Chapter 109

Chapter 106

As soon as Tan Wenbin entered the operating room, he saw Fan Shulin slump to the ground, his legs still kicking the ground, moving with a "swish swish swish" towards the door.

"Brother Fan, how could you be so careless and fall to the ground? Come, I'll help you up."

Fan Shulin turned his head to look at Tan Wenbin, at the same time pointing a finger at the bare-chested Runsheng:

"You call this 'stabbing'?"

"There's no clear standard regulation, is there? How long or thick should the 'stab' be?"

"You call this a 'root'? Count them, how many are there already!"

"When you put it like that, who counts how many grains of rice are in a bowl when they eat?"

"No good, I can't do this, I really can't do this." Fan Shulin stood up, intending to leave.

Tan Wenbin quickly hugged him: "Brother Fan, the banner, the banner!"

"I don't want it!"

"Brother Fan, help, help, a doctor's heart is benevolent, a doctor's heart is benevolent."

"My benevolent heart was eaten by a dog!"

"Yes, yes, yes, it was eaten by me, I'll spit it out and return it to you now."

"You..."

"Look, this friend of mine was just saved by you last time, his life was given by you, are you willing to just throw his life away?"

"I..."

"Hurry up, I'm worried if they're not taken out in time, tetanus won't be good."

Fan Shulin felt his head spin, being pushed back in front of Runsheng, changing gloves and tools again. After he used force to pull out the first section of the nail cap, he suddenly woke up:

"What exactly am I doing!"

Tan Wenbin shrugged, his tone recovering its calm: "It doesn't matter, Brother Fan, because you've already started."

Fan Shulin swallowed with some difficulty, then continued to pull.

Facts proved that as long as it was step by step, layer by layer, human adaptability often exceeded its own imagination.

He began to get into a state.

When the first nail was almost pulled out, Fan Shulin shouted: "Help me hold him, I need to prepare to stop the bleeding."

Tan Wenbin: "Okay, come on."

Runsheng: "No need to be so troublesome."

Runsheng reached out himself, grabbed the nail cap, and pulled outwards, and the nail was just pulled out completely like that.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you messing around..."

Immediately, a scene that shocked Fan Shulin appeared. After the nail was pulled out, the original wound location unexpectedly began to close on its own, not healing but closing.

It was the skin and flesh tightening on their own, stopping the bleeding on their own.

Fan Shulin's mouth fell open. His brain, due to the continuous stimulation, was already in a strange state of chaos. Now, what he unexpectedly thought inside his brain was:

If all the patients on operating tables across the country had this ability, wouldn't all doctors be laughing in their sleep?

Immediately, another thought arose: My paper is hopeless. If I write about this patient and publish it, it won't be a problem of a fake paper, but I'll be treated as mentally ill and have my medical license revoked.

"Brother Fan, Brother Fan?"

"Ah, um, I'm here."

"Still fifteen, you'd better hurry."

"Oh, okay."

Fan Shulin continued to pull out the second nail, still the old way. He was only responsible for getting the nail up, then the patient in front reached out and pulled it out himself, and the wound still closed on its own.

"No, wait, I just forgot, I need to see if you have any infection or ulcer inside."

Runsheng: "Oh."

The two symmetrical wounds reopened, like two eyes opening.

"Um, no infection, very good."

After Fan Shulin finished speaking, with a "thud," he fell to the ground, scared by that terrible scene, his eyes starting to roll back.

Tan Wenbin quickly supported him again: "Brother Fan, Brother Fan, Brother Fan?"

Fan Shulin recovered, numbly nodded, numbly stood up, numbly began to continue pulling out nails.

This time, he didn't wait for Runsheng to reach out, he pulled it out himself directly.

Then he continued.

It was as if he had lost the ability to think. He felt like he wasn't doing surgery, but helping someone pull a large saw in the countryside.

Finally, the sixteen nails were completely pulled out.

Fan Shulin sat tiredly on the operating table, and Runsheng then stood up.

"Hard work, Doctor Fan."

Fan Shulin turned his head, looked at the tray on the side, full of sixteen thick, long coffin nails, then looked at Runsheng, who was already getting dressed as if nothing had happened.

He suddenly began to doubt his path of studying medicine for so many years.

"Right, Brother Fan, when does your classmate gathering start?"

"Evening... evening, very late, everyone has to be on duty, around midnight."

"That's good. If I can come, I'll come. If I can't come, I'll call your medical office in advance and tell you."

