189: Shi Qing came

"That little beast is lying!"

Bei Haishi raised his head and said with absolute certainty, "That little beast has many devious tricks; there's nothing he wouldn't do. He clearly knew we had mistaken the other party's identity, so he said that on purpose."

"Perhaps he even harbored the intention to curry favor with that person, so he could have one more backer in the future."

"So that's how it is."

Mi Hengye and the others looked thoughtful, then snorted, "He can even randomly claim a father; it seems this little beast is truly heartless and without scruples."

"Unfortunately, what he doesn't know is that his mother might actually have found him a stepfather by now, hehehe..."

Mi Hengye let out a strange laugh.

Hearing this, the others also laughed heartily, "Perhaps he is happy to see it happen. Having a stepfather with such high martial arts as a backer, what's wrong with that?"

"Hahahaha..."

Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

...

On the other side.

After Ning Yuan and the others left the Chang Le Gang, they stopped by the roadside.

Min Rou immediately grabbed Shi Zhongyu's ear and scolded him in shame and anger, "What nonsense are you spouting? Is a father something you can just claim randomly?"

"Mother, Mother, I know I was wrong."

Shi Zhongyu begged for mercy repeatedly, "Wasn't I doing it for your sake? You went to such great lengths to finally rescue me, and I didn't want any more trouble or for the Chang Le Gang to find out the truth. Mother, I was just helping you cover things up!"

"And this Senior, I don't know who you are? What is your relationship with my mother?"

As he spoke, Shi Zhongyu looked at Ning Yuan with curiosity.

Ning Yuan smiled slightly and then said, "I am Yue Buqun. I was entrusted by your parents to come and find you."

"Yue Buqun?"

Shi Zhongyu murmured, then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Ning Yuan in shock, "You are the Gentleman Sword, Yue Buqun?"

"The Huashan Sect Leader, the Five Mountains Alliance Chief, the Yue Buqun who defeated Zuo Lengchan and the Demon Cult Leader?"

Shi Zhongyu shouted, unable to hide his shock.

During this time drifting in the Jianghu, he naturally had heard plenty of various Jianghu rumors.

The hottest name in the Jianghu during this period was, without a doubt, Yue Buqun.

First defeating Zuo Lengchan, then seizing the throne of the Five Mountains Alliance Chief, and later even fighting the Demon Cult Leader Dongfang Bubai without being defeated.

All these deeds made people feel awe.

Whether it was Zuo Lengchan or Dongfang Bubai, both had been big figures who dominated the entire Jianghu.

They could be called notorious, and everyone feared them.

Shi Zhongyu was naturally aware of this; now that Yue Buqun could defeat both of them, his strength could be called the best in the world.

"If I had such a father who is the best in the world, wouldn't no one dare to provoke me?"

"What Snow Mountain Sect? When the time comes, I'll just rape his granddaughter, and I bet he'll have to swallow his anger and treat me well."

Shi Zhongyu thought this to himself, then quickly straightened his expression and came before Ning Yuan, "So it is Senior Yue. Junior Shi Zhongyu pays respects to Senior."

"Hehe, didn't you just call me Father?"

Ning Yuan said playfully, while his gaze swept over Min Rou beside him.

Min Rou's cheeks instantly burned hot. Just as she was about to say something, Shi Zhongyu unexpectedly fell to his knees with a 'thump', "Your child Shi Zhongyu pays respects to my foster father, pays respects to Father!"

Shi Zhongyu immediately changed his words, seizing the opportunity.

This made Min Rou, who was on the side, both ashamed and angry, and she couldn't help but scold, "Shi Zhongyu, what are you shouting randomly!"

"Hahaha!"

Ning Yuan laughed heartily upon hearing this, "I am a close friend of your parents. Since you are willing to acknowledge me as your father, very well, I will accept you as my foster son."

As Ning Yuan spoke, his gaze fell on Min Rou.

His gaze was playful.

Min Rou's face flushed red; how could she not understand the meaning in Ning Yuan's words?

Therefore, before Min Rou could open her mouth to stop him, Shi Zhongyu had already agreed with a face full of joy, "Your child pays respects to foster father!"

"Yu'er, how could you not listen to your parents and just like this..."

Min Rou grabbed Shi Zhongyu's ear in annoyance and scolded.

"Mother, aren't you and Foster Father good friends? And he is also a good friend of Father. If I acknowledge him as foster father, isn't that just adding closer ties?"

Shi Zhongyu argued.

"Sophistry! For such matters, you should have asked your parents first; how can you make decisions on your own?"

Min Rou's expression was ugly.

If that relationship hadn't occurred with Yue Buqun, perhaps she could have truly accepted this and thought it was a good thing.

But since that relationship had occurred, and Shi Zhongyu was calling the other party "Father," this made Min Rou, who already had a guilty conscience, unable to face it calmly.

She couldn't help but make associations.

