Chapter 603 - 333: Reunion

Chapter 603: Chapter 333: Reunion

When Chu Qing first returned to the Celestial Sound Mansion, he had already mentioned it to him.

This Ning Wufang is very suspicious.

His martial arts skills were always shrouded in secrecy. When he fell into Chu Qing’s hands, it seemed as if Chu Qing had forcibly detained him, but in reality, Ning Wufang was just going with the flow.

However, making a judgment about Ning Wufang’s identity based solely on this seems a bit too hasty.

Youzong voiced his concerns.

Chu Qing then smiled and said:

"So, we must give him a chance."

Saying that, he looked up at Liu Zhaonian:

"Let’s put on a show, shall we."

Liu Zhaonian pondered and finally nodded deeply:

"Okay, I’ll follow your lead."

...

...

The discussion at Five Tones Hall lasted a whole afternoon.

In the evening, Liu Zhaonian hosted a small banquet, considering it was a sensitive time, it wasn’t appropriate to have a grand event.

Silence filled the banquet. When it ended, Chu Qing returned to his room.

He poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and fell into silence.

Finally, he opened another cup and poured a drink into it as well.

At that moment, a knock on the door sounded.

Chu Qing flipped his sleeve and waved lightly, and with a creak, the door opened.

Liu Zhaohua stood outside, hesitated for a moment, then stepped in.

Chu Qing gestured with his arm:

"Please."

Liu Zhaohua sat down as requested.

Chu Qing then asked:

"How is your injury?"

"...It’s okay."

Liu Zhaohua sneaked a glance at Chu Qing, noticing his calm expression, and felt a mix of emotions she couldn’t quite describe.

In the past few days since she hurried back to the Celestial Sound Mansion from Wild Grass Slope, she had wanted to ask Chu Qing for clarity more than once... but either Chu Qing would divert the conversation with just a few words, or other matters would interrupt.

The truth she sought had always been just a step away.

Now that they had returned to the Celestial Sound Mansion, she could no longer hold back and directly asked:

"You... you previously said you are third, Youzong calls you the Third Young Master.

"So, what is your real name?"

Chu Qing chuckled silently upon hearing this:

"Haven’t you already guessed it?"

"... I want to hear it from you."

Liu Zhaohua disliked this type of ambiguity, she had always preferred directness.

Chu Qing met her gaze, then slowly said:

"My name is Chu Qing."

This answer had spun around in her mind hundreds, thousands of times.

But when Chu Qing actually spoke these words, Liu Zhaohua’s eyes still welled up with tears.

She looked at the young man in front of her, with his calm demeanor and extraordinary aura even while just sipping tea, unable to connect him with the chubby, wrinkled little baby she remembered.

Nevertheless, she didn’t doubt it, for in the depths of her heart, she had affirmed this answer countless times. How could she doubt?

Her lips quivered:

"Do you know... do you know who I am?"

"I know."

Chu Qing said:

"Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come to the Celestial Sound Mansion or rescued you."

This answer was so obvious...

Yet, the more obvious it was, the more it stirred complex emotions in Liu Zhaohua’s heart.

And among these complex emotions, the most pronounced was not guilt over being separated from her son for twenty years, but anger:

"Then why didn’t you say so earlier!? You are..."

Before she could finish, Chu Qing interrupted:

"I’ve been pursued; Youzong, after all, is an outsider, and I couldn’t expose my identity easily."

A single sentence extinguished Liu Zhaohua’s anger instantly.

But immediately, the anger surged back... If her earlier anger towards Chu Qing was just a spark, now it had erupted into a wildfire, covering the sky:

"Who!?"

With a single word, the teacup vibrated violently, almost shattering.

Chu Qing placed his hand on the table, gently sighed:

"Please calm down, don’t get agitated."

"How can I not be agitated? Whoever dared to harm my son, I’ll kill their entire family!!"

Liu Zhaohua, with tears in her eyes and gritting her teeth, regardless of how skilled Chu Qing was, at this moment, he was simply the little toddler from her memories.

Someone she would never allow anyone to harm, even with a single finger.

But now, someone dared to pursue him?

The anger towards Chu Qing’s pursuers needs no explanation, and meanwhile, this fury extended to Chu Yunfei:

"Where is your father? Is he dead? Our son is being pursued, and he hasn’t made a move?"

Chu Qing watched Liu Zhaohua, enraged and furious, feeling an unusual emotion arise.

But then he suddenly understood... His second brother, Chu Fan, probably inherited her temper?

Direct and straightforward; if anyone rubs him the wrong way, he’d punch them outright.

If it involved family, he’d disregard anyone’s face.

Thinking about it, Chu Qing suddenly laughed.

Liu Zhaohua paused in her anger upon hearing her son’s laughter, slowly extinguishing her fury.

She furrowed her brow slightly and then adopted a dignified demeanor:

"Mother usually isn’t like this..."

Although she tried to be calm, when she referred to herself as ’mother,’ Chu Qing could still hear the tremor in her voice.

Chu Qing actually knew... she was also anxious.

Otherwise, even if Chu Qing deliberately diverted the topic these few days, could she really have missed it?

She simply didn’t know whether the son who had been apart from her for twenty years, who she had never seen since birth, would blame her.

Whether he would... not acknowledge her as his mother!

Chu Qing’s hand briefly touched his cheek, then peeled away a layer of skin. In an instant, he removed a mask from his face.

Liu Zhaohua’s eyes widened.