"Brother Chu?"
"Brother Yun?"
"Brother Chu!"
"Brother Yun!"
"Brother Chu..."
"Brother Yun..."
"..."
From behind the woman emerged an extraordinarily burly and formidable man. His muscular physique was visible even through his robes, bulging like intertwined dragons.
As he locked eyes with Chu Liang, the two of them began calling out to each other.
"Enough already!" Lin Bei and the woman both shouted simultaneously.
"Brother Chu!"
This hulking man was none other than Yun Chaoxian. He lunged forward, wrapping Chu Liang in a tight embrace and sandwiching him between his pectoral muscles. Holding Chu Liang's neck in place with his biceps and triceps, Yun Chaoxian declared, "I knew you couldn't have been dead!"
"If you don't let go soon... I'm gonna... pass out..." Struggling free, Chu Liang drew a ragged breath and said, "It's so great to see you all again."
He led them outside to sit in front of the wooden house, and only then asked, "By the way, who might this lady be...?"