Chapter 759 — Missing You (Part One)

"It's not like that... Godfather is right. Just now it really was Brother Liu on the phone—I only took advantage of the gap to say a couple of words to him. Godmother, I'm handing you over to Brother Liu right now!" Yang Ce said hurriedly.

"Huh?" Aunt Chu was stunned for a moment, then said, half in disbelief, "Really? Yang Ce, don't you lie to me..."

"Of course it's true!" Yang Hengye said. "Didn't I say so before? The purpose of this trip to Miao Territory is to carry out a mission, but it's also to find Brother Liu. And look—we've found Brother Liu, so we're calling you..."

"Ah!" When Aunt Chu heard Yang Juehuan's words, tears began to flow of their own accord. How many years had it been? She had longed for any word at all—even news of death would have eased these two old people's hearts. As it was, with no word of life or death, no living person to be seen and no corpse to be found, they could never be at peace.

"Da Ming, you really saw your brother Tianqi? I..." Aunt Chu was so excited she could not find the words.

"Heh, better let him tell you himself." Yang Ce handed the phone to Liu Yan, who was itching to speak.

"Mom, it's me! I'm fine, Xiao Jing is fine too, and my sworn brothers are fine! We're all together!" Liu Yan said, also very excited. "Mom, don't worry—as soon as our mission here is finished, I'll come home! Chances to make calls here are few, and this one came by accident. Other people are still waiting, so I won't say more. We'll talk about everything when I get back!"

Liu Yan was also afraid of staying too long in the cave and being spotted by the helicopter sent by the Luoxia Sect. Though the odds were small—the Right Elder had no interest in their trips into the valley and would not send a helicopter to search the whole valley—caution could never hurt.

"All right, just knowing you're safe is the greatest comfort to me!" Aunt Chu said. "I'm so happy. Your father and I will wait for you and Da Ming, the two brothers, to come home. Be careful, and look after each other!"

"Don't worry, Mom. Yan and I get along wonderfully—we've already become sworn brothers. Even without you and Dad, the two of us would still be brothers!" Liu Yan said.

"That's good to hear!" Aunt Chu was reassured by Liu Yan's words. "Then I won't waste your precious time. Let someone else have the phone!"

"All right!" Though Liu Yan was reluctant to hang up, he was not the only one here—Xiao Jing, Yang Ce, Xia Xue, Feng Yan and the others were all waiting to make their calls...

Liu Yan hung up. Yang Ce did not fight for the phone; he let the others go first, because he probably had the most calls to make—he had to let his parents at home, his friends, and every one of his women know he was safe, and that would take no short while. So it would not be too late for him to call after everyone else had finished.

Chen Xiaojing naturally had to call home too. She had also been away for years; when she vanished together with Liu Yan back then, her family had known nothing. This time, calling back, Xiao Jing and her parents wept and sighed with endless emotion...

Next came Xia Xue, Lan Ling, and then Feng Yan and Xiao Susu, who made their calls in turn. Xia Xue called Xia Yan, and Feng Yan and Xiao Susu also called Xia Yan, so the three of them only needed one turn with the phone.

After all, Feng Yan had already broken off relations with his own Feng family, and had only his friends in the Bureau of Mysterious Investigations left; Xiao Susu had no one else in her family at all. So all they could do was call Xia Yan and let him know they were safe.

As for everyone's situation, Xia Yan was helpless too—and once he learned of the Right Elder's current state, he was even more helpless. It wasn't as if he could use a **bag to blow him up, and even blowing him up might not kill him. According to Yang Ce, the Vajra Gu could shatter boulders against its chest and was immune to fire and water—it was practically monstrous...

So after urging everyone to be careful again and again, Xia Yan could only cheer them on in his heart.

As for Lin Ce and Yiyi, they had no relatives at all. But at Yang Juehuan's request, Lin Ce did personally call Guan Xuemin, intending to tell him a few things about Shen Yuxi's treatment so that Guan Xuemin could follow them for now—at least that way Shen Yuxi's condition would not worsen.

"Hello, this is Guan Xuemin!" Guan Xuemin's plain, unremarkable voice came over the line.

"Guan Xuemin, it's me, Lin Ce." Lin Ce was a man without airs, very easygoing, so he was not haughty in front of Guan Xuemin either.

"Divine Doctor Lin, is that you? Is it really you?" After a brief start, Guan Xuemin asked in surprise and delight. After all, Guan Xuemin had received Lin Ce's guidance in his early years—just once, and he had benefited enormously. Guan Xuemin wanted to regard himself as a disciple, but feared Lin Ce would find it improper, so he could only address him as Divine Doctor Lin.

"It's me. Heh, I'm with Yan right now—this fellow insisted I call you and talk about his confidante's illness..." Lin Ce teased Yang Puqi. Though Lin Ce had long known about the situation between Yang Ce and Shen Yuxi, that was simply his nature.

"Yes, Divine Doctor Lin, I am all ears!" Guan Xuemin said hurriedly. Though it was Shen Yuxi he was treating, Lin Ce's words could give Guan Xuemin great inspiration—next time he encountered a similar illness, it would be easier to handle.

Lin Ce told Guan Xuemin some conservative treatment methods, including a number of prescriptions, which made Guan Xuemin listen with great excitement. The two were not master and disciple, yet more than master and disciple; at least in Guan Xuemin's heart, he respected Lin Ce as a teacher.

"Thank you for your guidance, Divine Doctor Lin. I understand—I will do as you say!" Guan Xuemin wrote down the prescriptions and treatment methods as if he had obtained a treasure.

"It's nothing. When there's a chance, we'll discuss medicine again..." Lin Ce said with some emotion. In this life of his, he probably would never leave West Star Mountain Village, and discussing medicine with Guan Xuemin had become a promise that could never be kept.

But these matters he could not tell Guan Xuemin now.

"Very well, Divine Doctor Lin, I look forward to it!" Guan Xuemin said. "By the way, Yang Ce, do you want to speak with Yuxi? Shall I pass her the phone?"

"That works too!" Yang Ce pondered for a moment, then took the phone. It had been so long—he did not know how Shen Yuxi was doing. To be honest, what Yang Minlan felt for Shen Yuxi was more tenderness and pity than fondness; but fondness is a mysterious thing, and with enough contact it comes naturally.

Having not seen Shen Yuxi for so long, Yang Ce really did think of her.

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