Chapter 88: The First Step

"Alright, Grandma."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded and reached out to flip open the pages of the book.

The *Liu Family Qi-Gazing Art* was not like other books that easily spanned dozens of volumes; it was a single book divided into twenty-four chapters, representing the true meaning of profound wisdom expressed in concise words.

Li Zhuiyuan liked to mathematize metaphysical concepts; in his view, this book was more like a master outline.

The Liu family used it as a core, developing and extending it into multiple branches; therefore, it could also be understood as the foundation.

Learning and comprehending it was the first step that no disciple of the Liu family could skip.

For an excellent disciple, it was a key; only with it could one open this door to learn and master the various branches and lineages left behind by predecessors.

Just like the horse stance and breathing techniques Qin Shu taught him, they contained the rhythmic principles of the *Qin Family Dragon-Observing Method*.

At this level, the more deeply one read and understood it, the more one would achieve twice the result with half the effort when learning branch techniques or martial arts.

One level higher was another realm, equivalent to mastering a certain level of authority.

You could create and design the branch most suitable for yourself, and as for the things left by predecessors, you no longer needed to study them; you only needed to glance at them to clearly understand: "Oh, this line of thought is not bad."

Li Zhuiyuan reckoned that he should be at the position of nearly completing the first level; it seemed he had not yet reached the second level.

Actually, he felt a bit guilty, because he had taken a shortcut; he was standing on the shoulders of that "book thief."

However, everyone has their own blind spot; under the inertia of established thinking and cognition, it is easy to ask, "Why don't they just eat meat?"

Just like when an excellent student explains a problem to a failing student, they often feel a sense of incomprehension: "Such a simple problem, how can you still not know how to do it?"

The book was actually just lying here.

That "book thief" must also have been a person of stunning talent, but when they transcribed this book, they might not have considered passing it on to later generations at all; otherwise, who would deliberately set up obstacles for their descendants in such a freehand manner?

In all likelihood, they might have just had a bit to drink, or their heart was itching while transcribing, and they naturally revealed the cognitive rhythm of the *Liu Family Qi-Gazing Art* in their handwriting, purely for their own amusement.

Essentially, they were also derived from the understanding of this book; being able to empathize and understand their handwriting was also a great skill, indicating that in terms of cognitive level, he was on par with the depth of that "book thief" when they wrote these words. One cannot say that borrowing reference books to improve learning efficiency during study makes this behavior less solid than grinding through books.

Moreover, the youth had read too many books and had not focused solely on this one, and he had not received a complete inheritance; it was just a lone copy, equivalent to a broken code.

Why did the youth often get nosebleeds or even go blind in the past when analyzing feng shui or modifying formations? The reason was that at that time, he was actually relying on basic theory to temporarily force and calculate specific usage methods.

Not to mention that he was just a child at the time; if it were an ordinary adult, they would have long since squeezed themselves dry, vomiting blood and exhausting their life force.

"Grandma, I studied it last night..."

"Xiaoyuan, how much did you read last night?"

Li Zhuiyuan paused slightly and said, "I read the first chapter."

"Xiaoyuan, it's not that Grandma wants to lecture you; I know you are smart, but there is no need to be so greedy for progress. You must know that haste makes waste. One chapter in one night—wouldn't you finish reading these twenty-four chapters in a month?"

Oh, he had reported it too fast.

Actually, even including the *Qin Family Dragon-Observing Method*, it hadn't taken that long to finish both books together.

"The hull must be built solidly so that it doesn't fear reefs and storms. Come, Grandma will give you a demonstration."

Liu Yumei had originally wanted to hear Li Zhuiyuan's specific questions before explaining them one by one, but seeing him so "frivolous," although she felt gratified, she still couldn't help but want to knock him down a peg.

Because she held high hopes for the youth.

Liu Yumei lightly tapped the teacup with her ring finger, drew out a drop of tea, and then flicked it lightly.

"Hum!"

Li Zhuiyuan only felt a ringing in his brain. Liu Yumei also leaned forward at this moment, wanting to press her thumb on the youth's brow to help him maintain a semi-"Yin-walking" state, preventing excessive Yin-walking from causing exhaustion to the youth.

But before her hand touched the youth, she saw the youth open his eyes halfway on his own.

