Chapter 156: Chapter 106: Black Cloak and Bamboo Hat, Bull Demon Emerges [Seeking Monthly Ticket]

The night was dusky, silver moonlight spilling down from its high perch in the heavens.

Within the courtyard.

Li Che furrowed his brow and set down the wine cup in his hand.

Older brother's wife, Liu Chunming's face was somewhat darkened.

"Zhengran has not come home for two days now, and this has never happened before, so I'm worried that something may have happened to him..."

Zhang Ya hurried over, pulling Liu Chunming to sit down on a chair, comforting her while pouring tea.

Liu Chunming, upon seeing everyone, could no longer restrain the injustices and panic in her heart, and wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes.

"Big sister-in-law, don't worry too much, maybe cousin has been delayed by something. Do you know what cousin was going to do before he didn't come home?" Li Che asked.

"Zhengran said he was going to the marketplace to look for a job, as the silver taels we brought from Fei Lei City are almost spent, so he also wanted to find a living; we can't always rely on your support, A Che."

Perhaps because Li Che's status was different from the past, Liu Chunming felt somewhat more at ease.

"Going to the marketplace to look for a job?"

Li Che nodded.

"Don't worry, big sister-in-law; finding a job in the marketplace is not easy, maybe big brother found a job and couldn't notify you in time. You go back first, take good care of Chengzhou, and I will go to find big brother to see what has kept him delayed," Li Che said gently.

Liu Chunming, hearing this, couldn't help but nod.

"Big sister-in-law, why don't you eat before you go back?" Zhang Ya quickly said.

Liu Chunming waved her hands repeatedly, having no appetite at all.

After Liu Chunming left, Zhang Ya looked at Li Che.

"Husband, big brother won't really be in trouble, will he?"

Big uncle and his family had been a great help to them, so Zhang Ya didn't want anything bad to happen, hoping for everyone to be alright.

The thought flashed through Li Che's mind instantly.

Firstly, big uncle Li Liang's family discipline was strict and never allowed gambling or indecent involvement; cousin Li Zhengran had also been raised upright since childhood. Although he had never achieved much, he had never strayed from the right path.

Half a month into arriving at Golden Light Prefecture City, Li Zhengran had gotten involved in gambling.

In theory, if Li Zhengran was truly a gambling man, then he should have frequented the gambling dens back in Fei Lei City.

Li Che exhaled deeply; no wonder big uncle didn't come to seek his help himself; perhaps big uncle... had already been aware of this situation.

And he had always kept it from his big sister-in-law.

"The environment can change a person, but it's not possible to change so much so fast... So did someone deliberately guide him?"

Li Che narrowed his eyes, a cold glint flickering within.

While Li Che cared most about his wife and daughter, big uncle and cousin's family had been kind to him, there was a debt of upbringing, and naturally, they were also very important to him.

It was fine to target him, but using such despicable methods to influence the people around him was a bit too much.

"After I became a Third-class Guest Official of the Qintian Observatory, the Qin Family and the Temple Control Bureau became much warier of me, and according to Lu Chi, the Gold Split Gate also had no motive to deal with me..."

"In fact, they merely speculate and doubt my identity, with no concrete evidence. Due to my status as a Third-class Guest Official of the Qintian Observatory, combined with the predestined identity of the Spirit Child in the Xixi Divine Sect Branch, they naturally dare not act rashly."

Li Che pondered, slowly sorting through the current situation.

Zhang Xiangyang indeed provided the Temple Office with information affecting him, but it wasn't significant.

Because even Zhang Lianhao, the Temple Office's Chief Divine Envoy, couldn't confirm whether Li Che was really the Bull Demon or the mysterious cultivator who shot Qin Yuqing.

Despite continued suspicion, they couldn't be sure.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent two Divine Envoys to secretly shadow him.

"In fact, they don't care who the Bull Demon is... What they care about... is the Horse Face who shot Qin Yuqing."