Chapter 249

Chapter 243

Mirror shattered.

As if both sides had mutually recognized this sound, it provided the most direct annotation.

Although Runsheng, Yinmeng, and Lin Shuyou had left the room earlier, standing by the door, they could clearly hear the movements inside.

Runsheng originally couldn't hear because he didn't walk the path of the Yin, but Yinmeng acted as a real-time broadcaster.

After it ended inside, Yinmeng let out a long sigh, wiping the sweat from her face with the back of her hand. The longer time inside had made it hard for her to bear.

Turning her head, she saw Lin Shuyou, whose face was somewhat pale, and Yinmeng asked doubtfully, "Ayou, what happened to you?"

Runsheng said, "Fear after the fact."

At this moment, Lin Shuyou finally felt that Runsheng was back.

Lin Shuyou was indeed afraid after the fact because initially, his master and grandfather almost had the same fate.

Inside the room, Xiaoyuan Ge's voice came, "Everyone come in."

Runsheng pushed the door open, and the three people walked in.

Tan Wenbin, sitting in a wheelchair, spoke, "I say, don't just stand there in a daze, hurry up and pack. We still need to go to that Taoist temple and be slaves and maids for sixty years."

Lin Shuyou's face showed a smile.

Tan Wenbin said, "Ayou, what are you laughing at? Be solemn and serious. That one on the other side said if we dare not listen, he'll just send people to exterminate our whole family!"

After saying that, Tan Wenbin himself laughed.

Once a person stands in a high position and has a strong background, the people they encounter are basically all good people.

So, this was the reason why he and Xiaoyuan Ge wanted to perform this play just now.

If Xiaoyuan Ge had introduced himself from the beginning just now, the one on the other side of the mirror would inevitably have become upright, incorruptible, iron-faced, selfless, and extremely righteous.

First, that Wen Chenzi would be immediately executed, and then the next day Ling Fengzi would bring people to kneel and kowtow in the fields of Siyuan village to apologize.

After Tan Wenbin finished laughing, he asked again, "Worry ah, what exactly should we do?"

Runsheng said, "Cancel their household registration."

Since they already said they want to exterminate your whole family, there's a saying, "Do not do unto others what you do not want done unto yourself." This means the opponent can also accept this result.

This matter was already determined in nature when Xiaoyuan Ge and the opponent said "a word is fixed."

He and the others have strength and background, so they can perform the act of fishing. If the premise is not there, then he and the others would just be left to be swallowed alive, and no one would speak or raise an objection for this.

This is the original flavor of the jianghu.

Li Zhuiyuan said, "Three days later, depart for Rongcheng."

"Understood!"

"Understood."

The reason for reserving three days was first to give the newly re-established team a stage for integration. After all, sharpening the axe doesn't delay the chopping of firewood. Second, it was to wait and see if they could receive another wave of flower clues.

Li Zhuiyuan said, "You all should rest early."

After saying that, Li Zhuiyuan left the big beard's house.

"Ayou, trouble you a bit, help me move the bed up."

"Bin Ge, are you sleeping so early today?"

"Um, and tossed around with the curse matter and fought the law a bit. I feel a whole person is more comfortable and want to seize the time to take a nap."

Lin Shuyou hugged Tan Wenbin up from the wheelchair. Bin Ge was very light, only a bone frame left.

"Bin Ge, Xiaoyuan Ge said we'll depart three days later. Are we planning to wait and first deal with the people sent from that side and then go to Rongcheng?"

As soon as this sentence was asked, Lin Shuyou felt his eyes bulging, which was anger.

Tan Wenbin asked in return, "We... still need to guard the house?"

Lin Shuyou said, "Oh, right!"

Liu Old Lady, Qin Uncle, and Liu Aunt are living at home. The peach forest is still at the entrance of the house. It's hard to imagine exactly how powerful a force could break through this level of protection.

After settling Tan Wenbin, Lin Shuyou turned his head to look at Runsheng, blinking his eyes.

Runsheng looked outside the room and said, "Go, practice."

Lin Shuyou said, "Go!"

Tan Wenbin, who was already lying in bed with his eyes closed, reminded them, "Don't go anywhere else, just practice in the peach forest."

Lin Shuyou asked, "What if we destroy too many peach trees and make that one angry?"

Tan Wenbin said, "What if it makes that one happy and he gives you a few pointers?"

