"Big Brother, Brother Ox, come back again when you have time!"
Run Tu's eyes were wet.
After this parting, who knew how many years it would be before they met again.
"Big Brother, where are you planning to go after leaving Shushan?"
"I haven't decided yet, but I'd like to visit Nantong."
Nantong?
Zhao Ling'er served as Governor in Nantong, overseeing the major affairs of three provinces and defending against the coastal Japanese pirates.
There wasn't any particularly special reason.
He had simply heard Zhao Ling'er talk about Nantong's local customs and people while at Jing Yu's home.
So he thought he might go and have a look while he had nothing to do.
Little Girl looked at Qingfeng and took the last dried mouse from inside her clothes.
These past days, she had either been at the residence of Jing Yu, Great Sui's future chief minister.
Or she had been at the Floating Jade Sect, then gone off to Shushan.
Naturally, none of those places had mice for her to catch, and her supplies had run out.
Little Girl stared at Qingfeng solemnly.
Qingfeng looked at the dried mouse and asked in puzzlement, "For me?"
Little Girl nodded, as though what she was handing over wasn't a mouse.
But something utterly sacred.
Qingfeng looked just as solemn. "Wait here for a moment!"
With that, he vanished from the spot.
Before long.
An enormous shadow appeared in the sky.
Little Girl raised her head and looked up.
"Boom!!"
An enormous dark shape crashed down heavily.
The earth shook at once, and dust billowed.
Little Girl's eyes widened as she looked at the monster before her, as large as a small mountain.
Qingfeng stood atop the beast's body, his little hands on his hips.
His long Jet-Black hair hung loose behind