Chapter 39: Reunion
"Is this the town of Saiya? It doesn't feel very lively, and there aren't many lights. As soon as he saw the outline of Saiyan Town in the distance, Bushi muttered an evaluation.
Ji Ning said disapprerovingly: "I think this place is very good, Xiaoshi, you stay in Liuxing all year round, and there are too few places you have been to." In most countries, including Juntan, there are usually hundreds or thousands of such towns, large and small. A scale like the Su brothers' hometown is already considered a medium level among them. β
Bu Shi nuzzled and ignored him. Since leaving the secluded forest, she feels that Captain Ji and Uncle Nagel have been patting Su Yun's ass...
A few people had just passed by the city defense of Saiyan Town when they were stopped by two guards. One of them shouted coldly: "Whoever comes, report the name." Why do you come here in the evening?"
Su Yun was directly confused by this wave of operations:, when did Saiya Town manage it so strictly? He rubbed his hands and asked in a respectful voice: "Brother Guard, what is this for?" I am from Saiya Town, Su Chengwu's son. I went out a few days ago, how did I come back like this?"
"The son of the chief of the guard?" said another guard's voice in surprise, he looked at the guard who had spoken before, and said loudly, "You look at them, I'll report it." Then he turned around and said in a somewhat threatening voice: "I'll go back to the city to report, you wait here, don't mess around." With that, he trotted back to town.
Su Yun touched the back of his head, still unable to figure out the current situation. "Saiyan Town has actually set up a city defense, what has happened in the past few days?" he turned to look at the other people, feeling very guilty: "I'm really sorry to invite you to my house, but it turned out to be such an incident." β
Ji Ning smiled: "This is not a big deal, don't be ashamed." β
After waiting for another quarter of an hour or so, a figure quickly walked out of the town, and then a low and slightly hoarse voice came from the figure: "Nephew Yunxian, you have returned safely!"
Su Yun followed the voice, and after recognizing the owner of the voice, he showed a bright smile: "Uncle Fang, you are still on duty so late." β
The man was dressed in the white armor of a guard, and the bright armor was in stark contrast to his weather-beaten swarthy face. He walked forward quickly with a spear and patted Su Yun on the shoulder: "Good boy, it's great that you're okay, do you know how worried your father is about you." I haven't seen you for a long time, but it's a lot stronger. He stared at Su Yun's face for a long time with great delight, and then turned his head to look at the other people, "These people are your friends?"
Su Yun nodded: "Yes, I met them when I went out on an expedition and invited them to come to my house as guests." β
The man carefully swept the faces of the four people one by one with his gaze, and looked at Su Yun: "Recently, the investigation has been very strict, and unknown people are not allowed to enter the town." But since they're your friends, it's okay to make an exception once. After speaking, he gently rubbed Su Yun's shoulder, "Hurry up and go home, don't tell others that they are foreigners." β
Su Yun felt a little puzzled: When did Saiyan Town manage it so strictly, and he still had to check the identities of the contacts. He told the man surnamed Fang the question in his heart, and the man smacked his lips and whispered, "It seems that you don't know about this yetβthe roads leading to the Youlin have been blocked recently, and the residents of several surrounding towns can't get in. Now it is the season of autumn hunting, and it is impossible to enter the secluded forest, and the residents have lost a lot of income, and many people have already rioted because of this. Just yesterday, a gang of thieves broke into a house in our town, robbed a large sum of money, and killed three members of that family. Therefore, the mayor immediately arranged for people to set up a door card outside the town to prohibit unknown people from entering. β
"This kind of thing happened," Su Yun couldn't help but sigh, "Why do you want to ban the road to the secluded forest, and listen to your meaning, it seems that our town is not the only one doing this?"
The man surnamed Fang shook his head and sighed: "Alas, it is said that there is a terrifying beast in the secluded forest, and this decision was made for the safety of the masses. But the people don't think so, and I've heard a lot of complaints that we, the managers, want to take the prey of the forest to ourselves. Hehe, these guys don't want to think about it, there is an autumn hunt every year, why do we have to covet this little profit this year? What a bunch of fools!"
After hearing this, Su Yun secretly thought to himself: Could the fierce beast they were talking about be the fierce beast in the mouth of the woman yesterday? If this is the case, that fierce beast is likely to have run over from the Wangcheng, and even the people from the Wangcheng can't catch it, and the strength is really extraordinary.
The man surnamed Fang couldn't help frowning when he saw him standing there, and urged: "Don't think about this, hurry up and go home, take good care of your father, he is not in a good condition for your business." β
Su Yun's heart sank, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with my father?"
The man sighed again: "The day before yesterday, the mayor of the town issued an order to block all roads to the secluded forest. And it just so happened that you disappeared at this time, and your father sent three or four waves of people to look everywhere, but they did not find you. Because of this incident, he was also criticized by the mayor of the town. He was in a hurry, and now he seems to have contracted a cold disease, and he is recuperating at home. β
After hearing this, Su Yun felt very remorseful in his heart: he had been exploring in the secluded forest for the past few days, only thinking about improving his strength to participate in the big competition in more than ten days, and he didn't think about the situation at home at all. He can't be blamed for this - his habit of liking to wander around alone is not a day or two, and the family is used to it. But this time, I happened to catch up with this incident, and my father was sick in bed. Su Yun felt extremely guilty, he hurriedly hugged his fist to the man to show his gratitude, and then turned his face slightly to his partner behind him and said, "I'm sorry, I have to go home first." After that, there was no time to wait for their reply, the magic power in his body flowed, and he rushed towards the direction of home quickly, and the man surnamed Fang and the other two guards behind him were dumbfounded.
