Yun Hu looked at Yi Fan, who was at the head of the procession, and whispered, "Who's that man in black? He's dressed so strangely."
"That guy's taste in fashion is just like this." Zhuang Hao said.
"He doesn't look like someone to be trifled with." Yun Hu said.
Yun Hu felt embarrassed thinking about how Yi Fan had defeated him so easily with that water dragon from before. If Yi Fan were an enemy, he'd have died already.
Yun Hu scratched his head, and couldn't help but feel like everyone around him all possessed hidden talents and abilities, and were completely different from him.
Yun Hu looked at Zhuang Hao, and then at Qi Shaorong, and he regained some of the confidence that he had lost previously.
Zhuang Hao looked at Yi Fan who was walking in front of them, and said, "That guy does have a bad temper. It should've gotten even worse recently. You'd better stay away from him."
"Why has his temper gotten worse?"
"He finally experienced spring for the first time, but then he was forced to separate from his beloved [1]. You don't even need to think about it to know that he's probably in a bad mood now." Zhuang Hao said.
Yun Hu looked at Zhuang Hao and said, "What are you talking about?"
"It's nothing."
"That guy seems to be very strong!" Yun Hu said with admiration.
Zhuang Hao nodded and said, "To you, he is indeed very strong."
"To me, he's very strong, and to you, he must seem even stronger. You're not as good as me." Yun Hu said.
Zhuang Hao: "…"
"Hey, how do you know so many powerful people!" Yun Hu asked puzzledly.
Zhuang Hao: "…"
"You must feel a lot of pressure, constantly being surrounded by these kinds of people." Yun Hu said with concern.
Zhuang Hao: "…"
Yi Fan walked towards Zhuang Hao. Zhuang Hao looked at him, smiled, and said, "Thank you for coming."
Yi Fan said, "I didn't come here for you!"
Zhuang Hao nodded and said, "I know."
"I heard that you've experienced some interesting things during this period of time!" Yi Fan said.
Zhuang Hao: "…"
"You made the right decision. On my way to Mist Forest, I encountered many people from Rong Country." Setting up those checkpoints along the road was only the first step, later, those people will definitely start conducting a thorough search in this area.
"People from Rong Country? You encountered people from Rong Country, so what?" Yun Hu asked when he came over.
Yi Fan glanced at Yun Hu, then turned and stared at Zhuang Hao, and said, "You can't even ensure your own safety right now, is it really okay to bring this kind of pig teammate with you?"
Yun Hu: "…"
"I have no choice, I promised his grandpa I would!" Zhuang Hao said.
Yi Fan looked at Zhuang Hao and said, "Alright then, I'm going to go find the Young Master."
Yun Hu looked at Yi Fan's back as he walked away, blinked, and looked at Zhuang Hao, saying, "The pig that he was talking about, is it me?"
Zhuang Hao glanced at Yun Hu and said, "No."
"No? How could that be, it's clearly me!"
Zhuang Hao looked at Yun Hu and said, "I guess you figured it out, it is indeed you."
Yun Hu clenched his fists and said, "That guy, how can he look down on me like that!"
"Enemy attack." Qi Heng's voice echoed in the forest.
Zhuang Hao's eyes emitted a golden light, and a staff appeared in his hand. The rumbling of thunder rang out, and the assassins that were hidden in the forest, without getting a chance to escape, were all dealt with in the blink of an eye.
Yun Hu stared blankly at Zhuang Hao, "You…"
Qi Heng glanced at Zhuang Hao and said, "How fierce! You didn't leave a single survivor!"
Zhuang Hao looked at Qi Heng and said, "There will be more coming, we can take one as a prisoner later."
Yun Hu looked at Zhuang Hao and said in disbelief, "You… I thought that you didn't know how to fight using magic? How could…" The little thief was so strong!
"Something happened to us back then that caused our magic to be sealed." Zhuang Hao said.
Yun Hu's eyes widened and he said, "Really! No wonder… Aren't you very strong?"
"I'm okay!" Zhuang Hao said.
Yun Hu stared at Zhuang Hao. He managed to kill so many assassins all at once, wasn't he actually very strong?
Yun Hu looked a little solemn as he sat by the fire, grilling some meat.
"Idiot, what's the matter with you?"
"Don't call me an idiot." Yun Hu said, dissatisfied.
"What's his name?" Yun Hu sneakily pointed in Zhuang Hao's direction and asked.
"Didn't that guy live with and act as your little brother for more than two weeks? You still don't know what his name is?" Qi Heng said.
Yun Hu scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "Before, I just called him little thief!"
Qi Heng: "…" Little thief, what an interesting name.
"The other little thief often calls him A-Hao! Is his name A-Hao? Why is a man like him named A-Hao? It's really effeminate." Yun Hu said with disdain.
[T/n: The "hào" in Zhuang Hao's name means vast and limitless or heaven/sky. The "hào" in A-Hao that Yun Hu is talking about means like/love/to be fond of.]
Qi Heng was dumbfounded, "You, you sure are a person of talent!"
He really misheard A-Hao as A-Hao, the Young Master was right! This guy's brain was filled with nothing but pork.
Yun Hu scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Actually, I… I'm really not that talented!"
Qi Heng looked at Yun Hu and said, "His name is Zhuang Hao."
Yun Hu tilted his head and said, "This name sounds familiar! Oh, I know, isn't he worth a million gold coins, if you sell him, you'll have a million. I…" Can Zhuang Hao be sold? One million, that's one million! If he had that much money, then nevermind pork, he could eat anything that he wanted!
