Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 224 Uncle Ming!

Hu Ming then said to Big Gold Tooth, "Old Jin, I'm leaving now. Before you go, could you help me get an ID card? I haven't shown up for so many years, and now I don't even have an ID card!"

“Okay, no problem, I’ll take care of it for you before I go back to Beijing!” Big Gold Tooth nodded upon hearing this.

Upon hearing this, Hu Ming patted Wu Xie, who was in a daze, and said, "Kid, what are you daydreaming about? Come on, take me to see Wu Laosan!"

"Ah! Oh, come on, I'll take you there..." Wu Xie finally snapped out of his daze about what had happened at home!

In fact, Wu Xie was aware that there was something wrong with his family, but as a model student since childhood, he was unwilling to believe that his family was doing such illegal things!
After all, he had read quite a few of the notebooks left by his grandfather, and knew a little about his third uncle!
Wu Xie looked at Hu Ming in front of him, let out a breath, and then took Hu Ming to his third uncle's residence!
Along the way, Wu Xie couldn't help but try to get information out of Hu Ming.

But this guy is still too young and inexperienced. He's too green and naive. From beginning to end, Hu Ming just needs a few simple words to leave him speechless.

"We're here. This is my third uncle's place. Young man, I'll ask you one more time: what exactly is your relationship with my third uncle?"

“My third uncle is no ordinary person. No one he cares about is simple, but you look like a young man…”

Upon arriving at Wu Sansheng's door, the two got out of the car. Wu Xie couldn't suppress his curiosity, but he was also wary, since he knew a little about his third uncle's affairs. However, he had never had the chance to sabotage his third uncle's business.
There was no way Wu Sansheng, that old fox, could let Wu Xie know that he was selling the things he dug up from the ground.

Even if Wu Xie finds out that Wu Sansheng is tomb raiding, as long as Wu Xie doesn't find any fault with him, he can't do anything to Wu Sansheng!

"Hmm... what kind of relationship? We're friends, of course! But Wu Xie, you've said something wrong."

"I'm not your little brother, nor am I some young man. In terms of seniority, I'm your..."

Hu Ming chuckled.

But before he could finish speaking, a steady, middle-aged voice came from the doorway.

"It really is you, Hu Ming. You haven't changed at all, no, you've gotten even younger. Looks like you really are just like that guy..."

“Wu Xie, Hu Ming is right. He’s not some young man, nor is he your little brother.”

"According to seniority, you should call him Uncle Ming, or his title Master Ming. According to age, he is already over forty years old, and he is about the same age as me."

Wu Sansheng leaned against the door frame, his face ashen, staring intently at Hu Ming's smiling young face.

Twenty-three years ago, Hu Ming came to us with this youthful face, and today, twenty-three years later, Hu Ming looks even younger.

The only people Wu Sansheng could think of were those with special bloodlines! "No, Uncle San, you didn't drink too much last night and are you still asleep?"

"Forty-something? Uncle Ming? Who is he? Who in this world looks seventeen or eighteen at most when they're over forty?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie was completely dumbfounded. Looking at Hu Ming's youthful face, he momentarily questioned the meaning of life.

“Your third uncle is right. Let me reintroduce myself. I am Hu Ming. To be precise, I am fifty-one years old this year, a few years older than your third uncle, and about the same age as your second uncle! Twenty-three years ago, I was quite well-known in the underworld as the Heavenly Official of the Tomb Raiders.”

"Of course, my true identity... is the disciple of Er Yuehong, the Second Master of the Nine Gates..."

That's right, Hu Ming was also Er Yuehong's student, but of course, Hu Ming had more than one teacher besides Er Yuehong!

After all, when Hu Ming was in university, his talent and reputation were quite high in the fields of archaeology and history. At that time, several old guys wanted to take him as their apprentice!

Therefore, given Hu Ming's character of being a fool who wouldn't take advantage of a good deal, he naturally treated those old guys with the respect due to a disciple!
Among these old guys was Er Yuehong, who was recuperating in Beijing at the time! Because of this, Hu Ming got involved with the Nine Gates, and later even fell in love with the daughter of the Huo family head!

Interestingly, it seems that his cheap teacher, Er Yuehong, is still alive.

Yes, he's still alive!
Hu Ming recalls that there are no clear records about Er Yuehong's birth and death dates, but one thing is certain.

Er Yuehong lived to the age of 102…

However, judging by the timeline, Er Yuehong's time to die should be this year, right?
"Nine Gates, Second Master?"

Wu Xie stared blankly at Hu Ming's face; he didn't look like someone in his fifties at all.

Even though his most trusted third uncle said so, he still didn't quite believe it.

What's more, calling a young man who looks like he's seventeen or eighteen, but much younger than himself, "Uncle Ming" or "Master Ming"?
Thinking of this, Wu Xie's face darkened.

Wu Xie didn't know much about the Nine Gates, but he at least knew that if Hu Ming really was Er Yuehong's student.

His generation was the same as his third uncle; he was his uncle.

(End of this chapter)