Shitou and Mu Zihan greeted each other, Hua Qianli looked at Shitou and said, "Master Mu, congratulations."
The title of Hua Qianli set off alarm bells in Shitou's heart. Apart from telling the proprietress about his life experience when Ren Xin was taken to Yunlai Restaurant, he never mentioned his life experience to anyone. And Hua Qianli
, but when they first met, they told him his name.
Seeing a hint of defensiveness in Shitou's eyes, Hua Qianli smiled faintly, "Just now, Xin'er announced so loudly that you were the number one. Why, isn't the number one Mr. Mu Zihan?" Hua Qianli guessed what he was thinking.
She was doubting something, so she pretended to be stupid. Ren Xin looked at Shitou and smiled brightly, with pride on his face, as if the winner was her child.
Master Xu hid in the corner, secretly watching, and saw that the stone on Ren Xin's side had appeared at some point. The three of them were talking and laughing together, and felt a lot more relaxed. Master Xu couldn't help but feel relieved.
Taking a long breath, he prepared to return to the post before Ren Xin discovered him.
He stood up, but didn't think about it. Before he walked a few steps, he heard a burst of envy, jealousy and hatred from Mu Zihan, a few failed scholars. Originally, the master didn't care about these things, but after hearing Mu Zihan's three
When he heard the word "Mu Zihan", he couldn't help but stop in his tracks, "Mu Zihan? Could it be that he is the heir of an old friend?"
Listening to the conversations of several scholars, Master Xu quickly confirmed his target. Mu Zihan had been staying by his side for many years. He never knew... He actually thought that the child was no longer there.
Human world...
"You...are Mu Zihan?" The master quickly turned back excitedly, not caring about the reason for his appearance here. He grabbed the stone and asked loudly, his jagged hands couldn't help but tremble.
"Yes...I am indeed Mu Zihan, Master, you..." Shitou was frightened by Master's actions. He didn't understand why Master was so interested in his name. This made him wonder what Master had with his grandfather.
relationship, but in his memory, he had never heard his grandfather mention Master Xu.
"Why didn't you tell him earlier?" Master blamed Shitou for not telling him Shitou's true identity earlier. He pulled Shitou and looked up and down. He murmured to himself, "Why didn't I see that this nose, these eyes,
This demeanor is almost carved from the same mold as him! Good, good! He is worthy of being the grandson of old friend Mu..."
Master Xu kept praising Shi Shi, which made Shi Shi feel flattered. However, he did not say anything about his relationship with Shi Shi's grandfather. He just said "old friend" and Shi Shi was confused. He had never heard his grandfather mention Master Xu.
.
"You and grandpa are old acquaintances? But we have a close relationship?" Shi Shi asked softly. Master Xu took a breath and looked at Shi Shi. "Perhaps your grandpa has no impression of me, but in
In my eyes, he is my benefactor and my confidant..."
"What exactly is it?" There seems to be a hidden secret in this that even Shitou's grandfather doesn't know. Shitou wanted to ask, but Master Xu looked at Hua Qianli and said, "Qianli, maybe you have just thought of what exactly is going on?"
Hua Qianli lowered her eyes and smiled, "If you have a close friend in life, you will die without regrets."
"You actually know what happened back then." Master Xu looked at Hua Qianli, and felt more and more incredible that this person was so young, but he actually knew everything about what happened decades ago. Fortunately, he, Ren Xin, Shitou
The relationship seems to be pretty good, at least they are not enemies. Otherwise, the future of these two people is really uncertain.
"What exactly happened that year?" Shitou and Ren Xin asked in unison. They were not clear about what Hua Qianli and Confucius said. Confucius looked at Shitou and shook his head, "It's nothing, so don't tell me."
Master Xu made it clear that he didn't want to say anything, "Qianli, tell me, what happened back then?" Ren Xin tried to find out something from Hua Qianli, but unfortunately, Hua Qianli smiled and said nothing, and she didn't know much.
Little, but he knows very well that disaster comes from words. If others are not willing to say it, and it is unnecessary to say it, he will naturally not speak out about it.
Ren Xin pouted, "Forget it if you don't say it."
"Xin'er, it seems that Zihan took the top spot, so what about you?" The master changed the subject. To be honest, he was quite uneasy when asking this question. Those old stubborns didn't give him any face at that time, and kept saying
He said that the Prime Minister had ordered that no woman be allowed to be selected...
Ren Xin laughed twice, a little ashamed, "Xin'er failed to enter the top three..."
If you didn't make it to the top three, you'd have won. The Master smiled with relief. Although he thought he was Wei Luosunshan when he saw Ren Xin and others chatting and laughing before, but now that he heard the news with his own ears, it was a different feeling.
However, for Ren Xin to be on the list, could it be that those old stubborns were persuaded by him and gave him some face?
