Chen Qingshuai's words surprised me, and my words also surprised him.
"You actually figured it out?" Chen Qingshuai looked at me in surprise and asked.
My gaze unconsciously swept over the wine gourd he was holding, and then I chuckled and said, "Of course. Master Chen is wielding the Moye Sword. How could it be a hidden treasure?"
Upon hearing my words, Chen Qingshuai couldn't help but laugh and nodded. "Oh, you meant that. Haha, good then. Let's part ways here for now. I'm going to Hangzhou first. You guys rest well and recharge your energy before we do big things together."
"Okay then, goodbye Master," I waved to Chen Qingshuai before leaving Moganshan with Xie Yilin and Jietou.
Half an hour later when the sky brightened up again, we arrived back at the hotel entrance.
It was still early in the morning so there weren't many people in the scenic area yet; stalls on the square hadn't opened except for a few breakfast stands operating.
We bought breakfast from one of them which was hot enough to fill us up before returning to our hotel room together.
After spending a night here during which some rooms had become vacant due to guests checking out earlier than expected or canceling their reservations altogether; we decided to rent another standard room where Jietou would share with me while Xie Yilin took over my previous single-person room instead.
Once inside our new room after taking showers and changing into dry clothes; we lay down on our beds immediately falling asleep until waking up much later when sunlight had already shifted towards westward direction indicating afternoon hours were approaching soon enough.
The spring sunshine felt just right as we got up from bed washing ourselves clean followed by having lunch outside feeling somewhat bored afterwards since everything had been planned last night with Chen Qingshuai and now we just had to wait patiently for him to return so that everything could proceed as planned.
This was a situation I hadn't encountered in a long time, and at the same time, this orderly waiting made me feel uneasy. For some reason, I felt restless.
Later on, after careful consideration, I realized that perhaps I was too nervous. I was worried about unexpected events happening.
You see, even though we had planned everything out perfectly; it's obvious that things won't go according to plan. There will be many unforeseen circumstances during this period of time which means we must be fully prepared and consider all possible contingencies.
It's raining to beat the kids, idle, there's really nothing to do, plus the weather is good, so I proposed to go shopping on Mt. Modu, first familiar with the environment.
Xie Yilin first raised her hand to express her approval, and said that this time must take us to the White Cloud Public House to wander around a bit to do.
I smiled and didn't say anything, nodded my head, signaling her to lead the way, JIETOU face expressionless, carrying a bamboo basket, not a sound to follow the side, as if the surrounding things and he was not related.
The day is right, there are many tourists, we walk up the mountain, not long again to the Chi Qing Shuai usual stall fortune telling place.
This time we did not see Chi Qing Shuai, because he has gone to Hangzhou.
Without his stall, the small platform was empty, and many visitors were taking pictures there, the atmosphere was quite lively.
When we got to the platform, we naturally stopped to look around at the scenery, and in the process, I found a rather strange person.
It was a young man in his twenties, wearing a suit, glasses and a svelte face.
The man obviously came alone, and he came here, not for a sightseeing tour, he seemed to have something else going on.
Of course, the most curious thing is that he looked anxious, while looking left and right, while also in the crowd to inquire about what is going on.
My ears were sharper, and after listening closer, I found out that he was here to find Chi Qing Shuai.
"Hello, may I ask, are you a local? This place, there used to be a stall selling antiques part-time fortune teller, known as Drunken Master, do you know him? Do you know where he lives? I have something urgent to find him."
The young man pulled the tourists one by one to ask, but they all got a negative answer, those tourists obviously do not know who the Drunken Master is.
The young man asked half a day did not ask the whereabouts of Chi Qing Shuai, can not help but is anxiously sweating, wandering around cluelessly, while wandering around also spread his hands and said to himself: "This can be done? What can we do now?"
Seeing this situation, I walked up and looked at the young man and asked, "Hello, may I ask what you are looking for Drunken Master?"
"Little brother, could it be that you know the Drunken Master?" Hearing my words, the young man excitedly grabbed my arm, and then asked: "Little brother, you quickly tell me, where the Drunken Master lives, I, I, as long as you help me find him, I give you a great reward."
As the young man spoke, he took out a hundred dollar bill from his pocket and shoved it into my hand.
I did not expect the young man to be so generous, so it seems that this person is not small ah.
"What is it?" Xie Yilin and JIETOU found our situation, could not help but both came over.
This person is looking for Drunken Master," I said to Xie Yilin.
"Ah, you're looking for Master Chi. What do you need him for? Do you have any business with him?" Xie Yilin asked the man curiously.
"Excuse me, miss. Are you familiar with Drunken Master?" The man's eyes lit up when he saw Xie Yilin and he immediately let go of me and ran towards her.
Perhaps because the man was in a hurry, he tried to grab Xie Yilin's arm as soon as he approached her. But I got there first and pushed him away.
"If you want to talk, speak properly. Don't use your hands or feet," I said coldly.
"Liu YiHeng, don't be so rude," Xie Yilin smiled proudly and looked up at the man. "Master Chi has been traveling recently and isn't home right now. If you have anything to say, maybe we can help."
"What? You guys can help too?" The man looked at us skeptically and didn't seem to believe what Xie Yilin said.
"Well then, if all you need is fortune-telling or disaster relief from Master Chi, let me tell you that these two young men here are his talented disciples whose skills are not much inferior than their master's. So finding them is just like finding Master Chi himself." Xie Yilin explained while introducing us to the man who had yet to reveal his name after talking so much about himself.
Upon hearing this explanation, the man nodded in agreement: "Alright then since it's like that why don't we walk down the mountain while discussing my urgent matter? Hopefully all three of you could lend a hand."
"Okay then but looks like we won't be able to climb up anymore," seeing this situation unfold before our eyes made Xie Yilin sigh and shrug her shoulders in a helpless manner.
"This platform is a troublesome place. Next time we'll go around it," I said to her before turning my attention back to the man. "My name is Liu YiHeng, this is my junior brother Lan Xiaodong, and this beautiful lady here...uhm...her name is Xie Yilin. We don't have any relationship with you yet so may I know your name?