Chapter 3384 — Longing for Home
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Song Xianghua caught sight of Song Keqing beside him and was momentarily taken aback.
"Second Grandfather, the reason I came to see you today is actually because of my own affairs," said Song Keqing, the one called Xiaorui, respectfully.
"Oh? Tell me, then—what is it you have come to me about?" Song Xianghua nodded. His manner by now was already quite amiable; had it been President He alone, he likely would not have had so many words for him.
"Let me explain!" He Dantou smiled and took over the conversation, then said with a laugh, "The matter is like this..."
So saying, He Dantou laid out the whole affair, including the business of having Song Keqing kill a certain man.
"Oh? The Central Plains of Huaxia..." A deep, dense nostalgia flickered across Song Xianghua's eyes. "It has been so long since I went back. I wonder how my family is doing? Xiaorui, this time I will go back with you!"
Hearing that Song Xianghua would also return, He Dantou was overjoyed. If Song Xianghua lent his hand as well, would Wei Zhao not be doomed beyond any doubt?
"Grand Elder Song, you will act as well?" He Dantou asked cautiously.
"I will not act. Xiaorui's strength alone is enough for that so-called trial. At my age, going to take part would only invite ridicule—and besides, this trial should have an age limit, should it not?" Song Xianghua said mildly.
Although the trial had no stipulated age limit, Song Xianghua had spoken thus, and He Dantou could hardly press him. He also saw that He Dantou was rather lacking in interest—"Very well, then. So the Grand Elder Song agrees to let Song Keqing act?"
"Xiaorui owes you a favor; acting is only proper. There is no need to seek my opinion," Song Xianghua said with a shake of his head. "Very well, President He. If there is nothing else, Xiaorui and I will be going. This time I return, I may stay rather long. Until we meet again. As for Xiaorui's mission this time, whether it succeeds or not has nothing to do with us anymore. I want her to live with me over there for a while as well, to feel the breath of our homeland..."
"That... of course, that is fine. No problem at all." He Dantou was slightly taken aback, then nodded. Though he did not wish both Song Xianghua and Song Keqing to return—and to go in such a way as never to come back, for who knew whether Song Xianghua could ever return hereafter?
But he could not refuse. Facing a top-tier expert at the peak of the late Heaven Rank, at the realm of Greater Perfection, the pressure on He Dantou was still immense. He had no confidence of victory at all; even if he kept Song Xianghua here, it would only end in mutual destruction!
Moreover, his hard-fought battle with the general manager of the Red Conch had left his injuries still unhealed; at such a time he dared not make any rash move.
"Very well, then we shall take our leave. Xiaorui, stay and help your Second Grandfather pack a few things," Song Xianghua said to Song Keqing—which was as good as giving He Dantou his marching orders.
"Grand Elder Song, then I shall take my leave. Until we meet again!" He Dantou smiled bitterly, turned, and bade farewell. "As for the details of Song Keqing's mission, I will telephone her afterward and discuss it with her privately."
He Dantou had not yet explained the specifics of the mission to Song Keqing before she was kept back by Song Xianghua; he could only choose to discuss it in detail afterward.