Chapter 30: The Heaven-decreed Marriage Couldn’t Possibly Refer To…
Madam Fu’s face turned u*ly, but she couldn’t refute Tao Xi!
Because what Tao Xi said was right, the Fu Family owed Tao Xi a debt. If it weren’t for that, Fu Yuan wouldn’t have agreed to give Fu Ziqi to Tao Xi!
Madam Fu pursed her lips, “No matter what, I am Ziqi’s biological mother. Back then, the Fu Family allowed you to take Ziqi away, but Ziqi is different from you. Her name is still on the family genealogy, so she is a member of the Fu Family. Now I want to take my daughter home, it’s only natural!”
Tao Xi’s eyes turned cold, and she sneered, “Then let’s see if you can take Qiqi away!”
Madam Fu’s heart hardened.
But in the next second, Fu Ziqi stepped forward.
She stood in front of Tao Xi, protectively shielding her, and looked at Madam Fu coldly, saying, “Madam Fu, you didn’t mention that besides taking me, you would also attack my family.”
Madam Fu couldn’t believe it, “Ziqi, I am your mother, I am your family!”
“Oh.” Fu Ziqi responded emotionlessly, very perfunctorily.
She turned back and held Aunt Tao’s hand to comfort her, then said to Madam Fu, “Do you mind giving me another ten minutes?”
Without waiting for Madam Fu’s reply, she took Tao Xi’s hand and went upstairs.
Madam Fu watched them, her heart filled with bitterness and shame.
Upstairs, Fu Ziqi had to explain the whole story to Tao Xi again.
Tao Xi disagreed, “Qiqi, how could you agree so easily? You don’t know, the Fu Family is not as simple as you think. The people of the Fu Family…”
“Are rotten to the core!” Tao Xi said with disgust.
Fu Ziqi paused, then awkwardly hugged Tao Xi.
Tao Xi was stunned.
Whether it was during Fu Ziqi’s time of being simple-minded or after she regained her clarity, she rarely made such intimate gestures.
Suddenly becoming sentimental, Fu Ziqi felt a little embarrassed.
She quickly pulled out the check from her pocket, shook it, and said, “It wasn’t that easy to agree.”
Tao Xi was stunned again, seeing the numbers and signature on the check clearly.
“This is from the Fu Family?”
“Yeah, I asked for it.” Fu Ziqi said with a smug look on her face, “They haven’t given a single penny for twenty years and want to pick up a daughter as big, smart, and capable as me for free? They must be dreaming!”
Hearing this, Tao Xi showed disapproval and pinched her face, “A girl shouldn’t always have foul language on her lips.”
Fu Ziqi couldn’t act like she did with Madam Fu in front of Tao Xi, so she had no choice but to reply, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know.”
She acted as obedient as she could be.
Seeing her like this, Tao Xi’s heart softened, and she gave her another hug, “My dear Ziqi.”
Fu Ziqi’s voice also softened, “Aunt Tao, don’t worry, even if I go to the Fu Family, I will make things difficult for them. Sooner or later, they will obediently send me back.”
“But…”
“No buts.” Fu Ziqi said, “Aunt Tao, I’m so smart, how could I suffer a loss? Besides, if I do suffer a loss, I will definitely come to you to complain. I’m not without a mouth!”
Tao Xi still didn’t understand, “Qiqi, why do you have to go to the Fu Family?”
Fu Ziqi didn’t reveal everything, afraid that she would worry, “I asked, and Madam Fu said that they felt they owed me and wanted to take me back to compensate me. I’ll go back and see how they plan to make it up to this abandoned daughter.”
Fu Ziqi’s cold eyes flashed with a hint of sarcasm.
But Tao Xi misunderstood, thinking that she had expectations for her biological parents and wouldn’t give up without seeing them once.
If that was the case, Tao Xi didn’t know what to say to persuade her.
Although Fu Ziqi was raised by her since childhood, it was true that even from a blood relationship perspective, she was only an aunt, not a mother.
Seeing Tao Xi suddenly become dejected.
Fu Ziqi: “…”
Dealing with emotions was really a hot potato!
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When Fu Ziqi left, Tao Xi saw her off outside.
Fu Ziqi hesitated for a moment, then turned back and hugged her again, whispering in her ear, “I’ll video call you later when I arrive.”
Seeing this scene, Madam Fu bit her lip and didn’t say anything, getting into the car first.
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After Fu Ziqi got into the car, a fleet of cars drove away in a grand procession.
Not far away.
Yan Zhaoming looked at this scene in shock, suspecting that he was blind.
But being blind only meant he couldn’t see, not that he would see things incorrectly.
Yan Zhaoming looked at the house, that’s right, it was Fu Ziqi’s house. He looked at the figure at the door again, that’s right, it was Aunt Tao.
So, was that person just now really Fu Ziqi?
And that noble lady…
Yan Zhaoming and Yan Jiuxian lived in the mundane world all year round, but compared to Yan Jiuxian, who rarely showed his face, Yan Zhaoming would occasionally attend a few banquets for fun when he was bored.
He had seen this lady!
The matriarch of the Fu Family! The biological mother of Fu Qiongshuang, the rising star of the Ancient Martial World!
So how could the people of the Fu Family appear here? And why would Madam Fu personally come to pick up Fu Ziqi?
No!
Yan Zhaoming silently recited “Fu Ziqi” and then “Fu Qiongshuang.”
Could it be that Fu Ziqi was from the Fu Family of the Ancient Martial World?
Yan Zhaoming forgot what he was supposed to do and ran back, rushing into the house breathlessly.
“Uncle Jiu!”
Yan Jiuxian was making tea in the backyard. The kettle on the stove was already boiling, but Yan Jiuxian didn’t seem to notice, staring at his phone with a deep frown.
“Uncle Jiu!” Yan Zhaoming looked as if he had seen a ghost, “I just saw the matriarch of the Fu Family personally come and take Fu Ziqi away! Fu, Fu Ziqi is from the Fu Family?”
Yan Jiuxian finally looked up from his phone and responded softly, “Yes.”
Seeing that Yan Jiuxian wasn’t surprised at all, Yan Zhaoming’s eyes widened, “Uncle Jiu, you, you, you, you knew all along?”
“Yes.”
Yan Zhaoming was dumbfounded, “But how is that possible? If Fu Ziqi is from the Ancient Martial World, how could the Fu Family let her wander outside for so long? Could she be from a branch family? But that’s not right either, if she was just from a branch family, why would Madam Fu personally come to pick her up?”
Yan Zhaoming couldn’t figure it out no matter how he thought about it!
Yan Jiuxian’s expression was indifferent as he picked up the boiling kettle and said calmly, “She is the second daughter of the Fu Family.”
“What? The second daughter of the Fu Family… That’s Fu Qiongshuang’s younger sister? But why haven’t I heard of her?”
Yan Jiuxian’s eyes held a hint of mockery, “You’ll have to ask the Fu Family about that.”
Yan Zhaoming was confused.
But he still asked, “Then, Uncle Jiu, Fu Ziqi shouldn’t be in danger, right?”
Yan Jiuxian: “She said to let me rest assured.”
Yan Zhaoming: ???
No, when did she tell you that?
Yan Zhaoming wanted to ask more, but he saw Yan Jiuxian stand up, his silk gown naturally draping down as he turned and left.
Yan Zhaoming suddenly remembered something.
If Fu Ziqi was really the second daughter of the Fu Family, then that “Heaven-decreed Marriage”… couldn’t possibly refer to Fu Ziqi and his Uncle Jiu, right?
Yan Zhaoming’s face turned green.
