Qin Zhan's feelings were a tangled mess. It had taken him considerable effort to persuade Li Chen, a mighty Saint Realm expert, to come out.
He very much wanted to offer Gu Xiangling and her daughter to Li Chen, but what if they refused to cooperate and ended up angering him instead?
Throughout the walk, he had been unsure how to bring up the matter of Gu Xiangling and her daughter to Li Chen. Or rather, he had been carefully choosing his words, hoping to give Li Chen something good without taking the blame himself.
In Qin Zhan's mind, Gu Xiangling was an exceptionally faithful woman. She actually knew about all the vile things Qin Hong had done. Once, Qin Hong had even brought those women before her to indulge in his pleasures.
Gu Xiangling had always disapproved of Qin Hong's deeds. After that incident, she had shut herself in her courtyard in anger for half a month. Young and hot-blooded at the time, Qin Zhan had secretly approached her under the pretext of getting revenge on Qin Hong, promising cultivation arts and resources that could help Gu Xiangling's maternal family advance further. He had wanted to put a cuckold's green hat on Qin Hong.
Even a medium-sized lineage or mountain villa would have married off a legitimate daughter without hesitation for those offerings, yet Gu Xiangling, despite being furious at the time, had rejected him outright.
That had made Qin Zhan realize just how traditional this woman was.
He wanted to please Li Chen, certainly, but he feared that Gu Xiangling might refuse even on pain of death, or even speak disrespectfully. Then he would lose the rice without catching the chicken.
Soon, he reached the room where Gu Xiangling and her daughter were being "held."
By then, he