Love is More than a Word, Chapter 24: Misfortunes come in pairs (6)...

Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 24: Misfortunes come in pairs (6)...

Tao Mo looked him up and down, "Your Excellency is?"


"I'm Mu Chun." Mu Chun embraced his fist, and there was a touch of panache in his manners, "It's Lao Tao's old friend."

Hao Guozi frowned, "How did you find your way here?" They had left home in the first place without telling anyone.

Mu Chun laughed, "Don't worry, the two of you, I don't mean any harm, I just want to find a friend to catch up."

Hao Guozi gave a dry cough and muttered, "I didn't say you had malice either, there is no silver here."

"In that case, you may as well come with me." Although Tao Mo wanted to go after Gu She more, he couldn't let go of this thought for the moment and led Mu Chun back to the county office. In fact, he was also very curious about Mu Chun's relationship with Lao Tao. Somehow, seeing this Mu Chun, he couldn't help but think of the old landlord that Lao Tao had once mentioned. It's not... It's really the old master he betrayed.

Mu Chun smiled at his frequent gaze and did not show half an ounce of displeasure.

The first time he was in the magistrate's office, Hao Guozi had a good idea and let Mu Chun wait outside for a while, so that he and Tao Mo could talk to Lao Tao first. In case some unscrupulous person comes to the door, they can discuss how to get rid of him.

When Lao Tao heard that someone was looking for him, his face first changed, and when he heard the other party's name was Mu Chun, his face was struck again.

Hao Guozi looked at his words and lost his voice, "Could it be that the bastard son of Lao Tao and his old love interest came to him?"

Lao Tao glared at him with a stern sideways glance.

Hao Guozi shrank his head.

"What did you just say?"

"No, I didn't say anything." For the first time, Hao Guozi saw Lao Tao's stern expression like this, where he would dare to admit it.

Lao Tao said, "You say he's old enough to be my son?"

Hao Guozi was stunned by his sharp change of subject, before nodding half a moment later, ''Indeed. He looks a few years older than Young Master."

"Mu Chun?" Lao Tao frowned, "Could he be......"

"Precisely me." Mu Chun smiled and walked in from outside.

Hao Guozi forked his waist and said, "Why do you just wander around at random without being granted the permission to come in?"

Mu Chun arched his hand and said, "I'm sorry." But the eyes kept looking at Lao Tao.

Lao Tao had calmed down at this moment, no sign of any mood swings could be seen on his face at all, "So it's Mr. Mu who is here."

Mu Chun smiled and said, ''Good talk, good talk. I've heard a lot about Lao Tao to see you are as good as expected.”

Lao Tao said, "The Yangtze River pushes the wave before the wave, and there will be scholars in the river and the mountain the old one will be replaced by the new ones, and now the world is yours."

Mu Chun said: ''You are too modest. Your feat of that year is still being passed down today, and my generation is in awe when they hear about it."




Lao Tao's face changed slightly and looked at him steadily, as if he wanted to see a hole in that elegant smile.

Hao Guozi pulled Tao Mo and whispered, ''What are they talking about? What's the name? What feat? Was Lao Tao a big name before?" The fact is that Lao Tao did not start to work for the Tao Family house for long, but even then he was a competent man, and Old Master Tao trusted him, so he became the chief steward of the house in just a few years, and Old Master Tao died a lonely man.

Tao Mo sulked, "Perhaps, he's from Lao Tao's family."

"Old Tao?" Hao Guozi was startled, then worried, "Then he's not going to take Lao Tao back, is he?"

The two men spoke softly, but they were too close to each other for Mu Chun and Lao Tao to even think they didn't hear.

Lao Tao looked at Mu Chun and slowly said, "Let's go inside and talk."

Mu Chun smiled and nodded his head, "That's exactly what I meant."

After the two said that, they also ignored Tao Mo and Mu Chun, who were still standing in the same place and looking at them, and walked towards Lao Tao's room.

Hao Guozi tried to follow, but was grabbed by Tao Mo.

Hao Guozi opened her eyes wide, "Doesn't Young Master want to know what they're talking about?"

"I do."

"Let's go then." Hao Guozi just moved and was pulled back again.

Tao Mo said seriously, "Don't need to listen."

"... "

Lao Tao and Mu Chun talked for the whole night.

When Tao Mo got up in the morning, he saw Hao Guozi sneaking over, "I heard something moving in Lao Tao's house yesterday."

"Movement?"

"The sky's turning kind." Hao Guozi said deeply.

Tao Mo was surprised, "Fighting?"

"Who knows?" Hao Guozi shook his head.

Tao Mo crossed the threshold and was about to run in the direction of Lao Tao's room, but was grabbed by Hao Guozi. "You...."

Hao Guozi said in a straightforward manner, "Don't listen to molestation... Young Master."

