C42 (1/2)
After a moment of silence, Xiao Li said, ”It's time for us to leave this place. What are big brother Ling's plans?”
Ling Qingyun was surprised for a moment, ”Brother, don't tell me that you're not even going to let me help you?”
Xiao Li said, ”How could that be? However, I feel that Brother Ling has not been home for many years.
Ling Qingyun waved her hand and sighed, ”Sigh, there's no need to be hasty about this. Let's talk about it in the future.”
Xiao Li said, ”That's fine too. Since that's the case, let's go pack up. Let's go today.” Everyone left as promised. However, Xiao Li was sitting alone on a chair in a daze with an unsettled expression.
In a moment, everyone would return and everything would be ready. Xiao Li asked, ”Is everything alright?” Everyone nodded their heads. Xiao Li said, ”Alright, Big Brother Ling and I will say our goodbyes to the class chairman. You guys wait here for a while.” Then, he left with Ling Qingyun.
Gongsun Jane's room had already turned off the light and gone to bed. Xiao Li and Ling Qingyun arrived at the door, and Xiao Li spoke up, ”Is Elder Jin here? Little Li has something to talk to you about.” After shouting for a few times, the room finally made a commotion. After a long while, the door opened with a creak. When Gongsun Jane saw Ling Qingyun and Qing Shui outside the door, she hurriedly said, ”Oh, so Brother Ling is also here. Please come in, please come in.” As he let them in, he fumbled to light the oil lamp.
When Xiao Li entered, he saw Gongsun Jianhan pouring tea and hurriedly said, ”Elder Jian, there's no need to busy yourself. We've only come here to bid you farewell.” As Gongsun Jane listened, she calmly poured tea for the two of them and said, ”If I knew that I wouldn't stay here any longer, when would I leave?” Xiao Li said, ”Now.”
Gongsun Jane was slightly surprised. ”Now? It's already so late, why don't we leave tomorrow instead? ” Xiao Li said, ”We still have some matters to attend to, so we must immediately do them.” Gongsun Jian said, ”Oh, why is Brother Ling looking for me?” Ling Qingyun smiled and said: ”I'm planning to leave with Brother Xiao, so I came with him to specially meet with Brother Gongsun.”
Although Gongsun Jian had recently seen that Xiao Li and Ling Qingyun were very close, he never expected that he would leave with Xiao Li. He stammered, ”Oh, Brother Ling is leaving. I'll go settle the score and pay the balance.”
Ling Qingyun hurriedly pulled him back, ”Brother, there's no need. It's all thanks to you two father and daughter that I didn't give you anything. As for the rest of the money, I'll just have to give you something to do with it. ”
Xiao Li also said, ”That's right. In these few days, my friend and I have been thankful to the class rep for taking us in. We can consider it as me borrowing the money from big brother Ling to pay for it. Brother Ling, what do you think? ”
Ling Qingyun smiled and said, ”Of course.” Gongsun Jane knew that it was hard to refuse a generous favor, and she also knew that they would not lack money. She was rather poor, so she said hesitantly, ”If that's the case, then I won't be rude.”
Xiao Li and Ling Qingyun stood up and said, ”Alright, we'll take our leave now. We'll meet again in the future due to fate.” Gongsun Jian was about to get up to send off when Ling Qingyun waved his hand and said, ”Brother Gongsun, please wait a moment. We still need to hurry on our way, you don't have to come out to see us off.” Gongsun Jane knew that there were many taboos in the martial arts world, so she said, ”Please!”
Xiao Li and his group left the inn and headed west. It was deep in the night, and although this was a small town, it was at the border and had its own entrance, so it was impossible to go out. Ling Qingyun asked, ”Brother Xiao, what are you planning to do?”
Xiao Li said, ”Hehe, of course I'm going to ask for news. We'll go to Yi Yan now and wait for news of him, and then we can discuss further. ”
Ling Qingyun said, ”Alright!”
Tian Six said, ”Then where should we go find him?”
Xiao Li smiled, ”I don't think we need to look for him. Naturally, he will come looking for us. Let's go to the inn to have a drink first! ”
Ling Qingyun said, ”Alright, let's go have a drink together. I don't know if we'll get another chance like this in the future.” His words were filled with emotion. When Xiao Li heard this, he unconsciously creased his brows. However, he soon put on a smile and left first.
Everyone still went to the winecup. This winecup was for the biggest wine in the town, so naturally they had to make a night market and didn't close for the night. Xiao Li and the others were carrying their bags as they drank in the hall downstairs. Although it was already late at night, there were still a lot of people drinking downstairs. Amongst them, Xiao Li and the others were not too conspicuous.
Just as Xiao Li and the others were feeling overjoyed from drinking, a person suddenly squeezed to their side. He lowered his head and asked, ”Sir, are you Xiao Li, Young Master Xiao Yan?” Xiao Li hurriedly stood up and said, ”That's right, this brother was sent by Junyi, right?” That person hurriedly nodded, ”That's right. The hall master sent me to invite everyone over. He has something to discuss.”
Xiao Li said, ”Alright, we'll be going now. Brother, please lead the way.”
That person stretched out his hand and said, ”Please!” One person led the way. Xiao Li paid the bill and followed closely behind that person.