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Chapter 548: Fang Lao Liu's Family Reunion [Part 2]
Chapter 548: Fang Lao Liu's Family Reunion [Part 2]
Gazing at the three characters 'Biyue City' above the city gate, Fang Lao Liu's heart pounded with fear and anxiety.
He couldn't quite put his fears into words, and his worries were overwhelming.
Finally, after preparing himself for the worst, he entered the city.
His temples were gray, his demeanor haggard, his handsome features now worn, and his body weak, resembling a middle-aged scholar. His clothes were clean and of decent quality.
But these fine clothes only accentuated his haggard appearance.
Got it!
Let's go find a wife!
Without much inquiry, he found himself in front of the Fang family's residence.
"What an impressive place!"
Fang Lao Liu was instantly captivated.
Mustering his courage, he stepped forward and said, "I am Fang Xiao, and I have come to pay my respects to Miss Fang Qianyi. Please inform her of my arrival."
An old white-haired head poked out from the gatehouse, and a hunched figure emerged. "Who do you wish to see?"
Fang Lao Liu was startled and almost cried out as he scanned the area with his exceptional divine sense.
Holy shit!
What kind of background does the Fang family have to have a Sage Sovereign-level expert guarding their gates?!
"Miss Fang Qianyi, Miss Fang."
"Who are you?"
"I am Fang Xiao, and I am acquainted with Miss Fang."
"Oh, Miss Fang is not here. You may leave."
"Not here?" Fang Lao Liu was taken aback. "Where did she go?"
"Why should I report that to you?" The old gatekeeper rolled his eyes.
Fang Yunzheng was given the cold shoulder.
He knew it was unreasonable to expect to meet the young lady of a prestigious family just because he showed up at their doorstep. What was he thinking?
Moreover, she was Fang Che's mother, and this gatekeeper's primary duty was to protect her.
The old gatekeeper eyed Fang Yunzheng's retreating figure, his eyes filled with caution. This guy's intentions were too clear. Damn it!
I must be cautious!
I can't let him meet Miss Fang!
Fang Lao Liu had no choice but to find an inn and wait for the evening.
That night, as the city grew quiet...
Fang Che had already left with Yehuang for the second time.
Fang Lao Liu silently infiltrated the Fang residence.
Although his cultivation was still inferior to the gatekeeper's, his 'All Things Mimicry Technique' was undoubtedly the best in the world.
He moved like a ghost, unseen and unheard.
He circled the Fang residence and then located Miss Fang Qianyi's courtyard.
That night, Miss Fang Qianyi felt a sudden surge of emotion.
Despite the late hour, she couldn't sleep a wink.
She decided to take a stroll around her home and then entered Fang Che's room. She looked around, and everything remained untouched since he had left.
It was as if time had frozen.
She sat down gently and furrowed her brows, her heart filled with longing.
She wondered how that little rascal was doing. He was so heartless, not even thinking of her. It had been several months since he left, and he hadn't returned home.
And when he did, he scolded her.
Her thoughts turned to her husband, and she couldn't help but stand up and gaze at the moon outside the window, her emotions in turmoil.
He was even more heartless, leaving without a word and disappearing for twenty years.
He was utterly shameless. I've been waiting for you to come and get me all this time... But you've disappeared without a trace, and I don't even know where your home is.
Every time she thought of this, Miss Fang Qianyi felt embarrassed.
She couldn't bring herself to mention it to her son.
What could she say?
She had given her all, even bearing his child, yet she didn't even know where his family was.
How foolish could she be? As she thought about this, she couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "Heartless, both the young and the old. Truly a heartless father and son, passing down their heartlessness!"
Just then, she felt as if the moon had shifted, and it seemed to mirror her feelings.
She felt as if she were seeing that bastard's expression once again.
Miss Fang Qianyi rubbed her eyes, dazed. "Am I dreaming again?"
A gentle voice spoke, "Shallow..."
Miss Fang Qianyi plopped down on the chair and moaned, "This dream feels so real... It's unbelievable that I know I'm dreaming..."