Lin Shuyou said, "Is there such a good thing?"

Tan Wenbin said, "Listen to Xiaoyuan Ge say, that one has been in a pretty good mood recently and often inexplicably feels good."

Lin Shuyou and Runsheng went to the peach forest together.

Yinmeng came to the kitchen, took a large piece of meat to the dam, and planned to practice late into the night.

Tan Wenbin took a nap for a while. Although the time wasn't long, for him, it was a rare comfort during this period.

"Beep beep... beep beep..."

The pager by the bed rang at this time.

Just as Tan Wenbin was trying hard to reach for it, a figure walked into the room in time, came to the bedside, and handed the pager to him.

The one who gave him the pager was Zhou Yiyun.

With grievance merit added to her body, if not handled well, it could be said that she was more "dead" than a dead person.

When Runsheng hadn't revived his consciousness, Shan Deye had already started winning money.

And the problem with Tan Wenbin here was deliberately delayed and not resolved, so he was still "dead" in his current state.

Human nature cannot be tested, but the facts prove that Zhou Yiyun's feelings for him were already close to the degree of a parent's heart for their own child.

These days, she had always been in a state of panic. Even though she could talk to him on the phone, she still often dreamed of nightmares about him at night.

Tan Wenbin himself didn't expect that Zhou Yiyun's love for him was actually so deep.

Because in high school, Zhou Yiyun had secretly liked him very early, and he at that time completely didn't expect that his left-hand protector could one day talk with the class monitor as an adult.

Furthermore, Tan Wenbin also ignored the dependence and protection he provided during the period when Zhou Yiyun was cursed and hospitalized in the middle.

He was accustomed to seeing life and death, so his threshold was naturally much higher than that of ordinary people, and he was unable to truly understand how deep the same thing could touch the hearts of ordinary people.

"Help me get the big brother big."

Xiao Yingying nodded, went out, and brought the big brother big. Tan Wenbin reported the number, Xiao Yingying dialed it, and then used the big brother big as a pillow, pressing it against Tan Wenbin's neck.

The other end of the phone connected quickly. The sound was a bit noisy. It should be in the public phone booth downstairs in the university dormitory building.

"Wei, Tan Wenbin?"

"Of course it's me."

"I had a nightmare again. I dreamed about you..."

Zhou Yiyun's voice was a bit choked.

Tan Wenbin said, "Dreams are the opposite. It's okay. We are glorious successors of society. Don't believe in those feudal superstitions."

Xiao Yingying brought Tan Wenbin a bowl of tonic. To make it convenient for him to drink, she specially inserted a straw inside, then delivered the other end to Tan Wenbin's mouth.

Subsequently, Xiao Yingying just sat down by the bed, closed her eyes, and her breathing became heavy.

She was actively absorbing the ghost qi in Tan Wenbin's body. This kind of breath made her extremely useful and comfortable.

And Tan Wenbin now, with too much and too heavy ghost qi, wished she could suck a bit more from him.

"Bingbing, can you come back from the construction site? I'm so scared, really. I'm afraid you'll have an accident if you keep staying on the construction site."

"Need to work. I'll come back after this project is finished. Rest assured."

"Can't you do this kind of work? I want to see you often, like before. We were both in Jinling. You came to my school to see me, or I went to your school to see you."

"How can I not work? I need to eat."

"I can support you."

Hearing these words, Tan Wenbin's heart was truly quite moved.

Zhou Yiyun said, "You don't believe me?"

Tan Wenbin said, "I believe you."

"Then that's it. I can also work after graduation and support you."

"You can support me at first. We have love and are full of water. Wait a few years, and if I can't make much of myself with little prospect, you'll compare me with the female colleagues in your unit's homes. When you come back, you'll just see me as neither here nor there."

"Why do you say that? I'm angry."

"Okay, let's not talk about eating. We'll need to spend money when we get married later, buy a house will need to spend money, have children and raise children will need to spend money. I still plan to have at least two, and that alone will require saving money to pay the fine!"

"Pah, who wants to have so many for you! No, who promised to have children for you!"

"If my children don't come out of your belly, where else can they come out?"

"Why are you always like this, just talking nonsense?"

"You see, the more children there are, the bigger the house needs to be, right? You know what kind of person my dad is; he has no gray income.

Later, we can't always bring the children to squeeze into the unit-allocated house my dad has, right?

