The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 103

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| Chapter 103

Returning to his room, Yoo Eun-hyun first brushed the dust off his body, washed lightly, and changed his clothes.

Somehow it felt like he had spent the entire day just having conversations, and while he had indeed had many conversations, nothing had actually progressed or been resolved. The problems involving Jeongdo, Mado, and the middle path were that complex, and with the item called Jeokgang Doksi getting mixed in, the situation had become indescribably tangled.

“Dinner is ready.”

And before he could fall deep into thought again, he heard a knock on the door followed by an announcement that dinner was ready. Come to think of it, quite some time had passed since he escaped from Ma-gyo, but he hadn’t been able to eat anything properly while running away.

Of course, the mountains were like a hometown to Yoo Eun-hyun, so he had picked and eaten what he could find, but that had only staved off hunger. When the word “meal” was mentioned, he suddenly felt his appetite return.

“Let’s eat first. You can’t work without food.”

As a farmer, skipping meals was unthinkable, so Yoo Eun-hyun decided to fill his stomach first. He went outside and followed the servant who had knocked on his door.

“Please enjoy your meal.”

Perhaps because Yoo Eun-hyun’s room was near the entrance, there was no one else in the dining room he was guided to yet. However, looking at the prepared dishes, Yoo Eun-hyun couldn’t help but let out an exclamation of admiration.

From spicy dishes characteristic of Sichuan cuisine like Kung Pao Chicken and Fish-Fragrant Pork Shreds to dishes from other regions, the spread was extensive enough to be called a royal feast.

“They’ve prepared quite a lot…”

It was a table setting that showed how much the Tang family considered Yoo Eun-hyun’s group as honored guests, but with nothing decided yet, this might actually be burdensome.

“What are you staring at blankly? With food right in front of you.”

Just then, the door opened behind him and Ju Yu-ryeon poked his back, and while Yoo Eun-hyun found it a bit burdensome, he had no intention of refusing what was already prepared, so he sat down as if pushed.

And seeing Ju Yu-ryeon roughly pull out a chair and sit across from him, Yoo Eun-hyun asked teasingly.

“You don’t look like you’re in a good mood?”

“Would you be happy if you were me? Sigh. I didn’t think much of it until just a while ago, but now I’m getting dragged into such a complicated problem. I came here to relax and have fun, but with things like this, there’s no way I’d be in a good mood.”

“You heard about it for the first time just now? You haven’t been here long either, have you?”

“About two days? Mom said she’d tell me the details when you arrived, Eun-hyun, so I was just waiting. I couldn’t even go out to have fun and was stuck here listening to nagging… ugh.”

Seeing Ju Yu-ryeon shudder as if her life during that time had been quite terrible, Yoo Eun-hyun chuckled, and Ju Yu-ryeon’s eyes narrowed.

“You find this funny? Do you know how much I suffered?”

“Hey. I suffered too. Can’t you tell from how I came here looking like a beggar?”

“Hmm. That was pretty funny though. Come to think of it, I couldn’t ask about that either. Did you achieve your goal?”

“You’re quick to ask.”

“Hey. I couldn’t help it. There wasn’t time for that.”

Ju Yu-ryeon said while pouting. Since Yoo Eun-hyun knew that much, he didn’t say anything more and waved his hand.

“I get it, so stop making that face. It’s going to ruin my mood.”

“What? You can say that even after seeing a girl’s sulking expression? Well, I guess you would, Eun-hyun.”

“If that was your goal, then it’s a great success. And I did succeed in what I went there for.”

“Huh? Really? For real? How did you do it?”

“That would take too long to explain. It’s not that important right now anyway.”

Talking about Yeo Chang-dong, Mo Cheol-dong, or becoming a squad leader would take too long. Although they were still waiting to eat since Yeo U-hui hadn’t arrived yet, it was obvious she would arrive soon.

“Just one more thing. But if you succeeded, why did you run away? From the fact that you ran away, it seems you were found out to be a martial artist, but you still succeeded? Can those two things coexist?”

“That’s the thing. But strangely, somehow things worked out that way.”

“Hmm. Really? Then let’s save that story for our next drinking session.”

Ju Yu-ryeon didn’t pry any further either. This time, instead, Yoo Eun-hyun asked Ju Yu-ryeon about what he was most curious about.

“Let me ask just one thing too. Where did Ho Won go, leaving you here alone? I heard he’s at Hunzak Gate?”

“Yeah. That’s right. You know well. Somehow you knew, and people from Hunzak Gate came and took Ho Won with them.”

“When?”

“Was it the day before Mom came to find me?”

“Then that guy has only been gone for about 3 days… Did he just leave without saying anything?”

“He asked me if it was okay for him to go. But I can’t interfere with things like that, right? I told him to do as he pleased. So he said he’d go check it out and come back, then left.”

“And no contact since then?”

“Yeah. I probably didn’t even tell him I was going to the Tang family, so it would take time just to figure that out, wouldn’t it?”

“Hmm… It wasn’t really anything special then. I worried for nothing.”

Learning that there was virtually no reason for Ju Yu-ryeon and Ho Won to split up and go to the Tang family and Hunzak Gate respectively, Yoo Eun-hyun muttered as if feeling deflated.

“What did you expect to be there if there was nothing?”

“I thought you two had a big fight or that Ho Won finally got tired of you and ran away.”

At Yoo Eun-hyun’s words, Ju Yu-ryeon let out a hollow laugh.

“I barely escaped and came here, only to get caught by a scary grandmother and some guy obsessed with chivalry right away, and almost had to fight them. Do you know how hard it was for me too?”

“Geez. How do you always get tangled up with such monsters?”

“That’s what I’m saying. Sigh.”

