"These are just tiring. There are also those who deduct money for no reason, or curse at you. It's unbearable!"
"Yeah... they all say educated people have good character, but from my previous boss, I almost couldn't take it anymore..."
Drunk, they started reminiscing about their past while drinking. However, without exception, everyone present sincerely thanked Lin Xiao and the entire family of Luo Qinghan.
Qi Tian, holding a glass of wine, a man who usually enjoyed a drink by himself, leaned against the railing on the second floor, preparing to look out. Hearing the drunken ramblings from downstairs, he was somewhat surprised.
He didn't expect Lin Xiao to be so well-regarded by these people?
"Let me tell you, if anyone dares to say a single bad word about Mr. Lin, I'll lay down my 150 pounds right there! I won't move!"
"Don't just say you! I will too!"
Qi Tian looked down at the ordinary people below. Were these people so easily swayed by small favors? Perhaps they were just saying it casually. Generally, people are selfish.
Dying for someone else?
Unless there's genuine loyalty and a life-and-death friendship, the outcome will always be everyone scattering when trouble arises.
"What are you looking at?"
Lin Xiao appeared behind him. He followed Qi Tian's gaze.
"Nothing... you seem to be very loved."
"Naturally." Lin Xiao shrugged.
He was self-aware. When he needed to be humble, he would be. But when facing Qi Tian, he wouldn't be.
"..."
Qi Tian glanced at him and then went outside.
It was the Lunar New Year. Firecrackers were going off everywhere outside. Inside the villa, Luo Buyu and his wife were sitting in the living room watching TV, the Spring Festival Gala. Xun'er and Luo Bing, accompanied by Luo Qinghan, excitedly went to the courtyard outside where fireworks they had purchased in advance were set up.
For the two children, these fireworks were an irresistible temptation.
Lin Xiao stood on the second floor, watching the two little ones below playing with the fireworks and Luo Qinghan's caring reminders.
"This is the feeling of life," Qi Tian said suddenly, taking a sip of his wine.
"Yes, this is what they call the feeling of life... Unfortunately, there isn't much of it around here. If you were in the old city districts, you'd see much more," Lin Xiao replied.
This was a newly developed villa area, not densely populated, with no other residential complexes nearby. Its main appeal was its beautiful environment and suitability for living.
Of course, the trade-off was sparse population and a lack of liveliness.
Almost everyone in each villa was inside their homes; very few were willing to come out.
"It's enough," Qi Tian shrugged. "I haven't seen this for many years."
He had almost forgotten this feeling. Years in the Sect of Artifacts cultivation would pass by so easily, and he wouldn't feel much, only the joy of delving into the Sect of Artifacts' heritage.
But in recent years, he felt his state of mind had stagnated.
He didn't know why. He had entered the mortal world to cultivate, obtained all the external resources to aid his cultivation, and combined modern technology with their "Hundred Refinements Divine Mechanism." Yet, he felt his state of mind hadn't kept up.
His progress was too slow.
He clearly understood the masses, he had indeed experienced the secular world, but it was clearly not enough.