Chapter 388: Chapter 28: Carried Off by a Wolf (Third Update)
Hong Sheng and Ruan Yu were talking when suddenly a masked man jumped out of the withered grass on the side and knocked Ruan Yu out with lightning speed.
Then he coolly said to Hong Sheng, who was about to react, "Don’t misunderstand, I’m on your side! Our young lady said she’s taking the person and asked Brother-in-law Hong to help cover it up."
Hong Sheng: ...
Damn it, you’re on our side but still dressing up as a masked hero?
Who’s your young lady?
And, Brother-in-law Hong isn’t supposed to be me, right?
Hong Sheng’s many questions were answered when he saw the other person reveal a Qin Token.
But, are young ladies so fierce nowadays?
The masked man saw Hong Sheng not speaking, still gripping his clothes tightly, thought for a moment and said, "If you’re afraid you can’t make it up, I’ll knock you out too!"
Hong Sheng immediately retracted his hand, "Send my regards to the young lady, and I’ll leave Ruan Liu to her. I’ll come up with a good excuse!"
Looking at his unconscious brother-in-law, Hong Sheng apologized silently in his heart.
Brother-in-law, it’s not that I don’t want to save you, it’s just that the enemy is too terrifying, please bravely sacrifice yourself!
The Qin Family’s hidden guard gave Hong Sheng a look as if saying "he who understands the times is a wise man" and pointed to the grass where he had been hiding, "I caught some game while I was idle, you take it back, I’m leaving!"
With that, he carried the future brother-in-law and disappeared into the endless withered grass with a few leaps.
Hearing there was game, Hong Sheng felt a bit like a mountain man trading wild boar for a wife.
He shook his head and sighed, now even his brother-in-law need not worry, leaving him miserably thinking of an excuse!
Hong Sheng thought as he walked towards the grass the hidden guard pointed to, and then saw...
When Hong Sheng saw the game in the grass, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief, thinking everything before him must be an illusion.
But whether he rubbed or closed his eyes and opened them again, the game was still there, and he felt he was definitely tricked.
What did that guy say just now? "Caught some game while idle." Hong Sheng looked at seven or eight prairie pikas tied together with grass rope, ha, do they know how eccentric their family’s young lady is?
I think you’re not idle, you’re simply bored!
Mountain men trade wild boar for wives, and your family trades a couple of pikas for a son-in-law? Brother-in-law, I’m sorry!
Looking at the endless wild grass, Hong Sheng suddenly felt desolate, where’s the trust between people?
Not until his stomach growled, did Hong Sheng wipe half of his face, picking up the few pikas with broken spines.
"Oh well, even mosquito legs are meat," they hadn’t eaten well for such a long time, at least the pikas were plump.
Hong Sheng caught a few wild chickens based on some tracks, afraid others would worry, and hurried back following the markers to the haystack.
As for the reason Ruan Yu didn’t come back, he’d already thought of it, believe it or not.
So when others saw Hong Sheng, who had gone to find food, finally return without Ruan Yu, the given reason was...
"Ruan Yu? You might not believe this, but I did. He was dragged away by a wolf!" Hong Sheng said with an air of seriousness, nodding affirmatively, while inwardly thinking, dispatched by a female wolf no less!
Others: ...
Do we really look that gullible?
You say it like that, do you think we should believe or not believe it?
Only Ruan Jiu lowered his head a bit sadly, knowing that Liu Bro would leave! His Tang monk-like Liu Bro was ultimately lured away by that enchantress.
When coming to Tartar, Ling still warned him to keep an eye on Liu Bro, saying his grandfather, which is his own uncle, told him that the prettier the woman, the more deceptive they are, never let Qin Miao trick Liu Bro away.
But after reuniting with Thirteen Sister, Ruan Jiu felt Uncle was wrong, Thirteen Sister is as beautiful as a fairy and doesn’t deceive at all. But now, he thought perhaps Uncle was right.
Hong Sheng had no idea that in a snap, Ruan Jiu, this fourteen or fifteen-year-old, had taken his cheap father-in-law’s words as life’s ultimate wisdom.
Seeing him not even questioning the statement, Hong Sheng knew the kid must have guessed the truth.
He wondered how the brains of the Ruan Family members worked, why are they so clever?
Not mentioning a genius like Ling, he couldn’t even compare to a little genius like Susu, and now even a young boy knows more than him, he felt frustrated.
Hong Sheng kept quiet, Ruan Jiu as a brother didn’t question either, the rest just knew not to probe too deeply, though the excuse he gave was a bit too crappy.
Leng Xiao coughed, "Boss, was it that a pack of wolves surrounded you while hunting, and Ruan Liu was dragged away by them to protect you!"
Hong Sheng shook his head, "No, just one wolf!" Wolves, if there were a pack would I come back? Are we creating a story, huh!
Seeing Leng Xiao with lines on his forehead, Hong Sheng realized and nodded vigorously, "Oh yeah, it was a pack, good god, like a hundred... uh, more than thirty wolves!"
The others, knowing Ruan Yu was surely safe, relaxed and were in the mood to enjoy the show. Even Ruan Jiu, who was upset, was amused by his brother-in-law.
A hundred wolves or so, if there were that many wolves, all of us wouldn’t be enough for them to eat, how could you break through and come back safely? Why not just soar to the sky!
Leng Xiao said helplessly, "Then you must have been injured, wolf claws are sharp!"
This time, Hong Sheng’s mouth twitched, buddy, you don’t actually expect me to hurt myself to sell this, right?
"Actually, I ran fast, as soon as it looked bad, I rushed back for help, the wolves were held off by Ruan Liu and didn’t touch me."
Saying this, afraid Leng Xiao might insist on adding an injury, he walked up to Ruan Jiu pretending to be very sad, "Ruan Jiu, your brother saved me..."
Can’t really say my brother-in-law died at this point, it’s time for a choked voice, but Hong Sheng couldn’t cry, quickly pretending to wipe a tear, "Don’t worry, from now on I’m your real brother!"
The last statement was quite forceful.
The group, not knowing what Ruan Yu was doing, didn’t ask since Hong Sheng didn’t tell them, must be some secret task.
Yet it seemed Ruan Yu would later be remembered as someone who already died, so they all told Ruan Jiu to come to them if he needed anything.
After all these years, the reputation of the Ruan Family’s lads hadn’t resounded as before, especially after the two spies monitoring them were persuaded over to Prince Ke’s side.
The current Emperor only knew what he wanted to know, and what Ruan Yu wanted him to know, just fabricate some tragic tale, get a storyteller to write, and the Emperor could have whatever he wished to hear!
Ruan Jiu looked at these imaginative "wise elder brothers," chuckling inside, surely they must be fools!
