Shen Weixun remained unmoved. Still holding Xiaotuanzi in his arms, he strode out briskly.
Although he knew that since the old master had taken the initiative to ask them to stay, it meant he had realized his mistake.
But the grievances Xiaotuanzi had suffered couldn't just be overlooked.
The old master cherished his life and disliked being manipulated by others.
When he realized that the scare just now wasn't what he had guessed, he would surely want to find out the culprit and expose them.
And the only people he could trust and turn to for help now were Niannian and Shen Weixun.
Shen Weixun involuntarily slowed down his steps, waiting for the old master to ask them to stay again.
Sure enough, just as their figures were about to disappear around the corner, the old master spoke up again. "Wait. I was wrong about you this time. It's all my fault for being unreasonable. Can I apologize to you?"
Hearing that the old master was willing to soften his stance and apologize, Shen Weixun's eyes instantly lit up. He quickly adjusted his expression, turned around, and said seriously, "Grandfather, Niannian had already reminded you at the beginning.
A Taoist priest who does divination without charging a single cent has to bear the consequences. Niannian took on this consequence for you out of consideration for me. She has been extremely kind, but you still suspected her.
It's okay if you didn't want to listen to her. It's normal to have doubts since you've just met her.
But Niannian was injured some time ago, and her body hasn't fully recovered. She rushed over to save you as soon as she found out you were in danger, but in the end, you still wronged her.
So the person you should apologize to is not me. You should apologize to Niannian."
Shen Weixun used polite language. His words were well - reasoned and appropriate. He portrayed Niannian as a kind - hearted benefactor who ignored her own injuries, took on the consequences for the old master, and rushed to save him in a hurry.
The old master blushed slightly. It was really a bit embarrassing for him to apologize to a six - year - old milk baby.
But he also knew that today's incident was indeed his fault.
After struggling for a while, the old master, who had never apologized in his life, finally lowered his head.
"Little baby, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have wronged you or Weixun. This is my fault. Can you forgive this old man?"
Xiaotuanzi looked up. Seeing that Master Shen had apologized to both her and Third Senior Brother, the anger in her heart instantly disappeared.
All she wanted was this kind of attitude. That's all. As she had said before, after all, he was Third Senior Brother's grandfather. Could they really just ignore his life and death?
"Third Senior Brother said that it's never too late to mend one's ways. Since you've already apologized, I'll forgive you. But if you bully my Third Senior Brother again next time, I'll let the ghosts out myself and tell you ghost stories every day beside you!"
Xiaotuanzi looked fierce in a cute way, like a little tiger baring its claws. She wasn't very intimidating but rather cute.
When he got rid of his preconceived notions, Master Shen could view Niannian more objectively.
Seeing how much Xiaotuanzi protected his grandson, he suddenly found this little kid more and more likeable.
He instantly understood why the two kids had been so angry and had shown him so little respect just now.
It was a blessing to have someone who protected you like this.
From the perspective of a grandfather, Shen Weixun's years of cultivating in the Taoist temple weren't in vain if he could have such a junior sister.
"Okay, okay, okay. Grandpa knows he's wrong. Can grandpa ask you for a favor? Can you help grandpa figure out who wants to harm me?"
Master Shen's expression suddenly became kind. Xiaotuanzi immediately looked up at her Third Senior Brother, asking with her eyes whether they should help the old master.
If Third Senior Brother thought this grandfather was hopeless, she definitely wouldn't step in.
"Sure, but there has to be a reward. You didn't pay for the divination Niannian did for you last time. You have to make it up this time. Otherwise, Niannian will have to bear more consequences."
Shen Weixun, of course, wanted to fight for the greatest benefit for his little junior sister.
He lifted his chin slightly and started to bargain with the old master.
"Okay, okay, okay. This is what should be done anyway."
Master Shen quickly agreed. Hearing that there was money to be made, Niannian's eyes instantly lit up, and she nodded repeatedly, indicating her agreement.
"Since my Third Senior Brother has said so, I'll do a divination for you."
Xiaotuanzi wriggled out of Shen Weixun's arms.
It was definitely impossible to do this kind of divination just by counting on fingers. Xiaotuanzi quickly took out a tortoise shell from her small satchel and three ancient coins.
She put them in the tortoise shell and shook it, making a tinkling sound.
Then she threw the ancient coins from the tortoise shell on the ground, pouted her little butt, and carefully observed and calculated.
"Um... the other party should be a rather powerful sorcerer. I can't figure out his exact location or who he is specifically. But there's another connection. This consequence doesn't belong to either the sorcerer or grandpa. That means there's a third person involved.
Generally, even evil sorcerers won't easily use this kind of harmful sorcery. After all, using it too often will invite divine retribution.
Master said that evil sorcerers are driven by profit. When they harm others, they either do it for money or for more powerful sorcery. Grandpa, you're just an ordinary person, so there's definitely no more powerful sorcery. So it must be for money.
So there must be someone who hired this evil sorcerer to harm you. This person who hired the evil sorcerer...
is very close to us."
Xiaotuanzi blinked her eyes and explained step by step in great detail. Although even if she didn't say these things, the smart people present would understand.
After all, the Shen family never did such strange things and never offended any evil sorcerers. At most, they just dabbled in feng shui. There was no need for someone to harm Master Shen in this way.
"Do you mean the person who hired the evil sorcerer to harm others is in the Shen Mansion?"
The old master's mind flashed through one figure after another and one possibility after another.
The whole mountain belonged to the Shen family. If the person was very close to them, then there was no one else but those who lived here.
Was it those collateral relatives who had previously wanted to compete with his grandson for the position of the family head?
Or was it those who had once opposed his grandson taking the position of the family head?
But that didn't seem right either. If it was really them, shouldn't they have tried to harm Shen Weixun instead? What was the use of harming him? He had already stepped down.
"Wait. Let me calculate again. It seems I'm about to figure it out. This person seems to have something to do with Third Senior Brother..."
Xiaotuanzi looked at the divination results and the more she looked, the more something seemed off. She frowned and started shaking the tortoise shell in her hand again.
She delved deeper into the calculation.
When she got the result, Niannian's mouth opened into an "O" shape.
"Oh, I didn't expect it to be her!"