Chapter 121

It wasn't just old Xue who was mischievous; the ancestral graves of the Zeng and Zheng families had also excitedly split open.

Although these three martial brothers had no regrets after death, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan couldn't just leave their corpses exposed in the wilderness.

Everyone had to spend quite a bit of time repairing their ancestral graves, using formation flagpoles as nails to re-fasten the split coffin lids.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan even ran across all three hilltops, adding a handful of soil to each family's grave.

After the work was finished, everyone prepared to go down the mountain and return to Min'an Town.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin leaned on his shovel and swept a glance toward the back of the hillside, and was immediately amused.

After being startled awake by the fool's fart, those six students were still lingering in the same spot; some were crying, some were dazed, and some were arguing.

If ordinary people had experienced such a nightmarish journey, a mental breakdown would be normal, but these six were supposed to be an expedition team, and they had voluntarily chosen to go to Zhengmen Village despite warnings; now that they had been rescued, the fact that they were still in this state was truly ridiculous.

They were already very close to the town, and one could see the town's outline from any high point; if they could still run into trouble here, it would be their own fault.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan couldn't be bothered to pay them any more mind and led the group straight down the mountain.

It was already afternoon when they returned to town.

The old man who told stories was just heading toward the long corridor with his musical instrument and a small stool; upon seeing this group, the old man's eyes widened, and he immediately hurried over, staring first at Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, then at Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, then at Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng, and finally at Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin.

The old man was very anxious, gripping Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's hand tightly, his lips pressed thin, looking as if he had something important to say but couldn't remember it at all.

In the end, it was Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin who hooked his arm around the old man's shoulder and chatted with him for a while, which finally allowed the old man to wander off toward the long corridor in a daze.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked to the small shop and saw the auntie who ran it arguing with the delivery person:

"I only ordered one batch of goods and you brought me three; how long do you expect me to sell all this!"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan signaled that he needed to make a call, and the auntie nodded before continuing to bicker with the delivery person from the county.

He first called the paging station, and then the paging station helped page Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang.

After hanging up the phone, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan looked at the candies on the counter, picked up the tray, and handed the whole thing to the fool.

The fool happily stepped forward and stuffed the candies into his pockets, but they kept falling out as he did so, quickly attracting the nearby children to come over and pick them up together.

The phone rang, and Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan answered.

"Hello, is this Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan?"

"It's me, Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang."

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang fell silent on the other end and didn't speak further; when things were still unclear, he, being away and unable to help, felt it was best not to say anything unnecessary.

"Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang, everything is fine at home now."

"Huu..."

A long sigh came from the other end of the line, followed by heavy breathing, and when he finally spoke, his voice was slightly choked:

"Thanks, Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan."

"Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang, there's a fool in your town, do you know him?"

"I know him."

"You should ask your parents to take him in and raise him at home."

"Okay."

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang didn't ask why and agreed immediately.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan hung up the phone and paid for both the call and the candies.

Afterward, he turned to his companions and said:

"We aren't staying here tonight; we're heading straight back to Jin Ling. If there's anything else you want to take care of, do it quickly."

The group separated.

Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng and Zheng Zheng Zheng Zheng Jiayi returned to the old Zheng house.

The family of three in the main room of the old Zheng house had already been blown apart.

They were innocent, including Zheng Zheng Zheng Zheng Jiayi's parents; who could have imagined that while living perfectly fine lives, they would be subjected to the demonic hand of an ancestor from three hundred years ago.

However, Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng didn't return to pay respects to them, but went up to the second floor, entered the bedroom, and smashed the jar she had previously used to hold her dishes.

Just as she walked down to the courtyard, she saw the neighbor who had previously borrowed her kitchen standing at the door, peering inside.

Zheng Zheng Zheng Zheng Jiayi asked, "Auntie, what are you..."

"I came to ask, is that jar finished being used?"

Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng: "I smashed it; the money is already left in your kitchen, including the cost for that pot."

As for the cooking pot, Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng had also deliberately poked a few holes in it before taking the dishes away.

"Money received, received, hehe."

The woman felt a bit embarrassed; they had already compensated her several times over, but as a farmer, she didn't consider it taking advantage, just wanting to save where she could.

Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng took Zheng Zheng Zheng Zheng Jiayi's hand and left.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin returned to the old Zeng house; unexpectedly, the courtyard had been swept very clean.

On the steps leading to the main hall, Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Yiwei sat there, disheveled and unshaven, holding a photograph with many wine bottles and jars placed in front of him.

Hearing the movement, Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Yiwei looked up; his eyes were bloodshot.

"Brother... you're back."

Honestly, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's relationship with Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Yiwei wasn't deep; their so-called "decades of brotherhood" was more like each getting what they needed under special circumstances.

However, seeing Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Yiwei like this, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin felt he was somewhat pitiful.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "I thought you had already gone back."

Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Yiwei waved his hand, his eyes full of desolation: "Can't go back, really, can't go back."

"Learn to let go; pick it up when you need to, don't always carry it around, it's tiring. Perhaps Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao wouldn't want to see you like this either."

After leaving these words of comfort, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin walked to the well and peered down.

The well walls and bottom were all whitened, as if sprinkled with a layer of lime; the efficacy must have been exhausted that night.

Taking his tools from his backpack, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin made a rubbing of the patterns around the wellhead.

Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan hadn't instructed him to do this, probably because Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan didn't think much of this small house-protection formation.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin intended to make the rubbing and take it back to study; after all, having personally experienced the formation's damage, he could better combine theory with practice.

"Looks like I need to get a camera."

After finishing this, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin waved at Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Yiwei and walked out of the house.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan returned to the Xue house.

Xue Ba sat in the courtyard smoking a sullen cigarette, and Xue Ma wasn't playing cards either; she sat opposite Xue Ba, staring blankly at her fingers.

Even though the courtyard was covered in longevity couplets and characters, creating a festive atmosphere, the elderly couple looked full of worry.

"Uncle Xue, Auntie Xue."

Upon hearing Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's voice, the two elders were stunned for a moment before running over; Auntie Xue even reached out to pinch Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan all over, as if to confirm whether the boy was completely intact.

Xue Ba: "Child, you're finally back; we were worried you had gone to..."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had left a note when he left, but clearly, the two elders hadn't fully believed it and were both wondering in their hearts if the boy had also gone to Zhengmen Village.

"Uncle Xue, how could I dare to go to such a dangerous place?"

Xue Ba gently nudged Xue Ma: "Go on, go cook for the child."

"Oh, right." Xue Ma immediately nodded with a smile.

"Uncle Xue, Auntie Xue, I've been away for too long this time, and I have to rush back to school in Jin Ling now, otherwise the teacher will fail me, so I won't stay for dinner.

Before leaving, I specifically came to say goodbye and thank you, Uncle and Auntie, for your care these past few days."

"We're all family, no need to be so polite."

"Exactly, Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang has been to your Nantong countless times this past year, and hasn't it always been you taking care of him? We owe your family so many favors."

Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang did indeed come to Nantong often, but he didn't visit the great-grandfather's house much; most of the time, as soon as he arrived in Nantong, he would impatiently jump into the river.

"By the way, Uncle Xue, there's one more thing; I just spoke to Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang on the phone, and he asked me to tell you to take the fool in and raise him at home."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan pulled the fool in front of them.

Xue Ba and Xue Ma frowned upon hearing this.

It was one thing to give the fool some food when there were leftovers or during festivals.

But to actually bring someone into the house to take care of... most people couldn't accept that.

This wasn't just adopting a laborer, nor was it just adding a pair of chopsticks; with a mentally unstable person in the house, how much effort would you have to spend looking after him?

However, even in a family, personal status is determined by production income, which was why Xue Ba and Xue Ma couldn't force Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang to marry and have children like other parents.

"Then... let him stay at home for now." Xue Ba planned to keep the fool for the time being and then call his son to ask what he really meant.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan certainly knew how troublesome it was to take care of a fool, but he wasn't doing this purely to repay the fool's favor.

The fool wasn't an ordinary village guardian; keeping him at home could not only protect the household's peace, but even bring up their fortune.

This kind of person was a living mascot that others couldn't even beg for.

"Then I'll be going now, no need to see me off. Goodbye, Uncle Xue, Auntie Xue. Goodbye, fool."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked to the courtyard gate and walked toward the alley with Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, who was standing at the door.

