Chapter 16
After I gave him the middle finger as a compliment, Liang Lun felt something was wrong, but his concern for me prevailed, so he didn't ask any further questions.
The inner strength of the lonely brave old man was so mischievous, but I really thought Liang Lun could understand it, and ended up suffering a lot.
I spent the five days recuperating from my injuries on the way to Qingcheng Sifang Tower, and because of my injury, the journey time even increased by three days.
Liang Lun prepared medicine for me along the way, urged me to take it, and hoped that I would recover soon. I didn't expect that after leaving Chu Yingyu, I would still need to take medicine.
I silently compared Chu Yingyu and Liang Lun, and tragically discovered why the little killer made me more relaxed. At least he was reliable in his work, his temperament was easy to understand, and he didn't hide too many emotions.
As I spent more time with Liang Lun, I gradually realized that while he appeared easygoing, he was actually quite thoughtful and meticulous, making it difficult for someone like me, with my limited experience, to fathom him. I saw him as a bit of a savior, thinking I'd saved him, and I assumed he could do the same, so I relaxed.
However, Liang Lun is very good at treating people, and I can feel his meticulous care for me.
In the days that followed, Liang Lun stopped testing my internal energy. He simply wrote and sent a few letters. He didn't hide these things from me; he said he was asking his subordinates to find an expert, and then we could discuss a harmless method to test my internal energy.
Maybe he not only wants to measure my internal strength, but also wants to take away my skills.
I now feel with all my heart the enthusiasm of these people in the martial arts world for the lone brave old man. He has become a legend in the martial arts world, a legend that has disappeared for decades.
This group of people failed to find him when they went to Yintian Island last time, but I said that he had gone to another world and gave me his inner strength. Isn't this equivalent to putting all the risks on my own heads!
Looking back now, I suddenly feel that I was so stupid. I thought Liang Lun was just a friend, and I told him all my cards on the spur of the moment. I must never be so careless in the future.
My situation now is like a kindergarten kid walking in a den of thieves with 100 million yuan.
After several days of travel, we finally arrived in Qingcheng.
The Sifang Building was magnificently constructed, revealing the wealth and refinement of a renowned martial arts family, a place that even the most distinguished of warriors would pay respect to. The wing Liang Lun gave me had its own courtyard, its pavilions and terraces poetic, every detail revealing wealth and taste.
I thought that if he took me back, he would send out invitations to heroes and gather others to study me, probably like holding a lion-slaying conference in the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber...
But he wasn't so arrogant. Liang Lun had only summoned a group of respected martial arts masters, and they were all sent secretly to search for him, to prevent any leaks. They would probably arrive during the Lunar New Year holidays, so no one would celebrate the New Year, right?
Liang Lun said that he acted so low-key because, firstly, he was worried about my safety, and secondly, he didn't want so many rivals to compete with me.
Because of this series of actions, I became wary of my friend Liang Lun, although he told me frankly that he just wanted to detect my inner strength and take it for himself.
He also said that it would be dangerous for me to keep this unfathomable skill, so it would be better to give it to myself to protect myself. If I fall into the hands of others, there are ways to torture me that would be worse than death.
I admit that he was right. It is a crime to possess a treasure, and I oversimplified the world of martial arts.
Leaning against the headboard, I drank the medicine in my hand. Liang Lun looked at me with pity and said softly, "Don't tell others about these things easily in the future."
Look how thoughtful he is, caring about something like this. I smiled and retorted, "How dare I? You taught me a lesson right there, and that one slap cost me so much time to recover from my injury!"
Liang Lun's brows were filled with a hint of apology again, but there was no regret in his eyes. He said to me in a coaxing manner.
"Yes, I'm wrong, but if it were someone else, do you think it would be better than it is now?"
“…”At least Chu Yingyu is more polite than you, right?
"Others would cut your flesh and drain your blood, using all sorts of unorthodox methods to test and extract the immortal's inner strength. You're like a moving treasure trove, who wouldn't love a greedy person?"
"Are you greedy too?"
"Yes, I am greedy, very greedy. Has Chu Yingyu known about your abilities for a long time?"
When I mentioned the little killer, I actually felt a little sentimental. Actually, I really considered Liang Lun a friend. I saved him, and he repaid me. Everything is good.
He didn't want anything from me at the beginning. He was kind-hearted and grateful.
