Chapter 349: Never going back (1/2)
Chapter 349: Never going back
Tang Li’s hair was in a mess, his wedding robes ragged and shabby. He didn’t even have time to catch his breath before Long Feiye had taken him out of the Duke of Qin’s estate.
“Wait a…” All right, I should catch my breath first before I speak. He had escaped in the middle of his wedding procession and traveled here according to Long Feiye’s directions. The trip had been safe up to the point he fell into an ambush–not from the Tang Clan, but the bride’s side. Father had told him that his bride came from a powerful family, but he’d never taken it to heart. He hadn’t even looked into the bride’s background or what her status was. Even now, he was still fuzzy about the details. After that ambush, however, he was genuinely curious about his to-be wife.
The ambush had been too tough!
50 first-rate experts had swarmed them, overwhelming Long Feiye’s men. He’d only managed to escape after using up all the ammunition from his Pear Blossom Rain Needles. For the past few days, he’d been too busy to eat, drink, or even sleep. All he knew was fleeing as fast as he could so they couldn’t catch up. He was still wary when he entered Tianning’s capital, only relaxing his guard once he reached the Duke of Qin’s estate.
After taking a few breaths, Tang Li prepared to speak. But then his vision suddenly grew dark before he simply fainted away. He wasn’t weak, but to run the entire distance between the Tang Clan and Tianning’s capital city was simply something pushing the borderline of his capabilities! When Long Feiye saw Tang Li lose consciousness, he creased his brows as he muttered.
“Useless thing!”
Despite his displeasure, Long Feiye still took Tang Li back personally and arranged him in a guesthouse. The last message that Tang Li had sent via carrier pigeon was that he’d met with an ambush along the way. However, he’d left out any details. Long Feiye had been worried when he didn’t hear any more news over the next few days. He’d long sent out guards to investigate, but they hadn’t returned before Tang Li arrived in person, without a wound on his body. Long Feiye had stopped worrying then. No matter how great the cost, it was worth it as long as Tang Li successfully escaped from his marriage.
Tang Li finally woke up when the sun was high in the sky. The first person he saw was Long Feiye leaning by the window, drinking a cup of tea. Still drowsy, he asked, “Big bro, am I dreaming?”
“Where’s the Pear Blossom Rain Needles?” Long Feiye asked coldly. He’d searched Tang Li himself, but hadn’t found the weapon anywhere.
Tang Li felt extremely wronged. “Big bro, don’t you even care about what I went through?”
“Didn’t you escape in the end?” Long Feiye retorted, deadpan.
“Aren’t you curious to know how I escaped?” Tang Li asked next.
“It’s fine as long as you fled successfully,” Long Feiye said, as chilly as ever. Because he’d received no further messages, it was clear that all his guards had been killed. Who else but Tang Zijin and Aunt Ru could successfully ambush Tang Li and kill off all his guards? He never had an interest in anything related to the Tang Clan, especially when that pair was involved. He only looked at the results.
Naturally, Tang Li understood Long Feiye’s personality as well, which is why he conceded faintly, “Big bro, it wasn’t my father and Aunt Ru who had ambushed me, but someone from the bride’s side! There were 50 top level experts, and I had to use all of my hidden weapons before I successfully escaped!”
Long Feiye finally glanced over, interested. “The bride’s side?”
“Neither father nor Aunt Ru had thought of the road you arranged for me. I have no idea how the bride’s side found out. Moreover, we didn’t meet by accident–they were lying in wait ahead of time!”
“What are their origins?” Long Feiye asked.
“I don’t know. I wanted to ask you about that!” Tang Li had no choice but to admit.
Long Feiye shot him a stern look, too lazy to say any more. If the bridegroom didn’t even care about his own bride, then why should he? All right. In truth, neither of the duo had placed much thought on Tang Li’s wedding at all. No matter who he was supposed to marry, Tang Li would try to escape anyways. This time though, because the bride’s side was so formidable, Long Feiye would naturally send scouts to sound them out.
“Where is the Pear Blossom Rain Needles?” Long Feiye was more concerned about that.
“Didn’t I say…that I used up all the hidden weapons I had?” Tang Li replied timidly.
“Including the Pear Blossom Rain Needles?” Long Feiye was caught off guard yet again.
Tang Li didn’t know why Long Feiye had insisted he bring along the Pear Blossom Rain Needles, but he knew his cousin had probably wanted to use it. Judging by his current reaction, though, that didn’t seem too important anymore.
“It looks like your wife-to-be has formidable origins,” Long Feiye was now truly curious.
Since he already had another Serpent Fruit on hand, he wasn’t worried about Gu Qi Sha threatening him with the other one. He himself was more than enough to deal with the man. The reason he had wanted Tang Li to come along as well was so they could finish him off in one move. Still, he could take his time playing around with Pill Fiend without the Pear Blossom Rain Needles on hand.
Tang Li was greatly relieved when Long Feiye didn’t press the issue any further. If Tang Zijin and Aunt Ru knew that Tang Li had used up all the needles from the Tang Clan’s #2 assassination weapon to escape his impending marriage, they’d probably lash him to death. He silently made a promise to never go back there. It was too horrific!