Chapter 67: The Silkworm Road [1]

t.i.ttle explanation: The silkworm road refers to the Road(s) to Shu (an ancient state) which is a system of mountain roads linking the Chinese province of Shaanxi (Qin) with Sichuan (Shu), built and maintained since the 4th century BC. Shu Roads formed a network of major and minor roads with different roads being used at different historical time. More info search Shudao.

When they came out of Moon Bay, the sky was clear, and the bodyguards in the formation were all safe and sound. Once they saw Xiao Ling at the back, one by one widened their eyes, especially the two which went down to dig the tunnel. Their faces turned white instantly and almost fainted again.

“Mr. Qi, it is good that you're all right, really worried us to death. Just, why is Xiao Ling also here?”

Qi ZhiRong looked back at the rear, then faced in front with indifference as before, he said, “Fill in the hole.”

When the bodyguards saw Qi ZhiRong in a low mood, they thought there was nothing worthwhile underneath and so he returned with disappointment. It went without saying that such a ghostly eerie place was filled with dirty things, where would a treasure come from?

Filling up the hole and cleaning up camps; with each performed their own duty properly, they were ready to leave soon.

The bodyguards were still wondering, “Why is that strange man missing? Is it underneath——?”

“It's all right. Stop talking.” Ah Gui spoke to interrupt and seamlessly looked a glance at the boss. In the pit, Qi Xi had looked at the boss with a bad expression. He was afraid that Qi Xi would start raising hands, but fortunately, Qi Xi suddenly left.

Zhang Qiu walked ahead, took Xiao Jiang's fleshy hand and asked Li Shu worriedly, “Why do you think Qi Xi ran? I thought he was going to kill Qi ZhiRong.”

“That expression didn't seem like he wanted to kill Qi ZhiRong.” Li Shu said dully. Seeing that Zhang Qiu wanted to continue asking, he said, “What's interesting in Xi'an?”

Zhang Qiu, who was worried about Qi Xi, stopped short and said with surprise, “A lot. Do you want to go?” His expression said 'go, go'.

“Depending on circ.u.mstances.” Li Shu was very satisfied that Zhang Qiu's eyes were all on him.

Zhang Qiu's eyebrows rose like they were flying, walking along with Li Shu while talking about various delicacies and interesting places in Xi'an.

Climbing down the hill, they went back to the car with less Qi Xi and more Xiao Ling. Xiao Ling couldn't stay on Qi ZhiRong's side. Even Ah Gui was afraid of him. Moreover, he still had obsession. [Obsession is lingering feeling]

Back to the county hotel, Zhang Qiu went to Qi Xi's room first. He happened to meet Qi ZhiRong, who lingered at Qi Xi's door without knocking. Zhang Qiu didn't know what to say for a moment.

“His key is with me. He is forgetful, so made me hold it for him.” Zhang Qiu said as he opened the door, which was littered with luxury clothes. He looked back and saw Qi ZhiRong standing at the door with undiscernible expression. Upon seeing he was looking, Qi ZhiRong nodded and turned to go.

At this moment, Qi ZhiRong's back figure had a kind of pitiful taste. Zhang Qiu felt that he was very Holy Motherly and could not help saying, “With his character, it should be okay, rest a.s.sured.”

“Thank you.” Qi ZhiRong's back stopped as he replied without turning his head.

After Qi ZhiRong left, Zhang Qiu, like an amah packed Qi Xi's luggage. In here, a wool sweater could cover his tuition and living expenses for a year but Qi Xi like a prodigal son squandering the family fortune, had thrown the clothes on the ground at random. He really wanted to kill Qi Xi.

Qi ZhiRong left the hotel with his bodyguards at about 9 a.m. and settled all the expenses before leaving.

Zhang YuShui stared at the money in his hand and smiled. “The money for our Dandan's milk powder is enough.” [Dan = egg but dandan could also meant t.e.s.t.i.c.l.es lol]

“Erge, is your family's Dandan going to grow up with gold powder?!” Zhang Qiu glanced at the number on Erge's mobile phone and tsk-ed. Qi ZhiRong was really rich.

“Don't envy me. Li Shu of your family has two zeros more than me on this trip.”

Zhang Qiu: !!!!

Zhang Qiu really didn't want to appear as someone who had wealth spoke louder than others, but he couldn't control his facial expression at the thought of two more zeros, and his mouth was raised, as if Li Shu's money was his all the same.

