Super Soldier in the City

Chapter 1854 - 1916: Murong Yuanqing’s Request

After all, it was an invitation to dinner, and Su Lio still didn’t say it out loud. He just took a few heavy breaths and replied coldly, "Are you going or not?""Are you going?" Li Yifei asked in return.

Su Lio really wanted to say, I’m not going, but when the words were about to leave his mouth, he changed it to: "I’m obviously going."

"Alright, if you’re going, I’ll go," Li Yifei immediately said.

Damn! Su Lio gritted his teeth and said, "Go if you want or not, lunchtime, Jingtai Hotel."

"Okay," Li Yifei finished speaking, and the call was abruptly ended from the other side. Li Yifei listened to the dial tone in his hand and rubbed his nose.

Holding the phone, he spaced out for a while, footsteps sounded behind him, and it was Song Lianyao coming over, saying, "Let’s go downstairs for breakfast, mom made your favorite pancakes."

"Alright, let’s go!" Li Yifei pulled Song Lianyao downstairs, the sweet atmosphere between the two making the older couple even happier.

Li Yifei ate ten pancakes in one go, which made Song Lianyao’s mom so delighted. She kept saying she just loved watching people eat a lot, the more they ate, the happier she got.

Li Yifei quickly shook his head and said, "Mom, that’s really enough, I truly can’t eat anymore, if I eat more, I’ll be too stuffed to move!"

"I’ll make more tomorrow!" Song Lianyao’s mom didn’t pressure him.

After finishing the meal, Li Yifei held his phone, pondering for a moment before dialing a number. He never understood who this Elder Su was; he had never even heard of such a person before. Moreover, Changbai Mountain isn’t far from him, only about a thousand kilometers away. If calculated as the crow flies, it might be a few hundred kilometers less, so it’s relatively close.

Going to the dinner without figuring it out? Moreover, the other party knows him, and it doesn’t feel quite right. After thinking it over and over, he called Murong Yuanqing.

It took three tries for Murong Yuanqing to answer, and his voice was unusually tired. Li Yifei hurriedly asked, "Elder Murong, what’s wrong?"

"Nothing, what could be wrong!" Murong Yuanqing replied.

Li Yifei still didn’t quite believe it; whenever he called, wasn’t the old man always loud and full of vigor? But this time, he started off sounding weak.

"I said nothing, then it’s nothing," Murong Yuanqing said somewhat impatiently, then added, "Why did you think of me? Spill it, what’s the matter!"

"There really is something, but it’s not urgent, you first tell me what’s wrong?" Li Yifei was even more certain that something was up with the old man.

"Alright, can’t hide it from you, but it’s nothing big, just chased some dumb thieves a few days ago and got a bit injured," Murong Yuanqing sighed after speaking, then said, "Really getting old, can still get injured from things like this."

Li Yifei’s heart skipped a beat; given the old man’s skill level, it absolutely couldn’t be some petty thieves. Those must have been experts like himself, otherwise how could he be injured? Even if they were given hands and feet plus brains, no petty thieves could hurt Murong Yuanqing, just the True Qi could bounce them away.

"Nothing too serious, right?" For this mentor-like elder-friend, Li Yifei was really quite worried, and his tone was somewhat anxious.

Murong Yuanqing immediately laughed heartily, saying, "Didn’t expect to fool you, haha, kid, how’s that, worried now?"

Li Yifei’s eye twitched and said, "Your joke was a bit much, I almost went to the kitchen to grab a cleaver, ready to run over and help you slaughter those petty thieves!"

Murong Yuanqing laughed even more heartily, but Li Yifei was still somewhat concerned. The initial response on the phone definitely wasn’t pretended, it was genuinely weak. But the old man could laugh heartily, which was also a good thing, so Li Yifei didn’t interrupt him.

After Murong Yuanqing laughed enough, his voice abruptly stopped, saying, "Kid, you called me not because you missed me, there’s something, hurry and spill it."

"Alright, let’s get to business, there’s really something, not a big deal, quite minor..."

"For heaven’s sake, hurry and say it, I still want to catch a nap!" Murong Yuanqing urged.

Li Yifei then said, "It’s really nothing?"

"Nothing, I’ve been through mountains of corpses and seas of blood eight times without a problem."

Then there must be something, Li Yifei thought, but right now he’s injured himself, so even if he wants to help, he can’t. Besides, if there really was an issue, the old man would probably ask him for help, so Li Yifei temporarily let go of his worry and said, "I saved someone the day before yesterday."

"That’s it?"

"Surname Su, can’t tell his age, could be like you, or maybe sixty or seventy."

There was silence on the other end, so Li Yifei said, "He knows me, but I don’t know him, he introduced himself as being from the Su Family of Changbai Mountain. I’m pondering, I only know one Su Family, which is my wife’s family..."

