The Geared Immortal

The Jiao's: 1

/*unedited*/

The afternoon sun is already high up in the sky bathing the land with is scorching golden light. Inside the great city of Wu in a bustling road after entering the huge black gate which stood steadfast with its shadow looming over all the people around it, a young man along with two women and two children stood looking dazed at the busy pedestrians in front of them.

"Come one, come all! Selling charms and talisman! Charms and talisman here!"

"Lean beast's meat, lean beast meat here!"

"Come here, folks! We have trinkets, bracelets, and ornaments! Come here now!"

"Mercenary service! For hire! We can solve all your problems."

The loud shouts of those people calling for customers can be heard on the streets. Also, many small stalls on the roadside did the same as they shout out their wares and services.

"Mama, there are far too many people in here. Look!... Look!... Food! Mama, I want that one." The little girl Haoyin being carried by her mother Jie Ye excitedly pointed at a stall with many dried candies (Tanghulu).

Shin Jiao who is walking in front of the group just smiles and walks towards the stall. He then bought two Tanghulu for the two kids and the group continues on and walks through the bustling crowd of people.

After a long while, the two kids began to complain as they are already feeling tired.

"Let's go and find an inn where we can stay for a while." Shin Jiao said.

But before they can move a little further, Shin Jiao suddenly found himself being blocked by an elegant looking woman. At first glance one cannot notice the woman's age, because judging from the way she dresses elegantly, one can only think that she is still in her 30's.

But after Shin Jiao was able to see her appearance clearly, he notices that the woman looks older, like she is already middle-aged. And from her eyes, one can see traces of sadness and sorrow.

When their eyes met, Shin Jiao noticed the changes in the woman's complexion and expression. From feeling sad and lonely to someone who just found something she had lost for a long time.

"So… Son… Son, is that you?" the woman asked with a hint of happiness and excitement in her eyes.

"Pardon?" Shin Jiao blurted out in confusion.

Why did this woman call him her son? Is she just some crazy woman on the street? Did she lost someone and mistook him to be her son?

"Mam, I… I think you must have mistaken me for someone el... Umph…" Shin Jiao said but suddenly stopped as the woman hugs him tightly.

He wanted to move and dodge, but then he saw that deep in the woman's eyes he can feel her love and affection for him. Like a mother longing for her long lost son.

Shin Jiao and the rest of the people with him were dumbfounded. The two women suddenly had a knowing look on their eyes showing that they can now understand what's going on. Even the two kids were stunned at the scene.

"Why did you leave mom for a long time? What happened to you? Do you know how much mom missed you so much?..." the woman cried while hugging Shin Jiao.

Her tears have already made his robe wet, and his heart feeling a bit complicated.

He was an orphan and only his grandfather took care of him as he grew up. He didn't experience any familial affection especially from that of a mother. As the woman bawled, Shin Jiao's heart became warm and the feeling of hugging the woman in his arms and comforting her comes to his mind. But then this impulse was controlled by him as he knows that the woman just mistook him for her son.

"What a useless brat! Leaving his mother like that, truly an unfilial son. Tsk, tsk…"

"If I were that woman, I would bash that stupid head of his and pinch his ears."

"Hey… isn't that woman… Missus Jiao?"

"Oh… Tsk… Tsk… truly an unfortunate mother to have a son just like him."

"You mean you know that guy?"

"Hell, yeah… he is a useless guy who just plays around with women every day… Shin Jiao."

The people around them suddenly began to murmur and gossip on the scene they are seeing.

When Shin Jiao heard some of those comments, he suddenly feels that there is something wrong with the situation in front of him. As he turns his gaze towards the people around him, Shin Jiao can see the jeering and mocking in their eyes. The people around him seem to know something about him though it is his first time coming to the city.

"What is happening? Why do they know my name?" Shin Jiao thought.

But he didn't act against those people, as he didn't want to make the situation worse.

