From Hoarding to Time-Travel: My Supplies Saved Him

Chapter 722: Chapter 724: Reunion

Gu Benluo almost rolled his eyes. "First, answer me: yes or no?"

"Yes," Gu Letian nodded heavily, his eyes fixed intently on Le Shun. "Le Shun has grown so tall. If you didn’t look so much like Fifth Uncle and Fifth Aunt, I really wouldn’t have recognized you."

Gule Shun jumped up and threw himself at Gu Letian, hugging him tightly with both arms. "Big Brother, the family has been going crazy looking for you all these years! Why did you run so far away?"

At first glance, he had only found the man familiar but hadn’t recognized him. After all, he had still been very young when Gu Letian left. Over the years, he had pretty much forgotten what his cousin looked like.

However, the family had never stopped searching for Gu Letian. The large family was only missing one person, so the answer was obvious.

Lai San wondered who he was and where he was. How could Gu Letian possibly know such noble people?

Gu Letian cast aside his usual silence, excitedly hugging Gule Shun and spinning him around in circles. "Le Shun, I finally found you!"

"I found you, Big Brother."

An emotional silence fell over them as they embraced.

Gu Benluo sighed. "Can’t you two stop and talk properly? You keep repeating the same two sentences."

Gu Letian looked at him. "Sir, how much Silver is needed to redeem my brother? Don’t worry, I will definitely work hard to gather the money to buy his freedom."

Gu Benluo turned his head to look at Gule Shun. "Brother Le Shun, you never told me before that our oldest cousin was this naive." He thought, "Uh... he’s a bit stupid."

"Oldest cousin?" Gu Letian suddenly felt like his brain wasn’t working. What exactly did that mean?

Gule Shun wiped his tear- and snot-covered face against Gu Letian’s clothes, then smiled. "Big Brother, this is our cousin. We have another little cousin younger than him.

"Oh, right, my mother also gave birth to a little cousin for you, and you also have a little nephew..."

Gu Letian’s eyes spun; it was too much to take in all at once.

Gule Shun didn’t give him time to process it, instead shouting at the top of his lungs toward the mountain. "Seventh Uncle, I found Oldest Cousin!

"Brother Le Xi, I found Oldest Cousin!

"Brother Le Ping, I found Oldest Cousin!

"Le Kai..."

Gu Benluo covered his ears, trying his best to distance himself from them.

Hearing these familiar names one by one, Gu Letian grinned and laughed foolishly. "Everyone is here..."

Gu Wenheng was walking at the front. Faintly hearing his nephew’s shouts, he smiled and asked Ming Zhong, who was supporting him, "What is that boy howling about now?"

"I think I heard him say he found his oldest cousin." As a martial artist, Ming Zhong naturally had much better hearing than ordinary people.

Gu Wenheng’s hand trembled against Ming Zhong’s arm. He wondered, "Is this the protagonist’s luck? How come I always stumble upon missing people?"

Well, he supposed he could consider it Le Shun’s discovery this time.

"Could that boy have mistaken someone else for him?" Gu Wenheng muttered, though he knew in his heart that Le Shun wouldn’t make such a fuss without absolute certainty.

"I don’t know, sir," Ming Zhong replied.

Walking at the very front of the downhill path, Gu Wenheng could only quicken his pace. If it was truly Gu Letian, the old lady at home would finally be able to rest easy.

No matter how foolish Lai San was, he knew by now that a family reunion was playing out before his eyes.

Especially when the young gentleman called Gu Letian his cousin, his jaw dropped so wide he couldn’t close his mouth.

Gu Wenheng and his group arrived quickly. Everyone, including Le Xi, had heard Le Shun’s shouts.

However, with the officials blocking the way ahead, no matter how excited they were, they had to restrain themselves and follow quietly from behind.

When they reached flat ground and saw that it was truly Gu Letian, no one could hold back anymore.

They pushed past the officials standing in front, running over to embrace him. They cried and laughed, leaving the group of officials completely confused about the situation.

"Sir, what is going on here?" Wu Haicong asked curiously.

Gu Wenheng explained, "My eldest brother lost his oldest son a while back, and I never expected to run into him here. This is my oldest nephew. The children are just too excited. Please forgive their lack of manners."

Wu Haicong nodded. "So that’s what it is. We completely understand. It’s a wonderful thing to find a lost child.

"Congratulations, Mr. Gu, on finding your nephew."

"Congratulations, Mr. Gu..."

Gu Wenheng cupped his hands in a salute to everyone. "Thank you all. This is a joyous occasion for the Gu family. I will play host today. Let’s return to the county seat, and I’ll treat everyone to drinks."

"That truly is a joyous event! I’ll have to drink a few more cups when we get back to share in the good fortune," County Magistrate Kuang chimed in from the side.

The Lord Inspection Officer finding his relative here was a great thing for the magistrate as well.

Now that Mr. Gu was surely in a delightful mood, coupled with the impressive state of the newly planted terraced fields, the county’s performance evaluation this year would undoubtedly receive an outstanding grade.

Seeing the brothers still making a commotion over there, Gu Wenheng cleared his throat, finally catching Gu Letian’s attention.

Seeing his Seventh Uncle dressed in official robes, Gu Letian’s eyes went wide.

The initial excitement of seeing his brothers was instantly replaced by a stomach full of grievances.

Pursing his lips, his eyes grew red as tears began to fall with a PLOP PLOP. "Seventh Uncle, I finally found you..." he cried out aggrievedly.

A young man in his twenties crying like this was truly a bit hard on the eyes, but everyone knew that wandering alone outside was difficult, so such emotions were understandable.

Yu Laoda, who had spent a long time with him, was completely dumbfounded. Back then, he had only brought the young man up the mountain because he looked pitiful all by himself.

Who would have thought this usually cold-faced young man actually had such a family background?

He had bossed Gu Letian around quite a bit over the years. Now that the man had found his family, would he turn around and seek revenge?

Wu Xiaoliu tugged at his sleeve. "Brother, you hid this pretty well! With connections like this, why were you miserably fighting over land to farm with the rest of us?"

Yu Laoda’s voice trembled as he said, "I didn’t know either. He never explained it clearly before. Besides, since he was out fleeing a disaster, how could he have a good family background?

"If I knew he was a noble, I would have treated him like royalty! How would I dare order him around like that?"

Thinking about all the work Gu Letian had done over the years—which was no small amount—Wu Xiaoliu looked at Yu Laoda with some sympathy. "You guys bullied an honest man too much. Just because he didn’t make a peep, you dumped all your chores on him.

"You’d better butter him up in a bit. At the very least, you took him in back then, so there’s still a bit of goodwill there."

What else could Yu Laoda do? He could only stand there blankly, watching the family reunite.

Seeing his oldest nephew drop to his knees before him with a THUD, Gu Wenheng stepped forward and personally helped him up. "It’s good that you’ve been found.

"The family never gave up looking for you all these years. We entrusted the task to escort agencies traveling north and south, but no one expected you to run so far to such a remote place.

"You’ve suffered these past years. Pack up your things. I’ll have someone send you to the Yongchang County Mansion first, and when the time comes, you can follow an escort team back home."

Since he had been found, the priority was definitely to send him back. The family back home would surely want to see him as soon as possible.