The fool peeled off a candy wrapper, put the candy in his mouth, and muttered with a drooling smile:

"Hehehe, Long Wang, hehehe, Long Wang..."

The five of them first took the truck that delivered goods to the small shop back to the county, then found a black van and rushed back to Jin Ling overnight.

It was noon when they arrived at school; after eating at Old Sichuan, everyone dispersed.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin returned to the dormitory, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng returned to the shop, and Zheng Zheng Zheng Zheng Jiayi went to the counselor's office to find Fatty Wu, incidentally helping Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin cancel his leave.

After taking a cold shower at the sink and returning to the dorm, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin pondered building a simple shower stall in the room, modeled after the one at Old Man Li's house—hanging a bucket above, connecting a shower head below, standing in a large basin to wash, and surrounding it with a rain tarp.

Finally, let Lu Yi help connect the wire, so that we can use the fast-boiling heater to boil water in the dormitory.

Anyway, he has already become familiar with the new dormitory manager, so there is no need to worry about anyone coming to inspect.

After obtaining Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's consent, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin said he would do it right away; he first went to the shop to get the things, and by the way, called over Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, who had also just finished bathing, and Lu Yi, who was working the register at the counter, to help.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan then packed up his things, shouldered his schoolbag, and went to Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei's house.

Qin Qin Shuzheng has returned.

He was currently sitting on a stool in the corner of the courtyard, his body leaning forward, his elbows resting on his knees.

Liu Yi was holding a large bowl in her left hand and a pair of silver chopsticks with sharp tips in her right, and was in the middle of taking out the things embedded in Qin Qin Shuzheng's body one by one.

Every time she took one out, she would drop it into the large bowl, making a crisp "ding-dong" sound.

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan." Qin Qin Shuzheng looked at Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, who had pushed the door open and entered, a smile appearing on his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

Liu Yi asked with concern: "Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan is back."

"Yes, I'm back." Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan responded and walked over.

In Liu Yi's large bowl were nothing but fingernails and teeth, each one as black as ink; the fingernails were very long, and the teeth were also very sharp, with barbs.

And inside Qin Qin Shuzheng's body, there were still many remnants, some embedded in positions so deep it was terrifying.

There were even some spots oozing purple pus; it could be said that old wounds and new injuries were acting up together.

While his wounds were being treated, Qin Qin Shuzheng's expression remained normal, very calm.

A playful smile appeared in Liu Yi's eyes.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan stood by for a while, then tactfully went into the room.

Qin Qin Shuzheng's body was no longer tense, and he couldn't help but remind Liu Yi, who was beside him: "Be a little gentler."

"Why were you bracing yourself so hard just now? You're just being stubborn for the sake of Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face."

"This isn't about Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, this is about the rules."

"That's strange, why didn't I ever hear you mention these rules before?"

"Before, there were no new pillars in the house."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yi nodded and didn't pursue it further, instead reminding him: "You can't keep using yourself like this; if this goes on, your body will be ruined."

"It is my duty."

"Didn't the old lady say that after you returned this time, you should rest more and not go out again for the time being?"

"I still have to go out when I need to; the family is erecting new pillars, and we can't have no one from our own family running around outside."

"By that logic, should I also take off my apron and go out for a run?"

"The old lady is the ridgepole of this family; you must stay by her side to take care of her."

"Fine, I can't win an argument with you." Liu Yi looked toward the room door, "Speaking of which, the feeling of Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan going out and you going out back then is really different."

"How is it different?"

"You used to go out in a rush every time and come back covered in wounds, and I would have to wipe away tears while treating your injuries. But look at Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan; it's really like he just went on a business trip to handle a matter and came back."

Qin Qin Shuzheng laughed: "How can you compare me to him? If we were really the same, wouldn't the old lady be worrying and fretting all day long without eating or drinking?"

"Did the old lady worry about you any less back then?"

"That's not what I meant. Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan and I are ultimately different. At the same age, I was far worse than Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan. When I was his age..."

Qin Qin Shuzheng paused and said with some confusion, "When I was Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan's age, the old lady only allowed me to lay the foundation and didn't allow me to practice martial arts."

"Isn't Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan the same now? His body hasn't fully developed yet, and he isn't in a hurry; he has always had a sense of proportion in his heart."