There was no need for her to worry at all; the youth's control over the various levels of Yin-walking was far better than she had expected.

Although surprised, it was within the range of understanding.

Liu Yumei sat back down, also half-opening her eyes.

At this moment, the old lady and the youth sat opposite each other, very peacefully.

But in another layer of vision for the two, Li Zhuiyuan and Liu Yumei were both standing. Between them, a round water droplet the size of a fist was floating, and all around was pitch black.

"Chapter One: Qi is the basis of creation and the source of all phenomena. Only when stillness reaches its extreme does one think of movement; clarity begins, and then one knows the end; when understanding is exhausted, the beginning is born. This is form, this is method, this is principle, this is the celestial cycle."

Liu Yumei smiled, her fingers lightly hooked the floating water ball, and she pulled it outward very freely. A water ripple rippled out, constantly changing in front of her, sometimes still, sometimes moving, sometimes hidden, sometimes visible.

Immediately after, Liu Yumei closed her palms slightly, the water ripple disappeared; she opened her palms again, and the water ripple reappeared, then continuously displayed various changes, reflecting many lights and shadows.

She broke down every obscure and difficult concept, crushed it, and then personally fed it into your mouth.

The youth, who had been burying his head in books for the past year, felt the warmth of a master's guidance for the first time.

Yes, if there is a teacher to teach in class, what can't be learned, and how could one not do well on exams?

However, the warmth of the teacher-student relationship is always short-lived. During the youth's class period, the mutual torture between students and old professors was the unchanging main melody:

"Grandma."

"Speak."

"Can there be another understanding?"

"Let's hear it."

Li Zhuiyuan raised his hand, clenched his fist, and smashed it down toward the large water ball floating in front of him.

"Bang."

The water ball was smashed to pieces, then exploded and spread in all directions.

Liu Yumei was stunned at first, then puzzled, but immediately after, her eyes gradually widened.

The scattered water ball formed a mist covering this place, combined with the Chinese painting skills the youth had learned from A Li, creating a landscape that was both rugged and freehand.

One old and one young were now standing between the mountains and rivers.

There were streams and pools in the mountains, movement and stillness; the west side had drizzling rain, the east side had bright sunshine; there was a beginning and an end, an exhaustion and a beginning; among the mountains, rivers, and clouds, there was verification; everywhere one could see, there was fate; this is nature.

Liu Yumei pursed her lips, then looked at the youth standing in front of her in disbelief.

In her life, she had seen countless geniuses, but only at this moment did she truly realize that she, who had never tired of fine food and delicate preparation, had truly never eaten anything good in the past.

This did not mean that the youth had already surpassed her; in fact, the youth was still far behind her, but she had already seen the youth's future. Surpassing her, surpassing the husband and son in her memory, was only a matter of time.

From last night until now, she had been excited inside, rising with the happy expectation of "loving to be a teacher," but at this moment, this heat seemed to be extinguished by a basin of ice water, leaving only wisps of unwilling light smoke.

She vaguely realized that it was very likely she couldn't teach him anything at all.

But she still wanted to struggle a bit, for the sake of her old face, for the sake of her dignity, and also for the sake of the Liu family's facade.

Liu Yumei continued to recite the following nodes in the first chapter of the *Liu Family Qi-Gazing Art*:

"What is a situation of charging against the trend?"

Li Zhuiyuan's gaze swept around; the mountains and rivers turned into snow-capped mountains, the accumulated snow melted, a small stream fell from the top of the mountain along the trend, and finally disappeared into the crevices of the rock and soil, nowhere to be found.

Liu Yumei asked, "Where is the counter-trend?"

"Knowing it cannot be done but doing it anyway is the counter-trend."

"Then what is a situation of life and death intersection?"

Li Zhuiyuan looked at his feet, and Liu Yumei also looked down.

The small stream that had been cut off before, after long-term soaking, had carved out a new path between the crevices of the rock and soil, and gathered into a flow again.

Liu Yumei asked several more rounds of content from the first chapter in succession, but for every round of questions, the youth only needed a glance from the corner of his eye to automatically form an image.

The feng shui qi-gazing that ordinary people carefully verified, cautiously deduced, and held in awe, appeared so relaxed and freehand in the youth's hands, as if he were doodling, yet the essence was fully revealed.