A man in white appeared as if from the moonlight, entering the room through the window.
"You're not dreaming, Shallow. It's really me."
Miss Fang Qianyi looked at the slightly aged and haggard face before her, one she vaguely recognized. She furrowed her brows, "This time, it's clearer."
She reached out and twisted Fang Yunzheng's face, saying, "The touch feels real."
Fang Yunzheng couldn't help but laugh and cry, "It's really me, I've come back for you. It's not a dream."
Miss Fang Qianyi sat there in a daze, her eyes unfocused.
She reached out and pinched her thigh hard, letting out a cry, "Ouch, ouch, ouch..."
Tears welled up in her eyes from the pain.
Fang Yunzheng's heart ached, and he still saw the foolish girl from back then.
A surge of tenderness rose within him, "Shallow, it's really me... I've returned..."
After the pain, Miss Fang Qianyi sat there, dazed and motionless.
Her eyes stared straight ahead, unblinking, as if she had lost focus.
Fang Yunzheng waved his hand in front of Miss Fang Qianyi, but her eyes didn't move.
Fang Yunzheng was startled and exclaimed, "Xianxian...!"
"Ah!"
Fang Qianyi finally woke up, flustered and disoriented. "I can't take it anymore. I'm going back to sleep. This dream feels too real..."
She saw Fang Che's bed right next to her and closed her eyes, ready to fall back into slumber.
But Fang Yunzheng quickly embraced her.
Feeling the warmth of his embrace, Fang Qianyi's body trembled slightly, and gradually, she began to believe. She opened her eyes, looking bewildered, and said, "Could this... not be a dream?"
"It's not a dream!"
"It's definitely not a dream!"
"Then... are you real?"
"Of course, I'm real!"
"How can you prove that you're real?" Fang Qianyi asked as she struggled out of his embrace and retreated to the edge of the bed, her face filled with fear.
"Then how do you want me to prove it?" Fang Yunzheng asked.
"If you're real, then you should remember how you pursued me back then," Fang Qianyi questioned.
"I didn't pursue you..." Fang Yunzheng's face turned black. "It was you who drugged me and took advantage of me..."
"You bastard!"
Fang Qianyi's face turned bright red. "That doesn't count! Next one!"
"We..." Fang Yunzheng tried hard to recall, which wasn't difficult for him. But for Fang Qianyi, these events were from twenty years ago.
However, for Fang Yunzheng, it felt like yesterday—the twenty years he had been unconscious were like a single night's sleep, and now he had woken up twenty years later.
How could he not remember the events of yesterday clearly? He recounted every detail, and many of them were things that even Fang Qianyi herself couldn't remember.
But Fang Yunzheng's account was flawless.
Finally, in the end...
"Of course, there's also the most important thing..." Fang Yunzheng said, "There's a red mole at the root of your left thigh..."
"Shut up!"
Fang Qianyi's face turned crimson, and her eyes seemed to be brimming with tears. She was both embarrassed and furious, "You scoundrel! Shut your mouth!"
"Do you believe me now?" Fang Yunzheng asked.
At this point, she couldn't help but believe him because... many of the things he mentioned were experiences that only the two of them had shared.
There wasn't even a third person involved, so it was impossible for anyone else in the world to know about them.
Fang Qianyi was both surprised and delighted. "How did you... suddenly appear... you..."
She suddenly burst into curses, "You bastard! Where have you been all these years? What did you think of me? You scoundrel! You abandoned me after getting me pregnant and then just left! You..."
Fang Yunzheng was flustered and kept trying to explain, "Listen to me... don't shout so loudly... you..."
Fang Qianyi continued to curse, and only then did she truly wake up and regain her senses. Tears slowly welled up in her eyes, and the grievances of twenty years flooded her heart.
Her lips pouted.
The tears fell like raindrops, but she stubbornly clenched her teeth, refusing to cry out loud.
She choked, "Twenty years... twenty years without a trace, do you know how I've lived these twenty years? I... I..."
