Everyone looked around. Where was Cheng Miao? Why didn’t they see him?”
In particular, the Cheng family, Lu family and Zheng family were all shocked. Did Cheng Miao really come out alive?
How could Cheng Miao still be alive?”
Regardless, Cheng Miao ran from Feng Ming’s group towards his grandfather.
During these days, he had followed Feng Ming to pick up corpses, to kill maimed wild beasts and to harass groups of wild beasts that were less powerful. One of them was a pack of silver-horned wolves, which could be regarded as avenging himself.
During this period of time, he lived a very relaxed and comfortable life. Subconsciously, his mood became much more relaxed.
Looking back on the past, he realized that he didn’t need to care for other people’s eyes as his grandfather’s grandson. He just needed to be happy.
If he didn’t want to make things difficult for others, then he was just making things difficult for himself.
“Grandpa, I miss you so much.” Cheng Miao’s eyes turned red as he said this.
At the moment of life or death, what he regretted most was not staying with his grandfather and respecting the elderly. Fortunately, he survived and was able to reunite with his grandfather.
“Hey, Grandpa’s good grandson. Grandpa missed you too.”
The grandfather and grandson hugged each other and cried in front of many cultivators. Shi Yan, a mighty man, actually cried so hard that he had a runny nose. Feng Ming couldn’t help laughing when he saw it.
Others were a bit dumbfounded when they saw Cheng Miao running out. Was this Cheng Miao? Why did he look different?
Fortunately, the grandfather and grandson didn’t cry for too long. After venting, Cheng Miao wiped his face with a wet handkerchief.
Then the red mole appeared. The outline of his face and other small modifications were wiped away. The face exposed was the familiar young master of the Cheng family, Cheng Miao.
A person changed back just by wiping it like this. Did this mean it was so simple to change a person’s appearance.
They figured it out. Cheng Miao didn’t use any disguise pills or similar things to change his appearance. He just did some tricks on his face and managed to get through with so many people not noticing.
Shi Yan also burst out laughing after seeing his grandson change back. “Miao’er is still so good-looking. I almost didn’t recognize you.”
Cheng Miao was a bit proud. Even his grandfather almost didn’t recognize him. In the future, he could use this little trick he learned from Feng Ming to change his face.
During this days, he had consulted Feng Ming very seriously for advice to make sure he had learned it.
He dragged Shi Yan’s hand, brought him to Feng Ming and introduced him to his grandfather. “Grandpa, they are Brother Da Qiao and Brother Xiao Qiao who saved me. Later, I met Brother Zhong. It was Brother Zhong who reported it to you so that I could meet you.”
Bai Qiaomo said, “Qiao Hai greets Senior Shi.”
Feng Ming added, “Qiao Ze greets Senior Shi.”
Cultivator Zhong also bowed excitedly. There weren’t many opportunities to meet face-to-face. He said, “Zhong Lei greets Senior Shi.”
“Haha.” Shi Yan laughed heartily. “What senior? How old am I? Okay, once I finish handling the matters here, all of you can come to my Golden Eagle mercenary group as a guest.”
“Yes, yes,” Cultivator Zhong hurriedly agreed.
Cheng Miao pursed his lips. he felt that Brother Zhong was quite destined for both him and his grandfather. Look at the name? Brother Zhong had more stones in his name than his grandfather. (Translator Note: Lei = rock pile. Shitou=stone. Basically, both have stones in their names, but the rock pile has more stones than one stone).
Shi Yan was talking to Bai Qiaomo and sincerely thanking them for saving his grandson from the wild beasts while also finding a way to protect him until Shi Yan met him.
Over there, the leaders of the Cheng family, Lu family and Zheng family hurriedly rushed over. It wasn’t until Cheng Miao revealed his true face that they dared to be sure that Cheng Miao really came out alive.
They also heard Cheng Miao’s words and looked at Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo a few more times. It was these two who were lucky enough to save Cheng Miao, who was in distress.
Qiao Hai and Qiao Ze? A pair of brothers?
They had never heard of these names. They definitely weren’t people with a strong background. Now that they used Cheng Miao to climb onto Mr Shi’s lap, their luck was very good.
Lu Rong, Zheng Qianshu, and Lu Rong’s weak cousin called Jiang Xue also stayed here and didn’t dare to go back.
But instead of waiting outside, they stayed in a tent behind the crowd.
So far, there was no news about Cheng Miao. No one thought he was still alive, especially after the recent news that Shi Yan actually participated in the competition for the seven-leaf insect flower plants and won one of the strange plants.
This made them all think that this old man had given up on searching for Cheng Miao’s whereabouts. Why else would he have left his main business and turned around to grab a strange plant? Wasn’t this preparation for the next trip to the Netherworld Valley?
Jiang Xue’s eyes flashed with satisfaction when she thought about this result. The dead couldn’t defeat the living.
In a few years, who would remember that the Cheng family had such a ger young master? Her cousin’s glory days would still be long.
If Cheng Miao was alive, he would remind others that her cousin relied on Cheng Miao to stand up in the Lu family, which made her cousin feel depressed.
As for Zheng Qianshu, it was even more impossible for her cousin to fall in love with such an arrogant ger. Her cousin didn’t favor gers in the first place, but loved women more. Zheng Qianshu was just being sentimental.
Just as they were talking in a relaxed manner in the tent, someone from outside ran in and shouted, “Cheng Miao is back! Cheng Miao is back alive.”
