Chapter 244

"I haven't asked you yet, are your injuries heavy?" Li Sanjiang looked at Tan Yunlong with concern. "Where were you hurt?"

Tan Yunlong first pointed to the location of his wound, then smiled: "They are already all healed, there is no major hindrance."

"You still need to be careful and recuperate." Li Sanjiang said, taking out his cigarette case; as he pulled out a cigarette, he paused for a moment.

Tan Yunlong took the initiative to reach out and take it, then took the matchbox from Li Sanjiang, helping both Li Sanjiang and himself to light up.

Exhaling a ring of smoke, Tan Yunlong lowered his voice and said: "I've been holding back for a long time; the one at my house watches me tightly, and she won't allow me to smoke at this moment."

Li Sanjiang: "Sigh, that is my fault then."

Tan Yunlong: "How could it be? This time, I am basking in your glory."

Zheng Fang had originally been playing bridge with Liu Yumei and Liu Jinxia. She was sitting out this round, so she stood up behind Liu Yumei to watch. Naturally, she noticed the small movements on her husband's side, but out of respect for Li Sanjiang, she pretended not to see.

Li Sanjiang: "I have known for a long time that you are a good policeman."

Tan Yunlong waved his hand modestly, just preparing to follow up with some self-deprecating words, when Li Sanjiang added: "I could tell from Zhuangzhuang. Zhuangzhuang is a good child; his father certainly wouldn't be bad either."

Tan Yunlong was momentarily at a loss for how to respond to this.

Li Sanjiang flicked the cigarette ash: "Speaking of which, before you returned from Jin Ling, didn't you ask Zhuangzhuang when he would be back?"

Tan Yunlong: "The children are busy, and I don't even know where they are interning right now."

Li Sanjiang: "That is true. I also don't know where my Xiaoyuan Hou and the others are exactly. They haven't even graduated yet and are already this busy. Once they graduate and officially start working, won't they be unable to return home even twice a year?"

Tan Yunlong: "Young people, after all, should prioritize their careers; this is as it should be."

Li Sanjiang: "I personally don't want the child to suffer so much bitterness, but I also know that without suffering, one doesn't know what fortune is."

At the card table.

Liu Jinxia won the round and clapped her hands happily.

Li Juxiang and Liu Yi were sitting together picking vegetables. Seeing her mother looking as happy as a child, she couldn't help but smile: "My mother only acts like this when she plays cards with your old lady."

In her daily life, Liu Jinxia has to instinctively pretend and maintain her image as a person of high status.

Liu Yi: "Isn't my old lady the same?"

In the past, Liu Yi wouldn't have dared to even imagine that the future mistress would actually enjoy sitting and playing cards with a group of old village women, and not just for show—she was truly playing happily and was fully immersed.

At this moment, Liu Yi's hand stopped, and she looked at the road ahead. Three teenagers were walking toward here together.

The old lady's hand, which was touching the tiles, also paused slightly. After glancing in that direction, she continued to draw tiles.

They were not surprised that Xiaoyuan had returned, but rather that the people had already walked to this point, and they had only just noticed.

This meant that the child had matured and advanced significantly once again.

"Brother Yuan Hou is back!"

Cui Cui ran up to the dam first to announce the news.

Immediately after, Li Zhuiyuan walked up, holding A Li's hand.

Zheng Fang had rarely come to Li Sanjiang's house before, and she had seen even less of A Li. Seeing the two of them walking together today, she couldn't help but reveal an expression on her face as if she were about to melt.

There was no help for it; this pair looked too handsome and too well-matched. Just by walking together hand-in-hand, they seemed to allow people to see beauty directly.

After a long while, Zheng Fang finally came back to her senses. Since Xiaoyuan had returned, didn't that mean her own son had also returned?

Li Zhuiyuan greeted everyone on the dam one by one, then, without rushing to go upstairs with A Li, he found a stool and sat down beside the great-grandfather.

Li Sanjiang took the initiative to ask: "Xiaoyuan Hou, where are Zhuangzhuang and Runsheng Hou and the others?"

Li Zhuiyuan replied: "Only A You, Mengmeng, and I have returned first. Brother Zhuangzhuang and Brother Runsheng and the others still have to stay behind to continue monitoring the project's progress for a period of time."

Li Sanjiang: "Oh, is that so."

Zheng Fang, who had already walked over, couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed upon hearing that her son hadn't returned.

Back when she learned that her husband had been transferred to Jin Ling, she had thought she would be able to see her son often. Who knew that later, her son would become like a dragon, seeing the head but not the tail.

Zheng Fang asked: "Xiaoyuan, is your internship bitter?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Auntie Zheng, the conditions now are much better than before. It's just a bit monotonous; it's not very bitter in terms of daily life."

Zheng Fang continued: "Xiaoyuan, you must help us keep a close watch on Binbin. Absolutely do not give him any opportunity to make mistakes."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Auntie, rest assured, Brother Binbin won't."

Tan Yunlong just smoked silently without speaking. It wasn't that he was deliberately playing the role of a stern father who didn't care about his son, but rather that he vaguely felt his son should have returned, but it wasn't convenient for them to see him right now.

It should be that he was injured.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Uncle Tan, Brother Binbin will be back in a while."

Tan Yunlong felt relieved in his heart and said: "Mm, that's good."

After chatting for a while, two figures walking side-by-side appeared on the road ahead.

One was Zhou Yunyun, who was pushing a bicycle, and the other was Lin Shu You, who was carrying large and small bags of things.

Zhou Yunyun had taken advantage of the holiday to return to Nantong with Tan Yunlong and his wife, but she was certainly returning to her own home, and they hadn't made an appointment to meet here today.

It was mainly because Tan Wenbin had been living at Li Sanjiang's place, and Grandpa Li was very good to Binbin and also very good to her, so naturally, they started visiting like relatives.

She had asked her parents to help prepare some gifts and had ridden her bicycle over from Shigang, intending to pay a visit and offer greetings.

Who would have thought that Tan Yunlong and Zheng Fang would also be here.

As for Lin Shu You, he had returned after getting his *guasha* done at Yin Meng's place. He met Zhou Yunyun, who was riding her bicycle, on the village road. Since there were many gifts, he helped her carry them.

Zheng Fang smiled and took the initiative to walk down the dam to greet Zhou Yunyun: "If I had known you were coming, I would have had Uncle Tan go to your house to pick you up. This is truly a coincidence."

After Zhou Yunyun got onto the dam, she greeted everyone one by one, appearing very poised.

Li Sanjiang said: "Just right, don't leave; stay and have dinner together to make things lively."

After dinner, the guests left.

