Chapter 194: Membrane

Hua Dalang: "Jiuniang, how do you know the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and are you very familiar with that Battalion Commander Pang?"

Hua Minghe: "Jiuniang, where have you been during this time? Your brother went to the Medical Department and Feng'an Pavilion to find you, but couldn't find you, and you don't say to go home often."

The father and son spoke one after another, and their words also carried concern for Hua Changxi, but Hua Changxi felt an invisible membrane blocking them again.

Twice going to the Nine Nether, both hovered on the edge of death. Even if there was no danger in the end, it still made Hua Changxi feel the impermanence and loss of control of life.

If she wasn't lucky enough, what if she really died?

Seeing her father and brother, this question popped into Hua Changxi's mind, and she was surprised to find that every time she encountered a life-and-death crisis, she seemed to have never thought of her family.

Was this because the family couldn't give her support, or did she never care about them in her heart?

"Don't you have anyone you care about? If you do something that will hurt them, what should you do?" Hua Changxi's mind flashed with the question Tong Yao asked her.

What to do?

If she really wanted to do something, she could be sure that she would take herself as the standard and would not be affected by anyone.

Anyone, including family.

Hua Changxi realized the answer in her heart and woke up suddenly. She... seemed to really not care about her family.

This answer made Hua Changxi unable to accept it, and she immediately found a suitable reason for herself.

She didn't care about her family because her family didn't care about her first. In the Hua family, she was the one who suffered the most suppression and blame among the grandchildren. She had never received understanding, tolerance, and support from her family, so it was normal not to care about them.

"Jiuniang, asking you a question, why don't you make a sound?"

Hua Dalang saw that Hua Changxi had no reaction to the questions from him and his father, and there was some scrutiny and judgment of them in her eyes, which made him very unhappy in his heart, feeling that Hua Changxi was paying less and less attention to her family.

Hua Changxi returned to her senses, looking at Hua Dalang who was showing blame, which just confirmed what she thought in her heart: "It's the family who didn't care about her first", and they had no tolerance for her, so she instinctively countered: "Brother, you ask me, I have to answer? You are too self-centered."

Hua Minghe saw that the brother and sister were about to quarrel again, and hurriedly spoke: "Alright, it doesn't matter if Jiuniang doesn't want to say it, all of you, say less."

Hua Dalang was very unconvinced by Hua Minghe's bias toward Hua Changxi: "Father, you are too biased. Jiuniang hasn't been home for more than a month. What's wrong with me asking a few questions as an older brother?" As he spoke, he looked at Hua Changxi.

"Jiuniang, what have you been doing outside, why is it that you can't say it, do you still treat us as family?"

Hua Changxi looked at him: "There is nothing that can't be said, but you put on a stinky face that I must answer, looking like I owe you something, so I'm angry, and I won't tell you."

Hua Dalang was furious: "Hua Jiuniang... you... do you still treat me as your brother?"

Hua Changxi didn't get used to him: "Besides using your status as an older brother to suppress people, what else can you take out? If you want people to be convinced, it doesn't matter if your ability is a bit poor, but you must have virtue. Do you have virtue?"

As soon as this was said, not only was Hua Dalang flushed with anger, but Hua Minghe was also angry, especially seeing some colleagues looking at them and pointing, so he hurriedly pulled one with each hand and walked away quickly, not stopping until they turned the street corner.

"What are you two doing, you can quarrel on the street!"

Hua Minghe frowned and looked at Hua Changxi: "Jiuniang, what you said just now was too much, apologize to your brother."

Hua Changxi also felt that her emotions were a bit excited just now. She didn't know why, every time she met her family, she wanted to quarrel after saying two sentences: "I was wrong, brother."

Hua Dalang didn't respond. Until he received a look from Hua Minghe, he looked at Hua Changxi: "Jiuniang, am I that bad in your heart?"

Hua Changxi really didn't want to say words against her heart for this older brother who enjoyed the most training in the Hua family and was committed to making everyone in the family willing to sacrifice and dedicate: "... What kind of person brother is is not up to me, my opinion is not important."

This answer made Hua Dalang completely cold: "So, you look down on me so much, no wonder you have never had a good face for me. Hua Jiuniang, it was my overestimation of my own ability, I won't care about your affairs in the future."

After speaking, he walked away angrily.

Watching his eldest son leave, Hua Minghe had a headache, looked at his daughter, and said helplessly: "Jiuniang, you speak too sharply now, your brother is concerned about you."

Hua Changxi lowered her head and looked at the ground, kicking stones with her feet: "Didn't feel it." As she spoke, she looked up at Hua Minghe, "Brother looking for me is definitely not wanting to care about whether I am doing well, but looking for me for something, right?"

"Let me guess, I handed over the fire spirit mine to the sixth brother to be fully responsible before, and also promised that the Hua family could participate in it. Is something wrong with the fire spirit mine?"

The four old men of You were all old rivers and lakes, and they participated in the management of the fire spirit mine before the Hua family. They even dared to deceive themselves. They would only be more so to the Hua family. After a long time, the Hua family and You and them would definitely explode in conflict.

"If it's not about the fire spirit mine, then it's about body refining. Are the medicinal materials for body refining medicine baths not enough, or does someone want the next stage of cultivation techniques?"

Hua Changxi looked at Hua Minghe: "Father, these things, which one is really caring about me? Aren't they all for yourselves."

Hua Minghe's brows were tied: "Jiuniang, between relatives, do you have to calculate so clearly?"

Hua Changxi smiled: "Father, you were the one who said brother was concerned about me first, I just gave an example to refute; I produced evidence, and you said I calculated too clearly." As she spoke, her smile disappeared, "Who is the one calculating too clearly?"

At this moment, she finally understood what the thin membrane blocking her and the Hua family was.

The so-called family had never really cared about or understood her, had never seen her needs and emotions, they were all thinking of themselves, even if they occasionally revealed a trace of concern, it was just superficial appeasement.

"Father, do you know what I just experienced? I almost died in the Nine Nether, I almost couldn't come back."

"When you see me, it's not that you want to inquire about news through me, or you demand that I should go home."

"Why don't I love going home?"

"Because I know that once I go back, I have to face your endless, taken-for-granted demands. Everything I have is earned with my life, not fallen from the sky."

Hua Minghe listened to his daughter's complaints, feeling both heartache and annoyance: "Jiuniang, ever since you entered the Medical Department, you haven't told your family what kind of people you have befriended and what you are doing outside. If you don't say it, how do we know, how can we help you?"

Hua Changxi didn't want to continue: "Father, I will walk my own life. You don't need to help me. It's fine if you have less expectations and demands on me. I'm tired and want to go back to rest. You should also hurry to work."

Then, she told him Pang Shaoyu's reminder and told him to be careful.

Hua Minghe didn't expect this meeting to be so unpleasant, so he could only dryly say: "Your mother is looking forward to you going back to see her."

Hua Changxi listened and twitched the corners of her mouth. This was completely unable to listen to her words. If they really cared about her, wouldn't it be fine to let her mother go to Feng'an Pavilion to see her?

Watching Hua Minghe return to the Six Doors team, Hua Changxi left the city without hesitation.

When she just realized that she was a person who didn't care about her family, her mood was heavy, but after talking with her father and brother, her mood became much easier.

She didn't care about her family, and when did her family really care about her?

Each other, that's all! ===== CHAPTER 195 =====