Chapter 282


    <h4>Reunion</h4>


    Their embrace came to an end when Su Chan’s stomach let out a long growl of protest . And Su Chan would have a few choice words for that ursed organ of hers if it hadn’t just caused Yundong tough .


    God . She missed Yundong’sugh .


    She missed Yundong . Period .


    Yundong pressed their foreheads together . "Looks like my princess cheap monk is hungry . "


    Su Chan blushed . "A- A little?" Lies . She was famished .


    Yundong smirked . "I bet your stomach disagrees . "


    Out of fear that her cheeks would suddenly burst into mes, Su Chan buried her face into the warmth of Yundong’s chest . "I... I ran out of money . "


    Yundong kept stroking her hair without saying anything .


    Su Chan suddenly pulled away and raised three fingers . "But I was thrifty!"


    Yundong just looked back at her with amusement . And the words just kept pouring out of Su Chan’s lips . "I knew I didn’t have Hello Keedee with me, so I spent my pocket money carefully . I- I- I even..." Su Chan lowered her hand and let her voice dropped into a mumble . "I even divvied up the coins..."


    She did more than that though . Drinking water to stave off her hunger . Making sure that she wouldn’t pass by any Mac Doo Nurls shops in all her routes . She even considered catching fish in the river, for Heavens’ sake . She wondered how long it would take before she finally gave in and let that annoying stalker buy her a meal .


    Yundong cupped her cheeks with both hands . "Don’t worry, okay? I’m here now . " Yundong smiled . "I’ll make sure you never starve again . "


    Su Chan gripped the hands on her cheeks and held on tight . He was here . Yundong was here . She couldn’t believe that he was really here .


    "Yundong..."


    "Yes?"


    "Have you... um...?" Su Chan pointed at the sky .


    Yundong smiled . "Yes . "


    Relief coursed through Su Chan, and she threw her arms around his neck . "You did it, Yundong... You really did it . " She hugged him tighter and felt the firm pressure of Yundong’s hands on her waist . "I’m so d..."


    "I had help . "


    The word "help" set off a dozen of rm bells in Su Chan . She ended their embrace and met Yundong’s confused eyes . She had to tell him about Master .


    "Yundong... I... Master... She—"


    Yundong suddenly pressed a finger to her lips . His eyes looked dead serious .


    "Not here," he said in a low voice .


    Yundong removed his finger after Su Chan nodded .


    "Where have you been staying?" he asked .


    "Master has a corn-door house in this area," Su Chan answered, trying everything to tamp down her anxiety .


    Yundong’s eyes just now . It was like he knew something . Had he heard about what happened to Master already?


    Yundong nced around a few times .


    "Yundong?"


    Yundong shed her a smile . "Let’s go," he said, moving forward to take her hand .


    "Oh . " Su Chan blinked a few times . "Where to?"


    Yundong looked at her strangely . "To your Master’s ce . " He smiled again . "So that I can feed that noisy stomach of yours . "


    Su Chan blushed . She thought he was taking them back to Tiannan City . They could fly back pretty quickly if they wanted to .


    Su Chan squeaked when her feet suddenly left the ground . They were levitating . Her gaze snapped towards Yundong, who was grinning back at her . She shouldn’t even be surprised, really . If he managed to survive the Heavenly Thunder, then he would’ve reached, at the very least, the advance stages of the Shentong phase by now .


    Yundong flew them upwards until they bothnded on the granite bridge .


    Su Chan stole a nce at Yundong . He was still ncing around as though he was looking for something in their surroundings .


    Something about him felt different .


    Appearance-wise he was still the same, of course: handsome; fit; a bright and sunny expression .


    It was the way he carried himself that felt different . He seemed much calmer and less vtile than she remembered . He also seemed more serious and less yful . Before Master separated them temporarily, Yundong was the very definition of a chaotic power source, like a tempest, or a typhoon . But now, he was like the ocean—calm, yet still possessing the same capacity for power .


    Was this the result of his survival of the Heavenly Thunder?


    Yundong suddenly closed his eyes . There was a focused look on his face, like he was listening hard for something .


    Su Chan waited for him to open his eyes before she did something she hadn’t done for a long, long time: tug his sleeve .


    Yundong’s smiling eyes slid to her face, and for a moment, Su Chan actually forgot what she wanted to say .


    "U- Um... Eryue?"


    Yundong sighed, then nodded . "Just wanted to make sure that we aren’t being followed . "


    Calm . Careful . Controlled .


    This was the new Yundong .


    To be honest, she kind of liked this version of him . Though she kind of missed his yful side too .


    "Shall we go?" Yundong asked .


    Su Chan beamed . "Mm!"


    They stared at each other for a moment . Yundong didn’t move, and neither did she .


    Of course, her traitorous stomach had to interrupt their little moment by growling so loudly that she was pretty sure the whole Dongwu City could hear it .


    Yundong burst intoughter . And Su Chan found herself openly staring at him, captivated by the fact that he was here, alive and well .


    Yundong stoppedughing and cleared his throat . "You’re gonna have to lead the way, you know?"


    Su Chan blinked away the remnants of her daze . "Hmm?"


    Yundong caressed the side of her cheek . "I don’t know the way to your master’s ce . "


    "O- Okay..."


    "Alright . " Yundong’s smile broadened . "Let’s go . "


    "P- Piggy, piggy," Su Chan blurted out .


    Yundong stopped mid-stride and turned his head around to look at her . He looked far too amused for Su Chan’s ability to suppress her blush .


    "You want me to give you a piggyback ride?"


    Su Chan peeked up at him from under hershes . Was that okay? Was that too presumptuous?


    She nodded meekly, then turned away to hide her blush .


    There was shuffling of feet .


    "Hop on, mdy . "


    Su Chan nced down and saw Yundong kneeling in front of her with his back facing her .


    When Su Chan didn’t move right away, Yundong looked over his shoulder and grinned . "Well? What are you waiting for?" He nudged her calf with his hand . "Hop on . "


    She did, by throwing her entire weight onto his back .


    Yundong yelped . "Hey, hey, hey... Easy, princess . Easy..."


    Su Chan giggled . She knew he was just joking; there was no way her measly weight could hurt his Jindan-enhanced body . Plus, she had probably lost a decent amount of weight due to the frugal lifestyle that she had recently adopted .


    "Ready to go?" Yundong asked .


    Instead of answering, Su Chan kicked her foot on Yundong’s butt the same way she would when riding a horse .


    Yundong chuckled and started walking .


    Su Chan pointed with her finger to indicate the right direction to Master’s corn-door, theny her cheek against Yundong’s shoulders . She was so tired, and Yundong’s body felt so warm .


    "Chan’er..."


    "Mm?"


    "Let’s not part with each other again, okay?"


    A tear slid down Su Chan’s cheek . She bit her lip to stifle a sob, then quickly turned away to prevent her tear from wetting Yundong’s neck .


    "Mm . " Su Chan nodded even though she knew that Yundong couldn’t see her . "I won’t let you go . I won’t . "