Hao Ren remained silent and continued to help Zhao Hongyu.
Zhao Hongyu didn't say much else. She was responsible for cooking and steaming vegetables, and she cooperated well with Hao Ren.
When dinner was almost done, Zhao Yanzi and Zhao Guang also came back. Due to the pressure from Xihai, Zhao Guang personally took Zhao Yanzi to school these days, and some elders were also arranged near Lingzhao Middle School.
"Mom! Today's cooking tastes so good!" Zhao Yanzi, wearing a blue school uniform, jumped into the kitchen.
"Haha, I have Aren to help me today, so I did it more carefully." Zhao Hongyu said with a smile.
"Oh! You should let him help!" Zhao Yanzi pouted and gave Hao Ren a roll of his eyes.
Hao Ren smiled helplessly. Zhao Yanzi was in a good mood, probably because Zeng Yitao hadn't come to school these days, so he didn't harass her.
"It seems like you did a great job today." Zhao Guang also praised loudly in the living room outside.
"Of course, today's dishes are all ordered by me!" Zhao Yanzi happily jumped outside again.
She heard that Zeng Yitao had been knocked down a level, and she felt very happy, but she never really thought about the consequences.
"Okay, okay, it's time to eat." Zhao Hongyu walked out of the kitchen carrying two plates of stir-fried vegetables.
Zhao Yanzi jumped over, picked up two shreds of meat with her fingertips, and put them in her mouth.
"Little greedy cat!" Zhao Hongyu put the dishes on the dining table and patted Zhao Yanzi's forehead with her hand. Of course, it was just a symbolic punishment. Zhao Yanzi stuck out his tongue and didn't care at all.
Hao Ren followed Zhao Hongyu and walked out with two other plates of food.
"There is another soup, go and help bring it out, just eat it and don't cook it!" Zhao Hongyu stretched out her hand and pinched Zhao Yanzi's nose.
"I know! I know!" Zhao Yanzi quickly walked into the kitchen, covered his hands with a rag, and brought out a large bowl of soup.
Looking at her clumsy look, it was obvious that she seldom did housework. Hao Ren was really worried about her when he saw her wandering out.
Zhao Guang put down the newspaper in his hand, walked to the dining table, and sat down.
"Eat, eat!" Zhao Hongyu took off her apron and breathed a long sigh of relief. Making dinner every night was a battle that cannot be ignored for Zhao Hongyu.
Zhao Yanzi put a big bowl of soup on the table, then hurriedly blew on his fingers and put them to his ears to cool down. He looked clumsy and dexterous, just like a little rabbit.
"Aren, come on, let's eat! You've been busy for more than half an hour today." Zhao Hongyu pulled Hao Ren to sit at the dining table.
Hao Ren looked at Zhao Guang across the table, thought for a moment, and asked, "Uncle, what have you done in Xihai recently?"
"Old man Zeng and 16 senior elders are staying in a hotel in Donghai City. There are no big problems yet." Zhao Guang said.
"Then the old man is here too. He won't do anything good, right?" Zhao Yanzi said while holding chopsticks.
"You can study in peace, and you don't have to worry about other things." Zhao Guang turned to Zhao Yanzi with a serious face.
Hearing what his father said, Zhao Yanzi wrinkled his nose and looked unhappy. What is this? Hao Ren can participate in the affairs of the East China Sea, but I can only be a child?
"I went to Elder Sun's martial arts hall today. The power of the split-light sword and shadow battle is getting stronger and stronger," Hao Ren said.
"Well, there is no need to rush into cultivation matters." Zhao Guang nodded calmly.
He could see that Hao Ren had been upgraded from Li-level to earthquake-level, but he just didn't want to make him proud, so he didn't mention it specifically. Moreover, in Zhao Guang's mind, even the earthquake-level wouldn't be of much help.
"In addition, Xiaobai is also better than before." Hao Ren continued.
"Xiao Bai?" Zhao Yanzi, who was immersed in eating, suddenly brightened his eyes, "I haven't seen Xiao Bai for a long time!"
Faintly hearing Zhao Yanzi's exchange, Xiaobai in the necklace also became restless.
Hao Ren opened the mustard space and released Xiao Bai from inside.
"Haha, Xiaobai!" Zhao Yanzi put down his chopsticks and suddenly picked up Xiaobai.
From the look on her face, she seemed to like Xiao Bai much more than Hao Ren.
"Azi, you're still eating!" Zhao Hongyu knocked on the table to remind Zhao Yanzi.
"Mom! Prepare some food for Xiaobai!" Zhao Yanzi was not afraid of Zhao Hongyu's warning at all, but instead raised Xiaobai high.
Today's Xiaobai has a snow-white body and four claws that are golden, and is very beautiful.
Zhao Yanzi teased it a few times and then threw it up.
Xiaobai's four claws burst out with little flames, and he flew freely in the spacious living room.
Not only are its four claws stepping on small flames, but some firelight also overflows from the corners of its mouth, making it look majestic.