The teacup in Jiang Xue’s hand knocked over and the tea spilled on her skirt.
Lu Rong’s hands trembled before he stood up with an excited expression. “Miao Miao is really back? Where is he? I’m going to see Miao Miao.”
Zheng Qianshu’s eyes flashed with surprise and disbelief. How could Cheng Miao still be alive? It was impossible!
Zheng Qianshu thought like this and also rushed out of the tent. He wanted to see with his own eyes whether Cheng Miao was a human or a ghost.
Jiang Xue also stumbled and followed, her heart beating quickly.
The people from the Cheng, Lu and Zheng family came together to say hello to Shi Yan and ask about Cheng Miao’s situation with concern.
“Is Young Master Shao okay? They are all sorry for you. They failed to take care of you when you encountered danger and left you alone in the dangerous mountains. They have been very worried for the past few days and have been waiting here for your news. Now that you are safe, we can rest assured.”
The words sounded good but Shi Yan snorted coldly to express his displeasure.
Cheng Miao smiled in a reserved manner and stood beside him grandfather obediently, while his grandfather negotiated with these people.
Shi Yan said rudely, “Your words are right. You can also call black things white. It happened that so many people came out together, but only my grandson was left alone. Who knows if they did it in purpose? I think my grandson is considered an eyesore in the Cheng family, right?”
The Cheng family immediately panicked and said quickly, “Senior, you misunderstood. How can we, the Cheng family, think that Young Master Miao is an eyesore? Our whole family holds Young Master Miao in the palm of our hands and dare not make any mistakes.”
The Lu family and Zheng family wiped their sweat. “No no, how could those children do this? Did Mr Shi misunderstand something? What do you think, Young Master Cheng Miao?”
Cheng Miao still said nothing. If Brother Xiao Qiao hadn’t pointed out the beast-attracting powder on his body or if he hadn’t personally experienced the crisis and witnessed the anomalies of those wild beasts, he would’ve really believed what these people said.
These people were still trying to distance themselves in front of his grandfather. If it wasn’t for his grandfather, he could imagine how bad his situation would be.
Only his grandfather treated his as a treasure, no matter what type of person he was or if his cultivation was good or bad. This might not be the case with others.
Even if the Cheng family said that they treasured him in the palm of their hands, they only did so because of his value. How much sincere affection was actually in it?
It was impossible for him to defend these people as that would hurt his grandfather’s desire to defend him.
Just as these people were trying to defend themselves, Lu Rong and the others finally arrived.
Lu Rong was the fastest. The moment he saw that the ger next to Shi Yan was truly Cheng Miao, surprise flashed in his eyes and he quickly came over to grab Cheng Miao’s hand.
Cheng Miao stepped aside to avoid Lu Rong’s movements.
The latter tried to catch him again but was stopped by Shi Yan. He stood in front of his grandson and glared at Lu Rong. “Boy, what do you want to do?”
Lu Rong quickly explained, “Grandpa Shi, I was so happy to see Miao Miao appear safely that I was a bit out of shape. I’m sorry, Grandpa Shi. Miao Miao, are you okay? I was very worried.”
Cheng Miao’s mood didn’t fluctuate at all as he looked at Zheng Qianshu and Lu Rong’s cousin, Jiang Xue, who followed behind. His eyes flashed and he said, “I’m fine. Please don’t worry about me.”
At this moment, Zheng Qianshu and Jiang Xue had to admit that Cheng Miao had really come back alive. Not only was he alive, but he was living very well. Looking at his rosy face, how did he look frightened at all?
Jealousy flashed in Zheng Qianshu’s eyes. Jiang Xue pinched the palm of her hand and wanted to step forward to talk to Cheng Miao, but Grandpa Shi still blocked her.
Shi Yan didn’t have the patience to play tricks with these people with ulterior motives. He cut through the mess quickly and said, “Okay, everyone is almost here. Let’s talk about my grandson being plotted against and almost dying in the Nandou Mountains.”
The moment these words came out, there was a buzz of discussion all around them. Was the young master of the Cheng family trapped in the Nandou Mountains because he was plotted against?
They were trying to kill Mr Shi’s grandson? Who was so bold?
Could it be the Cheng family? Or was it the Zheng family’s ger called Qianshu who had been following Lu Rong?
Everyone cast suspicious eyes towards Zheng Qianshu. In fact, there were few people who hadn’t sen the ger’s intentions. Otherwise, why would an unmarried ger always run behind the young master of the Lu family?
Who in Pingwang City didn’t know that Lu Rong of the Lu family had his current status because of Young Master Cheng Miao? Otherwise, who would’ve known that there was such a young master in the Lu family? He wouldn’t have been cultivated vigorously like he was today.
This Zheng Qianshu wanted to pick the ready-made fruit.
“Impossible!” Lu Rong instinctively shouted. “Miao Miao, I know that I shouldn’t have failed to protect you at the critical moment, but everything was unexpected, wasn’t it? Qianshu didn’t want to do it either.”
Cheng Miao smiled lightly. He still didn’t understand what Lu Rong was thinking, but he no longer wanted to figure it out.
He knew that Lu Rong was the least likely to plot against him, but it must be related to Lu Rong.
Now seeing Zheng Qianshu and Jiang Xue intact beside him, he thought that maybe it had something to do with these two.
How could he ignore Jiang Xue before? Maybe she was the one who hid it the deepest.
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