The Untamed 2: Deranged Minds

Chapter 21

"Hong Guang, where did you go? I was scared that something had happened to you."

"Well, something did happen to me." Hong Guang replied, grinning at Chun Hua's expression. "Okay, sorry, I know I got carried away. I won't leave you like that next time."

"You better not. Oh, come inside. It's so cold here. That lady, Qi Xue, she was also worried about you. Come let's go and tell them you are back."

"Oh! There you are," seeing Hong Guang Qi Xue came to greet her. "I thought you got lost or something."

"Or got eaten by a ghoul." That was Jin Chan. Qi Xue scowled at her brother and led the two girls to the table.

"Okay, Hong Guang, what happened? You said that something had happened." Chun Hua asked, not being able to mask her curiosity.

"Well, nothing much. It's just that I didn't even think that I walked for that long, but I ended up in a village. There, I saw three men scolding a family for some reason. Maybe they owed them some money. I have no idea. But okay, saying that they were just scolding them is really undermining the situation. They had hit the father on the head, and he was bleeding, and there was only the mother and a little girl. And they even threatened to take that little child away."

"How brutal," Mei Mei remarked.

"Yeah, and I tried to help, but there were three grown men, and they even had a huge club. Well, thankfully, this master came and scared them away. And he even led me here. There really are kind-hearted people in the world as well."

"Yes, that's true." Qi Xue said. "I always lose hope about man-kind, but then there would be that rare, kind person that makes me doubt my own doubts towards it." She chuckled.

But before Hong Guang could say any more good things about the man, one of Jin Chan's friends from earlier came running to their table. "The ghost general, oh my god, he's here. Master Jin, what are we going to do?"

"What else, mind our own business." He seemed to be doing exactly that, sipping a cup of tea, but the bravado in his voice was gone. He seemed to be trying immensely to mask his fear.

Chun Hua looked at Hong Guang, not knowing what to do, and saw the other girl's eyes were covered in fear as well. "Do you think something will happen?" Chun Hua whispered.

"I don't know. Maybe not. I have forgotten all about Wei Wu Xian. But here's the thing, I don't think he is a bad person." Hong Guang cast a secret look at where Wei Wu Xian was before, and sure enough, he was still sitting at that table.

But somehow, Hong Guang thought he looked quite sad, just looking at the floor with a wine jar in one hand, seeming to be oblivious to the ruckus caused by the fear of the arrival of his bodyguard.

"Oh, I didn't think he would come in. He came in." The man continued.

Hong Guang looked towards the door, expecting to see the most gruesome sight she had ever seen. She expected to see a half rotten body of a well-built man with piercing eyes, and if he still had lips, a wicked smile, and braced herself so she wouldn't end up screaming. But not seeing anything that even remotely fitting to her description she asked, "Where is he?"

"That one," Jin Chan answered. "The one that went there and sat next to Wu Xian."

"Oh, him?" Hong Guang, only seeing him from the corner of her eyes, had dismissed the sight, thinking it was an ordinary man. Now, even though his back was turned towards her, she could thankfully say that at least the ghost general's body wasn't a half rotten corpse.

But why is it so familiar? Those black robes, they looked a lot like what the Master she met was wearing. No, they are the exact same. Being someone who loved garments, she even subconsciously paid more attention to their details. And she was sure it's going to be very rare that that master and the ghost general were wearing the same exact robes. They are not even from the same place. That is, unless they are the same person.