Chapter 749: Chapter 725: Extra: The Master’s Path (Part 2)

A noob teaching another noob resulted in double the cursing output from their teammates.

Tantai Yan had thick skin and moved on to the next game without a care, while East Gate East blushed bright red with embarrassment.

After being cursed at for a few more games, East Gate East’s eyes were red. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Being cursed at for several more games, East Gate East threw down the phone and went upstairs, crying.

East Gate West cursed inwardly: "Don’t take me with you when you run away!"

He still had to save the internet-addicted master with his junior sister!

Unfortunately, since the two shared one body, when East Gate East was deeply affected and hid in his room, East Gate West was also trapped.

The few who were sneaking a look in the yard thought: "..."

They looked at each other, unable to come up with a good idea.

Just then, Gu Jin passed by outside the yard, and seeing Tuanzi through the railing, she greeted with a smiling face.

Seeing the thermos she was carrying, Tuanzi curiously asked, "Is Brother Si Huai working overtime again?"

"Can’t be helped, he encountered a big case again."

Since Gu Jin supported Si Huai in inheriting her husband’s police badge, she wouldn’t complain about the current situation, but she would try to do things for him, like bringing soup after a night shift.

"Miaomiao will go too."

Si Huai didn’t even return home for New Year’s, and Tuanzi hadn’t seen him for a long time. Although they were in the same city, it was harder to see each other than when they were in different countries.

Gu Jin readily agreed.

The two of them quickly left hand in hand, leaving behind a few stunned senior brothers.

Yu Weixiao looked at Ji Zhangzhuo, "What now? Junior sister has withdrawn."

"It’s fine withdrawing," Ji Zhangzhuo actually had no hope left, he stroked his chin with a sly smile, "Now I have a reason to tease her."

Behind him, a certain Demon Sect Leader heard this, and with a long leg kicked him, sending the unprepared Ji Zhangzhuo flying.

Ji Zhangzhuo landed and slid for a while.

Yu Weixiao looked at eighth senior brother in surprise.

Ning Jixiu said calmly, "I’m punishing him for first senior brother, third senior brother, and seventh senior brother."

Li Zhou silently moved a bit further away.

An unruly eighth senior brother could not possibly be punishing someone for others!

He moved in time, avoiding getting caught in the big fight between Ji Zhangzhuo and Ning Jixiu.

The slow-moving Yu Weixiao was directly thrown out, landing in the flower bushes.

"Wait," Li Zhou took a closer look, his face turned green, "You guys messed up junior sister’s flower bushes!"

Ji Zhangzhuo and Ning Jixiu were having too much fun fighting to hear.

Meanwhile, Tuanzi followed her aunt to the police station, relying on her keen hearing to barely catch on that it was about a serial murder case from the conversations among the officers.

A few days ago, while most people were enjoying the New Year, some were dying consecutively during the festivities.

The whole criminal investigation team had been working hard, pulling several all-nighters, but they still hadn’t figured it out. Thankfully, through everyone’s efforts, they had narrowed it down to three suspects.

[Miaomiao: Little Gu]

[Ancient Martial System: No way]

[Miaomiao: Oh my, Miaomiao just wants to see what those three look like and help monitor, not do anything, definitely not do anything]

She could hear the names and basic information of those few people, even knew about their workplaces and residential complexes, but didn’t know what they looked like.

After saying a lot of good words, the Ancient Martial System reluctantly helped by displaying the photos of the three people in her mind.

Tuanzi immediately said goodbye to Gu Jin, wanting to go home alone.

Gu Jin, feeling uneasy, especially since Si Huai was about to immerse himself in work again and had no time to communicate with her, took Tuanzi back to Jiangshui.

Upon arriving home, she saw that the yard was neat and tidy, with several senior brothers squatting by the flower bushes, busy with what seemed like planting or watering.

"You senior brothers are so diligent!"

She cheerfully greeted them and rushed into the hall, directly jumping into Tantai Yan’s arms.

Having poor gaming skills to begin with, Tantai Yan’s hand shook, and the screen immediately displayed the word "failure."

He had gotten used to losing, so he wasn’t annoyed, and he was about to click for the next game.

"Master, stop playing, there’s something important!"

She held down Tantai Yan’s hand and seriously spoke about the serial murder case.

"There are three suspects now, and the police brothers and sisters have been keeping watch for a long time without finding anything unusual."

She had a lot of faith in Si Huai’s ability to solve the case.

If Si Huai weren’t capable, Jiang City wouldn’t have specially recruited him. If he weren’t so young, he would have been promoted to the main team leader long ago.

Since being transferred to Jiang City, he had solved numerous cases of varying sizes with his team.

With the assumption that Si Huai and his team were correct in their judgment, Tuanzi came to a conclusion, "Those three aren’t abnormal, just very unusual. Maybe there’s something we can discover that they haven’t yet."

She spoke earnestly, not lacking disdain for the murderer in her words.

Tantai Yan, in a daze, saw a younger version of his little disciple.

Short and small, sometimes unable to stand steadily, speaking unclearly with a young child’s voice, holding a small twig, looking up at him, loudly saying, "Miaomiao wants to be a little heroine!"

"Miaomiao wants to catch the baddies!"

"Master, teach Miaomiao!"

Youthful ideas were always simple, just like himself. He knew he was destined to be the State Preceptor of the Xia Dynasty, so he eagerly learned various knowledge early on, aiming to be both literate and martial, deserving of the State Preceptor’s title.

He had thought about accompanying the emperor, wishing for the people of Xia Dynasty to live better lives.

But then, what happened? The Tantai Family was destroyed, and he lived a hidden life under a pseudonym in the Jianghu. What use were literary and martial skills?

Later, he taught Ji Zhangzhuo those strategies, hoping that his disciple would pave a different path, better than his own.

His young dreams shattered.

And now, even after several years, his little disciple’s dreams hadn’t changed. Maybe they would in the future, maybe they wouldn’t. But whatever the case, he would support his little disciple.

"Let’s go."

He casually stuffed the phone into his pants pocket, picked up Tuanzi with one hand.

"Let’s catch the baddies."

Tuanzi cheered, "Great! With Master taking action, the baddies won’t escape!"

She joyfully hugged Tantai Yan’s head, reminiscently saying, "We used to fight baddies together like this, let’s do it together in the future too."

The gentle and calm man paused in his steps.

In that pause, he seemed like before, not knowing where to go.

But when he set out again, he chose a direction.

The once drifting and confused person became a kite, though sometimes swayed by the wind without knowing where to go, the string connecting the kite was always in the disciples’ hands.

That was the path he ultimately chose.