"What’s wrong with him?" Murong Yuanqing’s voice was somewhat urgent, so Li Yifei quickly said, "Poisoned, an unknown poison, but it’s very potent. Given the old man’s skill level, he surprisingly couldn’t suppress it. Luckily, I learned a detoxification method from Elder Yao, and saved him, otherwise he would have been a corpse."

Murong Yuanqing was silent for a moment, then said, "It’s fine, as long as he’s okay."

"Hmm, what I’m asking is, who is he, I’ve never heard of this person!"

Murong Yuanqing chuckled, saying, "There are many people you’ve never heard of, what’s strange about that."

"That’s true, but who exactly is it?"

"Do you really want to know that much?"

"Duh, he invited me to dinner, said it was to thank me, he knows who I am and even praised me, shouldn’t I know who he is?"

Another brief silence, then Murong Yuanqing said, "Since that’s the case, I might as well tell you. Remember what I told you?"

"Which one?"

"East, west, south, north, and center..."

Li Yifei sat up from the bed with a swoosh, glanced out the window, his heart also gave a thump, a person’s identity was about to be revealed. Then Li Yifei said, "You don’t mean to say, that this Elder Su is the one from the north?"

"It’s not a matter of maybe, he is!" Murong Yuanqing replied with a very awkward phrase.

Li Yifei’s mouth opened a few times, scratched his head, and replied, "That’s a master like you, but... doesn’t seem that strong. That poison, although I don’t know what it is, should theoretically be suppressible with True Qi."

"Don’t ask me, I don’t know either. I haven’t seen that old bastard in decades — no, I should say we’ve basically had no contact. After founding the country, he went into seclusion at Changbai Mountain, and it’s been half a century. How would I know what’s happened to him?"

This tone, something’s not right, Li Yifei smacked his lips and then said, "Anyway, his health wasn’t great, otherwise he wouldn’t have been poisoned like that. If I hadn’t happened to be there and saved him, he’d be dead stiff by now."

"He invited you to dinner?"

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn’t be calling you."

"Then go, it should be nothing. That old man might be lacking in other areas but his character’s alright."

What’s lacking in other areas, but character’s alright, could you mean his skills? It’s something Li Yifei isn’t certain about but he feels something’s off with Murong Yuanqing today, especially when mentioning Elder Su.

"Is there anything I need to be aware of?" Li Yifei couldn’t figure it out, so he asked.

Murong Yuanqing was silent for a moment, then asked, "Who else?"

"Who else? It should just be his family, the call was from his granddaughter. No idea what the old man is doing!"

"Granddaughter?" Murong Yuanqing snorted, "Is she pretty?"

This... Li Yifei thought for a bit and replied, "She’s alright, similar to my wives at home, but..."

"Make your move!" Murong Yuanqing shouted.

"What?" Li Yifei’s ears were ringing, he didn’t quite catch what the other said.

"I said make your move on her!"

"Hey, Elder, you’re supposed to be respected and virtuous, how can you say something like this?"

"Nonsense, have I ever asked you for anything?"

Well, the word nonsense came out, Li Yifei really didn’t understand the grudge between them, so he replied, "That’s true, but you want me to make my move on his granddaughter, is that what you mean?"

"Exactly, she’s pretty, should be young. Oh right, how old is that old bastard’s granddaughter?"

Li Yifei winced, now even the word "bastard" came out, if he couldn’t tell there was old resentment between them, he’d be a fool. He could only reply, "She’s young, probably in her twenties."

"Hey!" Murong Yuanqing was delighted, laughed so happily, even left the phone, Li Yifei could vaguely hear something like "Old coots, you get what you deserve, haha, serves you right for messing up back then! This is what they call, divine justice."

Just when Li Yifei was feeling a chill thinking the old man had gone mad, Murong Yuanqing was back, picked up the phone and said, "Listen, I’ve never asked you for anything, but this time, you must do it!"

"You want me to hook up with his granddaughter?" Li Yifei rolled his eyes as he said it.

"Wrong!" Murong Yuanqing said, Li Yifei’s eyes widened, thinking did he misunderstand, then heard Murong Yuanqing continue, "I mean take her."

"Oh come on!" Li Yifei almost lost breath, it’s a level deeper than hooking up, straight to taking her.

"Anyway, it must be done, it’s a political mission, hmm, do you get it?" Murong Yuanqing said with a pretentious seriousness.

"I’m a bit confused, why must it be so aggressive?" Li Yifei asked.

"Back in our day, when the organization gave us a task, we never asked why, we did it with our lives. How come now with you youngsters, there’s so many whys, just proves each generation gets worse, how can I trust to die in peace, how can the future of the motherland be entrusted to your hands, it’s just... people have no conscience anymore. No conscience!"

This got nothing to do with no conscience, why not say old people have more bad thoughts!

"I might not be able to do it, I already have so many women at home, can’t have more." Li Yifei replied.

"What’s that got to do with me." Murong Yuanqing snorted, "Don’t spin that yarn for me, it was you who said his granddaughter’s pretty. I think having you take her is you getting an advantage, so whether you listen or not, do it or not, don’t come to me in the future!"