"Whew! I'm finally back. To think nothing here has changed at all. Only the people have changed, I suppose!" Li Xiaoya breathed out with a touch of wistfulness and murmured to himself, unwittingly slipping into memories of his old days in Treasure Immortal Town.
"Boss! Boss!" Xu Er suddenly came in and called to Zhang Dafu.
"Hehe! What is it, Xu Er?" Zhang Dafu asked with a chuckle.
"Boss, don't you think that fellow looks familiar?" Xu Er glanced at Li Xiaoya, leaned close to Zhang Dafu's ear, and spoke softly.
"Familiar?" Zhang Dafu glanced at Li Xiaoya too and murmured, "Not really!"
"Uh! Don't you think he looks a lot like someone?" Xu Er lowered his voice even further.
"Who?" His mysterious manner piqued Zhang Dafu's curiosity, and he lowered his voice as well.
"Li Xiaoya!" Xu Er whispered.
"Huh? Isn't he dead? Don't scare me!" Zhang Dafu's expression changed dramatically as he spoke nervously.
"Shh!" Xu Er hastily motioned for him to keep quiet. "Keep your voice down. I did ask my cousin to beat him up back then, but he didn't beat him to death! Maybe he couldn't get by here anymore and left!"
"Well, that's true. All these years, I've kept dreaming about that little bastard now and then. That was the only shameful thing I ever did in my life. Ah! I really hope it's him. He looks like he's done quite well for himself!" Zhang Dafu sighed. Ever since hearing that Li Xiaoya had died, he had known no peace, day or night, and had suffered constant nightmares. Though only in his fifties, his hair had turned completely white, and he had grown this thin.
"Shall I go sound him out?" Xu Er asked.
"All right!" Zhang Dafu nodded.
How keen was Li Xiaoya's