Chapter 256 - 248: Luring the Tiger Away from the Mountain
After returning from the grasslands, they visited a few more times and became good friends with Uncle Bala’s family. Tian Qinghua and his newly made friend Morigen got along so well, it was as if they wore the same pair of pants.
Tian Qinghua taught Morigen how to punch and speak Mandarin, while Morigen taught Tian Qinghua how to ride horses, shoot arrows, and speak Mongolian. They got along splendidly. Eventually, Tian Qinghua simply moved in with Uncle Bala’s family, saying that it was too much trouble to go back and forth, and told Tian Xinhua to come pick him up every ten or fifteen days.
Tian Xinhua was both amused and exasperated, who knew Qinghua could make such loyal friends on the great grassland. Perhaps it was a case of the fool’s fortune. Mongolians value sincerity above all; as long as you treat them with a true heart, they will consider you a good friend. Uncle Bala’s family probably appreciated Tian Qinghua’s genuine sincerity.
They also visited Hu Weiwen a couple of times, bringing some tasty treats with each visit, and then they would listen to Huang Xiaoguang tell a few jokes about the outside Liang officials, laughing until their stomachs hurt before returning. Soon, the month of July passed by joyfully and fulfilling.
"What’s wrong, Ah Nan?" Tian Xinhua asked, looking down at Tian Sisi, who kept looking back.
"Nothing."
Tian Sisi didn’t know if she was just being paranoid, but she always felt like someone was following her. However, when she turned back to look, there was no one there.
Hu Weixin urged them from the front, "Ah Nan, Sixth Brother, hurry up!"
The two couldn’t help but laugh and quickened their pace to catch up.
In an office somewhere in the Jining Corps, two heads came together, occasionally emitting "tsk tsk" sounds of admiration, but the voices were particularly sleazy.
"Cousin, I didn’t lie to you, right? Just looking at this little lady gets me excited, damn, I can’t even stand it just looking at this photo."
The speaker was Li Zhuangzi, the same man who was discussing matters with Xu Feifei that day. In his hands now was a photo of Tian Sisi, taken as she was walking on the main road of the paper mill during the day.