My Co-renting Lady Boss

"What?"

Everyone at the table exclaimed.

"What’s going on?"

Tang Ming immediately put down his chopsticks and looked up at Li Xiaoli who had rushed into the room.

"Look, this is the letter left by Sister Meng Meng. She and Meng Xianjun eloped."

Li Xiaoli handed Tang Ming a letter, shouting tensely.

"Eloped!"

The girls present were dumbfounded. Liu Mengting and Tang Ming had just gone through life and death difficulties, how could she elope with Meng Xianjun?

Is it really that even if you guard day and night, you can’t guard against your brothers?

"Impossible!"

Tang Ming snatched the letter to read, feeling a chill in his heart.

Yun Potian was once betrayed by both brothers and lovers; is he, as a disciple, also doomed to repeat the same fate?

"What are you screaming about? This isn’t elopement!"

Tang Ming glared at Li Xiaoli grumpily, truly frightened by her.

"What exactly is going on?"

A group of people looked at Tang Ming in confusion.

"Meng Meng said she and Meng Xianjun were going to the Meng family as guests, also to see if there were suitable means for her cultivation."

Tang Ming handed the letter to others, frowning in doubt: "Both masters are top experts, why would Meng Meng think of cultivating with Meng Xianjun? This is abnormal."

"So that’s it, scared me to death."

Mu Zixin sighed in relief, looking at Li Xiaoli accusingly: "Can’t you stop twisting facts? I’m pregnant, and the last thing I need is a scare."

"Isn’t that practically elopement? Otherwise, why leave without even telling us."

Li Xiaoli pouted, analyzing earnestly: "Think about it, Meng Xianjun is quite handsome, plus he’s the eldest son of the Meng family. Quite a catch."

"Don’t say that, Meng Ting isn’t that kind of person."

Wu Xiaoxia quickly spoke, subtly glancing at Tang Ming.

"Oh."

Li Xiaoli finally shut her mouth.

"Don’t worry! Meng Xianjun is my brother. He dared to challenge the Dragon Group to save me and Meng Ting. Had he not warned us in time, our masters wouldn’t have arrived promptly."

Tang Ming smiled indifferently.

"Who did Liu Mengting leave with?"

Just then, a deep voice echoed, and a shadow-faced Tang Cha entered with a package.

"Master!"

Tang Ming quickly stood up.

"I’m asking you, who did Liu Mengting leave with?"

Tang Cha asked urgently, staring at Tang Ming.

"She left a letter saying she went to the Meng family as a guest with Meng Xianjun."

Tang Ming swallowed, responding truthfully.

"You, you’re really muddle-headed!"

Tang Cha cursed, looking at the others: "How long have they been gone?"

"No idea! It seems like in the morning, Meng Xianjun came looking for Sister Meng Meng, then she went to her room and we haven’t seen her since. We don’t even know when they left."

Li Xiaoli responded quickly.

"Damn, it’s too late."

Hearing this, Tang Cha cursed angrily, looking up to the sky and letting out a long howl.

"You rascal! Why are you howling? I’m right here at Riyang Peak."

After a moment, Yun Potian’s annoyed voice came, quickly arriving.

"Tang Ming, come to the study with us."

Tang Cha gave Yun Potian a glance, then turned and walked out.

"But I haven’t finished eating!"

Tang Ming shouted in distress.

"You lost your wife, what are you thinking about eating?!"

Tang Cha cursed without turning back.

A few minutes later, Tang Cha sat with a grim expression in the study’s chair, coldly staring at Tang Ming.

It’s the first time Tang Ming saw Tang Cha like this, feeling uncomfortable under the stare, at a loss for what to do.

"Old man, if you have something to say, just say it! Why stare like that, planning to eat someone?"

Feeling unbearable, Yun Potian shouted agitatedly.

"Cough, cough, Master, what’s wrong?"

Tang Ming asked weakly.

"Ah!"

Tang Cha sighed helplessly: "Old shameless, do you know why I’m eager to elevate Tang Ming’s cultivation?"

"Haven’t we discussed that before?"

Yun Potian looked at Tang Cha puzzled.

"Most of what we discussed was the threat you brought upon exposure. But I’ve never clearly stated my own threat upon exposure."

"You? Although your Thousand Evil Poison Technique is powerful, it requires poison cultivation. Seemingly not much of a temptation, right?"

Yun Potian looked at Tang Cha uncertainly.

Tang Ming nodded repeatedly.

"Then you’re wrong. The threat from my exposure isn’t what I bring, but that Tang Ming will be exposed alongside me. The crisis he brings is far greater than yours and mine."

Tang Cha rubbed his brow, shaking his head in apprehension.

"What do you mean?"

Tang Ming and Yun Potian looked confused.

"It relates to Tang Ming’s lineage, and it’s something I’ve never wanted to reveal because it’s too dangerous."

Tang Cha shook his head bittersweetly.

"My lineage?"

Tang Ming sat up straight anxiously. Since that old servant passed away, his lineage clues were cut off. Tang Cha never spoke up before, and he dared not ask. Unexpectedly, Tang Cha brought it up now.

"Brother Yun, do you still remember the once super family, the Tang family?"

Tang Cha turned to look at Yun Potian.

"The Tang Family of North China?"

Yun Potian’s expression changed dramatically, sharply looking at Tang Ming: "Is he a member of the Tang family?"

Tang Cha nodded grimly.

"No way! You are a member of the Ancient Tang Sect, and he’s from the Tang family. You two..."

Yun Potian’s eyes widened suddenly, his expression becoming grave.

"Masters, what on earth are you talking about?"

Tang Ming scratched his head in confusion, completely lost.

"Once, the seven top hidden forces within the country were the Meng Family of Southern China, Rainbow Cloud Peak of Western China, Tang Family of North China, Ancient Tang Sect of East China, Heavenly Mechanism Sect of Central China, Mo Family far at the South Sea Islands, and the elusive God and Ghost Sect. These seven hidden forces stood at the peak of domestic martial arts, but regretfully now only six are left."

Tang Cha looked at Tang Ming with complicated emotions, "Your true identity is the heir of the Tang Family of North China."

"Huh? I’m from the Tang Family of North China?"

Tang Ming’s eyes widened in disbelief, looking at Tang Cha in excitement: "So my parents are in North China?"

"Cough, cough! Tang Ming, don’t get excited."

Yun Potian quickly held Tang Ming down, gritting his teeth: "You need to prepare mentally because the Tang Family of North China was exterminated twenty years ago."

"What?"

Tang Ming screamed in shock, previously entertaining thoughts of his parents possibly facing various situations, but never imagining they’d face extermination.

"Old Tang, what exactly happened?"

Yun Potian’s face was sour as he looked at Tang Cha.

"Huff, huff, huff! Tang Ming, you are indeed from the Tang Family of North China, but... I’m one of those who obliterated the Tang family. Strictly speaking, there is deep enmity between you and me."

Tang Cha took a deep breath, finally revealing the truth he least wanted to bring up.

"You’re... joking, right? How could you have a deep enmity with me?"

Tang Ming looked at Tang Cha, pale-faced, unable to believe this outcome. The one who raised him and taught him all he knew, Tang Cha, was the culprit behind his family’s destruction. How could it be?