn't remember all these people.
He couldn't even remember his own family's maids, so how could anyone expect him to remember the maids of another family?
After that, Lu Shui closed the book and said with a slight smile,
"Let's head back and wait."
Zhen Wu and Zhen Ling said nothing and naturally followed him.
Coming out and going back was perfectly normal.
Afternoon.
Lu Shui had been reading, but before long, he heard a knock at the door.
Zhen Wu went to answer it.
"Young Master Lu, our clan leader has finished his business and is waiting for you now. Is it convenient for you to go?" It was the middle-aged man.
Lu Shui put away his book and walked out.
"Yes, it's convenient."
The middle-aged man felt relieved. It was good that there was no problem; he had worried that Young Master Lu might make the clan leader and the others wait.
Then he led Lu Shui up the mountain.
Lu Shui simply followed, and before long they reached the mountainside.
A rather grand residence stood before them.
This was the Mu Family estate. Only the Mu Family's Direct Descendants and its Talented Side Branch members were allowed to live here.
Going straight inside would take them to the Mu Family Hall.
"Young Master Lu, please go in." The middle-aged man stepped aside to let Lu Shui go first.
Lu Shui didn't mind and stepped through the Mu Family Main Gate first.
The moment he stepped inside, he sensed several probing awarenesses flicker past. The people of the Mu Family really did care about him.
Of course, the probes lasted only an instant, and the technique was fairly decent. Zhen Wu and Zhen Ling couldn't sense them.
Only his father could have sensed them.
As for his mother, that was hard to say. He had never seen his mother truly fight, nor had he ever gotten a real sense of her strength.
Usually, if his father could handle a problem, there was no need for his mother to handle it. If his father couldn't, then even if his mother stepped in, it would be no use.
After walking for a while, Lu Shui stopped outside the courtyard of the hall, since the man leading the way had stopped ahead.
"Young Master Lu, please wait a moment. I'll go in and announce your arrival."
Lu Shui simply nodded calmly.
Waiting a little longer wouldn't hurt.
Once the middle-aged man went inside, Lu Shui stood where he was.
Soon, two maids came out carrying tea.
When they saw Lu Shui and the others, they bowed respectfully, then continued on their way.
Lu Shui didn't even glance at them.
But suddenly, he sensed something. He reached up and touched the spot just below his earlobe, channeling Heaven and Earth Power into his ears.
Before long, he could hear their voices.
"That was the young master of the Lu Family, right? I heard he's here to break off the engagement. Eldest Young Lady Mu Xue is having a rough time of it now."
"That must be the Young Master of the Lu Family. I heard he's a good-for-nothing who only knows how to put on airs. The only thing he's got going for him is his looks; otherwise, he'd probably be worse than us."
"Yeah, he looked pretty ordinary just now. Kind of like he was pretending to be calm. He's miles behind the Mu Family Young Masters."
"But he and Eldest Young Lady Mu Xue do make a good match: a useless young master and a useless young lady.
"Especially Mu Xue. She clearly has no talent, yet she pretends she's gifted. She's been deceiving the Mu Family for years; she's really got a lot of schemes.
"She looks pretty, but who knows how black her heart is.
"I heard she didn't have to move out of her other residence. I wonder how she cried and begged Third Madam to agree. That must've been such an ugly sight. Just thinking about it makes me feel disgu—"
Smack!
Before the maid could finish, an invisible slap sent her flying.
She crashed heavily to the ground.
A scream rang out.
The maid clutched her face as she sat on the ground, staring around in terror, but there wasn't a soul in sight.
Only then did Lu Shui lower his hand and wait quietly.
He had used up his Heaven and Earth Power.
It wasn't long before the middle-aged man came out and invited him inside.
Zhen Wu and Zhen Ling naturally went in with him. They wouldn't feel at ease if they didn't.
Soon, Lu Shui stepped into the Mu Family Hall.
As soon as he entered, he saw the Mu Family Patriarch seated in the highest place.
A man and a woman sat on either side of him.
The woman was a beautiful middle-aged lady, Mu Jiang, who ranked second and could be considered one of the Mu Family Elders.
The man was Mu Xue's father, Third Master Mu.
When Lu Shui saw them, they looked at him too.
In fact, it was their first time meeting Lu Shui. His name was famous, but not many people knew what he actually looked like.
That was the Lu Family's way of protecting him, and plenty of people understood that.
But the moment they saw Lu Shui, the first thing the Mu Family Three thought was that he was ordinary. His bearing was far too ordinary; he had not the slightest trace of Prodigy Immortal Energy.
This person would achieve extremely little in the future. That was the conclusion they'd reached after seeing Lu Shui.
Lu Shui didn't have any first impression of them. He had never seen any light in these people.
Then he walked to the middle of the hall, gave a slightly respectful bow, and said,
"Lu Shui pays his respects to the Seniors."
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