"... "

The compromise resulted in the two sneaking around together and crouching at the door of Lao Tao's room.

It was very quiet inside.

Hao Guozi said, "Could it be that he's tired of fighting and sleeping?"

Tao Mo said, "There are so many rooms in the county hall, why are they crammed in one place?"

Hao Guozi said, "Maybe they want to squeeze."

The surroundings fell silent violently.

Hao Guozi and Tao Mo exchanged a glance and both saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Could it be said that Lao Tao and Mu Chun are... this relationship?

Tao Mo's heart was suddenly filled with incomparable envy.

The conversation outside the room was pleasant, but the atmosphere inside the room was not what they thought it would be...harmonious.




Mu Chun looked at Lao Tao with a plausible smile, "Elder Lu still decided to nest here and not go out?"

Lao Tao turned his head indignantly, "How can you let me go out like this?" An old face with bruises all over it.

"Better than the punches and kicks that you specifically greeted me in the stomach." Mu Chun covered his stomach and grinned his teeth.

"You can't see it, at least on the surface. How can I answer to the Young Master when I look like this?" Lao Tao kept looking in the mirror.

Mu Chun said: "I didn't expect Elder Lu to actually be loyal to him."

Lao Tao made a staggering move, ''It was Old Master Tao who saved me when I was chased and about to be killed. What's wrong with repaying the favor when one is owed?"

"I didn't say there was a mistake in that, it's just that I didn't expect the day when Elder Lu also had the heart to willingly submit to others."

Lao Tao was silent for half a day before he said, "It was my fault in the first place."

Mu Chun looked at him.

"Senior Ming is always in the right." In short words, he put half his life's work into words.

Mu Chun faintly moved. He knew that a man like Lao Tao was easy to kill, but it was difficult for him to admit defeat and be killed just like that.

"At least, I don't think I can do better than him. However," Lao Tao turned his words around, "I beg your pardon for disagreeing with all the things he has done with Marquis Xueyi."

Mu Chun laughed, "I thought that the matter of the Marquis Xueyi and Senior Ming didn't need your approval either."

Lao Tao sighed, "I didn't expect the old one to be so, and the young one to be so again."

Mu Chun said, "I am here today, I think Elder Lu knows it very well."

Lao Tao said, "I can't go with you for the time being."

"Oh." Mu Chun wasn't surprised by this answer.

"Young Master still needs me." He paused, "At least until I'm sure that Young Master is already full of feather and ready to fly on his own and no longer needs me to follow him around."

Mu Chun smiled, ''Elder Lu. What makes you think... that you have a bargain to make today?"

Lao Tao laughed in return, "Even though I lost all my games that year, I still left a lot of pieces on the board. A dog can jump a wall if it's in a hurry, let alone a man."

Mu Chun said, "I have also heard of the Tao Family. Revenge to them is nothing more than a lift of the hand to the Demon Sect." Mu Chun said, "As long as Elder Lu is willing to agree to return to the Demon Sect, I can still make decisions on this small matter."

Lao Tao said, "To take revenge, I can do it alone."

Mu Chun said, "You want Tao Mo to take revenge himself?"

Lao Tao shook his head, ''This world is all about the weak eating the strong. Whether to take revenge or not, the Young Master should decide for himself. The only thing I want to do is to help him become a flesh-eater, not feed him a mouthful!"

Mu Chun said: "Rabbits don't eat meat."

Lao Tao said, "He doesn't need to eat meat, he just needs a lion's heart."

A rabbit with a lion heart?

Thinking about Tao Mo's appearance, Mu Chun couldn't help but laugh and shake his head.

Lao Tao said: "This is my only wish, as long as my wish is fulfilled, if you want to kill or cut me yourself, you are free to do so."

Mu Chun said: "You think Senior Ming will kill you?"

"As long as the wish is granted, yes or no, it no longer matters."

Mu Chun pondered for a long time and said, "How about we make a bet."

"Bet?"

"I thought that Senior Ming would definitely keep you alive."

Lao Tao didn't move a muscle. Though he was fearless of death, he was not done with life either. He knew that the man in front of him was one of the most trusted of Senior Ming's right and left cronies, and his words must have some basis, so he couldn't help but feel relieved.

Mu Chun said: “How about this. You go back to Bini Mountain first, and Tao Mo will be under my care for the time being... If you are not dead by the end of things, you can naturally come back and continue to assist him. If you die, I promise you I will keep him safe for the rest of his life."

Lao Tao frowned.




Before he could say anything, Mu Chun snatched up the words, "Otherwise, only the sword will decide."

Lao Tao was silent, eyes constantly scrutinizing him.

Mu Chun had a bland face.

For a long time there was silence and then...

Lao Tao said in a sullen voice, "A promise is a promise."





~ Love is More than A Word ~




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