At that time, you and my mom will see each other all the time, how painful that will be."

"I quite like living with your mom."

"Sorry, it's me who doesn't really want to live with elders."

Along with his boundless nonsense, Zhou Yiyun on the other end of the phone had successfully shifted her attention and also walked out of the emotions she had been in from the earlier nightmare.

Just at this time, Xiao Yingying, sitting by the bed, seemed to be absorbing the ghost qi too comfortably and actually let out short and heavy nasal sounds.

"Bingbing, what's that sound over there?"

"Oh, a coworker is watching a dirty movie."

"Then are you... are you watching?"

"Heh, I'm too lazy to watch videos. I'm not a single man. Someone will watch with me when I go back."

"The more you say, the more confused you are. I'm not talking to you anymore."

Xiao Yingying's nasal breathing started to become more and more rapid and heavy. Her body also gradually started to tremble, and the bed also shook, making "creak creak" sounds.

"Um~ um~ um~"

"Wei, what are you like? Turn the sound down!" Tan Wenbin paused and said again, "Wife, hear me say they're bachelors, and they're deliberately retaliating against me."

"Then you should rest early. I'm hanging up."

"Um, you too, relax. I'll be back soon."

The other end of the phone hung up.

Tan Wenbin turned his head and looked at Xiao Yingying, who was sitting on the bed and trembling all over.

He was clear, of course, that Xiao Yingying wasn't deliberately joking or making trouble. She wasn't that boring.

She must have absorbed too much ghost qi recently, reaching a certain critical point, and changes were happening in her body now.

Finally, Xiao Yingying stopped.

Her arms, neck, and face showed lines buried under the skin, like human veins. Her eyebrows became more feminine, and her eyes flowed with black halos.

Although she was absorbing ghost qi, because she was a dead fallen, under various special factors, she actually became more "human-like" than before.

Perhaps, ghosts are indeed more human-like than dead fallen.

Xiao Yingying said, "Sorry, I couldn't control myself just now."

Tan Wenbin said, "It's nothing. You go find Xiaoyuan Ge tomorrow and let him come help you check your body."

Xiao Yingying said, "Okay, thanks."

Tan Wenbin said, "How do you feel now?"

Xiao Yingying said, "Quite good. It seems, not as stiff as before, not just my body."

Tan Wenbin said, "Congratulations."

"Thanks to you."

Xiao Yingying took the big brother big and the medicine bowl away and left.

Tan Wenbin opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling.

After this wave ends, the two children can be reincarnated well, and he can also recover to a normal person.

If there wasn't a specific end time to look forward to, he wouldn't be able to persist in his current state.

Tan Wenbin closed his eyes again.

The two children also lay on the bed, just on Tan Wenbin's left and right, one hugging Tan Wenbin's left shoulder and one hugging his right shoulder.

Perhaps knowing that the day of separation was getting closer and closer, the two children's hands were holding extra tight.

From their birth... no, they actually weren't born at all. They flowed out of their mother's body before they were formed, used as material for creating curses.

It was Tan Wenbin who took them to see this world, or rather, Tan Wenbin was their world.

...

Under the peach forest at night.

Runsheng didn't use his full strength, and White Crane True Monarch didn't use his full strength either. If they were just sparring, everyone wasn't aiming for victory or defeat but adjusting and integrating themselves.

But the changes in the opponent could also be detected.

Runsheng felt that Lin Shuyou's breath had become longer. This was because he no longer had a time limit, and his child power was used more evenly and reasonably, no longer pursuing quick success.

White Crane True Monarch also felt that Runsheng's moves had become fiercer. Previously, Runsheng was known for his endurance. Now, he was alive like a fierce monster wearing human skin.

After fighting with him for a long time, White Crane True Monarch felt a sting from every contact surface on his body. Strands of baleful qi, like silver needles, pierced into his body, affecting the flow of power inside him.

This was not Runsheng's active intention, but his body's baleful qi, under the urging of the qi gate, naturally possessed this characteristic.

White Crane True Monarch planned to stop, indicating that he would not fight anymore. If he continued fighting, he would still need to spend effort tonight to discharge the baleful qi remaining in his body, which was too much effort.

However, the child's mind had a thought at this time and immediately said:

"Don't fight anymore, don't fight anymore. There's really nothing good to fight with you, this born evildoer. This is really unfair. In vain I was once called the Official General's First Talent!"