"Um... okay."

"Brother Fan, you rest well, I'll go first."

After saying goodbye, Tan Wenbin and Runsheng left the medical office together.

When they walked back to school, Runsheng asked: "Do you have something urgent?"

"How can you tell?"

"You're walking very fast."

"My Qinggong has made some small achievements recently."

"If you have something urgent, you shouldn't have waited for me there, you should have hurried to tell Xiao Yuan."

"There is something, one more clue, but it's not urgent at the moment. Brother Xiao Yuan said that even if we want to start doing things, we have to wait for you and Yin Meng to return to the team."

"I know."

"Then, Runsheng, how long will it take for your body wounds to heal?"

"This isn't a wound, this is a Qihai."

"You call this a Qihai? I've at least followed Brother Xiao Yuan and read some ancient books. Which family's Qihai is really drilled into their body with a hammer and nails?"

"Master said... Uncle Qin said everyone's characteristics are different."

"Then how do you feel now?"

"A little hungry in the stomach."

Tan Wenbin and Runsheng first returned to the dormitory together. They opened the dorm room door, and there was no one inside.

"Brother Xiao Yuan should have gone to the old lady's place, let's go too."

They closed the door and went downstairs. On the way, they saw Lin Shuyou, who was leaning on a crutch with his left hand and carrying a thermos bottle with his right. He should have just gone to the boiler room to get water.

After Lin Shuyou saw Runsheng, his eyes lit up.

Tan Wenbin also spoke at this time: "Runsheng, feeling itchy in your heart?"

Runsheng nodded: "The incense is finished, I need to go back to the store basement room to get more."

"I'm not asking you about that, do you want to find someone to practice with?" Tan Wenbin said, his gaze glancing towards Lin Shuyou.

Lin Shuyou proudly puffed out his chest.

Runsheng shook his head.

During the special training period, the one who fed him moves and sparred with him was Uncle Qin. He himself had been knocked to the ground by Uncle Qin several times.

If you say that before, he only knew that Xiao Yuan hoped he would become the next Uncle Qin, then now, Uncle Qin's image had become concrete in his mind.

After having a clearer, higher goal, even when the special training ended, he no longer had that self-satisfied itch for a fight.

Tan Wenbin said in a low voice: "Runsheng, seeing is believing. Actually, Brother Xiao Yuan probably also wants to see your progress, so he can make a reasonable action plan."

Fighting with Runsheng himself wouldn't produce much effect. No matter if it was before or after the special training, Runsheng could defeat him easily.

But Lin Shuyou was a very good reference object, a clear unit of measurement.

Runsheng: "Then I need Xiao Yuan to tell me to fight, and then I'll fight."

"That's right, we can't fight privately."

"Let's go find Xiao Yuan then."

"Okay, let's go."

Tan Wenbin and Runsheng left.

Lin Shuyou stood in the same place, wondering why they wouldn't fight when they said they were going to fight after closing the door just now.

He threw down his crutch, wanting to chase after them to ask for the reason, and conveniently initiate a proper sparring session.

He originally felt that proper mutual killing would make the Heavenly Way evil fast. Now he felt that healthy internal sparring competitions could be more beneficial to striking down evil.

But before he could walk two steps, he saw his classmates walking over. Seeing the situation, Lin Shuyou quickly turned back and went to pick up his crutch.

Sometimes, once a lie is told, you have to keep rounding it out.

"Classmate Shuyou, I'll help you carry the thermos bottle."

"Come, I'll support you upstairs."

Lin Shuyou had no choice but to be willing to be accompanied upstairs by his classmates, and he still had to pretend to limp.

......

Li Zhuiyuan originally wanted to go to the Liu family's house, but as he passed the playground, he was attracted by the two "lively spots" inside.

The freshman military training ended in the morning, and the student union and clubs also began recruiting new members.

Everyone set up tables on the playground, stood up signs, and senior brothers and sisters used all their skills to recruit those junior brothers and sisters whose eyes were still full of ignorant purity.

For most of the freshmen who passed the exam and came to this university, high school learning time was often quite boring. The belief that supported them to continue working hard was often just the beautiful anticipation of university life.

Broadly speaking, there were only two:

First, colorful campus activities.

Second, dating.

Putting campus activities first is because most people will soon filter it out, feeling it's just so-so after three minutes of enthusiasm.