Tan Yunlong was worried that it wouldn't be safe for Zhou Yunyun to ride her bike back alone at night, so he tied the bicycle to the back seat, first drove Zhou Yunyun back home, and then turned back to pick up Zheng Fang.

After Li Zhuiyuan finished showering, he walked to the terrace. It just so happened that A Li had also just finished showering and walked out of the east room, having changed into a goose-yellow *ruqun*.

Liu Yumei waved at the teenager above: "Come down and have some tea."

Li Zhuiyuan came down and first poured tea for Liu Yumei.

Liu Yumei asked: "Are Zhuangzhuang and Runsheng and the others seriously injured?"

Returning from walking the river, it is very normal to have some injuries on one's body. Liu Yumei naturally noticed that Lin Shu You was also carrying injuries that were not light.

Li Zhuiyuan: "They can be handled."

"Mm, that's good. By the way, your spirit looks much better..." Liu Yumei examined the teenager's face carefully and smiled, "Why is there a hint of Buddhist aura about you?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I ate something, but it hasn't been fully digested yet. It should be unnoticeable after a while."

Liu Yumei only asked a couple of simple questions. Seeing that there was indeed nothing major, she picked up her tea, took a sip, and said:

"Alright, go off and play."

Li Zhuiyuan and A Li went upstairs.

There was wind tonight, and it was still a bit cold at night. Li Zhuiyuan took out the quilt from his bed and covered his and A Li's legs with it.

Next, the two of them lay head-to-head on two lounge chairs placed together, facing the starry sky, playing chess while the teenager narrated.

Upon hearing that the Bodhisattva had been tricked by the teenager into giving away the first wave of lotus petals, A Li smiled.

When the narration reached the point of obtaining the second wave of lotus petals, the young girl frowned slightly.

The main body had also obtained the power of the green lotus, which meant that the advantage just gained had been leveled out again.

As for the main body finally joining forces with the teenager to scatter that consciousness of the Pudu Guarding Zhenjun, making Him become mentally deranged, the girl didn't feel surprised.

She had seen the main body; he would inevitably make the calmest and most suitable choice.

After the narration finished, the three games of the third round also happened to be drawing to a close.

Among them, Li Zhuiyuan had already lost two games, but in one game, played to the end, the teenager won.

This didn't mean that the teenager had any new breakthroughs in chess attainments; it was purely because his mental energy was more abundant now. Even without deliberately doing so, he could deduce and calculate more than before.

Having played chess for so long and finally winning the first game, Li Zhuiyuan didn't feel much excitement; on the contrary, A Li, who had lost the game, seemed happier.

"In the future, if I'm not at home, you can go out for walks with Cui Cui more often."

A Li nodded.

Cui Cui had come to call her today, saying there was an injured bird lying there, so pitiful.

The reason A Li went was less because she pitied the bird and more because she "pitied" Cui Cui.

After all, from A Li's perspective, that injured bird didn't look pitiful at all.

The girl knew clearly that she had to take the initiative to try to walk out, so that she would have a chance to help him in the future.

"A Li, do me a favor. This time walking the river, I accumulated a lot of redundant and useless emotions; I need to organize and discard them, lest they take up space."

The girl closed her eyes.

The two of them were already holding hands. After closing their eyes together, the *zouyin* (walking the underworld) began.

There was no hysteria, no violent collision, and not even the slightest suppression or resistance.

It was the exact same illusion that Pudu Guarding Zhenjun had set for himself back then, also the great-grandfather's house.

Here, it was also night. The excessively overlapping and identical environment gave Li Zhuiyuan the feeling that he had simply opened and closed his eyes.

Rising, he pushed open the door to his room. It was pitch black inside, with only a ray of light from the desk lamp, and a figure could be vaguely seen sitting there.

In the past, both sides were "you in me and me in you." Ever since Li Zhuiyuan took the initiative to demote himself to a heart-demon, the two were thoroughly distinguished from each other.

What was distinguished was the soul consciousness, not the body.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, Li Zhuiyuan swallowing the lotus petals also provided an improvement to the main body, and at the same time, Li Zhuiyuan could also enjoy the power of the green lotus swallowed by the main body.

The reason why Li Zhuiyuan still had to deliberately pull the power of *fengshui* to his side to act as a cover for his aura when he arrived home was because he was not only consuming the lotus petals but also had another progress of digestion coming from the main body, which made the teenager... have an overflow of energy.

He had to deliberately do some wasteful things to consume this excessive energy, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to help but appear overly excited.

Li Zhuiyuan, standing at the door, said to the main body sitting behind the desk:

"So diligent?"

Except for the body, they also shared memories.

The book the main body was reading was actually one Li Zhuiyuan had read. The teenager had an extremely strong memory; he could basically store the books he had read in his brain in their entirety.

He was moving books to read in the great-grandfather's basement, and the main body was moving books to read in his own memory.

The main body said without turning his head:

"Spending time on meaningless things appears too low-level."

In the main body's view, one should seize every moment, utilize every resource around, and constantly plan and strengthen oneself, rather than spending good time chatting and playing chess with a girl.

Even considering the benefit and value the girl could bring, it was already enough at the moment. The girl's eyes were full of him, and she was willing to do almost anything for him.

The boiling soup only needed a little more firewood to continue maintaining its boil, but Li Zhuiyuan was still continuing to feed the fish he had caught.

Li Zhuiyuan: "This is the reason why I can stand outside while you can only be locked inside. Besides, your 'low-level' and 'high-level' sound a bit childish to my ears."

In the past, Li Lan also liked to use such phrasing.

She rejected any aspect related to people and regarded herself as a god, both spiritually and even biologically.

Main body: "As you wish. You can dump the trash here; I'll digest it when I have time."

Back then, also in this bedroom, Li Zhuiyuan and the main body had confronted each other once. He won, the main body lost, and since then, the heart-demon had backlashed against the main body.

It was just that, although it sounded very dangerous, in reality, it was only a process of half a night. Liu Yumei, who lived in the east room, only noticed some changes in the teenager's heart when she saw some characteristics revealed on the teenager the next morning.

The commotion was small because neither side intended to make a big deal out of it. When many people's heart-demons act, they go insane, killing relatives, friends, and innocent people; all of this is very common.

But the two of them didn't do that. The main body confirmed that he had no chance that night, left a few warnings, and retreated.

Including the time dealing with Pudu Guarding Zhenjun, after the main body and Li Zhuiyuan joined forces to complete the goal, he also walked into the door himself.

Both of them were too rational. The main body was even an advanced version of Li Zhuiyuan's rationality, knowing when to have internal strife and how to control the degree of internal strife.

Pudu Guarding Zhenjun was shocked at that time by this relationship between the heart-demon and the main body.

In fact, this is indeed the most harmonious example of a heart-demon and main body throughout history.