Next to him, Li Shu smiled in his eyes as he thought Zhang Qiu's s.h.i.+ning eyes were lovely.

“Your Excellency, can we go to Chengdu first?” At the side, red-eyed Ling Dang whispered.

Zhang Qiu saw Ling Dang's pitiful appearance and thought Pei Qing was 'bullying'. If Ling Dang wanted to leave home, he would raise his hands to support him. But then he heard little Ling Dang softly said, “Xiao Ling is pitiful ah! Shall we help him fulfill his wish first?”

Xiao Ling stood aside like a transparent person. Upon seeing everyone was looking at him, he felt very embarra.s.sed, but his obsession made him thickened his face and begged, “Great Master Zhang, I'd like to go to Chengdu very much. I, I, I can give all the money that boss paid me.”

“No, I didn't need it. That time I promised you I will help free of charge.” Zhang YuShui was in a good mood. When he said the money was for Dandan's milk powder, Ah Yan did not object, just like he tacitly agreed to give birth to a baby Phoenix egg.

If Pixian Hui w.a.n.g knew, he would not bother to argue needlessly by this misinterpretation, but he would probably be angry. He could give birth, but why not a little jiangs.h.i.+? He felt that Xiao Jiang was very cute.

They drove to Yulin, and then took the plane went directly to Chengdu.

At the airport, Zhang Qiu first sent Qi Xi's luggage back to Beijing. At first, he wanted to bother Senior Brother to pick it up, but when he dialed Qi Xi, he did not expect it to work.

“What's the matter, Xiao Qiuqiu ya?”

Qi Xi's tone was still the familiar tone in the phone. Zhang Qiu blurted out, “You did not take your luggage, so I packed and s.h.i.+pped it for you to Beijing. You can find a way to get it.”

“Muah Xiao Qiuqiu, you are so kind to me. I really doubt whether you have any idea of my beauty——”

“Scram-scram-scram.” Zhang Qiu rolled his eyes. “If you are all right, that's good.”

Qi Xi laughed on the phone and chatted up a few sentences randomly. Before hanging up the phone, he earnestly said thank you.

The familiar tone just now made Zhang Qiu felt that Qi Xi was still the same, but how was it possible? But if the person was alright, then it was good. Turning his head back, he happened to meet Li Shu's eyes. Zhang Qiu thought Li Shu was worried about Qi Xi too, so he smiled and said, “It shouldn't be a big deal. We can go have fun rest a.s.suredly.”

“En.”

Zhang Qiu stared at Li Shu's back and wondered why he was so angry all of a sudden.

At the side, Xiao Jiang propped up his big face and sighed worriedly. Zhang Qiu heard the sigh and looked at Xiao Jiang inexplicably. “Why did my dear son sigh? Are you hungry? Daddy takes you to eat ice cream.”

Ice cream seemed good. Zhang XiaoJiang licked his little tiger's teeth and happily forgot what he had just worried about. Big Daddy wouldn't have been angry at Daddy for too long anyway. Ice cream was more important.

After eating the dessert, the father and son were perfectly satisfied and resumed their sweet and naive state.

At the side, Little Ling Dang cupped the ice-cream cone and rolled his pink tongue to lick at it while Pei Qing's eyes were staring at it. Not awhile later, he took Ling Dang to the toilet. Zhang Qiu spread out on the chair at the departure lounge, and because he ate too much food, his belly bulged. He rubbed his belly comfortably and tsk-ed. “Pei Qing is a real beast!” Looking at the time again, he said smilingly, “There are still 20 minutes left before boarding the plane. Hahaha Pei Qing may have to put up with it.”

Li Shu's eyes moved to Zhang Qiu's slightly rounded stomach, and he couldn't resist reaching for it.

Zhang Qiu felt the strange and familiar touch on his belly and all over his back felt like it was being electrocuted. His entire being felt numb and he was shocked in place. For nearly three months, he had no X life. Li Shu just touched his belly and his limbs felt it was like being electrocuted, and there was a slight rising trend underneath.

“Not comfortable?” Li Shu saw Zhang Qiu was shocked and thought his touch was incorrect and stopped.

Zhang Qiu face was a little red; embarra.s.sed. He was walking a fresh and pure person set up, and had also ridiculed Pei Qing to put up with it, and now it was simply hitting him on the face. He changed his sitting position seamlessly, blocking his awkward underneath part and shook his head, “no, just ate myself into stupor.”

