Chapter 18: Serendipity
It was hard to imagine that such words would come out of Ah Lu's mouth, Hong Funny stared at Ah Lu with a calm face in shock, his mind was in chaos, he began to suspect that Ah Lu and Ah Sheng had been pretending to be pigs and eating tigers before, and he was deceived by them, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. But it is undeniable that she is right, if she is ruthless, Yang Chong is likely to use this as a reason to blackmail him, and now he can't judge Jiang Suan's position, so if he can't solve this problem well after returning home, it will be tantamount to being pinched by someone.
Compared to the chaos in Hong Kuo's mind, Ah Lu was sure that Yang Chong would not give up a piece of fat that was about to reach his mouth because of his words last night, so now it depends on whether Hong Chong can make some decisions ruthlessly.
Hong Tuo squatted down and hugged his head in pain, although he longed for freedom, he also knew that he would live a miserable life if he left Hong Mansion, he couldn't get used to this kind of wandering life, so he had to give a reasonable explanation on his father's side, and Yang Chong's brotherhood for many years had been estranged, and it was impossible to be the same as before, if he wanted to avoid him from bringing this matter to his father, he really had to find a way to block Yang Chong's mouth, although he was one of the three major gentlemen in Dou Cheng, he couldn't do some things that violated the bottom line of moralityγ
"I really don't know what to do, but this kind of thing is really not possible for the young master to lie, if my father and mother have to give an explanation, then I can only answer truthfully......" Hong teased the ground with some annoyance, and regretted it a little, if he had endured it at the beginning, his father and mother would have been angry during this time, would have taken himself back at this time.
Ah Lu bent down, touched his head with a smile, and comforted: "No matter how troubled you are now, the things that bothered you will eventually pass, but in the future, whether you are annoyed or frank will look at the fruits you have planted now, I just say that you can live up to your original intention by moving from your heart." β
Hong Tuo stared at Ah Lu, bending down slightly, she was against the crimson light of the sunset, like a silhouette, which would dissipate with the wind at any time.
As if he was really afraid that she would dissipate with the wind, Hong Tuo suddenly reached out and grabbed her right hand that was touching her head, and in the face of Ah Lu's suddenly puzzled eyes, he was surprisingly calm: "Young Master Ben will be responsible for what he has done, and he will dare to admit it, even if he regrets it, he will eventually face it openly." β
Ah Lu, who was staring at him, was suddenly stunned, and his eyes became profound in a trance, as if he was looking at other people through him.
Hong Tea, who saw this emotion clearly, was a little dissatisfied, and there was a sense of annoyance in his heart: "Anyway, did you deliberately pretend to be stupid and deceive me before, but now you are so shrewd." β
Ah Lu smiled, withdrew his hand from Hong Tea's hand, took a few steps forward, stretched out his arms and stretched his waist, and let out a long breath at the huge crimson sunset with his hands on his waist.
"We didn't lie to you, we used to ...... It's just that they are all practicing in the places arranged by the clan, this person ...... It's the first time in the world, so there are some things we really don't understand, but intrigue is common in a big family, and I've seen a lot. β
Ah Lu turned his head to look at Hong Tea, who had already stood up and was tidying up his clothes, and asked him: "You are also the young master of a big family, and your father also has a wife and a concubine, even if your parents protect you very well, don't you really see some selfish things at all......? Even some immortal cultivators who boast of seeing through the red dust are unavoidable......"
Hong Tuo approached him and squinted at her: "If all immortal cultivators are like this, then why is this immortal path cultivated?"
Unexpectedly, Hong Tuo would ask such a question, Ah Lu looked at him in surprise, and quickly withdrew his gaze, and said something that seemed profound: "Not in his place, know his taste?"
Hong Tuo wanted to ask something more, but Ah Lu looked at the slowly setting sun and said, "It's going to be dark, if you still insist on going down the mountain, you can only go in the dark." β
Hearing this, Hong Tuo looked at the steep mountain road and turned his gaze to Ah Lu: "You are not going to take care of this?"
Ah Lu had an expression that had nothing to do with me, and patted Hong Tea's shoulder seriously: "Hong Tea, you are already a mature young man, you have to learn to walk alone at night......"
Hong Teasing slapped her hand away, and said calmly: "Young Master Ben chose to go back tomorrow morning, and I'm a little hungry, why don't you take Young Master Ben back for dinner?"
Ah Lu shook his hand that was slapped away by Hong, made a gesture of invitation on the way back, and said with a very good attitude: "No matter how you decide, you still have to give the share that was agreed before." β
Hong Tea, who was originally in a good mood, was suddenly angry with her as a philistine, snorted twice and ignored her, and walked back arrogantly.
Ah Sheng, who thought that Hong Tuo would not come back after leaving, looked at Hong Tuo who came back with a surprised face, and saw Ah Lu who was following him and said bluntly: "Uncle, have you arrested people back?"
Ah Lu pointed at her forehead and nodded fiercely, and said, "What kind of thoughts are you thinking about, what kind of person am I?"
"Young Master Ben is hungry, where is the food?"
Hong Tuo sat down directly at the stone table in the courtyard, looking like an uncle.
Ah Lu gave Ah Sheng a look, Ah Sheng was very reluctant to run to the kitchen to heat the meal, staring at Ah Sheng's distant back for a while, Ah Lu thought about it and turned around and walked towards the study.
"Where are you going?" Seeing that she was leaving, Hong Lu looked up and asked her.
"Go to the study......" Ah Lu replied honestly: "I've gone back to the study to read, why are you still counting on the young master's shelf?"
Hong snorted, and Ah Lu waited until he didn't mean to speak anymore before turning around and walking towards the study.
In the early morning of the second day, when Ah Lu dragged a reluctant Ah Sheng to get up to practice guns, Hong stood in the courtyard, and even greeted them in a friendly manner after seeing them come out.
Ah Lu asked Ah Sheng to carry the gun and find a place to practice his moves, while he approached Hong Tuo and asked him, "Are you ready to go back and face it?"
The Hong Tuo in front of him was full of energy and did not have the tired appearance of Ah Lu's imagination that he had been distressed all night, Hong Tuo obviously saw Ah Lu's doubts, and said calmly: "Once Young Master Ben makes a decision, he will not change it, and the tossing and turning you imagined is impossible." β
"Okay, okay, I'll take you down the mountain back to Hongfu now, and I'll only deliver it to the door of Hongfu. β
Hong Tuo naturally nodded, Ah Lu didn't say anything and walked in front to lead the way, Hong Tuo hurriedly raised his heels.
Unexpectedly smooth, after entering the gate of Doucheng City, Hong Tuo had the illusion that he had not come back for a long time, adjusted his breathing slightly to tidy up his mood, and instead took Ah Lu all the way to Hong Mansion.
However, just as Hong Tuo and Ah Lu were about to approach Hong's mansion, the crowd on the street suddenly became agitated, and people fled to both sides of the street.
Hong Tuo, who didn't know why, only heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and subconsciously wanted to follow the crowd to hide on the side of the road.
Hong hurriedly reached out to pull him, but Ah Lu didn't move, but turned his head to him and said something inexplicable.
"Red Bean, your chance has come......"