Li Zhuiyuan poured out the distracting thoughts and emotions accumulated from using secret arts. Although the main body didn't actively respond, he didn't offer any resistance, so Li Zhuiyuan dumped the trash very smoothly.

These emotional trashes were useless to the main body; it wasn't tainted by any emotions and wouldn't leave a mark.

It had a relatively large impact on Li Zhuiyuan, after all, the teenager didn't want to follow in the footsteps of the Peach Blossom Immortal.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Changed the route?"

Main body: "With her by your side helping you, you will certainly be able to successfully dump this trash to me. Therefore, meaningless struggle is unnecessary."

Li Zhuiyuan had originally intended to rely on A Li's help to use force. He hadn't expected that the other party would offer no resistance.

Of course, Li Zhuiyuan also knew what the main body's new route was.

It was learning.

Everything he had seen and learned—arts, formations, *fengshui*, etc. —it could ruminate and improve upon; all his experiences, it could also further summarize and conclude.

Because it didn't need to sleep or do things, it just stayed in the depths of the soul. It wouldn't feel monotonous, bored, or annoyed, and could use all its time on things it considered beneficial.

The body and memories were shared, but personal insights and thoughts were distinguished.

Li Zhuiyuan could be certain that given time, the main body would inevitably surpass him in all aspects.

This was actually a kind of "parasitism," but it didn't draw nutrients from the host, yet the effect of this parasitism was even more powerful and terrifying.

The main body turned a page of the book and asked: "What, afraid?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "A little."

Main body: "If I were outside and you were inside, you wouldn't be happy either."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Indeed."

Main body: "Rest assured, in the short term, I have no interest in competing with you for the right to define 'Li Zhuiyuan.' You have recorded too many books. You have understood many books, but you haven't truly improved and studied them, including this..."

The main body flicked his hand, and Li Zhuiyuan saw the chessboard placed on the stool beside the desk, covered with black and white chess pieces.

Main body: "Having played chess for so long, your chess skills are still so poor. The reason you were able to win one game out of your three rounds and nine games today is because your energy was too abundant, and you maintained your best state, so you won by luck."

Li Zhuiyuan: "But, I played chess with A Li and won; what meaning does that have?"

The main body was silent.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Don't you think that being serious about this kind of thing appears very low-level?"

Main body: "I was just using this matter to give you an example."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Good."

Main body: "When I truly decide I have learned enough and am ready to come out, you will no longer be able to stop me."

Li Zhuiyuan: "But, those meaningless things you think I do are all iron bars that can lock you here."

Main body: "Effective now, it doesn't mean it will be effective later. You should be clear that in the face of absolute strength, any opportunism is pale."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Then continue learning; I'm leaving."

Main body: "You can cure Runsheng's injuries, but there is no need to restore Runsheng's consciousness. Anyway, even if he forgets who he is, he will always remember you and won't do anything to hurt you. At that time, just use chains and seals to circle him in daily life and lead him to walk the river; he will be able to exert even stronger combat power.

If you restore Runsheng's consciousness and lose that unconscious madness, his combat power effect will inevitably be greatly reduced."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I actually don't dislike what you and Li Lan said about not wanting to be human, but why do you have to aim for being a beast?"

Main body: "The resentful infants on Tan Wenbin's shoulders are very weak now. While Tan Wenbin hasn't woken up yet, go and refine those two resentful infants and thoroughly integrate them into Tan Wenbin's body. This way, his strength can go a step further. Retaining this state, the price is just that he will be in freezing and piercing torment for the rest of his life; he will get used to it."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Finished talking in your sleep?"

Main body: "Regarding Runsheng's matter, you can lie to others that you are powerless. Regarding Tan Wenbin's matter, you can lie to him that those two resentful infants sacrificed themselves to save you.

You have too many methods to completely remove yourself from the whirlpool of doubt.

Your image in their hearts hasn't changed; you are still the Brother Xiaoyuan they trust and follow."

Li Zhuiyuan: "See you next time I dump the trash."

The teenager walked out of the room and closed the door.

His eyes slowly closed, and when he opened them again, he returned to reality.

A Li's eyes were very close to the teenager's; the two people's faces were almost touching.

There was some doubt in the girl's eyes.

Li Zhuiyuan explained: "It was very cooperative."

Worry was revealed in the girl's eyes.

"Don't be afraid. The more it acts like this, the less you need to worry."

During the river walk, what Li Zhuiyuan truly feared was the Yu family girl he met in Lijiang.

That was a person so stupid that it was almost impossible to predict her next move.

The main body was too rational; choosing the optimal solution was its instinct, and even the logic of its existence.

Therefore, he, who could fight against this behavioral logic at the cost of pain, could instead gain a huge advantage in this regard.

You can continue reading books and studying hard; surpass me if you want.

Do you think that things like the last time with Pudu Guarding Zhenjun only happen once?

Absolute rationality is sometimes also a shortcoming.

Li Zhuiyuan sent A Li back to the east room, and after coming back up, he prepared to rest.

In order to solve the problem that overly abundant energy would cause him insomnia, before going to bed, Li Zhuiyuan specifically took out the wordless book to continue deducing the red thread that was already sufficient. Hmm, by the way, he finished today's squeezing of the "Evil Book" located on the first page.

The monkey on the second page of the wordless book was still there.

At the same time, a fence appeared at the bottom of the second page.

This fence appeared here very abruptly; it should have extended from the first page.

Obviously, the "Evil Book" was restless; it was testing him.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't stop it and pretended not to see.

This monkey was already useless, and the "Evil Book" wanted to invade from the first page into the second page.

Regarding this, Li Zhuiyuan prepared to let it be.

After the invasion and annexation were successful, the daily deduction amount in the future would increase again.

Day after day of squeezing, Li Zhuiyuan also felt he should give the "Evil Book" some hope, letting it continue to live like quenching thirst by looking at plums.

He got into bed, folded the quilt, lay down, and covered his stomach with the quilt.

He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Waking up from a sleep, just opening his eyes, he felt that feeling of overly abundant energy had returned.

This phenomenon would have to continue until the day both he and the main body finished digesting.

Turning his head, A Li was already standing at the drawing table painting.

Every time a wave just ended, it was A Li's busiest time.

She not only had to paint new works but also had to replenish *talismans* and repair tools. Sometimes when new things needed to be made, she had to rely on A Li's handiwork.

After Li Zhuiyuan got up, he stood beside A Li for a while.

Although the painting had just begun, the composition was already completed.

The layout was: Li Zhuiyuan standing in the middle below the painting, on the left was Pudu Guarding Zhenjun, on the right was Sun Baishen sitting on a lotus platform, and Li Zhuiyuan was looking up, making eye contact with a pair of majestic eyes that were there and yet not there above.

