“Enough! Just tell me why you came here!” Grandfather Tang felt angry and yet felt like laughing. “Don’t talk nonsense, just what kind of trouble did you cause this time?”
“Grandpa, I…” Tang Yuan suddenly became excited as he thought of what Jun Moxie said about him being free from this miserable circumstance. Unable to help himself, he stood up, ignoring the furious expression on his grandfather’s face. “Grandpa, I think I may have found a lead on the stolen Xuan Core.”
“Oh?” Grandfather Tang who was originally about to become enraged and planned to have Tang Yuan kneel down again became surprised. His eyes bulged widely as he ignored what happened earlier. “Quick, spit out what you know.”
“Ever since the day the Xuan Core was stolen, grandchild has been plagued with worry day and night. For the past few days, I devoted all my concern, my mind and skill into this matter; I threw both my heart and soul into it as I racked my brains to think and analyse what happened, I drained myself of mind and body to pore through all possibilities carefully, ensuring that I squeeze every last effort I could muster…” Tang Yuan showed a sincere expression on his face, as though he had decided to turn over a new leaf and become a better person.
“Stop! Stop stop stop!” Grandfather Tang shouted angrily. “Would you prefer to kneel down on that before telling me what happened?” He pointed at the iron abacus.
Tang Yuan became startled. “Today, I went out looking for clues. Then, in the Drunken Immortal Establishment, I met the Northern City Clan Leader, Qin Hu… Qin Hu’s son, Qin Xiaobao. That Qin Xiaobao was being arrogant and overbearing as he bullied the innocent commoners. Seeing this, grandchild could not help but become angry. Due to Grandpa’s teachings, grandchild was unable to put up with his despicable ways. The anger in my heart rose to the Heavens, and the winds accompanied me as I stepped forward to fight in the name of righteousness and to save the weak! When chancing upon injustice, one must take up arms to offer assistance, fighting for the sake of righteousness with a heroic heart, for the people and for the country… uhh, after that, Qin Hu brought a number of men to make a fuss! But when he found out it was me, he panicked.” Tang Yuan’s ability to flaunt his own actions were truly extraordinary, every word he uttered painted him in good light.
“Nonsense! Who is Qin Hu? Does he have the ability to provoke us? How can he not panic? Is this your so-called lead?” Grandfather Tang scoffed out: What kind of nonsensical lead is this? And here I was actually putting hope into the words of this useless grandson of mine… Hearing Tang Yuan’s words of self-praise, Grandfather Tang’s face had turned black and swollen from anger.
“Grandpa, if Qin Hu had panicked right from the start, then I would understand. But, he actually did not show any such reaction at the beginning. It was only after I mentioned that a theft had happened in our house that Qin Hu’s expression changed, as though he had met a ghost.”
Tang Yuan put on the air of a master detective as he slowly deduced. “Externally, everyone believes that only money and jewellery were stolen from our house. This was the reason we gave to seek out the thieves. Under such circumstances, this matter would have no relations with Qin Hu at all. So, why then would he show such a shocked expression? Grandchild believes that there is something odd within all this! It might even be possible that Qin Hu was the one who committed this crime!”