Ji Ning looked at Su Yun's departing back, nodded to the man, and also used his magic power, condensed a magic circle, and chased after Su Yun in the direction where Su Yun walked. Behind him, the other three followed.
After they left, the guard from before lifted his chin with one hand and muttered, "This is... Five professionals?" The heart of the man surnamed Fang was also turbulent, and he couldn't calm down for a long time: "It is worthy of being the son of Su Chengwu, he became a professional at a young age, he is really a young talent." β
Su Yunhuo hurried back home, and anxiously took out the storage circle for a long time before finally finding the key, and inserted it two or three times before aiming at the keyhole of the door lock. He slammed the door open and rushed into the house in great stride. "Dad, Mom, I'm back!"
Su Lin was taking care of her frail father with her mother, and she held his father's back with both hands, holding his body in place. And Su's mother took a wet towel and wiped her husband's body seriously.
The two of them were concentrating on taking care of the patient, when suddenly there was a loud cry from the living room, which frightened Su Mu's hand holding the towel and almost dropped the towel on the ground. "What is the sound?" she suddenly felt very frightened in her heart - the tragedy of a family of three being killed by a burglary had just happened yesterday, and her husband was weak at this time, and if there was really a wicked person, what would it be.
Su Lin held her father's hand and quietly clenched it, and a trace of cold sweat began to ooze from her palm. She naturally knew about yesterday's tragedy, but now that her father, who was usually the most trustworthy, was in front of her, the most powerful man in the past had now become the person who needed the most protection. A mist appeared in front of Su Lin's eyes, and in the haze, she seemed to see her brother's figure again. She shook her head violently, trying to shake off these unrealistic fantasies: "Now I am the strongest person in the family, and I want to protect my parents." β
Footsteps were heard in the living room, and they were getting closer and closer to the room. Su Lin pushed her father into her mother's arms, stood up with a swish, rushed out of the room, and arched herself to the uninvited guest with her head in imitation of a physical technique she had learned in class!
"Oops, Xiao Lin, what are you doing!" A familiar voice came, Su Lin was startled, and wanted to stop, but accidentally tripped over herself, and was about to fall to the ground when she leaned forward.
However, as she tensed up to meet the impact of the ground, she felt a burst of warmth. She opened her eyes and found herself in a strong, powerful arm, with a bright, familiar smiling face as close as it had been in last night's dream.
"Brother, am I dreaming again?" Su Lin muttered, unable to believe her eyes.
"Silly girl, am I not here? Who would have such a handsome beautiful man in their dreams?" Su Yun looked at his sister with a smile and teased lightly.
Su Lin's throat choked, and her eyes suddenly became hazy. She buried her head in Su Yun's chest and cried like when she was a childβfinally, she had a brother to rely on.
Su Yun gently touched his sister's head, comforting her, and asked, "I heard that Dad is sick, is it serious?" Su Lin raised her head and looked at Su Yun's face, her eyes and nose were red from crying: "Dad has a cold disease, it's not because I'm worried about you." Where have you been in the past few days?" Su Yun smiled bitterly: "I just went to experience it, who knew that it would catch up with this kind of thing, which made you worried." β
At this time, Ji Ning and the others also arrived, standing at the door of Su Yun's house, they saw Su Yun holding a little girl with a sniffling nose, comforting her softly. After standing for a while, they didn't see Su Yun coming, so they simply entered Su Yun's house by themselves.
Su Yun turned his back to the door, and didn't notice their arrival, but Su Lin saw the four people who broke in at a glance, and shouted: "Brother, someone has broken in!"
Su Yun hurriedly turned around, found that it was Ji Ning and them, let out a sigh of relief, and turned to introduce to his sister: "They are friends I have made when I went out these days, and I invite them to come to our house to play." Then he whispered as if he had made a mistake, "I didn't know something like this happened at home." β
Su Lin wiped a handful of tears and looked at the strangers again. Ji Ning stepped forward and gave a gentlemanly salute in a friendly manner: "Hello, my name is Ji Ning, and I met your brother during this expedition. Thanks to his care along the way, we came to thank him. I didn't know the situation in your home before, so please forgive me for the trouble. As an "old fritter" who had seen all kinds of scenes, Ji Ning immediately noticed that the atmosphere in Su Yun's house was not quite right, coupled with the conversation he had heard outside the town before, he had a general understanding of the current situation in Su Yun's house. At this time, it was really disturbing for me and others to come as guests.
Su Lin looked at this polite man, and had a good impression of him in her heart, and rubbed her eyes again and said, "You're welcome, you are my brother's friends, and we are all welcome to be guests." He turned his head to Su Yun and said, "I'll go tell my parents that you're back and brought your friends." With that, he got up and ran to his parents' room.
Su Yun stretched out his hand and pointed to the sofa in the classroom: "You can sit casually, and I will also go to see my parents." Wait for me for a while, and when you're settled here, I'll take you to the restaurant. After speaking, he followed Su Lin into the room.
As soon as Su Yun entered the house, he saw his mother, who had a haggard face and messy hair, was looking at him with red and swollen eyes, and his nose suddenly became sore, and big tears flowed from his eyes. He walked to the bed with a sneer, opened his hand and hugged his mother tightly: "Mom, I'm sorry, I'm back." Sorry to worry you. β