The sun was setting in the west, and the sky was gradually getting darker. Under the twilight of the setting sun, Yijian Villa was reflected in a layer of golden red.

Lin Manliu and the others missed the opening dinner because they were discussing matters with Ye Dangting, and it was getting late so they stayed in Yijian Villa to rest.

Yue Hanzhi said that he had to follow the maid in the villa to the guest room in advance, leaving only the boy in a short shirt wandering around the villa. When he passed the main hall, he didn't know whether it was luck or something, but suddenly someone shouted urgently and repeatedly.

The sounds of words like Liu Manlin, Brother Liu, Brother Liu and so on.

"Liu Manlin...Brother Liu...Brother Liu...yes, yes, look at me, Brother Liu, look at me."

Lin Manliu followed the sound and saw that it was Jiang Yanlin who had said goodbye to him after they met in Yuezhou and entered the territory of Hangzhou. He nodded towards the rich young master who ran towards him. Before he could say anything in reply, Jiang Yanlin immediately raised his hand and said

: "You gave me a good meal. Why did Brother Liu disappear at the dinner? That day, I had no choice but to leave early because of family issues. I hope Brother Liu can forgive me."

The young man in a short shirt bowed his hand and said in return: "I don't know what you want from me. I just had some important matters to discuss with the old... master, so I didn't attend the dinner."

Jiang Yanlin smiled awkwardly and said with embarrassment: "I mainly want to apologize to Brother Liu for what happened at Yuezhou Station that day. After attending Yingzhuang today, I will set off and rush home tomorrow to follow the arrangements. This time

I originally wanted to escape when I came out, but there was a letter from home calling me back so I had to obey orders."

Lin Manliu patted the rich man in front of him who was about the same height as him. He was probably only a little older than him. He said with a smile: "There's no need to apologize. If we don't fight, we won't get to know each other. We won't be walking together for a while."

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Jiang Yanlin nodded in response, and just as he was about to turn around and leave, he said aloud: "I don't know when I will meet Brother Liu again in this farewell. If we can meet again in the future, I hope we can have a drink with Brother Liu."

"must".

"Brother Liu said goodbye. Yanlin rushed back to Yuezhou with his family guards."

The two said goodbye to each other, but the last name they gave to this rich young man made the young man in a short shirt confused. When did he become so familiar with him?

After parting ways with Jiang Yanlin, Lin Manliu wandered leisurely in the garden of the villa for a while, and saw a pavilion in a quiet place surrounded by flower beds. In the pavilion, there was a man dressed in purple playing chess alone.

The young man in a short shirt looked at the boy for a while before he was asked by the man: "Brother Manliu, do you have anything to discuss? If you have nothing to do, you can go into the pavilion and watch chess." From the voice, I could tell that it was the person I met in the flower bed that day.

Mr. Mo Wuyan arrived.

Lin Manliu walked around the flower garden and walked to the pavilion. He bowed to Mo Wuyan among them, bowed his hands and said: "I have met Mr. Mo, but I don't know how to play chess... I may not be able to appreciate the strength of chess with him."

"It's okay, I'll explain it to you one by one. Just follow me into the pavilion. This game has become what I call a fierce tiger and a fire wolf. At the beginning of the game, white has a stone on the upper left side of the house, and black takes the lead to win a large area of ​​​​field.

Black was the winner in all the forty moves... However, in a good situation, White made a clever move to collect all the black stones, just like a tiger and a wolf entering the account, directly opening the deadlock." For most of the hour, Mo Wuyan was following his own rules

The previous moves explained to the young man one by one what the meaning of this move was.

Under Mo Wuyan's narration, the young man in a short shirt was a little confused and really couldn't understand what he was saying. When he drank tea and took a breath, he found an excuse and said that he was going to find his master Ye Dang and then left.

Go, if you don't leave, you may be caught by Mr. Mo and talked about until dark.

Seeing that the young man did not want to stay any longer, Mr. Mo could only sigh and waved his hand to let the young man leave. Lin Manliu quickly left the chess game in the pavilion as if he had been granted amnesty. However, the villa was really too big, and the young man in short shirts just found three

Only then did the maid and servants on the roadside find the guest room where they were staying.

I was led to the door of the small courtyard of the guest room. I looked around and found that it was much larger than Ye Dangting's courtyard. The flowers and plants outside the wall courtyard were much more prosperous than that one. Apparently, they were all there in the past few days before and after opening the village.

The police have taken good care of it.

Lin Manliu pushed the door open and entered. There was a wing room in front and on the right side. The room with the door closed and the light on was naturally Yue Hanzhi's room. There was no light in the room next door. The room with the door wide open was his room.

