Chapter 160
Chapter 160
It was already seven in the evening when Hu Qingshan returned to the courtyard.
“You’ve worked hard, Brother Hu.” Deaf Granny welcomed him warmly as soon as he entered.
Hu Fei’er asked with mixed emotions, “Grandfather, did… did you discover anything?”
Hu Qingshan lightly brushed the snow from his clothes and answered with a smile.
“Don’t worry, silly girl. Grandfather has figured everything out.”
“But the story has many twists and turns. I’ll need to tell Jiunan in person.”
Deaf Granny immediately understood and called to Wang San with a smile.
“Call Daji and tell those two to ask their teacher for leave, then take a taxi home right away.”
“Tell them something has come up at home.”
Eighth Master Chang, who was in the courtyard preparing to secretly cook himself some instant noodles, overheard her.
He immediately realized that here was a chance to show off without taking any risks.
A vehicle, a driver, and a bodyguard-that was triple the merit!
“Why waste money on a taxi?!”
“You’d be better off spending that money on instant noodles for this Eighth Master!”
“I’ll go to the school myself and bring back the young master physician and that little bastard.”
Amused, Deaf Granny nodded her consent.
“Then we’ll have to trouble you, Eighth Master.”
When it came to speed, Eighth Master Chang yielded to no one.
A journey that took four hours by car took him only half an hour there and back.
The only side effect was Chen Daji’s hair. The wind had frozen it into something resembling a filthy, round-headed mop stuck to the back of his skull.
His appearance frightened Chen Fu the moment he walked through the door.
“You little brat! Why are you suddenly back, and why do you look like a beggar?!”
“Did you get into another fight and get expelled from school?!”
Chen Daji looked aggrieved.
“Dad, I’m your own son. Can’t you ever expect something good from me?!”
“Grandma called me home!”
Chen Fu flew into a rage and bellowed as quietly as he could.
“What? You got expelled, and now even your grandmother knows about it?!”
“You little bastard, just wait! If you’ve upset Old Auntie, I’ll throw you back in the furnace and remake you myself!”
Faced with his hard-of-hearing father, Chen Daji felt for the first time like a scholar trying to reason with a soldier.
Eighth Master Chang delighted in stirring up trouble and snickered gleefully.
“Chen Fu, when the time comes, I’ll help you beat that little bastard Daji!”
“Don’t worry. This Eighth Master won’t hold back.”
Chen Daji rolled his eyes and pretended to spit at him.
Eighth Master Chang immediately feigned a dodge, reared up like a cobra, and swayed from side to side.
“Come on, little bastard! Let’s hurt each other!”
Hearing them from inside, Deaf Granny called out cheerfully.
“Oh my, my two precious grandsons are back!”
“Come inside and let Grandma see whether you’ve lost weight.”
Hua Jiunan hurriedly answered and brought Chen Daji into the room.
“Don’t worry, Grandma. We only left this morning. How could we have lost weight already?”
Deaf Granny’s smile grew even brighter.
“Oh, you only left this morning? Then why does it feel as though I haven’t seen you in ages?”
At the sight of Hu Qingshan, Hua Jiunan hurriedly saluted.
“I’ve troubled you, Brother Hu… Senior Hu.”
Hu Qingshan broke into a delighted smile at the change in Hua Jiunan’s form of address.
He stroked his beard with one hand and supported Hua Jiunan by the arm with the other.
“Jiunan, we’re family. There’s no need to stand on ceremony with me.”
By then, Wang San’s Wife and the others had prepared dinner. She respectfully addressed Deaf Granny.
“Mother, dinner is ready.”
“Why don’t you all eat while you talk?”
The family enjoyed their meal together as Hu Qingshan recounted everything he had seen and heard that day.
Once Hua Jiunan learned how complicated the matter was, he said, “No wonder Brother Chang smelled sandalwood incense in Xu Fangcao’s home. Young Monk Wuxin must have left it behind when he visited.”
“Wuxin… Faceless. Are he and the Ghost Buddha fellow disciples? No, that can’t be right either. He said he didn’t know the Ghost Buddha.”
“And who is keeping that Ox Ghost at the ski resort?”
“If it grows powerful, countless people will suffer!”
Hu Qingshan nodded.
“That is precisely why this old man did not subdue the Ox Ghost.”
“We must find whoever is behind this and tear the problem out by the roots.”