Ju Yu-ryeon also felt genuinely sorry for Yoo Eun-hyun in this regard, so she looked at him with pitying eyes. As Yoo Eun-hyun also sighed as if lamenting his fate, Yeo U-hui finally entered.

“What are two young people sighing about?”

Having apparently heard the two sighing from outside, Yeo U-hui pointed out their sighs as she sat down. Ju Yu-ryeon grumbled in response.

“Isn’t this a situation where we wouldn’t sigh?”

“Yu-ryeon, you’re always full of complaints so that might be expected, but Eun-hyun also looks troubled, so I’m worried.”

“So you don’t care about your daughter but only worry about someone else’s son?”

“You. Do you ever listen when I worry about you?”

“No. I won’t listen anyway.”

“Then don’t say such things.”

“Sigh. Mom really doesn’t understand children’s delicate hearts. This is, you see, children are originally fragile beings like baby birds who find it annoying when parents worry because it sounds like nagging, but then feel starved for love when parents don’t worry about them. Right?”

Having said that much, Ju Yu-ryeon turned to Yoo Eun-hyun as if seeking agreement. Listening quietly, Yoo Eun-hyun thought it wasn’t entirely wrong. In fact, most of what Soo Hwa-seon said often sounded like nagging to him too.

“It’s not completely groundless… But still, wouldn’t patiently listening to such things be filial piety?”

“Exactly! As expected, Eun-hyun is a filial son. Hwa-seon must be envious.”

At Yoo Eun-hyun’s words, Yeo U-hui beamed and praised him, and Ju Yu-ryeon, knowing she was a devoted daughter, turned her head away sharply.

“Tch. Let’s just eat. Everything will get cold.”

Saying that, Ju Yu-ryeon began eating. Yeo U-hui sighed lightly seeing her daughter like that.

“Sigh. I need to get rid of that one for my later years to be comfortable. Eun-hyun, let’s eat.”

“Yes.”

Seeing the unchanged mother-daughter pair, Yoo Eun-hyun smiled slightly and began focusing on his meal. The food wasn’t just visually impressive but very delicious, and a brief quiet silence fell as they concentrated on eating. That silence was short-lived, and as the food diminished and hunger was satisfied, the reality problems they hadn’t pushed far away approached.

“No matter how I think about it, this matter is suspicious. Why would the Tang family want to borrow our medical skills? It’s not like the situation would change because of that.”

Ju Yu-ryeon spoke skillfully while holding chopsticks in her mouth and moving them.

“Medical skills might just be an excuse. Like us, other major sects of the Seven Major Sects couldn’t openly support them, but they secretly provided a lot of money and various poison ingredients.”

“Money could be excused as repaying debts, but is it okay to provide such ingredients?”

When Yoo Eun-hyun put down his chopsticks on the table and asked back, Yeo U-hui glared at Ju Yu-ryeon as if telling her to watch and learn, then said.

“If someone secretly sends it through several intermediaries and launders it ambiguously, there’s no problem. The other side probably knows everything anyway, but since poisons and medicines change depending on the combination, you can insist it was for other purposes.”

“That could work. After all, neither Jeongdo nor Mado could openly say anything about it.”

Seeing the two conversing like that, Ju Yu-ryeon made a cracking sound as she broke her chopsticks and clicked her tongue.

“Oh my. Anyone watching would think you’re mother and son. Both of you are hiding something from me from the start, right? I’m not stupid enough to be completely fooled by such talk. It seems like the Tang family didn’t tell us everything either.”

Indeed, Ju Yu-ryeon wasn’t a fool either, so she questioned them like that, but Yoo Eun-hyun couldn’t be sure if what he heard was the same as what Yeo U-hui knew, so he turned to Yeo U-hui.

“I’m not sure if what I heard is the same as what you were going to tell us, Aunt.”

“Who did you hear it from?”

“Hwa Jin Sa-tae from Cheonmu-maeng.”

“Then… it’s likely the same. Tell me about it.”

When Yeo U-hui said that, Yoo Eun-hyun nodded. Unlike when Dang Eun-seon or Tang Zi-sheng were present, he had no desire to hide things in front of these two trustworthy people, so he immediately spoke to Ju Yu-ryeon.

“Do you know about Jeokgang Doksi?”

“…What?”

Ju Yu-ryeon asked back with an expression as if she had misheard something. From her reaction, it seemed Ju Yu-ryeon knew about Jeokgang Doksi.

“Why Jeokgang Doksi? The fact that this story is coming up now… Wait. Didn’t they mention something about Test Subject Six earlier? Are the Tang family people crazy? No, am I thinking correctly?”

Ju Yu-ryeon widened her eyes in disbelief and urged Yoo Eun-hyun for an answer, but since Yoo Eun-hyun hadn’t actually heard it from the parties involved, he spoke ambiguously.

“Well, Cheonmu-maeng seems to suspect that… Aunt, what do you think?”

“The fortunate thing is that it’s just suspicion. That’s right. The Tang family is currently researching Jeokgang Doksi.”

“I thought so.”

Already knowing this, Yoo Eun-hyun nodded as if he had expected it, but Ju Yu-ryeon’s expression became even more distorted.

“These people finally touched something they shouldn’t have touched. No, Mom. Wait. You said you’d help them earlier, right? Are you in your right mind? If this goes wrong, it won’t end with ‘it just happened that way’!”

Ju Yu-ryeon shouted urgently, but Yoo Eun-hyun could understand to some extent. From what Hwa Jin Sa-tae had said, if they got involved in this wrongly, even Euiseonsu-ga could fall into great danger. And of course, Yeo U-hui wouldn’t be unaware of that fact either.

“Yu-ryeon, you’re right. But we can’t just abandon the Tang family either.”

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