Qin Liuxi had just returned to the mansion and was walking towards the side courtyard when suddenly she heard a fierce shout that nearly made her jump.
"Stop there, who are you?"
This voice, sounding like a male duck, seemed somewhat familiar.
Turning her head, Qin Liuxi saw Qin Mingqi charging towards her like a young calf, holding a book and bellowing loudly, "Who is this rascal daring to trespass into the elder sister’s courtyard, you..."
He stopped abruptly when he got close, staring at Qin Liuxi uncertainly from head to toe: "Elder sister?"
With her hands behind her back, Qin Liuxi looked down at him from her standing position: "Why are you here?"
"Is it really you?" Qin Mingqi, struggling to discern her gender dressed in men’s clothes, frowned and said, "Elder sister, why are you dressed , did you come from outside?"
"Do you want to meddle in my affairs? Have you forgotten what I told you before?" Qin Liuxi spoke with a warning tone.
Choked by her words, Qin Mingqi replied, "Elder sister is a lady and a daughter of the Qin family, how can you dress so indecently, it’s just outrageous."
The corner of Qin Liuxi’s mouth twitched, and her gaze at him was like looking at an imbecile. Could it be that reading books has made him foolish?
Qin Mingqi’s face reddened slightly, but he puffed out his chest confidently, convinced that as a woman, the elder sister shouldn’t ruin her own reputation.
"Go back from where you came, scurry off." Qin Liuxi turned and walked back towards the courtyard.
"Elder sister behaving , I must tell grandmother, let her discipline you with the family law." Qin Mingqi spoke loudly.
Qin Liuxi paused her step, turned her head, and glared at him: "Did the saintly books not teach you that a wise man knows better than to meddle in other’s affairs? Or perhaps, not to be overly meddling?"
"I, I..." Under her glare, Qin Mingqi stepped backward, stuttering, "I just meant well for elder sister... ah."
He saw Qin Liuxi winding up a punch and instinctively covered his head and crouched.
Terrifying, the elder sister, a dignified woman, was actually about to use violence, my life is over!
The anticipated punch didn’t come. Qin Mingqi looked up, Qin Liuxi had already entered the courtyard, her voice drifting out: "Before you snitch, consider whether you yourself are a man and a gentleman. If you are a gentleman, do not act pettily. Also, before managing others, manage yourself first. Have you studied well? Can you contribute to the family? ’I examine myself thrice daily.’ This is my advice to you!"
I examine myself thrice daily.
Qin Mingqi’s face burned with shame. He stood up, clenched his fists, and walked away.
"Miss, you really don’t mince words when scolding people," Qi Huang chuckled lightly.
Qin Liuxi snorted: "I think he’s become stupid from all his reading, constantly talking about a woman’s reputation and being so old-fashioned. How a woman should be is not something he, a man, can comment on, and yet he dares to try and control me, asking for a scolding!"
She took out a soul-summoning talisman, lit incense, called out the name, and waited at the door.
Soon the spectral figure of the hanging ghost appeared in the courtyard, bowing respectfully to her: "My lord, for what do you summon me?"
Hmm, he knows his place, didn’t blabber unnecessarily.
Qin Liuxi stared at his mouth, and watching him sweat profusely and instinctively cover his mouth, he didn’t want that sort of bow tied.
Seeing how wary he was, Qin Liuxi felt bored and said: "Go and relay a message to the male and female ghost, tell them that the Evil Path might be in a place called Eight Diagrams mountain, let them pass the message."
The hanging ghost dared not disobey, and after confirming there were no other instructions, he scurried away, clearly terrified of Qin Liuxi controlling his blabbering mouth.
Qin Liuxi scoffed coldly, "So cowardly, and I’m not even going to rip off his tongue, tsk!"
Qi Huang: "Gui Jianchou might need a lesson?"