"It's a pity. If Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan were twenty or thirty now, or even just seventeen or eighteen, or even just past sixteen, and he could properly polish his developed body and practice some martial arts.

Then when he goes out, no matter where he goes or who he faces, it would be much smoother and easier."

"In this world, where are there so many things that allow you to be fully prepared? You saw what happened that day, didn't you? Since the lamp lit up before it was lit, it means..."

Liu Yi looked up at the sky,

"It's probably that the powers above feel Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan is qualified enough to go out. Perhaps even they are afraid that if Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan were really allowed to steadily solidify his foundation, there would be no more waves on the entire river that could stop him in the future."

After Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan entered the house, he first went to A Li's room.

He never needed to knock when entering the girl's room, because she could sense his arrival early on.

Pushing the door open, the girl was lying on the bed sleeping, a neatly folded quilt covering her stomach.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan smiled.

Because last time he had said, "When I come, can you pretend to be asleep so that I can experience the feeling you had when you came to my room to find me?"

But now it was the afternoon, and the girl rarely slept, even at night; when did she start taking afternoon naps?

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan put his schoolbag on the table and said softly to A Li: "I just got back. I'm going to go greet Grandma now, and then I'll come back to talk to you."

Closing the door, he went to the second floor.

Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei was holding a teacup in her left hand and a book in her right, reading.

Walking closer to look, he discovered it was *Dream of the Red Chamber*.

The old lady had naturally sensed the boy's arrival long ago; she flipped the book Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face down and asked in return:

"What, I'm old, so I can't read this anymore?"

"How could that be? It's naturally best if you have such leisurely interests."

"It has been many years since I last read it; it's just that I suddenly remembered it these past few days, so I had A Ting find it for me to flip through again. You guess, when I read this book, who do I identify with?"

"I couldn't guess that. Looking at all the 'vivid and colorful' characters in this book, there really isn't one who has your wisdom, Grandma."

"Hehehe, you boy, you are easiest to make people happy when you aren't being sincere."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked to the tea table and began to brew tea.

Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei tapped the cover of the book with her fingertip and sighed: "At my age, I identify more with Grandmother Jia now. She is foolish, but it's not that she didn't do anything; it's just that all her efforts went down the drain, so she just accepted her fate and lived day by day in a muddle."

"Grandma, drink your tea."

"Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, tell me, which character in there is our A Li like?"

"There is no old lady like you in the book, so how could there be a granddaughter like you?"

"I feel that our A Li is like Lin Lin Daiyu."

As she spoke, the old lady reached out and gently pinched the boy's chin, saying playfully,

"Her family members left early, and in the end, both the person and the family property were cheapened for the Jia family."

"Grandma, even at my worst, I wouldn't be compared to that inexperienced Baoyu."

"Baoyu is certainly not as good as you; at least he mentioned, 'I seem to have seen this sister somewhere before,' and then used the excuse of dropping his jade to throw a tantrum.

You boy, you walked straight over and took A Li away to sit with you and read."

"That's different; I really have seen A Li in my dreams."

"Alright, alright, I'm just joking with you." Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei turned and asked with concern, "Did this trip go smoothly?"

"Very smoothly."

"I can tell; your energy is abundant. You really didn't suffer much on this trip."

"I also met an ancestor."

"One of the ones placed in the house?" "Yes, from your side of the family."

"Go upstairs and get it; I want to talk to you about it."

"Alright, please wait a moment."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan went up to the third floor, came to the room where the offering table and A Li's collection box were placed, glanced at the various spirit tablets, and took down Liu Liu Qingcheng's tablet.

Returning to the second floor, he handed the tablet to Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei.

Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei took one look, her expression crinkling; she didn't even reach out to take it, but instead waved her hand, signaling the boy to take it away.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Is there a story?"

Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei: "There is an accident."

"Could you tell me?"

"I don't want to talk about it anymore."

The original text is being read!

"Then don't our two families have genealogies or books with detailed records of everyone's life?"

"Our two families don't need to record it ourselves, because other people will help us record it in great detail."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan said with some helplessness: "You really are something; you started a topic but won't continue it."

"It's all in the past; I am doing this to avoid speaking ill of the ancestors."

