Chapter 90

Taken aback, Nangong Du stopped playing a prank on Zixiu and put on a grim look again before he turned around. “It’s you!” Next, he saw two men by the light of the torches in the hands of the newcomers.

In front of him were Luo Huali and Yan Lingxiao, who had followed him here. The array Uncle Liu had set up was so complicated that the two almost got lost just now!

“Nangong Du, no one wants to see you. You’d better leave right now!” Instead of making any sarcastic remarks as Lingxiao had done, Luo Huali put it straight.

Nangong Du stared expressionlessly at the man who was speaking. He was aware that it was Yan Lingxiao’s senior brother, the Medical Sage, Yan Ke’s disciple whom he had seen in his bedroom the night Liu Zixiu escaped. However, he didn’t know that Luo Huali had once disguised himself as a guard and sneaked into his mansion. As he had just left the Valley of Fallen Blossoms and hadn’t been out practicing medicine for long, Luo Huali was still unknown to most people. That was why Nangong Du had never heard of his name. ‘Anyway, as he’s Yan Ke’s disciple, he must be skillful in both medicine and martial arts. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have failed to sense him approaching just now! Seems it’s unwise to confront them head-on. But Liu Zixiu may not want to see his senior brothers! Who knows?’

“I guess you two are no more popular than I am!” After pondering for a while, Nangong Du shot back grumpily.

Luo Huali was rendered speechless. He wasn’t that eloquent, and he was clear that he and Lingxiao were not welcomed either, or Zixiu would have opened the door to greet them long ago! He wondered what Lingxiao had done to Zixiu, which made the latter keep avoiding him like this! Besides, why was Ling Xiao so certain that Zixiu was a boy? What the hell was going on?

“Zixiu, open the door! Here comes your Brother Xiao…” Unlike Luo Huali, Lingxiao instantly lost his temper at Nangong Du’s provocation. He walked to the door and knocked on it hard. He was certain that Zixiu was hiding from Nangong Du, not him, but after banging the door for a while, he heard no response.

“Zixiu, no worries! You have your Brother Xiao to protect you and Nangong Du won’t dare to do anything to you!”

Still, nobody answered yet. The mention of “Brother Xiao” didn’t seem to work!

“Xiuxiu! Xiuxiu…” Unwilling to give up, Lingxiao slapped the door again, whereas Nangong Du stood beside him with his arms folded in front of his chest as if he were just an onlooker.

Lingxiao couldn’t hold back his anger anymore. ‘If it weren’t for that damned asshole, Nangong Du, Xiuxiu wouldn’t have been so scared that he had shut us all out!’ At the thought of this, he suddenly turned with the killing intent flashing in his eyes. “Nangong Du, I told you to stay away from Zixiu! How dare you come here? You’re digging your own grave!” he roared in rage.

Luo Huali popped his eyes in surprise. He had never seen the uninhibited Lingxiao so serious and furious! Though he was filled with anger as well, Luo Huali thought it was more important to get in and check if Zixiu was alright than to argue with Nangong Du outside! Since Uncle Liu was willing to give the array diagram to Nangong Du, he must have his reason.

Unfortunately, when he was about to gesture Lingxiao to stay calm, the two who had been hostile to each other for long had grappled with each other.

Lingxiao had long wanted to teach Nangong Du a good lesson, especially when he sensed that Zixiu was indeed very afraid of him, he had a spur to kill that bastard with a punch! On the other hand, Nangong Du had never been grateful to Lingxiao for treating his illness. Moreover, as he had been burning with anger for being shut out, he vented all his anger on Physician Ling. Therefore, the fight between the two was extremely fierce!

After watching on for a while, Luo Huali could tell that as his master had said, Nangong Du was really good at combating skills. It seemed the two were neck to neck, and it was hard to tell who would win. While Nangong Du was busy dealing with Lingxiao, Luo Huali slipped into the backyard quietly. The house must have a window at least!

Needless to say, the house had windows. And at this point, Zixiu, who had been hiding in the room in terror, was ready to run away through the window on hearing what seemed to be a fight outside!

He scanned around nervously while climbing onto the windowsill. To his surprise, he saw the flickering light of fire move to him.

Zixiu went stiff in an instant when he saw the familiar face in the light of the torch. ‘Senior Brother?’

Luo Huali happened to see someone crouching on the windowsill. As the shadow of the big tree behind the house was reflected in the window, he couldn’t see him clearly, so he cried in a soft voice, “Zixiu?”

Hearing that, Zixiu came back to his senses. However, in a panic, he had no idea whether to return to the room or jump out of the window. When he was hesitating, he suddenly missed his footing and fell heavily to the ground. “Ah!!”