This painting could be considered to have gathered all the key elements of the previous wave.

After washing up, Li Zhuiyuan returned to the room and sat down at the desk, starting to write the "Zhuiyuan Secret Scroll" to record this wave. After writing, he took out the "River Walking Code of Conduct." There weren't many places that needed modification; he just needed to add a few insights, focusing on whether the difficulty of the next wave would decrease if Runsheng and Tan Wenbin's situation didn't improve in time, causing a lack of combat power on their side.

Stopping the pen, he pinched his hand; writing too fast made it a bit sore.

Opening the wordless book, on the second page, the cage holding the monkey was still in the center of the paper, and five bars of the fence had appeared at the bottom.

You really have energy.

"Breakfast is ready!"

Liu Yi's voice came.

Li Zhuiyuan held A Li's hand and went downstairs together.

Yingzi came, bringing a bag of salted duck eggs and a large bowl of pickles locally called "Cao Wutou."

Li Sanjiang looked at the salted duck eggs and asked: "Did you steal these at home?"

Yingzi shook her head: "My mom asked me to bring them; didn't Xiaoyuan Hou... return?"

Yingzi ultimately didn't tell Li Sanjiang about Xiaoyuan asking Hu Zi and Shitou to bring her malted milk.

Li Sanjiang: "Sit down and have breakfast together."

"No, I've already eaten at home; I'm going to school."

After Yingzi left, Li Zhuiyuan took the initiative to say to Li Sanjiang: "Yesterday, I asked Hu Zi and the others to help me bring some nutritional supplements for Yingzi."

Li Sanjiang: "Mm, Ying Hou is about to take the college entrance exam; she really needs to supplement her brain."

No matter what Li Zhuiyuan did, the great-grandfather would express understanding and support and wouldn't get angry.

"Cao Wutou" is first pickled and then steamed. Oil must be added before steaming. The raw material is alfalfa seedlings. It tastes both salty and fragrant, and is very good with porridge.

After breakfast, A Li went upstairs to continue painting, while Li Zhuiyuan accompanied the great-grandfather for a walk, then went to Big Beard's house to check on Runsheng and Tan Wenbin's situation.

The peach blossoms in Runsheng's pit were still "full"; clearly, the one under the peach forest hadn't forgotten to replenish them.

Tan Wenbin's body was still very cold, but it wasn't enough to freeze someone who touched his skin directly.

Both of their physical conditions were developing in a good direction.

Walking downstairs and arriving at the dam, he happened to see Lin Shu You, who was shirtless and wearing only a pair of boxer shorts.

"Hiss..."

"Oh..."

"Yo..."

Lin Shu You was constantly sucking in cold air, striking one pose after another like a sculpture model.

This was because of the pain.

His body was covered in large areas of black and red, the effect of *guasha* with poison.

But Lin Shu You endured it hard; for the sake of face, he didn't let out miserable screams, just using this method to silently vent his pain.

The effect was still okay; pain to this degree proved that there was still a lot of waste residue in the body.

However, looking at A You's painful appearance now, Li Zhuiyuan didn't go to order Yin Meng to increase the toxicity and dosage, after all, the latter had risks.

Xiao Yingying was holding the child, holding a milk bottle, feeding the child milk.

Benben was eating very happily.

After eating his fill, Xiao Yingying patted his back lightly, and the child let out a few milk burps.

It could be seen that Xiao Yingying treasured this child very much, because he could make her feel that she was still a person.

Benben glanced at Li Zhuiyuan, revealed a sweet smile, and then immediately turned over to face inward, pretending that he was sleepy after eating his fill.

At this time, Xiong Shan returned carrying a hoe.

He had gone to the fields with Qin Shu early in the morning and had just received Li Sanjiang's order that he had to go deliver goods, so he had just returned to put his tools at home.

When Xiong Shan walked, he supported his waist with his left hand, his eye sockets were also a bit sunken, and the area around his eyes was black.

He himself was a person of the *Xuan* Sect, a *Chenzhou* talisman expert, so naturally, it couldn't be that he was possessed by ghosts; it could only be that he had been excessive in his lust and was severely overdrawn.

"Brother Xiaoyuan."

"Mm, good morning."

After a simple greeting, Xiong Shan put down his things, took his water bottle and rope, and went to Li Sanjiang's house.

This was someone else's private matter; Li Zhuiyuan certainly wouldn't take the initiative to tell others that he had been passively sterilized by his own son.

Two jars of wine were placed on the offering table, and there were two jars below. Li Zhuiyuan walked over and opened the jar stoppers. The wine was still there, but it was already impossible to smell even a tiny bit of wine.

It seemed that last night, the one under the peach forest had drunk very happily.

Li Zhuiyuan took out money and handed it to Xiao Yingying: "Buy more wine to offer."

Xiao Yingying: "I have money."

Li Zhuiyuan: "It's different; yesterday's wine money is also included in this."

Xiao Yingying took the money and said softly: "Good."

When Li Zhuiyuan was about to leave, Lin Shu You had also put on his clothes, but when he moved, he still kept making "hiss, oh" sounds, and his body was constantly twitching.

Yesterday, just after finishing the *guasha*, he didn't have much feeling. When sleeping at night, by the second half of the night, things started to go wrong. It hurt so much he couldn't bear it at all. He scraped it again this morning. This taste was simply comparable to sprinkling chili oil on a wound.

Li Zhuiyuan: "You don't need to go deliver goods for the great-grandfather; take a rest."

Lin Shu You: "It's okay, Brother Xiaoyuan, I can go."

The two walked to the village road and saw Zhou Yunyun, who had been here yesterday, riding her bicycle over.

Li Zhuiyuan glanced at Lin Shu You beside him and asked indifferently: "Did you make an appointment?"

Lin Shu You: "Ah.!!"

This was truly being scared into jumping up.

"No, impossible, absolutely not!"

Actually, it was because yesterday Li Zhuiyuan also didn't know that Tan Yunlong and his wife had come. When facing Zheng Fang's inquiry, he just said an internship location, and Lin Shu You had met Zhou Yunyun first yesterday. When facing Zhou Yunyun's inquiry, he also said a location.

On the way back last night, Zhou Yunyun discovered through her exchange with Tan Yunlong that the two locations didn't match.

Zhou Yunyun stopped in front of Li Zhuiyuan, trying her best to restrain her tone, and asked: "Xiaoyuan, has Binbin returned already?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "No. If Brother Binbin had returned, he would certainly want to see you first."

Zhou Yunyun tucked the hair that had been blown away by the wind while riding her bike and nodded: "I was just idle at home, and riding and riding, I arrived here."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Mm, exercising the body is quite good."

