The blind man was caught off guard, not expecting Ling Xiao to actually make a move. However, he was no pushover either; the title of "Southern Blind Man" was well-deserved. He quickly fought Ling Xiao to a draw and even showed signs of gaining the upper hand. With a slight advantage, he tried to grab Ling Xiao's arm again.

Ling Xiao delivered a side kick to Hei Xiazi's chest, causing Hei Xiazi to stumble back two steps. He wasn't angry, but he found the child increasingly interesting. He discovered that the child could neutralize any attack, and there was something about him that made him feel inexplicably comfortable.

"Not bad, little beauty," Black Bear teased.

Originally, it wasn't a big deal. Ling Xiao knew Hei Xiazi's personality. He only started fighting because he didn't want Hei Xiazi to touch his shoulder. Later, the fight turned into a friendly sparring match, and the two of them went back and forth quite happily. However, Hei Xiazi's use of the word "beauty" completely broke Ling Xiao's defenses. It was like repeatedly jumping on his sore spot! He decided to teach Hei Xiazi a lesson so that he wouldn't dare to call him that again in the future.

Wu Xie wanted to step forward to mediate the fight, but Xie Yuhua stopped him, saying, "Don't worry, they're just sparring."

The fat man objected: "Hey you in the pink shirt, can you tell your friend to stop? When can't you spar? Our Lingzi is still injured!"

Jieyuhua was slightly angry. What did she mean by "pink clothes"? But she only said, "If I remember correctly, it was your friend who made the first move."

Before the fat man could retort, the young man stepped forward to stop the fight, and the conflict quickly ceased.

"blind!"

"Dumb guy, why are you stopping us?" Black Glasses was clearly not done having fun.

He did it so you wouldn't touch his wound.

"You're injured?" Black Glasses looked at Ling Xiao and then noticed the faint bloodstains on his right shoulder. This kid is too good at enduring pain; he didn't notice any injuries on Ling Xiao's body during the fight.

"Take off your clothes," said the man with black glasses.

"doing what?"

"Hey young master, if you're injured, you should rest and recover properly. Why are you showing off? I'm a kind blind man, I'll treat your injury!" With that, Black Glasses reached out to take off Ling Xiao's clothes.

"No need." Ling Xiao stepped aside to refuse him, then asked, "Why do you always attack my right arm?"

"Hehe, Young Master Ling, do you think there's some kind of unseen fate between us? Why do you feel so comfortable when I'm near you?"

"I feel uncomfortable being near you." Ling Xiao once again ruthlessly cut off the friendly offer sent by Black Glasses.

Ling Xiao suddenly realized something. He looked to his right, then at Hei Xiazi, and suddenly remembered that there seemed to be something fierce behind Hei Xiazi. Perhaps it was because his bloodline had some effect on these things. He also thought that the sea monkeys in the underwater tomb didn't seem to react as strongly as the monster woman. Was it because Qin Feng died that his bloodline was also lost? Then why was Hei Xiazi reacting? Or was there something in the tomb suppressing his bloodline? But the tomb was already destroyed, and he couldn't go back. Thinking of the destroyed tomb, he suddenly remembered that he was the one who blew up the tombs both times he went down! Shouldn't his attribute be Wuxie? No, no, he would never blow up a tomb again next time! Absolutely not!

"What are you daydreaming about, young master?" Black Glasses held out his hand and waved it in front of him.

"Lingzi, why are you spacing out again?" Wuxie also arrived.

"It's nothing, Wuxie. You go find the housekeeper to take your childhood friends to the restaurant. I'm going to change my clothes." After saying that, he headed towards his room somewhat absentmindedly. When he passed by Xiaohua, he gently said to her, "I'm sorry for being rude. I haven't been a good host. Please make yourself at home." His attitude was by no means impolite.

As Xiaohua watched the man's figure disappear into the distance, she said to Wuxie, "Your friend is quite interesting."

"Speaking of which, his experience is quite similar to yours," Wu Xie said, then shook his head: "Unfortunately, his life has been more difficult than yours..."

Seeing his childhood friend's hesitant expression, Xie Yuhua became interested: "How exactly does he resemble him? And how exactly is his life so unfortunate?"

Wu Xie then began to tell him about Ling Xiao's childhood experiences, as told by the steward, combined with the photos in the tomb, and Qin Feng's attitude towards Ling Xiao. In short, Wu Xie's story was truly tragic.

But Xie Yuhua felt increasingly uneasy as he listened: "You said he took on the responsibility of the family when he was young, but why didn't he leave even though that Qin Feng treated him so badly and experimented on him, making his blood poisonous?" He didn't believe that someone who could take on the responsibility of the family from a young age would be so simple-minded, and that someone who owned such a large courtyard house would be so easily fooled. He was afraid that his childhood friend had fallen into someone's trap and was even counting money for them!

“You have no idea what Qin Feng’s methods are. Once, Xiao Ge, Fatty, and I saw the strangulation marks on Ling Zi’s neck. It looked like he used all his strength! And during that time, his lips were always bleeding, like the flesh had been bitten off! And those photos, it’s obvious that Qin Feng abused him and then followed and secretly took pictures. You don’t know, there’s a photo of Ling Zi in the water dungeon! He’s still in chains! A kid like Ling Zi must be starved for love. He thought Qin Feng loved him, but he didn’t know that Qin Feng was actually hurting him! That Qin Feng is such a good actor in front of others, even I was almost fooled by him!” Wu Xie spoke indignantly, and Fatty chimed in with a few words.

“But I think Ling Xiao is very skilled. He shouldn’t be so easily controlled by others, right?” Xie Yuhua asked again.

"That's right, Young Master Ling's skills are no less than mine, and he's injured. Although we only had a simple spar, I can't guarantee I can beat the uninjured Young Master." Black Glasses chimed in. Hearing how miserable the Young Master was, he felt a pang of heartache. He also remembered how he hadn't noticed the Young Master's injury during their fight, and he felt that the Young Master wasn't the type to swallow his pride.

The fat man couldn't stand it anymore. Why didn't anyone believe what they were saying? "That Qin Feng is incredibly powerful. He can not only gouge out the eyes of a sea monkey with his bare hands and fight the Forbidden Woman one-on-one, but he also chopped off the head of a weasel that had become a spirit."

"Then why did he die?"

"Because he was under the influence of a weasel's illusion drug while he was in the tomb, he saw something, and when we arrived, we only saw his corpse," Wu Xie said.

"Tch, I thought he was so capable, turns out he's a brainless idiot who didn't even realize he was drugged." For some reason, Hei Xiazi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and glanced in the direction Ling Xiao had left.

Xie Yuhua nodded and then asked, "Why haven't we seen his sister?"

Wu Xie called the butler over again, and the butler explained, "Our young lady recently lost her husband and is currently abroad dealing with matters related to her inheritance. She will not be returning for the time being."

Xie Yuhua thought that no matter whether these things were true or not, as long as they didn't harm her childhood friend, it was fine. Thinking that Wu Xie had said that Ling Xiao had saved his life several times, she temporarily lowered her guard a little.

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