Chapter 82

Chapter 82 Return

“Grandpa, Grandpa, Ah Qing is back!”

Upon entering the village, Wang Da’an trotted to the brightly lit ancestral hall and shouted.

“What, Ah Qing is back?”

“Ah Qing is okay?!”

“You little brat, are you sure you didn’t see it wrong?”

The moment this voice rang out, the ancestral hall erupted in a commotion, and many villagers rushed out.

“How could I be wrong? Look, isn’t that Ah Qing!”

Wang Da’an shouted, pointing behind him.

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw a figure slowly approaching. In the bright moonlight, his features were vaguely discernible. Who else could it be but Lu Qing?

“It’s Ah Qing!”

The villagers were overjoyed.

“I’m sorry to have worried you all.”

Lu Qing arrived in front of the ancestral hall and bowed gently to the villagers.

“I’m glad you’re back, I’m glad you’re back,” said Grandpa Zhang, very relieved.

“Yes, as long as you come back safely,”

the other villagers echoed.

They had indeed been living in fear all day. Everyone

was worried that Lu Qing would leave and never come back to the village. They

were also afraid that what they were waiting for would be the vicious villains of the Black Wolf Gang.

Now, seeing that Lu Qing finally returned safely, the heavy stone in everyone’s heart finally fell.

“Grandpa Zhang, where is Xiaoyan?”

Lu Qing looked a few times and found that he did not see Xiaoyan, so he couldn’t help asking.

“She is sleeping in there. You didn’t come back all day. In the afternoon, she was clamoring for her brother and crying very hard. She didn’t want to eat dinner. Doctor Chen gave her two injections and she fell asleep.”

“Is the master in there too?” Lu Qing asked.

“Yes, Doctor Chen brought Xiaoyan down the mountain when he saw that you hadn’t come back.”

Lu Qing was silent.

He knew that the reason why the master went down the mountain, in addition to being worried about him, was probably to protect the villagers of Jiuli Village.

“Grandpa Zhang, I’ll go in and apologize to the master first. It’s really wrong to make him so worried.” Lu Qing said.

“Of course, of course. Even though the old doctor didn’t say anything, we can all tell he’s deeply worried about you,” Grandpa Zhang said quickly.

Lu Qing walked into the ancestral hall and saw his master, Xiaoyan, sitting on a rock beneath a tree in the courtyard.

“Back?”

Old Doctor Chen’s face finally relaxed upon seeing Lu Qing.

“I’m sorry for being reckless and causing Master to worry. I beg your forgiveness,” Lu Qing said, lowering his head.

“I’m glad you’re back safely,”

Old Doctor Chen sighed.

While he thought Lu Qing’s decision that morning was rash, he also knew that as a son, how many could truly remain calm after suddenly learning the truth about their parents’ death?

Wasn’t it his fear that something like this might happen that had originally inspired him to teach Lu Qing martial arts?

“Is everything resolved?”

The old doctor glanced at Lu Qing, perceptively noticing some bloodstains on his clothes.

But he saw no signs of injury.

“Well, it’s resolved for now. No one should come to harass the village for a while,” Lu Qing replied.

“Oh, what did you do?”

Doctor Chen was a little surprised to see his disciple so confident.

During the day, he heard from the villagers that the people who came to the village to cause trouble in the morning were from the Black Wolf Gang.

As someone who often goes in and out of the city, how could the old doctor not know what the Black Wolf Gang represents.

It was precisely because he knew the Black Wolf Gang’s usual style of doing things that he came down from the mountain to protect the villagers of Jiuli Village.

Now, when he heard Lu Qing say that everything had been resolved, how could he not be surprised?

Lu Qing did not directly answer the master’s question.

Instead, he asked: “Master, do you know that there is a Happy Village nearby?”

“Happy Village?” The old doctor thought for a moment and shook his head. “I haven’t heard of it.”

Lu Qing was speechless.

But then he thought, the old master usually spends his time studying medicine besides treating patients.

He basically doesn’t care about other things.

It’s normal that he hasn’t heard of the Happy Village.

“That Happy Village is a casino and brothel run by a leader of the Black Wolf Gang, about fifty or sixty miles away.”

“My father was framed by the people of Happy Village and owed a huge amount of money.”

“Those people wanted to seize my family’s land and force my mother to sell herself to join the village. My parents refused, so they eventually jumped into the river and committed suicide.”

“I see.” Old Doctor Chen finally understood why his disciple suddenly mentioned this village.

The villagers outside also learned how Lu Ming and his wife had died.

“So what about this Happy Village now…” the old doctor asked.

“Happy Village no longer exists,” Lu Qing said. “I have avenged my parents with my own hands.”

“…” The old doctor was silent for a moment before saying, “It’s a good thing that such a harmful village is gone.”

The old doctor thought that the revenge Lu Qing was talking about was killing the ringleader and disbanding the so-called Happy Village.

Although he himself did not like to hurt others, as a son, revenge for his parents was a matter of course, and even he could not say anything.

At this time, the old doctor had never expected that his disciple would be so murderous that he killed everyone in the village except those poor girls.

Lu Qing did not say directly that he had killed nearly a hundred people in one night.

Seeing that his master did not blame him, he was relieved.

On the contrary, the other villagers were shocked when they heard Lu Qing say that he destroyed the entire village.

Although they already knew that Lu Qing was very skilled and had extraordinary martial arts in the morning.

But he destroyed a mountain village by himself.

Such a feat was still far beyond their imagination.

Lu Qing noticed the expressions of the villagers.

He thought for a moment and said, “Grandpa Zhang, although I destroyed the village that harmed my parents, it’s best not to publicize this matter. The Black Wolf Gang in the city is behind that village, and we don’t know if they’ll send someone to investigate. So, for now, please try not to mention this matter.

While Lu Qing believes that with Magu’s abilities, he should be able to handle the situation in Happy Village,

it’s still important to remind them.

“Yes, yes, yes, you all heard me, don’t mention anything about Ah Qing when you’re out! No, for the time being, except to work in the fields, you’re not allowed to go out, not even to the market, understand?” Grandpa Zhang snapped back, realizing the situation.

“Got it!”

Those still gathered at the ancestral hall were mostly the more stable adults in the village. They naturally understood the seriousness of the situation and responded in unison.

“Alright, now that Ah Qing is back, let’s disperse. We’ve been worried all day, haven’t had dinner, and we’re all tired. We’ll talk tomorrow if there’s anything else.” “Uncle Zhang said again.

(End of this chapter)