Chapter 218 — The Break
Purple Streets of Chang'an · Page 4 of 4
Dou Huaiying, for his part, seemed to have had every sinew drawn out of his body, and slumped limp onto the broad kang by the window.
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Ji Yong did not know how he had left Yunqi Temple Alley.
By the time he came to his senses, he was standing before the gates of Yunqi Temple.
The bustling crowd streamed past him without pause, and now and then someone would bump his shoulder, murmuring again and again, "Excuse me, excuse me."
Zishang answered for Ji Yong, while Zixi kept close to Ji Yong's side, never leaving him by so much as a step.
A carriage suddenly drew up before Ji Yong.
"Ji Jianming!" He Yu leapt down from the carriage and came straight at Ji Yong, driving a fist into his face.
Caught off guard, Ji Yong was struck so hard he staggered and fell to the ground.
Zixi and Zishang cried out and rushed over, only to be blocked by the He family guards, who had been prepared for exactly this.
Ji Yong, coming back to his senses, felt a stinging ache in his eyes, and something warm and wet was trickling from his nose.
Wiping his nose by instinct, he shouted, "What the devil has gotten into you?"
"What has gotten into me?" He Yu pressed forward and struck Ji Yong again. "Have you forgotten what you once said to me?"
Ji Yong twisted aside and dodged He Yu's fist, only to be pinned beneath him.
A fire was already smoldering in his heart, and he could not be bothered to ask He Yu just what he had promised him; struggling, he and He Yu fell into a tangle of blows.
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