And the difficulty of the latter was obviously greater, because field sketching had specific reference objects, which was actually the simplest.

Liu Yumei knew very well that with this level, in reality, every time he arrived at a place, the youth could quickly observe its feng shui pattern, and even make changes based on exploring its essence.

This kind of talent was no longer Uncle Uncle Tian Ye rewarding one with food; it was Uncle Uncle Tian Ye holding a bowl and a spoon, running around the table after you, begging you to swallow a mouthful.

"Hoo..."

Liu Yumei closed her eyes; she conceded.

Like an art master, she was shocked to find that the student she had newly accepted had already surpassed her in conception, pattern, and aesthetics. That terrifying talent had already erupted; at this time, if you went to teach him what to guide, it might instead become gilding the lily.

This did not mean that the youth did not need to continue learning, but that for those basic, dogmatic, and meticulous things, he only needed to spend time to become proficient.

The youth needed to continue learning, but he didn't need her, Liu Yumei, to teach him at all.

Letting Liu Yi or Uncle Qin teach him these basics was most appropriate.

And she, Liu Yumei, only needed to sit there drinking tea, doing nothing, and not interfering with anything; that was the best contribution.

She couldn't even do the logistics work, because the old lady couldn't cook at all.

Liu Yumei took a deep breath; she had to force herself to see reality clearly, while also doing her own psychological construction.

There was no need to deliberately pursue her sense of participation; anyway, this child would enter her sect soon.

In the future, when walking the river, the prestige he would create would also be the family's lineage.

Even if she covered her mouth and chuckled one day saying she hadn't taught the child anything at all, those old things would only think she was being modest and saving face for them.

"Grandma, can we continue to the second chapter?"

"Hmm?" Liu Yumei came back to her senses, sighed, and nodded, "You can start reading the second chapter tonight. I'm tired too. In the future, after you read a chapter well, come here and report it to me."

Li Zhuiyuan had originally wanted to take the opportunity to show the second chapter and the ones after it together, but seeing Liu Yumei say this, he nodded.

He opened his eyes wide with effort, broke through the illusion, and returned to reality.

Liu Yumei's eyelids drooped, and she said:

"It seems that the Yin family's Yin-walking method indeed has something to it."

"Naturally, it can't compare to our Liu family's."

"You brat, Grandma loves hearing that."

After a pause, Liu Yumei still added a sentence:

"But every generation of heroes leads the wind and rain for a time. For a person like Yin Changsheng, one must always feel awe. It's just that there are no perfect people in the world; he just suffered in terms of managing the family. The family rose because of his birth and declined because of his death."

Actually, Li Zhuiyuan could perceive that Liu Yumei's management of the family was also very powerful, because she had truly held up the precarious Qin-Liu family facade, but this kind of flattery was not suitable to be used, as it was easy to pull at scars.

Liu Yumei lowered her head, picked up a new cup to scald it, and asked:

"Still drinking tea?"

"No, I just had breakfast, drinking too much tea hurts the stomach."

"Then go find A Li to play."

"Alright, Grandma."

Li Zhuiyuan got up, put the *Liu Family Qi-Gazing Art* into his schoolbag, and walked out of the study.

"Eh, Xiaoyuan, why did you come out so fast?" Liu Yi had just finished cleaning the kitchen and the restaurant.

"I'm a bit tired, Grandma Liu will continue teaching me tomorrow."

"Oh." Liu Yi didn't quite believe it, but still beckoned, "Come, come over with me and try on the clothes."

Li Zhuiyuan was brought into the first-floor guest room by Liu Yi to try on the new clothes. There were four sets, not old-fashioned, but not overly flashy either, looking decent and generous when worn.

Moreover, not only did each set of clothes correspond to a pair of shoes, but there were also accessories such as watches, bracelets, and pendants.

"Liu Yi..."

"I know, you take the shoes and clothes, leave the rest here."

"Alright, Liu Yi."

"How is it, does it feel comfortable and fit?"

"It fits very well, Liu Yi, your eyes are like a ruler."

"Hehe, just wear this set, leave the clothes and shoes you wore here, I'll wash and brush them for you, and you can take them next time."