Around, peach blossoms fell.

The child's heart was happy, feeling that he had grasped the pulse.

However, the next moment, the peach blossoms became fierce, and these brilliant falling petals fell like knives.

White Crane True Monarch didn't dare to scatter those peach blossoms with his fists, afraid of being seen as a deeper provocation. He could only hug his head and run madly out of the forest with his legs spread, looking extremely embarrassed.

After running out, Lin Shuyou looked at the large and small wounds on his body. Although they weren't heavy, there weren't many of them, and they were painful.

Lin Shuyou said, "I say, what are you doing?"

The child said, "I was just touching it according to its temper. Who knew it would just flip out directly?"

Lin Shuyou said, "Its temper?"

The child said, "Didn't that one just touch it like that?"

Lin Shuyou said, "It's the same thing. Xiaoyuan Ge can make it happy, not because of that thing, but because he is Xiaoyuan Ge."

The child choked. He felt that the medium-sized child was right, and the facts proved it was indeed so.

Runsheng walked out of the peach forest, holding a piece of wood in his hand.

This piece of wood looked very smooth and round.

Lin Shuyou asked, "What is this?"

Runsheng said, "Picked it up in the peach forest. It's just right to change the handle of my shovel."

"Be careful!"

Yinmeng's voice came through.

A group of insects flew in, buzzing, extremely fast, and with various light points, obviously quenched with poison.

To prevent accidents, Yinmeng practiced in the array like the first time, but this time she just tried to add toxicity to the poisonous insects, and an accident happened.

Because when the insects with toxicity impacted the array interface, they melted a hole in the array, and then rushed out in a swarm from this hole.

Runsheng spread his arms, planning to use the qi gate to squeeze the surrounding air and bind that group of insects.

Lin Shuyou's vertical pupil then started again. With one hand pointing to the air, one trident after another immediately appeared above, condensed by virtual shadows.

With a flick of his hand downwards, the tridents fell like the earlier peach blossoms, colliding with each other after entering the insect range, triggering continuous explosions of divine power.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

All the insects died cleanly, only a five-colored poison fog scattered.

Lin Shuyou retracted his hand in front of him and laughed involuntarily, "Haha!"

This was not a child's technique, but something Lin Shuyou himself had just comprehended from the falling peach blossoms.

He was not a disgrace to the Official General's First Talent. It was just that the path he had taken before was to continuously attach himself to and pursue power from the Yin God, so his talent was not displayed.

"Child, how was it?"

The child was silent.

"Child, speak up. How exactly was it?"

The child was still silent.

"Give some evaluation and improvement opinions. After all, this is the first time I've created a technique myself."

The child finally opened his mouth:

"This flattery was quite well delivered."

...

Perhaps knowing that he would be leaving home again, Li Zhuiyuan felt more anticipation when he woke up and opened his eyes in the morning.

The youth opened his eyes and slowly turned his head.

Today, A Li was dressed in white, simple and elegant.

The youth was growing up, and the girl was also growing up. Moreover, girls generally develop earlier than boys.

That little girl who initially wore embroidered shoes and stepped over the threshold, sitting for a whole day, now already exuded a heroic spirit.

Before, he hadn't felt this kind of change deeply, but when Li Zhuiyuan started to recall the picture of their first meeting in his memory, he felt a kind of melancholy that even though he cherished the time extremely, it was still continuously passing away.

But this emotion came and went quickly. Under rational thinking, he knew that excessive sadness was meaningless. What he should do was still cherish the present.

Li Zhuiyuan got out of bed and walked to A Li's side.

A Li lowered her head, looked at her clothes, then raised her head again to look at the youth, as if asking for his opinion.

Initially, Li Zhuiyuan expressed his liking for horse-faced skirts, and Liu Yumei immediately designed more than ten sets of horse-faced skirts, letting her granddaughter change into them.

Today's dress was also a big change from the past.

In the past, this was the dress for Liu family disciples to practice.

"Very good-looking."

The girl smiled.

The youth took the basin to wash, then sat on the rattan chair with the girl and started playing chess.

Generally, they played two rounds at most, and Liu Aunt would shout for breakfast, so there was no opportunity to play a third round. Li Zhuiyuan also had no way to win chess again.

Moreover, Li Zhuiyuan also discovered that although he and A Li didn't use a chessboard when playing chess, Liu Aunt should be able to see the progress of the game. Every time they finished playing one round, she would shout for them to eat.