Thinking about her experiences over the past twenty years, Fang Qianyi couldn't hold back anymore and burst into loud sobs.
Fang Yunzheng reached out and held her in his arms.
Fang Qianyi struggled fiercely and managed to break free.
Fang Yunzheng embraced her again, and she struggled once more. By the third time, she stopped resisting.
She leaned against his chest and cried her heart out.
Her tears quickly soaked Fang Yunzheng's shirt.
Fang Yunzheng held his wife, closed his eyes, and felt a surge of heartache.
In the courtyard.
Fang Zhenghang and the others had already arrived. With all the commotion, how could they not hear it? Someone had already reported it, and they had come right away.
But they were all waiting outside.
They were stopped by Fang Qianyi's fierce mother.
"Why are you trying to go in at a time like this? Wait outside! They'll come out when they're done talking."
"Should we go in now? Is it not chaotic enough?"
Fang Qianyi's mother blocked the crowd.
Fang Zhenghang's face was filled with anxiety, worry, and pain. "I'm her brother! How can I not go in?"
Fang Zhenghang lowered his voice and growled, "This heartless bastard! He took advantage of my sister and then left her! If my sister forgives him this time, I'll beat him to death myself! What a scoundrel!"
"How can my sister show her face after what he did? He just left, leaving behind a pregnant daughter? What kind of nonsense is this?"
Fang Zhenghang's eyes turned red.
He vividly remembered how his sister had returned home with her pregnancy.
At that time, the looks and expressions of his family members.
If it weren't for his firm stance in keeping his sister at home and establishing strict family rules, even going as far as beating up several servants who spoke out of turn over several days, things might have been different.
Perhaps his sister wouldn't have even survived those few days! Back then, he had almost declared war against the entire Biyue City, ready to fight anyone who dared to speak ill of his sister.
"How dare you mock my sister? She's a Fang! We acknowledge her! It's none of your business! Keep your mouths shut!"
"She gave birth to a child? That's a Fang child! My sister's child!"
"We acknowledge it!"
"We'll raise it!"
"We can raise her until she's a hundred or even two hundred years old! What's it to you?"
Over the past twenty years, Fang Zhenghang had protected his sister like a protective mother hen.
Anyone who dared to bring up this topic would be met with immediate rage.
However, the more he protected his sister, the more he hated the man who had abandoned them at the time! Now, this scoundrel had finally come looking for them!
Damn it!
Do you think you can just show up whenever you want?
Fang Zhenghang's eyes were bloodshot, and he was breathing heavily, his chest heaving with fury.
Fang's wife, fearing for his well-being, quickly gave him a pill that Fang Che had brought back. Otherwise, it looked like the old man's blood would surge to his head, and his head might explode.
"Go!"
Fang Zhenghang growled softly: "Bring me a chair. I'll sit right here and watch how this scoundrel has the nerve to face me, his brother-in-law!"
A grand chair was brought over.
Fang Zhenghang sat down with a commanding presence, holding a stick in his left hand and a whip in his right.
He sat in the courtyard like a fierce beast ready to pounce.
All the members of the Fang family stood behind him, as silent as cicadas in winter!
At the gatehouse.
The old man secretly took out a communication jade.
"Fang Qianyi's husband has come. What should we do?"
The reply came quickly: "Ignore it!"
...
After a long while, the crying gradually subsided.
It turned into sobs.
Fang Yunzheng looked at Fang Qianyi, feeling somewhat nostalgic: "Qianqian, you haven't changed a bit over the years."
Fang Qianyi immediately retorted angrily: "If it weren't for the Youth-Preserving Pills my son got for me, you'd see an old hag this time!"
Fang Yunzheng hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Even if you were an old hag, my Qianqian would still be beautiful and lovely."
"You're still worried about me getting old!" Fang Qianyi fumed.
"I'm wrong... calm down, calm down..."
As a seasoned old fox, Fang Yunzheng easily handled Fang Qianyi, quickly changing the subject and feigning surprise: "Son? Qianqian... what... son?"
