Cave Refuge-Chapter 160 - 159: Ye Liuyun’s Visit_1

Dong Tianyu understood why Mr. Thompson would say that. His mindset was pretty similar to his father’s. Regardless, Mr. Thompson still lived here and was a member of the elderly group. Although he wasn’t treated equally yet, he had become a part of this circle nonetheless.

Maintaining superficial harmony was essential as long as they hadn’t reached the stage of irreconcilable discord.

That didn’t mean Dong Tianyu would give in without any gain. With the presence of Ye Liuyun, if things were brought out into the open and Li Minghao was still acting all high and mighty, no one would blame Dong Tianyu for taking action.

It felt stifling, didn’t it? But there was no choice, that was the current situation. Unless you withdrew from the table, you had to abide by the table manners.

Of course, if you were powerful enough, you could just flip the table.

Just as Mr. Thompson was imparting his wisdom to Dong Tianyu based on his experiences, Ye Liuyun’s voice sounded from outside the tent.

"Has Brother Dong Tianyu returned home yet?"

Upon hearing someone asking for his son, Mr. Thompson stood up and said to his son, "You’re pretty close with the second son of the Taylor family, huh? He came looking for you as soon as you got back. He must have something to discuss with you. I’ll go out for a walk, and leave the tent to you two."

"I won’t be back for lunch. I’ll go find Mr. Taylor since his son came over for food. We shouldn’t be at a disadvantage. I’ll go get a free meal at his place for lunch."

"Oh, and your mother won’t be home for lunch either. Her singing troupe is having a gathering today."

Even though Mr. Thompson said he was going over to Mr. Taylor’s for lunch, he still walked over to the resource chest. He then opened the chest which was previously half-empty but was now filled to the brim again. Mr. Thompson knew this was all due to his son’s hard work.

Randomly picking a bottle of wine from the chest, he exited the tent with Dong Tianyu.

"Little Ye, have lunch here with Tianyu. There’s plenty of food at home. I’m going to your place to have a few drinks with Mr. Taylor."

After saying this, Mr. Thompson raised his right hand, holding the bottle of wine, and shook it in front of Ye Liuyun.

Upon hearing Mr. Thompson’s thoughtful gesture of giving them some privacy to chat, Ye Liuyun gave an embarrassed laugh and said, "Since you put it that way, Mr Thompson, I won’t be polite. My dad happens to be home this time."

The Taylor family’s tent wasn’t far from the Thomspon’s. In fact, all the tents belonging to the elderly group members were situated closely to each other.

After Mr. Thompson left, Ye Liuyun immediately pulled Dong Tianyu into the tent. Before they could even sit down, he excitedly asked, "I heard that the Li family head had someone tailing you and they ended up dead because of you. Impressive, Little Dong!" After saying this, he gave Dong Tianyu a thumbs-up.

"Fifty-fifty. World champion number three. Now you know how powerful your brother is, Little Cloud? You feel the boss aura coming off me, don’t you? Do you feel an urge to surrender and bow down in respect? Kowtow to me, and I’ll help you soar."

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun actually started to scrutinize Dong Tianyu. Feeling his gaze sweeping over him several times, Dong Tianyu felt a chill run down his spine.

Just as Dong Tianyu was about to lose patience, Ye Liuyun spoke in a serious tone, "I can’t feel any leadery aura, but I do sense a strong turtle’s aura from you."

"Even though I haven’t cultivated yet, I have over a dozen apprentices under me who have. Do you believe that I can order them to strip you down and flick your little brother a hundred times?"

Thanks to Li Minghao, Dong Tianyu’s relationship with Ye Liuyun had changed significantly since their last dinner together.

From a simple alliance, they had become friends who could assist each other.

Even though neither of them could guarantee that they would rescue the other in dire situations, they could at least ensure that they wouldn’t stab each other in the back.

Interestingly, just like Dong Tianyu, Ye Liuyun didn’t live here regularly. Instead, he had his own dwelling outside. Just like how one would find a small building as a refuge during a flood, Ye Liuyun found a refuge in the West City District that was not connected to the subway network and had reestablished a trading center there.

Due to the harsh weather conditions outside and the lack of suitable transport, the trading volume remained low. But at least he was able to maintain his old network of contacts.

Because he had confirmed beforehand that Li Minghao was on duty at the Command Headquarters today and wouldn’t be coming back, Ye Liuyun chose today to visit his parents.

Truth be told, Ye Liuyun wasn’t afraid of Li Minghao, but the latter was just too annoying. If he were more bureaucratic or aggressive like he was with Dong Tianyu, Ye Liuyun would be able to handle it.

However, Li Minghao knew how to manipulate Ye Liuyun. He would press him emotionally and morally, making it hard for Ye Liuyun to reject him outright.

Last time, Li Minghao extorted several dozen kilograms of saltpeter from him. Although it seemed like Li Minghao paid for it, the price was so low that it didn’t even cover the cost.

But Ye Liuyun wasn’t easy to deal with either. He contacted other members of the elderly group and sneakily distributed the saltpeter they were given.

It was only after they had agreed on the distribution scheme that Ye Liuyun delivered the saltpeter. This incident caused quite a stir when the saltpeter disappeared from the warehouse just as quickly as it entered, turning into a pile of receipt slips.

Fortunately, members of the elderly group were now scattered across the basic departments, which allowed them to smoothly erase the only flaw in their plan before anybody could react.

However, because Li Minghao was giving Ye Liuyun a hard time, he decided to keep a low profile. Ever since then, he would be careful not to disclose his whereabouts to avoid running into Li Minghao.

Originally, Ye Liuyun wanted to share this information with Dong Tianyu so he could be cautious when returning home.

However, while he was chatting with his parents, he heard from Robinson William that Dong Tianyu had come back. So he hurried over, which resulted in the present situation.

"Let’s cut the jokes. Honestly, I was stunned when I heard the special ops team couldn’t keep up with you. Even though my brother said you’re a cultivator, I didn’t expect you to have such exceptional physical strength. I heard the team assigned to tail you was full of hidden talents. I can’t believe they were defeated by you."

Dong Tianyu wasn’t particularly touched by Ye Liuyun’s praise. After all, he had reached the Foundation Building Stage in his cultivation. If he hadn’t wanted to play with them, he would’ve lost them long ago.

"Enough, stop talking nonsense. Given your tendency to only show up when something’s up, I’m sure you’re here for a reason. Just spit it out."