Qi Heng sneered and said, "The young master of the Zhuang Family, he's worth much more than one million…"
Yun Hu's eyes widened and he said, "If that's the case, then why…"
"Due to some unfortunate circumstances, he couldn't access his space ring. It's funny when you think about it, he had stacks of gold but couldn't use any." Qi Heng said.
Yun Hu's face flushed red. He suddenly thought of something, and said, "Then all those people from before who were near my house looking for treasure, were looking for him?"
Qi Heng looked at Yun Hu and said, "It looks like you're not completely hopeless."
Yun Hu blinked and thought to himself: My sister was right. If you're not destined, then even if the treasure is right in front of you, you'll only pass by without noticing.
Qi Heng looked at Yun Hu and said, "What's wrong?"
Yun Hu scratched his head and said, "I seem to have been very impolite to him before."
Qi Heng looked at Yun Hu and said, "You were actually more than just impolite to him."
Yun Hu felt like his scalp exploded. He actually treated the Young Master of the most powerful family in Yuan Country as his attendant. He was really… Seeking death.
Yun Hu looked at Qi Shaorong, who was next to Zhuang Hao, and said, "Then who is he?"
"That's my Young Master―Qi Shaorong."
Yun Hu's eyes widened and he said, "The boss of the stores that sell those high-priced cosmetics to scam people?"
Qi Heng looked at Yun Hu and said, "Young Master never scams people."
Yun Hu nodded and said, "Of course, of course, I just said the wrong thing."
Yun Hu looked in Qi Shaorong and Zhuang Hao's direction, his heart beating like a drum.
Yun Hu gritted his teeth. He felt frightened for a while, then slowly calmed down. Since the little thief was Zhuang Hao, then choosing to enter the Mist Forest probably wasn't a rash decision of theirs, and was planned ahead of time. So he didn't have to worry about dying in the Mist Forest.
Qi Shaorong sat by the fire, wrapped in thick clothes, and said, "It's really cold here!"
If he could use magic, then all he had to do was cast out a light spell to warm up.
Zhuang Hao looked at Qi Shaorong and said, "You seem to be afraid of the cold!"
Qi Shaorong glanced at Zhuang Hao and said, "Yeah!"
"If you're so afraid of the cold, you can hug me." Zhuang Hao looked at Qi Shaorong with an honest and upright expression on his face.
Qi Shaorong "…"
"We've already slept together on the same bed, it's just hugging, you don't have to be embarrassed." Zhuang Hao said, opening up his arms.
Hearing this, Yi Fan glanced at Qi Shaorong in surprise.
Qi Shaorong couldn't help blushing.
"Why are you already starting to recover your magic, but there's no sign of it happening for me yet." Qi Shaorong with dissatisfaction.
Zhuang Hao shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe it's because I'm so strong!"
Qi Shaorong frowned, looked at Zhuang Hao, and thought: Because I'm so strong! What an arrogant answer.
Yun Hu excitedly walked towards Zhuang Hao and Qi Shaorong. Then he probably thought of something, and became more restrained.
"Zhuang… Young Master Zhuang, what you said before, about finding a teacher for me, is it true?"
Zhuang Hao smiled at Yun Hu and said, "Naturally it's true, rest assured, don't worry, I'll find you a really great teacher."
Yun Hu said gratefully, "Thank you so much, Young Master Zhuang."
After receiving Zhuang Hao's promise, Yun Hu left happily.
Qi Shaorong looked at Yun Hu leaving and said, "What kind of teacher are you going to find!"
"Wu Cheng." Zhuang Hao said.
"Isn't that teacher from your Shenghuang Academy who loves to beat up the students there!" Qi Shaorong said, frowning.
Zhuang Hao glanced at Qi Shaorong and said disapprovingly, "Teacher Wucheng doesn't like beating up students, he just likes real combat."
Qi Shaorong: "…" What do you mean Wu Cheng doesn't like beating students up!
Rumor has it that this guy really liked to drink, and when he was drunk, he liked to fight people. While drunk, all the people within his proximity would become the targets of this guy's indiscriminate attacks. However, though he has injured a lot of people in the before, he's never actually killed anyone, so that's one less thing to worry about.
"Although Teacher Wu Cheng's teaching methods are a little brutal, it's still very effective. He's taught many outstanding students in the past." Zhuang Hao said.
Qi Shaorong smiled and said, "He sounds like a pretty good choice! Besides, Yun Hu has thick and tough skin, he probably won't be afraid of getting beaten up."
Qi Heng looked at the happy Yun Hu and asked, "Has something good happened to you?"
Yun Hu smiled and said, "It's nothing, Zhuang Hao said that he'll introduce me to a good master!"
Qi Heng looked at Yun Hu and said, "Zhuang Hao said that?"
"Yes! Young Master Zhuang is really a broad-minded person. I had offended him so badly before, but I didn't expect that he'd still be willing to find me a master." Yun Hu said happily.
Qi Heng looked at Yun Hu and thought to himself: What an idiot, he actually thinks that Zhuang Hao is a good person. Zhuang Hao promised to find a good teacher for this boy, but who knows what kind of person Zhuang Hao will find for this guy. You don't even need to think about it to know that it definitely won't be someone who's easy to deal with.
Footnotes:
Separate from his beloved: To live apart/separate a couple.