“Don't eat too much later.” Li Shu put his hand on Zhang Qiu's belly and slowly and gently rubbing it one at a time. “How about this?”

“Ah ha?” Zhang Qiu absentmindedly moaned and his face became more and more red, feeling comfortable. It was merely Li Shu's hand moving yet it seemed like giving poisoned water to a thirsty bird. The more he drank, the more he wanted it. If Li Shu touched lower, he would have to play with fire in public venue.

Zhang Qiu suddenly stood up. Seeing Li Shu was looking at him, he dropped a sentence about toilet and ran away in a panic.

When he reached the door of the toilet, he heard a familiar, enduring moan.

“… Shh, don't be too loud, or I'll be jealous if someone else heard you. Little Ling Dang's beautiful voice is only for my ears.”

“Why hasn't here grown yet? It seems that little Ling Dang is lazy and does not study with the toys Gege bought for you…”

Ling Dang softly and stickily said in grievance, “It's too difficult, Gege. I really study hard, but I just can't learn. What should I do? Is Ling Dang really stupid ah? Ah! Gege, don't go there——”

“Shhh, don't cry, it's not Ling Dang's problem. It's because Gege didn't teach more deeply. Now Ling Dang, carefully stroking…”

Zhang Qiu stood there feeling his ears were going to be sc.r.a.pped. These two people could not move quietly!

However, he had not thought that the two were already very quiet, and it was only because he had a good hearing that the suppressed m.u.f.fled moan of Ling Dang came into his ears. It was like everywhere. The fire that had just been made by Li Shu became more vigorous on Zhang Qiu. At last, he could not help it. He washed his face against the voice of 'teaching' in his ears and cooled down before going out.

After returning, Zhang Qiu did not dare to meet Li Shu's line of sight, he rubbed his son's big face in a guilty way. There was nothing to talk about and he asked Xiao Ling next to him.

“Are you from Chengdu?”

“No.” Xiao Ling sat in a very clever (child) posture. He was obviously a one meter eight something muscular man, but he sat more proper than Xiao Jiang.

Zhang Qiu oh-ed in gossiping manner, “Could it be there are someone you like in Chengdu?”

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ling lowered his head and slowly nodded. His face was still white, but Zhang Qiu could see that he was shy.

Zhang Qiu did not realize that he had really guessed right. He asked with a smile, “What kind of person is it, to have made Xiao Ling keep thinking about?” For the other person, he would rather miss the time of rebirth because of the obsession in his dying heart. It could be said that Xiao Ling had become what he was now because of the obsession for the other person.

He didn't know whether it was good or bad.

“He's a kindhearted person. He was particularly good to me. When I enlisted in the army, it was because of him, who said that a real man should guard his home and defend his country. He especially likes soldiers…” Talking at this point, Xiao Ling was somewhat downcast. “I just didn't do it well and failed to live up to his expectations.”

Zhang Qiu used to think Xiao Ling was retired from the army, but now it seemed not.

He wanted to ask more questions but the broadcast notified pa.s.sengers to board. He could not help looking at the gate and saw Pei Qing walking with a satisfied face.

“Ling Dang?”

“Rest in the spirit bead,” said Pei Qing, smiling.

Zhang Qiu recalled the voice in the toilet. He really didn't know what to say to Pei Qing's honest face. Pei Qing was also a soldier but looked like a foreign loyal man with a black belly while Xiao Ling looked smart, but in fact he was very cute and honest.

They boarded the plane and arrived in Chengdu in the evening.

They had rushed around all day and everyone wanted to go back to the hotel early for rest, especially Pei Qing, who was unwilling to go out, and did not intend to eat any food. He urgently indicated that he wanted to go back to his room for rest. Zhang Qiu did not need to think about what Pei Qing was going to do.

Followed up with Ling Dang's on-the-spot teaching!

“Great Master Zhang, I want——” Xiao Ling's eyes were excited.

Zhang YuShui laughed. “Hold the congeal soul talisman close. If anything happened, burns this paper crane.” He handed Xiao Ling a paper crane made by yellow talisman.

Xiao Ling was so grateful that he grabbed talisman paper and hurried out.