And the second one will often last, no matter whether they find a partner or not, it will become a perennial topic in the dorm's small circle, and the more singles chat about it, the more energetic they are.

Of course, for freshmen, quickly finding a partner at the beginning of school is the patent of a minority of talented people, but joining a club or student union is very simple.

Some strong or imposing departments and a small part of clubs that look quite in line with current popular elements will have problems with too many people, and they won't hesitate to conduct "interview assessments" to screen.

The vast majority of other departments and clubs are in a state of not being picky eaters.

If they don't shout and promote, and can't attract enough people, then they are like a declining sect in the martial arts world, only waiting for extinction.

This playground is also a martial arts world.

Walking among them, the sense of youthful vitality is full, and the names of many clubs are also varied.

Traditional clubs are already extremely subdivided, and non-traditional clubs are also very rich.

What attracted Li Zhuiyuan to walk in from outside the playground fence was that one in the corner.

Blocking the one in front was the Go club. The current popularity of Go is very high, and there are many freshmen coming to fill out applications and inquire.

There are even several tables where chessboards have been set up, and old students and freshmen with high spirits are playing, with people watching beside them.

Although Li Zhuiyuan often plays Go with A Li, his interest has never been in Go.

He squeezed out from the crowd and finally came to the corner. There were four tables in total. There were not many freshmen in front of them, but the old members were all patiently working.

The president of the "Alien Society" held his clipboard and talked to the few freshmen in front about UFOs and some unsolved mysteries in the world.

The president of the "Qigong Society" brought two old members, sitting on the ground meditating with aluminum pots on their heads.

One member was left beside to introduce, saying that they were observing the trajectory of man-made satellites, and at necessary moments they wanted to control their own satellites to collide and kill other countries.

Perhaps feeling that this was a bit too bizarre, and the performance of their president and two members was also a bit too stupid, the member responsible for introducing simply flipped open the introduction board, starting a new path.

Only saw the board write: Practicing Qigong is beneficial to increasing peach blossom luck.

Very obviously, as soon as this board was flipped open, it played a miraculous effect, and several freshmen immediately inquired if this was true.

These two were still considered somewhat popular in this small group of cold ones. As for the other two inside, which were also the targets of Li Zhuiyuan's visit, there was really no one in front of them.

On the left table stood a sign that read "Fate Society," and behind it sat a bald-headed senior who was just taking a nap.

A very miserable senior, it should be a family inheritance.

This kind of problem is almost insoluble. No matter how you care and maintain, it's useless. It is mainly reflected in the fact that after a certain age, even if you had a thick head of hair before, you will immediately go bald.

On the right table stood a sign that read "Physiognomy Society," with a man and a woman, each wearing thick glasses, sitting there.

These two were not sleeping. They looked very awkward and uneasy, even though there was no one in front of them, they were still nervous and uneasy.

In fact, if their two tables were combined, learning from those Jianghu Taoists, they could set up a banner that said "Iron Calculation Yuan," "Calculate Marriage, Calculate Career," "Calculate Not Accurate, No Charge," and then find some Taoist robes or monk robes to wear, and they would definitely attract a lot of people.

But unfortunately, the two who looked at faces were obviously serious, introverted, and afraid of socializing, and that bald senior had seen through the ways of the world.

Li Zhuiyuan walked in front of the man and woman and found that they had also made identification signs for themselves: President Liu Tao, Vice President Lu Anan.

"Senior Brother, Senior Sister, good, look at faces."

"Ah?" Liu Tao was a little surprised and said, "Little brother, we are recruiting for the club."

Liu Anan reached out and pushed Liu Tao: "Let the little brother take a look."

It's always more awkward to just sit there. It's better to have something to do.

Moreover, this boy is surprisingly good-looking. Looking at a handsome little boy is always better than staring blankly at nothing.

Liu Tao hesitated for a moment, still nodding, and asked: "Little brother, what do you plan to look at?"

"Look at faces."

"Hehe, what I mean is, which aspect do you specifically want to look at, is it academic performance or physical health?"

Li Zhuiyuan pointed to his face and said: "First look at the face character, comment on the face word."

Hearing this professional term, the expressions of the two people obviously changed.

Liu Tao took out a thick-edged book from the drawer. After flipping the book open, he took out a notebook from inside, pulled off the pen cap, and prepared to calculate.

Liu Anan then took out an abacus from under the drawer of the bald senior who was napping beside them and placed it in front of Liu Tao.