He looked genuinely surprised and confused.
Anyone who didn't know the inside story would never guess that he was already fully aware of everything.
Fang Qianyi, however, felt somewhat nervous, fearing a misunderstanding, and whispered: "He's your son... when you left, I was already pregnant, but I didn't realize it until I got home and noticed I hadn't had my period... this year, my son is... let me calculate, nineteen..."
Fang Yunzheng almost burst out laughing at Fang Qianyi's "let me calculate." This girl was still as scatterbrained as she used to be.
"Your son is very handsome, very obedient, very well-behaved, very successful! He's a high-ranking official now..."
Fang Qianyi said proudly: "He looks a lot like you, but he's much better-looking..."
As she spoke, Fang Yunzheng nodded. He didn't need her to say that; he had already seen for himself. He didn't need her to brag; he wanted to brag himself.
Fang Qianyi chattered on for a long time, finally asking: "You don't doubt me, do you?"
"If I did, I wouldn't have come," Fang Yunzheng said. "I was just released from the family, and I came straight here to find you."
"Family?"
Fang Qianyi narrowed her eyes: "You really do have a family? Where is your family from?"
"..."
Fang Yunzheng was taken aback.
"Didn't I tell you before?"
"No."
"..."
Fang Yunzheng was speechless. Back then, he had thought this girl was a bit simple, and it seemed that she was still missing a few screws.
"Big brother and the others are outside... how about..."
Fang Yunzheng suggested: "Let's..."
"Ah!"
Fang Qianyi was startled: "Big brother is here? How did they come?"
Fang Yunzheng's face turned black.
You were crying so loudly that the whole Biyue City could hear you. How do you think they came?
Hearing that big brother was here, Fang Qianyi became nervous: "I have to tell you, what you've done these past years is unforgivable. Big brother will definitely beat you... I can't help you with this, so you might as well run..."
Fang Yunzheng was speechless: "I finally came here, why would I run?"
Fang Qianyi was hesitant to go out, fearing that big brother would scold her for being weak.
This man had abandoned her for twenty years and had now returned, and she was still pathetically happy about it...
No wonder she would be scolded!
She hid behind Fang Yunzheng, twisting the hem of her clothes, her eyes darting around nervously...
She was even more nervous than Fang Yunzheng.
Fang Zhenghang, sitting in the grand chair, had a face like still water, eyes like a hawk, and a presence that seemed ready to devour someone.
To Fang Yunzheng, this brother-in-law's aura was even heavier than that of the most powerful demons!
"Little brother Fang Xiao, pays respects to big brother." Fang Yunzheng bowed.
There was no way around it. No matter how old he was, this man was still his brother-in-law!
He had to call him brother!
And this was a brother-in-law who could decide his sister's lifelong happiness!
"You're called Fang Xiao?"
Fang Zhenghang's eyes were like those of a man who had lost his father to a great enemy, filled with intense malice: "You're the man who did unforgivable things back then?"
Fang Yunzheng smiled bitterly: "Big brother, there's a lot more to the story. Little brother had no choice and had his own difficulties."
"Don't call me Big Brother, I don't have a little brother like you!"
Fang Zhenghang coldly replied, "Stop trying to get close to me!"
"Yes, yes..."
Fang Yunzheng's face lit up as he took out two boxes, "It's my first time visiting, and I don't have anything impressive to offer..."
"The Fang family has always been the ones giving gifts."
Fang Zhenghang didn't even glance at the boxes, "We never accept gifts!"
Fang Yunzheng smiled awkwardly and handed the boxes to Fang Qianyi.
Just as Fang Qianyi received them, Fang Zhenghang glared at him, "Who told you to take them? Do you have any manners at all? Over the years, you've caused our Fang family nothing but trouble!"
Fang Qianyi froze in place, his face turning bright red. He was at a loss, tears welling up in his eyes.