Such an image made Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Guang become serious. With such ability even before the transformation, is this really just an ordinary Class C spirit beast?
"Xiao Bai, transform!" Like teasing a lion in a circus, Zhao Yanzi patted Xiao Bai's back as he flew back.
Boom! Xiaobai immediately transformed into the shape of a normal snow lion, with golden claws, long mane, and piercing black eyes. This image is even more majestic than the stone lions at the entrances of large companies.
hundred times!
"Ah..." Zhao Hongyu looked at Xiaobai and exclaimed.
Zhao Yanzi said proudly, "Mom, let me just say that Xiaobai is very good."
Zhao Hongyu babbled and looked at her dissatisfied, "Look at the carpet!"
Zhao Yanzi looked along Xiaobai's claws and found that her mother's most cherished carpet had four big holes burned by Xiaobai's four claws!
"Xiao Bai, Xiao Bai!" Hao Ren hurriedly waved to Xiao Bai.
The innocent Xiao Bai shrank in size, put away the flames in his claws, and threw himself into Hao Ren's arms.
"Mom... Xiaobai didn't mean it..." Zhao Yanzi said hurriedly.
"Okay, let's eat." Zhao Hongyu sighed helplessly. Compared to Xiaobai, did Zhao Yanzi break fewer things when she was a child? If she had to care about it, she, a mother, would have been pissed to death.
Zhao Guang stared at Xiao Bai in Hao Ren's arms, thought for a few seconds, and asked, "What level is it now?"
"It should be the first level." Hao Ren said.
Xiaobai was in Hao Ren's arms. Knowing that he was in trouble, he shook his butt and tried hard to get into Hao Ren's necklace. But if Hao Ren didn't open it, how could it get in?
"The red light it emits contains gold, so it shouldn't be ordinary fire. Speaking of which, the inner fire of the spiritual beast is a demon fire that can make elixirs." Zhao Guang said.
Ever since Hao Ren retrieved several hundred magical elixirs equivalent to tenth grade from the Nine Dragons Palace, Zhao Guang felt that elixirs were also an extremely important type of strategic materials. However, the energy of the magical elixirs was too strong and he could not take more.
If the East China Sea and the West China Sea officially start a war, third-grade or higher elixirs will be a very important part.
"Alchemy?" Hao Ren suddenly became interested. The only formal alchemy he had seen was when Zhen Tongzi refined the life-saving elixir for Zhao Kuo, and he saw the effect of bringing the dead back to life with his own eyes.
As for Elder Xingyue taking care of Su Han, it was just a matter of making medicine.
Zhen Tongzi's true body is actually a monster with spiritual intelligence, so the flames it spits out can be used to make elixirs.
Let Xiaobai breathe fire and make elixirs... Well, I can try it in the future.
Pull the tail once, and it will be a small fire, pull it twice, and it will be a medium fire, and pull it three times, and it will be a high fire. It's almost like a gas switch. Hao Ren thought to himself.
"I just said casually that we in Donghai have a powerful treasure refining master, but we lack a good alchemy master. Zhen Tongzi's interest is treasure refining. Although he can also make alchemy, it is relatively time-consuming and labor-intensive. He
I won’t take action easily.” Zhao Guang said.
"Especially for large quantities of low-grade elixirs, Zhen Tongzi will not lower his status to help refine them." Zhao Hongyu added.
"Alchemy is not just about putting the ingredients in a pot, controlling the heat, and cooking them like cooking." Zhao Yanzi interjected.
Zhao Hongyu glanced at her and didn't bother to explain to her.
After dinner, Zhao Yanzi was rushed upstairs by Zhao Hongyu to make up lessons. Hao Ren accompanied her upstairs and supervised her homework. He continued yesterday's content and gave her tutoring on geometry in mathematics.
Zhao Yanzi opened her schoolbag and took out the homework one by one, with a hundred dissatisfaction written on her face.
She didn't pay any attention to the fact that Old Man Zeng brought 16 elders to Donghai City. If Donghai Dragon Palace is the undersea base camp of the Donghai Dragon Clan, then Donghai City is the base camp of the East China Sea Dragon Clan on land. Zhao Yanzi was still afraid of more than a dozen of them.
What kind of trouble can an individual make on the territory of the East China Sea Dragon Clan?
After finishing all the homework in a hurry, Zhao Yanzi turned around and opened his palms towards Hao Ren.
Hao Ren took the test paper out of the bag and put it in her hand.
Zhao Yanzi took the test paper away and continued to open her palms towards Hao Ren.
"What for?" Hao Ren looked at her strangely.
"I bought a lot of snacks in the past two days and used up all the money." Zhao Yanzi shook his palms.
"Why don't you ask your parents for it?" Hao Ren looked at her sideways.
"Need more to say?" Zhao Yanzi narrowed his eyes and puffed out his mouth.
"I can lend you money, but you have to make up for your classes." Hao Ren took out his wallet.
