"Mom, let's wait to talk about everything until we leave the Nanling Family. If we don't go now, we might not have another chance."
The Nanling Martial Fool rembered he had killed two experts of the Nanling Family, so he was anxious to take his mother and leave. If they didn't leave now and got discovered by Nanling Rongxin, it would be too late.
"Can we... can we really leave?" Zhao Yueyue asked worriedly, afraid they might get caught instead of escaping.
"We can! That bastard Nanling Rongxin promised I could take you away, but if we don't go now, it might really be too late." Nanling Martial Fool replied.
"Why?" Zhao Yueyue asked, puzzled.
But the Nanling Martial Fool didn't have much ti to explain. He wiped his eyes with the back of his dirty hand and quickly said to his mother, "Mom, we'll talk once we're out. There's ten thousand yuan here as our living expenses. You carry it for now."
Zhao Yueyue, although puzzled by what the Nanling Martial Fool was doing, still carried the backpack.
The Nanling Martial Fool bent down and said, "Mom, let carry you so we can move faster."
"Alright!" Zhao Yueyue climbed onto the Nanling Martial Fool's back, clinging tightly to him.
The Nanling Martial Fool hurried towards the hall. When he reached the entrance of the courtyard, he saw a drunk middle-aged man lying across the ground, occasionally burping.
The Nanling Martial Fool hesitated for a mont but still approached the drunken man. He set Zhao Yueyue down.
Then he knelt down with a thud and emotionlessly said, "This kneel is for bringing into this world. This kneel is to repay the favor of you bringing here. With this kneel, I am no longer your son, Nanling Huacheng. Farewell forever."
The person the Nanling Martial Fool knelt to was none other than his biological father, Nanling Huacheng.
As far back as the Nanling Martial Fool could speak or rember, Nanling Huacheng was always drunk. He would ignore anyone who spoke to him, using the heavens as his cover and the earth as his bed. As long as he found a flat spot, he would drink himself into a stupor, lying on the ground, day after day, year after year.
Every year during the New Year, the Nanling Martial Fool was accompanied by his mother. As for this father, if no one specifically ntioned him, he would forget he had such a father.
However, it puzzled him that his indifferent father would sotis leave the Nanling Family for a long ti but would always return.
After the Nanling Martial Fool finished speaking, he stood up and left with his mother on his back.
Zhao Yueyue had long given up on this man, so when the Nanling Martial Fool carried her away, she felt no attachnt, only relief.
The man lying on the ground took a swig from his bottle and muttered softly, "I'm sorry..."
But no one heard him. Then, he drank himself into a deep stupor. This ti, he was genuinely drunk, unlike before when he might have had other intentions!
An hour after the Nanling Martial Fool left the Nanling Family with Zhao Yueyue, Nanling Rongxin's people discovered the bodies of Nanling Yuanzhen and another National Martial Arts twelfth-degree expert.
Upon finding out, Nanling Rongxin furiously shouted, "Nanling Martial Fool, you bastard, killing mbers of the Nanling Family—I will never forgive you."
He then ordered n to take experts out to hunt down the Nanling Martial Fool.
Yet the Nanling Martial Fool avoided the highways, choosing instead to take mountain paths or areas without surveillance caras.
He knew well the power of the Nanling Family; if he were spotted in the surveillance area of Jin Gate, the Nanling Family would surely find out. So he preferred trudging through the mountains or waterways rather than taking the main roads or riding vehicles.
While walking along the mountain path, Zhao Yueyue asked, "Child, why aren't we taking the main road?"
"Mom, I killed those two bastards guarding your door," the Nanling Martial Fool said.
"What! Child, how could you kill soone? You, you..." Zhao Yueyue tightened her grip on the Nanling Martial Fool anxiously upon hearing he'd killed soone.
"Mom, those bastards, how else could I quell my heart's fury without killing them? They used to call 'young master,' but now? They sneer and ridicule, discarding the old for the new. Killing them was mild," the Nanling Martial Fool sneered.
"Do you not plan to go back? Even if you return to the Nanling Family one day, you will be shunned for killing them," Zhao Yueyue said, thinking on behalf of the Nanling Martial Fool.
"Go back? I never intended to. I t a big brother, and he said we should find him in the future," the Nanling Martial Fool replied.
"How can you join a gang?" Zhao Yueyue was instantly worried upon hearing the Nanling Martial Fool's words, thinking he had joined a Black Sect or sothing.
"Mom, what are you thinking? Do you know why I was able to bring you out?" The Nanling Martial Fool put his mom down and cleared a large stone for her to sit on.
"Did soone help you?" Zhao Yueyue asked.
"Mm! It was the elder brother I t. The ten thousand yuan you're carrying was part of his strategy. Otherwise, how could I think of such plans and get you out?" The Nanling Martial Fool said.
"Oh? How did he help you? What advice did he give? Tell ." Zhao Yueyue, fearing the Nanling Martial Fool had been deceived, wanted to hear the advice given by the elder brother.
"Big Brother said that as the next heir of the Nanling Family, the more outstanding I appeared, the more vigilant my cousins would be. Then they would imprison you to threaten , preventing from taking control of the family. So Big Brother said I should act like a fool. Only by pretending to be a fool and working hard to earn ten thousand yuan would they lower their guard, allowing to get you out smoothly." The Nanling Martial Fool recalled Ye Hao's strategy with a smile on his lips.
As Ye Hao had foresaw, he indeed managed to bring his mother out.
"Oh? How did your Big Brother know you were the next heir of the Nanling Family?" Zhao Yueyue asked, puzzled.
"Big Brother found out through indirect ans. He is very mysterious; even though he's weaker than , he could see how strong I am." The Nanling Martial Fool said.
"Ah! I don't know if knowing him is a blessing or a curse, but since he helped you and got out, I'm happy. Since he says we should go to him once we're out, we should look for him." Zhao Yueyue handed the decision over to the Nanling Martial Fool.
She thought, her son is grown up now, and he has his thoughts and aspirations, so she should listen to him.
Having Zhao Yueyue's approval, the Nanling Martial Fool happily took her to a place with a phone and secretly called Ye Hao.
Once Ye Hao learned he had brought his mother out, Ye Hao imdiately sent Shangguan Longyi to bring them to Yanjing. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian) to vote with recomndations or monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian to read.)
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