Chapter 290: Lü Qi Arrives at Wu tong zhen

290. Chapter 290 Lü Qi Arrives at Wu tong zhen

Sòng Běitíng's current condition wasn't suitable for eating buns or such, so he was given plain thin porridge.

He said nothing, finished a small bowl of porridge cleanly, and then thanked Qiao Hushui for rescuing him.

"As long as you're okay, that's good; once you recover, I'll leave."

After speaking, Qiao Hushui asked Sòng Běitíng whether he needed to use the latrine.

He learned that they wanted to.

He took him there.

Qiao Hushui didn't stay by his side; he led Sòng Běitíng to the latrine and then stood outside waiting.

Waiting for him to finish.

He escorted him back to the room.

The next two days.

Sòng Běitíng stayed at their house; because the family treated him well, when he left he secretly left a five hundred tael silver note to thank them.

He hadn't expected that they were actually Qiao Sheng's relatives.

He only discovered this a few days later.

Sòng Běitíng felt conflicted; the family had been his lifesavers, yet they intended to kill Qiao Sheng—what could he do?

Just as he didn't know what to do.

Lü Qi arrived at Wu tong zhen.

He came here disguised as an old man; after arriving, he inquired around and headed straight for Qiao Ji Restaurant.

Sòng Běitíng had been staying nearby these days, and when Lü Qi appeared, he set his sights on him.

Others didn't recognize him.

But he could recognize him.

Lü Qi's changed appearance was hard to read on the surface, but he had a habitual gesture: he often rubbed his hands.

Sòng Běitíng didn't understand why he did it; it always seemed rather lewd to him.

And that's precisely why.

No matter how Lü Qi changed, he could still recognize him.

He had indeed warned him.

He couldn't suppress it at all; occasionally he still had to do it.

After Lü Qi entered Qiao Ji Restaurant, Sòng Běitíng began watching him.

Seeing that he didn't intend to do anything, he didn't go over.

Lü Qi picked up the menu, glanced at it for a while, casually ordered a few dishes, then selected a pair of chopsticks, and after the dishes arrived, he asked for a bowl of rice and a pot of wine.

He hadn't tried any good food in the Imperial Capital, but the dishes made by Qiao Sheng seemed decent to him.

Suddenly he understood why she could latch onto Shi Lin.

He ate the rice.

Lü Qi left a tael or two of silver and walked out, paying no heed to how An Liu and the others scrutinized him.

He had been gone for less than a moment.

An Liu came to Qiao Sheng's side and said, "Qiao Niangzi, that old man who just left looks like a cultivator at a glance; we've been here for some days, and this is the first time we've seen him."

"Is that so? Perhaps he was just passing by?"

Qiao Sheng replied.

An Liu whispered, "Whatever it is, we should still be careful, because over at Bei Lou they probably won't just let it go."

"Hmm."

Qiao Sheng nodded.

Across.

After a while, Sòng Běitíng went to chase Lü Qi; when he entered an alley,

He leapt forward and landed before him, saying, "Brother Lü Qi, this matter ends here; don't go any further, you can't kill her. She is surrounded by protectors."

"You recognized me again!"

Lü Qi gave Sòng Běitíng a cold glance, pulled him to a corner and said, "I took on this task, and there's no problem with me completing it; they're not invisible to you."

"No!"

Sòng Běitíng disagreed, and immediately said, "Their whole family saved me."

"What!"

Lü Qi's face was shocked.

Sòng Běitíng told Lü Qi about what had happened before.

Lü Qi burst into laughter, "Sòng Běitíng, if you're going to lie, at least find a better excuse, okay? You're so formidable, you'll be schemed against—how can I believe you?"

Sòng Běitíng spoke with a serious expression.

"Two fists can't match four hands, let alone when the opponent uses poison; if it weren't for that, could I have been hit? In any case, I won't let you kill Qiao Sheng; I'll repay the money!"

Lü Qi was angered by him.

"Are you stupid!"