Chapter 39: The Pursuit (1/2)
Chapter 39: The Pursuit
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”Oh, Brother Yuan, Aunt Eleven, you're here. I didn't kill him, I merely knocked him out. This is my aunt, Mo Xiangtong, and this is her friend, Jing Lengbei. I was just getting ready to help them escape,” Mo Wuji said without hiding anything.
Yuan Zhenyi heaved a sigh of relief, ”That's good. As long as you didn't kill him, it's fine. Come, I'll help you.”
Mo Wuji hesitated before saying, ”Actually, there's still something else I want to do before we leave. I want to kill that damned slave trader who sold my aunt...”
Mo Xiangtong suddenly sounded out, ”Wuji, please call me Xiangtong. I'm younger than you so it makes me feel uncomfortable when you call me your aunt.”
Actually, Mo Wuji also felt uncomfortable calling Mo Xiangtong his aunt. Afterall, he was not Mo Xinghe, but a reborned Mo Wuji.
Yuan Zhenyi laughed, ”You didn't need to hesitate to tell me. Of course I'll help you. It will be a bit hard, but Aunt Eleven and I will help you kill him. But don't underestimate these businessmen, some of them are rich enough to hire guards much stronger than us.”
”I will go too,” Ding Bu'Er hurriedly said.
Mo Wuji waved his hands and stopped Ding Bu'Er, ”Bu'Er, you need to stay here. At least if something bad happens to us, someone knows of this matter. Aunt Eleven, please stay too; having too many people would make things more complicated.”
”Wuji is right, the two of us are enough. Bu'Er and Aunt Eleven will stay behind. Even if that businessman has some friends, there still won't be enough people for me to kill,” Yuan Zhenyi said laughingly.
However, Aunt Eleven waved her hand and said, ”I won’t stay, I will help bring Xiangtong and Lengbei away. Xiangtong and Lengbei are plain, normal girls. You'll need someone to take care of them and protect them.”
Mo Xiangtong hurriedly interjected, ”I lived in the wilderness for two years. I know how to survive and take care of myself.”
Aunt Eleven laughed and said, ”That may be true, but what will you do if you meet some bandits?”
Yuan Zhenyi nodded, ”Aunt Eleven is right. With her methods, it would be far too easy for her to destroy a band of bandits.”
”Won't this take away Aunt Eleven's opportunity to go to the royal capital? How about this, I will take them away,” Mo Wuji said guiltily.
Ultimately, Mo Xiangtong was his aunt, he should be the one sending her off. To be honest, he did not actually intend to send them off personally. After all, he could not bear to lose this precious opportunity to go to the royal capital. He did not realise it, but he did not actually treat Mo Xiangtong as his aunt. If it was Yan'Er, he would leave with her regardless of the difficulty.
Aunt Eleven laughed, ”Wuji, I used to think that Zhenyi was my only true friend who did not feel the need to act chauvinistic in front of me. However, after our drinks last night, I'm glad I met you too...”
At this moment, Aunt Eleven suddenly said softly, ”How many people in life truly know you... How many friendships actually survive... Isn't being able to befriend someone like you worth more than this favour of mine? Furthermore, I'm already old and I don't have spiritual roots. It's okay if I don't go to the royal capital. That slave trader can thank his lucky stars; this old lady will no longer be playing with him.”
Since Aunt Eleven had already said that much, anything Mo Wuji said would simply be hypocritical. Sometimes, the word 'friend' can be as heavy as mountains. If Aunt Eleven ever needed his help in the future, he would not hesitate to help her.
He said earnestly, ”Aunt Eleven, you, Zhenyi and Bu'Er will always be my best friends.”
Mo Wuji had gone through life and death, and he only knew a few true friends.
...
”Thump!” Jing Lengbei suddenly kneeled down and sobbingly said, ”Sir Mo, after you catch that man, please help me find out who destroyed my Jing Clan.”