Seeing that the expression in Master Xu's eyes was changing again and again, Hua Qianli smiled faintly without revealing her thoughts. Unknowingly, it was already late at night, heavy with dew and dampness, and it was getting colder. Hua Qianli suggested that everyone go back and set off.
At this time, Ren Xin looked at the sky full of clouds, then at Master Xu, raised the corners of his mouth, pinched Master Xu's sleeves with two fingers, tugged, and laughed softly, "Master, at this time, you
Why are you here?"
"I...have nothing to do and want to take a walk..."
"Take a walk?" Ren Xin burst into laughter, feeling warm in her heart, but she boldly teased Master Xu, "Then you passed by here? Your walk has gone far enough.
"Ren Xin couldn't stop laughing. Master didn't know what to say for a moment. He didn't expect that one day, he would actually tell such a low-level lie.
But he thought about it again to at least make his lie sound less lame, so he pointed to the sky and calmly explained: "I forgot about the time while admiring the stars, and walked here unknowingly, and my heart
Did you know..."
After saying that, Ren Xin covered her mouth and laughed. She couldn't complain about the master's poor lying skills. But the master wanted to use the excuse of looking at the stars to teach Ren Xin another lesson on astronomy.
class. But he didn’t expect his beautiful wishes to be shattered by Shi Shi’s words.
"Master, how did you see the stars in the sky?" If he saw it right, the sky was full of dark clouds. What kind of piercing eyes would it take to see through them?
"Of course you can just raise your head..." Master Xu suddenly felt that Shi Shi was very stupid. He raised his finger to the sky and explained casually. However, when he raised his head, he swallowed the words on his lips, "Usually you can see it.
Well..." It was pitch black,
Even his fingers could vaguely distinguish it. What stars could be seen where? Fortunately, a gust of wind blew a cloud and revealed the moon. The master quickly changed his words, "Oh, actually
, I came here admiring the moon."
"Well, it is indeed time to admire the moon..." After being reminded by the master, Ren Xin and others suddenly remembered that today is indeed a good day to admire the moon.
Everyone was silent for a moment, and Ren Xin missed his parents and Ling'er at home, as well as the proprietress and Ma Kui in the restaurant, "Speaking of which, today is August 15th, and Shitou and I both happened to win the lottery. Let's go back and celebrate.
." Ren Xin suggested.
"Okay, how about leaving it to Qianli and Qingchen to prepare?" Seeing that the topic had changed, Master no longer thought about the embarrassment just now, and ordered Hua Qianli to do the work without caring. Fortunately, Hua Qianli
Li was a humble man and didn't argue with the master, so he readily agreed. Anyway, he only needed to go back and talk to Yanran, and Yanran would prepare everything, but Chu Qingchen...
"I remember that I saw Brother Chu and Mr. Chu going out together before. Why is Mr. only alone now?"
"Qingchen, he saw Xin'er was hesitant before, and seemed to want to step forward to do something, but when you happened to appear, he suddenly lost his temper for some reason, turned around and left..."
Master Xu had something to say. He glanced at Ren Xin's expression secretly from the corner of his eyes. He saw that Ren Xin and Shi Shi were discussing something. He didn't seem to care at all about the content of his conversation with Hua Qianli. He really couldn't tell that Ren Xin was discussing something.
What was he thinking in his heart? Inexplicably, he suddenly felt that he couldn't seem to see through her proud student.
Hua Qianli looked at Ren Xin, and felt more and more that she was very similar to her previous self. Hua Qianli closed her fan and sighed leisurely, "It seems that Brother Chu will need some time to stop looking good to the younger generation.
Well, sir, you didn’t tell this junior earlier.”
"Nothing, Chu Qingchen has such a temper. No one knows why he is angry. I think he is jealous of you. He is a peacock, narcissistic to the extreme. Maybe he doesn't want to see you.
Better than him." Ren Xin didn't know whether he misinterpreted the point of their conversation intentionally or unintentionally. Shitou remained silent on the side, wondering what he was thinking.
Hua Qianli and Xu Fuzi looked at each other and smiled, "I think he is jealous of me too." Jealous that he and Ren Xin were close.
There was no words all the way, and the four of them returned to the inn together. Hua Qianli asked someone to arrange a house for Shitou, and Ren Xin followed him. Master Xu was a little tired, "It will be ready in a while, and someone will call me again.
Go back and rest first, have a rest." Master Xu also went back.
Yanran came back at the right time. As soon as she entered the gate, she saw Hua Qianli standing alone in the yard. She went up to report the progress of the day, "I found her. She seems to be on an unknown mountain. Moreover, those people haven't found her yet."
Find her."
"That's good. As long as the people over there haven't found her, she will be fine."
"Actually, Master, please allow Yanran to say that even if the people over there find her, they can't do anything to her. Why do you care so much about her?"
"Why don't you care? She is my senior brother's only relative..."