Peaceful Jianghu - Chapter 112
Xiao Dao stared dumbfounded at the three people in front of her making a mess of things when she felt someone gently pat her on the back. Turning around, she saw a stunningly beautiful woman in a light purple dress standing there, wrapping her arms around her. "Baby!"
Xiao Dao was held tightly by her mother. She struggled to pull her hand away and pointed at the three people fighting in chaos behind her. "Mom, won't something bad happen if we keep going like this?"
Yan Ruyu waved her hand, "Sigh, aren't men meant for doing rough work? Let them beat each other. Wang Rumeng has probably been holding back for years. Let her vent her anger before we talk." After saying that, she looked down and saw Hao Jinfeng looking up at her.
Overjoyed, Yan Ruyu jumped down, cupped Hao Jinfeng's cheeks in her hands, and looked him up and down, exclaiming, "My son! I've missed you so much!"
This was the first time Hao Jinfeng had ever seen his mother in his life, and she was indeed as beautiful as the legends said. "Mother!"
Yan Ruyu nodded repeatedly, reached into her treasure pouch and took out gold and silver jewelry, stuffing it into Hao Jinfeng's hand, "Do you have a wife yet?"
Hao Jinfeng felt a little embarrassed and shook his head, "Not yet, waiting for Mother to choose."
Yan Ruyu was overjoyed to see that Hao Jinfeng was so obedient.
Xiao Dao jumped down from the roof and approached the two. Yan Ruyu, whom they hadn't seen for so long, was still as energetic as ever.
After chatting with the two children for half a day, Yan Ruyu looked up at the roof.
Wang Rumeng was already past her prime, and Xue Beifan and Wang Bibo didn't dare to really fight her to the death; they just sparred with her.
Finally, Wang Rumeng couldn't fight anymore, and her temper improved a little. She jumped off the roof and stood opposite Yan Ruyu, glaring at her through gritted teeth.
Seeing that she was too tired to continue, Yan Ruyu smiled and asked, "Cousin, how have you been lately?"
"Stop crocodile tears, you wish I were dead!" Wang Rumeng waved her hand. At this moment, Xiaoyue and the others also ran over. Xiaoyue told Xiaodao that there was nothing special about this house, except that the small building at the back was locked.
Xiao Dao nodded.
Wang Rumeng asked Yan Ruyu in a cold voice, "What are you doing here?"
Yan Ruyu took something out of her bosom and showed it to her... it was a hairpin.
Wang Rumeng was startled, "This is..."
"Do you still remember what your senior brother gave you back then?" Yan Ruyu sighed. "Later, when he became a monk, you smashed it in a fit of anger during a fight with me. I glued it back together and restored it."
Wang Rumeng stared at the hairpin, as if in a dream. After a long while, she asked, "Senior brother, is he alright?"
Why don't you go see him yourself?
“He doesn’t want to see me!” Wang Rumeng turned her face away. “He’s been bewitched by you, you vixen, and he can’t see my true heart anymore.”
"Hehe." Yan Ruyu laughed, "How many years have you and your senior brother been separated?"
Wang Rumeng calculated, "It's been seventeen or eighteen years."
"What a coincidence." Yan Ruyu nodded. "My husband and I have also been separated for seventeen or eighteen years."
"What?" Wang Rumeng frowned. "Why...?"
Yan Ruyu shrugged. "Why else? We're just separated. I'll raise our daughter alone, and he'll raise our son alone."
Wang Rumeng's emotions had clearly calmed down a lot. "I originally thought you had been doing very well these past few years, but I didn't expect you haven't been doing so well either. You chose the wrong person, didn't you? If you had chosen your senior brother back then, things wouldn't have turned out this way!"
"That's not necessarily true." Yan Ruyu shook her head. "I wouldn't even look at a coward like him!"
"What nonsense are you spouting!" Wang Rumeng frowned, "Your senior brother is deeply in love with you..."
"So what? Aren't you also deeply in love with him?" Yan Ruyu waved her hand. "Stop talking nonsense, here you go!"
After saying that, she wrapped a piece of paper around a hairpin and threw it to Wang Rumeng.
Wang Rumeng opened the package and saw that it contained the address of a temple.
“Your senior brother is right here. Why don’t you go see him in person and have a good chat? It’s better than being here all alone.” Yan Ruyu said, not forgetting to add, “By the way, I told you he was a bit of a troublemaker! It seems his temper has gotten better and better these past few years. If you really can’t persuade him, you might as well just tie him up and bring him back.”
Wang Rumeng stared at the letter for a long time, then burst into laughter, turned around, and left like a gust of wind.
Xiao Dao glanced at her mother, "Just like that, you left?"
"Mm." Yan Ruyu nodded.
"Then...her senior brother..."
Yan Ruyu smiled, "Let them handle it themselves." After saying that, she asked Xiaodao, "I was originally going to be later, but I couldn't rest easy. What are you doing at Naihe Sect, coming all this way?"
“Oh…” Xiao Dao hesitated for a moment, “I’m here to find a tortoise shell.”
Yan Ruyu's eyelids twitched slightly. "Is it a thousand-year-old tortoise or a ten-thousand-year-old turtle, or even the shell of a bixi used by Laozi to support a stele? Is it worth it for you to search all over the country like this?"
Xiao Dao pouted, "Well... that's how it is when you're roaming the martial world."
Yan Ruyu nodded knowingly and didn't ask any more questions. She put one arm around Hao Jinfeng and the other around Yan Xiaodao, saying, "I'll just take a look at you and then leave. You can continue looking for things."
Hao Jinfeng grabbed Yan Ruyu's sleeve, "You can't leave!"
Yan Ruyu was puzzled, then smiled, "What? You're reluctant to leave your mother? It's alright, why don't you come back with me?"
Hao Jinfeng hesitated for a moment, "Well, Mother, I'm tied up with something and can't leave right now. I'll come to see you after I'm done. But don't be in such a hurry to leave, let's stay together for a couple of days!"
Yan Ruyu raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Alright."
Hao Jinfeng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself—Dad, hurry up!
The group returned to the Naihe Gate to find the fourth dragon bone and toured the gate. Everyone, including Yan Ruyu, was filled with sighs.
The place inside the gate was quite desolate. The courtyard was full of flowers and plants, but there wasn't a single person in sight. It was clear that Wang Rumeng had been living a secluded and lonely life for many years, and had devoted all her energy to planting flowers and plants.