This time was also the same. As soon as the second round was finished, the voice came from downstairs:

"Eat breakfast!"

Everything was under Liu Aunt's control. She was a serious person, even cracking melon seeds very seriously.

Li Sanjiang came down to eat breakfast, and Li Zhuiyuan told him about his intention to go out again.

"What, you want to go again?"

"Taoye, I've been home for quite a while."

Li Sanjiang sighed, "Runsheng Hou just came back, and Zhuangzhuang hasn't come back yet. I just feel like you've all just come back."

"Zhuangzhuang Ge will directly go to the new project site to meet us at that time, and then we'll come back together."

"Okay then. Not being able to stop arranging work proves that your teacher trusts you. Young lads, you just need to go out and explore more and see the world properly."

Mainly, last time Worker Luo was the leader and came with him, which made Li Sanjiang more tolerant and understanding of his great-grandson's frequent business trips.

In the old man's simple cognition, no matter which industry or which path, if you can eventually get involved with official families, that is the road to success.

"Xiao Yuan Hou, Taoye I heard people say, you all in this line do well, and later can even become officials, isn't that right?"

"Um."

"Then work hard, and Zhuangzhuang and You Hou, work hard together. Our old Li family can also produce a..."

Saying this, Li Sanjiang stopped, took the chopsticks out of the porridge bowl, and put them in his mouth to suck.

Li Sanjiang thought of seeing Xiao Yuan Hou's North grandpa in Beijing. It seemed that compared to that, it wasn't anything special to Xiao Yuan Hou if he wasn't an official.

After finishing breakfast, Runsheng rode the tricycle, carrying Yinmeng to Xiting.

Looking at the two of them leaving, Li Sanjiang lit a cigarette and said, "Runsheng is a person who lives a steady life."

Li Zhuiyuan said, "Um."

Li Sanjiang said, "But living a steady life is often not like that. He's too honest. Living with him for a long time becomes meaningless."

Li Zhuiyuan said, "It won't."

Sometimes Runsheng Ge's words can easily cause people's emotions to fluctuate.

Li Sanjiang said, "Mengmeng this girl is also good."

After Yinmeng came to his home, she was never careless in her work. She could even make a coffin by herself. Especially after she went to Jinling and came back, her whole person became fair and tender.

Li Sanjiang was accustomed to "girls' eighteen changes," but this was the first time he had seen such a big change like Yinmeng's.

This girl's only shortcoming was probably that she liked to stay in the room by herself and do some strange things, plus she inexplicably got some strange illnesses from time to time.

Other than this, she was really a good girl.

Li Sanjiang scratched his chin and sighed, "Runsheng Hou, your great-grandfather, I have refused all the matchmakers for you. In the end, if it doesn't work out, it's up to your fate."

Liu Yumei, who was sitting on the dam preparing to make tea, heard this and mocked, "Yo, you've already started worrying about this matter."

"What's wrong? Is it not allowed? Shanpao's family condition is a bit poor, but Runsheng Hou is good at work. After becoming a foreman later, his life will also be prosperous."

Li Sanjiang mistakenly thought this worldly old lady was looking down on Runsheng's family condition.

Liu Yumei was too lazy to explain and changed the subject, saying, "This is a matter for later. Who can say for sure?"

Li Sanjiang's eyes widened. He looked at Xiao Yuan Hou, then at A Li sitting there, and said, "You disagree again?"

Liu Yumei said, "When did I say I disagreed!"

Her voice, unconsciously, was raised.

Before, when she saw the shadows of the two children not leaving, her heart would feel a little sour and oily. Now, she had even privately thought of several names for her future great-grandson and great-granddaughter.

Li Sanjiang heard the words and relaxed, saying, "It's still not seeing that our Xiao Yuan Hou's condition is getting better and better. I tell you, not only is our Xiao Yuan Hou promising, but Xiao Yuan Hou's North grandpa's side is even more extraordinary."

Liu Yumei said, "I know."

Li Sanjiang shook the smoke ring and whispered, "Heh, indeed a worldly old lady."

Liu Yumei had sensitive hearing. She heard Li Sanjiang criticizing her, but she really didn't have the confidence to dispute this truth, because in self-examination, in this aspect, she was indeed quite worldly.

"A Li, let's go for a walk together?" Li Zhuiyuan invited the girl.