"Thank you, Liu Yi."

"Come, sit down, I'll trim your hair, it's a bit long."

Liu Yi pressed the youth to sit on the bed, then picked up a piece of white cloth to tie around the youth's neck, and took out a comb and scissors.

"Liu Yi, how come you know everything?"

"That's for sure, the old lady's eating, dressing, living, and traveling are all served by me."

A round of fluent and fast combing and trimming.

Liu Yi held the youth's head and signaled him to look at the cabinet mirror.

"How is it?"

"The craftsmanship is really good."

"It's because you, brat, have a good foundation. I heard Li Juxiang say that when your dad was brought back to the village by your mom, to use the words on TV and newspapers now, he was a 'cream-faced youth'."

Nowadays, "cream-faced youth" refers to young men with fair faces and heroic spirit between their brows.

"Hmm."

Li Zhuiyuan responded. He hadn't seen his father for a long time. After divorcing Li Lan, his father went to join a geological survey team. Now he should be... very rough.

The divorce was a big blow to him. He should be deliberately avoiding this home now, plus Grandpa Bei's strict orders, so he hadn't come to see him in recent years.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't blame him; instead, he understood very well. As the youngest son of Grandpa Bei and Grandma Bei, his father had actually always lived quite smoothly and steadily, and then he met Li Lan.

He himself could still peel each other's human skin with Li Lan to play, fighting to a draw;

His father had completely experienced the entire process of Li Lan's condition worsening to complete collapse; the psychological trauma he suffered was truly unimaginable.

"By the way, Liu Yi, I want to ask you about a kind of theatrical costume, and a kind of incense..."

The theatrical costume had been taken away by Tan Yunlong as evidence, and Li Zhuiyuan could only describe it with language as much as possible.

"Sounds like Ghost Sandalwood, looks like the 'Guan Jiang Shou'."

"Guan Jiang Shou, why haven't I heard of it?"

"What about the 'Eight Generals'?"

"I know this, it originated in Fuzhou and is the eight generals in the Five Blessings King's shogunate specifically responsible for catching evil and driving away ghosts."

"Guan Jiang Shou originated from this; with the evolution of local customs, changes appeared."

"I understand."

Generally, this kind of custom would appear at local temple fairs, painting face masks, wearing theatrical costumes, holding magic tools, opening the way in the team, and driving away evil and praying for blessings for the local area.

But this was only an external form of expression; for example, a corpse-salvager like his great-grandfather would also go to sit for a funeral for others before encountering a 'dead-fall'.

Li Zhuiyuan couldn't help but recall the horror revealed in the other party's eyes when he forced the other party back with the 'Zhen' technique last night.

Now that he thought about it, it didn't seem like they had never heard of this special ability, but rather they didn't expect him to be able to use it.

"Alright, go up and find A Li, let A Li see."

"Then I'm going up, Liu Yi."

"Hmm, go ahead. I'll pack the other three sets and put them in your schoolbag."

Li Zhuiyuan went upstairs. Yesterday Liu Yumei said she would customize clothes for him, and today he was wearing them. Obviously, the clothes had been made in advance, which also showed from the side that the old lady had indeed been holding on for the past few days.

Liu Yi walked to the study, pushed the door open, and was surprised to see Liu Yumei lowering her head, facing a drop of water on the coffee table, her face showing contemplation.

"Yo, what's wrong with you? Is a child like Xiaoyuan also so difficult to teach? How did he make you worry like this?"

"A Ting, bring me paper and pen."

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's really different. When you taught me and A Li back then, it was beating and scolding, saying you had never seen a child stupider than us in your life. As a result, you have to prepare lessons in advance to teach a child now?"

"Hehe, I teach him?" Liu Yumei smiled helplessly twice, "It's this brat teaching me."

"Don't scare me."

"Why would I scare you? Bring the paper and pen, I want to revise the first chapter."

Liu Yi immediately brought the pen and paper, and while personally grinding the ink, she asked carefully: "That child only took it back to read for one night, did it really reach this point?"

"That brat just wanted to show me the second chapter together, I deliberately laughed it off, saying I was tired, and let him report it tomorrow or the day after. In fact, it's because I was afraid of seeing too much at once and didn't have time to organize it into a chapter."