"Alright, I understand."

"You don't need to keep this old woman company anymore; go find A Li to play."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the room and, at the top of the stairs, saw A Li walking up.

A Li looked at the spirit tablet in Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's hand and reached out, wanting to take it.

"A Li, choose someone else's; let's leave this one for the next batch."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and A Li returned to the third floor, and after A Li chose five tablets to take down, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan put Liu Liu Qingcheng's tablet back.

The two returned to the room on the first floor. After putting down the tablets, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan leaned his back against the edge of the bed and sat on the carpet, and A Li also sat down beside him in the same posture.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan told A Li about his experience this time exactly as it happened, especially the scene where the big fish swallowed Daoist Daoist Daoist Daoist Daoist Daoist Yu Yu Yu Xuzi in one gulp, describing it in great detail.

He knew the girl would want to paint it; this was the scene he thought was most suitable to be painted from this trip.

A Li listened with great interest.

After he finished speaking, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan took out that fish bone; it was crystal clear, and its texture surpassed jade.

"A Li, do you know how to carve jade?"

The girl nodded, reached out to take it, stroked the surface with her fingertips, made a few cutting motions, and then traced a few lines in the air.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan realized that A Li was preparing to use the fish bone to make a formation flag for him; formation flags made from such special materials were very suitable for use as formation eyes.

"My formation flags are enough, and they are easy to craft; I don't feel bad even if I don't recover them." Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan reached behind and stroked A Li's hair bun, "How about this, I'll draw the design, and you carve a hairpin."

Hearing this, hope shone in the girl's eyes.

"I should have carved it myself and given it to you, but I can't help it, my hands are truly clumsy."

The young man could hand-craft tools just by following the illustrations and simple descriptions in Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao's books, so his manual skills were naturally not bad, but compared to the girl, there was truly a huge gap.

A Li pulled a large wooden box from under her bed; when the box was opened, inside was a huge and exquisite sketchbook frame.

"It's so beautiful." Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan praised it while reaching out to stroke this crystallization of the wisdom of his ancestors through the ages.

Opening it, the first page was Yu Yu Popo, already bound, and there were many empty spaces left, waiting to be filled one by one.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan flipped through the blank pages one by one, and the girl sat beside him, accompanying him very earnestly as he looked.

Although it was still clean and empty,

it was the path the young man would walk in the future.

……

The construction of the simple indoor shower room did not take too long; after it was finished, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin went to fetch four bottles of boiling water to keep in the dormitory for backup.

Then, he left the dormitory to pick out some fruit at the shop.

"Huh, why is there an extra book stall?"

Lu Yi said: "I suggested it. Before, it was just some photocopied documents, but I think it's better to have a complete set of accessories; those magazines and novels sell very well."

The top layer of the book stall was newspapers, and the middle was novels, mostly romance novels; there were still quite a few students renting them at this moment.

The books weren't expensive, but since university students had plenty of time to read, even if you put a novel on your desk during some classes, in the teacher's eyes, you were still a student with a proper attitude, much better than sleeping and snoring in the back two rows.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin inspected it briefly, then pulled Lu Yi to his side and whispered: "Did you stock those kinds of, stimulating magazines?"

"Stimulating? How stimulating do you want?"

"Of course, the more stimulating, the better."

"I have them. Quite a few students have made this request, but those magazines and books can't be displayed outside for sale; I distribute them through rental representatives in the male and female dormitories."

"Damn, Lu Yi, you're something else, you know how to do business."

"Hehe, I really do like doing business."

"Alright, run this shop well. After the turnover goes up, we'll give you a share."

"No, no, no, there's no need, really no need, I'm not doing this for that."

"Hey, as long as you can make it work, it's what you deserve. I don't have the energy to handle these things, so it's perfect to hand it over to you. Keep it up!"

"Okay, I will." Lu Yi nodded forcefully.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin went to the infirmary to see Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You, carrying a transparent plastic bag of fruit in his left hand and a black plastic bag of stimulating magazines in his right.

The sky was growing dark by now; walking into the ward and not seeing Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You inside, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin went to Fan Shulin's duty room and gave the door a light push with his foot, and it opened.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You was sitting in front of Fan Shulin, listening to Fan Shulin recount his own love stories from when he was in university.

