Chapter 43: A Peaceful Life

  "How did he and Fu Xiaochun get to know each other? How long have they known each other?" Su Tang asked, referring to the warrior that Su Tang had killed with his sword scabbard that day.

  "It's been almost half a year." Mo Xiaobai replied.

  Su Tang hesitated for a moment: "Does Big Brother Long know about these?"

  "He hasn't come to Miao Dao Pavilion for two days already." Mo Xiaobai said.

  Su Tang let out a light breath, he could feel that after killing Wen Da, Long Qi seemed to be keeping his distance from him. As a member of the Miao Dao Pavilion, ruthlessly killing Wen Da was an unscrupulous act, it was very likely to arouse the vigilance and exclusion of other forces. Now thinking about it, having no bottom line, wasn't this also Long Qi's own idea?

  "Do you know what he's busy with?" Su Tang asked in a low voice.

  "It seems like... they're just about to get married."

  "Get married?" Su Tang was slightly surprised.

  "Uh-huh."

  Su Tang picked up the materials, slowly standing up, this was an opportunity to repair their relationship. Since getting to know Long Qi, Long Qi had been trying to guide him, Su Tang understood that Long Qi wanted to teach him all his years of experience and insights, so he wouldn't go down the wrong path in the future, and also to prevent bringing disaster to Miao Dao Pavilion.

  It can be said that Long Qi is deeply indebted to him.

  However, everyone's personality is different, and Su Tang cannot completely follow Long Qi's instructions. He likes to cut through the chaos quickly, while Long Qi is cautious; he likes to use thunderous means against his enemies, but Long Qi always advises him to learn to compromise; he disdains rules, and pretends to be humble and low-key because he knows he doesn't have the qualifications to be arrogant, whereas Long Qi takes rules as his creed and never oversteps.

  Although he and Longqi have different personalities, there is a saying that goes "seek common ground while putting aside differences".

  Taking the opportunity of Long Qi's upcoming wedding, I chatted with him and repaired our relationship. At the same time, I asked him about what was going on with the Cheng family. From the interrogation materials, it seemed that they couldn't be unrelated to the Cheng family. But he had just arrived in Changshan County, and there was no grudge or feud between them in the past or recently. Why would they deliberately target Su Tang? If we really decided to fight against the Cheng family, what should we pay attention to, how to start, and so on. There were too many questions.

  It was also a coincidence that Su Tang had just walked to the entrance of Long Qi's mansion, two servants opened the door, and Long Qi, dressed in extremely neat clothes with his beard shaved clean, slowly came out from inside, and the two people bumped into each other.

  "Brother Long, you look really young today...... Are you going to see your sister-in-law?" Su Tang smiled and said.

  "I... uh... I'll go shopping with them." Longqi's old face turned red, and then frowned: "Another person running around everywhere? You've really forgotten the pain after healing the wound!"

  "Mo Xiaobai has someone following me, I'm afraid they'll disturb your neighbors, so I had them wait at the entrance." Su Tang said.

  "In the future, I'll have to be more careful myself. There's no medicine for regret in this world." Long Qi said: "Looking for me with something?"

  "Before you get married, I have to meet your sister-in-law first. What if I call the wrong person at the wedding? Your sister-in-law might think you had a lot of romantic affairs in the past."

  "Alright then, it's about time we got acquainted." Long Qi nodded and said.

  Su Tang walked slowly behind Long Qi, preparing to chat with him about trivial matters before getting to the main topic. If he were to be too direct, it might give Long Qi a bad feeling, as if he only came to ask for something and then discarded him afterwards.

  Just then, a woman in a pink long dress walked towards them with a five or six-year-old girl, and when she saw Long Qi and Su Tang, she stood there with a slightly shy smile on her face.

  The woman's appearance was not particularly impressive, her figure somewhat frail and weak, her skin overly pale, giving people a sense of malnutrition, and Su Tang also saw that the woman's long skirt was actually patched.

  "Ah Yue, how did you get here?" Long Qi smiled, his smile extremely radiant.

  "Is that your sister?" Seeing Long Qi's smile, Su Tang was taken aback. With Long Qi's status in Changshan County, what kind of woman couldn't he find? That woman seemed rather ordinary.

  "Hmm." Long Qi replied in a low voice.

  "The little one can't wait any longer." The woman said softly.

  "Heh... " Su Tang said: "The children have all grown up?"

  "Don't talk nonsense, that's her ex-husband's child," said Long Qi.

  At this moment, the little girl had already broken free from her mother's hand and was running happily towards Long Qi.

  Longqi's smile became very gentle, and he quickly ran a few steps to meet the little girl, calling out: "Nangnang, be careful not to fall, slow down...". When the little girl ran up close, he bent down and picked her up.

  "Uncle Dragon, here!" The little girl held two strings of bamboo skewers in her hand, each string with apricot-sized Qingtuan fruits strung on them, like lollipops from another world, except that lollipops need to be coated with syrup, while the Qingtuan fruits were cooked in a sugar water over low heat.

  Longqi took over a string of Tibetan blue fruit and smiled: "Nangnang is the best..."

  The little girl's gaze fell on Su Tang, hesitated for a moment, and then called out: "Uncle, give..."

  The little girl's eyes flickered, her arm half-stretched and half-shrunk, obviously reluctant to part with this string of cyan fruit. She was polite to Su Tang, but compared to the affectionate attitude she had shown to Long Qi just now, the treatment was too disparate.

  If it were someone else, they would definitely not eat the kids' stuff, but Su Tang had a wicked idea. He smiled and crept over, biting into the lowest hanging fruit, his neck twisting lightly as he swung his mouth, and in an instant, six or seven of the fruits on the bamboo skewer disappeared, leaving only an empty bamboo stick behind.

  The little girl was stunned, looking at the bamboo skewer in her hand, then at Su Tang's chewing mouth, and then back at the bamboo skewer again. She looked very wronged, her nostrils flaring, and tears welling up in her eyes.

  "You rascal!" Long Qi was both angry and amused, hastily stuffing the dark blue fruit into the little girl's hands, coaxing her: "Good girl, Uncle won't eat it, you eat..."

  That little girl pouted, took the dragon flag handed to her by the bamboo pole, used all her strength, and gave Su Tang a fierce stare before turning her head to the other side.

  "Mr. Su, you..." Long Qi said.

  "Dragon brother, don't call me Mr., okay? It feels... somewhat heart-piercing. Just call me Su Tang like before."

  "Hehe... okay, Su Tang, I know you're looking for me for a reason, but not today. Today I've already promised to spend the day with Nuan Nuan and play with her properly." Long Qi said while pinching the little girl's nose: "Right, Nuan Nuan?"

  "Uh-huh!" The little girl nodded vigorously and then gave a big kiss on the face of Long Qi.

  "Tomorrow then, I'll come find you tomorrow night." Long Qi said, as he walked towards the woman across from him.

  Longqi had already said so, Su Tang couldn't follow him anymore and could only helplessly watch Longqi's back.

  In the distance, Longqi put the little girl on the ground and pulled her along. The woman deliberately fell behind. The little girl seemed to feel that her mother was not letting go, so she pulled Longqi back, holding one hand each.

  That little girl was very happy, jumping and laughing in the middle, shouting loudly, could be heard from far away. Su Tang's heart suddenly warmed up, this is probably the life that Long Qi truly wants...