Auntie Fang quickly dragged Huo Xiao to the mahjong table.
At first, Aunt Fang was very patient in teaching him the rules, but then —
"The other side has obviously called three cards. Why are you still playing? Do you even know how to read cards? "
Huo Xiao stared at the three cards in a daze.
No!
This card was obviously not among the cards that had been played. Why couldn't he play?
"Hey, Madam, you're not allowed to change the card!"
Zhao Yunniang, who was sitting opposite Huo Xiao, was beaming with joy.
She had almost lost her mother's private money. Now, hahaha, she had turned the tables!
"You!" Aunt Fang was furious.
She didn't believe it. She was the reincarnation of the Peacock God. Was her son really only fit to be the Cannon God? The kind that was useless except for playing the cannon?
But soon after, Aunt Fang was completely convinced.
Not only did Huo Xiao not make any progress, but he also became braver and braver. He lost more and more, and his shots were getting more and more accurate!
Apart from her, the other two families were already grinning from ear to ear as they fully experienced the joy she had just experienced.
Aunt Fang gritted her teeth in pain and looked at her silly son with a face full of exasperation.
"Hurry up and get out of the game. I don't want to play cards with you for the rest of my life!"
Huo Xiao was also very bitter.
He had thought that his mother was very gentle to him and cared about him.
It turned out that all the true feelings couldn't compare to winning or losing on the table.
Looking at his mother's disdainful face, he had no one to complain to.
It was strange. There were only a few cards back and forth. How could he get the other side's cards so accurately every time?
"Nine Biscuits!" He was angry. He thought that he had already seen three of this card outside. He couldn't play another one, right?
Who knew! Three shots in one shot!
There was no love in Aunt Fang's eyes. They were full of disdain.
Huo Xiao wanted to cry.
It was probably because he didn't have such good gambling luck!
In the end, Huo Xiao had to give his position to Zhao Xiaodie.
Huo Xiao could not help but feel grateful to Lin Mengya when he saw his mother regaining her vigor.
"I know. If you weren't by her side to take care of her, I'm afraid she wouldn't be as happy as she is now."
Lin Mengya was drinking tea and chatting with Long Tianhao.
When she saw Huo Xiao standing at the door, she smiled and pointed at the empty seat next to her.
"You can't say that it's all my credit. Aunt Fang is an optimistic person. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to survive in the Zhao family for so many years."
She glanced at Aunt Fang, who had a smug look on her face, and her smile deepened.
"Since she's able to hold on until now, I guess God wouldn't be willing to mistreat her anymore, right?"
The knot in Huo Xiao's heart seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
All these years, he had been brooding over the fact that his mother had abandoned him, his father, and their family.
But now that things had come to this, he already knew how difficult it was for his mother.
If one were to look at it from another perspective, such a heavy past would probably drive a person crazy!
He picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea that Lin Mengya had poured for him.
She had always liked to drink light tea. It was slightly bitter and fragrant, which made it taste better.
His heart seemed to be comforted by the fragrance of the tea.
He lowered his eyes and said softly, "The group of people I tracked went to many places, but they seemed to only stay in those places. I didn't find their real lair."
The target that Huo Xiao was tracking was the group of masked guards who claimed to be sent by the Elders before the New Year.
Although Lin Mengya had chased them away at that time, she was very clear that these people's identities were a mystery. Their whereabouts were strange, and they had extremely unusual means. It was very difficult to deal with them.
Therefore, for their safety, Lin Mengya had sent someone to follow them.
Huo Xiao was a little confused at that time. In addition, to those people, Huo Xiao was more suitable to inquire about the situation.
She did not expect that even a master like Huo Xiao would not be able to find out the details of the other party.
It was obvious that they were really difficult to deal with.
Lin Mengya glanced at Long Tianhao, who slowly put down the teacup and looked at Huo Xiao.
"You won't be able to find out anything about them."
Huo Xiao frowned. "In that case, you know some inside information?"
Long Tianhao nodded and squinted his eyes.
"I forgot a lot of things before. Later, I found out that it was because these things involved were too secretive, so I put a ban on myself."
"I can only remember these things at the right time. Those people just happened to remind me of some things. "
In fact, he didn't think of it at that time.
These things were only solved after his wife gave birth to Little Fubao. It could be said that the people he cared about were not the people, but his wife's safety.
Therefore, these things were based on his wife's various conditions.
It had to be said that Long Tianhao's actions had won back his worthless life.
