Chapter 41: Invitation from White Bone Cave (Please Follow!)
The quarrel between father and son, especially when the father holds all the power in the family, makes it almost impossible for the son to win.
Nezha, punished to kneel in the ancestral shrine, understood this well. So right after Li Jing left, he sat cross-legged on the cushion, assuming the most comfortable position.
Looking at the rows upon rows of dark, shadowy ancestral tablets, he yawned and irreverently said, "What a shame to the family, for the Li Family to have someone like Li Jing. I feel embarrassed for you all."
The family shrine wasn’t large; Nezha sat cross-legged on the cushion, continuing to cultivate with Li Gen’s inner core. Before long, he heard a rustling noise behind him, like mice.
Nezha didn’t open his eyes, just sniffed the air, detecting the aromas of roasted chicken with lotus leaf and then found the scent of warm meat buns. Among these aromas, there was a fresh, sweet milk scent that belonged to a young girl.
No need to guess; there was only one little girl in the residence with such a clean scent without any powder—Lv Zhu’er, the overly beautiful girl from his room who was getting clumsier by the day.
He maintained his posture, smiled with his eyes closed and said, "There’s no one else here, so sneaking around like a thief is unnecessary. Just come in."
Lv Zhu’er, carrying a food box in one hand and pinching her skirt corner with the other, struggled over the shrine’s high threshold before panting and saying, "Didn’t they say young master you were punished to kneel here? Turns out you were cultivating instead. The sisters tricked me again."
"Ouch, young master, it hurts!"
"Quiet down. I didn’t even touch you." Nezha withdrew his hand from flicking Lv Zhu’er, opened the food box, and upon seeing the contents, marveled that his nose might be even keener than that of the Howling Celestial Dog, "Why would the sisters lie to you? Punishment is punishment, but doesn’t mean we accept it. We’re not fools. We just put on a show when others are around. When they’re gone, why should we kneel?"