Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Old Gu Six saw that his daughter was daydreaming again, but he didn't disturb her.

He knew his daughter wouldn't be an overly kind person, so he was relieved. He didn't want his daughter to be the compassionate type.

Those kinds of people not only bring trouble to those around them but also can't protect themselves, making them easy targets for deception.

He'd rather his daughter be a bad person than a good person in this chaotic world.

He didn't need her to get her hands bloody either, because he would be the blade in her hands, taking on all the sins, as long as she remained unharmed.

They weren't meant to be saviors of the world.

Mysterious being: [That's right, no task of saving the world, she's here to save your sorry butt.]

As for himself, he was someone who had to rely on his daughter to survive. With his fate, he should be grateful if he doesn't have to take a life.

Become a savior of the world? That must be a joke.

Mysterious being: [Don't you dare mess around. Just live a long life to your dying day and return to your rightful place. The Heavenly Way has designated saviors, don't try to steal their job.]

Chang'an heard the mysterious being muttering and quietly asked, "You won't be here all the time, will you?"

Mysterious being: [... I won't be.]

Chang'an: "Oh, so goodbye?"

Mysterious being: [Goodbye is goodbye, the next one will be better behaved.]

Chang'an: ...

What nonsense is this?

Mysterious being: [You call Old Gu Six 'Dad', so you should call me 'Grandpa', good granddaughter, call me Grandpa.]

Chang'an: "Get lost!"

Mysterious being: [Alright.]

Old Gu Six saw his daughter's face twist a little, with a hint of gritting her teeth.

He asked with some concern, "Daughter, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Chang'an grimaced with a smile, "It's nothing, just feeling a bit hot."

Can I say that there seems to be someone nagging like your dad?

Really, what's going on here? It turns out the one truly being tested is this Old Gu Six. When he finishes his trials and returns, I wonder if he'll have memories of the present.

What's this feeling of embarrassment all about?

My toes twitched, so awkward!

I don't know which path of divinity this Old Gu Six follows. Which direction should I pray to usually?

Old Gu Six didn't know what Chang'an was thinking. He only urged her to go rest, "Daughter, it's late, go to sleep quickly. Children need to sleep more to grow taller."

One of them said, "If your son dares to mess up my world again this time, I'll chop him and his daughter up and make soup to drink."

"Don't worry, it won't happen again this time. Just make sure the savior you chose doesn't provoke them, and it'll be fine. Self-drawn tile, I've won."

Another old man danced with joy.

The other old men rolled their eyes and gave him the agreed wager, which were shiny objects, except for the one who had spoken to him, who gave him two talisman papers.

"What do you want these prank talismans for?"

"For my granddaughter to play with."

The other old men gave him another eye roll, looking at his smug expression as if he was the only one with a granddaughter.

Hmm...

It seemed, perhaps, maybe, he really was the only one with a granddaughter.

So what were their sons doing?

Can't even have a child now?

No need to play mahjong anymore, let's go back.

In the blink of an eye, only the smug little old man remained.

Then Chang'an received two folded talisman papers.

The mysterious being told her, [These are prank talismans. I don't know what kind of pranks they play, you'll only find out after using them. I won them playing cards, impressive, right?]

Chang'an: "Yeah, you're so awesome!"

Mysterious being: [I'll give you some pretty stones too. You can play with them yourselves from now on. I won't come find you very often anymore.]

Chang'an: "Oh, goodbye then, no need to see you off."

Mysterious being: ...

This cotton jacket has holes.

But she's also a cotton jacket with holes, others don't even have one.

The little old man consoled himself and left. He couldn't intervene too much either, or the old Heavenly Way fellow wouldn't be pleased.

Chang'an waited for a while to make sure he had really left.

Idle, she looked ahead to where Little Ya's Dad and his group were borrowing fire and pots in the evening.

They divided into two groups, each lighting a fire.

Some of the men took turns keeping watch while the elderly, women, and children slept.

Sensing Chang'an's gaze, they looked back and respectfully greeted her from afar.

Chang'an slightly nodded, unsure whether they could see it, and then averted her eyes.