But because I revealed my secret, Liang Lun's attitude towards me changed slightly. The look in his eyes had a deeper meaning, no longer as simple as when we first met. He also coveted this invincible inner strength, so my life became more difficult.
I asked tentatively, "You're not going to let me go, are you?"
"Xiao E, you can live here peacefully forever. I will ensure that you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life."
"Hey, how could you be so stupid? I was actually lying to you. The people from another world, the immortal's inner strength, I was crazy, it was all a lie. I just wanted to get free food and drinks, and you actually believed it!"
"Xiao'e."
“…”
Well, this is what it means to not be able to fool him. Is my lie so easy to expose?
The life of lying low and doing nothing is beckoning to me. Isn't that good?
But I always feel a little uncomfortable. Such a nice place has turned into a pig-killing scheme.
Human nature is too complicated. I will never speak nonsense again. Some secrets really cannot be told, otherwise they will cause disputes.
I lowered my head and looked at my fingers. These days, with someone taking care of them, even my fingernails are in better shape. My hands had been roughed up from working so hard a while ago, but now they've finally gotten some fresh air.
As I was thinking this, Liang Lun gently lifted my chin and looked at me with bright eyes.
"Don't worry, Xiao'e, I won't hurt you."
"Well, I believe you."
What he said sounded like what the male protagonist said in a crazy novel. Could it be that I have traveled through time and space in the book? This must be the male protagonist. The little killer is just a passerby!
"Does Chu Yingyu know that you have the inner strength of a fairy guest?"
He patiently asked again, but I still didn't say anything. Seeing that I was a little tired, he said with understanding: "You must know, otherwise I wouldn't bring you with me."
Hearing this, I raised my eyelids to look at him and retorted seriously: "No, he keeps me with him because I am like his dog."
Liang Lun: “…”
Junnan gave me a funny look, as if to say, "Stop joking." I realized that he wouldn't believe what I said, so I didn't refute him.
At least I sincerely believe that Chu Yingyu and his purpose are different. When the little killer found me, he had a hundred ways to kill me and eliminate my future troubles, or find various ways to obtain my inner strength.
It was only because of that trace of regret and longing for the dog that he kept me here. He didn't care about the unique skills. If he wanted to do it, he would do it. If he didn't want to do it, he wouldn't do it.
Liang Lun, who originally simply wanted to repay a favor, has changed. Chu Yingyu probably always treated me like a dog.
Damn it, these two are not good people in the common sense.
"Liang Lun, I'm really afraid of pain, so if you want to take away my power, you must be careful not to injure me!"
"Don't worry."
After receiving this seemingly gentle but unreliable assurance, I pretended to be content and lay down to sleep.
On weekdays, I recuperate in the room and he satisfies whatever I want, which makes my feelings towards Liang Lun somewhat complicated.
After resting for another five or six days, I was almost well enough to move around freely. Thank God, at least I wouldn't have to spend the New Year lying miserably in bed.
The old owner of Sifang Building, Liang Lun's father, has been taking his wife to the south to spend the winter these days. The old owner has long intended to abdicate and has let his son do many things.
The reason why I don't have such a big grudge against Liang Lun is that, although he was a little reckless and injured me, he did everything he promised me.
My settlement problem has been solved. I am now a local gangster in Qingcheng. The silver notes given to me can fill my pillow. I am provided with all the delicious food, drinks and fun things to do. I also have maids and servants to order around and keep me company.
I don't have to wear men's clothes to work, I just need to be a comfortable test canary.
He had a gentlemanly air, before the villainous. Even though he was being scammed, it didn't strike me as truly vicious. I was carefully stratifying my situation, figuring out which side was more risky.
He has a really good sense of propriety in dealing with people, but I can no longer consider Liang Lun a close friend with whom I can talk about anything.
I acted like a good boy every day and even started to ask for fireworks to be set off all night long on New Year's Eve. This would put me in a good mood and maybe help me to unleash my inner strength.
What a ridiculous request! Liang Lun agreed to it. I will kill him.
After having dinner with me, the busy young master took his men to visit various gangs and factions. After all, there were many things to do at the end of the year. However, he kept Fengwei.
It's hard not to suspect surveillance when your right-hand man is left with me.