"De, compared to me and A Li, it's really stupid enough. But shouldn't you be happy? I know your mind; it's impossible for you to feel sad because a junior is too excellent."

"I'm worried. If this child Xiaoyuan wasn't so outrageous, I would have followed that bit of selfishness and accepted him into the Liu family. With him like this now, I'm embarrassed to do so."

"Then you, this Qin family young mistress, are going to accept people for the Qin family?"

Liu Yumei raised her eyes pitifully, looking at Liu Yi:

"I... really can't bear it."

"Yo yo yo, don't be aggrieved, don't be aggrieved." Liu Yi took the initiative to reach out and hug the old lady, "You're not afraid of losing your majesty if you're seen by the juniors like this."

"Now that I have the title of Qin family young mistress, I have to consider the old Qin family. It really binds me. If I had known, before those old things went to cross the river, I should have divorced him."

"What kind of angry words are you saying."

Liu Yumei took a deep breath, the extra expression on her face converged, and she became elegant and graceful again.

Liu Yi also took back her hand at the right time and re-ground the ink.

"A Ting..."

"You speak."

"Anyway, this brat learns things fast. Simply, let him pick two sects."

Liu Yi heard this and couldn't help swallowing her saliva, not daring to answer.

"Speak."

"This kind of thing, where can I intervene."

"Usually you talk the most and are the most informal. Why are you dumb now?"

"You just make the decision." "It's not impossible. This way, when I go down in the future, they won't be able to pick out my faults. Forget it, their spirits are gone, and I won't see them when I go down."

"This is a big deal. Isn't there still two days until the initiation ceremony? You think about it again."

"Hmm, I'll ponder it again." Liu Yumei picked up the brush, "Bring me more paper. The weather this brat realized is really not easy to describe; it's too much to be understood."

"You write first, I'll go cut it for you."

Liu Yi went to the basement, cut the paper and brought it up. As soon as she entered the room, she saw that Liu Yumei had already written ten sheets of paper, and the last sheet was written to the end.

"Is this still the first chapter?"

Liu Yumei said angrily: "This is just the beginning of the first chapter."

"Then what I read before must be a fake *Liu Family Qi-Gazing Art*. After you organize it, I have to read it too."

"I'll let you read it, I'll let you read it, come and change the paper."

"Coming."

While stopping the pen, Liu Yumei lightly waved the brush in her hand.

"The paper is changed."

"Hiss..."

"Is your train of thought broken?"

"No, I just suddenly thought of a new idea." Liu Yumei lifted the pen and wrote a line of words on the new paper. The handwriting was crooked and distorted, unbearable to look at.

Liu Yi looked left and right, and finally shook her head: "What are you writing? I can't understand it at all."

"It seems that this artistic conception can be integrated into the handwriting, and there is a kind of inexplicable appropriateness."

"Then if you write like this, don't think about people in the future being able to understand it. You don't even know what words are written, so where can you realize any artistic conception."

Liu Yumei picked up the paper, rolled it into a ball, and threw it away.

"Wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"To use this method, one must integrate the complete artistic conception of the twenty-four chapters, echoing from beginning to end, to form a celestial cycle. Understanding one or two chapters initially, one absolutely cannot achieve such freehand..."

"You mean?"

"This brat, in one night, read this whole book!"

"Pa!"

The brush in the old lady's hand suddenly shattered into powder and slowly fell along her fingertips.

In Liu Yumei's mind, what emerged was when she was at Li Sanjiang's house, she was sitting on the dam drinking tea, occasionally looking up at the boy sitting on the rattan chair on the second-floor balcony. The speed at which he turned the pages while reading was faster than reading a comic book.

"If he can really read my Liu family's unique skills so fast, then in the past year, how many books did this brat read at Li Sanjiang's house?"

Liu Yi didn't understand at first, then her face became solemn. How many books he read was secondary; the key was that the books the youth read were very likely at the same level as the *Liu Family Qi-Gazing Art*.

Liu Yumei slowly opened her mouth: "It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Reading is like eating; once you are used to eating good things, how can you continue to swallow those rough things with relish."

In the study, there was a brief silence.

Yesterday, they could still speculate in a teasing tone that there might really be some secret manual in Li Sanjiang's basement. Now, when reality was placed in front of them, their hearts were still incomparably shocked.

