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Chapter 194: A Lu Qian Returned

Chapter 194: A Lu Qian Returned

The man put the small bamboo slip into the thin bamboo tube tied to the eagle’s feet, and closed the bamboo tube again. After stroking the eagle’s fur a few times and feeding it with dried meat, the man raised his arms and the eagle flew away. He watched the eagle fly away for a moment, then disappeared from there.

At the same time, in the village of the Xiuluo tribe, Xu Xiang was explaining to everyone what happened last night. After listening to her explanation, the villagers gradually calmed down. Only the families of the abducted women are still anxious.

Xu Xiang looked at them and said, "That was my miscalculation, and I’m sorry that I decided to not help them when they were kidnapped. If I rescued them last night, we wouldn’t be able to find the bandits’ den, and it would be even more dangerous for us."

Thinking that her explanation sounded like an excuse, she added: "I will make sure to find them before anything happens to them."

After she finished speaking, a family member of a kidnapped woman looked at her and asked, "How can you be sure that nothing will happen to them? What if A Lu Qian can’t find the bandits’ den and we are too late to save them? What will happen to them then?"

Xu Xiang looked at the man and said, "Those bandits won’t do anything to them for the time being. We just need to wait for A Lu Qian to return after finding out the location of the bandits’ den, and then we can make a plan to save everyone."

Seeing that the family members of the abducted women still wanted to argue with Xu Xiang, Ha Tai raised his hand and calmly said, "Stop arguing and stop blaming it all on Miss Xu Xiang. It wasn’t her fault that they were kidnapped last night, and her decision to let A Lu Qian follow those people was right. As your chieftain, I promise you all. If anything happens to your family members, I will make those people pay a thousand times over."

With Ha Tai’s blatant support of Xu Xiang, those people stop causing trouble. Despite the decision and the situation going against them, none of them felt unfair or angry at Ha Tai.

Everyone present put their right hands on their chests, bowed slightly to Ha Tai and said, "We will follow the Chieftain’s arrangement."

Ha Tai nodded and smiled at them. He then said, "All right. Now, we should patiently wait for A Lu Qian to come back. In the meantime, let’s have breakfast first and then do what we have to do."

When he had finished speaking, the villagers said in unison: "Yes, Chieftain."

Standing beside Mu Yucheng, Xu Xiang looked at Ha Tai with admiration. After everyone dispersed, she looked at Mu Yucheng and said, "Let’s go to the cafeteria too."

Thinking of those new dishes she said she just made, he nodded and replied in a good mood: "Mhm."

Everyone in the village went to work after breakfast, so Xu Xiang dragged Mu Yucheng to the mountain to teach her martial arts and help her plant trees. Six hours later, A Lu Qian finally came back.

Instead of resting, he immediately went to the public conference hall in the center area of the village. Walking into the conference hall, he saw his fourth younger brother there. Hearing the sound of the door opening, A Lu Zhi raised his head from the book Xu Xiang lent him, and saw A Lu Qian walked in.

"Third Elder Brother, welcome back." He said while pouring him a cup of warm water.

A Lu Qian took the water from him and drank it in one go. Wiping the water off from the corners of his lips, he asked, "Where is Xu Xiang?"

A Lu Zhi thought for a while, and said, "I heard that she dragged Mu Yucheng to plant trees on the mountain."

After finishing speaking, he looked at his third elder brother and said, "I will send someone to call her and the others right away."

Hearing his words, A Lu Qian nodded. He sat on the soft animal skin rug, leaned against the wall, and closed his eyes to rest. Looking at his tired face, A Lu Zhi put down the book in his hand and quietly left the room. Standing outside the meeting room, he called a few villagers and asked them to call his father, the two elders of Xiuluo tribe, his two elder brothers, and Xu Xiang.

On the mountain, when one of the villagers found her, she was busy planting black mulberry saplings with Mu Yucheng. Seeing the villager approaching, Xu Xiang stood up and patted the dirt off her hands.

She looked at the villager and asked, "Has A Lu Qian returned?"

Hearing her question, the villager were taken aback for a moment, but then nodded and said, "Yes. A Lu Zhi said that everyone is waiting in the conference hall, and wants to invite Miss Xu Xiang to go over."

She nodded at him and said, "All right. Thank you for letting me know."

After the villager conveyed the message, he returned to the village. Xu Xiang looked at the saplings that had not been planted on the ground, then looked at Mu Yucheng, and asked, "Do you want to come with me to the meeting room?"

Mu Yucheng didn’t raise his head and said, "I will stay here and plant the remaining saplings."

After finishing speaking, he paused for a second, looked up at her and asked, "Do you want me to go with you?"

Xu Xiang shook her head and said calmly: "No need. I can go alone."

After saying this, she returned to the village. Mu Yucheng looked at her back for a while, then turned around and continued planting the black mulberry saplings. When she came to the public conference hall, Xu Xiang greeted the others, and then sat down on the soft rug around the small bonfire.