"Now I understand, Mrs. Qin didn't actually want to make wishes. She didn't understand spirits and could only see as a demon. She thought if she made a wish and I fulfilled it, it would hurt my mana. Helping her fulfill her wishes would co at a cost to . She didn't do much for , yet I had to repay so much; it wasn't worth it."
"She was a good person, a pure person who did good deeds without expecting any return."
"But at that ti, I couldn't understand why there were such good people. Good people aren't always rewarded. In this world, there's no karma. Good people don't live long and happy lives just because they've been kind, and bad people don't suffer disaster because of their misdeeds. My predecessors always taught not to be such a good person."
"Especially not to be the kind person who, although weak, can give so much to others."
"Mrs. Qin said she had many children, but none bore her surna. I was willing to take her surna, to let her na . I had no parents, and she was willing to be my mother."
"She said she believed I was a spirit because I didn't understand the human world and didn't resemble a human being. She asked how I could succeed in Crossing Tribulation, and I told her that entering the world could lead to success, or avoiding the world entirely could also lead to success. But, given my circumstances at the ti, completely avoiding the world was impossible, so I could only enter it. Yet, I didn't know how to enter the human world, so Mrs. Qin said she'd teach . She taught how to be human."
"She and Jiang Cheng... Master Jiang said I was the child of so distant relative, and I had co to Beiping after my parents passed away. That's how I stayed with Mrs. Qin. Mrs. Qin said her family had a long-standing tradition of bakery skills, but her brother wasn't adept enough to learn it. She secretly learned the skills, and hers were better than her brother's. But being a daughter, she couldn't inherit the craft, so she could only learn secretly, making simpler snacks in front of others. She didn't dare teach the true craft to anyone else."
"But I was the only child with her surna, so she secretly taught , imparting all her skills to ."
"I began learning the craft from Mrs. Qin."
"I was talented in making snacks, and after two years of learning, Master Jiang introduced to work at Taifeng Building. I started as a handyman, and it beca a decent job to make a living from. Regular children grow up, but since I didn't fail in Crossing Tribulation, I didn't grow. Mrs. Qin explained to everyone that I had a strange illness, making it hard for to grow up."
"Later, Master Chen found Zhao Cheng'an, who also had a similar strange illness, making my condition more believable."
Zhao Cheng'an: ...
"And then, Mrs. Qin beca pregnant with her last child."
"The Jiang Family house wasn't big, and living space was tight. By that ti, I had an inco, so I moved out. Even after I moved, Mrs. Qin still cared for . She worried I only knew how to make snacks and not real food. When the food at Taifeng Building wasn't good for the regular workers, she'd often bring food. During the holidays, she'd invite to dine at the Jiang Family, always leaving a set of dishes and chopsticks for at the family dinner table."
"Every ti Mrs. Qin brought food at Taifeng Building, she'd always give an extra egg."
"She told not to be so solitary, not to always remain silent, to talk more with others, not to overly care for Wei Ze, Wei Jin, and Wei Ming, since they seed older than and didn't need my care."
"She would patiently listen to talk about what Boss Lu said and the little conflicts between colleagues, then guide on how to deal with them, explaining how they thought and that they didn't actually an any harm but everyone had their own perspective."
Zhao Cheng'an was surprised to hear this: "What? You actually listened to their gossip. I thought you were like , only caring about what to eat every day."
Qin Huai: "…That's why back then you were known as the famous fool in Taifeng Building, and I wasn't."
Zhao Cheng'an: ...
"Qin Huai, since you woke up, your words have beco even harsher!"
"Before, at Taifeng Building, you just seed aloof and uninterested. Now you talk more and it's harsh."
Qin Huai ignored Zhao Cheng'an and continued, "Mrs. Qin was truly a good person. Back then, I thought what my predecessors taught was wrong. Being a good person was actually quite nice. I wanted to be like Mrs. Qin. I wouldn't blindly fulfill everyone's wishes, but I believed in offering a helping hand when they needed it, just like Mrs. Qin said."
"Sadly, good people don't live long."
"Mrs. Qin suffered from a difficult childbirth with Wei Guo, experiencing massive hemorrhage and weakening her vitality as well as her core. From then on, her health was poor, no matter how much dicinal decoctions or supplents she took. She couldn't overwork herself, couldn't catch cold winds, and didn't even have the strength to knead dough."
"She was always lying down, only going outside to enjoy the sun when the weather was exceptionally good."
"I especially wished for Mrs. Qin's health to improve. I begged her to make a wish to , so she could be healthy. As long as she made that wish, she would be healthy, but Mrs. Qin wouldn't."
"She said she couldn't."
"She still didn't understand what a spirit was, didn't know how I could succeed in Crossing Tribulation. But she felt such irrational wishes would harm , and she didn't want that."
"She said I was her child. She loved her birth children and also loved . She hoped all her children would be safe and happy, including ."
Qin Huai paused, eyes glistening with tears, and continued, "And then Mrs. Qin passed away from illness."
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