Chapter 76: Return to the Abyss
Shen Qingqiu pointed them again towards the seats, saying, "Our shixiong have just left."
As he lifted the teapot from the table, Ming Fan hurried over to help, only to be stopped by a sharp glance telling him not to intervene. As Shen Qingqiu personally poured tea for everyone, Liu Qingge finally sat down, reached for his teacup, and sipped quietly.
Qi Qingqi spoke, "Naturally, our other shixiong have already come by. Liu-shidi, from that face of yours, I thought you were speaking of Luo Binghe."
While words themselves may have no deeper implications when spoken, a listener could easily twist their intentions. Shen Qingqiu's cheeks were already sore as he faked another smile. "Now how could that be possible?"
Qi Qingqi placed her teacup down on the table rather heavily and raised an eyebrow as she spoke. "Of course. How could that be indeed? If Luo Binghe dared to return to Cang Qiong Peak now, you'll see just how we take care of scum like him!"
Mu Qingfang, sitting off to the side with his hands in his sleeves, commented casually, "Well you'd have to be able to take care of him first."
Shen Qingqiu couldn't help but laugh a little at their expense. Qi Qingqi immediately pointed at him. "You've still got the guts to laugh. The most problematic one here is you! Shen Qingqiu, I'm telling you now: it's a good thing you took responsibility and came back with our shixiong and shidi this time. If you left with Luo Binghe again, I'd personally take care of you and expel you from the sect! See if you'd even be able to stand afterward!"
There were obviously supposed to be words of concern, but she was so harsh that it was surprising that she didn't head straight over and seize Shen Qingqiu by the neck.
Mu Qingfang replied. "Well, all is well now."
Although he said it was "all well," he clearly wanted to sigh in exasperation. Qi Qingqi spoke, "If it weren't for shixiong's refusal to pull out his sword until absolutely necessary, and how he was forced to charge in with little information, Luo Binghe would never have been able to take advantage of him and escape. If you had been just a little later, you may have been able to witness our shixiong's Xuan Su sword."
At those words, Shen Qingqiu felt his heart stutter. After all, he had never seen the Xuan Su sword in any scene, whether from the original book or over on this side of things. He didn't know what Airplane Shooting Towards the Sky was thinking either. Would it kill him to write it? All the hints of grandeur, like thunderous roars on a stormy sky without a single drop of rain. All that lengthy, elaborate build-up, and then at the very end, there was nothing but an empty black pit waiting!