Today, they had run into something evil.
Man surnamed Sun and Old Man Li had much the same thought in their hearts. The two juniors did not dare say much either and were exceedingly cautious.
Fortunately, nothing happened afterward. The richly dressed man simply kept his head down and ate his noodles. The two Gray-clothed Persons sat to his left and right, neither ordering food nor chatting much. Aside from keeping most of their attention on the man eating noodles, they occasionally glanced toward the Suns. Other than that, they made no unnecessary movements.
The richly dressed man ate very slowly, seeming to savor every bite as he ate. After a while, he began speaking in a wistful tone.
"Back then, I learned from a copy of a book that this was the Hometown of the Literary Sage. Though it was a peaceful corner of the world, it was the wellspring of the world's Literary Lineage, a place scholars throughout the ages yearned for! I was the same, so I crossed oceans and scaled mountains, traveling countless miles to come here on pilgrimage."
Chewing his food, the man paused with his chopsticks and gazed down the streets and lanes into the distance, looking at this tranquil little city.
"Ah, come to think of it, more than forty years have already passed!"
More than forty years?
The four members of the Sun Family and Li Family could not help examining this diner once more. Even if he had come here in his teens back then, he should be close to sixty now. Yet although his complexion was pale, he looked nothing like someone of sixty years. He was plainly still a robust man in his prime.
"Father—"
"What business is it of yours? Pack up. Once the customer is done eating,