One-half hour after a ragged, dirty, weary, emotionally and mentally burned out Little Dumpling entered the inn to freshen up and change clothes.
A refreshed, cleaned, bright-eyed, and noble-looking Little Dumpling exited the inn. "Are you feeling better Little Dumpling?" Liu Tián Qǔ asked as she followed Little Dumpling out of the inn.
"En" Little Dumpling said with a nod and a slight smile. "Thank you, big brother. I would have hated to have to go home looking like that."
"Good, we have one more thing to do than you can go home in style."She said before she sped up her pace to chase after the Big Ice Cube who they were following after. "Big Brother, Big Brother Fèn Yǒng wait a minute."
Little Dumpling couldn't help but marvel as he watched his new friend chase after his older brother in amazement. He still couldn't understand how Liu Tián Qǔ managed to remain unscathed after touching his Older Brother. Although Little Dumpling pleaded with his older brother on his new friend's behalf. He knew that was not what stopped his older brother from not maiming or killing Liu Tián Qǔ. What he also found astonishing was that his older brother actually talked to his new friend. His older brother does not talk to people at all. In fact, he was quite sure that his older brother has killed more people than he has spoken to. Even he was a bit afraid of his scary older brother, that is what made him admire the fearless Liu Tián Qǔ all the more.
Liu Tián Qǔ caught up to Wang Fèn Yǒng who was stalking down the street way in which he walked reminded her of a youtube video she seen in her past life of a stalking tiger. Strikingly beautiful, exceptionally graceful and extremely dangerous. Reminding her all the more of Nickolas who had the same quality about him.
Liu Tián Qǔ decided that asking his permission would be too risky. She had called after him, and she knew that he heard her. However, Wang Fèn Yǒng just kept on walking as if he didn't hear her. So instead she decided to inform him of her intentions, "Big Brother there is a little less than a half-hour left so Little Dumpling, and I will be stopping very quickly to pick up a couple of things." Upon hearing what she said. Wang Fèn Yǒng abruptly stopped in mid-stride, causing her to almost crash into him as she was struggling to keep up with him. Turning to Liu Tián Qǔ, he pinned her with his ice-cold eyes.
Not giving him a chance to say anything. Liu Tián Qǔ pinned a beautiful smile onto her lips and said. "We still have a little bit of time left of the agreed-upon time. Don't go away and leave without us. I am not capable of sending Little Dumpling home safely right now."
The poor gawking Little Dumpling finally caught up with them. His astonishment was not small. His eyes had grown as big as a baseball, and he momentarily lost the ability to speak. 'Since when Older Brother listened to other people?! My new friend got Older Brother to stop and listen to him?! Father can get scarier than Older Brother, and even he can't get Older Brother to listen to him if Older Brother doesn't want to listen. But Older Brother is listening to my new friend!!! What kind of situation is this?! What is going on?!?'
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At Wang Fèn Yǒng steady almost questioning cold gaze Liu Tián Qǔ got serious and said. "Big brother, although running away from home is a skill. The return of the prodigal son is also a skill. This skill only requires two things. The first thing is that when returning home, you must be dressed in clothes that are as good as the ones you left in or better. We just took care of that." They both involuntarily turned to look at Little Dumpling's new clothes he had on. The quality of the clothes was excellent. He was wearing an extremely expensive white and light blue Hanfu with a new pair of light blue shoes.
With eyes full of worship Little Dumpling fervently decided he must get very close to this new friend that knew how to make his older brother talk to him and to listen to him. This was an opportunity that must never be wasted.
Turning their attention back to each other, she continued, "The next requires absolute shamelessness. That won't work with Little Dumpling. That is just not his character."
With a sly smile on her face, Liu Tián Qǔ looking it to the freezing ice-cold eyes of the Big Ice Cube as she spoke. She could have sworn that she saw a flash of deep amusement in his ice-cold eyes. However, that flash was so quick she thought maybe she saw wrong. "So the only option is not to go back empty-handed. He must carry back a gift for both his mother and father and any elders that may be in residence. He will, of course, get scolded but after getting scolded, he must gift his parents with gifts. He must tell his parents that although he momentarily left home to see the world, however, his parents were still in his heart."
The chill in Wang Fèn Yǒng eyes grew colder, and she felt the aura of the killing intent emanating from him thicken. Liu Tián Qǔ forced herself to stay calm, and her heart to remain steady. This was something she learned how to do from when she was first getting to know Nickolas.
In a cold flat voice that was somehow leaking deadly killing intent, Wang Fèn Yǒng asked, "Are you trying to teach my younger brother to lie?"
Liu Tián Qǔ's smile melted from her face, and she got serious. Looking into those piercing freezing ice-cold eyes, Liu Tián Qǔ said, "Big Brother Fèn Yǒng although we just met I know your character very well. The one thing you will not tolerant is for anyone to toy with your family. Knowing your character, do you think my guts are big enough to toy with your younger brother in front of you? I am not tired of living yet. Nor am I the kind of person to toy with a person whom I claim as a friend. The truth is I don't have any friends. You and Little Dumpling are my first friends here." Liu Tián Qǔ inwardly sighed in relief as she felt the killing intent emanating from Wang Fèn Yǒng slowing ebb away, and the chill in his eye recede.
Little Dumpling stood not too far away unknowingly holding his breath, praying that his new friend would once again say magic words that would calm his older brother's cold, deadly anger.