"Ma… Mam… We… Can we go somewhere?… Umm… Let's… Let's go to that restaurant." Shin Jiao said with a little hesitation.

He didn't know how to address the woman, so he just wanted them to get out of the main street.

Then suddenly two petite beautiful women step forward. When Shin Jiao looks at them, he can see a confused look on their faces. But from what he can deduce from their reaction is that the two seem to have seen and known him too.

Shin Jiao gave a courteous nod as he carefully held the woman with his arms. When the two saw this, they were dumbstruck.

"What… what happened to the arrogant young master?"

"Did he suffer from something? He seems to not recognize the madam or even us."

The two whisper to each other as Shin Jiao guided the woman towards a restaurant he just saw ahead.

The woman didn't let go of Shin Jiao and sat next to him, which made Shin Jiao feel helpless.

"I… I'm sorry… the truth is… I don't know who you people are." Shin Jiao said with an apologetic look in his eyes.

"What?! It can't be? Shin… oh, my poor boy Shin. This is all mothers' fault. I… I didn't protect you from them… Huhuhu…" the woman called Mrs. Jiao said while crying once again.

This time, the woman is not hugging him and was just sitting next to him and crying while wiping her tears with her already wet handkerchief.

With a helpless expression, Shin Jiao decided to go with the flow. He is new in this city and he wanted to blend in so that he and his group would not be on the limelight. So he decided to act the part as usual. With his years of experience being undercover and blending with others, Shin Jiao decided to act.

"Am… am I really your son? Mo… mother?" Shin Jiao muttered with hesitation.

But as soon as he said those words, his heart was suddenly jolted. He hasn't called anyone his mother before; this is his first time calling someone… mother.

Mother… what a foreign word.

"My son! What… what happened to you?" Mrs. Jiao immediately grabs Shin Jiao's hand and showed a concerned expression.

"Actually… I seem to have forgotten a lot of things about me. I… I only know my name." Shin Jiao said.

His words made everyone in the table stunned. They seem to feel pity for him as a person without memories of the past seems blessed and cursed at the same time.

…

Meanwhile, a few weeks after the underground base reemerges.

"Shin… Shin… is there something wrong? Does any part of your body hurt?... You can tell me." Qin Lou asked as she looks at the young man in the hospital bed.

The young man just woke up and his eyes are looking all over the place. He is trying to remember what had happened at that time while he was escaping the assassins sent by the king of the San kingdom. Then suddenly he recalls everything as memories started to bring light to his current predicament.

When the princess showed her affection towards him, he already lusted after her beauty. But then when he discovers that she is just playing with him, he felt incensed. He is the young master of the Jiao clan, and he always gets whatever he wanted. Though he was chased away by his father due to him offending far too many families, although he didn't care. He is a genius cultivator and no one is better than him in the Jiao clan.

Then his eyes turn towards the crying woman beside the bed and he immediately knitted his brow. No matter how hard he thinks about it he has never seen the woman before.

"Why does she show too much affection towards me?" he asked himself.

But upon seeing her beautiful mysterious eyes and her face covered in a veil, his interest was piqued. Then when he recalled her saint-like voice, he suddenly felt elated.

"What dumb luck do I have? Not only does a beautiful woman with a saint-like voice showing love and affection towards me, but I can also even feel a strong and pure spiritual Qi in this place." he thought.

Suddenly, from outside the room, he can hear clamoring footsteps that belong to at least 4 to 5 people.

Then the room's door burst wide open and Qian Li along with the four other original members of the Shadow Squad enters.

As they walk in, the eyes of the young man on the bed almost fell out of their sockets. He did not even dare to blink as he showed a perverted expression on his face.

Right now, five beautiful angels suddenly enter the room and everything is like slow motion. The waving of their hair, the swing of their hips as they walk and the gentle bouncing of their bosom made him turned stupid.

"Oh, gosh… I'm in heaven!" was all that he could mutter.