The Teacher’s Grace Is Like Heaven

39 – The Tang Family Sugar House (3)

With Tang Guo’s help, I was able to find room and board at the Sichuan Tang House. However, I was a little uneasy.

Joining the family was a bit unnerving, as it meant that an outsider would be meddling in the family’s affairs, but it was also helpful.

After all, Bi Yan would be coming to Sichuan soon enough, and if we could sort out the situation in Sichuan before then, we might be able to help.

The Sichuan Tang family’s mansion was larger than I had ever imagined, but there was nothing extravagant about it. Instead, it felt very bizarre.

The yard was full of beehive-like contraptions, and not just bees, but strange bugs. I clicked my tongue and said.

“Are they all being raised for their venom?”

“Yes, they are.”

“…….”

Well, well, well, all the more reason to get out of here as soon as possible. I sighed and shook my head. I’ll have to do something quickly.”

But as I entered the Tang family mansion, I felt a powerful wind blowing from within. I turned my head in that direction.

An old man stood there. He had white hair pulled up in a brown bun, and he was very unassuming at first glance.

But his outward appearance conveyed a history that caught me off guard. Regardless, Tang Guo snorted and walked forward. The old man said to him.

“I’ve heard the news. They say you attacked the uninhabited.”

“Yes, my lord. My lord.”

“Do you really intend to challenge me?”

“What else can I not do?”

“…….”

Tang Wuji answered confidently, and his momentum grew stronger, until I was the only one caught between them.

I know it’s not my place to interfere in other people’s affairs, but I couldn’t just stand by and watch them fight like this. I opened my mouth.

“I’ve heard many stories about the Poison King, Dangfei Dragon.”

“Who are you?”

“My name is Tianbi Liu.”

“Alas, you were defeated by Tang Haijin in the past.”

“My lord!!!”

At the sight of the sneering Tang Feiyu speaking, Tang Guo shouted in anger. Whether he did or not, he didn’t even care. He smiled and said.

“I don’t know what kind of stranger you are, but I’ll at least give you a treat.”

“This won’t do…….”

“A treat will be gratefully received.”

“A treat……?”

I reached out my hand and restrained Tang Guo. I felt that if I left him to his own devices here, he would continue to fight without ending. So I smiled and answered him.

I replied with a smile of my own, since I had no intention of picking a fight, but apparently that didn’t sit well with him. He frowned and walked away.

Only then could I breathe a sigh of relief. There’s nothing more uncomfortable than a landlord and his son fighting in front of me, I said, looking at Tang Guo.

“I’m sorry for barging in.”

“No, no, no, I wasn’t thinking straight.”

“What?”

“Why don’t you go inside and I’ll explain everything.”

“???”

What the hell is going on?” Watching his back as he walked forward, I felt uneasy. It seems like I’m suddenly in the middle of something strange again…….

But that doesn’t mean I can just run out of here by myself. I had no choice but to follow behind Tang Guo after all. I soon let out a sigh.

I followed Tang Guo to his room, which was more like an armory than a room. There were all sorts of weapons and countless bookshelves,

with nothing but vials of strange liquid in them. I stuck out my tongue. What the hell is he doing in a place like this?” Dangwa smirked.

“Please take a seat wherever you’re comfortable.”

“Thank you.”

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“Though there won’t be many places to sit.”

“…….”

I nodded curtly and sat down in a suitable spot. After all, he’d summoned me here. I’m sure Dangwa had his own ideas. I turned to look at him.

Seeing it, Tang Guo’s expression hardened, and he nodded. For a moment, silence fell between us. It was Tang Guo who broke the silence first.

“At first, I just didn’t want to tell you.”

“Is that right?”

“Yes, because I thought it was personal.”

“…….”

“But now I realize that it’s not.”

It’s all thanks to SoHo.”

* * *

As he said that, he looked at me, his gaze holding a heavy trust. But I honestly don’t understand. Originally, my life had no meaning. I was just a tool to be raised for the revival of the family, and that was all that mattered. Honestly, I had no complaints until then. Because that’s what he was raised to do in the first place. His father, the patriarch of the family, was not a very good man, even in Tang Hajin’s eyes. He had many women by his side, and he adopted many orphans and raised them to be his loyal tools. Tang Haijin was one of those children.

Still, he had no complaints; he would rather be a good dog than starve to death in the back alleys or spend his days scavenging through garbage.

As long as he listened, the food was unparalleled, and he could break his upper legs.

“Prove yourself and I’ll give you what you want.”

True to his word, he gave them everything he could.

Some wanted many women, others wanted horses, and still others simply wanted trophies. Tang Haijin could have done that, too. But he answered without knowing it.

“I want a mother.”

“A mother……? You want something fun.”

“I’m sorry.”

“No, thank you. I can do that, Cancer.”

If she had known the meaning of his smile then, Tang Hajin would not have made such a wish. But alas, he didn’t know that then, for to him, Tang Feiyong was no different than a wish box that would grant him anything he wished for, if only he would listen. And literally, he sent him a woman.

This was a woman that Tang Feiyong, who had many women in his life, had taken a special liking to, even calling her his mistress. She even had a relationship with Tang Haijin.

“Hello, are you Tang Haijin?”

“Yes, I am.”

“Apparently I’m your mother.”

“……?”

“You know what I mean.”

She wasn’t exactly the picture of a good mother, to say the least. Her face was full of makeup, and her clothes were far from neat, more like matchsticks.

From what I heard, it was Tang Feiyong’s own taste, but honestly, Tang Haijin didn’t really care about that. He didn’t even know what he wanted at the time.

“I know. I’m surprised, Mother.”

“I thought you’d be disappointed.”

“I know that family is about understanding.”

“Where did you learn that?”

“I don’t know.”

She looked at him curiously, and then she smiled. She smiled, but it was a very weak smile.

Tang Haijin and the woman looked at each other for a moment. Hajin didn’t really have anything to say, and the woman wasn’t that good at taking care of children.

The woman scratched her head for a moment, then her eyes lit up as if she had remembered something, and she walked away, handing over what was on her desk.

“Danggu, do you like it?”

“Not really.”

“Oh, well.”

She was probably thinking that a child would have a sweet tooth. Unfortunately, Tang Hajin didn’t really like sweets like danggu.

He also disliked all kinds of fancy things, clothes, and fine food, and the reason was simple.

He didn’t think this life would last a millennium, so he always wore shabby clothes and ate tasteless meals to remind himself of the past.

His comrades laughed at him, calling it a misfortune, but alas, none of them had ever endured as long as he had.

“Why did your mother come here?”

“For what? It’s all about the money.”

“That’s right.”

“It’s better than earning money by playing games.”

Tang Hajin’s new mother was not a woman of good behavior. The only reason she was here in the first place was because she’d gotten punched in the eye in a bar.

She was always smiling, she said. If you weren’t smiling, no one would look at you like a b*tch. Tang Haijin couldn’t understand that.

“I don’t know.”

“She doesn’t need to know.”

“Is that so?”

“She can be a child and eat sugar.”

Nevertheless, she only smiled when she was with Tang Hajin.