Zhou Yunyun: "Then I'll go back first."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Good."

Zhou Yunyun got back on her bicycle and left.

For young men and women in the prime of their youth, longing is a disease that makes people find themselves in a state of confusion without knowing it.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that Zhou Yunyun missed Tan Wenbin very much, but the current Tan Wenbin looked more like a dead person than someone who had been dead for a long time; it was truly inappropriate to see guests.

The pager rang at this moment. Li Zhuiyuan went to Auntie Zhang's small shop to return the call, and it was answered as soon as it got through.

"Xiaoyuan, you're back?"

"I will arrange for people to send things into the river immediately; I won't go myself."

"Cough cough... there's no need for that either, really."

Li Zhuiyuan heard the voice on the other end of the receiver being a bit intermittent, and there was also the sound of car horns around, clearly moving.

Xue Liangliang: "Xiaoyuan, I got a few *dage* phones (mobile phones). Since you are at home, I'll arrange for someone to bring them to you?"

In this day and age, although *dage* phones were as big as bricks, they were a real symbol of status. In an era when the average income was not yet high, the selling price of a *dage* phone was extremely high.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Good."

The teenager didn't stand on ceremony; he knew Brother Liangliang was very rich.

"Alright then, I also bought some things for Grandpa Li, and there are also local specialties from my hometown that my parents entrusted me to transfer to Grandpa Li, all sent over together."

"Mm."

"That, can you take a photo for me? I don't have time to go back, I want to see her stomach..."

"Brother Liangliang, some things can be photographed, but they cannot be developed."

"Oh, understand, understand. Then forget it. Just tell me specifically about it when the time comes, and what she wants to say to me..."

"I'll find a way to take it for you."

"Alright, Xiaoyuan, thank you."

"You're welcome."

Li Zhuiyuan thought of Deng Chen. When he arrived, he would let him take it. He could not only take it, but also make the photo present a dynamic state for a period of time. If sent to Xue Liangliang, it could relieve Brother Liangliang's suffering of longing.

It was just not very convenient for outsiders to see. Of course, the child in Xue Liangliang's wife's stomach also couldn't be shown off to outsiders.

Li Zhuiyuan hung up the phone.

Beside him, Lin Shu You's eyes bulged, and he immediately called Auntie Zhang to ask for some snacks, paying the phone bill together.

Li Zhuiyuan borrowed paper and pen from Auntie Zhang, wrote down a shopping list for gifts, tore off the paper, and handed it to Lin Shu You.

"You go through the trouble of making a trip, buy them well in the city, and then send them into the river."

"Understood!"

Seeing that Lin Shu You was about to leave now, Li Zhuiyuan called him back.

"Wait a moment."

"Yes, Brother Xiaoyuan?"

Li Zhuiyuan recalled Deng Chen's pager number in his brain, picked up the receiver again, and called the messaging station to have them page him.

After hanging up the phone, he waited for a while, and the phone rang.

"Hello."

"Brother Xiaoyuan, I'm here."

"In Nantong?"

"No, no... mm, yes."

Deng Chen ultimately didn't have the courage to lie in front of this person.

He was already in Nantong, now staying in a hotel in Shigang Town, just waiting for the seven-day period to arrive, to appear immediately at the fastest speed.

Originally, Li Zhuiyuan didn't care about these things, and was too lazy to spend energy simulating and deducing other people's behavior. But since he had just thought of Deng Chen, after a little consideration, he guessed that the other party might have already rushed over overnight.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, rest assured, I, I, I will roll back to Jin Ling immediately!"

"Forget it, since you've come, come over now and help me take a photo."

"Rest assured, I will definitely go all out!"

Li Zhuiyuan handed the receiver to Lin Shu You: "You make an appointment with him."

After speaking, Li Zhuiyuan turned and walked toward home.

On the dam at home, several large carts of goods were being loaded. This time it should be a big deal.

Although Runsheng and Binbin, the two laborers, weren't there, with Qin Shu and Xiong Shan, this amount didn't count for anything at all.

Accompanying them to lend a hand, and then watching them leave to deliver the goods, Li Zhuiyuan walked upstairs.

A Li was still painting. Li Zhuiyuan opened two cans of Jianlibao, inserted a straw into A Li's can, and handed it to her.

The girl held the drink in her left hand, drinking while continuing to paint with her right hand.

Li Zhuiyuan only took a shallow sip and put it aside. His brain was very active now; he didn't need to supplement sugar.

Moving his chair to the girl's drawing table, Li Zhuiyuan sat there, supporting his head with his hand, watching the girl paint.

The ink fragrance of the drawing paper, paired with the faint fragrance on the girl's body, caused Li Zhuiyuan's originally excited spirit to gradually calm down. He appeared to be taking a nap, but in reality, he was simply daydreaming.

Perhaps after seeing the main body and communicating with it last night, Li Zhuiyuan became more aware of the preciousness of wasting time doing meaningless things.

A Li painted seriously, looking at the teenager sitting beside her from time to time, a smile appearing at the corners of her mouth.

Time slipped away inadvertently. I don't know how long it had been, but in the depths of Li Zhuiyuan's eyes, rays of green light were constantly flowing and flashing alternately. He already had a good-looking face, but at this moment, he added a sense of solemnity and reverence.

The teenager yawned, stretched, and gathered everything back in.

Looking up at the time, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon; it was dusk outside.

His daydreaming had actually lasted for such a long time.

The good news was that he had completely digested those eight lotus petals.

The better news was that he perceived his energy was still constantly increasing, which meant the main body hadn't finished digesting the power of the green lotus yet.

His amount was actually more than it, but his digestion speed was faster than it.

Just as Pudu Guarding Zhenjun said, born in the *Kong* Sect, how can one know what the *Kong* Sect is?

Looking at A Li's painting again, there was still a long distance to completion.

It was mainly because this time he couldn't paint the Bodhisattva but had to paint the aura of the Bodhisattva's existence. The difficulty of painting was not generally high; it had to take more effort.

"A Li, have you had lunch?"

The girl shook her head.

"Then let's go ask Liu Yi to hurry up and serve dinner; I'm hungry."

Li Zhuiyuan didn't say that the girl shouldn't have skipped lunch to accompany him. If it were the girl in his previous state, he certainly wouldn't have left either, staying by her side the whole time.

The great-grandfather and the others hadn't returned yet, and there weren't many people eating lunch. In addition, when Liu Yumei was sitting outside drinking tea in the morning, she had noticed the ripples of Buddhist aura coming from the teenager's room on the second floor. She not only didn't let Liu Yi call out "Lunch is ready," but even pushed back the afternoon card game, just to protect the teenager's tranquility.

Having noticed the Buddhist aura gradually fading earlier, Liu Yumei ordered Liu Yi to prepare the meal.