He didn't take me to meet his other friends, and just kept me in this courtyard, with Fengwei following me at all times. I had thought about getting close to Fengwei before, but this guy's coldness was completely different from Chu Yingyu's. She was truly beautiful and freezing, and she disdained to speak.
I suspect Feng Wei likes Liang Lun, but she is too good at hiding it, and only sporadic clues can be revealed.
Only when she saw Liang Lun would her eyes soften for a moment, just like the way Chu Yingyu talked about Xiaobai. Although the example is not quite appropriate, it is quite appropriate.
I want to collect all the seemingly insignificant information, just in case any of it can help me escape in the future!
I put the jewelry Liang Lun had given me into a box, then went to the courtyard by the kitchen. There was a dog hole in one wall. At this time, I would dig a hole and bury the jewelry box. Don't think I was looking for trouble. This was all to make it easier to take away later. I was still saving money, waiting to leave.
Qin Xiao'e will never surrender!
The medicine Zhang Shan gave me before and the household registration I just got recently are all carried with me, directly in my bellyband. They are my personal treasures in every sense of the word.
Although I am not very good at sewing, I have seen Chu Yingyu threading a needle when I was on Yintian Island, so I followed his example and sewed an inner pocket on each of my bellybands.
It doesn’t matter if the sewing is ugly, what matters is that it is practical.
So until now, Liang Lun didn't know that I had hidden a packet of Lost Soul Powder on me. It wouldn't kill the other person, but would just make him faint and paralyzed. Then I could take the opportunity to leave.
Is this medicine really as good as Zhang Shan boasts? I will let my friend Liang try it after the Chinese New Year.
I had previously carefully studied the household registration he had given me. It was classified as a commoner, but there was also a sub-category, the vagrant household registration. This was also a free person, but because they were homeless, they didn't have to pay taxes. They only needed to pay taxes when they had fixed assets.
Looking at it this way, Liang Lun did consider carefully the matter of registering my household registration. I'd better use less drugs when the time comes, so as not to paralyze him.
I walked out of the house, holding the exquisite hand warmer and went to take a look at the dog hole in the kitchen. I was checking my treasure trove, and I didn't want it to be discovered by others.
This hand warmer is so well made. It would be very expensive if you bought it outside. Do you want to take it with you?
As I was thinking about these things, I just walked into the yard and heard a lot of chatter coming from the kitchen, as well as the barking of dogs.
Judging from the sound, it's a puppy.
I went over to join in the fun and take a look. I saw the helper carrying a black puppy, about the size of two palms put together, and it looked to be only one or two months old.
They discussed stewing the puppy and having dog meat for supper tonight. The little black dog, who didn't understand what they were saying, was still wagging its tail, showing a sense of closeness.
This little dog is really dark, the kind you can't even see with a lantern at night. It must have gotten in through the dog hole where I buried my things, and it's about to become a snack.
I had never thought of getting a dog, but suddenly I thought of Chu Yingyu's Xiaobai, and then thought of my own misery, and then looked at this dog...
A feeling of a community of shared destiny emerged. Although I could not protect myself, it did not prevent me from empathizing with others, which gave rise to my desire to protect others.
"A good man leaves the dog behind!"
In my excitement, I tried to persuade several helpers to stay.
Three minutes later, this little dog, so black that it was blinding, fell into my arms. Its little tail was wagging and its tongue was trying to lick my sleeve.
My appearance is reflected in the dark and moist eyes, as clear as a mirror. My heart is about to melt. It is so cute.
Damn it, I suddenly understand a little bit how Chu Yingyu feels when he looks at me. Tsk, maybe I'm not even as cute as a dog!
If I put the dog on the ground, it would run towards me, wagging its tail non-stop. It must have been kidnapped if it was so close to people!
I squatted down and teased it, muttering, "I saved you, so you have to listen to me from now on. Don't follow others."
This seems to be what Chu Yingyu often said to me, could he please get out of my mind?
“Ouch~”
The puppy exposed its belly, drooped its ears, and tucked its limbs in front of its body, without any resistance. It was identified as a female puppy, and she couldn't let a male dog ride her!
"From now on, your name is Lai Fu! You are my blessing!"
Holding the hand warmer in one hand and picking up the dog in the other, I resolutely took it back to my yard.
The author has something to say:
Lai Fu: I see. This will bring you good fortune! [pointing to the little killer]
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