Chapter 840: Chapter 528: They Want Revenge!
Shen Qingping performed a set of military boxing, took a cold shower, but still couldn’t sleep.
After hesitating for a moment, he dialed that familiar number.
The phone was quickly answered, and the familiar yet slightly aged face appeared on the multi-dimensional visual screen.
Shen Qingping hesitated about how to speak, but the man was already shouting excitedly, "Qingping, why are you calling at this time? Is something wrong?"
"Nothing." Shen Qingping said expressionlessly.
"How could there be nothing? Are you homesick? I’ve been counting the days every day... Your second uncle said as long as you stay in that place for three years, you can come back afterwards..."
Shen Qingping remained silent.
Three years, not long but not short either.
Enough time for a change of dynasties.
In three years, how many things have happened in the Empire?
"Qingping..." Shen Anyuan looked at his son’s expression, suddenly feeling a bit anxious and painful inside.
Ever since he was sent to that ghostly place, he hasn’t contacted the family at all.
Even when the family called, he never answered, as if he had really severed ties with the family.
He had to get news about him from other people, learning about his condition...
And whether he was still alive.
Now he finally called on his own, yet didn’t say what it was about; how could Shen Anyuan not be anxious?
"I want to go back." Shen Qingping spoke up.
"Come back? Coming back is great." Shen Anyuan said with a smile.
He realized, his son said ’want,’ not ’wish’...
Proving that this matter has been deeply contemplated and he has already gotten a confirmed answer in his heart.
"Three years is almost up... In a few days, I’ll talk to your grand-uncle, see if he agrees for you to come back..."
"I need to go back immediately." Shen Qingping said firmly.
How could he not hear the perfunctory words?
He couldn’t wait any longer, if he continued to wait... the Empire would be unified.
No matter if the Shen Family won, or if the Tang Family picked the fruits, when it comes time for rewards based on merit, what role does Shen Qingping play?
"Well... Qingping, there have been some issues at home. Your grand-uncle... he’s injured, and now he’s resting and recuperating in the Cave Heaven Blessed Land..."
"Your grand-uncle is at Qi Mountain, if I take this matter to trouble him... I fear he might have opinions about you."
"I’m thinking..." Shen Anyuan watched his son’s change of expression closely, yet saw nothing: "It’s only another half a year, just hold on for another half a year..."
"By that time, when the three-year term is fulfilled, we’re legitimately back, who wouldn’t praise us as real men?"
"Both reputation and reality are there, perhaps even receiving important assignments from the family..."
Shen Qingping was once again silent.
Often, words feel unnecessary.
Seeing the disappointment in his son’s eyes, Shen Anyuan immediately changed his tone: "Or maybe, I’ll talk to your grand-uncle tomorrow? Test it out, see what his thoughts are?"
"Nothing."
Shen Qingping hung up the phone immediately.
"Qingping... Qingping..."
Shen Anyuan shouted urgently.
The study door was pushed open, and a middle-aged beautiful woman in a nightgown entered, asking, "Anyuan, who are you talking to at this late hour?"
"Qingping..." Shen Anyuan said in a depressed tone: "He wants to come back."
"Ah? Qingping wants to come back? He wants to come back... then let him come back." The middle-aged woman said anxiously.
She misses her son too, desperately wishing he could return now.
Her son who they raised for so many years feels like he’s dead... which parent wouldn’t be upset?
Shen Anyuan glanced at his wife, saying nothing.
If he had the authority, he would have brought his son back long ago.
Wouldn’t have waited until now?
Furthermore, if it weren’t for his wife’s excessive spoiling, he wouldn’t have raised his son to have such a personality, eventually making a big mistake, being sent to Ghost Mountain...
He indeed had some grievances against his wife.
Shen Qingping held the military phone, with a feeling of depression filling his mind, causing his blood to boil, a fire burning at heart.
This is the feeling of being unable to control one’s fate.
Forget about building achievements and strategizing like Shen Xinglan, even escaping this forsaken place is incredibly difficult.
He knows, the family might have long forgotten a person like him exists.
But truly accepting Tang Fei’s offer to cooperate... wouldn’t that make Shen Qingping a traitor to the family?
How could he possibly do such a thing?
Thinking back and forth, caught in a difficult situation.
He tossed the phone aside, and once again entered the shower room for a cold shower.
This time, he didn’t come out for a long time.
Like he was doing something inappropriate for children.
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Ghost Mountain. Cliff’s boulder.
Lu Siyu’s black hair was tousled by the evening wind, her voice was soft and gentle, much different than usual.
"So, he left us behind?"
"Yes, if I’m not mistaken, he should be contacting his family now. If his family agrees to let him return, then he’ll try to get us tied up and sent back."
"What if the family doesn’t agree to let him return?"
Tang Fei’s eyes looked deep, gazing at the distant empty mountains, he said gravely, "Then we’ll light a ghostly fire in this plain."
"???"
Just then, at the foot of the mountain, on the dark plain appeared a... panda.
Tang Fei involuntarily blinked.
He worried he might have misseen.
Since advancing to the Grandmaster Realm, ordinary darkness no longer had any significance to him.
His eyesight was unusual, he could see really far.