"Mother, where is Father? Worst case, I'll ask him when the time comes; I believe Father won't refuse."

Shi Zhongyu stood up and said.

"You!"

Min Rou's eyebrows arched in anger.

Ning Yuan interrupted the two at this moment, "Alright, Min Sister, it seems you look down on Yue. If that is the case, then Yue really shouldn't be thick-skinned..."

"I don't mean that."

Hearing this, Min Rou quickly turned around and said, then forced a smile on her face, "You should know that I have no such intention, but for such a big matter, if it doesn't go through Senior Brother's approval, it wouldn't be good."

Min Rou tried her best to find excuses.

"No matter, I believe Manor Lord Shi is reasonable. As long as Madam does not refuse, Manor Lord Shi will definitely not refuse either."

Ning Yuan said with a chuckle.

Min Rou looked embarrassed. Under the gaze of Ning Yuan and Shi Zhongyu, she could only nod, "Very well, let's wait until Senior Brother returns to discuss this matter."

"Yu'er, follow me back to Xuan Su Manor and wait for your father."

Min Rou turned her head and said sternly to Shi Zhongyu.

"I understand."

Shi Zhongyu said with his head lowered. Thinking that once his father returned, he didn't know how he would be punished, and fearing that Min Rou wouldn't be able to stop him, his heart suddenly stirred. He turned his head and said, "Foster Father, I wonder if you have time to visit Xuan Su Manor as a guest?"

Shi Zhongyu said loudly.

Because if the other party could also go, then his father wouldn't be able to punish him.

"Yu'er!"

Hearing Shi Zhongyu invite Ning Yuan, Min Rou was instantly flustered and wanted to stop him.

But Ning Yuan had already spoken, "I do have matters to attend to this time, and it would be perfect to stay at Xuan Su Manor for a period of time."

"That would be great."

Shi Zhongyu immediately clapped his hands, his face full of joy, "This way I can properly thank Foster Father for saving my life."

"You don't know, the Chang Le Gang had no good intentions toward me at all. They received some invitation from Xia Ke Island for the Xia Ke Token and wanted to help attend some grand event on Xia Ke Island. I've heard that those who have gone to that place over the years have never returned. They clearly wanted me to go and act as a scapegoat."

"If it weren't for Foster Father and Mother arriving in time, you wouldn't be able to see me anymore."

Shi Zhongyu poured it all out.

Hearing about the Xia Ke Island matter, Min Rou was also shocked, "They captured you because of this?"

When she was at Huashan, Min Rou had naturally witnessed Zhang San and Li Si who came from Xia Ke Island. Their strength was far beyond what she could compare to. And such experts were merely messengers on Xia Ke Island, which naturally made people fear this place and wonder how many more experts were there.

If they appeared in the Central Plains Martial Forest, they would surely be enough to affect the situation of the entire Jianghu.

"What? Mother, you know about it too?"

Shi Zhongyu looked at Min Rou strangely.

"Alright, let's not talk about this matter."

Min Rou shook her head and did not continue, "I will notify your father of the news of your safety as soon as possible."

Mentioning Shi Qing, Min Rou's heart felt somewhat complicated.

After this period of calm, she actually secretly regretted it a little in her heart.

Regretting her impulse, acting on impulse, and committing such a scandalous deed.

Making it hard for her to face Shi Qing.

But now she had to face it.

This made Min Rou's heart feel heavy.

...

On the other side.

Shi Qing finally learned of his misunderstanding from Mei Fanggu, left Mei Fanggu again, and continued to search for his son.

Just when he was drinking in a restaurant, he heard a burst of whispering from behind him.

"Have you heard? A big event recently happened at the Chang Le Gang. It is said that the Xuan Su Manor Couple forcibly broke into the Chang Le Gang and rescued their son, Shi Zhongyu."

"What? The Black and White Swords were actually able to break into the Chang Le Gang and retreat unscathed? Is the Chang Le Gang too weak, or are the Black and White Swords too strong?"

Many people showed expressions of shock.

And Shi Qing, who was drinking alone, was stunned.

"Am I not right here? When did I go to the Chang Le Gang?"

"Could it be there is some misunderstanding, or did someone impersonate me and Junior Sister?"

Shi Qing was full of doubts and also listened carefully.

He heard the people behind continue to act mysterious: "You don't know about this, right? Although the Chang Le Gang is known as the number one gang in the world, they were still suppressed by the Black and White Swords until they couldn't lift their heads. To be precise, it was Xuan Su Manor Lord Shi Qing whose martial arts were unparalleled; he defeated all the experts present at the Chang Le Gang, forcing them to release the person."

"Does the Xuan Su Manor Lord have such strength?"

Someone questioned.

"Yeah, I haven't heard of it before. Although Hero Shi of Xuan Su Manor indeed has decent martial arts, it's impossible for him to reach the level of suppressing the Chang Le Gang, right?"

