Max Level Metaphysician: A Debt Repayment Journey…?
Chapter 566: No Good Result

Chapter 566: Chapter 566: No Good Result

Xiaoqiao’s words were definitely ironic.

Yet, Xia Xin still spotted his reply among the multitude of responses.

Upon clicking into Xiaoqiao’s profile, Xia Xin discovered that Xiaoqiao was the person who had purchased the talisman from him before.

He had originally thought that someone with this name would certainly be a girl.

But...

In the gender section of Xiaoqiao’s profile, it was clearly stated: Male.

Seeing the word "male," Xia Xin’s pupils shook violently, and he never expected that Xiaoqiao, whom he’d thought was a girl, was actually a man!

Moreover, through Xiaoqiao’s recent posts, Xia Xin figured out why he spoke like that.

It turned out he had been mistaken for a paid poster.

Xia Xin sighed and relayed the situation to Jiangli.

Jiangli, who didn’t know where he’d gotten yet another ice cream from, enjoyed it even more, his voice seemingly carrying the creamy sweetness, "Who cares about them, after all, it doesn’t interfere with our business."

Xia Xin felt the same way and quietly sent Xiaoqiao a private message to express his thanks.

Then, he continued with the preparations for the prize draw.

As midnight approached, the temperature dropped even further.

There was none of the daytime heat.

This was the case in the city, and even more so on the mountain paths.

Chu Xi’s father had gone back to his hometown with Chu Xi and his mother early today.

Chu Xi and his mother had initially wanted to let Chu’s father return on his own, but they were worried he might give up halfway and flee.

So, Chu Xi and his mother followed him back.

Haven’t returned for a long time, the ancestral house was nearly collapsing; the west-facing wall had already fallen, and half of the roof had caved in, the house was filled with spider webs and trash, while the wild grass in the yard had grown half a person tall.

Looking out in the dead of night, it was eerily ghostly, as though spectres lurked.

Chu’s father stood at the doorstep, his legs shaking.

Chu Xi and his mother each held a flashlight, standing by and watching him.

Looking at the mountain path in the darkness, like a beast waiting to pounce, the muscles in Chu’s father’s legs were tremoring.

Seeing he was hesitating to set off, Chu Xi glanced at his watch and coldly said, "Dad, it’s about time, you should go."

These words sounded...

Even more chilling.

Chu’s father looked at them, hesitantly, pleadingly.

However, before he could speak,

Chu Xi stared straight at him, "Do you want our whole family to die? Do you want me to have no descendants?"

These words struck right at Chu’s father’s vital point.

Wasn’t that the very reason he had returned?

"I’ll go, I didn’t say I wouldn’t..."

Looking back at the pitch-dark path, Chu’s father gripped the red cloth and flashlight in his hands and, dragging his trembling legs, finally took a step forward.

Chu Xi and his mother watched from the side.

With every step that Chu’s father took, looking back three times, his legs shook violently, barely daring to move forward.

But every time he looked back, he saw the icy expressions of Chu Xi and his mother.

He knew that having come this far, there was no turning back.

Chu’s father could only take a deep breath, spur himself on in silence, and made his way tremblingly up the mountain path.

Passing the waist of the mountain to reach the backside, beyond a small creek and a grove was the burial site they had chosen for their third daughter—it really wasn’t close to the Chu Family residence.

After taking a single step, following Jiangli’s instructions, Chu’s father began to kowtow with every step he took, slowly venturing inside.

But, having grown old, he was out of breath after only two steps.

He couldn’t help looking back...

Only to find darkness behind him, unable to see Chu Xi and his mother, and pitch-dark ahead as well.

As if to say that whether he moved forward or retreated, there would be no good outcome for him.