Chapter 436 - Lie (2/2)

”One moment, sister. I need to speak to senior JIn about something,” Alex said and ran over to old man JIn and told him about everything.

When the people there learned that majority of the injured had been healed, they were extremely happy.

Alex then suggested what else could be done in regards to extending the remaining injured people's lives until the others brought back the True rank healing pills from the city over.

”Alright let's go,” Alex said and the 3 walked towards the gate. When the people saw Luo Mei, they all greeted her. Luo Mei too greeted them back as politely as she could.

”By the way, how long did you guys wait for me outside the tent?” he asked.

”Hmm… we had just arrived, so maybe 10 minutes?” Luo Mei said.

”Oh, then you haven't gone to meet your father yet?” Alex asked.

Luo Mei's face suddenly lost all colors as she was reminded once more why she was here.

”It's okay, sister. I am here. I will definitely do something,” Alex said, seeing her blank face.

Luo Mei shook her head to get back her thoughts. ”Yes, it will be fine,” she said.

The Rubyroad city was not very different from the Scarlet city. Only, it had a single 2nd Grade sect that had just upgraded a few years ago, and as such, it wasn't that populated.

The city was also ruled by a distant member of the Royal Fu family, but the ones with more position in the city were the heads of House Luo and House Tian.

Both of these houses belonged to a noble of the empire, so they had quite a bit of backing too.

The Luo household was southwest of the city center, while the Tian household was to the northeast. These two houses had quite a good relationship with each other as well.

The 3 walked through the street as Alex finally started to feel the fatigue from 12 hours long, fast-paced Alchemy session.

”Are you okay?” Luo Mei asked a little worried.

”I'm fine. I'm… just tired after making the pills,” Alex said.

”You should rest after we reach back home,” Luo Mei said.

Finally, Alex could see a massive house, smaller only to the City Lord's house back in Scarlet city.

”Woah!” Alex said.

Luo Mei smiled when she saw her home. ”It's been a while since I've been back,” she said.

She walked over to the gate and the guards immediately opened the door. ”Welcome back, young miss,” they said.

”Huh? Young miss, did you not take a carriage?” a woman who saw her said.

”Oh, young miss, you are back,” another woman said.

”Oh, Mengmeng is back too. Welcome back, you guys.”

The servants seemed quite used to talking with Luo Mei, and Luo Mei herself was quite fond of talking with the servants.

Luo Mei walked through the main door and was about to ask where her father was when he heard loud laughter from the house.

She was surprised and followed the sound of the laughter, while Alex and Meng Yun followed her.

”Haha, it's just a small white lie to get them here. It won't hurt anyone. Besides, our household merging together is a really great news,” A loud man said.

”Hahaha, right? Ask your two daughters and see what they say. I will leave, for now, you damn old fart,” another man said.

”Haha, see you later old fart,” the loud man said.

A hawkish-faced man with a beard walked out of a room just as Luo Mei was getting close to it.

”Oh, little Mei, you're back?” the man said.

”Yes, uncle Tian. How are you?” she said.

”Haha, I'm fine, I'm fine. I will take my leave for now. Please talk to your father about my proposal I just put forth inside,” the man said and left.

Luo Mei stood still for a moment and then walked towards the room. When she saw what was inside, she started to grow angry.

Inside was a middle-aged man with black hair and beard, drinking wine from a wine glass as if he had no care in the world.

”What was that just now?” Luo Mei asked in anger.

The man nearly spilled his wine when he heard her. ”Oh, Meimei, you're back,” he said happily.

”Don't 'meimei' me. Did you lie to bring us back? Do you know how worried I was about you dying? Do you know that we nearly were attacked by the beasts when I came here?”

”I nearly lost my junior brother on my way here, and all for what? Just so you can make arrangements of marriage with the Tians?” he asked angrily.

”Oh, you heard that?” the man's smile dropped a little. ”I was just—”

”Why would you lie about dying? Is this a game to you? Did you even help the people out there?”

The man tried to speak, ”No, I was just—”

Luo Mei continued harassing her father with her words while the man couldn't find openings to talk back. He started getting more and more agitated as he started feeling uncomfortable.

Suddenly, he started vomiting all the wine and food he had just ate, along with some amount of blood.

He took a cloth from the side and wiped his mouth. ”That finally shut you up?” he asked.

”What?” Luo Mei was confused.

The man then wiped a layer of makeup from his face and showed his pale and sunken face.

”I didn't lie, Meimei.. I really am dying.”