??Chapter 411: Chapter 407: Relatives of the Huang Family
Chapter 411: Chapter 407: Relatives of the Huang Family
“Could I even deceive you? The news from the Lu Family is that after the new year, their boy plans to take your granddaughter to S City for treatnt. The Lu Family has all agreed, it looks like they really value that girl.”
The voice on the other end held a hint of seriousness and sincerity, “Who in this life can be free from sickness and pain? If the child has such ability, it’s not just the Lu Family who’s interested, but the rest are watching as well. Are you really willing to sit back and watch the Huang Family reap the benefits of your misfortune?”
Liang Pengzhi’s eyes flashed with a dark glint as he nodded without a word, then hung up the phone and stared blankly at a screen in his study.
If Huo Sining were here in Liang Pengzhi’s study at this mont, she would surely notice that the style of the screen was strikingly similar to the one in the Lao Huai Hutong courtyard, unmistakably the work of the sa person.
On that screen, a side embroidered with an extrely dazzling and enchanting woman sitting in the quiet sea beneath the blue sky, before them a spinning wheel, as shuttles rolled back and forth, light as clouds, colored gauze fluttering from before the spinning wheel.
On the other side of the screen, there was only an embroidered line of poetry, “The sea under the moon is blue with Pearl’s tears, the land ward by the sun where jade gives off smoke.”
The slightly blue water reflected in Liang Pengzhi’s eyes, causing him to squint subconsciously.
He slowly took out a box from a drawer and opened it gently, retrieving items he had cherished for many years: a piece of very fine gauze no larger than the size of a palm, a smooth and lustrous pearl, and several fish scales that glinted in the light with iridescent colors.
“Grandpa, Grandpa…”
Suddenly, a girl’s voice ca from outside the door. Hearing footsteps, Liang Pengzhi was jolted from his reverie, and a rare hint of panic appeared on his face as he hastily stuffed the items back into the box and then into the drawer.
No sooner had he finished than Liang Junqi burst into the study.
With a stern face, Liang Pengzhi turned and scolded with feigned calm, “Don’t you have any manners? How many tis have I told you to knock before entering soone else’s study?”
Liang Junqi pouted, not convinced, and muttered, “It’s not soone else’s ho; why should I care so much at my own house?”
Liang Pengzhi’s eyebrows shot up, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes, “You think you’re right!?”
Liang Junqi quickly suckered up to him with a grin, “Ah, Grandpa, don’t be mad, I won’t do it again next ti.”
The anger on Liang Pengzhi’s face eased as he looked at Liang Junqi and said irritably, “Next ti, next ti, how many next tis can there be for you, not even once can you rember. Tell , what do you want with your grandpa?”
Liang Junqi feigned innocence, “Can’t I co to chat with you if there’s nothing wrong?”
Liang Pengzhi let out a sneer, “Chat with ? Do you have that leisurely heart? You and your brother, it’s always no news unless it’s bad news, you would never bother with your old grandfather if nothing’s the matter—I know exactly what you’re like, don’t I?”
Liang Junqi imdiately beca annoyed and stamped her foot, “Grandpa, how can you make up such things about your granddaughter?”
Liang Pengzhi laughed, “Am I making it up? You and your siblings, I raised you with my own hands. Just one glance from you two, and I know exactly what’s on your minds. Alright, if you truly have nothing to bother
with, then leave; your grandpa is busy right now and doesn’t have ti to chat with you.”
Liang Junqi felt awkward when she heard this, not knowing whether to stay or leave, and with a sheepish smile she said:
“Well… um… Grandpa, the contest at Douyuan is starting in a few days, and my beauty girl has no chance of winning. I want a Tibetan Mastiff King. Can you help
get one?”
“What?” Liang Pengzhi thought he had heard wrong and looked at Liang Junqi in surprise, “What did you say you want?”
“A Tibetan Mastiff King. That Tibetan Mastiff King is really formidable; I heard that when you take it out, you don’t even need to lift a finger, other dogs will kneel down to it. How imposing is that?”
Every ti Liang Junqi rembered the sight of Huo Sining’s Heitan on the street, she was filled with envy and jealousy. When that Heitan just stood there and snorted coldly, her own beauty girl, a grown black-backed dog, obediently submitted and prostrated, not daring to even raise its head.
This was the first ti Liang Junqi realized that among dogs, there was such a thing as a king.
She imagined the day the competition at Douyuan began, when she would lead a Tibetan Mastiff King into the arena and all the competing dogs would bow down to her. Her heart imdiately ward at the thought; the scene was just too cool and too impressive.
However, Liang Junqi’s beautiful dream did not last long. When Liang Pengzhi heard what his granddaughter had to say, he burst out laughing: “A Tibetan Mastiff King? You sure have the nerve to ask. Do you really think your grandpa is a Great Luo Immortal, able to get you anything?”
“A Tibetan Mastiff King, do you think such a thing is easy to find? Let’s not even discuss whether it’s expensive or not. Even if I, your grandpa, was willing to spend that much money, I couldn’t find a Mastiff King.”
“The Tibetan Mastiff King is only found in the Tibetan areas, and even then, you might not find one in the whole region. Even if you could find one, those Tibetans revere their Mastiff Kings as their ancestors and wouldn’t sell one for any amount of money.”
“Besides, if a Tibetan Mastiff isn’t raised from a pup, once grown up it becos completely uncontrollable, especially the Mastiff King, which is ferocious. Even if you bought it, it wouldn’t obey you, and feeding it would require keeping a safe distance otherwise it might go berserk and bite soone.”
When Liang Junqi heard this, she imdiately beca defiant: “Who says? I saw soone with a Tibetan Mastiff King on the street today, and it was lying obediently at its owner’s feet, not at all as vicious as you describe.”
Liang Pengzhi laughed it off unconcernedly: “How do you know that was a Mastiff King? Could it be that soone tricked you, maybe even told you that the Tibetan Mastiff King is worth millions, that it can fight and win against all other dogs in the Douyuan contest, and if you wanted to buy it, they would sell it to you?”
Liang Pengzhi was convinced that soone was passing off a common Tibetan Mastiff or even a mixed breed in the street as a scam, taking advantage of Liang Junqi’s participation in the Douyuan contest to lure her into a trap.
But the next mont, Liang Junqi refuted his speculation: “Not at all, it really was a Mastiff King. Beauty girl knelt down as soon as she saw that dog, and Uncle Luo Cheng saw it too. He said it was a Mastiff King and even wanted to buy it for fifteen million, but the owner of that Mastiff King refused.”
Liang Pengzhi was taken aback upon hearing this: “Really a Mastiff King? That’s not easy to co by. Who in the capital has the ans? Do you know the owner of that Mastiff King? Which family are they from?”
Liang Junqi shook her head: “She’s not from the capital; the woman is from S City. She was with Second Young Master Gu, rumored to be his girlfriend. Oh right, she was also with two girls from the Huang Family, seems like they’re relatives of the Huang Family.”
“Relatives of the Huang Family? The Mastiff King’s owner is a woman?”
Liang Pengzhi’s eyes narrowed at this thought, and his mind instantly considered a possibility.
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