Returnee in Jianghu - C44

“Brother Ming, why are you so absent-minded?” Tang Rou’er leaned against Tang Ming, her bracelet shining under the sunlight: “Are you thinking about Big Sister Red Cherry? Big Brother Ming, let me tell you, you’ll lose me if you do this. My cute little sister is actually still thinking about other things.”

“Is Rou’er angry?” Tang Ming bent his waist and caressed Tang Rou’er: “Not a single one of them noticed. Rou’er has already grown up.”

“What? I’m the same age as you, Brother Ming? Brother Ming, what happened to you? Why are you so weird today?” Tang Rou’er stuffed a piece of fish into her mouth and puffed up her cheeks.

“Nothing, just… “You’re thinking of being soft.” Tang Ming suddenly hugged Tang Rou’er: “You being able to grow up is really great.”

“Brother Ming, you actually cursed me.” Tang Rou’er’s soft and tender fist pounded on Tang Ming’s chest: “I’m not going to care about you anymore.”

“Yes, yes, yes. Brother Ming was wrong.” Tang Ming let go of Tang Rou: “Brother Ming still has things to do. You can eat first.”

“What is it?” Tang Rou’er raised her head and asked. Her eyes were like clear spring water, clear enough to see the bottom.

“Something very important.” Tang Ming suddenly smiled and turned to leave. However, Tang Rou’er tugged at the corner of his shirt: “Brother Ming, why does Rou’er feel that you’re leaving?”

Tang Ming was startled and turned his head with a smile: “Don’t worry, big brother Ming will find you.”

Tang Rou’er tilted her head in confusion, but Tang Ming walked out without the slightest hesitation.

In the main bedroom, Tang Ming took a deep breath and finally knocked on the door.

“Crack —”

“Ming’er, why are you here?” When Chu Junlan saw Tang Ming, she was slightly surprised.

“I, have come to bid farewell.” Tang Ming’s voice trembled.

Tang Ming finally understood why he cried so much when he opened his eyes and called Chu Junlan ‘mother’ at the Tang Family Castle.

“Farewell?” Chu Junlan frowned in puzzlement, then soon let go of her eyebrows, “Are you going out to gain some experience? You’re seventeen now, and it’s time to gain some experience. Wait a minute, I’ll prepare something for you to leave.”

“Mother …” Tang Ming’s voice was choked with sobs, “Can I hug you?”

“You’re already a grown man, and you still want your mother to hug you? You’re too embarrassed to show your face.” Tang Qing walked out from the house.

Tang Ming looked at Tang Qing and asked, “Can I hug you too, father?”

Tang Qing was stunned and turned his head away. “It’s not impossible.”

Tang Ming immediately hugged the two of them as two streams of clear tears flowed down his cheeks, “I’m sorry. Also, goodbye Dad, Mom.”

Tang Ming slowly opened his eyes.

“You’re awake?”

Red Cherry’s voice entered Tang Ming’s mind. Tang Ming’s face was somewhat pale. He turned his head to look at Red Cherry and smiled. “I’ve made Miss Red Cherry worry.”

“Wipe the tears from your face.” Red Cherry put on a red cloth cap, making it difficult to see her expression clearly.

“Does Miss Red Cherry know what it is?” Tang Ming paused for a moment before continuing, “It’s something that lets us enter a dream-like state that seems to be both real and fake.”

“That is called Smoke.” Hong Ying’s words were especially calm, so calm that she didn’t want to be a living person: “Those who are hit by the smoke will fall into a beautiful dream. In this dream, even if someone found out that something was wrong, they would still fall into a dream and die from drunkenness.”

“You’re not bad, you actually came out so quickly.” Hong Ying’s tone was filled with undisguised praise.

“Isn’t Miss Hong Ying faster?” Tang Ming looked at Red Cherry.

“I’m not like you.” Red Cherry was a foot away from them, but it made Tang Ming feel like Red Cherry was far away. “I killed them all, my friends and subordinates, including …” Father, Mother, and … “Little brother.”

Tang Ming sucked in a breath and subconsciously asked, “Why?”

“No reason.” Hong Ying’s vision was filled with a patch of red fog. “A fake is a fake. No matter how realistic it is, it is fake.”

“I don’t agree with Miss Red Cherry’s idea.” Tang Ming looked at the ceiling. “In my dream, I was very happy. That kind of feeling isn’t fake.”

Tang Ming didn’t remember anything from the past. When the incident happened at the Tang family’s castle, Tang Ming was only two years old. He was only two years old. What did he remember?

Occasionally, he would see scenes in the dark of the rain.

That should be something that he didn’t want to recall the most in the depths of his memories.

He subconsciously protected himself, causing him to ‘lose his memories’. But in reality, Tang Ming hadn’t forgotten about it at all. He just didn’t want to think about it.

However, Tang Ming had no choice but to use those few scenes to analyze the situation.

When Fairy Ruyue and the Fleeting Blade appeared in front of him, he should have been saved by then.

And at that time, Rou’er was with him, so when he was saved, where was Xiao’er?

Tang Ming understood his character. If something really happened to Rou Er, then he must have done it in front of her. Even if something happened to her, Tang Ming would definitely not leave her corpse.

The only explanation was that he let Rou’er escape while he stayed behind to buy time.

That was the reason why Tang Ming said he would definitely find Xiao Rou.

Tang Ming took a deep breath and forcefully sat up.

“Let’s go, the mechanism is open.” Seeing Tang Ming sit up, Red Cherry opened her mouth to speak.

Tang Ming also saw the door being pushed open.

“Alright.” Tang Ming nodded. He didn’t really want to speak.

The two people who had just come out of the dream had no desire to talk. The atmosphere between the two of them was somewhat strange.

The two of them arrived at a gorgeous room. Passing through the walls, Tang Ming and Red Cherry simultaneously saw a book.

Hong Ying said the latest, “Take it. This is useless to me. I’ll find a way out.”

Tang Ming looked at Hong Ying in surprise. After a moment of silence, he said, “Many thanks.”

Actually, even if Hong Ying didn’t specialize in sword arts, the temptation of the « Fleeting Sword Art » was like the appearance of a peerless beauty in front of a pervert. Everyone could drive them away, but even Tang Ming didn’t have the ability to resist the temptation of the « Fleeting Sword Art ».

No matter the reason why Hong Ying was able to so readily give up on the Fleeting Sword Art, Tang Ming still felt that he owed her.

Hong Ying didn’t pay attention to Tang Ming. She turned around and left. The red gauze on the cloth drew across Tang Ming’s fingers. Tang Ming suddenly remembered that Red Cherry was laughing inside his dream.

Tang Ming shook his head and once again repeated the words “that was only a dream” in his heart.

“Strangely enough, in my dream, the face of my fiance whom I have never met is exactly the same as yours.”

Red Cherry turned her head. Due to the red muslin, Tang Ming could not see Red Cherry’s face clearly.

Tang Ming took a deep breath and stuffed the “Great Sword Technique” into his sleeve, following Hong Ying’s footsteps.

On the ground, the sun shone brightly. Hong Ying looked at Tang Ming and said, “See you later.”

Tang Ming opened his mouth, but only said the words “I’ll see you again”.