Husband-stealing story

Chapter 64

Tang Yu twitched his lips, unsure whether to pull the young lady away or not.

Tang Shijiu had never liked Tang Chongli, and after hearing about such a major event, even though she cried her heart out and felt some relief from her depression, seeing Tang Chongli's face reminded her of Shen Yin, and the thought of Shen Yin made her heart ache.

"Show them out." Tang Shijiu pushed Tang Chongli away, his face showing no kindness whatsoever.

"It's so late..." Tang Chongli's dislike for Tang Shijiu suddenly vanished after she came back to life, and she habitually started to act coquettishly, "Isn't it enough that I apologize for my mistakes before?"

Apologize, apologize, you son of a bitch, is an apology enough? What would be the point of having the government then?

Tang Shijiu said with a gloomy face, "This young lady is petty and will not accept. Tang Yu, see the guest out." In an instant, Tang Yu became her family's henchman.

Tang Yu obediently tugged at the arm of the eldest daughter of the Tang family.

"Hey, don't be like this, I was wrong, okay? Just let me stay here for one night, please..." Tang Chongli completely ignored Tang Yu.

Since Nineteen didn't die, Tang Yu's anger subsided, and he really couldn't do anything to this young lady.

Because of Gu Yan, Tang Shijiu was most annoyed by women's coquettishness and submissiveness. If it were Miss Tang's usual domineering nature, she might not have been so disgusted. Seeing that the servants dared not move, Tang Yu wanted to grab but did not know where to grab. Tang Shijiu was furious. With her left hand, she grabbed Tang Chongli's collar, and with her right hand, she used a technique of pulling and supporting her waist, lifting her up onto her back. She then walked proudly and arrogantly towards the door.

Tang Yu was very clever at this moment and hopped over to open the door.

As Tang Chongli was kicking and shouting in mid-air, she suddenly felt her body lighten, and she was thrown out the door by Tang Shijiu, falling heavily to the ground.

Tang Shijiu, displaying her fierce nature, casually tossed Miss Tang out, slammed the door shut, and roared at the stunned servants, "What are you looking at! Don't you get any sleep tonight? Don't you get any work tomorrow?" Satisfied with the crowd scattering like birds and beasts, she felt quite like a female tyrant.

That night, Tang Yu sat at the table and whispered, "Jiu Jiu, I didn't protect you well, I'm sorry." As she spoke, she began to sob and cry, "Jiu Jiu, I was just thinking, if you died, I really don't know what I would do."

It took Tang Shijiu a long time to calm Tang Yu down before he finally couldn't help but ask, "Yu Yu, I'm asking you, who is Tang Weiqi?"

When I first heard this name, it was like a passing breeze.

Now, when I utter this name, the gentle breeze transforms into a tornado, whipping pebbles into my heart and grinding them relentlessly.

Tang Yu tilted her head and thought for a long time before saying, "She seems to be the second sect leader's daughter, but she died a few years ago."

Tang Shijiu waved his hand: "I can't tell the difference between your second and third sect leaders. Could you tell me their names in detail?"

Tang Yu spent a long time mentally reviewing the Tang Clan's relationship chart before slowly recounting:

The Tang Clan is a large family, and naturally, large families have complex relationships. Tang Diruo and Tang Diku are brothers, ranking second and third respectively, with the eldest being the current leader of the Tang Clan. Tang Diku is ruthless, calm, and extremely rational, while Tang Diruo is a passionate person and exceptionally protective of his own.

Tang Shijiu recalled his initial, uncompromising protectiveness of Tang Diruo when they first met, and wholeheartedly agreed with this assessment.

Tang Diruo's martial arts skills weren't particularly high, and he was somewhat eccentric, likely due to the loss of his children at a young age. His only son, the eldest son of the Tang Clan and the only male heir at the time, unfortunately died seventeen years later. Fortunately, a few years before his son's death, Tang Diruo's concubine gave birth to a daughter, Tang Weiqi. When his son passed away, Tang Weiqi was only three or four years old, a lovely little girl, which greatly saddened Tang Diruo.

It's a pity that Tang Diruo had few children. Tang Weiqi died a violent death two or three years ago. This violent death was very strange, and the sect leader ordered that it not be mentioned again. Therefore, Tang Yu didn't know the details very well.

Tang Chongli is the granddaughter of Tang Diku, the third sect leader, and the only girl in the third generation of the Tang Clan, so she is particularly spoiled.

After she finished explaining, Tang Shijiu was already getting sleepy. Having a large family was always a hassle, so the madman wallowing in self-pity in the basement was probably the legendary eldest son who had supposedly died. Faking death wasn't uncommon in legendary tales, and Tang Shijiu wasn't stupid; she figured it out after a little thought.