"Heh..." Liu Yumei laughed out loud and reached out to stroke her forehead, "I seem to understand now. We live in Li Sanjiang's house to rub off a bit of good fortune."

Liu Yi listened quietly as Liu Yumei continued to speak.

"But Li Sanjiang's good fortune seems to be prepared specifically for this brat!"

"Hmm, A Li, so many wood shavings are actually enough, no need to plane anymore for now."

A Li held the plane, first looked at the youth, then looked down at the wood shavings all over the floor at her feet. Her mood was a bit low.

In this world, even Liu Yumei couldn't specifically understand A Li's deep emotions, but Li Zhuiyuan could.

"A Li, do you feel that Grandma Liu's initiation gift is not presentable?"

The girl nodded.

Her own grandmother happily gave someone a book she had read, and it was the first edition. All she could do was plane more ancestor tablets to make up for it.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out and lightly wiped the girl's brow, hoping to make it stretch out.

"It doesn't matter what initiation gift Grandma Liu gives me; this is all affection.

Besides,

Doctor A Li,

I still owe your Liu family so much medical expenses."

Having been treated as a patient for so long, for the first time, he was placed in the position of a "doctor."

The girl's eyes instantly lit up.

Along with the curtains being drawn, the room, which didn't let in much light, became even brighter than the sun outside.

Seeing the girl happy, Li Zhuiyuan took back his hand, touched his own brow, and used the residual touch to perceive his human skin.

The girl reached out, pinched the youth's cheek, and then pinched her own.

Every time the girl pinched, Li Zhuiyuan felt that the place he was pinched had been stapled by a stapler.

He now wanted to find Runsheng to interact again, like a failing student, to show off the progress he had finally made.

A Li put away the plane.

Li Zhuiyuan took the box and started to load the wood shavings. After a long time, he let out a long sigh,

Hoo...

So tired, finally finished loading it for himself.

Subsequently, they all sat on the carpet with their backs against the bed. Li Zhuiyuan played blind chess while telling what happened in the teaching building last night.

After finishing, it was almost noon, and Li Zhuiyuan had to go back to school.

"A Li, after you and Grandma Liu move into the school to live, I will come to find you every morning in the future, just like you came to find me every morning in the past."

Li Zhuiyuan went downstairs. When passing by the study, he saw the study door tightly closed, and Liu Yi's figure was nowhere to be seen.

"Liu Yi, I'm leaving."

The study door was opened a crack: "Xiaoyuan, what do you want to eat tomorrow morning?"

"Anything is fine."

"Alright then." Liu Yi closed the study door.

It was in this opening and closing that Li Zhuiyuan smelled the ink fragrance coming from inside.

Very good, it seems that the insights of the "book thief" can indeed help Grandma Liu improve and perfect the family heritage.

It's just that I don't know who that person is. Even if there is no record in history, such a person should be a figure similar to Wei Zhengdao.

Walking out of the house and coming to the courtyard, he looked back and saw the girl standing on the balcony seeing him off.

Li Zhuiyuan waved at her, and the girl also raised her hand to respond, although the movement was a bit stiff and unnatural.

But in any case, she was already a different person from when she could only sit in the room with her feet on the threshold.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that both his and her conditions were constantly developing toward the better side.

He could tell fortunes, but he didn't believe in fate, but sometimes, he had to sigh at the wonderful arrangement of fate.

He was a monster wearing human skin, and it just so happened that the girl sat in the room and was used to seeing monsters.

Returning to school, when passing by the playground, the morning military training had not yet ended.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't need to participate in military training. This was written in the advance special recruitment benefits, and he didn't know which school leader in middle school added it for him.

In fact, at his age, it was indeed not suitable to participate in the intensity of this big child's military training, although the youth's physique was generally better than these college students on the playground.

Walking along the playground railing, he wanted to try to find Tan Wenbin, but unfortunately, he didn't know which class Tan Wenbin was in.

Oh right...

Li Zhuiyuan then remembered that he and Tan Wenbin shouldn't be in the same class, so which class was he a student of?

Before school started, the counselor died.

This caused his class to have fewer class meetings than other classes. Even if a new counselor was arranged later, there was only time to assign work.

