Su Yunling had just finished washing up and stepped out of the bathroom when he heard the message notification sound from his phone.
While drying his wet hair, he walked over to the bedside table and picked up the phone to take a look.
It was a message from someone.
Su Yunling raised his eyebrows slightly, wiping his hair with one hand and typing with the other, though before he could finish, Tang Yichen’s voice call came through.
After picking up, Su Yunling continued to message the child.
[Su Yunling: You got home so late?]
As the message was sent, Tang Yichen also spoke up, "Third Brother, there’s been a bit of trouble with Gu Xiaoxi. I’ve sent Tang Qian over. Could you send Yun Miao to cover Tang Qian’s shift in Yun Town for a day?"
Hearing the familiar terms, Su Yunling’s eyelashes trembled gently, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he stopped drying his hair, "There’s trouble?"
"Yes, someone tried to kill Gu Xiaoxi’s aunt, and she took care of them. Asked me to send someone over to deal with it." Tang Yichen explained the situation succinctly.
As Su Yunling listened to Tang Yichen, he glanced down at the reassurance message in the chat box, with an obscure look in his eyes.
"Eh? Third Brother, didn’t Gu Xiaoxi tell you about it?" Before Su Yunling could respond, Tang Yichen suddenly added that.
Su Yunling lazily narrowed his gleaming, peach-blossom-like eyes, focusing on the new message from the child, his lips curving into an indifferent smile, "She didn’t mention it, no."
The child’s latest message consisted of just one word, dismissive in its simplicity.
"Really? So, does that mean Gu Xiaoxi thinks she’s closer to me?" His tone was tinged with a bit of smugness and bragging.
Su Yunling’s smile tightened slightly as he spoke in an indifferent and relaxed manner, "Let Tang Qian stay busy then."
He sounded a bit confused.
"The child’s matter, I’ll have Yun Can go directly there," Su Yunling said slowly and methodically.
"Come on, Third Brother, I finally have a chance to repay a favor, and you..."
"Oh, then find someone else to cover for Tang Qian," Su Yunling said dismissively.
Without waiting for Tang Yichen to speak again, Su Yunling hung up the phone and took his time typing out a message to Gu Zhiqi.
[Su Yunling: Tang Yichen said you dealt with a few people?]
[Su Yunling: His people are all busy; next time, just come to me for this kind of thing.]
[Child: I have a question]
[Su Yunling: Go ahead]
[Child: I heard the Ever Winning Army has four leaders, and you’re one of them?]
At this, Su Yunling raised his eyebrows.
[Su Yunling: You could say that]
After that, there was no more news from the child.
Su Yunling didn’t wait any longer but opened the contacts and made a voice call.
"Third Brother," the other side picked up quickly.
"Take some men to Yueqi Village to take care of something."
"Huh? What needs handling?" Yun Can asked, sounding a bit confused.
"Some shortsighted people got themselves killed after looking for trouble. Just go clean up the bodies." Su Yunling’s tone was indifferent, and his chat interface had already switched back to the conversation with Gu Zhiqi. The child hadn’t sent a message for a while, and he wondered what they were up to.
"Just to clean up bodies?" Yun Can sounded a bit disappointed and troubled.
Hearing that, Su Yunling narrowed his eyes slightly and opened his mouth with a lazy drawl, "Is there a problem?"