Chapter 47
The sky was overcast, and the chill of late autumn swept through the empty streets. The branches of the trees lining the road were twisted and gnarled, their pale green leaves trembling in the breeze, seemingly on the verge of collapse. Yet, they remained steadfast, clinging to their trunks, never falling, revealing a vibrant and tenacious vitality.
At daybreak, the staff were busy in the lobby. Perhaps because it was too cold, they closed the door to block out the chill from outside.
The unlocked door was roughly pushed open, hitting the wall with a loud bang. A crowd of people rushed in, making a lot of noise and swearing.
Jiang Mingyan frowned, stood up and walked to Sui Sui, and was about to pick up the little fat boy on the chair and go upstairs back to the house.
"No, no..." Suisui's chubby little hands grabbed his brother's slender hands and hugged them close to his chest. He tilted his chubby little face up and begged pitifully, "Suisui, do you want to see it~"
Jiang Mingyan let the little fat boy hold his hands, and a hint of doubt could not help showing in his dark phoenix eyes.
What's so good about this?
The cold and indifferent swordsman brother was puzzled.
However, the little fat baby's soft belly is round and tender, and his eager eyes looking at me are really pitiful and cute.
Jiang Mingyan could even smell the unique sweet and soft scent of the little guy.
He raised his eyes and glanced at the group of people who broke in.
There were five men and four women, with the hunchbacked old man in the middle being the main one.
They were all mortals, and the other four men and four women were no longer young, with haggard faces.
——No threat.
Then let's do as Suisui wishes and watch from the side.
The swordsman brother with a cold appearance thought lightly, after all, now that we are back in the house, the little fat boy has no intention of studying and is only thinking about the things he has not finished reading.
So Jiang Mingyan gently pulled his hand away, picked up the little fat boy and walked upstairs.
"Huh?" Sui Sui was puzzled, thinking that her brother disagreed. She nestled in his arms, clasped her chubby paws together, and bowed childishly like a chubby kitten: "Brother, brother, please~"
"Sui Sui really wants to see it~"
Jiang Mingyan lowered his eyes to look at the little guy's innocent and cute behavior, and couldn't help but curl up his lips.
He explained slowly, "I'm not stopping Sui Sui from watching. Let's go to the railing on the second floor."
Sui Sui's big, round black eyes lit up.
Yay!
Not only can you see clearly there, but you won't be affected by it either.
You are such a nice brother.
The little fat boy's eyebrows were curved, and his little voice was sweet: "Brother is the best~ Suisui loves brother the most!"
If Sui Sui hadn't been moving around so much, Jiang Mingyan would have been holding this naughty little cub with both hands, and he would have been pinching its chubby, soft face.
"A sweet-talking little rascal." Jiang Mingyan muttered with a hint of regret, his voice so low that Sui Sui couldn't even hear it clearly.
Then, the small and sturdy round dumpling leaned over and grabbed his brother's shoulder: "What did you say, brother?"
"Praising Sui Sui." Jiang Mingyan chuckled.
Yuantuanzi was skeptical.
Why does Sui Sui feel like something is wrong?
"Okay, don't want to read it anymore? Then let's go back and continue studying the Taoist scriptures. There are still many words that Sui Sui doesn't recognize." Jiang Mingyan stood behind the railing on the second floor. When his eyes fell on the group of people downstairs, they were cold and indifferent, but his voice was clear and smiling.
“No, no, no!” Sui Sui’s furry head immediately shook like a rattle, and his purring voice was full of rejection: “I’ll go and see it right away!”
The doubts just now were thrown behind my mind in an instant.
A smile flashed in Jiang Mingyan's eyes. He freed one hand and rubbed the round hair on his round head.
Sui Sui pouts her little mouth.
Forget it, the little fat boy thought, "bearing the humiliation and carrying the burden", his brother didn't even drag Sui Sui back to the house, so Sui Sui won't care about this little thing~
Anyway, if it gets messy, it’s my brother who will comb it!
Fatty snorted.
You can't force a three-year-old kid to get up on time, right?
So, it's normal that when Sui Sui and his brother come down to eat, it's already past mealtime.
In addition, the weather was bad, and if a group of uninvited guests had not suddenly broken in, the inn would have been exceptionally quiet.
After Sui Sui and Jiang Mingyan went up to the second floor, only two young men and women in green sword robes were left in the lobby.
Suisui had met them yesterday. They were Shao Jishuang’s junior brothers and sisters.
Although Sui Sui didn't know their names, when the little guy was carried downstairs by his brother to eat, he greeted them happily and familiarly when he passed by the table where they were sitting.
The enthusiastic kid can proudly say with his chest puffed out that when he was eating just now, the two sword cultivators had been secretly looking at him!
She must have been conquered by the cub's charm!
The little fat boy thought happily.
But now, the fans of these two boys have been surrounded by the group of mortals who rushed into the inn.
The goal of these five men and four women is very clear, which is to find the "immortal leader" to take charge.
Although their attention was briefly drawn to the handsome swordsman sitting quietly in the lobby and the little cub opposite him staring at them curiously with wide eyes when they first entered the inn, they soon withdrew their gaze and went straight to the two green-robed swordsmen sitting in the corner.
However, these people all had their own little plans in mind. After surrounding the two "immortals", they started shouting among themselves, making a chaotic and funny scene.
Suisui and his brother went up to the second floor and stood there, while they were still talking in the same old conversation.
"Master, you must make the decision for us! An Jinyun should have died long ago!"
"She killed my uncle and my cousin, how could she still be alive and well? This inn should be ours to inherit..."