Liu Tao held the pen in his right hand, played the abacus with his left hand, and his eyes stared at Li Zhuiyuan, constantly reciting formulas in his mouth.

This posture really made Li Zhuiyuan feel quite unexpected. This indicated that the other side was really calculating, not deliberately "pinching fingers to calculate" and then flipping through a book to find an item to pure bluff.

However, the other side's level should be very, very low, belonging to one foot in the door and the other foot still outside.

Because in normal situations, if someone is calculating themselves in front of them, they can have a clear awareness.

When he was initially on his great-grandfather's home dam, there was a period when Liu Yumei would secretly calculate him, still deliberately hiding her hands in her sleeves or covering them with a fan.

But every time, he would feel a sense of alert in his heart, either making a ghost face to interrupt or simply calculating back to offset it.

Liu Anan then walked out from behind the table and came to Li Zhuiyuan's side: "Little brother, I'll come and touch your bone."

"Okay."

Liu Anan was not tall, and her body didn't have any fragrance. She was a very ordinary-looking girl, but her fingers were quite delicate and soft.

Moreover, when her fingertips touched your skin, you could perceive that the other side was very skillfully exerting and retracting force.

She really knew how to touch bones.

After touching, Liu Anan walked to Liu Tao's front and said a few words to him. Liu Tao immediately re-flipped through the book, then continued to stare at Li Zhuiyuan and play the abacus.

Li Zhuiyuan felt a very weak sensation, similar to a mosquito bite.

But this also meant that Liu Tao was entering a state, although it was based on their joint effort.

However, as he calculated, Liu Tao started to constantly sniffle, and from time to time, he pressed his hand against his nose. Moreover, it took a long time.

Liu Anan was afraid that Li Zhuiyuan would get impatient and comforted him: "Little brother, this will take a while, but rest assured, it will be calculated soon."

"Okay."

Li Zhuiyuan smiled and agreed, while his two fingertips began to lightly bounce.

Calculating back was a bit troublesome for him.

Liu Anan took out a candy from her pocket, opened the wrapper, and held it to Li Zhuiyuan's mouth:

"Little brother, sister is inviting you to eat candy."

Li Zhuiyuan hesitated for a moment. He had no free hands now, so he could only open his mouth.

"Hehe."

Liu Anan didn't feel that this boy was being presumptuous, and very happily put the candy into the boy's mouth.

It was a milk candy, very sweet.

"Little brother, do you live nearby or are your parents at the school?"

"I'm a freshman."

"Are you really a freshman?"

"Um."

"So young, a child prodigy?" Immediately, Liu Anan seemed to think of something and said excitedly, "Then join our Physiognomy Society, you'll be our next president!"

A soldier's strength is in quality, not quantity. If they can recruit a child prodigy, it's also a very respectable thing for the club.

Moreover, Liu Anan was very clear that their line of work was very brain-intensive.

Li Zhuiyuan neither affirmed nor denied, both hands still lightly bouncing.

In fact, if he stopped now, he wouldn't need to wait for the next generation, because this generation's president was probably going to retire due to illness.

Gradually, Liu Tao's sniffling sound became louder and louder, and virtual sweat flowed from his face. Even though it was late summer and early autumn, the weather was still hot, but white steam was rising from his head.

Liu Anan saw the situation and realized something was wrong: "Liu Tao..."

She wanted to go up and stop him, but was grabbed by the wrist by Li Zhuiyuan. Liu Anan subconsciously wanted to struggle, but found that the boy's hand strength was much greater than she had imagined.

"Let the senior continue calculating, don't disturb him."

Li Zhuiyuan began to calculate back.

"Ah!"

At this moment, Liu Tao suddenly cried out, and then his whole body, along with the chair under him, fell backwards.

Li Zhuiyuan loosened Liu Anan's hand. Liu Anan ran over and supported the pale Liu Tao.

"Liu Tao, you're bleeding from your nose. Wait, I'll get you some paper."

Liu Tao muttered to himself: "I can't calculate, I can't calculate, I can't calculate..."

This movement woke up the bald senior who was napping beside him.

He opened his eyes in confusion. After seeing this scene, his expression was shocked. He immediately took two steps forward and scolded: "Are you calculating yourself for fun when you have nothing to do?"

As he spoke, he pinched Liu Tao's lower jaw with his right hand to open his mouth, and took out a handful of black particles from his pocket with his left hand, very much like the snack "mouse droppings" that were very popular at the primary school gate.

