Supreme Warrior in the City

When he said this, the little boy’s eyes were slightly red, and his face was full of guilt.

Su Yang had originally planned to move to another place to live. Hearing this, he couldn’t help but sigh, waving his hand and saying, ”It’s all right. This place is quite nice, very quiet. I really like it!”

”Really?” The little boy was overjoyed and quickly said, ”Big brother, big sister, you rest for a while. I’ll cook for you tonight. I just picked fresh mushrooms this morning. I’ll make you mushroom soup tonight!”

The little boy walked away cheerfully, and Su Yang, feeling somewhat helpless, turned to Ye Wantong, ”You stay in the room tonight, and I’ll be outside.”

Ye Wantong could see the little boy’s situation too. She sighed and said in a low voice, ”It’s okay, it gets cold at night... you... you stay in the room, and I... I’ll sleep on the floor...”

”No need!” Su Yang waved his hand and insisted, ”I’ll stay outside. Nothing will happen!”

Ye Wantong couldn’t help but feel moved. She had thought Su Yang was only a prodigal son. After all they had been through, she realized that Su Yang was truly a gentleman with integrity.

”You can’t stay outside...” Ye Wantong said with her head down in a soft voice, ”We don’t know how many eyes Mo Qianli has here... You... out in the open... if someone sees you, it could... it could bring trouble...”

Su Yang frowned slightly, realizing the truth in her words. After a moment of silence, he sighed, ”All right then. You sleep on the bed, and I’ll make do on the floor!”

”I...” Ye Wantong wanted to speak, but Su Yang silenced her with a gesture.

In the end, Ye Wantong, feeling resigned, could only sit in the yard and slowly play with a few little pups.

Da Huang, too, was very welcoming, lying not far from Ye Wantong and occasionally turning to look at Su Yang and Ye Wantong as if he were a very hospitable host.

”Actually, this little boy is very simple and unsophisticated,” Ye Wantong said softly.

Su Yang slowly nodded. It was this quality in the boy that had persuaded him to stay. Not to mention anything else, the boy’s sincerity had touched Su Yang’s heart.

Su Yang didn’t see himself as a savior. There were many pitiful people in the world, and he couldn’t save everyone. But since he had encountered this boy, he at least wanted to give him a chance!

The boy was nimble and quickly carried two buckets of water back. He smiled at Su Yang and Ye Wantong in the yard, went into the kitchen, thoroughly washed the pot, and then poured the water in to start boiling it.

Su Yang walked into the kitchen, sitting in front of the stove to help the boy add firewood.

”Big brother, you go sit outside. I can handle this!” the little boy said with a smile, ”The kitchen is smoky and it’s easy to get your clothes dirty with the soot!”

”It’s fine. I often cook at home, I’m good at this!” Su Yang replied with a light smile.

The boy couldn’t argue and let Su Yang sit there, but his face showed even more gratitude.

”Big brother, you’re really kind!” the boy said, ”I had thought about renting out our room before, but people would come, take one look and then just leave. Sigh, city folks, many of them can’t get used to our little house. Only you, big brother, could settle down here!”

Su Yang smiled, ”I’m not a city person. When I was little, my house was pretty similar to this one. Also, when I was in the military, I’ve slept even in mud holes. To me, the quality of the house doesn’t matter!”

”Ah, big brother, you’ve been in the military!” the little boy said with a look of admiration, ”I... I’ve always wanted to join the military too!”

”Give it a few more years, and you’ll be able to join too,” Su Yang said with a smile.

The little boy’s face was somewhat gloomy as he said, ”Ah, let’s forget it. I’ve joined the army, and now there’s no one to take care of Grandma, what about my sister’s education? My sister is in high school this year, and she’ll need to go to college in the future. I have to work hard to earn money, so that she can afford to go to college!”

Looking at the little boy, Su Yang was reminded of his own sister, Su Xia, whom he adored immensely. Once, Su Yang had the same idea. Even if he didn’t go to school, he had to go out to work and earn money, so that Su Xia could attend school properly.

”By the way, why are they calling you Doggie?” Su Yang suddenly asked, ”Don’t you have a name?”

The little boy smiled and said, ”Oh, my real name is Lin Dong. In our village, all the children get nicknames when they are little, otherwise people worry they won’t survive. We had a dog at home at that time, so my nickname became Doggie.”

Su Yang looked at the yellow dog outside, which seemed quite fitting to the situation.

After boiling a pot of water and filling a large basin with it, he let Ye Wantong wash up as best as she could.

Ye Wantong was not the kind of delicate young lady who couldn’t handle such circumstances. After a quick wash and changing into clean clothes, she came out and continued to play with the dog, thoroughly enjoying herself.

Lin Dong busied himself preparing dinner, making four dishes: a pot of braised mushrooms, a plate of wild vegetables, a plate of chive and egg stir-fry, and a small fish. Lin Dong had caught the fish from the river; it wasn’t big, but it was fresh and the soup he made with it had a rich and tempting fragrance.

Lin Dong moved a table into the yard and arranged the dishes on it, smiling as he said, ”Big sister, dinner is ready!”

After everything was prepared, Lin Dong smiled and said, ”Big brother, big sister, please eat.”

”Aren’t you eating?” Ye Wantong asked in surprise.

”Oh, this is for you. I’ll eat later!” Lin Dong said.

”No need, sit here and eat with us!” Su Yang said, ”And let’s have your grandma come out and join us, too!”

”This...” Lin Dong scratched his head, ”Big brother, big sister, you go ahead and eat. I’m fine. Grandma has been paralyzed for two years, she hasn’t been out of bed since then, I’ll feed her later!”

Ye Wantong couldn’t help but sigh. An old person being paralyzed for two years and still being alive showed how Lin Dong had taken care of her. She had to say, the child was truly filial.

”Alright, then sit down and eat with us!” Su Yang said.

Lin Dong wanted to say more, but Ye Wantong also directly said, ”Stop being so polite, if you don’t eat, we won’t eat either!”

Lin Dong scratched his head and reluctantly sat down with them.

Su Yang had been worried that Ye Wantong wouldn’t eat much, but to his surprise, she enjoyed the meal immensely, even eating a bit more than he did.

During the meal, the yellow dog brought her five little puppies, which scampered around their feet. Ye Wantong would take a bite for herself and then give one to them, making the five little puppies even more affectionate towards her.

After the meal was finished and night had fallen, Su Yang and Ye Wantong didn’t stay there, but instead went together to the villa.

Every evening there were boxing matches. The preliminary rounds of the Dragon Head Meeting in May were certainly the most attractive, but not everyone could watch—tickets were very expensive.

Of course, there were also smaller boxing matches outside, less prestigious and less popular. Those who couldn’t get into the preliminaries would usually come here to watch these smaller matches, making the whole villa exceptionally lively.

Su Yang and Ye Wantong went to the villa to see if the Ghost Blade, Mo Qianli, was there.