Chapter 307: I hear the dogs outside barking incessantly, so I'm going out to take a look

"Please come in, it was my rudeness," the young man said embarrassedly.

An Yinan smiled and did not mind; this young man was doing it for the old man's safety, which was very good.

"Did someone come who shouldn't have?" An Yinan said.

The young man closed the door, and after hearing An Yinan's words, he smiled helplessly.

"It's no wonder Hua Lao said you are a wise person."

An Yinan laughed softly, "He praises me like that behind my back? A wise person? Not everyone is worthy of being called a wise person, and in any case, I am not."

The young man also smiled and said nothing more, but he had already made a judgment in his heart.

"Hua Lao, a guest is here," the young man said after walking into the Main Hall, calling toward the study.

Hua Wensheng's voice returned quickly, "I'm not seeing anyone, not seeing anyone."

The young man looked at An Yinan with some embarrassment.

An Yinan smiled and shook her head.

She walked to the entrance of the study, "The old man's airs have grown quite large, huh? It seems not just anyone can see him now."

As soon as the words fell, the study door was already opened.

"Girl, you've come?" His voice carried a hint of surprise.

An Yinan smiled and nodded, "Didn't I say you need to take good care of your health? Is this how you, an old man, take care of yourself?"

Hua Wensheng looked at his somewhat wrinkled clothes, thinking about his state over the past few days.

"You sit there, you are not allowed to leave," the old man said, then immediately walked away quickly.

It was the young man's first time seeing Hua Lao like this; he opened his mouth in surprise, but his professional training kept him from exclaiming out loud.

This was a leading authority in the Huaxia literary world, Hua Wensheng!

Even the people from above spoke in a gentle and polite manner when they saw Hua Lao.

Yet this young girl before him just called him 'old man'? Was he hallucinating, or was he hallucinating?

An Yinan saw the young man's expression but did not speak; she did not want to tell others about the relationship between her and the old man.

They were elder and junior, but before Hua Wensheng returned to Beijing, he was just that old man at the Waste Recycling Station, and they had long been accustomed to their way of interacting.

If she were overly respectful, it would instead make the old man unhappy, and she would be unhappy too.

Why bother?

"You girl, why did you come today?" Hua Wensheng had washed up and changed into a brand-new set of clothes before coming back into the living room.

An Yinan sat on the sofa and took two bottles of medicine from her bosom, "Here, I've brought you medicine."

She wished she could split her time in two right now; if it weren't for the urgency of delivering the medicine, she might not have come today.

Seeing the medicine bottles in front of him, Hua Wensheng thought for a moment, "There is one thing I would like to discuss with you."

Having said this, Hua Wensheng looked at the young man.

The young man understood, immediately left the living room, closed the living room door tightly, and stood guard three meters away.

"What is it? So solemn!" An Yinan rarely saw Hua Wensheng looking solemn.

On normal days, he was more like an old urchin, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted.

Hua Wensheng looked at An Yinan, wondering if pulling her into this was the right thing to do!

"I want you to see a patient," Hua Wensheng said.

Seeing his expression, An Yinan had a rough guess in her heart.

"Can't the identity be revealed?" she asked.

Hua Wensheng thought for a while, then nodded, "If you don't want to get involved, it's best not to know."

An Yinan smiled, "Understood."

"You arrange the time, you arrange the location, and once it's arranged, tell the Principal; after all, you two are familiar, otherwise I'd have to find a way to ask for leave."

An Yinan said with a smile, as if she hadn't realized the danger at all.

"Girl!" Hua Wensheng began.

An Yinan waved her hand, "Old man, given our relationship, there's no need to say so much."

"You don't want to say it, and I don't want to ask."

"As for what follows, I also believe you will arrange it well."

They were friends across generations!

She was one of the people he trusted most.

Hua Wensheng took a deep look at An Yinan, then picked up a cup of tea and took a light sip.

"When I returned to Beijing, I stopped resenting that student of mine."

Hua Wensheng's voice was somewhat distant, carrying the flavor of memories.

"If not for his framing, I wouldn't have gone to that small County, wouldn't have experienced so many things, and wouldn't have emptied myself for so many years."

Thinking of all the past, it might not be anything other than accumulated wealth.

More importantly, he met An Yinan.

If all that hadn't happened before, he and this little girl would never have had any intersection.

"I'll take that as a compliment," An Yinan said, pouring herself a cup of tea without ceremony, then said with a grin.

She heard the subtext, and how could she not feel fortunate herself?

What she was fortunate for was not the priceless treasures in her space.

What she was fortunate for was simply meeting someone with the same values.

"You shameless girl!" Although Hua Wensheng said this, he laughed heartily, his smile full of ease and unmasked joy.

Aside from a few old friends, this girl was the only one who could make him show himself without any pretense.

Just as the two were chatting, the courtyard gate was knocked on again.

An Yinan looked toward Hua Wensheng, and Hua Wensheng's brows furrowed, looking displeased.

This made her feel a bit more curious about the visitor; after all, although the old man was awkward, he rarely showed his dislike so bluntly.

"Why is it you people again? You are not welcome here," the young man said sternly.

But the person outside the gate laughed and said, "Yo, who do you think you are? I am a student of the teacher; how are you talking to me?"

"Exactly, a mere little clerk, and you're actually putting on airs in front of us?"

"Hey, why bother with him? Let's go find the teacher."

The young man was no match for the three of them; he was pushed aside and stomped his feet in anxiety.

Every time these three came, Hua Lao would be angry for a long time.

An Yinan heard the voices outside, and after seeing the situation, she turned her head and said to Hua Wensheng, "Old man, your judgment in the past was truly poor."

Hua Wensheng, who had been unhappy, nodded in agreement after hearing An Yinan's words, "You are right!"

He wasn't being contrary now, was he?

An Yinan rolled her eyes helplessly, then stood up and opened the living room door.

"Ouch, are you blind? You hit my nose!" The person who had been aggressive at the start hadn't even pulled the door yet when he was struck head-on by An Yinan opening it from the inside.

He immediately covered his nose with both hands, curled up on the ground, and bright red color could be seen between his fingers.

"Oh? My apologies. I heard a pack of dogs barking incessantly outside, so I came out to take a look; I didn't expect to bump into your nose." An Yinan leaned against the door frame, not at all in the posture of a young lady, arms crossed, looking at the three people with a playful expression.

Hua Wensheng was afraid An Yinan would be wronged; he had just stood up from the sofa and hadn't even taken a step when he heard the little girl's sarcastic words.

A pack of dogs...

A fitting description!

One person was covering his nose, looking completely disheveled.