A Tumultuous Reunion

Traveling day and night at full speed, they finally reached the gates of Suotuo City that afternoon.

As the city gates drew closer, Lin Qing suddenly spotted two figures ahead, one in front of the other.

The one in back was a young man. Years of blacksmithing had left his features somewhat rough and his skin somewhat dark. He looked ordinary, and before the figure ahead of him, he was utterly obedient, more like a little servant from the household.

The one in front was a young girl, roughly one meter sixty tall. She wore a small pink dress and rabbit-ear hair ornaments, with her long hair braided into a scorpion tail that hung to her waist. However, she did not look particularly happy, her face full of dissatisfaction.

These two were Tang San and Xiao Wu, who had been separated from Lin Qing for several days.

Suotuo City was located in the Balak Kingdom, while Nuoding City lay in Fasinuo Province. The two places were far apart. The straight-line distance was not actually great, but the Star Dou Great Forest lay between them, so one had to make a huge detour to travel from Nuoding City to Suotuo City.

Lin Qing had come directly through the Star Dou Great Forest, making his journey half as long as Xiao Wu and Tang San's. Moreover, he had a mount, allowing him to travel even faster. Although taming Ah Yin, absorbing Spirit Rings, and helping those in need along the way had consumed a great deal of time, he still arrived in Suotuo City on the same day as Xiao Wu and Tang San.

"Whoa—!" Lin Qing galloped up on horseback, rushed before Xiao Wu and the other, then abruptly pulled to a stop, blocking Xiao Wu's path.

"Who is it?! How dare you block Sister Xiao Wu's way!" Xiao Wu had already been in a bad mood from not seeing Lin Qing for several days. Now that Lin Qing had directly blocked her path, she naturally became angry.

At the same time, Tang San immediately used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to step forward and shield Xiao Wu behind him. To be honest, for women of Douluo Continent, a man who always stepped forward first no matter what happened was naturally quite appealing.

However, Xiao Wu felt that Tang San was underestimating her, so she was not very pleased by his actions.

"Xiao Wu, it's me, Lin Qing," Lin Qing said as he stopped the horse.

"Lin Qing!" Hearing Lin Qing's voice, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, and she immediately moved to rush forward. Yet in the next instant, she froze in shock.

Lin Qing was seated atop a Unicorn Pegasus, gripping the reins. In his arms sat an incredibly beautiful, baby-faced, voluptuous girl. She wore tight-fitting clothes that perfectly outlined her figure.

The moment Xiao Wu saw Zhu Zhuqing in Lin Qing's arms, alarm bells rang in her head. This is bad! In just a few days, Sister Xiao Wu's home has been stolen!

Xiao Wu had always been straightforward. Seeing Zhu Zhuqing in Lin Qing's arms, she pointed at her and asked, "Lin Qing, who is this woman?" Though it was a question, her voice carried anger and a trace of grievance.

Seeing that Xiao Wu had misunderstood, Lin Qing immediately dismounted and hurriedly explained, "Xiao Wu, it's not what you think."

"If it's not what I think, then what is it?!" Tears gradually welled up in Xiao Wu's eyes, but she desperately held them back, her gaze brimming with grievance.

Seeing Xiao Wu like this, Tang San could no longer hold back. He stepped forward, pointed at Lin Qing's nose, and cursed, "Lin Qing, I never thought the business you mentioned was picking up a woman you have such an extraordinary relationship with. How can you face Xiao Wu's trust in you? A person like you doesn't deserve Xiao Wu's affection at all!"

"Tang San, shut up! This is between Lin Qing and me!" When Xiao Wu saw Tang San interrupting, all the anger she could not bear to direct at Lin Qing shifted onto Tang San instead.

"Xiao Wu, I'm just concerned about you," Tang San explained weakly when he saw her anger.

"Concerned? I don't need your concern. Who do you think you are? I don't need your concern!" Xiao Wu roared, as though venting all the anger and grievance that had built up over those brief few minutes.

"Xiao Wu, calm down." Lin Qing hurriedly stepped forward, placing one hand on Xiao Wu's shoulder as he moved to pull her into his arms.

Lin Qing was not trying to smooth things over for Tang San. He was thinking of himself. What if Tang San completely enraged Xiao Wu at this moment and she refused to listen to his explanation?

Seeing Lin Qing trying to hug her, the grievance and anger in Xiao Wu's heart drove her to struggle.

She had traveled alone from Nuoding City, endured days of hardship and sleeping rough, and gone through great difficulty to reach Suotuo City. She had been full of joy, knowing she would soon see Lin Qing, yet she had never expected him to bring along a beautiful girl. They were even riding the same horse, pressed together. Then an emotion called grievance surged up from the depths of her heart.

However, compared to Lin Qing, Xiao Wu was simply too weak. He directly pulled her into his embrace.

Seeing that she could not break free, Xiao Wu could only pound Lin Qing's chest hard with her fists, her voice trembling with tears. "Stupid Lin Qing! Bad Lin Qing! If you don't explain everything clearly, don't even think about sleeping with me again!"

"Alright, alright, I'll explain. I'll definitely explain everything clearly," Lin Qing coaxed her.

After a while, once Xiao Wu's emotions finally began to settle, Lin Qing started recounting everything. He told her about going to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts, taming the Unicorn Pegasus, encountering Zhu Zhuqing while she was being hunted on his way back, saving her, and then caring for her for two or three days after saving her.

Of course, Lin Qing left out many things, such as taming Ah Yin and taking Ah Yin's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. This was to prevent Tang Hao, who might be hiding nearby, from learning about it. After all, he could not let the inscription he had left in that cave go to waste.

Then there was the matter of Demonifying the Titan Python and Unicorn Pegasus. Lin Qing only said that he had absorbed the Titan Python's Spirit Ring and tamed the Unicorn Pegasus. He did not mention Demonification at all, since it was one of his trump cards.

Finally, he omitted the matter of applying medicine to Zhu Zhuqing's injuries. He truly feared that Xiao Wu would explode on the spot if she heard the details of him applying medicine to Zhu Zhuqing.

After all, he had been in this world for so long, and nearly half his life had been spent with Xiao Wu. To Lin Qing, no matter how many different people he encountered in the future, no matter what roles they played in his life, none of them could shake Xiao Wu's place in his heart. No matter what, Xiao Wu was the most important person to him.

"Is what you said true?" Although she asked that, Xiao Wu's anger had already completely faded. She wiped away the overflowing tears on Lin Qing's clothes, and a trace of a smile had already appeared between her brows.

"Of course it's true." Lin Qing reached out and pinched Xiao Wu's pretty cheek. "What a little fool. I might deceive anyone, but I'd never deceive you."

"You're the fool. You're a big fool," Xiao Wu immediately retorted. Yet no matter how one listened to it, her words carried the heavy flavor of flirtatious bickering.

At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing also dismounted and walked over.

"Hello, my name is Zhu Zhuqing. Lin Qing saved me in the Star Dou Great Forest a few days ago, and since we were heading to the same destination, we chose to travel together."

"Hello, my name is Xiao Wu, as in the wu from dancing. I'm Lin Qing's girlfriend." Seeing Zhu Zhuqing approach, although Xiao Wu believed Lin Qing and knew that he and Zhu Zhuqing were merely a rescued girl and her savior, she still treated Zhu Zhuqing like a formidable enemy and immediately asserted her claim.