Chapter 7 (1/2)
Chapter 7 Setting Off
When Zhou Zishupass out, he did it out of fear that the boy would harbor toohim doas a necessity There was barely any force to it, so the boy woke up not long after the strange Wen Kexing arrived
He opened his eyes, dazedly staring at the ceiling as if his soul had left the body Until yesterday he was still the Zhang's young master, pampered by many — even when his tutor told him that he was utterly stupid and useless, even when his martial art teacher was secretly disappointed that he was just bad mud, unable to plaster walls1 — his life was happy and content
He got people dressing and feeding hiently even with his ht2 They would flatter hi knew his worth, it didn't stop hi in the false praises soe for fourteen years
Then he lost everything in a single night
His ho with all relatives and friends, his world turning upside down He was terrified, but he didn't knohat to do
Zhou Zishu was the type who kne to fart better than to console people, so he stayed at his place silently There was only a blank stare on Zhang Chengling's face, tears strea Gu Xiang, ”Who's this little thing?”
”He's said to be Zhang Yusen's son”
Wen Kexing nodded with a dull face, like Zhang Yusen's naain a while after, ”I heard that the Zhang fa butYusen end up like this? Did he run off without bringing enough silvers or was he lost?”
Gu Xiang lowered her voice, ”Fros The news uess you didn't hear about it while fooling around so, ”No wonder there were so many corpses”
He turned to assess Zhou Zishu ”Then what's he doing here?” He asked Gu Xiang
The girl scoffed ”That beggar called himself Zhou Xu He sold himself to a dead man for two silvers, so now he had to escort the boy to Tai Hu”
Wen Kexing's eyes widened, internally evaluating so afterwards, ”Now I'm even more certain that he's a beauty, only beautiful people can be that dunorance, too used to her master's antics; Zhou Zishu followed suit since he had yet to fully gauge this ling, feeling soer would stop already He poked hiet yourself together if you've done resting We shouldn't stay at this place for long, there must be more people after you to finish off their job This Uncle Zhou is entrusted, so the least he will do is taking you to Tai Hu safe and sound”
Zhang Chengling's eyes shi+fted to look around The moment they stopped, he covered his face with his hands and curled up into a ball, wailing Zhou Zishu felt a headache co was necessary but didn't have the heart to do it Co children was not his forte either, so silence was the best option Then suddenly he sat up, walking toward the door
He was just intending to check out the state of the Buddha statue andthat his previous action seeather— who at that moment assumed the elder wanted to abandon hirip at his ankles, shouting, ”Uncle Zhou, Uncle Zhou, please don't… please don't leavelike that Even though they ran into each other by pure chance, the younger had no one else to rely on but Zhou Zishu; the latter was his savior, a living Buddha
Zhou Zishu looked down at him impassively, voice insipid, ”Has your father never told you that a truestarstruck, thanks to those words Zhang Chengling finally reached some kind of comprehension4 He used the sleeves to wipe away the tears and snots with all his , family and teacher5 is a matter of course6 You have saved me Uncle Zhou, will you letobserved the scene in aht he was still a foolish child; he got smart real fast, huh?”
Zhou Zishu could only reply, ”Stand up first”
Zhang Chengling stubbornly refused ”I won't stand until you accept! If I can't avenge ? shi+fu7…”
Zhou Zishu cared none about his arguer up by the shoulder ”I' for et by another day, and you think I can teach you anything? I heard that Sir Zhao Jing of Tai Hu is your father's old friend, go see hieance”
He concentrated his internal force into the pal it back on the altar,”sinful, sinful” He saluted not quite seriously before turning to speak to a still du, ”We should leave now that you're fully awake If you want to avenge your faet you to Sir Zhao as fast as possible; but noe should get so at Gu Xiang and ignoring Wen Kexing He then left the shrine in a blink of an eye, not bothering to check if Zhang Chengling could catch up
The boy stood in dejection, but hurriedly followed after realizing therubbed his chin, watching the two silhouettes with obvious interest ”Let's follow the
The mischievous look on her face vanished She replied in a low voice after so fa the Hanged Ghost was there”