Li Zhuiyuan sniffed and knew that this was a calming and supplementing medicine. He used to have nosebleeds often, and Aunt Liu probably boiled medicine for him to drink a lot, and every time A Li would feed it to him.

"Don't feed him these."

Li Zhuiyuan walked over and said.

The bald senior glanced at Li Zhuiyuan and saw that he was so young. He completely ignored him and continued to try to feed him into Liu Tao's mouth.

"Letting some blood flow, his brain will hurt for a few days, which will benefit him. It's equivalent to clearing silt."

"What did you say?" The bald senior frowned and looked at Li Zhuiyuan again. These words didn't sound like something an ordinary boy could say.

"If you feed him, he'll suffer in vain. Let him rest for a few days, and he'll feel more when calculating things later."

The bald man said in a deep voice: "Little friend, are you from the Gua sect?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head. He didn't even know what the Gua sect specifically referred to, but by the name, he thought it should be a general term for a series of sects that specialize in calculating and divining.

"Then who are you? Who is your teacher, what is your family name, and where is your native place?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head again and turned to Liu Anan: "Senior Sister, you are very good at touching bones."

Liu Anan didn't know why, but being praised by this boy, she unexpectedly had a feeling of being flattered and surprised.

"I learned from my grandma. My grandma does this in my hometown."

"Next time you go home for the holidays, Senior Sister can tell your grandma that when touching bones, you can add finger trembling echoes."

Liu Anan's eyes immediately widened. She had never heard her grandma mention this word, and every time she did, it was accompanied by regretful sighs, saying that it was originally in the family studies, but in her great-grandmother's two generations, the inheritance was broken, and it could not be passed down.

"My grandma... doesn't know how."

She said very honestly.

And the milk candy she put in his mouth earlier was still not fully melted, still releasing a faint sweetness.

"Senior Sister, please bend down."

"Oh."

Liu Anan bent down.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his right hand, slightly clenched, and raised it.

Liu Anan took a deep breath. She presented her face to the boy's hand.

Li Zhuiyuan's ring finger knuckle knocked three times on her forehead.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

Three sounds of trembling echoed from Liu Anan's brain.

She continuously retreated and sat on the ground, raising her head to look at the sky, only feeling the sky was high and the clouds were light; looking around, she seemed to perceive many more clear and detailed visual and auditory sensations, her whole person entering a state of emptiness.

This finger trembling echo was a method within the technique of touching bones; under the finger trembling, converging with the echo, it could play a more specific and detailed effect of touching bones.

The technique of touching bones was recorded in the "Detailed Explanation of Yin Yang Physiognomy," but it was just a small branch within it. Relatively speaking, touching bones was still a bit inconvenient and had considerable limitations.

Li Zhuiyuan learned this method, but never used it to touch bones. The first few times he used it were on Jingjing, who was possessed, and Binbin, who had fainted, using it as a "door knocker" to wake up their consciousness.

Liu Anan said with a face full of joy: "You know how, you actually know how, can you teach me?"

Li Zhuiyuan was surprised. Didn't I just teach you? And even taught you three times.

Liu Anan immediately stood up, crossed her hands in front, then stepped back half a step with her right leg, made a hand gesture, and alternately bowed her head and whole upper body in a salute.

Looking at her current state, Liu Anan should be the one with the deepest family studies. She was much more reliable than Liu Tao and the bald senior, because her grandma still taught her the old rites.

As for her grandma, she should be similar to Liu Jinxia from his old home, who also made a living this way, but Liu Jinxia struggled halfway through and came out on her own, so her metaphysical attainments were not as good as Liu Anan's grandma's.

Li Zhuiyuan returned a Liu family rite.

Liu Anan continued to wear a smile on her face and climbed up. Liu Tao, who was still bleeding from his nose, still had a wooden expression, only the bald senior pointed at Li Zhuiyuan and said proudly:

"Look, didn't I just say it? You have a family tradition!"

Obviously, among the three people present, no one recognized the Liu family.

Liu Anan: "Junior Brother, no, Senior, please still teach me."

"I still have something to do." Li Zhuiyuan looked at the color of the sky, "I need to go."

"Senior, this is the club application form." Liu Anan took out the form and pen and handed them over, "You say, I'll fill it out?"

"Not joining."

He just felt that the sky was still early and happened to pass by the edge of the playground and saw this place, so he specially came over to play. Now he had played enough.