A Li walked over and held hands with the youth.

Li Sanjiang quickly threw the cigarette he had just smoked halfway onto the ground and stepped on it.

"Go, follow Taoye I and go for a walk."

Saying that, Li Sanjiang even specifically gave Liu Old Lady a sideways glance.

Liu Yumei was left feeling both annoyed and amused by this old man's fooling around.

Just like this, Li Sanjiang walked in front, and the youth and the girl followed behind holding hands.

Li Sanjiang picked up the earlier topic again: "Xiao Yuan Hou, guess how Taoye I refused those matchmakers?"

Without waiting for Li Zhuiyuan to speak, Li Sanjiang proactively gave the answer: "I told them that Mengmeng doesn't cook, and she doesn't go near the stove at home. It's absolutely impossible for her to cook after she marries into her husband's family."

Li Zhuiyuan touched his nose. Actually, it was that they didn't dare to let Yinmeng go near the stove.

However, not cooking was indeed quite special in the rural marriage market. It's not asking you to make delicious food, but at least be able to manage a bit.

At this time, Li Zhuiyuan felt A Li's hand tighten slightly.

Li Zhuiyuan glanced at the girl and immediately said, "A Li, you don't need to learn to cook."

Li Sanjiang asked in surprise, "Xiao Yuan Hou, doesn't Lan Hou cook at home?"

"She doesn't cook. Before Dad was home, Dad always cooked."

Later, Dad went into self-exile, and he could only go to each home in the family compound to get meals.

"Ai, this Lan Hou might be truly lazy."

Li Lan was not lazy. She had gradually lost her emotion for food. In her eyes, food only had nutritional value. Taste preferences were not something to care about.

After walking a circle, when they walked back, Li Zhuiyuan's pager rang. It was Liangliang Ge calling him.

The gift to White Family Lady had already been sent over, and Deng Chen's photo collection had also been delivered by Liu Changping. So, this time's contact, Li Zhuiyuan felt it should be public matter.

Could it be another wave of flower clues?

"Taoye, I'll go answer the phone."

"Okay, then you go. Taoye I will go back first and urge Shanhou and the others to load the goods."

Li Zhuiyuan took A Li to Zhang Aunt's small shop.

"Yo, you're really good-looking." Zhang Aunt proactively opened a bag of snacks and handed it to A Li.

A Li didn't take it.

Li Zhuiyuan helped take it and handed it to A Li, explaining to Zhang Aunt, "She's shy."

Zhang Aunt said, "Like this, pity."

Actually, Zhang Aunt had heard earlier that this pretty girl in the village, rarely seen from outside, was mute.

In A Li's view, the small shop was a blood-basin big mouth, and Zhang Aunt with a smile on her face was the snake demon swimming in the big mouth.

When Zhang Aunt handed the receiver to the youth, it was like the snake demon handing a long red tongue to the youth.

A Li closed her eyes, felt the warmth of the youth's palm, then opened her eyes again. The blood-basin big mouth was gone, and Zhang Aunt also returned to her original state.

Li Zhuiyuan's phone connected, and Xue Liangliang's voice came from the other end:

"Wei, Xiao Yuan?"

"It's me, Liangliang Ge."

"It's like this, Xiao Yuan, do you have time recently?"

"Liangliang Ge, you first say the matter."

"It's a project over in Rongcheng. There was a bit of an accident. The meaning above is to send people for technical support. I looked at the report and felt this matter is a bit strange. If you have time, you can go for a trip to see."

"Okay, I'll go."

"You agreed?"

"Um, can the location be more specific?"

"It's in Dujiangyan next to Rongcheng. This city is managed by Rongcheng."

"Um, I understand. I will set out as soon as possible."

"Okay, then I will first notify them of your, Binbin's, and Ayou's identities there. You all bring your own documents and go directly there to do the handover."

"Okay."

"That... Xiao Yuan, do I need to go with you?"

"Can you go?"

"Of course I can go, but I'm afraid I won't be of much help and will instead become a burden."

"Last time in Guizhou, Liangliang Ge, you were a big help."

Last time, it was Liangliang Ge who dived down time and time again and brought everyone ashore.

"So, Xiao Yuan, your meaning is, this time I can..."

"You don't need to come this time."

"Oh..."

"Are you busy recently?"

"Busy. There are a lot of things. I still need to take this group of school juniors and school sisters under me to do internships. If you can..."

