Volume XVI, Chapter XVIII

"Young master, you're back!" On the steps at the gate, the gray-haired old man looked at the man in black in front of him, and shouted with joy, Noo Li opened his arms and hugged him affectionately, the excited old man's body trembled violently, and the old man burst into tears.

"Quick, go back and tell the master, the young master is back!" The old butler, who finally managed to control his emotions, hurriedly turned around and shouted to the servant standing in the door, the manservant had only arrived in the mansion in recent years, and he did not know the young master, but he was also deeply infected by this joyful scene, and he agreed with a happy face, turned around and ran in, and the old butler took Noo Li's hand, smiled from ear to ear, and walked in with him.

This is Qiongyungang, the commercial center on the west coast of the human kingdom, where the mighty king of thieves, Noo Li, was born. For the first time in twenty years, Noo Lai returned to his home at the age of nineteen, knowing that his dream of a knighthood could not be realized, and he ran away from home to pursue the power of justice in his mind. The letter to him, which warned him of his family's distress, was accompanied by a woman in a white robe, who did not reveal her identity, but handed the letter to his men and left in a hurry. Thinking of the last time he rescued himself from the Shadow Knight's plot and the mysterious female voice echoing in his ears, Noo Li thought twice and decided to return home to deal with the crisis himself.

In front of me, this garden was quite luxurious twenty years ago. Now it seems that it has been quite simple, in order to be able to receive the letter and money sent home by his son in time. My father had been living in an old house for many years and refused to move out. Noo Li and the old butler walked along the clean stone path through the small garden, and greeted the gardener who was busy in the garden. Walk towards the old house not far away. Before they could reach the door, a petite woman suddenly ran out of it and rushed to the two of them, staring at Noo Li with stupid eyes, Noo Li was stunned for a moment, looked at the young woman in front of her, and could not recognize who she was.

"Are you, big brother?" the woman stared at him for a long time, then suddenly asked. As soon as this statement came out. Noo Ritzon understood that she was his sister, and that she was only seven years old when he left home, but now she had become a young woman with a beautiful temperament.

"Little sister, it's me, I'm my brother!" he felt his voice tremble violently, and the sister who heard the answer had already thrown herself into his arms. He couldn't help crying, and Noo Li couldn't help but burst into tears, and his longing for his relatives was like a flood that burst the embankment, and the old housekeeper on the side couldn't help but shed tears of emotion.

"Brother. Where have you been all these years? Why don't you come back to see us, I miss you to death!" I finally managed to control my emotions. The younger sister wiped the tears from her face and looked up at her brother with sobs. Complaining, Noo Li looked at her apologetically. Although he had a thousand words in his heart, he couldn't say them, and he didn't dare to mention the Thieves' Guild to his family, for fear that they would misunderstand and worry.

Just when he didn't know how to explain, two manservants helped an old man with gray hair to come out of the house, and when the old man saw him, he seemed to recognize him at once, and cried out: "Noel, you are back!" Twenty years later, when he heard his father call his nickname again, Noo Li burst into tears with excitement, he let go of his sister, walked quickly to his father, knelt down on one knee, and shouted: "Father, my son is back!" The old man picked up his son with trembling hands, pressed his shoulder hard, looked up and down, and said distressedly: "You've lost a lot of weight, and you've darkened ......," but then he patted his son's shoulder again, revealing a smile of approval: "But it's also strong and mature!" Noo Li nodded softly and hugged his father deeply, and the father and son hugged each other and cried, and the sister and the old housekeeper on the side couldn't help but cry with joy.

When he was mixed with joy and sorrow, a tall man walked from the direction of the gate, and his face was surprised when he saw the scene in front of him, and his sister hurriedly greeted him, wiping her tears and smiling happily: "Chris, look, my brother is back!"

Hearing this, Noo Li turned around and saw a tall and handsome man approaching, looking up and down with a pair of piercing eyes, his figure was burly and strong, and Noo Li looked a little thin in front of him.

"Hello, my name is Chris, although it is the first time we have met, I am already thunderous to my eldest brother, it is a pleasure to meet you, welcome home!" Chris smiled and stretched out his hand, Noo Li looked at his sister, her eyes were full of love, and her eyes fell on Chris's smiling face, "Brother, Chris and I were married last year!" The sister's eyes flashed with happiness, and her cheeks showed a pink blush.