Zhang Yushui made a fortune and went to the front desk to book the rooms. Zhang Qiu waited on the lobby sofa with Xiao Jiang in his arms. Before long, Zhang Yushui waved him over. He was carrying luggage and Xiao Jiang was skipping ahead.

“Room 904, go back early to rest.” Zhang YuShui smiled and patted his little brother on the shoulder. “By the way, we spent too much this time. In order to save your little nephew's milk powder money, Li Shui was very kind to share his room with you.”

Zhang Qiu looked puzzled. “What do you mean?”

“It means that Li Shu paid for this suite. Little brother, Erge did everything I could. You, jiā yóu[1].”

[1: to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas; fig. to make an extra effort; fig. to cheer sb on]

So he and Li Shu had to stay together? This was also a test of his determination. What if he couldn't hold back the midnight attack?! Zhang Qiu thought to himself. He was still calm and reserved in expressing his grat.i.tude to Li Shu.

When they got to the room, there were a big and a small room with a living room.

Zhang Qiu smiled particularly genuine and said, “It is fine for me and Xiao Jiang to sleep in the small room.” Keep me! Roll in the big bed room together!!!

“Alright.” Li Shu turned around and went into the master bedroom.

Zhang Qiu:…

Xiao Jiang raised his head and yawned with his little hand over his mouth. “Daddy?”

“Well, sleep.” Zhang Qiu planned to coax his son to sleep and make a night raid plan. He didn't believe that sleeping under the same roof, could maintain a pure man-to-man relations.h.i.+p. LaoZi didn't believe that evil!

As a result, when Zhang Qiu was bathing Xiao Jiang, he almost fell asleep in the bathroom. With eyes squinting, he carried Xiao Jiang and plopped on the bed, wrapped in a quilt and after a while, he breathed softly.

Xiao Jiang, sitting cross-legged on the bed with a curly head, suddenly fell back and lay in Zhang Qiu's arms with a stuck out b.u.t.t. He moved his bare lower body into the quilt. Before he had finished moving, the door opened, and without moving, he pretended to be asleep.

Li Shu's eyes moved to Xiao Jiang, whose eyelashes were still shaking, a slight smile on his lips.

Xiao Jiang, who pretended to be sleeping, heard the footsteps, hesitated and slowly opened his eyes. When he saw Big Daddy in front of him, he cried out in fright as his eyes were full of surprise.

Li Shu, who had just taken a bath, was still steaming all over, glancing faintly at Xiao Jiang, “Sleep inside a bit.”

Xiao Jiang, who was ordered to move, immediately went into Zhang Qiu's arms with joy. His face was full of excitement, showing sharp tiger teeth and happily calling out Big Daddy. When he finished, he remembered that Big Daddy was unwilling to be called like that. He immediately looked at Li Shu with nervousness and expectation.

Li Shu stroked Xiao Jiang's fully curly hair. It was soft and felt the same as Zhang Qiu's.

“Sleep.”

Xiao Jiang couldn't help but be happy. He closed his eyes obediently and his head was full of 'Big Daddy is after all his big Daddy'.

The next day outcome, Xiao Jiang was very unhappy in the morning with hands on his hips, and small short legs stood beside bed. He obviously slept in Daddy's arms last night, so why Daddy was now in Big Daddy's arms and he was under the bed?!

Not happy.

Zhang Qiu had slept soundly and stretched out, thinking about how well the air-conditioning temperature was adjusted in this hotel. He hadn't slept like this for a long time.

He went out and saw Xiao Jiang sitting on the sofa in the small living room. The TV was not on as he sat cross-legged playing with the bell in his hands, but there was no sound. He was keeping a straight face as if someone owed him a lot of money.

Zhang Qiu pinched his son's big face and asked with a grin, “Why is Xiao Jiang unhappy in the morning?”

Xiao Jiang looked up at Big Daddy not far away, and then at Daddy's grinning face, there was a kind of sadness that he did not know how to say it.

“Well, Daddy had woken up. After was.h.i.+ng up, Daddy takes Xiao Jiang to eat delicious food.” Zhang Qiu coaxed his son, turned to Li Shu, who had changed his clothes, and smiled innocently. “In order to express my grat.i.tude, today's lunch and dinner, handsome gives me a chance, I invite you ya!”

Despite the failure of the night raid plan, it was still a good idea to have a date during the day.

Hearing that, Li Shu lip's corner bent a few points, “Okay.”

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