Chapter 32 - Men from Headquarter (1/2)
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Ten days later, Zhuo Fan returned in secret to the small courtyard in Veiled Dragon Pavilion.
This trip took them half a month, but Zhuo Fan made sure to tell Lei Yuting to place the Blackwind Mountain bandits in the city on stand by.
Since the bandits were still, so was Hell Valley.
On the way to his home, Zhuo Fan found that Long Jie and Long Kui weren’t around and set for a guard to put the old man in a room while he went to look for Luo Yunchang.
Fifteen minutes later, Xiao Cui cried when she saw the door open. She ran in tears to Lei Yuting, “Young miss.”
Lei Yuting wiped the girl’s tears and bopped her nose, “Silly girl, they weren’t hard on you, were they?”
Xiao Cui shook her head, “All Luo clan, besides that evil steward, treated me with kindness.”
“Ahem, girly, don’t talk bad about people when they’re present or they will put you in your place.”
Zhuo Fan then walked next to the rest of the Luo clan’s members who smiled at Xiao Cui’s antics.
Luo Yunhai approved, “You dumb girl, bro Zhuo likes to spank people the most. You messed with him, now see how he messes up your rear.”
Xiao Cui hid behind Lei Yuting.
Zhuo Fan rolled his eyes. Was he a fiend in these kids’ eyes? Luo Yunchang and Captain Pang exchanged a glance but felt warm inside.
Zhuo Fan always did what he wanted and never left a good first impression, to the point some might even call him vile. They experienced this first hand. But once they got to know Zhuo Fan, they would discover that he was a trustworthy person.
“You’re… Yunchang?”
They all turned to the old man behind Lei Yuting who watched Luo Yunchang with emotion. Then he turned to the child, “And you are… Luo Yunhai?”
“Gods be praised, brother Zhennan’s children are alive!”
“Senior, are you perhaps…” Luo Yunchang hesitated.
The first thing Zhuo Fan did when he returned was to bring her to Blackwind Mountain’s lord to understand the relationship between Blackwind Mountain and Luo clan, and why Hell Valley set its sights on them.
Zhuo Fan made the introductions, “This is Blackwind Mountain’s lord, the leader of the bandits who destroyed Cloud Manor.”
“What?”
Luo Yunchang’s face turned gloomy and dignified as killing intent surged and her Yuan Qi leaked.
Lei Yuting jumped in front of the old man.
His frail hand moved Lei Yuting aside and dropped to his knees, tears flowing freely, “Yunchang, Luo clan’s disaster is all my fault. If you want to kill anyone, kill me.”
“Godfather!”
“Mountain Lord!”
Lei Yuting and Xiao Cui shouted but the old man dismissed them, “I owe it to the Luo clan. You are not to stop her.”
Luo Yunchang watched the weak old man with anger, yet she didn’t strike.
Zhuo Fan patted her shoulder, “Yang Ming had him fooled for so long, immobilized him in his bed, and he had only recently recovered somewhat. The attack on the Luo clan had nothing to do with him.”
“Why didn’t you say so earlier?” Luo Yunchang grumbled, blaming him for almost having killed an innocent.
Zhuo Fan rubbed his chin, “Although, this old man is so blind that taking him in might sink the Luo clan. Killing him for revenge is only natural.”
She rolled her eyes at Zhuo Fan’s dubious logic.
Despite making some sense, blaming the old man was going too far. Luo Yunchang wasn’t a person who took her anger on others. Even more so when the old man seemed to have known her father well.
“Senior, you’re also a victim.”
“No, I and Zhennan are sworn brothers but the Luo clan fell because of me. It is because of me his soul can’t rest.” He wiped the tears from his pain-stricken face.
Luo Yunchang was shocked and then saw Luo Yunhai shaking his head, “Senior, why is it that father never mentioned you?”
Releasing the breath that he was holding, the old man calmed his restless heart, “Luo clan is a distinguished clan, leagues above an old bandit such as I. But your father and I became sworn brothers right as we met and kept it hidden, afraid of affecting the Luo clan’s reputation. Furthermore, my Lei clan has an ancient rule, never to make enemies of Cai and Luo clans.”
“Eh?”