All Heavens: A Role-Playing System Starting from Tianlong

Chapter 114 "Timely Rain" Zhong Ling

Zhang Cheng pulled the two of them closer to him: "You two are both reasonable people. I think you wouldn't want your husbands to be the kind of people who shrink back and refuse to take responsibility when something goes wrong. Isn't that right?"

Zhong Ling snuggled closer to him and muttered softly, "Brother Zhang, you're just flattering us to shut us up."

Zhang Cheng was speechless for a moment, then reached out and scratched Zhong Ling's delicate nose. Why was this girl being so sneaky at a time like this?

Mu Wanqing hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Since you've brought this up, it means you've already made up your mind. In that case, Ling'er and I won't stop you. We said we'd support you wholeheartedly, and that promise certainly stands."

Zhang Cheng felt a warmth in his heart: "Wanqing—"

Mu Wanqing raised her hand to stop him: "However, it's better to have fewer accidents like this."

She paused, her tone softening slightly, "If my husband ever has any problems in the future, he should just tell us directly from the start. Don't try to test us like this. Otherwise, we really won't stand for it."

Zhong Ling nodded repeatedly, her little head bobbing like a chick pecking at rice: "That's right, that's right, Sister Mu is absolutely right!"

When Zhang Cheng and Mu Wanqing both looked over, she stuck out her tongue, shrank her neck, and became obedient.

Mu Wanqing withdrew her gaze and looked at Zhang Cheng: "Husband, can you tell us now who that new sister is?"

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Zhong Ling chimed in, "Yeah, Brother Zhang, who exactly is that girl? Do we know her?"

Zhang Cheng sighed: "You've already met her before. And she's a bit shy; she'd been eavesdropping for ages but wouldn't come in. I went and dragged her in."

Just as he finished speaking and was about to get up, a soft cough suddenly came from outside the door.

"No need, I'll come in myself." The door was pushed open, and the old woman stepped in.

Although Mu Wanqing was mentally prepared, she guessed that the woman Zhang Cheng mentioned who had encountered an accident was probably one of the two girls from the Murong family, and she did not think of Tong Lao at all.

Therefore, when they saw the old woman enter the room, they were stunned for a moment.

On the other hand, although Tong Lao was a strong and assertive person, she felt that she was the one who had interfered. Faced with the gazes of the two young girls, she felt embarrassed and could not show the dignity of the Lord of Lingjiu Palace.

After entering, he was momentarily speechless.

The atmosphere inside the room became extremely tense. Zhang Cheng was about to say something when Zhong Ling moved first.

She was naturally optimistic and open-minded, and had a good attitude towards matters between men and women. Besides, she knew exactly how Zhang Cheng treated her.

Therefore, she was more accepting of her husband taking a new wife than Mu Wanqing was.

However, she considered herself Mu Wanqing's "lackey" and had previously been required to keep in step with Mu Wanqing. Now that Mu Wanqing had relented, she was naturally happy to help Zhang Cheng out of the predicament.

She walked over and took Tong Lao's hand, smiling as she said, "Oh, it's Sister Wu! No wonder Brother Zhang smelled so good when he came back. I was wondering which family's rouge smelled so wonderful."

Her tone was intimate and natural as she led the old woman to the bedside, then turned back to wave to Zhang Cheng, saying, "Alright, Brother Zhang, you can go now. What follows is a private chat between young ladies."

Zhang Cheng: ?

Seeing that he didn't move, Zhong Ling reached out and pushed him all the way to the door. "Hurry up and go. Don't stay here and get in the way."

Zhang Cheng glanced back at the three people inside, somewhat worried: "You three won't start fighting, will you?"

Zhong Ling rolled her eyes at him and patted her chest: "Don't worry, it won't happen. Right, Sister Wu? Sister Mu?"

Seeing the two nod in agreement, he winked at Zhang Cheng again, "Don't eavesdrop."

After saying that, she slammed the door shut, leaving Zhang Cheng standing there alone.

Zhang Cheng shook his head. He sensed that Li Qiushui, Duan Yu, and Duan Yanqing had all returned to the inn. After thinking for a moment, he walked towards Li Qiushui's room.

He knocked on the door. "Come in." Zhang Cheng pushed the door open and entered. Li Qiushui was sitting at the table, writing something. When she saw him come in, she put down her pen and looked up at him.

"The sect leader has come at the right time. The matter you asked about last time is now showing some progress."

Seeing that Zhang Cheng didn't react immediately, she explained, "Yipintang was preparing to go to Wuxi to cause trouble for the Beggars' Sect not long ago. However, they received news of the chaos in Xijing and changed their route at the last minute. Now their troops are stationed in the Xijing North Road area, waiting for an opportunity to act."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "I know that the sect leader dislikes unnecessary killing, so after receiving the news, I immediately sent someone to deliver a message to Helian Tieshu, telling him to hold back."

As for the Li Yanzong mentioned by the sect leader, I also inquired about him in the letter. Shall we wait for a reply here in Guancheng, or arrange a meeting place once we reach Northwest Jingzhou Road?

She looked at Zhang Cheng, waiting for him to make a decision.

Zhang Cheng thought about the situation in his room and decided that he should take care of things here first.

"Thank you for your trouble, Sister Li. We can set off after we receive your reply tomorrow."

Li Qiushui nodded, picked up her teacup, took a sip, and spoke again: "There's something I'd like to ask the sect leader."

Since the sect leader knows the Murong family so well, even knowing that they infiltrated the First-Class Hall under the alias Li Yanzong, what kind of person does the sect leader think Murong Fu is?

Zhang Cheng was reluctant to gossip behind people's backs, so after hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke up: "A clown who's using his strength in the wrong direction."

His opinion of Murong Fu was quite low. As a contrast to the three brothers in Tianlong, Murong Fu almost always did the opposite of them.

Qiao Feng was benevolent and righteous, yet he became selfish and self-serving; Duan Yu was passionate and sincere, yet he became cold-hearted and ungrateful; Xu Zhu was kind-hearted and received much help from others, yet he became cold-hearted and abandoned by everyone.

They had a pretty good hand to begin with, and if they had made just one right move, they wouldn't have ended up like this. Unfortunately, they made every single wrong move, making their situation truly disastrous.

Zhang Cheng thought for a moment, then asked, "Why did you suddenly think of asking this, Sister Li?"

Li Qiushui said calmly, "My granddaughter Yuyan is in love with him and they are very close."

I already feel quite indebted to her mother, so naturally I'd like to help her choose a partner. Since Murong Fu isn't a good match, Sect Leader, do you think that if I kill him, could I win Yu Yan back?"

Zhang Cheng quickly waved his hand: "That won't do. Doing that will only make your granddaughter hate you for the rest of her life, and it won't do you any good."

Seeing that Li Qiushui looked puzzled, he patiently explained, "If you kill Murong Fu directly and then tell your granddaughter, then Murong Fu will become a perfect image in her mind forever."

After all, things in reality are always imperfect, while people in our memories only become more beautiful the more we think back on them.