"This was a polite remark before I was going to hang up."

"Heh, you boy. Okay, just this matter, pay attention to safety. If you need anything, notify me directly."

"Okay, Liangliang Ge, you've already helped me a lot."

The phone hung up.

This was not the first time he had received a wave of flower messages from Xue Liangliang.

In the past, he could extract topics from A Li's dreams, which relied on the foundation of the Qin and Liu families.

Then, continuously getting clues from Xue Liangliang was because Xue Liangliang himself was special?

It seems that making friends with people who have special fates can indeed play a positive role in walking the jianghu.

Of course, the premise is that that person recognizes you from the heart and is willing to help you. If they dare to use force, they will just wait to encounter backlash.

However, this kind of help is not one-sided. He has also actually helped Xue Liangliang block disasters and solve problems.

Li Zhuiyuan felt that after he went back in a while, new insights could be added to the "Jianghu Behavior Norms."

Just right, he still had a negative example here that could be used as a "contrast group."

One side was the foundation of the Qin and Liu families and the existence of people like Xue Liangliang and Taoye. The other side was just one person, and that was Wei Zhengdao.

Currently, it seems that Wei Zhengdao's negative effect on him was stronger.

He alone overshadowed everything.

If it weren't for Wei Zhengdao, that "pearl in front," it would be hard to imagine how easy and happy this jianghu would be to walk for a lamp that could grow brighter.

But,

That would also be meaningless.

...

Runsheng had seen his grandfather talking to the old cypress tree in the courtyard from a distance earlier. By the time the car reached home, his voice had also become clear.

He only saw Shan Deye pointing at the cypress tree, raising his head, and puffing out his chest, "I am the elder, heh, did you hear? I am the elder!"

Subsequently, Shan Deye took a step back and said to the old cypress tree again:

"Control your bad temper. As a woman, how can your temper be so big? Didn't they say Sichuan-Chongqing women are all very gentle?"

Finally, Shan Deye said fiercely again:

"If you're not gentler, be careful our Runsheng Hou doesn't want you! Um... I won't help you speak anymore!"

Yinmeng, who had just gotten off the tricycle, asked Runsheng, "Is your grandfather senile dementia?"

Runsheng scratched his head, also somewhat unclear, not knowing why his grandfather would be talking to a tree so early in the morning.

"Grandpa..."

Hearing this call, Shan Deye was so scared that he sat on the ground, his whole body trembling several times.

Runsheng and Yinmeng walked into the courtyard.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, practicing gong."

"Then why were you talking to the tree just now?"

"I was practicing crosstalk, um, performing a segment by myself."

"Oh." Runsheng asked again, "Grandpa, aren't you going to sit fast this morning?"

"Right, I am going. I'll just go now. At home, you all help tidy up a bit."

Shan Deye immediately climbed up, nodded and smiled at Yinmeng, and quickly ran out of the courtyard.

He had said last night that he would go sit fast today, thinking of quickly leaving Li Sanjiang's home so he could go find a late-night gambling den and seize the time to lose the money he had won.

Fortunately, he didn't disgrace his mission. He had already lost all the money Yinmeng had given him last night.

At the card table, he was losing and happily spraying snot bubbles, making everyone at the table afraid to play with him, fearing that if he lost and became anxious, they would have to bear the consequences.

Yinmeng stared at the cypress tree for a while, suddenly laughed, and she understood what Shan Deye had just been doing to the cypress tree.

"Runsheng, your grandfather is really quite interesting."

Runsheng said, "Grandpa is a good person, but for having a bit is not good enough, he just abandoned me early."

...

The team integration work proceeded very smoothly. Li Zhuiyuan used the red line to lead his partners and rehearsed several group battles.

Then, after going back at night, he used a blank book to deduce and improve the red line again.

Such meticulous preparatory work, if it were purely to deal with that Taoist temple on Qingcheng Mountain, would be a bit like killing a chicken with a cow-slaughtering knife.

But Li Zhuiyuan's plan was to use full strength even when fighting a rabbit like a lion.

Even if the difficulty of this wave might be reduced, even if that Taoist temple is probably just a lead-in for this wave, it's certainly not wrong to destroy it with lightning speed by exerting full strength first.

The night before they departed, Li Sanjiang organized another feast and invited everyone who should be invited.

After the children grow up, for the elders, New Year's Eve is no longer limited to that specific day, but specifically refers to the day the children come back.