They were called love stories, but they were just two unrequited crushes—one for a senior student and one for a junior student.

There wasn't even a confession; the Wo Sect probably didn't even know Fan Shulin liked them, but that didn't matter—it didn't stop our Doctor Fan from mentally crafting a grand, tortuous, and peerless romance for himself.

It was only the naive Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You who would be willing to sit opposite him and listen to Fan Shulin's narration so cooperatively.

"Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin."

"Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin, you're here."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin placed the fruit on the desk and tossed the black plastic bag to Fan Shulin.

"What is this?"

"A pennant."

"Oh... oh.!!"

Fan Shulin opened the bag, took one look at the cover of the magazine, immediately swallowed his saliva, and then put the magazine into the bottom drawer of his desk.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You asked curiously: "Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin, you went out this time, did things go smoothly?"

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin shrugged: "That goes without saying, after all, I was there. I put in a lot of effort and made a huge contribution this time."

"Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin, then next time can you..."

"The moon is nice tonight, suitable for a stroll under the moon." Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin glanced at Fan Shulin and asked, "Brother Fan, when do you plan to end your single life?"

"Better to focus on work first; work is important."

"Brother Fan, I'm worried that if your leaders continue to value and cultivate you like this, and you keep working these night shifts, your hair might go bald first. Look at your hairline, it's clearly receding."

"Really?" Fan Shulin was startled and reached out to touch his hair.

"So, Brother Fan, while you're young and in your prime, find someone if you can."

"Is it something you can just find if you want to? Do you have a partner now?"

"No."

"Then have you ever confessed to a girl? Or has a girl ever confessed to you?"

"No."

"Then you have the nerve to talk about me."

At this moment, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You said very sadly: "The girl Brother Bin likes is no longer here."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "……"

Fan Shulin was stunned for a moment and immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin."

"Are you crazy?" Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin slapped Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You on the back of the head, "Has your injury healed yet?"

"Basically healed, I'll go back to school for class tomorrow."

"Tomorrow is the weekend, what kind of class are you going to?"

"The league secretary came to visit me in the morning and told me there's a social mixer in the class tomorrow, and it's with another school. Brother Fan heard it and was just using his stories to persuade me to go."

"A mixer?"

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had only been the class monitor for a few days before going on a business trip, so this mixer naturally wasn't arranged by him.

In some majors, the ratio of men to Wo Sect is easily imbalanced; the class, department, and school cannot solve it internally, and even some universities themselves have severe imbalances.

At this time, social mixers with other schools are inevitable; it belongs to the monk temple looking for the Spider Cave.

Generally, these mixers occur frequently during the freshman year, a period when male and female students have high hormone secretion and everyone is full of longing for love.

"Yeah, Brother Bin, why don't you come too? After all, the best way to forget someone is to start a new... ah!"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You was pulled up by his hair by Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin:

"You act normal for me!"

"Okay, okay, I won't say it anymore."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin clapped his hands and said irritably: "You guys go to the mixer, I won't participate. However, you can take some drinks and snacks from the shop; consider it sponsored by me, the class monitor, but you have to put up two sponsorship banners. Go find Lu Yi to handle it."

"Oh, okay."

At this time, Fan Shulin seemed to remember the main business and asked: "Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin, since you're back, Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Yiwei is back too, right?"

"He is not."

"Not back? Then has his matter been resolved?"

"His ex-wife has been resolved."

"Oh, that's good, as long as it's resolved. Then when will he be back?"

"When he can walk out of it, he'll be back. Oh, right, it should be soon; he borrowed that car, he has to come back to return it. Alright, Brother Fan, you continue with your work, I'm leaving first."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had just walked out of the office when Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You chased after him wearing slippers.

"Brother Bin, I didn't understand some parts of the formation you gave me earlier. Can I ask you about it?"

"Asking me is not as reliable as flipping a coin yourself."

"But I can't go ask Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, I'm afraid he'll think I'm stupid."

"Don't be afraid, kid, because you've already been exposed."

"Don't be afraid, child, because you were exposed long ago."

"Organize what you want to ask into writing, and I'll take it to ask for you. Oh, right, write down the methods for the spirit-channeling in your family and give them to me, I'll take a look."

