"Alas, I never imagined Guan Hongyu would do such a thing..."
That evening, Jiang Peipei and Huang Yuqing were with Lin Yanan at Wan Yunting's home. Jin Xiuwen and He Chengping were with Xue Jianchao, and Fang Yanxi was also present. They were discussing Guan Hongyu's actions.
The police had only announced the capture of the killer, but had not revealed that the killer was Guan Hongyu.
Now that Jin Xiuwen, Jiang Peipei, and the others learned that Guan Hongyu was responsible for the recent murders, and that he had almost harmed Fang Yanxi the previous night, they all felt a sense of regret and pity.
After all, Guan Hongyu was their old classmate and good friend. The fact that he had turned out this way made Wan Yunting and Fang Yanxi feel quite saddened.
"We all need to be well. If you have difficulties, speak up. Don't keep them bottled up, or you might do foolish things."
Jin Xiuwen raised his wine glass and looked at Wan Yunting, Fang Yanxi, Jiang Peipei, and Huang Yuqing.
"Yes, if only we had stopped Old Guan back then, prevented him from dropping out of school, perhaps the outcome wouldn't be like this," He Chengping sighed.
"Alas, this is the destiny one chooses," Xue Jianchao also sighed.
"Yes, even if we had stopped him from leaving Huadu City back then, with so many things weighing on his mind, he would have exploded eventually," Huang Yuqing said.
Jiang Peipei, Lin Yanan, and Fang Yanxi all nodded. Thinking back now, they felt that Guan Hongyu was both pitiable and detestable. There was no right or wrong, only perhaps a life full of misfortune.
"Brother Wan, are you having a gathering?"
At this moment, Ye Manni returned. Seeing Wan Yunting, Fang Yanxi, and the others drinking and chatting in the villa's courtyard, everyone's gaze turned to her, and they became curious.
"Mannni, where have you been these past two days?"
Wan Yunting looked at Ye Manni curiously. This girl hadn't returned for the past two nights.
Ye Manni politely waved and smiled at Fang Yanxi, Jiang Peipei, and the others before saying, "Brother Wan, I've been staying at the school dormitory with classmates these past two days, and I want to tell you, I want to live in the school dormitory."
Wan Yunting smiled and said, "You're living comfortably here with me, why do you suddenly want to stay in the school dormitory?"
"Oh, it's just inconvenient,"
Ye Manni gave him a cute roll of her eyes, her gaze hinting at Fang Yanxi, who was sitting beside him.
"Then has your mother agreed?" Wan Yunting knew what she meant.
Ye Manni pouted and shook her head, saying, "I haven't told her yet, so I'm telling you first. If my mother disagrees later, you must help me."
Wan Yunting smiled and said, "Then you should listen to your mother. However, you can live wherever you want; I have no objections."
"Mhm, thank you, Brother Wan. I'll go in now. You all continue drinking," Ye Manni smiled, greeted everyone, and happily entered the villa.
"Isn't that Old Wan, who is this young girl?" Jin Xiuwen immediately asked.
Everyone didn't know Ye Manni yet, but Fang Yanxi certainly did.
"It's best if you don't inquire," Wan Yunting said with a smile, avoiding revealing Ye Manni's mother's identity and shocking them.
"What, aren't you afraid Yanxi will be angry?" Lin Yanan glanced at him and said with a mischievous smile.
Fang Yanxi, sitting beside him, smiled and said, "This Ye Manni is the daughter of a friend of his. She's studying at Huadu University and is just staying here temporarily."
"So that's how it is..."
Therefore, everyone didn't ask further and continued drinking and chatting, no longer discussing Guan Hongyu, lest the atmosphere become heavy again.
However, Guan Hongyu's matter had temporarily come to an end.
The next two days saw life return to normal.
Fang Yanxi did not stay with Wan Yunting. The next day, she returned home to live with her parents.
Thus, Wan Yunting felt lonely, isolated, and empty living alone in the spacious villa.
He had posted a job advertisement for a housekeeper online, and two people had come to apply. However, Wan Yunting was not satisfied with either, but he was not in a hurry and would take his time to find someone suitable.