Otherwise, Lin Mengya wouldn't have forgiven him so quickly.
Huo Xiao was a little surprised. "In that case, you know who they are?"
Long Tianhao sighed and said helplessly, "I don't know."
But he continued, "Although I don't know where they came from, their goal is the bloodline of the aboriginals."
At this point, Huo Xiao frowned. "It's no wonder that they settled down in the clans with the purest bloodline. And every time they went to a place, the local clansmen would go missing. "
"According to what you said, people like us, whose bloodline has been mixed up, have become a life-saving talisman?"
Long Tianhao nodded and said in a low voice, "So Madam and I guessed that perhaps the sudden exclusion of the aboriginals had something to do with this matter."
Huo Xiao's frown deepened.
His fingers, which were gripping the teacup tightly, turned pale from the force.
"They are disregarding human relations! Could it be that in their eyes, the aboriginals are livestock that they can kill at will? "
Although he had a feud with the aboriginals, it didn't mean that he would turn a blind eye to such atrocities.
Lin Mengya reminded him, "There's one more thing that you might have forgotten. Those who came with the masked guards were personally appointed by the Elders."
"Do you mean that the Elders clearly knew their purpose, but still sent them here?" Huo Xiao's brows were knitted into a tight knot, and he almost crushed the teacup in his hand.
"Those people from the Elders Council are worse than beasts!"
Huo Xiao had always had a bad impression of the Elders, and now it was even worse.
He couldn't imagine that the aboriginals were so sincere in their belief in the Elders, but the Elders treated them as sacrifices to please others.
It was also because of those animals that he had been separated from his parents for more than ten years!
The Elders! The Elders! They were all the Elders!
For a moment, he didn't know whether the aboriginals, who were forced to be abandoned, or the aboriginals, who had been kept in the dark and had been used, were more pitiful!
Lin Mengya poured a cup of hot tea for Long Tianhao. The two of them looked at each other and waited for Huo Xiao to calm down.
After a long time, he put the teacup on the table with stiff fingers.
Then, he took a deep breath.
"I understand now."
When he looked at Lin Mengya again, there was more determination in his eyes.
"I won't allow him to hurt my family and friends anymore."
"As for those Ancient Clan members who are kept in the dark, I know that even if I were to reveal the truth now, they would definitely not believe me."
"So, I can only do what I should do. The rest has nothing to do with me."
Lin Mengya was stunned, and then she couldn't help but smile and shake her head.
She didn't expect that Huo Xiao would think it through after this incident.
She deliberately asked him another difficult question. "But your companions might not be as carefree as you are. What if they can't let go of their family and friends? What will you do then?"
Long Tianhao followed his wife's lead and added fuel to the fire.
"Everyone has their own relatives and friends. If they really need your help in the future, I'm afraid that even if it's for the sake of justice, you, Master Huo, will be willing to risk your life for your friends, even if it's for the sake of justice, right?"
The couple echoed each other. They were both teasing and hinting at each other.
Huo Xiao was a capable person. After working together for this period of time, both of them trusted Huo Xiao.
However, he also had his fatal flaw.
Not to mention anything else, he must have regarded his fortune-teller companions as his responsibility.
However, if the aboriginals were to be exposed, the aboriginals would be the first to break down.
By then, if every one of his fortune-teller companions wanted to save their family and friends, Huo Xiao wouldn't be able to save them even if he chopped them into pieces.
Moreover, even his companions weren't on the same side as him. Otherwise, Huo Xiao wouldn't have led his men to rescue the fortune-teller when he was deceived by the Elders' Assembly.
Both of them could treat Huo Xiao as a friend, but they had to consider the risks if they treated him as a business partner.
Huo Xiao stared at the teacup. There were some words that he had kept in his heart for a long time, but he couldn't find a suitable channel to pour them out.
"It won't happen again," he said. Although it was only two words, it made him suffer for a long time before he finally made up his mind.
"I can promise both of you that the previous situation will never happen again."
His face was full of solemnity and seriousness.
It was as if the decisive Huo Xiao, who could command hundreds of people in the bandit's lair, had returned to them.
"Saving them is already the most benevolent thing I have ever done. I have already done what I promised them, and I have also done what I should have given them."
"Their future will depend on their own fate. I can help them for a while, but I can't help them for the rest of their lives."
The corners of Lin Mengya's lips curled up when she heard this.
She didn't ask Huo Xiao why he had made such a big change. She just raised the teacup in her hand and gave him a toast.
"Congratulations."
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