However, it seems that the Tuanfu Heart Technique must not be used in front of the Tang Clan members.

Tang Qingliu doesn't seem like a bad person; you can tell just by how he generously imparted all his knowledge of the inner cultivation techniques. But if Tang Qingliu had already mastered the Tuanfu Inner Cultivation Technique, why were the Tang Clan members still searching for him all over the martial world? The only possibility is that Tang Qingliu hadn't let them know about it. If that's the case, Tang Shijiu wouldn't be so foolish as to expose himself.

Although she is naive, it doesn't mean she's stupid.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense can figure this out. If she still can't understand it, she deserves to be chopped up and thrown into the pigsty.

Thinking this, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he hadn't acted impulsively and dealt a harsh blow to Tang Chongli today.

Tang Shijiu was preoccupied with his own thoughts, sometimes thinking about Tang Qingliu's strange behavior, and sometimes about the strange relationship between his master and the Tuanfu Heart Sutra. He tossed and turned in bed all night, until the first light of dawn, when he finally managed to close his eyes a little.

As for Shen Yuntan, she found that she didn't even dare to think about it.

A certain area in her heart felt like a forbidden zone; the slightest touch caused excruciating pain. Tang Shijiu buried her head under the covers, sighing heavily. She decided to avoid the issue for now; since it hadn't affected her eyelashes, she wasn't in a hurry to deal with it.

Throughout history, many people have been heartbroken, but not everyone has resorted to suicide or jumping off a cliff, leaving them utterly devastated.

Tang Shijiu was a cheerful person by nature. He felt that Shen Yun was not going to touch on this topic for the time being, but there was nothing else seriously wrong with him. He was not going to be so dramatic as to cry and wail.

For the next two or three days, Tang Shijiu would sneak down the study's secret passage to see Tang Qingliu when Tang Yu wasn't looking. For some reason, she felt a special sense of kinship with this strange uncle who called himself "Jade Face." Intuitively, she felt he wouldn't harm her. Tang Qingliu was overjoyed to hear that she hadn't displayed her martial arts skills in front of others, slapping his forehead and saying he'd completely forgotten about it.

The longer Tang Shijiu spent time together, the more she realized that the two were kindred spirits, sharing similar tastes and a natural understanding. They even had remarkably similar preferences when it came to food.

Whenever Tang Qingliu watched Tang Shijiu enjoying the braised pork knuckle, he would think of his own youth when he couldn't walk without smelling it. He couldn't help but sigh once again that this girl was indeed his daughter.

However, every time Tang Shijiu looked up and saw Tang Qingliu's affectionate gaze, he couldn't help but shiver.

Finally, Tang Shijiu couldn't help but speak up: "Uncle Tang, although I think you are a very good person, I cannot accept such an inappropriate relationship between people of different ages."

After much deliberation, she felt that the title "Young Master" was reserved for young, carefree heroes of this turbulent world, and she simply couldn't bring herself to use it on Tang Qingliu's weathered, handsome face. The term "Uncle" also involuntarily reminded her of Shen Yuntan, so she simply changed it to "Grandpa." Shen Yuntan was barely in his early twenties and already considered himself an "Uncle"; in the countryside, a man in his forties with a grandson old enough to run errands was already old enough for children. Therefore, it wouldn't be a loss for Tang Qingliu, who was just past forty, to be called "Grandpa."

Tang Qingliu wasn't scared off by the main points in the second half; instead, the phrase "Uncle Tang" broke his heart.

Before he knew it, he was already an "old man." Back in the day, the handsome young master had captivated countless young women in the martial arts world with his looks... But looking at Tang Shijiu's youthful age, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, his daughter was already so grown up, and he was too embarrassed to keep pretending to be young.

Even so, Tang Qingliu still wanted to struggle a bit, weakly retorting, "I'm not that bad..." What he meant by "not that bad" was not in terms of age or title, but to Shijiu, it became something else entirely.

Tang Shijiu's eyes widened: "It can't be that bad! Master said that the first thing to watch out for when you go into the martial world is strange old men! Tan Yu also said that some older men have weird fetishes and they like young girls."

The repeated use of the phrase "old" severely impacted Tang Qingliu, who had been isolating himself for seventeen years: "Am I really that old?"

"At your age, you're more than old enough to be my father!"

Upon hearing the word "father," Tang Qingliu became excited and grabbed Shijiu's hand, his face beaming with joy: "You...you...say it again."

Tang was terrified: "You old lecher!!"