Noo Li smiled and took Chris's hand, a force suddenly pressed on his hand, he looked up and saw the slightly defiant look on Chris's face, knowing that this hot-blooded young man was testing himself, for a moment he wanted to give him a little color, as long as he pressed lightly, the bones of this big man's hand would shatter, but when he saw his sister's happy smile, he suddenly smiled and gave up that idea.

"Ouch!" Noo Li pulled back his hand hard, pretending to rub his fingers, and his sister hurriedly stepped forward to grab his arm, and asked with concern: "Brother, are you okay?" and looked back at her husband with disgust: "Why are you so reckless, what should you do if you hurt my brother?" She looked angry, but Noou Li heard the love and pride in her heart from her tone, and he hurriedly relieved the other party: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm not a scarecrow, how can I be hurt so easily?" Brother, your strength is great, my sister can be with you, no one will dare to embarrass her, and I am relieved. Chris nodded proudly and smiled: "That's natural, with me, absolutely no one dares to bully this family!" said and looked at his wife proudly, and she also smiled sweetly at him.

"We're all together as a family, so we've got to celebrate it today, come on, come on. Let's talk about it first!" the old father was so happy that he hurriedly beckoned everyone into the house.

Noo Lai helped his father into the hall. I was thinking about how to explain the situation to my family. Suddenly, Chris behind him said to the old manager: "When I came back just now, I saw two ghostly guys walking around nearby, they don't look like good people, so you should be careful to prevent thieves recently." Qiongyun's security is getting worse and worse now, and the old sheriff Jack is now becoming more and more useless!" The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional, and Noo Li immediately realized that it was his subordinates who were outside, and he remained silent, thinking in his heart for a while to try to find an opportunity to contact them.

The family sat down in the hall. Noo Li sat beside his father, his sister and Chris sat on the sofa on their left, and the old butler went to arrange a banquet for the young master.

After greeting each other, Rio Li asked his father about the situation at home, and his father told him that everything was fine, but now that he was old, he left the business to his subordinates, and Chris was one of the main operators.

"Chris is a soldier, and he is very good at kung fu! A couple of hooligans once went to a branch to ask for trouble. Chris didn't say a word, and ran to beat them to the ground with three strikes and five divisions, and begged for mercy on his knees, and since then. No bad guy will dare to come to our shop to make trouble!" Seeing his sister's happy appearance, Noo Li nodded vigorously, pretending to admire. In fact, he knew everything about it when he heard news from his men. He said that there was a young man who was very close to his sister, and that he wanted to try his skills for it. To see if he had the courage and ability to protect his sister, he instructed his subordinates to direct such a scene, and the result was still very satisfactory to him, Chris bravely stepped forward to make Neo Li believe that he could protect this family, coupled with the secret protection of Qiongyun's subordinates, he could rest assured and did not have to worry about the safety of his family.

"By the way, the eldest brother has been out for a long time, and he often asks people to bring money back, it seems that he is also doing a big business, right?" Chris looked at Noo Li with a smile, he had prejudices and doubts about this eldest brother who returned suddenly, although he had heard some rumors that Noo Li was doing business outside, but he was born as a soldier and could see that Noo Lai's dress was not the usual attire of a businessman, but very much like the wandering ranger who regarded the law as nothing in the mouth of the sheriffs, when he stared at Noou with the scrutinizing gaze that soldiers were accustomed to? When Li Shi, the sharp edge subconsciously revealed in the other party's eyes made him secretly frightened.

However, Noo Li quickly regained his usual calm, concealed the blade that had just penetrated under a weak and depressed appearance, and sighed with shame: "It's really embarrassing, I've been out there for so long, in fact, I haven't made any reputation, I was lucky to make some money before, so I asked someone to bring it back, but this time I came back because I lost my capital and was desperate." Originally, I really didn't have the face to go back to this home......" Before the words fell, his sister eagerly interrupted him: "Brother, don't say that, even if you have nothing, this will always be your home, you will always be your father's son, and I will always be your sister!"

"Don't say it, don't say it, your brother has come back so far and is tired, you can take him to rest for a while, Chris and I will go to see how the banquet is arranged, let's pick up the wind for your brother tonight!"

