The master and the servants rushed to
the front door to welcome the newly arrived.
Old man Ning had long been waiting for
their arrival!
After a while, old man Ning had welcomed
his three good friends into his house. Everybody was happy from getting
together with their old friends again.
They all settled down in front of the
table in the study.
Old man Lin raised his brows, “Old man
Ning, your message was so delayed. We’ve planned on making a trip out here when
we heard that the mystical spring was in Willow. We received your message when
we were just about to take off, so we left right away. Even then, it took us
over half a month to get here!”
“He’s right, old man Ning. We almost
thought you were never going to tell us when we finally got your letter, ha ha
ha ha ha….”
Old man Ning was a little bit
embarrassed by the teasing of his old friend, helplessly he said, “Old Quan,
stop teasing me. Why would I try to hide this from you? We tried so hard in the
first few days to establish contact with the Cheng’s, unfortunately, we ended
up mucking things up and were snubbed by the Cheng’s. I’ve sent you the letter
the first opportunity I got, I guess it’s all my fault!”
“HAHAHA…” Old Du laughed out loud, “Oh,
Ning lao di1, we are just messing
with you. Don’t take it so seriously. How long have we been friend, eh?”
“Exactly, we have traversed jianghu2 together back in the days and
known each other for over forty years. Our bond is stronger than this!”
“Yeah, our bond will last for life, Ning
di, don’t mind Quan di’s little joke!”
“HAHA, that’s wright, old man Ning will
never be so petty. We know him well by now!”
The old men chatted and laughed happily
in the study and Ko Yang standing to one side also smiled a little. With them
being here, he believed those from School of Divine Condor will behave slightly
better.
After all, these were all elders from
the nine top sect. Their being here, even if those from School of Divine Condor
were arrogant, they would have to refrain themselves some in front of them.
In front of his old friends, old man
Ning felt even more guilty. After all, he was being selfish at the beginning
and didn’t notify them right away.
Now that they were teasing him friendly
about it, he felt quiet embarrassed. Lucky this was not his first rodeo, he was
good at hiding his feelings.
After the laughter died down, old Lin
regained his composure, he asked with a bit uncertainty, “Ning lao di, it seems kind of noisy in your
place, are the folks from School of Divine Condor still here?”
“Yeah!” replied old man Ning with a
bitter smile, “They haven’t left yet. Looks like they will be staying here for
a while longer.”
“Oh, why is that?” asked old Lin, baffled.
Old Quan frowned too, “There were quite
a few of them. It’s a pretty hefty to provide them with room and board for a
prolonged period of time!”
They knew that while old man Ning was
well off, his assets were like night and day when comparing with some of the
other sects.
They started worry for him, but they
also knew that they’d just hurt his ego if they offered to help him out. So
they felt obligated to remind him.
“Don’t worry, all my good brothers. I
can afford to house them for a while long, that’s not the biggest problem, the
real problem was…”
“Was what?” asked old man Lin, seeing
how troubled old man Ning was.
“Old brother, let me tell you what have
been going on lately!”
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Note:
1. Means “old little brother”. “Old” because he was old in age. “Di” is younger brother, old Du still referred to him as younger brother because he was older Du was older than Ning. I chose to go with Chinese pronunciation here as “old younger brother” just sounds very awkward in English.
2.
3. literally translates as “Rivers and Lakes”, but figuratively refers to the “underground world of martial arts”. A section of society consisting of martial artists, gangsters, thieves, beggars, prostitutes, merchants, entertainers, and anyone else wanting to operate outside of mainstream society or in the grey area of the law. (Source: Wuxiaworld.com)
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