It was still quite interesting. Liu Tao and Liu Anan both had some ability.

The bald senior blocked Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his head to look at him and asked: "What do you want to do?"

The bald senior scratched the center of his bald head and said: "Don't misunderstand, I just feel like I've lost something. Do you feel this way?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head, then continued to walk forward.

The bald senior moved out of the way.

He continued to scratch his head. He really felt that he had lost something today, but what he had lost, he wasn't clear.

In fact, he didn't lose anything, but the other two people gained, it just seemed like he had lost.

Moreover, when Li Zhuiyuan walked over, the first thing he saw was him, because his hairstyle was too attractive, but he was napping.

Waking up halfway and seeing his friend's appearance naturally brought some anger, so he spoke a bit hastily, and unlike Liu Anan, he didn't change his attitude in time when he realized the boy's ability. He still carried some pride.

Sometimes, it really is just character that determines fate.

Both of his friends benefited, and he wasn't even remembered by name.

When Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the playground gate, he saw Tan Wenbin and Runsheng walking together.

"Xiao Yuan."

"Brother Xiao Yuan."

Li Zhuiyuan's gaze fell on Runsheng's body, and he blinked.

Runsheng walked over, turned his back to Li Zhuiyuan, and bent down.

Li Zhuiyuan got on Runsheng's back. Runsheng stood up and carried the boy forward.

Near dusk, the edge of the sky began to be adorned with rosy clouds.

Tan Wenbin told Li Zhuiyuan the time Yin Meng came out of seclusion and the news about Huangshan from Fan Shulin.

Li Zhuiyuan nodded, indicating that he knew, then pressed his face against Runsheng's back.

They arrived at the Liu family's house and pushed open the courtyard door to enter.

Aunt Liu's voice came: "Yo, our Xiao Yuan is really getting smaller and smaller, and now he still needs Runsheng to carry him."

Li Zhuiyuan got down from Runsheng's back, showed a smile to Aunt Liu, and asked:

"Aunt Liu, when can Yin Meng come out of seclusion?"

Aunt Liu looked at Tan Wenbin: "Didn't I tell Binbin? Meng Meng still needs to soak for another day."

"Draining poison?"

"Where's the poison? If there was poison, would I still let her soak in the well? That's to nourish her face."

"Then I'll trouble Aunt Liu to fish her out."

"Something wrong?"

"Um."

"I'll go now."

Aunt Liu wiped her hands on her apron, first went into the room to get a large bag, and then went straight out of the small courtyard.

"Brother Runsheng, do you need to rest?"

"Xiao Yuan, I have no wounds on my body." Runsheng pointed to the positions under his clothes where the coffin nails were originally embedded, "This is a Qihai."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded. This was a body refining method developed based on the "Qin Family's Method of Observing the Flood Dragon."

He remembered when Uncle Qin stood by the Yangtze River, his feet grew webs, his face grew gills, and he jumped into the river, one person almost wanting to break through the entire Bai Family Town.

Its principle was just like that.

The "Qihai" created by driving in these sixteen coffin nails could help Runsheng accumulate momentum and gather Qi on land, and help him breathe with a special method in water.

Only by being able to ascend to the heavens and descend to the rivers can one be a true flood dragon.

"Brother Runsheng, then you go eat first in the store, remember to eat your fill, and then pack your equipment and mine."

"Understood."

"Brother Binbin, go arrange for Lin Shuyou, find a suitable position, and let him spar with Runsheng. It needs to end before eleven tonight."

"Understood."

Tan Wenbin also pointed upstairs where the old lady was located.

"Today I'll chat with Grandma Liu for a while instead of you."

"Okay."

Runsheng and Tan Wenbin turned around and left.

A Li's room's floor-to-ceiling window was tightly closed, and the curtains were also drawn. Li Zhuiyuan was not in a hurry to find A Li, but first went upstairs.

Grandma Liu stood in front of the table, just lifting her pen to draw clothing samples.

"It's rare. You came to see me, Grandma, as soon as you entered the room. What, something wrong?"

"Um, I estimate I need to go out for a trip."

"So urgent?"

"It's also to catch an early start." Li Zhuiyuan walked to Liu Yumei's side and helped her tidy the pigment plate.

"How about this piece?" Liu Yumei asked.

"Very suitable for A Li."

"Your eyesight, I believe."

"These days, Runsheng, Binbin, and Yin Meng, you've added trouble."

"This just wants to break?"

