Gu Xiyan listened to Mei Yinxue's words and thought it was indeed possible.
If it were any later, he couldn't vouch for other women, but Yu Linglong and Lin Qiaoxia, among others, were very likely to become sisters-in-law.
"Forget it..." Gu Xiyan shook his head, feeling helpless. Who made him unassertively fall in love with Mu Jinyu?
On the other side, after Mu Jinyu left the courtyard and finished talking to Su Zijin.
He took out his phone and called Xiang Mantang.
He thought to himself, "Hehe, I'm getting married. When the time comes, I'll take my wife on a honeymoon. It would be a good opportunity to let Xiang Mantang manage Dragon King Hall again."
Although he had just reassured Xiang Mantang yesterday that he would take on the responsibility of managing Dragon King Hall, allowing him to rest easy while controlling Slaughter Redemption, it was, after all, an extraordinary time, so he would have to ask him to take on additional burdens for a while longer.
Junior brothers are there to be teased, right?
"Dudu dudu..."
The call connected.
"Hello? Senior brother, what's up?"
Xiang Mantang's voice carried a mix of excitement and fatigue, sounding somewhat hoarse.
Mu Jinyu noticed something was off, but without thinking too much, assumed Xiang Mantang was just tired from managing Slaughter Redemption and laughed, "I have some good news to tell you, get ready."
"You know about it too?" Xiang Mantang paused and then sighed softly.
Mu Jinyu: "???"
What was Xiang Mantang talking about? What did he know?
"Alright, I won't hide it from you anymore. Um, I just found out about my sister's news, but I'm not sure if she is Ah-Xiu. I'm currently on my way to Kunlun Mountain. If it turns out to be her, I'll tell you then. I didn't want to say anything initially; didn't want everyone to get their hopes up for nothing..."
Xiang Mantang was uncharacteristically chatty, explaining to Mu Jinyu why he hadn't informed him immediately after finding out about his sister.
"Ah? Your sister found a clue?" Mu Jinyu exclaimed in surprise.
He then caught on, overwhelmed with joy, "That's indeed a double blessing."
Xiang Mantang paused, then said solemnly, "The good news you were about to tell me wasn't about Ah-Xiu's clue? And you still can't confirm it's her, so it's not exactly a double blessing."
Mu Jinyu chuckled sheepishly, feeling a bit embarrassed, "No, I didn't know anything about our sister's news at first. I was just about to tell you that I'm planning to get married."
When Xiang Mantang heard this news, he fell silent, then spoke with a mix of joy and passive aggressiveness.
"That is indeed something to celebrate, but are you here to press me for a debt? And after the wedding, you plan to go on a honeymoon and continue to be a hands-off manager?"
Xiang Mantang said this because Mu Jinyu, who cured people for a living, always charged everyone, including him, and he owed Mu Jinyu over ten billion.
He had previously promised Mu Jinyu that he would settle the debt when he got married, offering the ten billion as a wedding gift.
Mu Jinyu had mocked him, stating that it was just his consultation fee, and he had even waived the interest, yet he had the nerve to treat it as a wedding gift!
So, upon hearing Mu Jinyu's early plans to get married, Xiang Mantang naturally recalled yesterday's event, where he did not want to hold two positions, leaving Mu Jinyu to manage Dragon King Hall alone.
Therefore, after Mu Jinyu returned home, he decided to take his revenge, demanding repayment of the money for his marriage, and planning to go on a honeymoon while continuing to be a hands-off manager, leaving Xiang Mantang helpless!
"Ah? Oh, right, you didn't remind me, I had forgotten about the more than ten billion in consultation fees you owe me. Make sure to bring it along when the time comes!" Mu Jinyu said appreciatively upon hearing Xiang Mantang's words, after a brief pause and a sudden realization.
"Get lost!" Xiang Mantang was speechless for a long while, finally managing to spit out a single word!
Damn it, had he just reminded Mu Jinyu to press him for money?
Laughter shook his head as Xiang Mantang said, "Forget it, forget it, after all, it's a joyful occasion. I won't quibble with you this time. I'm going to find Ah-Xiu now, no more chatting."
"Mm-hmm," Mu Jinyu responded and then hung up the phone.
Xiang Mantang hung up the phone with an annoyed smile on his face.
The brothers naturally wouldn't fall out over such a trivial matter, especially since he didn't lack that ten billion yuan. The reason he didn't take the initiative to repay wasn't that he lacked the money but rather to spitefully get back at Mu Jinyu for the double agony he inflicted every time he treated him.
Now that Mu Jinyu was getting married, he would surely offer the ten billion yuan as a wedding gift, not a yuan less. If he continued to helm the Dragon King Hall, he would just have to endure a little longer. Hopefully, Mu Jinyu wouldn't be too capricious and decide on a year-long honeymoon!
Laughter shook his head. While speechless, Xiang Mantang also felt happy for Mu Jinyu.
Of course, he was happy for himself too, since he was about to find the girl suspected to be Xiang Yinxui. After all, all sorrows seemed trivial to him now.
"Spread out, we must find her."
Xiang Mantang's joyful smile faded as he turned and instructed his subordinates.
His subordinates included those who had followed him in the Dragon King Hall when he was at the Big Dipper Nexus, as well as assassins who had been subdued by him in Slaughter Redemption.
After all, while the members of the Dragon King Hall were excellent and professional in tracking people, they inevitably might be too rigid, not as crafty as these assassins.
"Yes!"
Upon hearing Xiang Mantang's instructions, the assassins and Dragon King Hall members immediately dispersed, searching the vast Kunlun Mountain.
Xiang Mantang himself was no exception. He found a secluded spot and sped off!
"Beep beep beep!"
Half an hour later.
Xiang Mantang hadn't found the girl who entered the mountain to play. Instead, the previously silent phone began to ring with an alert.
Xiang Mantang took out his phone and saw that it was one of the assassins he brought from Slaughter Redemption who had found the girl.
"Great!"
Xiang Mantang couldn't help but exclaim and, following the location sent in the message, hurried over!
In his eagerness to see his sister sooner, he urged on his inner qi, and his feet moved as if they were on wheels of wind and fire, covering over ten meters in a second. In just about fifteen minutes, he arrived at a forest and saw the assassin and the girl, who was suspected to be his own sister.
"Ah-Xiu! Ah-Xiu!"
Xiang Mantang rushed up close to the pair, almost unable to restrain himself from embracing the girl as he gazed at her familiar yet strange features, tears nearly spilling from his eyes.
But he knew that it was yet uncertain if she was indeed Xiang Yinxui, moreover, they had been separated for decades. Even if the girl was Xiang Yinxui, would she still have any recollection of her brother?
Therefore, Xiang Mantang suppressed the excitement in his heart, his arms awkwardly hanging by his sides, with a clueless smile on his face, he asked the girl, "Ah-Xiu, do you remember me?"
"Who are you?" the girl asked, frowning at the visibly overwhelmed Xiang Mantang.
Hearing this question, Xiang Mantang's heart chilled considerably, knowing that even if she was his true sister, she had lost all memory of him.
After all, they were separated when she was too young.
But Xiang Mantang didn't give up. He said, "I... my name is Xiang Mantang. You look very much like my sister, whom I lost many years ago. I was thinking..."
His speech was somewhat disjointed, unsure of how to persuade the girl to cooperate with him and undergo a DNA test to confirm if they were siblings.
Upon hearing Xiang Mantang's words, the girl couldn't help but snicker and said, "Big brother, your method of courting girls is really old-fashioned, bringing up how I look a lot like your long-lost sister. Are you going to ask me my name next?"