When Li Zhuiyuan and A Li came down, Liu Yi took the opportunity to bring the food out from the kitchen.

"Thank you, Liu Yi." Immediately after, Li Zhuiyuan looked at Liu Yumei, who was sitting at the small round table opposite. "Thank you, Grandma Liu."

Liu Yumei picked up her chopsticks and waved them lightly: "We are family; don't speak of two families."

Regarding the river walking matter, it was hard for her to help directly, but the child was "taking a nap" at home; it was impossible for her not to do a good job of protecting the dharma.

However, Liu Yumei still gave a reminder: "That set of things from the bald donkey can be used, but absolutely don't truly believe in it."

The river-walking dragon king values the present life and cleanses a generation; one cannot pursue any afterlife, otherwise, this breath will be directly leaked.

Li Zhuiyuan responded very straightforwardly:

"Mm, I don't believe in it."

"You have to believe in my eye for things, really, I am a photographer!"

"I just feel you made things too complicated."

"You can't be like this. This is the first time I've done something serious for Brother Xiaoyuan after entering the sect; it must be done beautifully. You are different from me; your relationship with Brother Xiaoyuan is no longer at this level."

Lin Shu You: "That's true."

Lin Shu You loved hearing this.

The next moment, Lin Shu You's vertical pupils opened.

Deng Chen's body immediately started to tremble. If it weren't for the pile of clothes he was holding in his hands, fearing they would fall to the ground and get dirty, he would have almost collapsed to his knees.

That teenager wasn't here; he could come out.

The *Tongzi* mainly wanted to come out to express some dissatisfaction. This two-headed python was clearly flattering people just now, yet his *jitong* (shaman) was foolishly listening and laughing.

Back then, the *Tongzi* was also like this, being called "you have high seniority" and "old senior" one after another, which made his seating position move down step by step until he reached the bottom.

The *Tongzi* didn't want to make the same mistake again.

After a slight warning, the *Tongzi* went back down. Lin Shu You supported Deng Chen and said: "Apologies."

Deng Chen shook his head: "It's okay, it's getting dark, let's go quickly."

After Lin Shu You joined Deng Chen, the two went to the city department store. Besides buying everything on the list, at Deng Chen's request, they also bought several sets of trendy clothes.

Since they were going to take photos, they certainly had to change into several sets of clothes. How could one photo be enough? He, Deng Chen, wanted to take a whole set of portraits.

When the two arrived at the riverside, the sky was already completely dark.

Lin Shu You refused the *Tongzi Guarding Zhenjun*'s request to manifest, but silently took out yellow paper, lit it, and threw it into the river.

"Come out and receive the gift, Sister-in-law."

Before long, a water curtain appeared on the river surface. After the water curtain dissipated, a woman in a white dress revealed her figure.

Deng Chen: "I said so, she must have plenty of ancient-style clothes in the town where she lives; we don't need to buy them specifically. This time we will divide into two themes, one is modern style, and one is ancient style."

Lin Shu You first threw the gifts into the river, then told the woman about the photo-taking matter. The woman agreed immediately and thanked them repeatedly.

Xue Liangliang hadn't come to Nantong to jump into the river for a long time.

It used to be phased work; he could return immediately after finishing a project. Now he was on his own, and there were many things under his hands that were almost impossible to finish. Xue Liangliang felt embarrassed to put down his work and run to Nantong again.

"Hey, good, right, this pose, right, hold it."

"Change to another pose, right, like this, not bad."

"Good, follow me, pose like this, hey, right, right, right, just like this, lift your chin a bit higher."

Every time they changed clothes, the water curtain would rise. After the water curtain went down, the clothes were worn on the woman's body.

The woman was trying her best to fulfill all of Deng Chen's requirements; she also hoped Xue Liangliang could see her current appearance.

It was just that modern-style clothes and some photo-taking actions were indeed a bit difficult for the woman to integrate into.

However, after changing back to traditional attire, the woman became much more relaxed. Without deliberately posing, she naturally carried an artistic conception.

After taking the photos, Deng Chen wiped the sweat off his face, then took out his own eyeballs and washed them with river water.

After the woman bowed to the two to express her gratitude, she submerged into the river surface.

Lin Shu You: "How long will it take for these photos to be developed?"

Deng Chen: "Rest assured, very quickly, just find any photo studio in the city."

Lin Shu You: "Then let's go back after we finish, anyway it's already this late."

Deng Chen: "Mm, this is of course, we can't let Brother Xiaoyuan hold my eyeballs to look at the negatives inside."

At this hour, the photo studio was already closed. Lin Shu You found one, climbed to the second floor, removed the window, and after entering, opened the door. After Deng Chen used the equipment inside to develop the photos, he left double the market price in the cash box according to the number of photos. Before leaving, the two also cleaned up the inside.

After such a busy time, when the two returned, the sky was already dawning.

Deng Chen was here for the first time. As soon as he walked onto the dam, his eyeballs kept turning, carefully examining the surroundings.

Liu Yi was cutting vegetables in the kitchen. Through the kitchen window, she saw Deng Chen, and the force and direction of the kitchen knife naturally adjusted. Snake meat is sliced differently from other meat.

In the past, Qin Shu often brought home some large centipedes or giant pythons, and Liu Yi often used them to cook.

Deng Chen's footsteps stiffened, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

Fortunately, Lin Shu You gave him a push from behind, which allowed him to walk into the house and arrive at the second floor, where Li Zhuiyuan and A Li were sitting on the terrace playing chess.

Lin Shu You: "Brother Xiaoyuan, we are back."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Thank you for your hard work."

Deng Chen handed over a thick envelope with both hands, saying: "Not hard, not hard, these are the photos."

Li Zhuiyuan took out the photos. Each photo was dynamic; every frown and smile was very complete, and the pose, background, and composition were all chosen extremely well.

The teenager could imagine the scene of Xue Liangliang laughing foolishly while lying on the bed flipping through these photos after a tiring day of work.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Very good."

Deng Chen: "As long as you are satisfied."

Li Zhuiyuan handed the envelope to Lin Shu You and said: "Seal it again, give these to... forget it, contact Liu Changping, let him go to Brother Liangliang's place to get things first, and then let him send these photos to Brother Liangliang."

These photos, whether it was the photographer or the subject, were not ordinary things. If they were sent by ordinary parcel, it would easily cause trouble if they were lost. It was better to choose a reliable person to send them specifically.

Li Zhuiyuan was also familiar with that taxi driver, Liu Changping. That person did things very reliably and was just right for running between Jin Ling and Nantong.

Lin Shu You: "Good, Brother Xiaoyuan, Liu Changping's... I'll go contact him now."