Shao Jishuang's two junior brothers and sisters had obviously never seen such a scene before. They were surrounded in the middle and were busy trying to comfort and understand the situation at the same time.
"Don't worry, old man..."
"Everyone, take your time..."
"Zheng—" The crisp sound of swords suddenly drowned out all other sounds at the scene. A female voice said coldly: "Step back and speak one by one."
Suisui turned around and saw Duan Jingyan and Shao Jishuang walking into the lobby at some point.
As if sensing Sui Sui's gaze, Shao Jishuang raised her head and looked at the little fat boy, her bloodshot eyes gentle.
"It's okay, don't be afraid." A child's voice full of comfort sounded in Suisui's ears.
Wow~
Although Shao Jishuang didn't say anything, Suisui heard the sound.
The little fat cub blinked his black eyes in surprise and was eager to try.
"With my brother here, I'm not afraid!" Suisui smiled sweetly, and imitated Shao Jishuang, using his mind to exert force!
Then, the little fat boy didn't care whether Shao Jishuang heard his reply or not, and whispered in his brother's ear: "Brother, Shao Jishuang's junior sister is so amazing~"
Jiang Mingyan was unaware of the exchange between the little fat boy and Shao Jishuang. He remained indifferent. He glanced at the imposing girl below and replied lightly, "Hmm."
Sui Sui tilted her head and glanced at her brother. She didn't know what she was thinking about, but she smiled secretly and asked, "Brother, who is An Jinyun?"
"It should be Yunniang." Jiang Mingyan shifted his gaze slightly, looking at the charming woman standing quietly at the wooden door connecting the inn and the backyard. He lifted the fat boy up and asked him to look: "Yunniang is standing there, maybe she has been listening."
"Huh?" Sui Sui rubbed his furry head, his face confused. "Then why doesn't she go out?"
"I don't know either." Jiang Mingyan said gently, "You'll know if you keep watching."
"Yes~" the little fat boy nodded quickly.
Yunniang, who was standing quietly over there, raised her eyes and looked towards Sui Sui and Jiang Mingyan. When her gaze met the ignorant kitten-like Sui Sui, her expression softened noticeably.
She nodded to Jiang Mingyan and walked into the lobby: "What did I do? How come I don't know."
The group of people who had been quiet under Duan Jingyan's suppression became angry again when they saw Yunniang: "An Jinyun, you dare to come out!"
Yunniang glanced at him coldly, and the middle-aged man who had spoken was like a duck with its neck strangled. His face flushed red, but he didn't dare to shout anymore.
The old man surrounded by the crowd couldn't stand it anymore and came out with a cane: "An Jinyun, it's been so many years, it's time for you to plead guilty!"
"What crime am I confessing?" Yun Niang said with a charming yet mocking smile, "Luo Daoxuan, after all these years, how come you're still so stupid?"
She glanced at the guys gathered in the kitchen, and one of them couldn't help but blush.
Yun Niang said nothing, retracted her gaze, and said coldly, "You bribed the innkeepers, and as soon as they heard that the Xuanjian Pavilion's sword cultivators were staying in my place, they couldn't wait to jump out..."
"Ridiculous," she commented calmly, "You really are getting dumber as you get older."
Luo Daoxuan was not annoyed, and sighed while leaning on his crutches: "Sister-in-law, you are still like this."
Seeing Yunniang's cold eyes, he said no more.
"Dad!" Another middle-aged man couldn't help but call out, unable to contain his anger.
Luo Daoxuan shook his head and tremblingly knelt down towards Duan Jingyan: "Master, you have to make the decision for us..."
The two young men and women who were surrounded by a group of people just now now had a headache when they heard the word "be in charge" and hid behind Duan Jingyan without saying a word.
Duan Jingyan frowned and used her spiritual power to prevent Luo Daoxuan from kneeling: "If you have any grievances, just tell me. You don't have to kneel."
Luo Daoxuan stood firm with the support of the middle-aged man beside him, sighed, and slowly recounted his past events.
Luo Daoxuan has an older brother named Luo Daohang.
Luo Daohang is more than ten years older than him. Unlike Luo Daoxuan, Luo Daohang has spiritual roots. After accidentally embarking on the path of Taoism, he has been traveling outside.
Thirty years ago, Luo Daohang, who had not been home for a long time, returned to Xihua Town with a pretty woman.
That pretty woman is An Jinyun.
She and Luo Daohang built an inn in Xihua Town, got married and settled down, no longer getting involved in the gossip of the outside world.
A year later, Luo Daohang's cousin Shi Yuxuan came to seek refuge, and An Jinyun and Luo Daohang took her in.
Two years later, An Jinyun gave birth to a daughter and named her Luo Anyuan.
When Luo Anyuan was three years old, An Jinyun went out for half a month on business. When she returned, she found that Luo Anyuan had died of illness.
"Children are so fragile, isn't it normal for something to happen to them? Not to mention Yuanyuan has been in poor health since she was a child..." Luo Daoxuan sighed, "But An Jinyun doesn't think so. She's convinced that my eldest brother and cousin killed Yuanyuan. She went crazy during those days and was determined to get justice for Yuanyuan."
"But after much investigation, she discovered that Yuanyuan had indeed died of an illness."
"We all thought she had given up and would live a good life with my brother, but just a few days later, my eldest brother and cousin passed away without any warning..."
"But just like Yunniang has no evidence to say that it was your brother and cousin who killed Yuanyuan, you also have no evidence to say that Yunniang killed your brother and your cousin?" Suisui's thin eyebrows knitted together, and she said unhappily, "You just said Yunniang was the murderer when you have no evidence!"
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