"If Manor Lord Shi has such martial arts, I'm afraid his reputation in the Jianghu would rival that of the Demon Cult Leader Dongfang Bubai and the current Five Mountains Alliance Chief Yue Buqun!"

"I don't know about that. Anyway, the news spread from the Chang Le Gang is just like this."

The person speaking shook his head, "Anyway, I heard that the Chang Le Gang took the initiative to call people and apologize. Without such strength, with the arrogant and despotic nature of the Chang Le Gang, how could they possibly yield?"

"That's true. Although the Chang Le Gang can't be said to be evil and commit all kinds of crimes, they are not to be trifled with."

Everyone nodded upon hearing this.

They expressed agreement with this point.

"Then things are strange. The Jianghu has been really strange lately. First, the Huashan Sect Leader, the Gentleman Sword, has made rapid progress in martial arts, and now there is Xuan Su Manor Lord Shi Qing suppressing Chang Le. Is the sky of the Martial Forest really about to change?"

"It really makes people see less and less clearly."

The surrounding people discussed one after another.

"I heard this might be related to the Xia Ke Island that appeared recently."

Someone suddenly said mysteriously at this moment: "This Xia Ke Island appeared once in the Jianghu more than a dozen years ago and took away a large group of peak experts from the Jianghu. But after these people left, they never appeared in the Jianghu again. It is suspected that they have already met their demise."

"Now that this Xia Ke Island has reappeared, it is said that it is gathering experts from various sects to participate in a grand event. I heard that many Sect Heads have already received the Xia Ke Token."

At this moment, Shi Qing could no longer care about listening to this.

His entire mind was attracted by the matter of the Chang Le Gang.

"Yu'er was in the Chang Le Gang and has already been rescued?"

"But why would people mistake them for me and Junior Sister? Did Junior Sister go or not? If not, wouldn't Yu'er fall into the hands of villains again?"

Shi Qing was a bit anxious and immediately came to the person who first mentioned this topic, "May I ask this brother, where exactly did you hear about the Chang Le Gang matter and the Xuan Su Manor Couple matter? Are those people really the Xuan Su Manor Couple?"

Shi Qing asked with a cupped-hand salute, while taking out an ingot of silver from his sleeve.

Seeing the silver, the man immediately stood up with a smiling face, "Easy to say, easy to say. I learned about this from a Chang Le Gang Disciple. It is said that Young Master Shi escaped from the Chang Le Gang back then, and it was the Chang Le Gang that sent Disciples to find him back. And the Chang Le Gang brother who told me was one of the members who went to find the person back then."

"According to him, he saw with his own eyes that Manor Lord Shi and his wife took Young Master Shi away, and when Young Master Shi saw those two, he also personally called them Father and Mother. That naturally is the Xuan Su Manor Couple without a doubt."

"There is such a thing?"

Hearing this, Shi Qing's heart tightened, and then he quickly thanked him and left.

"If it is fake, why would Yu'er call them Father and Mother when he saw them? Could the other party have disguised themselves?"

"Also, isn't Madam at Huashan? I wonder if Madam knows about this. I need to notify Madam immediately."

"First, go find the people of the Five Mountains Sword Sect and pass this news back to Huashan as soon as possible."

Shi Qing immediately found the people of the Five Mountains Sword Sect in the city.

After mentioning his identity, the Disciple immediately stepped forward a few steps, "So Manor Lord Shi is here. You have made me search for you!"

"What's the matter?"

Shi Qing was full of confusion.

He heard the Disciple say: "The Alliance Chief gave an order that the whereabouts of your son have been found. Madam Shi has already left Huashan. By this time, she should have already brought the person back to the manor. But we haven't been able to find the whereabouts of Manor Lord Shi recently. Now we have finally waited for Manor Lord Shi."

Hearing this, Shi Qing looked embarrassed, after all, he had deliberately hidden his whereabouts.

However, he quickly grasped the clues from it and immediately asked, "You are saying that Madam has already left Huashan?"

"Correct."

The Disciple nodded and added, "As for what happened next, there is no news yet. Why doesn't Manor Lord Shi go back and take a look?"

"Many thanks."

Shi Qing nodded with a serious expression upon hearing this. After getting on his horse, he couldn't help but have various doubts in his heart.

"What exactly happened?"

"Could it be that one of the people who went to the Chang Le Gang really is Junior Sister? Then who is the other person?"

"Should I go to the Chang Le Gang and ask?"

Shi Qing's heart was full of doubt and curiosity.

"Before returning to the manor, I will first go to the vicinity of the Chang Le Gang to investigate and find out the reason."

Shi Qing did not suspect that Min Rou had an affair with another man; he was only worried that Min Rou had encountered someone impersonating him and had been deceived.

And to figure out the real reason for the matter.

Perhaps there was some inside story.

After all, Jianghu rumors cannot be taken as true.

Many busybodies add details to the story.

Shi Qing's gaze became firm.

He must get to the bottom of this matter.