Do you have the strength to force me to join the Liangshan bandits?

Chapter 470 Hu Sanniang: Are these oranges guaranteed to be ripe? [3rd update]

"I never imagined I was this weak..."

Yu Hualong and Cai Fu sat side by side on the edge of the cliff, eating tangerines and speaking their minds.

"It's not that you're weak..."

Cai Fu patted his little arm:
"Xiao Hua comes from a military family, and her family has a legendary archery skill that can hit a target from a hundred paces away!"
"Da Xing is a descendant of the Yang family generals, and his ancestral spear skills are unparalleled in the martial arts world!"
"Although my eighth brother is about the same age as you, his godfather is the grandmaster 'Iron Arm of Shaanxi' Zhou Tong!"
"He was trained by Mr. Zhou from a young age, and followed me all over the country, experiencing many battles, which is why he has achieved what he has today!"
Do you know where you fall short compared to them?

What's wrong with it?
Yu Hualong wiped away his tears and grasped the key point in Cai Fu's words:

"My problem is... I don't have a godfather?"

ha?
Cai Fu was taken aback: Shouldn't it be Master?
Understood!
Yu Hualong suddenly realized that Cai Fu had already hinted so obviously, how could he still be like a block of wood!
If Cai Fu hadn't picked oranges for Yu Hualong to eat, Yu Hualong wouldn't have agreed so readily, even if he had.

But after Yu Hualong ate Cai Fu's oranges, it was as if he was under Cai Fu's spell...

With tears in his eyes, Yu Hualong bowed deeply in reverence:

"My foster father is here, please accept my child's respect!"

Cai Fu was a little surprised. He was about to open the map of Qi State, but Yu Hualong beat him to it.

However, this result seems quite good, after all, Yu Hualong's loyalty and righteousness have been tested in the original work.

Cai Fu has already taken in two adopted sons, Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing, so why not add Yu Hualong as well?

……

Inside the roadside inn, Hu Sanniang asked worriedly, "Has anyone seen Brother Cai Fu?"

When everyone said they hadn't seen it, Lu Zhishen made a quick decision and immediately assigned people to handle it:
"Let's split up and search now!"

"Put them in pairs, just in case!"

"Gather here within half an hour, whether you find it or not!"

Just then, Cai Fu returned, shirtless, with his arm around Yu Hualong:

"Oh, everyone's here?"

"Shh-"

All eyes turned to Yu Hualong's flushed, pale face!

"Shh-"

All eyes immediately turned to Cai Fu's well-developed pectoral muscles!

"Did you see it?"

Their strange looks made Cai Fu burst into laughter, and he told them without any attempt to hide it:
"That's right! Long'er and I have already become—"

"Father and son!"
"Long'er is younger than Daxing but older than Yuanyuan, so he'll be the second oldest from now on!"

As Cai Fu spoke, he pushed Yu Hualong forward a step:
"Long'er, greet everyone again!"

Yu Hualong stepped forward timidly.

He tried to fit in, but he just couldn't.

Lu Zhishen and Yue Fei were Cai Fu's sworn brothers; Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing were Cai Fu's sworn sons; He Yuanqing was Lu Zhishen's disciple; Hua Rong was Cai Fu's confidant; Hu Sanniang was Cai Fu's lover and also Yue Fei's sworn sister...

Putting aside Li Zhu, who is in a coma, he is the only outsider in the entire team!
How can he fit in?
But this time it was different. After Yu Hualong called Lu Zhishen "Third Uncle" and Yue Fei "Eighth Uncle," Lu Zhishen and Yue Fei became very affectionate towards him.

Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing treated him like a brother!

Even the stunningly beautiful but aloof Hu Sanniang smiled at him, her eyes radiating maternal warmth…

Yu Hualong quickly integrated into the group and became close friends with the two brothers, Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing.

The gloom in Yu Hualong's heart was finally dispelled by the sunshine, and a smile finally bloomed on the pretty boy's face.

