Live-in Son-in-law

Qin Yi could tell that Ma Chengfeng definitely had a grudge against the City Lord’s Mansion.

"Ma Chengfeng, I think we need to have an honest talk."

"First, I came in from outside the city, and it was you who took the entrance fee. That alone is enough to prove I’m not from the City Lord’s Mansion."

"Second, I came to Sea City just to look for my friends. You said my friends clashed with the City Lord’s Mansion and then fled. Were you lying or not?"

This old fox, he talks one way to people and another way to ghosts.

If Ma Chengfeng considered himself part of the City Lord’s Mansion, then he very likely lied about Yun Mengyao and the others.

Ma Chengfeng looked at Qin Yi, his gaze flickering with wariness and suspicion; it seemed he still didn’t believe Qin Yi.

"Ma Chengfeng, I’ve got no time to waste on you. I’ll say it one last time: I’m not from the City Lord’s Mansion. I don’t care what grudges you have with them, but if anything happens to my friends, even dying a hundred times wouldn’t be enough for you."

"You really aren’t from the City Lord’s Mansion?"

Qin Yi said irritably, "Ma Chengfeng, do you think I need to lie to you? With your level of trash, I could wipe you out with a lift of my hand. You’re not even worthy of me lying to you."

Ma Chengfeng stayed silent for a long time before slowly speaking, "Alright, I believe you! Young Master Qin, even if you were from the City Lord’s Mansion, I’d beg you for one thing."

"Speak."

"If you really are from the City Lord’s Mansion, then kill me if you want, but don’t make things hard for those two children."

Qin Yi nodded slightly. "Fine, I promise you."

Ma Chengfeng slowly said, "Actually, the money I earn and share with those poor families—it’s not some ’robbing the rich to help the poor.’ It’s because they’re all people of the Huo Family."

"The Huo Family?" Qin Yi was puzzled.

"Qing Jian, Hua Jian, those are just the aliases they use at Miaoyin Pavilion. Their real names are Huo Siya and Huo Meiya. They’re blood sisters, daughters of Huo Lianyun, Family Head of Sea City’s Huo Family."

"The Huo Family is a prestigious clan in Sea City, passed down for hundreds of years. Huo Lianyun is my senior brother; we cultivated under the same master. Later, when we had both mastered our arts, he inherited the position of Family Head of the Huo Family, and I joined the City Lord’s Mansion."

"Because we were close, Huo Lianyun had his two daughters acknowledge me as their master. I watched those two children grow up."

"A year ago, the Huo Family was wiped out. By the time I got there, I only managed to rescue the sisters Huo Siya and Huo Meiya."

Qin Yi frowned and said, "Was it the City Lord’s Mansion that destroyed the Huo Family?"

Ma Chengfeng’s face suddenly twisted with resentment; he nodded fiercely.

"At first, I didn’t know. I thought it was enemies seeking revenge and kept investigating the killer in secret."

"Until the next day, when us city-guarding Guards were summoned to the City Lord’s Mansion. The City Lord issued us a secret order to hunt down two people."

"When I saw the wanted order, I realized the portraits were of Huo Siya and Huo Meiya. Only then did I understand that the Huo Family’s annihilation was tied to the City Lord’s Mansion."

"If it were some ordinary enemy, we might still have hope of revenge. But this is the City Lord’s Mansion. With just me and those two children, seeking revenge would be like an egg hitting a rock."

As Ma Chengfeng spoke, he hammered his own head hard, looking furious and helpless.

"All we could do was bury the hatred in our hearts, lie low, and wait for a chance."

"As for those poor families, they’re the families of the Huo Family disciples. They’re all old, weak, women, and children; the pillars of their households all died in that Huo Family extermination, losing their means of survival. We give them the money we earn just to let them live a little better."

"In truth, we’re also trying to make up for the guilt in our hearts. If those people hadn’t gone to serve the Huo Family, they wouldn’t have died."

Only now did Qin Yi understand what was going on.

"So you’ve swindled quite a bit of money, yet live in such poverty because you give it all to the dead men’s families?"

Ma Chengfeng nodded silently, speaking bitterly, "Actually, the three of us really want to go visit them openly. But our identities can’t see the light of day, so we can only use this way to ease our own guilt."

Qin Yi asked in confusion, "There are many ways to make money. Why send the sisters Huo Siya and Huo Meiya into a brothel?"

"I’m not that heartless, forcing them to sell their bodies for money. That was their idea—they insisted on going... and I agreed."

"Why?"

"Even though I’m just a Guard, people from the City Lord’s Mansion come to check my home from time to time. If those two children were ever discovered, my death would be nothing, but they are the last bloodline of the Huo Family—nothing must happen to them."

"Besides, a brothel is an excellent place to hide one’s identity. The two of them use aliases and have stayed well hidden for the past half year. Most importantly, Jin Jing is lustful; everyone in Sea City knows that."

Jin Jing? Qin Yi’s mouth twitched slightly. To have such a name—how much of a beating is he begging for?

"Who is Jin Jing?"

"The City Lord’s son, Young Master of Sea City. This man is arrogant and debauched, greedy for beauty and women, committing every evil under the sun."

Qin Yi paused for a moment. "That day I accidentally entered a room in Qingyuan Inn and ran into the two sisters Huo Siya. The one with them at the time was Jin Jing, right?"

"So that person that day was you, Young Master Qin?" Ma Chengfeng said in surprise.

Qin Yi also recalled that last night, when he tailed Ma Chengfeng and met the sisters Huo Siya, they had told Ma Chengfeng that their plan to kill Jin Jing had been ruined when someone accidentally barged into the room.

"Yes, that was me!" Qin Yi let out a cold laugh. "Never thought I’d be so fated with you and your disciples."

So that white-robed young master was Jin Jing. No wonder he wielded a mid-grade Holy Artifact and strutted around so arrogantly—turns out he was Sea City’s Young Master.

If he’d known that scum was no good, he should have killed him on the spot that day.

"Ma Chengfeng, you didn’t know I followed you last night. So when I mentioned your relationship with the sisters Huo Siya, you mistook me for someone from the City Lord’s Mansion and thought your identities were exposed, which is why you tried to ambush and kill me, right?"

Ma Chengfeng lowered his head in panic. How could he have known Qin Yi was this monstrous? His sneak attack failed, and his wrist was shattered.

Qin Yi tapped the tabletop. "I asked you to look into my friends, but did you hide something?"

Ma Chengfeng lowered his head in terror. "Young Master Qin, I’m sorry... I thought you were from the City Lord’s Mansion and was deliberately testing you..."

This guy really had concealed something. Qin Yi waved a hand, cutting him off. "Speak. What did you hide?"

Ma Chengfeng glanced up at Qin Yi, then quickly lowered his head again, voice trembling. "Y-your three friends were captured by the City Lord’s Mansion."

"What?" Qin Yi’s face darkened, then he said coldly, "Impossible. With their Cultivation, the City Lord’s Mansion couldn’t possibly hold them."

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