Ren Xiaosu had already returned to the town outside Stronghold 61. When he first arrived in the Central Plains, his starting point was here. He even bought a house here and even planted some Potato Shooters in the yard.
As he expected, the moment he entered the house, he saw several people who had climbed in from the yard being knocked to the ground by the Potato Shooters.
Ren Xiaosu sighed. Now that this yard had become a haunted house in town, it would probably be a little difficult to sell it again.
He cleaned up the house a little before heading straight to the tavern.
When he arrived at the tavern, the storyteller was telling a new story. When Ren Xiaosu listened carefully, he was surprised to see it was about Xu Zhi's rescue.
The storyteller said, "Dear readers, you might not know this, but the world has become more and more bizarre. A mysterious young man in the wilderness brought along his maidservant and traveled the world with his sword."
When he entered the tavern, Ren Xiaosu smiled and ordered a lamb stew from the waiter. Xiaolu was sitting in a chair next to the storyteller, but it was as though she did not see Ren Xiaosu at all.
Ren Xiaosu was puzzled. He had only been gone for a few days, but they already did not recognize him? Even the waiter in the tavern acted as though he had never seen Ren Xiaosu before.
Just as he was about to take his seat by the window, he realized a woman wearing a black cap was already sitting there.
He had seen this woman before. He had almost mistaken her for Yang Xiaojin!
The woman was still wearing a clean combat uniform and a pair of combat boots. These combat boots were clamped with steel plates, and normal women would not wear such things.
Ren Xiaosu did not say anything and just picked another seat to sit down. He suddenly realized the reason why Xiaolu, the storyteller, and the waiter pretended not to know him might have something to do with this woman.
Was she a supernatural being? Ren Xiaosu was not too sure, but he was certain that she must have a powerful background.
But why would a woman like her appear in town?
As usual, Ren Xiaosu carefully peeled the bread for half an hour. As he peeled, he listened to how the storyteller praised him …
The woman in the black cap did not say a word from beginning to end. She did not even raise her head to look at Ren Xiaosu. She just continued drinking, but it seemed like she could not get drunk no matter how much she drank.
Ren Xiaosu left after finishing his mutton stew. He didn't hear a knock on the door until the evening.
He walked to the door and was careful not to face it. Instead, he hid behind the brick wall next to the door and asked, "Who is it?"
"Me."
It was Fawn's voice.
Ren Xiaosu opened the door a little, and Xiaolu squeezed in through the gap. "Did you see the woman wearing the cap?"
Ren Xiaosu agreed.
"After she arrived, Grandpa specifically told me and the staff to pretend that we don't know you if we see you again." Xiaolu said, "She came here once before and even went to Grandpa's house. But I don't know what they talked about. Grandpa told me to go and buy some soy sauce."
Xiaolu finished speaking in one breath, as though she was afraid Ren Xiaosu would misunderstand her. After all, she had pretended not to know Ren Xiaosu during the day.
Ren Xiaosu nodded and said with a smile, "I thought you guys had forgotten about me. But who is that woman? Why is your grandpa so wary of her?"
"I'm not too sure about that. I only know that she's a supernatural being, a very powerful one at that." Xiaolu said, "Have you been out on a mission recently? Why did you leave for half a month?"
"Mhm, the mission location is a little far away," Ren Xiaosu said.
"Is it a mission from the Zhou Clan?" Xiaolu asked curiously.
However, Ren Xiaosu just smiled and did not answer the question.
Then Xiaolu asked again, "Do you know how to use a sniper rifle? Were you the one with the maidservant?"
Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "What sniper rifle?"
He realized Xiaolu and the storyteller had already guessed who he was. However, they were not too sure about it as the operation was extremely covert this time.
Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, "Do I look like someone who has a maidservant?"
"That's true, you're still alone." Xiaolu nodded in relief. "Will you still be coming to the tavern tomorrow?"
Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "With that woman around, it won't be appropriate for me to show up at the tavern frequently without figuring out her identity. So I'll be leaving tomorrow."
"Where are you going?" Xiaolu blinked.
"I'm going to the black market outside Luoyang City." Ren Xiaosu did not hide it from her.
"Then will you be coming back?"
"I will." Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, "My house is still here. If that woman leaves, just throw a bunch of weeds into the yard, and I'll know."
"Alright then, I'll be going back. Be careful." Xiaolu sounded a little dejected. She actually wanted to follow Ren Xiaosu out to have a look, but she knew her grandfather would be very angry.
After that, Xiaolu went back through the door and disappeared into the night. Only the fragrance of Xiaolu's body was left in the house. She seemed to have put on some perfume before coming here. It was not the low-quality perfume sold in town, but it smelled quite nice.
When Xiaolu returned home with her head lowered, the storyteller snapped, "Where did you go?"
"I … I went out to find out more stories," Xiaolu explained.
"You were distracted when he came back. Did you go look for him?" The storyteller said with a dark expression, "How many times have I told you? This kind of person is very dangerous, and it's even more dangerous to follow him."
"Grandpa," Xiaolu said pitifully, "I also want to go out and have a look."
"I think you just want to be his maidservant!"
"There's nothing wrong with that!" Xiaolu said stubbornly.
The storyteller was stunned for a moment before sighing. "You're still young, but he's already involved in that vortex of power. You can't follow him."
"But I'm very powerful too." Xiaolu was unconvinced.
"Listen to the story again and understand how dangerous the martial world is," the storyteller said earnestly.
"Why?"
"Because the most dangerous thing in this world is not firearms or superpowers, but the human heart. You have to understand what the martial world is like," the storyteller said with a smile.
"Alright, then how long more do I have to listen to the story?" Xiaolu sat at the table and propped her chin up with her hands as she stared blankly at the empty space in front of her.
"Just one more year, just one more year, and I'll let you go," the storyteller said.
Then the storyteller heard Xiaolu folding paper next to him. "What are you doing?"
"Folding paper cranes," Xiaolu said with a smile.
The storyteller felt a wave of despair. What a sin!
Before Ren Xiaosu returned to Stronghold 61, he had been hoping that woman would leave as soon as possible. With such a person coming to listen to his stories every day, he was under too much pressure.
It was not that he was afraid that woman would pose a threat to him. After all, there was no conflict of interest between the two of them. It was just that the woman knew too much, so he could not simply make up stories anymore.
But now, the person he was most annoyed with was not that woman, but Ren Xiaosu.
The storyteller hoped from the bottom of his heart that Ren Xiaosu would leave as soon as possible and not come back to Stronghold 61 to harm his granddaughter.
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