Today, Wan Yunting arrived at the Traditional Chinese Medicine department on time for work. Early in the morning, someone came specifically to see him for treatment, and Wan Yunting became busy. At noon, he saw his senior sister Xu Lingwei and junior brother Li Zihang arrive. "You're discharged?"
"Yes."
Li Zihang smiled, "I brought my senior sister to say hello to you."
Wan Yunting nodded and smiled at Xu Lingwei, "Your wound hasn't healed yet, and you can't get it wet. You need to be more careful."
"Yes, I know,"
Xu Lingwei nodded coldly in response.
"Brother Wan, I have to go out with my senior sister to continue looking for our martial uncle. I'll come find you when I have time," Li Zihang said.
The reason for their senior sister and junior brother's trip to Huadu was twofold: first, to eliminate Guan Hongyu of the Heavenly Eye Main God Cult, and second, to find their two martial uncles!
"Wait."
Wan Yunting immediately called out to them and smiled, "I can help you find your martial uncle!"
This statement made Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang startle. They disbelief, "You know our martial uncle?"
"Yes."
Seeing that there were no patients outside, Wan Yunting tidied up the items on his desk, then stood up, took off his white coat, and smiled, "Let's go, I'll take you there now."
Now Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang exchanged glances, half-believing, half-doubting, as they followed Wan Yunting out, got into his car, and left the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, heading directly to Huadu University.
On the way, Wan Yunting stopped at a roast goose and steamed dumpling shop, bought a roast goose, some pig intestines, and char siu. Then, he picked up a few bottles of Jade Ice Brew and brought Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang to Huadu University. He approached Grandpa Chang, who was lying by the security guard's office, preparing to wait for students' noon break.
"The smell of roast goose!"
As soon as he smelled the roast goose in Wan Yunting's hands from afar with his sensitive nose, he immediately got up and smiled happily, "That's great, kid. You're so generous today, bringing roast goose, and four bottles of wine..."
"I not only brought roast goose, but I also brought two people to find you," Wan Yunting brought the roast goose and several bottles of Jade Ice Brew into the security guard's office and placed them on the table.
Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang also followed in. The senior sister and junior brother's gazes immediately fixed on Chang Wude, who was sitting on the reclining chair, and they couldn't help but look at him with surprise.
Since Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang were not wearing the Taoist robes of the Boundless Daoist Temple today, Chang Wude also looked at the senior sister and junior brother with curiosity and turned to Wan Yunting, who had come out, asking, "Kid, who are these two? They have good bone structure, they are material for martial arts practitioners..."
Li Zihang pointed at Chang Wude and asked Wan Yunting, "Brother Wan, don't tell me he's our martial uncle?"
"Yes, aren't you looking for Chang Wude? This is him," Wan Yunting pointed at Grandpa Chang and smiled at the senior sister and junior brother.
"Ah, really?"
Li Zihang's eyes widened, still looking unconvinced.
"How about it, do you two want to become my disciples?"
Chang Wude nodded, assuming the posture of a wise elder, waving his fan and smiling slyly.
"Disciple of what?"
Wan Yunting gave the old man a look and pointed at Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang, "They are disciples of the Boundless Daoist Temple, and they came down the mountain specifically to find you."
"What, disciples of the Boundless Daoist Temple?"
At this, Chang Wude's old eyes widened, and he re-examined Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang.
"Yes, we are the twenty-seventh generation disciples of the Boundless Daoist Temple. My name is Li Zihang, and my senior sister's Taoist name is Zishan," Li Zihang nodded proudly.
Xu Lingwei raised an eyebrow, her eyes fixed on the old man in security uniform before her. Knowing he was extraordinary, she asked, "Senior, are you truly Chang Wude?"
"Of course."
Upon hearing that these two were young disciples of his own Taoist sect, Chang Wude became excited. He immediately said to Wan Yunting, "Open the second drawer of the table and take out my jade pendant."
Wan Yunting nodded, went in, and opened his desk drawer. Indeed, he saw a jade pendant, identical to the one his master, the Ghost Hand Divine Doctor, had given him. The back of the jade pendant was also inscribed with three characters: "You Sanzi"!
This was Chang Wude's Taoist name.