CH 225

As Li Huowang watched the beautiful woman's head about to hit the blanket, he reached out to support her.

"Madam, please don't be so polite. As fellow brothers in distress, helping each other is only right. I can't accept such a great gift."

After being repeatedly stopped by Li Huowang, the grateful woman finally sat down beside him.

She spoke to Li Huowang with lingering fear, "After Ba'er disappeared, we searched the entire Qingqiu, but still couldn't find him. I thought I would never see him again. Thank Buddha, Ba'er finally came back safe and sound."

After speaking, she took a string of Buddhist beads from her sleeve and turned to the north, bowing.

Seeing this action, Li Huowang was stunned. "May I ask which Bodhisattva you are bowing to?"

Perhaps because of the many things that happened before, Li Huowang was particularly sensitive to these superstitious things. In this place, these things must be problematic.

Wu Yue seemed to misunderstand Li Huowang's meaning and thought he was mocking her. She explained helplessly, "Sir, I didn't mean that. It's all thanks to you that Ba'er came back, not some elusive Bodhisattva."

"Since I married into Qingqiu, I haven't worshipped any Bodhisattva. But I believe in Buddha all year round. It's a habit I've had since I was young, and I can't change it easily," she said.

"No, no, no. I'm not mocking you. I'm just curious. Which Bodhisattva do you worship?" Li Huowang said seriously, holding his honey water.

Upon hearing this, Wu Yue was immediately surprised. "Bodhisattva... Isn't it the Bodhisattva who saves the suffering? Why differentiate between Bodhisattvas?"

Seeing Sun Baolu's mother's answer, Li Huowang sighed inwardly. "There are too many ignorant people in this world. Believing in anything is just blind faith. They are no different from Danyang Zi."

But from another perspective, it was a good thing that Baolu's mother was worshipping a "real" Bodhisattva. In this insane world, worshipping a false Bodhisattva was obviously more dangerous.

"Madam, please sit down. I was just curious and asked casually. By the way, I saw Baolu embracing a woman earlier. Is she his lover?" Li Huowang began to change the subject, trying to ease the tense atmosphere.

"Yes, that's his younger sister. She's been clinging to him since childhood and they were already betrothed. She cried so hard when Ba'er disappeared.""Sister?" Li Huowang was surprised by the woman's reaction. How could she be so kind when her son had done something so taboo? Besides, the woman who had been hugged by Sun Baolu earlier clearly looked like a Qingqiu person, not the same race as Sun Baolu.

"They don't have the same father. I came to Qingqiu with my son from Liangguo when I was pregnant with Ba'er. At that time, Zhuo'er had already been born. Although they don't have the same parents, they grew up together and became close, so we arranged for them to be engaged."

Seeing the woman in front of him with a different skin color from the Qingqiu people around her, Li Huowang guessed this.

Just then, a short and sturdy Qingqiu man with dark skin and a smile on his face leaned over and held out a horn cup in his hand towards Li Huowang.

He said a lot of short Qingqiu words to Li Huowang and once again extended the horn cup forward.

Wu Yue quickly explained, "The child's father says thank you for saving his second son and wishes that Changsheng Heaven will bless you with eternal life."

"Qingqiu's toast is really special." Li Huowang nodded towards him and also raised the horn cup in his hand to clink it with his cup.

During the gap of drinking honey water, Li Huowang looked at the two parents in front of him. To be honest, Sun Baolu's parents didn't match at all.

The man was short and had a big face, like a monkey with a few more hairs, and didn't match Sun Baolu's beautiful mother at all. Li Huowang wondered how he had managed to marry her.

"Could Sun Baolu's mother have been bought by his father?" Thinking of the slave trade in Nvren Mountain before, Li Huowang speculated randomly.

"Senior Li!" Drunk Sun Baolu didn't know when he had pounced on Li Huowang, crying in his arms. He was still babbling drunkenly. "Senior Li, I can't bear to leave you guys! I won't leave! I want to go to Liangguo with you guys!!"

Seeing his son acting like this, Sun Baolu's father quickly put down his wine cup and took him outside to sober up.

Seeing Sun Baolu's somewhat embarrassed figure, Li Huowang smiled and didn't take it seriously.

Sun Baolu was just talking nonsense. They were already at home, and his family was harmonious. How could he continue to follow them?

Moreover, Li Huowang didn't have to go far after leaving here. Qingqiu was just across from Liangguo on the map. If Nuxin Mountain wasn't far from here, he might be able to visit here in the future.

Li Huowang sat cross-legged again, grabbed a piece of grilled lamb chop sprinkled with black seasoning with both hands, and took a bite.For a moment, the fragrance filled the air, and the rich meat juice exploded in Li Huowang's mouth. He found that this lamb chop was particularly delicious.

He didn't know whether it was his enhanced perception or not, but Li Huowang, who had lived in two worlds, really ate such a delicious lamb chop for the first time.

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The tender and smooth lamb meat, combined with the salty and sour seasoning, was extremely enjoyable to bite into.

No wonder no one else was talking, and they were all gnawing on the lamb and beef bones.

Faced with such delicious food, Li Huowang refused to waste it and immediately began to eat heartily.

Although the men of Qingqiu danced around in circles with their heads swaying, there was really nothing interesting to see. However, their exaggerated body movements set the mood for the entire tent and put a smile on everyone's face, including Li Huowang's.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they began to dance and mingle with the Qingqiu people.

The performance of the Lu Family Troupe was the most eye-catching, after all, their main profession was singing and acting. Their novel singing style and movements drew cheers from the surrounding Qingqiu people.

Li Huowang smiled and watched everything in front of him. "They look really happy. Why is it that when they are around me, there is always sadness and pain?"

Just as Li Huowang was lost in thought, his keen perception sensed someone staring at him from the side.

It was Sun Baolu's mother's gaze. He slowly turned his head and saw that the other party now had a troubled expression on her face, completely different from her calm demeanor earlier.

"Madam, is there something you want to tell me?"

Li Huowang's words finally made Wu Yue, who had been hesitant, make up her mind.

"Benefactor, this may be inappropriate to say on our first meeting, but why don't you stay in Qingqiu instead of going to Liangguo? It's not a good place there."