Lin Shu You went downstairs and ran toward Auntie Zhang's small shop. Auntie Zhang sometimes slept in the shop and could open for business very early.

The *Tongzi*'s voice sounded in Lin Shu You's heart: "Are you stupid, actually asking him for the number?"

Lin Shu You: "But I don't remember that taxi driver's number..."

*Tongzi*: "Doesn't Tan Wenbin have a contact book? Why don't you run over and flip through it yourself to find out?"

Lin Shu You: "That's too much trouble."

*Tongzi*: "Heh, so because you are afraid of trouble yourself, you go and trouble your superior?"

Lin Shu You: "It's just a matter of one sentence; Brother Xiaoyuan won't be that petty."

*Tongzi*: "It's because you do too many things that are 'just a matter of one sentence' that your image and positioning have been fixed. Sigh, I don't want you to walk the wrong path I walked before again."

Lin Shu You: "Tongzi, you are really annoying."

In the past, he only summoned the *Tongzi* to descend when there was something to do, and the two sides didn't communicate much. Now that the *Tongzi* lived in his body and had a strong desire to express himself, always liking to teach him how to do things, Lin Shu You was very unaccustomed to it.

*Tongzi*: "I'm doing this for your own good!"

Lin Shu You: "Grandpa and Master often said this before. Later, I couldn't stand it, so I ran away from home to go to college."

*Tongzi*: "It's okay, you can run wherever you want; you have to take me with you."

Lin Shu You first ran to Big Beard's house, flipped out Brother Bin's contact book, and then went to Auntie Zhang's place to page Liu Changping.

Liu Changping returned the call quickly and agreed immediately after hearing the matter.

Not to mention that the money for every chartered car trip was never delayed, just the fact that every time he carried them, he could encounter happy events was enough to make Liu Changping happy to drive here.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Shu You hesitated and asked: "That, Tongzi, you say, should I call my home?"

*Tongzi*: "As you wish."

Lin Shu You: "It's strange. Logically speaking, my home should also call me to ask about my situation. After all, such a big thing happened in the temple this time."

*Tongzi*: "They want to call, but they don't dare."

Lin Shu You: "Then should I call or not?"

*Tongzi*: "Call your grandpa, your dad, and them over to kowtow to you?"

Lin Shu You: "Then if you let them descend now, the effect and the previous *Guanjiang* generals..."

*Tongzi*: "With bloodline as a bond, this Guarding Zhenjun will only be stronger!"

Lin Shu You: "Then my grandpa, my dad, and them should be willing to kowtow."

*Tongzi*: "You are truly a filial and sensible child."

Lin Shu You: "Then I'll call?"

*Tongzi*: "In a while. I am currently, first, helping you heal, and second, transforming your body; I don't have the energy to spare to go out for the time being."

Lin Shu You: "Alright."

Actually, another reason was that the *Tongzi* looked down on that little bit of mosquito meat.

Let that bunch of unpromising *Guanjiang* generals earn this little bit of silver.

When Lin Shu You returned home again, he saw Deng Chen sitting by the well, pale and trembling all over.

"What's wrong with you?"

Deng Chen raised his head while shivering: "I wanted to... take a photo of that girl..."

Thinking that the teenager was satisfied with his photography skills, Deng Chen intended to continue to perform.

He had long noticed the girl playing chess with the teenager. Just one glance at this temperament and appearance was enough to make any photographer feel crazy for it.

For truly good-looking people, where is there a need for too much photography technique? Just shooting normally produces a good image; it is art.

He also took the opportunity to propose the idea of wanting to take a photo of this girl. The teenager didn't refute but looked at the girl, and the girl raised her head and looked at him.

The two made eye contact, and Deng Chen mobilized his snake eyes. Then, in the girl's eyes, he saw great terror.

Seeing this, the teenager let him go down to rest. Only then did he run down in a panic, curling up and trembling as he sat there to calm his emotions.

In the afternoon, Liu Changping arrived, bringing Xue Liangliang's gifts and that *dage* phone.

Without staying for dinner, Liu Changping took the sealed photos and drove back to Jin Ling.

Deng Chen didn't live at Li Sanjiang's house but continued to stay at the hotel in Shigang Town.

Several days passed in succession. Runsheng's injuries were improving at a speed visible to the naked eye. After all, for a "dead-fall," with sufficient *sha* energy, the recovery of injuries and vitality was just a matter of time.

Tan Wenbin, on the other hand, had woken up.

"Ah..."

"Oh..."

"Hiss..."

Li Zhuiyuan arrived at Big Beard's house and first went to see Runsheng in the forest, discovering that the water level in the pit had become lower.

This meant that the interest of the one under the peach forest was gradually fading.

Of course, it had already done enough and done well enough.

Immediately after, Li Zhuiyuan went into the house to visit Tan Wenbin. As soon as he went to the second floor, he saw Lin Shu You sitting there wearing only boxer shorts, undergoing a new type of *guasha*.

The *gu* insect was lying on Lin Shu You's back, biting down mouthful by mouthful, sucking out the waste inside.

Although it still hurt, it only hurt for this moment, and he didn't have to be so uncomfortable at night that he couldn't sleep.

It seemed that after the *gu* insect swallowed that firefly, it had already changed, and Yin Meng was already exploring how to put it into practice.

Walking into Tan Wenbin's room, the temperature inside was much lower than outside. The room on the first floor where Xiao Yingying slept didn't have as heavy *yin* energy as Tan Wenbin's place.

If this situation continued to be maintained, then Tan Wenbin's plan to buy an air conditioner in the summer could be shelved, because he was better at cooling than an air conditioner.

"Hiss... hiss... hiss..."

When Li Zhuiyuan entered, Tan Wenbin was curled up on the bed, wrapped tightly in layers of quilts. Yin Meng had even thoughtfully built a charcoal brazier in front of the bed for him.

These effects were better than nothing, just serving as psychological comfort.

In the past, Tan Wenbin had also fainted and become cold due to using ghost-control arts, but never once had he been unable to hold on like this.

"Brother Binbin."

"Brother Xiaoyuan."

When Tan Wenbin spoke, white air was exhaled from his mouth.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Uncomfortable?"

Tan Wenbin: "Mm."

As long as he could grit his teeth and hold on, Tan Wenbin wouldn't admit it.

Li Zhuiyuan: "I have a way to relieve your pain."

Tan Wenbin nodded vigorously.

Li Zhuiyuan: "That is to separate these two children from your body."

Hearing this, Tan Wenbin was stunned for a moment.

Li Zhuiyuan: "I have already asked Deng Chen to bring those three over. After separating these two children from your body, you can choose one or two from the four of them, and I will help you seal them into your body."