Standing at the door of his room, looking at his room as old and spotless, Noo Li was so happy and touched that he walked into the room, looking at the things that had accompanied him in his childhood, and felt as if he had returned to his childhood. After being alone for so many years, he was used to seeing the scenes of deceit, life and death, he thought that he would no longer be moved, but when he walked into the door of the house, his hard heart was deeply moved by family affection again and again.

He lay down on the bed he had slept in, and since his height had barely changed since he left home, the bed did not seem cramped under him at the moment, and he closed his eyes and relaxed his body and mind, feeling a sense of relief not seen in years.

The younger sister walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, looked at her brother with a smile, and gently snuggled up to lie down beside him, and Noo Li looked back to see that she was smiling at herself.

"You...... Isn't that appropriate?" Nuo Li got up and looked at his sister lying beside him, "If Chris sees it, wouldn't it be too bad?"

The younger sister looked at him, and suddenly asked: "Brother, do you have a wife?" Nuo Li was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head, for so many years, he has never fallen in love with anyone, there are countless women around him, shy and simple girls, bewitching mature women, from rich daughters, noble ladies, down to despicable female thieves, **, many women hope to be able to get his favor and climb the high branches, but he has always hidden only one person in his heart, although he is not even sure if they can meet again in this life.

"Then it doesn't matter, I'm afraid my sister-in-law will be unhappy. Since no, it's okay with Chris, he's the most obedient to me, and he won't be angry. His sister stared at him, and from her sincere gaze and innocent tone, he recognized the innocent little girl back then. Maybe in front of him, she will always be a little girl.

Noo Li lay down again, the brother and sister lay side by side, and the sister asked softly, "Brother, do you remember when we were young, we used to lie on the bed like this, looking at the ceiling and being distracted?"

"Of course. ”

"Once you said you saw the moon, I said you were in the house, and it was daytime, how could you see the moon. You said you have special abilities, so you can see, I asked you how you have it, you said you secretly poured the wine that your father drank in your eyes, you can see it, I said I want it too, you said girls can't do it, only boys can, I was very sad, and then out of curiosity, I tried it, but my eyes hurt so much, so I cried. Do you remember?"

Noo Li looked at his sister's playful expression, and couldn't help but smile: "Of course I remember, later my father found out and beat me up, and I still feel pain!" The younger sister pushed him hard when she heard this, and said coquettishly: "You are lying again, it's been so long, why does it still hurt?" Noo Li looked back at his sister affectionately and said: "My body doesn't hurt anymore, but my heart hurts, and seeing you cry in pain because of me, that feeling is much more painful than when my father beats me." When my sister heard this, she pursed her lips happily and turned sideways to rest her head on his shoulder.

The brother and sister chatted for a while, and Noo Li thought about his men outside, so he reasoned that he was tired and wanted to take a nap. The younger sister readily agreed, and left the room to see how dinner was prepared. Seeing her figure disappear, Noo Li Feng sat up from the bed, walked lightly to the door, listened to the movement outside, and made sure that his sister was really gone, so he turned around and walked to the window. Under the window was the backyard of the house, he saw that there was no one around, so he opened the window and flew down from the second floor, landed steadily in the grass, looked up to see that there was nothing abnormal, the cat bent over the wall and touched the wall, tiptoe easily jumped up the three-meter-high wall, climbed over the wall, and found the two men brought from Heinsturm who had been waiting outside for a long time.

"Boss, we have already contacted the leader of the Qiongyun Branch, he immediately began to set up everything, ready to meet the enemy, he hopes that you can let your family go to the meeting, it is relatively safe, and it is surrounded by our sphere of influence, so it can be safe. ”

Neo Li pondered for a long time after hearing this, how could he not understand this truth, but after all, the Thieves' Guild was not a glorious group, and he could not say anything in the face of his old father and kind sister.

"Boss?"

Noo Li came out of his thoughts and decisively ordered his two subordinates: "This method does not work, the distance from here to the Thieves' Guild is too far, the enemy is likely to have surrounded the vicinity, if we go to the Guild now, there are many people along the way, they will find out that we are moving, they will definitely sneak attack halfway, we can't guard against it." Now you go back at once, let him send all the men around my house, send the best men to conceal and reconnoitre, keep an eye on the movements around me, and find a way to inform me as soon as there is a situation!" (To be continued......