"It's to give money, not to borrow money." Zhao Yanzi took Hao Ren's wallet and pulled out three hundred cards, "Don't take more, just take three hundred!"
The corner of Hao Ren's mouth twitched, thinking that I only have 400 yuan in cash in it. If you take away 300 yuan, is it still enough?
In fact, Zhao Yanzi also has difficulties. Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu want her to live frugally, so the pocket money they give her every month is kept within a very small limit. But on the one hand, she is greedy and always sneaks out to buy something at noon.
Delicious food. On the one hand, I like to go shopping with Xiao Ling. I can’t help but buy beautiful things when I see them. These pocket money are simply not enough.
If her third uncle hadn't quietly supported her and given her hundreds or even thousands each time, how could her good life last? And now that Zhao Kuo is no longer in Donghai City, her life is becoming more and more difficult, especially Xiaoling's last week.
For her birthday, she bought a big gift worth 500 yuan for her, and she was really poor.
"I'm telling you, you still have to control your money in the future..." Hao Ren faced her and began to preach.
Zhao Yanzi covered her ears and pretended not to want to listen.
Seeing her like this, Hao Ren took out his mobile phone, pulled out a photo, and put it in front of her.
Seeing this photo, Zhao Yanzi's eyes gradually widened, the corners of her mouth twisted, and she hurriedly reached out to grab it.
In the photo, Zhao Yanzi was lying on the bed, her head falling on the test paper written by Hao Ren himself, and the drool flowing from the corner of her mouth made half of the entire test paper wet!
How could such photos that ruined the image be left in Hao Ren’s phone!
Hao Ren suddenly raised his cell phone, making Zhao Yanzi miss him. Such "evidence" must be kept in the cell phone to make Zhao Yanzi obedient.
Plop!
The wooden chair Hao Ren was sitting on fell backwards.
Zhao Yanzi, who didn't catch the phone but threw herself on Hao Ren's chest, also fell down!
"Oh, just make up the classes. What are you doing?" Zhao Yanzi was worried and wanted to supervise himself. He happened to walk to the door of Zhao Yanzi's room. When he heard a loud noise, he opened the door.
What she saw in her eyes was Hao Ren lying on the floor with eyes full of panic, while Zhao Yanzi rushed on his chest anxiously, her mouth almost touching Hao Ren's lips.
Well……
Zhao Hongyu's mind almost failed to turn around.
Zhao Yanzi pressed half of his body against Hao Ren's chest. When he turned around and saw Zhao Hongyu, his face suddenly flushed with blood, as red as pig liver.
"Mom, it's him..." Zhao Yanzi pointed at Hao Ren's arm that was thrown on the floor, and stopped mid-sentence.
If Zhao Hongyu saw the photo, he would definitely know that she was lazy and sleeping while Hao Ren was giving her tutoring lessons. Wouldn't it be like shooting herself in the foot?
"He, what happened to him?" Zhao Hongyu walked in and asked.
"No...it's nothing." Zhao Yan stood up with a purple face.
Hao Ren also coughed slightly and got up from the floor. He took a photo yesterday just for fun and had no other meaning. He didn't expect Zhao Yanzi to be so excited and make such a big fuss.
"Study seriously." Zhao Hongyu felt helpless, turned around and walked out of the room.
The more Zhao Hongyu behaved like this, the more Zhao Yanzi knew that she had misunderstood. Her face turned red and she wanted to explain, but she didn't know how to explain.
She touched her little mouth, not knowing whether her lips had touched or not in her panic just now.
Seeing Zhao Hongyu walk out of the room, the redness on Zhao Yanzi's face subsided slightly. She thought about it carefully and turned to look at Hao Ren, "Was there... just now...?"
"What?" Hao Ren looked at her in confusion. Isn't this word-filling game too difficult?
Seeing Zhao Yanzi touching her own lips with her hand, Hao Ren also subconsciously touched his lips with his hand.
"Ah? Did you bump into it?" Zhao Yanzi suddenly frowned anxiously.
Seeing her asking this question, Hao Ren finally knew what she was talking about.
The fall was too sudden, and then Zhao Hongyu suddenly walked in. In his panic, he didn't realize the problem.
"We met..." Hao Ren hesitated for a few seconds before answering her.
"Ah?" Zhao Yanzi wrinkled his nose and eyebrows even more embarrassed.
"What should we do?" Hao Ren asked her.
"What else can I do!" Zhao Yanzi glared at Hao Ren, "You even took away my first kiss, you damn uncle! Bad uncle!"
Seeing her reaction, Hao Ren burst into laughter.
Seeing Hao Ren laughing, Zhao Yanzi looked at Hao Ren doubtfully, "Ah? No kiss?"
Hao Ren took a deep breath and looked at her, "Do you want to touch her or not?"
"I..." Zhao Yanzi paused for half a second, "Of course I didn't touch it!"
"Okay, okay, then I didn't touch it." Hao Ren handed the test paper on the table to Zhao Yanzi.