A carefree soldier king in the city

Chapter 576 What a fuss

As he spoke, he could no longer contain his joy and suddenly rushed forward to hug Chao Bufan tightly. At the same time, Chu Xiong and Ai Zi also surrounded him, and the three brothers immediately surrounded Chao Bufan in the middle, hugging each other tightly.

"Little junior brother."

Behind them, when Baihe and the others first saw Chu Xiong and his two fellow disciples, they were all taken aback. They were indeed extraordinary. So, these three disciples were all eccentric types. After a brief moment of astonishment, seeing the four disciples huddled together, they exchanged smiles, all happy for Bufan, because he had finally seen his family.

"Cough, cough, cough." Chao Bufan coughed three times, his face flushed, and said, "Three senior brothers, what are you doing? Are you trying to suffocate me?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiong and his two fellow disciples realized that they had indeed used too much force in their excitement. They quickly let go, and Chu Xiong grabbed Chao Bufan's feet, saying with excitement and joy, "Junior Brother, we...we thought we would never see you again in this lifetime!"

Unbeknownst to them, Chu Xiong, Wang Er, and the three brothers, Ai Zi, were moved to tears.

Chao Bufan felt a warmth in his heart and smiled, "Senior Brother, haven't we met? I'm back."

"It's good to be back! It's good to be back!" Chu Xiong said twice, then touched his eyes and asked, "Junior Brother, how have you been these past six months? Has anyone bullied you?"

"How could that be!" Chao Bufan laughed. "Senior Brother, look, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"

"That's good, that's good." Chu Xiong nodded repeatedly.

Chao Bufan asked, "Senior Brother, how about you? How have you been while I was away?"

The three brothers from Chuxiong replied in unison, "We are fine, we are fine."

"Senior Brother?" Chao Bufan asked, "Where's my father? How's his health lately?"

"Master...he..." Chu Xiong stammered, but Wang Er reacted quickly and said, "He's doing very well!"

Hearing this, Chao Bufan felt relieved and smiled, "That's good. By the way, Senior Brother, where is my father? Where did he go?"

"This..." Chu Xiong hesitated again, and Wang Er chimed in, "Junior Brother, Master has gone out on business."

Chao Bufan believed him and simply said "Oh," since he had always trusted his three senior brothers. He then asked, "When will he be back?"

“Junior brother,” Wang Er said, “you know our master well. Every time he goes out, it takes at least ten days or half a month, and sometimes up to half a year, to come back. We can’t even guess when he will return.”

Chao Bufan knew that what his second senior brother said was true. He knew that his father would sometimes return after ten days or half a month, and sometimes after half a year, as his second senior brother had said. So he didn't think much of it and smiled and said, "That's true."

However, what Chao Bufan didn't know was that at this moment, his three senior brothers were in a state of utter pain. In order not to let their junior brother see anything amiss, Chu Xiong suddenly realized that there were more than ten women with his junior brother, and quickly asked, "Junior brother, who are they?"

Chao Bufan laughed, "Senior Brother, I was so busy talking that I forgot about them. They are all my wives. Let me introduce them..."

"Wait a minute," Wang Er quickly interrupted Chao Bufan, saying, "Junior Brother, what are they to you again?"

"They are all my wives! What's wrong?" Chao Bufan asked, puzzled.

The three Chu Xiong brothers exchanged glances, and then Chu Xiong asked, "Junior Brother, are they really all your wives?"

“Yes!” Chao Bufan replied.

The three Chu brothers knew their junior brother's personality well; he was used to teasing them. They thought he was just fooling them again. Chu Xiong shook his head and smiled, saying, "Junior brother, I didn't expect you to still like teasing us."

"What are you saying!" Chao Bufan suddenly realized that his three senior brothers didn't believe him!

“Three senior brothers,” Baihe quickly said, “No… Tianyue is right, we are indeed all his wives.”

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, the three Chu brothers were all stunned.

"What 'ah'?" Chao Bufan rolled his eyes at his three senior brothers and said irritably, "It feels like I'm lying to you. Senior brothers, listen carefully. I'm going to introduce you one by one. This is Baihe. Baihe, this is my eldest senior brother Chu Xiong, this is my second senior brother Wang Er, and this is my third senior brother Zhang Dawei."

Lily smiled slightly and said, "Greetings, three senior brothers."

Upon hearing this, the three Chu brothers quickly nodded and smiled, saying, "Hello, hello!"

"Senior brothers, this is Tang Qianqian."

Chao Bufan introduced the characters one by one from left to right.

"Greetings, three senior brothers." Tang Qianqian said with a smile as she parted her fragrant lips.

"Hello, hello." The three Chu brothers nodded and smiled in unison.

……

After everyone had finished their introductions, Chao Bufan asked in bewilderment, "Three senior brothers, what are you doing here? Isn't this the ancestral hall?"

Chu Xiong suddenly realized what was happening and quickly said, "Oh, we haven't been able to disturb the ancestral hall for a long time, so..."

“Yes, yes, yes,” Wang Er chimed in, “Junior Brother, we’re here to clean the ancestral hall and offer incense to our deceased senior uncles and elder brothers.”

Chao Bufan said "Oh," and then said, "I knew it! I couldn't find you anywhere. So you've come to clean the ancestral hall. Well then, I'll go and offer incense to all my senior uncles and elder brothers!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiong and his two fellow disciples were startled. They quickly stood side by side at the doorway. Chu Xiong said, "No need, no need, junior brother, we have already offered incense."

"Why are you making such a fuss?" Chao Bufan asked, puzzled. "I just wanted to go in and offer incense to my senior uncles and aunts. Is it really that big of a deal?"

Wang Er chuckled and said, "No, junior brother, don't misunderstand. We've already offered incense, you don't need to. Let's do it another day! The four of us brothers haven't had a chat in a long time. Come on, let's go back and have a good talk."

“Yes, yes, yes,” Chu Xiong laughed, “Tell us properly where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing for the past six months.”

Chao Bufan smiled helplessly and said, "Alright, let's go back then!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiong and his two fellow disciples breathed a sigh of relief. They exchanged a glance, their previous gloom vanishing. Chu Xiong smiled and said, "Junior brother, fellow disciples, let's go back!"

At that moment, the rain finally stopped, the wind died down, and the sky regained its original brightness.