Tan Wenbin: "Brother Xiaoyuan, can they be reincarnated now?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Almost, just a little bit short. First detain them out, then find a separate incense table to offer and raise them for a few years, and then they can be sent to be reincarnated."

Ever since the two resentful infants followed Tan Wenbin, they had shared a lot of merit, but their previous lives as curses were originally excluded from the qualifications for reincarnation, belonging to things hated and rejected by heaven and earth.

Therefore, regaining the qualification for reincarnation was equivalent to defying heaven and changing fate. The difficulty and price could be imagined.

Nowadays, the merit was basically full, just short of that last little bit of shortfall. After being offered on an incense table for a few years, it would be satisfied.

Because Tan Wenbin's consciousness was carefully protected by the two children when fighting the monkey on the seabed, Tan Wenbin was awake at this time, but the two children were still sleeping.

Tan Wenbin turned his head to look at his left and right sides and asked: "Brother Xiaoyuan, if the merit is enough or overflows, then in their next life, can they be reincarnated into a better family?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Theoretically, it is like this, but things like fate don't rely entirely on reincarnation."

Tan Wenbin: "But if they are reincarnated into a family with good conditions or a harmonious family, then life will be easier, more relaxed, and happier, won't it?"

"Mm."

"Then wait until after the next wave to send them to be reincarnated; let more merit overflow."

"You already can't stand it now, and this is when they haven't woken up yet. When they wake up from their sleep, you will only be more uncomfortable; you won't be able to bear it."

"No, I can." Tan Wenbin immediately lifted the quilt and got off the bed. Trembling all over from the cold, he tried hard to spread his arms. "Look, Brother Xiaoyuan, it's not... not... not a big deal."

Leaving the cover of the quilt and standing on the ground, Tan Wenbin's withered skin was even more obvious.

He looked gloomy now, the image of a sickly ghost. Only old people who had been bedridden with serious illness for many years would present such a thin and bony appearance.

Lin Shu You finished his "guasha" and walked into the room immediately. Seeing Tan Wenbin standing there, looking like he could be blown down by a gust of wind, his eyes turned sour. Even though he tried hard to blink, he couldn't help but have tears overflowing.

Tan Wenbin pointed at Lin Shu You: "Stop, don't be sentimental at this time."

Immediately after, Tan Wenbin looked at Li Zhuiyuan again and said: "Brother Xiaoyuan, I want to send these two children off properly one last time. After all, they truly helped me a lot, carrying me, a useless foster father."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Prepare yourself mentally; more painful times are ahead."

The previous wave had just ended not long ago, and there was still a long time until the next wave. In addition, the completion of the next wave also required time, which meant that during such a long time, Tan Wenbin had to endure this torture at all times.

Tan Wenbin: "Will I die?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "You won't die."

Tan Wenbin: "Anyway, I won't die, so what..."

Li Zhuiyuan: "You will wish you were dead."

Tan Wenbin: "No... problem!"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded, considering it agreed, but still said: "If you regret it at any time, just say so. Those two children can understand you."

Tan Wenbin: "Thinking that as long as I suffer for another period of time, the two children can live a more relaxed and comfortable life in their next life, I cannot understand my own giving up."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Then let's do it this way for now, drag it out. A You, prepare a wheelchair for Brother Binbin in advance."

Lin Shu You: "Is it that serious?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "When those two children wake up, he won't be able to walk."

Tan Wenbin immediately said: "But I feel that the ghost energy in my body is very rich now. Even if I sit in a wheelchair, it won't affect me performing those arts."

The premise of being willful is that it cannot affect the team's interests. Tan Wenbin was very clear about this point.

Li Zhuiyuan: "That is true."

Tan Wenbin let out a breath.

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the room to help Yin Meng check the mutated *gu* insect.

Lin Shu You stepped forward to support Tan Wenbin: "Brother Bin, since you like children so much, why don't you have one with Zhou Yunyun first?"

Tan Wenbin: "What?"

Lin Shu You: "It's not bad to bring a child to walk the river like Xiong Shan and the others."

Tan Wenbin: "Children are noisy; I don't like children now."

"But you..."

"The children I give birth to in the future may not necessarily be filial to me, but these two babies are truly risking their lives to treat me well. When I was sleeping, I felt it. Without their protection, I wouldn't be able to wake up at all now, and might even never be able to wake up."

"Oh, I understand."

"Did Deng Chen come to Nantong?"

"He came."

"Call him over and help me take a photo with the two children. I want to leave a souvenir in advance."

"Isn't it still early?"

"Who knows which will come first, the future or an accident? Besides, who knows if Deng Chen will be around before the two children are reincarnated? There's no such condition. Let's take it first; this way I'll be at ease."

Lin Shu You specifically went to the hotel in Shigang Town to pick up Deng Chen.

He informed him of the matter on the way.

What made Lin Shu You surprised was that Deng Chen didn't have the slightest disappointment or dissatisfaction, but instead appeared extremely happy.

Although missing the merit of one wave was a regret and loss, today Tan Wenbin was affectionate and righteous toward those two resentful infants, and he would treat them the same way in the future.

When Deng Chen came over, Li Zhuiyuan had just finished helping Yin Meng analyze the mutated characteristics of the *gu* insect. He turned his head and said to Lin Shu You and Deng Chen:

"The peach forest is suitable for taking photos; go there to take them."

"Understood."

"Alright... understood!"

Soon, Tan Wenbin, who had been changed into a set of loose clothes to cover his skin-and-bones appearance as much as possible, was arranged to lean against a peach tree.

"Good, good, good, relax as much as possible, right, right, right, correct, very good, very warm."

In Deng Chen's "perspective," Tan Wenbin leaning against the tree appeared very lazy. At his shoulders, the two children were sleeping sweetly, and the whole picture was full of warmth.

When Li Zhuiyuan was taking photos, he also walked into the peach forest and deliberately stood in a deeper position.

"Click!"

Accompanied by the sound of the shutter, Deng Chen's eyes also flashed with light once.

In the peach forest, some *yin* wind rose accordingly.

Deng Chen held the camera with some doubt, wanting to look into the depths of the peach forest, but was covered by Lin Shu You, who had experience, in advance:

"Don't look blindly at places you shouldn't look."

By Li Zhuiyuan's ear, its voice appeared: "What is this thing? A bit familiar."

Li Zhuiyuan: "The 'Five Senses Sealing Diagram.' I killed one pig, and the remaining four submitted to me."

"Five Senses Diagram?"

"Correct. Wei Zhengdao once used it to perform self-sealing. He didn't want immortality; he had been trying hard to commit suicide."

"Heh... hehe... hehehe... hahahaha!"

Amidst the laughter,

The water in Runsheng's pit filled to overflowing.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 245 =====