As for the classmates and social interaction in the class, Tan Wenbin had blocked them for him according to his habits in high school.

Wait until Binbin returns to the dormitory at night to ask him for the class number.

"Little brother, can I ask you for a favor?"

A girl in a white dress ran over.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at her.

The girl pointed to another girl in a blue dress sitting on the grass slope in the distance:

"The sisters are sketching, can I ask you, little brother, to be a model?"

As she spoke, she wanted to reach out and touch the youth's cheek.

Li Zhuiyuan stepped back, dodged her hand, and then shook his head: "No."

After speaking, he left.

Xu Bailu walked back helplessly and said to the girl sitting on the slope with a drawing board:

"Wu Xue, that good-looking little brother is shy and doesn't want to be our model."

Wu Xue smiled: "Why do I feel that the little brother didn't look at us, hehe."

There were only freshmen entering school now. When the military training hadn't ended, the store was relatively deserted. Taking advantage of this time, Runsheng and Yin Meng prepared to eat.

Otherwise, after the military training ended, the students would pour in like a tide, and there would be no time to eat or drink at all.

Runsheng's cooking was relatively grounded. After all, you can't expect someone who has often been hungry since childhood and can only eat roasted sweet potatoes to fill their stomach to master any superb cooking skills. As for Yin Meng's cooking, that was relatively grounded in the underworld.

Therefore, they all went to the cafeteria to get food, and Li Zhuiyuan would come over to eat with them every noon.

Yin Meng: "Hey, Runsheng, Binbin said before going to military training this morning that both you and I can dodge bullets."

"Dodge what?" Runsheng was a bit puzzled, "Dodge bullets?"

"Right, Binbin said Brother Xiaoyuan told him."

"What I said was not dodging bullets, but climbing buildings on the outer wall." Li Zhuiyuan walked into the store and said.

Yin Meng: "Brother Xiaoyuan is here, let's eat."

Li Zhuiyuan sat down to eat and briefly talked about what happened last night. Mainly, Binbin exaggerated some details.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, then Runsheng and I will go around the school after closing the store at night to see if we can meet the murderer and catch him."

"No need." Li Zhuiyuan took a sip of soup, "Even if he is really the murderer, he won't go there again recently."

Runsheng asked: "Between him and me, who can fight?"

"In close combat, few can beat you."

Runsheng smiled and took a sip of incense.

"But the other party might have many methods." Li Zhuiyuan paused, "But don't worry, in a few days, you will all have teachers who can teach you."

After the military training ended, the hungry wolves would rush into the cafeteria quickly, so he brought food back for Binbin in advance.

Soon, Tan Wenbin returned: "Hoo, so hot."

"Tired?"

"Not tired, where is this to where, it's just sprinkling water."

Tan Wenbin sat down and started eating.

"By the way, Brother Xiaoyuan, there are a few classmates in the class who are quite interesting. Are you interested in knowing them?"

"Which class are we in?"

"Class 1."

"Oh, is there any kind that is more obedient?"

"Yes, there is a guy who brought me water today, calling me brother one by one. He is quite gentle and suitable for letting him run errands for help in the future."

"Can introduce and know."

Lu Yi was busy after school started, which was not very convenient.

After the meal, Binbin washed his face and sat at his desk, reading professional books.

Even if he had been approved to enter Luo Gong's project team, even if he was just carrying equipment, he had to have some basic professional literacy. He couldn't even understand a blueprint when the time came.

Li Zhuiyuan was reading the *Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra*. Although it was a bit noisy outside, the dormitory was very quiet, and the learning atmosphere was strong.

But just at this moment, the door of a dormitory nearby was kicked open with a "bang."

"Internal affairs inspection!"

"Open your eyes and see clearly for me. This is our Student Union Minister Qian. Give me respect and correct your attitude!"

"Quick, call Minister Qian. Did you not eat? Give me a louder voice!"

Li Zhuiyuan read as usual.

Tan Wenbin didn't have this realm of not being affected by external things and cursed angrily: "What are you pretending for, what kind of thing."

Many people in the Student Union also entered school early. In name, it was to serve freshmen, but in reality, it was because they didn't want to miss the happiest time to act like a tyrant. After all, by the junior year, students wouldn't pay much attention to them, and the old seniors in the senior year were too lazy to even look at them.