After drinking to their hearts' content, Li Sanjiang started nagging about Zhuangzhuang, who still hadn't returned.

After everyone was asleep at night, Lin Shuyou pushed Tan Wenbin back to Li Sanjiang's home. Tan Wenbin went to the second floor, entered Li Sanjiang's room, and glanced at Li Deye, who was snoring, having drunk too much and just lying on the bed.

Throughout his entire high school period and every time he returned to Nantong later, he basically lived in Li Deye's home. He could feel that Li Deye's affection for him was only second to Xiaoyuan Ge's.

After leaving Li Deye's room, Lin Shuyou asked, "Do you want to go to Xiaoyuan Ge's room and see Xiaoyuan Ge?"

Tan Wenbin said, "Are you planning to bury me tomorrow?"

Lin Shuyou said, "Next time we come back, Bin Ge, you can go see your parents and Zhou Yiyun."

Tan Wenbin said, "I'll have Zhou Yiyun scout one for you. After we come back, I'll have Zhou Yiyun bring that female classmate to Nantong for a trip, and you'll be responsible for receiving them."

Lin Shuyou said, "Bin Ge, I'm not in a hurry anymore."

Tan Wenbin said, "Let's try it out first. Even if it doesn't work out, it can add a beautiful memory. No matter what, you can also accumulate some experience."

Lin Shuyou said, "Bin Ge, is your experience rich?"

Tan Wenbin said, "I had my first love."

Lin Shuyou said, "I want this too."

Tan Wenbin said, "You're thinking about eating farts."

Lin Shuyou said, "I can try."

"Right, Ayou, you still haven't gotten your driver's license, right?"

This time, because of Tan Wenbin's special reason, he couldn't take a plane. Otherwise, the economy class would become a freezer.

"I haven't had time to go to Jinling to test it, but I can drive."

"Not safe... it's a long journey. Mengmeng driving alone is too tiring."

"Bin Ge, rest assured. If it really doesn't work, I'll let the child drive."

The sun rose, and everyone packed their luggage, got into their small pickup truck, Yinmeng started the car, drove out of the village road, and onto the highway.

The distance from Nantong to Rongcheng was very long, but if people rested and the car didn't rest, it wouldn't take too long.

They left in the morning, and by afternoon, seven Taoists wearing Taoist robes walked into Siyuan village.

They lined up in a vertical line, each of them exuding an ethereal and detached, immortal and benevolent aura.

Moreover, the villagers who passed them on the village road seemed completely unable to see them. Only a few very young children would look at them, and a few black dogs in the village would bark in their direction.

They didn't look to the side at all and didn't care, as if everyone around them, except themselves, were ants, not worth a glance.

The leading Taoist was the oldest, and his beard was also the longest. He pointed forward, "Everyone, we generation of Dao cultivators should slay demons and eliminate evil..."

The other six Taoists said in unison:

"Uphold the righteous path!"

Xiong Shan was just clearing silt in the pond. This was a pond that Li Sanjiang had just contracted this year. Xiong Shan stripped down to only his underwear and stood in the water, holding a shovel in his hand pretending to be busy. Actually, under the water surface, a group of straw men were working.

Suddenly, Xiong Shan's eyes showed doubt, and then his face showed great joy. Although it was a bit unbelievable, it was also real.

"Someone actually came to the door with clear and strong killing intent?"

This was truly the sun rising from the west. He, Xiong Shan, really didn't expect that in this life, he could actually have the opportunity to witness a force killing up to Dragon King Gate so openly and not hiding it!

Xiong Shan hurriedly swam ashore. He didn't even care to put on his clothes, directly copied up the Chen State talisman, and was about to go fight.

"Son, wait a minute, Dad will earn you another sum of money..."

Before he could finish shouting his slogan, Lihua appeared. She stopped her husband and said:

"That side has sent word to let you not intervene."

"Ah?" Xiong Shan asked doubtfully, "Is it that side who is itching to intervene and wants to do it themselves?"

"Um."

"Is it Qin Adult or Liu Adult?"

"Em..." Lihua's face showed a tangle.

"Hey, hurry up and tell me. Is it Qin Adult or Liu Adult who wants to intervene?"

Lihua licked her lips, first leaned forward a bit, then lowered her voice to her husband and said:

"It's the old lady who is itching to intervene."

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