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Chapter 167: Mockery

Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Mockery

At breakfast, the entire Xia family was already seated in their designated spots.

Only Xia Linsong, Song Qin, and Xia Qing looked exhausted, with no energy to spare.

"Third brother, third sister-in-law, and Xiaoqing, what’s with you guys? Why are you so tired and drained first thing in the morning?" Xia Linjun asked the three with a grin.

As soon as this was mentioned, Xia Linsong turned his gaze to Xia Xi who was eating breakfast.

"Xia Xi, what happened last night? Why was there no response when we knocked on your door?" Xia Linsong questioned with a stern tone.

"Didn’t want to invite bad luck in the middle of the night." Xia Xi replied without raising her head.

"So you deliberately ignored us knocking last night, is that how it was, Xia Xi? Do you realize you made us restless all night?" Xia Qing erupted angrily at Xia Xi.

"If I was foolish enough to respond to you pounding on my door in the middle of the night instead of sleeping, I would have." Xia Xi retorted with a blank expression, looking right at her.

Xia Qing was rendered speechless by this retort, her arrogant manner dwindling.

"What about us, huh? Why didn’t you come out when we called you? Do you think your mom and I would harm you?" Xia Linsong said solemnly.

"Considering your previous attitude towards me, calling me out in the middle of the night... you must be kidding," Xia Xi spoke bluntly, unfazed by the fact that he was her father.

"Third brother, you started the blaming game on Xia Xi so early in the morning, and why were you knocking on her door in the middle of the night? We were all so tired yesterday, everyone wanted to sleep," Xia Linjun watched and asked them in confusion.

"Last night... we encountered ghosts last night. We didn’t sleep all night. Could it be her that’s involved with those things? We just wanted to wake her up to have a look," Song Qin voiced out, looking at them.

"You’re all making such a fuss over mealtime. Let’s talk after eating," the old master Xia admonished.

As soon as the old master spoke, no one dared to further argue.

They quietly continued eating their breakfast, though each seemed to be eating at a pace twice as fast as usual, perhaps eager to know more about the situation.

Seeing most of them finished eating, both the old master and the old lady were slightly speechless.

They were still eating at their usual pace.

Only after half an hour, when both the old master and old lady had finished their meal, did they rise and seated themselves on the living room couch.

The others followed them into the living room, waiting for Xia Linsong and the others to explain what had actually happened last night.

"Tell us what happened, third son. What happened last night that made you knock on Xia Xi’s door in the middle of the night, and then wake up in the living room this morning?" Old Master Xia looked at Xia Linsong, Song Qin, and Xia Qing, prompting them.

"Mom, Dad, we were sleeping soundly last night, then we saw a ghastly woman in white with disheveled hair and a horrifying male ghost in our room, scaring us all night..." Xia Linsong fearfully recounted the events of the previous night.

"I saw a bloody woman in red, her face gruesome..." Xia Qing interjected with a hint of fear in her voice.

After listening to them, everyone present, except for Xia Xi and Xia Yue, found their claims hard to believe.

"What does this have to do with you knocking on Xia Xi’s door?" Xia Linjun asked, incredulous, as he had the least understanding of Xia Xi amongst them.

"She knows some Dao techniques, right? We thought to ask her to have a look and get rid of the ghost," Xia Qing quickly explained.

"Like I would help you ward off the ghosts with the attitude you treated me last night. You should count yourselves lucky I didn’t invite the ghosts to scare you instead." Xia Xi sarcastically retorted, looking straight at her.

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