617: Chapter 606 617: Chapter 606 “About that, Sister Que, you only mentioned three flowers, but what about the fourth one?” Song Yun asked.
“This…” Sister Que suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.
“I’m telling you, the fourth flower back then was the Overlord Flower, Vermilion Bird!” The tyrant eagerly caught Sister Que in an awkward moment and interjected from the side.
Yet, Song Yun didn’t show much of a reaction but asked, “And then?
Did my martial uncle chase after all these women?”
“Of course, that’s why he got the nickname ‘Country Bumpkin.’ This guy couldn’t outfight Ergou with his hands, so he hoped to win over Ergou with the ladies.
His grandest wish was to snatch a few of Ergou’s women.
When Ergou found out, he didn’t do anything, but Sister Qingsi directly had those women beat up the ‘Country Bumpkin’ again.
Of course, I didn’t lay a hand on them.”
“Pfft, Vermilion Bird, it’s not that you didn’t lay a hand on them, you were just too embarrassed to.
Back then, Ergou only had eyes for the other three among the four flowers.
It seems he wasn’t too fond of you, right?” the tyrant said, glancing sidelong at Sister Que.
“Do you want to die?” Vermilion Bird glared at the tyrant, who instantly shrank back.
“That, Song Yun, there’s really a lot to say about what happened with your dad back in the day.
If you were to write it as a novel, it’d be endless.
I’ll keep it short.
The ‘Country Bumpkin’ couldn’t beat your dad and couldn’t find a woman better than Sister Qingsi and the others, which completely crushed him.
He later became despondent and went abroad.
It seems he did quite well overseas and returned as the King of Soldiers, thinking he was something special.
Then he went to find your dad again, only to have his arms, legs, and ribs broken by him once more.
After that, he was utterly frightened of your dad.
He had no choice but to flee overseas to throw his weight around.
By the way, ‘Country Bumpkin,’ if I remember correctly, you were being hunted down by that weirdo from the Rothschild family, the Indian.
How come you’re still alive?”
“Well…” The tyrant hesitated before saying, “Song Yun, back when I couldn’t beat your old man, I had no choice but to go abroad.
Plus, I got injured.
Then, I offended someone from the Rothschild family due to some issues and ended up being chased across half the European Continent by that Indian.
In Northern Europe, I was about to be done in by the Indian, but, uh, quite melodramatically, your dad showed up and drove the Indian away.
It was then that I found out your dad had also left the continent.
Rumor has it that he was driven out by Gulang and Kunpeng, along with the people from those four big families.
Being saved by your dad, I owed him my life.
Later one day, your dad called me to ask me to look after you and teach you some stuff.
Naturally, I had nothing much to say.
So, I went to find you, and that’s how things went.”
“Uncle, are you saying that my parents are now in Northern Europe?” Song Yun gleaned some information from the tyrant’s words.
“Yeah, of course, they’re in Northern Europe.
Our influence from the Central Plains doesn’t reach there.
They’re living a carefree and joyful life over there.
Sigh, back then, of the four great beauties of Beijing, three followed Ergou.
I bet neither Gulang nor Kunpeng saw that coming.
Damn it, those two had some malicious intentions.
Back in the day, Kunpeng was fond of the thorny rose of the Forbidden City, while Gulang fancied the lily of the city.
Who could have thought that both would end up liking Ergou?
I suspect that when they teamed up against Ergou, there was a big reason for it, and it was because of the women.
Otherwise, the discord between Kunpeng and Gulang was rather pronounced.”
“Don’t talk nonsense,” Vermilion Bird interrupted from the side.
“Women, to Kunpeng and Gulang, weren’t a big deal at all.
It’s said that they also had the upper echelons’ instructions back then.
It was after that fight with Ergou that Kunpeng had an epiphany and his martial arts began to skyrocket.”
“By the way, Vermilion Bird, I’ve always wanted to ask you why you changed into what you are now, and back then, your talent among the Five Young Masters of the Capital was considered the highest!” the tyrant questioned.
“That’s all in the past.
Thinking about it now, it’s been such a long time.
The phrase ‘time waits for no one’ really hits home,” Vermilion Bird shook her head, “Anyway, I’m free today, so I’ll tell you all about that big incident that happened in Yanjing back then.”
Vermilion Bird took a deep breath and continued, “Back then, after Ergou graduated from university, he focused his research on biological agents and reportedly made significant breakthroughs.
Then someone started coveting that technology.
I don’t understand how those people worked it, but Ergou was a member of the Song Family, a major family of our nation.
If something was developed, wouldn’t it still belong to the country?
Those people feared Ergou would only share the technology with the Song Family, so they wanted to get their hands on that technology first.
They pressured Ergou, who was originally a patriotic youth and was inclined to give it to them, but for some reason, he suddenly refused to give it up adamantly.
The specifics are unclear to me, but then those people got angrily frustrated.
Strangely enough, all the families united against Ergou.
Even though Ergou was from the Song Family, his father had left the Song Family early on, so they didn’t fully protect Ergou.
Naturally, Ergou had no choice but to leave Beijing.” Vermilion Bird said, her face showing a hint of reminiscence.
“Back then, the three of them knew I had feelings for Ergou, so they wanted me to leave that troublesome place with them.
It just so happened my family was going through some issues, so I had to stay behind.
Moreover, Ergou didn’t have much affection for me at the time.
So, I made a decision I’ve regretted until now—I didn’t leave with them but chose to stay.”
“Heh, not long after I stayed behind, I realized I still couldn’t let go of Ergou.
So, I tried to contact him.
But, heh, Ergou never replied to me again.
In a moment of despair, I came to Sunan, gave up on martial arts, and focused on running a coffee shop.
I just hope that one day, when Ergou returns to China, he’ll definitely come to Sunan and then I’ll see him again.”
Song Yun looked at Sister Que’s face, full of love, and shivered inwardly, “Dad, what kind of a charming figure must you have been, to make so many beautiful women bow down to you?
As your son, I’m truly dwarfed by your legend.”