Kicking one by one, roaring one by one, it was estimated that it would soon be their dormitory.

Tan Wenbin was so noisy that he couldn't stand it, so he simply got up and came to the wooden stool, turned the bronze mirror on it, and aimed it at the dormitory door.

Generally speaking, they would only open this access control when sleeping at night.

"Bang!"

"Open the door, check internal affairs!"

Tan Wenbin cursed directly: "Are you a dog, only knowing how to use dog legs to knock on the door!"

"Who is calling inside!"

"Crack!"

Turning the doorknob, two people came in. One was thin and had a sharp face, and the one behind had a big belly and a round face.

They heard Tan Wenbin's previous scolding and were preparing to come in to scold people. Who knew that as soon as they stepped in, the two started spinning in place.

Spinning round and round, they looked exactly like a pair of fat and thin spinning tops.

Tan Wenbin deliberately didn't stop, letting them continue.

As for Li Zhuiyuan, he continued to read.

Tan Wenbin didn't dare to call Brother Yuanzi to come and appreciate it together. After all, he knew very well that whoever really provoked Brother Yuanzi's attention would have a miserable end.

These two people were very hateful, but Binbin felt that it was not enough to open a banquet.

After getting tired of watching, Tan Wenbin turned the mirror and then reached out to push the two people out of the dormitory.

After the two staggered a distance like they were drunk, they all fell to the ground with a "thump" and started vomiting non-stop, their consciousness a bit unclear.

Most importantly, they didn't remember what happened after pushing the door open at all.

"Heh." Tan Wenbin clapped his hands and returned to the dormitory contentedly to continue reading.

When the lunch break was about to end, Tan Wenbin put on his hat and went to participate in the afternoon military training.

Li Zhuiyuan took time in the afternoon to prepare a lesson, which was convenient for performing for Liu Yumei later. After preparing this book, he also prepared a lesson for the *Qin Family Dragon-Observing Method* by the way. If there were no accidents, it would also be used in the future.

Teaching people to learn is indeed much more time-consuming and laborious than learning by oneself. By the time Li Zhuiyuan prepared two lessons, it was already dusk outside.

Taking advantage of the fact that other students hadn't returned from military training, he first took a basin to the sink to take a bath. Otherwise, it would be "full" at night, and he would have to queue for a faucet.

Soon, today's military training ended, and the students returned.

Tan Wenbin's voice came from outside: "A You, you go and occupy the position quickly, I'll go get the basin!"

"Good!"

With Tan Wenbin's personality, making friends in the class immediately was the most normal thing.

Binbin opened the door and said when he came in to get things: "Hey, the shampoo doesn't seem to be enough for two people."

"The new one is in the luggage bag, you go first, I'll take it to you."

"How embarrassing, thank you Brother Xiaoyuan." Tan Wenbin pretended to be coy, took the basin and towel, and went out.

Li Zhuiyuan walked to the luggage bag, took out the shampoo inside, and then walked out of the dormitory toward the sink.

The sink was crowded with people. Some people would go to eat first after military training, but most people still wanted to clean their smelly bodies. Otherwise, they would have no appetite at all. Most importantly, they were all in military training during the day, so they only had entertainment time at night, so naturally, they had to tidy themselves up to be fresh and clean.

Li Zhuiyuan saw Tan Wenbin and patted his back.

Tan Wenbin turned around to take the shampoo, then hugged a thin and tall man next to him, signaling him to turn around too:

"Brother Xiaoyuan, let me introduce you, this is Lin Shu You, assigned to Lu Yi's dormitory.

Come, A You, this is my Brother Xiaoyuan, hurry up, not joking with you, hurry up and call Big Brother."

Lin Shu You was a thin and tall person, looking very shy. At this time, he was rubbing soap on himself. After hearing Tan Wenbin's instructions, he immediately put down his hands very obediently and shouted at Li Zhuiyuan:

"Hello, Big Brother."

"You guys wash slowly, I'm going back."

Li Zhuiyuan returned to the dormitory, turned the mirror over, then picked up the shoe box and took out the pair of women's high heels inside.

It's him!

(End of chapter)