Worries of a Parent

Li Jie was returning back to his courtyard, he was exhausted with all the cleaning, he had to do, especially the restroom, it looks like he won't be having dinner tonight, thought Li Jie.

While on his way, he saw a maid rushing towards him, when the maid reached near him, she was panting catching for breath, and said, "Young Master, your parents are calling for you in their chambers, it's quite urgent".

Li Jie was surprised to see the maid rushing towards him, he thought there must be something of concern for her to be in such a hurry, this only made him pretty annoyed, he was tired after all the work he had to do, he just wanted to rest a bit, but if it's his parents calling for him so late at night means there must be a serious topic they wanted to discuss and, seeing the maid in rush made him sure of that.

Li Jie was thinking, just what could it be for his parents to call him, is it the cleaning he wondered, did they feel offended by what he was doing, but then he thought, it's just cleaning, what's wrong with it.

He sighed and just followed the maid to his parent's bed-chamber, where they were resting and the twins can be seen hopping on the bed, playing with each other.

When Li Jie walked in, the twins just jumped out of the bed and reached out to their eldest brother, Li Jie caught hold of them, he couldn't believe it, "Just what was wrong with these kids to jump like this, what if they get hurt", thought Li Jie.

"Father mother, what's wrong, did something happen", asked Li Jie in worry.

"No Nothing's ok, it is hell here, your younger brother and sister have made us crazy from their antics, now as an elder brother, it is your responsibility to take care of your younger brother and sister, so take them with you to your room", said Sir Patriarch in annoyance.

"now now, don't blame everything on them, they are just kids, Li Jie dear can you take your brother and sister with you for tonight, if possible play with them a little, your father's just (grumbling) today.

"oh ok no problem I will look after them, father, mother, by the way before going I have something to tell you because I don't want either of you to overreact about it when you come to know later, today I asked one of the maids to teach me cleaning for training, is that ok with you two", inquired Li Jie.

The patriarch and his wife weren't able to understand just what was he saying, "cleaning your sword or some other weapons equipment, well it's true one should learn to maintain their weapon, just wielding a weapon for the show is no good", said the patriarch.

"No father I am not learning to clean weapons, but it is a good idea, I will get to it, but what I am learning from the maids is to clean floors, walls, and restrooms, and I will check on later if there are other things to clean that I have to learn", said Li Jie nonchalantly.

Listening to their son gave both the patriarch and his wife a fright, "what, wait you aren't joking right, don't joke with me Li Jie I am already stressed as it is", said the patriarch.

"No father, I am serious, I am learning the chores the maids do for training", said Li Jie seriously.

"What bullshit, just who put this stupid idea in your head, you are my son for god's sake, How can you even think of doing such menial tasks", said the patriarch in it's.

"Father, I apologize but it's honest work there's nothing wrong for me trying it, and who knows maybe someday in future I will need such skills",

said Li Jie in a firm tone after which he left his parents chambers for his own, but there was something that bugged him about what he just said, "Is this the reason master is teaching me such things, not for training but because in the future I might need to do the same", wondered Li Jie, while he had his younger brother and younger sister beside him, whom he put down after coming out of the chamber.

Back at his parent's chambers, what Li Jie had never thought was, that what he said without thinking would stun both of his parents, "Li Na, is our son worried about how he will live in the future when we won't be there, but how do we tell him that we are immortals, it's impossible for us to die of natural ways, that we can never get old, and both his younger brother and younger sister will be the same in the future, the one who will get old and die due to a menial lifespan is our son, how should we tell him that he can live like a king because he is our child, Li Na, I just want him to live a fulfilling life", said the patriarch tearfully.

"No my dear don't say it like that, our eldest son has always been a smart boy, it's just a pity that he can't cultivate, You know there are ways to extend his lifespan with the help of some special natural treasures if we want we can get them with a bit of effort", sighed Li Na.

"Yeah, we can get them but at the same time, those bastards will know about us, and it will be the same as suicide, we aren't strong enough to face them, just wait till my cultivation increases, then I will pay them back for the suffering they have caused us, it's just that staying in this continent has slowed down our cultivation in every way possible", said the patriarch while gritting his teeth.

"Listen, dear, don't take Li Jie's words to heart, just let him do whatever he wants to do", said Li Na in a soft voice.

The patriarch sighed first, but then he nodded.

Today the night was sleepless for both the patriarch and his wife.

While at Li Jie's room, his brother and sister were troubling him, and only after some time did they go to sleep, and Li Jie also slept while in anticipation of the next day of going to the slums, where Dai Chen's home is.