105: Chapter 105 Not a Good Man

"Meng Li!"

Watching Meng Li land gracefully from the tree using his Lightness Skill, Jiang Yu Feng and Su Ying both revealed looks of pleasant surprise in unison.

Xiao Yuer also greeted him with a smile, "Brother Meng, you're finally back."

Meng Li smiled and said, "The people from the Eastern Depot scattered quite a bit, so it took some time. I didn't expect you to have already found everyone. Is everyone alright?"

"We're fine."

"Doing great."

"Very well, no one is injured."

Several people responded one after another.

Meng Li immediately felt relieved and then said, "In that case, you guys continue. I'll go get the horses back. The commotion from the fight just now was a bit loud, and they got spooked and ran off. If I don't find them soon, I'm afraid they'll disappear completely."

"I'll go with you," Jiang Yu Feng and Su Ying said in unison.

After those words were spoken, the atmosphere on the scene became strange.

Xiao Yuer, Mu Rong Xian, Big Mouth Li, and the others looked at each other, then tacitly buried their heads in their work without saying a word.

Jiang Yu Feng and Su Ying looked at each other, and a spark of friction faintly collided in the air.

Soon, the two of them withdrew their gazes together.

Immediately after, Jiang Yu Feng said, "One of the horses is mine; I have an obligation to find it myself."

Su Ying said, "I'm more familiar with the vicinity; I can help you find the horses as quickly as possible."

Seeing this, Xiao Yuer suppressed a laugh and fanned the flames, "In that case, the three of you should just go together."

Hearing this, Jiang Yu Feng and Su Ying both looked at him with unfriendly gazes.

Xiao Yuer immediately backed down and waved his hands hurriedly, "I didn't say anything, you didn't hear anything."

Mu Rong Xian grabbed Xiao Yuer's ear while smiling apologetically at Jiang Yu Feng and Su Ying, "You two continue, just act as if we don't exist."

As she spoke, she led Xiao Yuer away.

Seeing this, Big Mouth Li and the others also consciously scattered.

Thus, Jiang Yu Feng and Su Ying turned back to look at Meng Li.

Meng Li's eye twitched as he said to Jiang Yu Feng, "You're tired from running back and forth; take a rest here. I'll go with Su Ying, we'll be back soon."

Jiang Yu Feng's eyes dimmed slightly, and she nodded, "Alright, then come back as soon as possible."

Meng Li nodded, "I will."

After saying that, he left with Su Ying.

Mu Rong Xian walked over at this time and, seeing that Jiang Yu Feng was a bit downcast, couldn't help but want to comfort her, "Yu Feng..."

Just as she spoke, Jiang Yu Feng interrupted, "I'm fine. He probably wants to take this opportunity to clear things up with Su Ying."

"Let's continue dealing with the bodies."

On the other side, after Meng Li and Su Ying had walked some distance, Su Ying took a light breath and took the initiative to speak, "Meng Li, I'm sorry for making you rush back halfway."

Meng Li smiled and said, "It's no matter, I hadn't gone very far anyway."

"Besides, when a friend is in danger, I can't just stand by and watch."

"Friend?" Su Ying's eyes flickered slightly, then she said, "I heard Xiao Yuer say that you don't seem to like making friends very much."

"Yeah," Meng Li responded softly, then explained, "Because once you have too many friends, it means trouble will increase. Especially when you encounter the kind of friends who like to cause trouble, like Xiao Yuer. And I don't like trouble."

"However, I'm not afraid of trouble either."

"Then do we count as friends?" Su Ying asked with an ambiguous meaning.

Meng Li said, "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have needed to run back halfway."

Su Ying was silent for a moment before saying, "Since we are friends, we should treat each other with sincerity, so I have to tell you something."

"What is it?"

Su Ying gritted her teeth and said, "The attack on Poison King Valley by the Eastern Depot was actually a setup from the start. It was my father..."

"I know."

"You know?" Su Ying was stunned.

"Yes," Meng Li confirmed, then said, "Something went wrong with the horses Jiang Yu Feng and I were riding halfway. I checked with her, and there was nothing wrong with the fodder. Therefore, I quickly guessed that someone else in the valley had tampered with the horses. The purpose was likely to make us turn back halfway."

"At first, I didn't know the specifics until Xiao Yuer caught up."

"Facing my questioning, he had no choice but to reveal the whole story."

"He said Senior Chang found him last night, wanting to set you and me up, so he arranged such a scheme."

"After hearing that, I had no choice but to turn back. I didn't expect to run into Senior Ha delivering news halfway, learning that you guys had accidentally stumbled into a real attack from the Eastern Depot."

"That's how it happened, right?"

"Yes," Su Ying replied, then plucked up her courage and asked, "So what do you think?"

"Are you referring to Senior Chang trying to set us up?"

Su Ying nodded, looking up into Meng Li's eyes, while her hand unconsciously gripped the corner of her clothes.

Meng Li sighed lightly and then said seriously, "First of all, you are a good girl—beautiful, highly skilled in medicine, and you have a good personality. I do indeed have a good impression of you, and I even like you a bit. It's just that I'm not a good match."

"I have a family, and more than one wife. I can't be single-minded, let alone give one person a whole lifetime."

"I can be good to them, and I don't care about status."

"Although Yu Yan and Xiao Xiao are concubines in name, they are both my wives, just like Xinlan."

"I can sacrifice for them, but I cannot give my everything to just one person."

"It's the same for you."

"If you were to be with me, you would inevitably have to share with others."

"For you, that should be hard to accept."

"So, even if I like you and vaguely sensed that you feel the same way about me, I didn't provoke you too much."

"What if I'm willing?" Su Ying asked, lowering her eyelashes.

Meng Li was taken aback, then said frankly, "Then I will choose a day to marry you."

"Heh," Su Ying chuckled, but her expressive eyes were misting over, "You truly are not a good match."

Meng Li remained silent.

Su Ying looked up, holding back her tears, and turned to smile, "But at least you're honest enough. At the same time, you let me know that it wasn't just wishful thinking on my part."

"Then about marrying you?"

"When did I say I would marry you?" Su Ying said with a beaming smile.

Meng Li frowned, "You just said you were willing..."

"That was a question, not an agreement." Su Ying's smile was full of life, a hint of mischief flashing in her eyes.

Meng Li burst out laughing, "Fine, then just consider it my own wishful thinking and that I misunderstood."

Su Ying curled her lip and said, "What do you mean 'consider it' your wishful thinking and misunderstanding? It clearly was."

Meng Li didn't argue and directly accepted it, "Right, right, right, it was my own wishful thinking and I misunderstood."

Immediately, he asked with a smile, "Is there anything else to correct? If not, let's find the horses quickly, otherwise we really won't be able to find them."

Su Ying didn't speak but instead put her hand to her mouth and blew a whistle, "Yi xu~"

After a few whistles, the sound of hoofbeats and bells came from far to near.

Meng Li looked closely and found that it was Jiang Yu Feng's horse that had come; he couldn't help but be stunned.

The Great Summoning Technique?

It seemed that this method had indeed appeared in some Wuxia dramas from his past life.

However, those were very old dramas; more recent ones basically didn't have it.

By the time Jiang Yu Feng's horse reached them, his own horse was still nowhere to be seen.

"Where's my horse?"

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