A large bowl of beef noodles, Mu Jinyu quickly finished.
He pulled out a napkin to wipe his mouth and revealed a reminiscent expression, sighing, "This beef noodle soup really resembles the flavor of the one we used to frequent back then."
"Yeah, the taste is really quite good." Xiang Mantang also finished quickly. Due to his military life, it was almost impossible for him to have the leisure of eating slowly.
Liu Mei was the same, while she didn't appear to be gobbling up her food, she finished quite quickly.
Gu Xiyan watched as they finished in just a few bites, and with three-quarters of the noodles still in her bowl, she couldn't help feeling a bit awkward.
"How did you all eat so fast!"
Gu Xiyan swallowed the noodles in her mouth, then put down her chopsticks, and said somewhat embarrassedly.
"It's okay, take your time. Ah-Xiang and I will go out to talk. We'll wait for you."
Mu Jinyu smiled at Gu Xiyan and then summoned Xiang Mantang to go outside.
Liu Mei did not go out, not daring to disturb their conversation. Sitting at her spot, she felt awkward just watching Gu Xiyan eat. So, she ordered another small dish.
This time, she chewed slowly and struck up a conversation with Gu Xiyan from time to time.
At the entrance.
Mu Jinyu and Xiang Mantang walked out of the small restaurant, and then squatted down.
Xiang Mantang pulled out half a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, picked one out, and offered it to Mu Jinyu, asking, "Want a smoke?"
"Not used to it." Mu Jinyu waved to Xiang Mantang.
Xiang Mantang took back his hand, put the cigarette in his mouth, then pulled out a lighter to light it, took a deep inhale, and blew out a large ring of smoke.
Xiang Mantang continued to smoke, chatting with Mu Jinyu in a relaxed manner.
At this moment.
A Rolls-Royce suddenly stopped in front of them.
Mu Jinyu glanced over and muttered, "Is the food in this small restaurant really that delicious? Enough to make such a rich person come specially?"
The car door opened, and a middle-aged man with slicked-back hair, dressed in a black tailcoat, got out of the car and walked directly towards them.
"Eh, is he one of your men?"
Mu Jinyu saw the middle-aged man walking towards them instead of entering the restaurant and couldn't help but look at Xiang Mantang, assuming the man was one of his subordinates.
Xiang Mantang had not been paying attention to these details, but upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, he turned his head as well.
When he saw the face of the middle-aged man, he was startled and then shouted, "Uncle Fu!"
The middle-aged man addressed as Uncle Fu by Xiang Mantang approached them slowly, his usually stern face softened with a respectful smile as he said, "Young master, I've come to take you home."
"Hmm?" Xiang Mantang was a bit confused, with Uncle Fu's status, why would he need to call him young master?
Mu Jinyu heard this and, without paying attention to Uncle Fu, turned regretfully towards Xiang Mantang, saying, "You have to leave so soon, sigh."
"It's not... Uncle Fu, what are you saying?" Xiang Mantang was also a bit confused.
Uncle Fu's status was that of the Tiance True Dragon's butler. He had always called him Beidou Tianshu, so why suddenly call him young master?
Wait?! Could it be...
That he had been confirmed as the next Tiance True Dragon?
Caught in confusion, Xiang Mantang...
Uncle Fu, realizing Mu Jinyu might have misunderstood, explained respectfully, "Young Master Mu, I am acting on orders from your grandfather to take you home."
Mu Jinyu, upon hearing the address "Young Master Mu," immediately understood that this fellow was here to find him!
Hmm?
Grandfather?!
He heard this term, which was extremely foreign to him, and his eyes involuntarily narrowed slightly, concealing the fleeting glint of coldness in his gaze.
"Who are you?!"
Mu Jinyu turned his head back, looking at Uncle Fu seriously and indifferently as he spoke.
Uncle Fu replied respectfully: "Young Master Mu, I am your grandfather's butler. You can call me Ah-Fu. I have come this time..."
Mu Jinyu cut him off directly, saying coldly, "Get out!"
He scoffed inwardly—grandfather? Where did he get a grandfather from?!
He was orphaned and had been taken to Yinlong Mountain by his master, depending on each other for survival to this point. Since his master left, the only relative he had was Xiang Mantang.
Uncle Fu listened to Mu Jinyu's impolite rebuke, his face changing ever so slightly, but instead of anger or indignation, there was only a sense of helplessness and pity.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
Xiang Mantang, listening to their conversation and observing the expressions on Uncle Fu and Mu Jinyu, felt as if lightning had struck in his previously muddled mind.
He suddenly remembered some of the past life stories Mu Jinyu had once told him.
Could it be that Mu Jinyu is actually the grandson of the Tiance True Dragon?!
Xiang Mantang thought with some incredulity in his heart, but then he regained his composure and said to Uncle Fu, "Uncle Fu, let us step aside to talk."
Uncle Fu, hearing Xiang Mantang's words, furrowed his brow slightly and opened his mouth. Seeing Mu Jinyu's impatient and disgusted expression, he let out a light sigh and said, "Alright."
Xiang Mantang then said to Mu Jinyu, "Senior brother, you should calm down for a bit."
After speaking, he patted Mu Jinyu's shoulder and then stood up, gesturing to Uncle Fu, "This way."
Uncle Fu followed Xiang Mantang toward the Rolls Royce that he had arrived in, occasionally glancing back at Mu Jinyu, whose face was expressionless, with a complex look on his face.
Xiang Mantang led Uncle Fu near the Rolls Royce, noticing the frequent glances from passersby, furrowed his brows, and then opened the car door and got inside.
Uncle Fu also got in after him.
"The Big Dipper Tianshu—it turns out you are actually my young lord's junior brother!"
Uncle Fu, after sitting down and closing the car door, couldn't help but let out a wry smile, feeling the unpredictability of life.
Xiang Mantang's brows were furrowed as he looked up at Uncle Fu and asked, "My senior brother, is he really the Dragon Master's grandson?"
Uncle Fu nodded and said, "Genuine and guaranteed, he is indeed the Dragon Master's grandson, who was lost in the outside world, but..."
As he spoke, his expression also became one of helplessness and pity, along with a surge of complex emotions.
Xiang Mantang suddenly interjected with a cold laugh, "But he was abandoned by the Dragon Master himself, right? At that time, he didn't even want to acknowledge him, did he?!"
His tone was somewhat heavy, and in the past, no matter the issue, he would have tried to restrain himself in front of Uncle Fu or the Old Dragon King.
But today, now that it involved Mu Jinyu, he couldn't suppress that anger!
Previously, when Xiang Mantang had heard from Mu Jinyu himself that he had been abandoned by his mother, he had found it unbelievable. He couldn't imagine that there could be such a heartless mother in the world.
Compared to his own parents, who spared no effort to protect him, he felt that Mu Jinyu's mother was simply unworthy of being a mother!
But now, he had suddenly learned that the woman he had looked down upon was the daughter of the Dragon King, and the Old Dragon King, whom he had always respected, was actually Mu Jinyu's grandfather!
He felt an anger that was beyond words!
Uncle Fu, hearing Xiang Mantang's words, let out a wry smile and, without minding the disrespectful tone, sighed and said, "The affairs of that year were complicated, but you, Tianshu, should also understand that few mothers do not love their children. The Saintess... she had no other choice!"