"Ah, doesn't Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan know how to do that? And he's even more powerful than me..."

"The things my Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuanzi has are too advanced; I don't understand them. I think your family's set is more suitable for me."

"That's true, that's correct."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You didn't feel any sense of his family's learning being insulted; when your family's secret techniques are easily doubled in someone else's hands, you would think the same.

When Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin returned to the dormitory, he saw Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan sitting at the desk drawing something.

"I'm back, Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan."

"Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin, the shower room is very easy to use, thank you for your hard work."

"As long as it's easy to use, I'll take a hot shower before bed later."

After chatting for a few sentences, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin also sat down at his desk, first opening Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao's book, and then taking out the well-mouth patterns he had rubbed from the Zeng family to study them carefully.

After chatting simply for a few sentences, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin also sat down at his own desk, first opening Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao's book, then taking out the well-mouth patterns he had traced from the Zeng family to ponder them carefully.

"Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin, I'm going to bed."

"Goodnight, brother, I'll read for a while longer."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin rubbed his eyes and continued reading. Don't say, he really did see something; the patterns on the rubbing paper seemed to come alive before him, actually moving.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin rubbed his eyes and continued reading; truth be told, he really began to get a feel for it, as the patterns on the rubbing paper seemed to come alive before him, actually moving.

Yawning, he felt this must be an illusion, and that his eyes had likely played a trick on him.

It's fine, keep reading, keep studying.

Anyway, social mixers like this have nothing to do with his dorm.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin kept reading until the second half of the night; his head felt swollen and dizzy, so he finally decided to put it down, take a shower, and go to sleep.

He went to touch the thermos bottles and found all four were full, which meant that after Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan finished his shower, he had gone to the first-floor water room to fill them all up again.

After a comfortable hot shower, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin took an apple and got into bed.

He gnawed on it while gazing at the starry sky outside the window.

Sometimes, he had imagined what kind of life he would be living now if he hadn't met Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

But every time he started such a train of thought, he immediately found it dull and uninteresting.

Because he truly liked his current life.

There is no going back.

……

Sleeping early last night allowed Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan to wake up very early as well.

The horizon outside the window was turning a faint white, driving away the few remaining stars that were still lingering in their attachment.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin was still fast asleep; sometimes, the young man didn't quite understand this study habit of forcing oneself to stay awake at night to work and then catching up on sleep during the day.

After washing up and returning to the dorm, he put away the design drawings he had finished last night, shouldered his backpack, and walked out of the dormitory building; the stars were no longer visible in the sky.

But that was fine, there was one on the ground waiting for him to find.

……

"This is the banner, and these are the leftover drinks and snacks; I brought them all back."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You put the things down and wiped his sweat with the back of his hand.

Xiang Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng tossed him a towel; he caught it and wiped his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face again.

Lu Yi asked with a smile, "How was the mixer?"

"There were quite a lot of people in the large lecture hall; many went up to show off their talents, and there were all sorts of games. It was a lot of fun."

Lu Yi: "So what did you perform?"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You said shyly, "What talents could I possibly have?"

Lu Yi: "Which school was it?"

"Nanjing Audit University; there were a lot of girls."

"Were there any pretty ones?"

"There were," Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You laughed, "how could there not be?"

"I mean, was there your type?"

"There actually was one. When I stayed behind to clean up, she specifically came over to ask which class I was in and asked about things in my class. She was so gentle, very pretty, and had a very delicate voice."

Lu Yi teased, "Smitten?"

"I don't know if you'd call it smitten, but she really did make me feel so close to her."

"Since you have a good impression of her, go and give it a try," Lu Yi suggested as someone with experience, "Be brave, reach out, write a letter or something, and express your intentions."

"Write a letter?"

"Yeah, just have someone help deliver it. Do you know her name?"

"I do, her name is Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun."

"Then you should write a letter to Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun, ask her to the library or to go for a walk in the park, and get to know each other slowly."

"Really? Then... I'll really write it?"

Xiang Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, who was standing on the side listening while drinking water, silently put down his cup after hearing the name "Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun" and said:

"Don't write it."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You asked in confusion, "Uh, why?"

"Because if you write it, you'll end up dying a miserable death."

(End of chapter)