How come I was born a deity?

Chapter 44: The Sun Family

After leaving the Wan Yao Club, Wang Shande needed to report the matter of the manager to the authorities, so he took his leave at the club's entrance.

Chen Qi, Shen Nianxu, and Qin Bo took a ride-hailing service back to the bookstore.

As soon as she returned to the bookstore, Shen Nianxu found a beanbag chair in the reading area and lay down, leaving the other children reading around her bewildered.

Why is this person lying down in the reading area instead of reading?

"You're back!" Hu Yao skipped over excitedly as she saw everyone return to the bookstore, boasting, "I took great care of the bookstore!"

"Great job," Chen Qi patted her head and took out a lollipop he had bought on the way from his pocket. "This is your reward."

It was Hu Yao's first time coming down the mountain, and he had never seen a lollipop before. His eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "Wow!"

She carefully unwrapped the lollipop and then put it in her mouth.

"Grape flavored!"

Qin Bo, who came in later, stared at Hu Yao. Although he knew that Hu Yao was a young demon picked up by Xuanqing Zhenren of Shangqing Palace on Qingcheng Mountain, he was still somewhat curious after seeing her in person.

Shen Nianxu sat up from the beanbag chair and asked Hu Yao, "Xiao Yao, nothing happened before we got back, right?"

"No!" Hu Yao nodded seriously, hands on her hips, arrogantly declaring, "Even if there was a troublemaker, I've already chased them away. Nobody dares to cause trouble on the bookstore's premises!"

Shen Nianxu nodded with satisfaction, seemingly very pleased with her educational approach.

But the more Chen Qi listened, the more something seemed off.

From what she said, it sounds like someone really did cause trouble in the middle of it.

Qin Bo also sensed something was wrong and asked, "Who was causing trouble just now?"

"I don't know him!" Hu Yao shook his head and answered confidently.

You don't know me, yet you're shouting so loudly.

"But seeing how fierce that guy looked, I knew he definitely wasn't there to read. He didn't even buy drinks, so I kicked them out. Before they left, they shouted something like, 'I want to see Wang Shande!'"

Chen Qi: "..."

Qin Bo: "..."

The other party wanted to meet Wang Shande at the bookstore, which clearly indicates that they are an insider in the cultivation world. Hu Yao just kicked them out without any explanation.

Moreover, judging from Shen Nianxu's expression, it was she who taught her this.

Well, the bookstore already had a bad reputation, and now it's getting unfairly tarnished.

"What does that man look like?" Chen Qi asked, pointing at Qin Bo. "Maybe he knows him?"

Qin Bo opened his own account as soon as he arrived, and seemed to know a lot about everything. Chen Qi guessed that this guy might be some kind of information broker.

Since he's an information broker, he must be very familiar with human faces.

Qin Bo waved his hand dismissively, "I'm not a god, how could I possibly know everything?"

Hu Yao recalled for a moment, then pointed to her lips with her finger and said, "Ah... I don't remember exactly what he looked like, but I only know that he smelled fishy..."

Qin Bo silently took out his phone, opened his photo album, and handed a picture to Hu Yao, asking, "Is this the person?"

Hu Yao glanced at the photo on her phone, then nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes! That's him!"

"Sun Yiyan, the representative of the Sun family in Bincheng, participated in the newcomer evaluation last year and was humiliated by Xu Yangzi and He Wenchong in turn," Qin Bo said with a robot-like straight face, revealing all the information. "This year, he should be accompanying another person from the Sun family to participate in the newcomer evaluation."

Chen Qi: "...You just said you weren't a god."

Qin Bo: "Isn't this just the most crucial piece of information?"

He explained, "The Sun family used to make their fortune by fishing. Their ancestral martial arts have a side effect: they leave a fishy smell on their bodies. So I understood when they mentioned this."

"The Sun family..." Shen Nianxu muttered as she sat in the reading area, fighting with the children for a beanbag chair. "Hmm..."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter," she suddenly gave up thinking. "No matter why the other party came, since they came once, they will definitely come a second time. I'll just treat them well the second time. Anyway, among the families that have feuded with the bookstore, the Sun family is not an exception."

Chen Qi was terrified when he heard this.

What does it mean that in families with feuds over bookstores, the Sun family is not lacking?

So, besides the He family in Qingcheng, families in other cities also have feuds?

If I go out wearing the bookstore owner's ring, won't I get ambushed and beaten up?

"Please accept my condolences," Qin Bo shook his head. "What's done is done, and we can't change the past. We can only start working on it now."

As he spoke, Qin Bo took a stone out of his pocket. "This is a flying clamp stone. In case of an emergency, you can use this to teleport back to the entrance of the bookstore."

Chen Qi's eyes welled up with tears. "I never imagined that you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, would be the one who cares most about whether I live or die. I'm so touched..."

As he spoke, he reached for the flying clamp stone in Qin Bo's hand.

Qin Bo immediately withdrew his hand an inch.

Chen Qi: "...What do you mean?"

Qin Bo: "One yuan, five hundred thousand."

"Are you the boss or am I the boss?"

"Fun fact: I'm now paid to work."

Suffocated by those words, Chen Qi had nothing to say.

"Alright, you guys mind the shop. I'm going home now, I'm exhausted..."

Shen Nianxu's voice came from the reading area, "Alright, then you can go back. I'll teach Qin Bo the rules of our shop. You should practice diligently and don't slack off."

Upon hearing the word "cultivation," the children around looked up, casting curious glances even though they didn't understand what it meant.

These gazes felt like thorns in Chen Qi's back, so he quickly fled the bookstore and came to the bustling street.

Back on the streets filled with ordinary people, Chen Qi immediately felt as if he had left the world of cultivators and returned to his original peaceful daily life.

Walking home, Chen Qi took out his phone, stared at the name on the screen that he hadn't contacted in a long time, and hesitated slightly.

In the past, he probably would have just pressed the dial button.

But now that he had become a cultivator, Chen Qi was somewhat wary of the words "over-reliance".

But then I realized that I just wanted to ask about things in my shadow, so I didn't think much of it and pressed the dial button.

An absurd dial tone came from the phone.

"Fake cigarettes, fake alcohol, fake friends~ fake friends~ fake feelings, fake tenderness~ lured me to your house~ then kicked me out in the middle of the night~"

The abstract lyrics on the phone continued for a long time, but Chen's father did not answer the phone.

Chen Qi only put down his phone after hearing a cold female voice on the other end.

Considering that Chen's father might be busy, Chen Qi opened WeChat and typed a line of text into a chat page that was filled with only transfer request records.

"Dad, there seems to be something in my shadow. Do you know what it is?"

Although he didn't know when his father would reply, Chen Qi had a better idea of ​​what to expect after asking the question.

"I really can't pretend we're still together~ I'm still not used to you not being here, this change in our relationship is too fast~"

Humming the lyrics of "Shouldn't Be", Chen Qi strolled leisurely towards home.

Chen Qi's shadow was cast on the ground under the morning sun.

A pair of scarlet eyes opened almost imperceptibly, like sleepy eyes.