Fang Yunzheng felt a pang of sympathy and offered an apologetic smile, "Big Brother, it was truly a special circumstance back then. Ever since I was separated from Qianyi, my family took me back while I was on the brink of death. Since our family's spiritual medicine wasn't ready, I was given the Mystic Ice Core to enter a state of suspended animation. I've been in that state ever since, until recently when the medicine matured, and my family woke me up."
He spoke earnestly, "I swear, it wasn't intentional... If I'm lying, may the heavens strike me down!"
Fang Zhenghang looked at this man who kept swearing by the heavens, and the more he looked, the more he felt like he was dealing with a slick and cunning individual.
How could my sister marry such a person?
And on top of that, he looks like a sickly weakling...
Didn't your family take care of you at all? He seems so frail, like a gentle breeze could knock him over!
"Anyone can tell lies, but they must stand up to scrutiny."
Fang Zhenghang's face darkened, "Your words sound convincing, but if that's the case, then your absence for twenty years can be somewhat understandable. However, do you have any proof?"
"Proof?"
Fang Yunzheng paused for a moment, "Big Brother, can't my own family vouch for me?"
"People's words are not sufficient proof."
Fang Zhenghang clearly intended to make things difficult, "Furthermore, arranging for a few people in advance is not a challenging task for a family."
Fang Yunzheng sighed, "In that case, I do have proof to demonstrate that I just woke up from a coma."
"What proof?"
Fang Zhenghang didn't believe him at all.
What could possibly prove that someone just woke up from a coma?
This was ridiculous!
With a humph, he said, "Let's see it."
Fang Yunzheng took a box from Fang Qianyi and handed it over, "Big Brother, I know it's difficult to gain trust, but inside this box is a Mystic Ice Core. It can freeze one's soul and body, preserving them until the right opportunity arises to remove it and awaken the person. This particular Mystic Ice Core bears my soul imprint."
"Such a treasure cannot form residual imprints unless it has been used for over ten years. This is common knowledge."
Fang Yunzheng continued, "Big Brother only needs to use his soul to probe it, and he'll understand that I'm not lying. I've brought this item as a greeting gift, hoping Big Brother can understand..."
Fang Zhenghang was genuinely surprised.
He had never heard of such a divine item as the Mystic Ice Core.
It was beyond his level of understanding.
However, such a thing couldn't be faked, and he thought that finding someone of a suitable level to verify its authenticity would be easy.
What Fang Yunzheng said was indeed the primary use of the Mystic Ice Core.
But he himself had used something even more potent, the Star Essence, which was several times more powerful than the Mystic Ice Core. In his spatial ring, he had dozens of Mystic Ice Cores... He had only taken out one as a greeting gift, feeling it was a rather ordinary gesture.
He even felt like he hadn't shown enough respect.
But he also understood that for a Rank Nine minor clan like the Fang family in Biyue City, this was already an extraordinary gesture.
accompany me in this.
If he gave more, it might attract unnecessary trouble, and he might not be able to handle everything over the long term.
Fang Zhenghang held the box, already feeling the bone-chilling cold emanating from it. Just holding it made him feel like his soul was about to freeze.
With great effort, he managed to maintain his composure and placed the box on the armrest of the chair.
"Even if this item can prove your claim, is this your only reason?"
Fang Zhenghang still felt displeased, "What's your current cultivation level?"
"I should be able to break through to the Saint Rank very soon. Yes, I'll need about half a year of seclusion." Fang Yunzheng deliberately downplayed his cultivation, placing it at a level that wasn't too high but definitely not too low.
"Saint Rank..."
Fang Zhenghang, the self-proclaimed 'Grand Master of Martial Dao', suddenly felt a sense of inferiority.
"Even if you say so, it's still hard to convince others."
Fang Zhenghang humphed, "As a man, how can you be so irresponsible?"
Although he said this, his tone had softened a bit.
Moreover, the protective big brother-in-law's heart was warming up: Hmm... If that's the case, with a Saint Rank expert as a husband, my little sister will be much safer... With such a father, Acher's future path will also be smoother...
...
(End of Chapter)
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