Free Web NovelChapter 41: Chapter 39: The Wife Was Abducted by a Shameless, Stinking Dragon
Yue Ying was already rushing back from town. For some reason, his eyelid had been twitching all afternoon.
He hadn’t managed to acquire the Bai Hua Pavilion yet. After all, business was booming, and the owner wasn’t about to let it go so easily.
Forcing a sale would also be incredibly expensive.
So, Yue Ying had spent the afternoon discussing countermeasures with a few of his subordinates from the black market.
He had them go to the county seat first to find out more about the shop’s owner before they planned their next move.
He also took care of some other black market business in the afternoon, which delayed his return.
Having not seen his wife for half the day, Yue Ying felt an emptiness in his heart. All he wanted now was to see his wife as soon as possible.
So, he transformed into his true form and darted nimbly through the forest.
「At this moment.」
Su Mo was sitting in the courtyard, discussing compensation with Long Yan.
On the wooden table beside them lay a piece of paper and a writing brush.
She squinted, propped her chin on her hand, and looked at the Dragon Clan Lieutenant General standing before her with his head bowed. "How do you plan to compensate me?" she asked.
Long Yan glanced at her cautiously, trying to make himself as small as possible. His tone was humble.
"I... I don’t know how Miss Su would like me to compensate you? Please, just say the word. I will do my utmost to satisfy you."
Su Mo took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "These three rooms might have been simple, but they were the only place I had to call home. Now that you’ve done this, where am I supposed to sleep?"
"It’s all my fault!"
Long Yan stood with his head lowered, looking like a chastened new bride who had done wrong.
"Miss Su, please name your price..."
Su Mo frowned. For a moment, she wasn’t sure what price would be appropriate.
Her house was made of adobe, incomparable to others’ wooden or brick structures.
’Five thousand coins, or ten thousand? Or maybe somewhere in between?’
Su Mo pondered for a good while, then held up her hand to signal the number ’six’.
"Then let’s say..."
Long Yan’s eyes lit up as he interrupted, "Sixty Thousand Coins? Okay!"
Su Mo’s mouth fell open. "I was going to say six thousand..." ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
"You saved my life, Miss, yet I carelessly burned down your house. Sixty Thousand Coins is not a lot. I’ll write the IOU right now! I will absolutely not go back on my word!"
Without another word, Long Yan grabbed the paper and brush and wrote out an IOU.
He even solemnly pressed his thumbprint onto it.
"Is this acceptable?"
Su Mo glanced at it. Sixty Thousand Coins, to be paid in full, and he would also be responsible for rebuilding her house?
And before that, this dragon would arrange all her food, clothing, and lodging.
Su Mo frowned. "My house isn’t actually worth..."
’She might be greedy, but she wasn’t unreasonable about it.’
"Miss, please say no more. You saved me, and I had no way to repay you. Now that I’ve caused this terrible disaster, I feel utterly ashamed." Long Yan’s tone was sincere. "Please, Miss Su, give me a chance to make up for my mistake."
Su Mo frowned, thinking, ’Is he trying to pay off his life debt with money?’
’Well, I suppose that’s fine.’
’Since he doesn’t want to be indebted to her, she might as well go with the flow. Only a fool would turn down money!’
’For a dragon’s life, sixty thousand coins wasn’t that much, really.’
"Fine, let’s do it this way. But you don’t need to be responsible for my lodging. I’ll figure it out myself."
Long Yan scratched his head awkwardly. "Then I’ll take the Little Dragons back to get the money."
Hearing that they would have to part with Su Mo so soon, Nannan’s face filled with reluctance.
He reached out, tugged on Su Mo’s sleeve, and pleaded softly, "Sister Mo, come with us! The Lord Major General’s cave is huge and very nice! We even have hot springs~ And the General’s barbecue skills are top-notch!"
As he spoke, he shot a look at Dongdong.