Actually, Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing didn't like hanging out with Yu Hualong before because they felt he wasn't sincere. To give a simple example, Yu Hualong had never smiled at them, so how could they possibly hang out with him?

Cai Fu was also happy to see the three brothers enjoying themselves so much, and he took off the bundle from his back:

"Long'er and I just went out and found a citrus grove, so we picked a lot of citrus fruits to bring back for you to eat."

That's it!

Everyone then understood why Cai Fu was shirtless. Hu Sanniang breathed a sigh of relief and picked up an orange.
"Are these oranges guaranteed to be ripe?"

Cai Fu was taken aback, then slapped his pectoral muscles:

"I picked these myself, would I give you raw tangerines?"

Hu Sanniang peeled the tangerine, broke off a segment, and popped it into her cherry-like mouth. The next second:
"vomit--"

Cai Fu laughed heartily, while Hu Sanniang, feeling both ashamed and annoyed, broke off another segment of orange and stuffed it into Cai Fu's mouth.

Cai Fu skillfully took a light bite, and Hu Sanniang's face immediately turned as red as a ripe tangerine!
Suddenly, Cai Fu bit her slender finger, which was covered in orange juice. Hu Sanniang was both ashamed and annoyed.
The children are still here!

Cai Fu was just teasing her; he took a small bite and then let go.

Hu Sanniang withdrew her jade-like fingers as if she were a thief, and looked around. She saw that everyone was focused on choosing their favorite oranges.

Hu Sanniang breathed a sigh of relief, but her face was burning hot as if she had a fever!

After glaring fiercely at Cai Fu, Hu Sanniang nonchalantly picked out a few oranges and went upstairs.

"This one is the biggest!"

He Yuanqing finally picked out his favorite oranges and looked up to show them off to his brothers:

"I'm the biggest!"

Yang Zaixing and Yu Hualong exchanged a glance and then looked at him together: Dude, are you really picking oranges?

He Yuanqing looked completely bewildered: What else?
Cai Fu picked out two tangerines and took them upstairs, but not to find Hu Sanniang; instead, he went to find Li Zhu.

As soon as Cai Fu came upstairs, Li Zhu, who was peeking through the railing, immediately did a backflip and entered the guest room.

"Shuashuashua——"

Li Zhu rolled all the way back to bed, quickly covered himself with the blanket before Cai Fu came in, and closed his eyes:
I'm unconscious!

Cai Fu smiled slightly, pretending not to know anything, and walked to Li Zhu's bedside, peeling an orange as he recounted what had just happened:
"Old Li, these oranges are really sour, and really sweet too!"

"Everyone else has eaten, how could you be left out?"

One sentence warmed Li Zhu's heart!
Unfortunately, he could only close his eyes and pretend to be unconscious; he couldn't get up to eat oranges.

Just as Li Zhu was feeling regretful, two drops of fragrant liquid suddenly dripped onto his lips.

Li Zhu was stunned for a moment, then realized that Cai Fu was squeezing orange juice out and feeding it to him.

At that moment, Assistant Li almost burst into tears...

While Cai Fu was chatting with Li Zhu about Yu Hualong, he squeezed the juice from each orange segment and dripped it into Li Zhu's mouth.

After feeding Li Zhu with an orange, Cai Fu wiped Li Zhu's mouth and placed another orange next to Li Zhu's pillow.
"Alright, Lao Li, I'm going downstairs now. After breakfast, we'll head to Jishan."

"If nothing unexpected happens, you'll be able to see your nephew today..."

After saying this, Cai Fu sighed, tucked the blanket around Li Zhu, and got up to go downstairs.

As the sound of Cai Fu's footsteps creaking on the wooden floorboards gradually faded into the distance, Li Zhu slowly opened his eyes.

A thin layer of mist had formed in my eyes without me even realizing it...

(End of this chapter)