Immediately afterwards came a voice from the house opposite: "Have you come back after visiting Zhuangzi? Are you satisfied with your next residence?".

"Well, I met Jiang Yanlin and Mr. Mo whom I met in Yuezhou. I was caught by Mr. Mo and watched the chess game deduction for a long time. I just don't know how long it will take after I return to southern Xinjiang to come back here." The boy in a short shirt in the courtyard

He replied, walking around casually from time to time and looking at the furnishings around him.

Yue Hanzhi in the house noticed the young man in a short shirt pacing in the courtyard. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Why don't you go and take a look at your own house? You will probably stay there for a few more days, just in case there is anything you need to prepare."

Say hello to someone today."

Lin Manliu responded and walked towards his room. The boy who was still looking at the bed, tables and chairs in the room suddenly looked towards the courtyard and saw a woman in blue who was about to walk out of the courtyard. He then asked: "Yue

What's wrong with the girl? Is there anything you need to do?".

"I'm a little hungry. I'm going to find someone to get some food. Do you want it?" A reluctant voice came out of Yue Hanzhi's mouth under the curtain.

Naturally, the young man in short shirt had no doubts about this answer and turned around to continue looking into his house.

Not long after, the sound of the courtyard door opening was heard. Yue Hanzhi walked in carrying a food box and went directly into Lin Manliu's house.

"I dragged people down to find some food and pastries that were not used for the dinner. I can eat whatever I want. I have been busy in this villa all day and haven't had much rest." The woman in blue said after entering the door and casually put on her curtain hat.

It seemed that only when the two of them were alone did Lin Manliu have the opportunity to see Yue Hanzhi taking off his hat and veil.

The boy in a short shirt came over and helped put the food, pastries, some spring snacks and fruits in the food box. There was also a pastry on the side of the plate. Lin Manliu knew it, but he wanted to buy it in Juzhou.

Being hit by Qiao Yunnian, the golden milk cake was out of shape.

"Can I buy this here? Miss Yue, let me tell you that I wanted to buy this when I was in Juzhou, but a little kid broke it in the back..." The boy in a short shirt was a little happy.

He said with a smile, wanting to share the story of his encounter with the Qiao brothers and sisters with the woman in blue who had not been with him for too long or too short.

"Well, just tell me and I'll listen..." Yue Hanzhi just responded and then picked up the food on the plate with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, but did not eat the plate of golden pastry.

Lin Manliu talked about the people and things he had encountered. When he said that he was happy, he grabbed a piece of golden pastry and made it one of the things in the story. Then he bit into his mouth and continued to talk about the one that belonged to his trip.

a story.

In this way, a long time passed. Lin Manliu started by buying golden custard from Juzhou, and told all the things about his long journey before meeting Yue Hanzhi, whether it was before or after Juzhou, until the story

By the time he finished speaking, the young man in a short shirt had actually finished the golden custard on the plate.

Only then did he react and smiled awkwardly and said, "Miss Yue, I finished eating without paying attention..."

"It's okay. I'll eat whatever I like. By the way, when is your birthday? I'm really sorry. Why don't you just treat it as a pastry made at home for your own birthday?" Yue Hanzhi's chopsticks were still playing with the side dishes on the plate.

Said casually.

"At the end of February, just after the 15th of this year, I happened to meet the master who was learning swordsmanship from him... I didn't think about it at the time." The boy in the short shirt thought for a while and said.

I saw Yue Hanzhi's right hand holding the chopsticks was slightly stunned, barely holding the chopsticks in his hand, and then hurriedly clenched it. She looked at Lin Manliu with a little disbelief in her eyes, and then said word by word: "Then I'll give it to you.

It’s your birthday next year. You’ll be sixteen after eating these golden pastries, you know? You’ll be seventeen next year..."

After hearing the news, Lin Manliu was a little confused at first, then looked at Yue Hanzhi, who had a serious expression, nodded and said: "Well... seventeenth next year...".

The two of them chatted and laughed until late at night. The moonlight shone into the courtyard. Yue Hanzhi looked at the moonlight shining into the house through the window edge. After saying that it was getting late, he got up and walked to his room. After turning around, he said:

The boys in short shirts also rest early.

There was no talk all night, and the only sound left in the quiet courtyard was the occasional chirping of cicadas. After a busy day, the young man finally had time to put aside all his worries and fall asleep. The dishes on the table were just placed casually where they would be put away when he got up early tomorrow.

That’s it.
Chapter completed!