Dongdong immediately chimed in, "Didn’t you want to see a volcano, sister? The Lord Major General can take you! Sister Mo, please come and hang out with us for a few days~"
A volcano?!
Su Mo was tempted. "You can really take me?"
’If that’s the case, it wouldn’t hurt to go for a couple of days. It would be a perfect chance to get away from those annoying guys at home.’
Long Yan squinted and nodded. "Mhm!"
"Let’s go, Sister Mo!" The two Little Dragons urged Su Mo to pack her things.
Once she was packed, Long Yan transformed, becoming a full-grown dragon.
Before Su Mo could react, he had used a wing to sweep her onto his back.
"Hold on tight!"
Then, carrying her, he shot up into the sky with a WHOOSH.
Su Mo was so scared she squeezed her eyes shut. When she opened them again, they were thousands of feet in the air.
Looking down, the clouds seemed close enough to touch, churning beneath her feet like shattered sea foam. The setting sun on the horizon was blood-red, a brilliant, unreal bloom of color.
A mountain peak loomed ahead. Long Yan made a sharp turn, and as Su Mo swayed, she instinctively grabbed onto the horns on his head.
The next moment, she felt the dragon beneath her go still, his whole body seeming to freeze, and they began to plummet rapidly.
’What’s going on?’ Su Mo wondered.
The two little dragon cubs were huffing and puffing as they chased after them. The stamina of a young dragon was no match for an adult’s.
Dongdong and Nannan were panting from the chase. "I’m dying... The Lord Major General didn’t even wait for us... I wonder how many days Sister Mo will stay with us. I don’t want to be separated from her at all, I love her cooking so much." ƒгeewebnovёl.com
Dongdong added between gasps, "Why didn’t the Lord Major General just offer himself in marriage? Then we could eat Sister Mo’s food all the time and never have to be apart from her~"
Nannan frowned. "No wonder the Think Tank back in the clan always says our Lord Major General is all brawn and no brains. He can’t even think of something so simple."
Having said that, the two Little Dragons sighed in unison.
Just as Yue Ying arrived back in the village, he happened to run into Fei Yan, who was also heading home.
Yue Ying fanned himself, a blissful expression on his face. "I wonder what delicious food our wife has made for us while we were away?"
Fei Yan frowned slightly but didn’t speak. For some reason, he had felt uneasy all afternoon.
He just wanted to get home quickly and make sure their wife was safe.
Fei Yan quickened his pace, rushing toward Su Mo’s few adobe rooms.
But when they reached the entrance and saw the wreckage in the courtyard, both their hearts sank.
"What happened?!"
Yue Ying snapped his fan shut and walked toward the ruins.
Fei Yan dashed forward, shouting, "Wife?!"
They heard a loud "BANG" from within the rubble, and panicked expressions appeared on both their faces.
Soon, they saw Mo Xiao walk out from the ruins, his face grim.
His clothes and face were covered in soot, and he looked rather disheveled.
"Where’s our wife?!" Yue Ying asked, his face etched with worry.
Mo Xiao tossed two pieces of paper at them. One read, ’Out for a couple of days. Don’t worry.’
He had also found the IOU that Su Mo had put in the room’s cabinet—the one Long Yan had written just that evening.
After reading them, the three men understood.
Yue Ying gritted his teeth. "That shameless, stinking dragon! Not only did he burn our house down, but he also abducted our wife?!"
He suspected that damned dragon had done it on purpose. The compensation was just a pretense; his real goal was to lure away someone else’s wife!
Yue Ying muttered in frustration, "What do we do now? We can’t just sit around and wait!"
Fei Yan and Mo Xiao exchanged a look. Indeed, they couldn’t just wait. That dragon had been their wife’s first choice after she broke off her engagement.
’If that stinking dragon deliberately tried to seduce her, their wife... she might...’
The more Mo Xiao thought about it, the angrier he became. He said in a low, firm voice, "Chase!"