"How is that possible? It's just opening another door. They are still family."

"Listening to you, I believe you know what you're doing. Although, those two are fine, but Zhuangzhuang didn't give me much trouble.

This guy acts like a little eunuch as soon as he comes to me. This is treating me, Grandma, as Cixi.

He still thinks I can't tell. I'm not someone who doesn't watch TV or movies."

"Hehe."

"Alas, it's hard on this child, having to come and coax me, this ill-tempered old lady, every day."

"You are an elder, both protective and generous, both dignified and reasonable. Which family has such an old lady, wouldn't the younger generation happily coax her?"

"As long as they don't dislike me nagging and bothering them, it's good."

"Only those who hold onto their wrongs, are stubborn and lack spirit, and only know how to rely on seniority and arrogantly point fingers at the younger generation will make them feel bothered. You probably won't touch on that at all."

"You still know how to talk."

Liu Yumei reached out and touched Li Zhuiyuan's face, then retreated one step, looking him up and down carefully: "Indeed, you've grown a bit. In a few more years, you'll become a big child."

"Isn't A Li the same?"

"A Li is different. In my heart, A Li will always be a child, no matter how big she gets. Actually, you should be too, but you know that the things you carry on your body are different."

"I know."

"Still the same sentence, I, Grandma, am already content. Whenever you feel tired and don't want to continue walking down, just come back and light the lamp.

The Qin and Liu families have already done enough. Protecting the two young generations to live a peaceful life is still no problem."

"Uncle Qin has gone again?"

"Um, he originally just came back halfway. Now that the matter here is finished, the matter there is still waiting for him. However, this time he won't be out for long and will be back.

What, are you worried that I sent him to Fujian to find trouble with those two military officers?"

"You are peaceful now."

"Yes, living with hope, a person's feelings are different.

Okay, go find A Li. Since you are going far away, you two should talk more."

"Okay, Grandma."

Li Zhuiyuan went downstairs and opened A Li's bedroom door.

He didn't need to knock, because A Li could sense his arrival.

When he came in, A Li had just put down the carving knife.

"Did I disturb you?"

A Li shook her head and handed the seal to Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan took the seal. It was small and exquisite yet contained momentum, especially the dragon-elephant at the top of the seal, which was even more lifelike.

He didn't hurry to look at the words carved below, but pressed it onto the ink pad, then walked to the painting scroll on the table.

On the painting was the scene of him ending Grandma Yu.

"You painted really well."

Li Zhuiyuan took the seal and pressed it on. When he took it away, a fresh red seal appeared on the painting scroll: [Act on behalf of heaven enforce way].

It had the same meaning as "Substitute heaven enforce way," but the atmosphere was somewhat different.

Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but smile. He didn't have such big ideals and ambitions, and the concept of the "Right Path" in his heart was not very profound. After all, as soon as he entered the door, what he saw were just Wei Zhengdao's private goods.

But he really enjoyed this kind of playful, mischievous feeling.

If he were to speak to outsiders, then these four words would definitely refer to his great ideals, but in fact, only she knew the bit of mischievous fun deep in his heart.

The painting scroll was complete, and the seal was also pressed. It was just that the painting frame itself had not been made yet. The main thing was that he was expecting to use some waste materials, which led to not having enough of this batch of ancestral tablets. He needed to wait for the next batch of ancestral tablets to be remade for continuity.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out and held A Li's hand, saying: "Come, let's pick another one."

The boy and girl closed their eyes together.

After Li Zhuiyuan came to the threshold, in front of him, the fog was still there, and the rustling sound was also still there. Moreover, compared to when he had just dealt with Grandma Yu, the fog was obviously much closer, and even the volume was much larger.

One Grandma Yu could make them temporarily fearful, but it was far from enough to really scare them away.

Li Zhuiyuan stepped out of the threshold and reached out to pull out the white lantern inserted in the wall seam.

One person and one lantern walked into the fog.

Inside the fog, ghost shadows were heavy, some were probing, some were mocking, some were teasing.

At this time, the lantern in front was suddenly wrapped in a fog, as if something was about to swallow it.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't panic, both hands continued to grip the pole.

A pulling force was transmitted from the lantern head. It was active!

Li Zhuiyuan swung the lantern pole with force, like swinging a fishing rod after a fish takes the hook.

Boom, the surrounding fog scattered, and a large black fish came up from above his head. The fish's body was huge, and its fish eyes were hateful.

The wish was on the hook!

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