Chapter 2684: Involuntary

At this very moment.

Jin Ling Zijin Villa.

Lin Wan'er was standing in front of the desk, examining the landscape painting that had been completed.

In the painting, the winding and continuous mountains stand ruggedly, and the water of Tianchi Lake is rippling, which is beautiful.

Lin Wan'er stretched out her slender fingers and tapped on the thickest ink of the painting like a dragonfly touching the water. After feeling that there was no stickiness, she looked at her tender white fingertips and saw that there was no ink, so she was sure that the painting was completely dry.

Subsequently, she used the prepared scroll to carefully mount the painting into a golden scroll. After all the mounting was completed and rolled into a painting scroll, Lin Wan'er used a silk ribbon to seal and fix the painting scroll.

At this time, Old Zhang's voice sounded outside the door, "Miss, the old slave asks to see you."

Lin Wan'er said loudly, "Come in."

Old Zhang, whose body was already a little hunched, walked in staggeringly. Seeing that the landscape painting on the desk had become a painting scroll, he hurriedly said, "Congratulations to Miss for the completion of the masterpiece!"

Lin Wan'er said indifferently, "It's not a masterpiece."

Saying that, she asked him, "By the way, what's the matter?"

Old Zhang said respectfully, "Miss, Jin Ling University will start freshman reporting tomorrow. The reporting will last for the next two days. When do you think the old slave should accompany you?"

Lin Wan'er thought for a while and said, "When I go depends on when the girl named Claudia goes, and it also depends on whether Ye Chen will accompany Olivia."

Saying that, she said to Old Zhang, "In this way, you let Old Qiu arrange it. I will sit in the car early tomorrow morning and set off first, and wait near Jin Ling University. Once it is confirmed that Claudia has started reporting for enrollment, I will go to the school."

Old Zhang nodded gently and said respectfully, "Okay, Miss, I will go and confirm with Old Qiu."

Subsequently, he asked again, "By the way, Miss, if I really see that Ye Chen tomorrow, what should the old slave pay attention to so as not to be detected by him?"

Lin Wan'er said indifferently, "You cannot appear in front of him tomorrow. On that day in Northern Europe, only the two of us walked out of the farm alive. If he sees us, he will definitely try every means to verify whether we have any problems. I can deal with his means, but you can't. If he sees you, I won't be able to hide. So during this period, you stay in Zijin Villa and don't go anywhere."

Old Zhang said without hesitation, "Okay, Miss, the old slave will definitely not leave Zijin Villa."

Lin Wan'er gave a hum and added, "By the way, tell Old Qiu that he doesn't need to accompany me, just let Sister Xian drive me."

"The old slave obeys!"

Lin Wan'er said, "Alright, there's nothing for you here, go down."

"Okay, Miss, the old slave will retire first!"

Old Zhang bowed and left. Lin Wan'er held the painting scroll with both hands and walked slowly to the long table. Above the long table, the memorial tablet she had been carrying with her was enshrined, with eight large characters written on it: The Spirit Tablet of the Late Father Lin Zhulu.

Lin Wan'er knelt slowly in front of the spirit tablet, carefully placed the painting scroll aside, put her hands together, looked at the spirit tablet, and said respectfully, "Father, if I am lucky, I will be able to meet the benefactor Ye Chen tomorrow. My sudden appearance in front of him will definitely arouse his twelve-point vigilance. Whether I can gain his trust is still unknown. I hope your spirit in heaven will bless me to gain his trust..."

Speaking of this, Lin Wan'er's expression was tangled for a moment, she reached out and touched the painting scroll on the ground, and said softly, "If... if Ye Chen never believes in me... if he regards me as an enemy... I am afraid I will have to tell him all the reasons..."

At this point, Lin Wan'er paused for a few seconds, and tears had already burst out of her eyes.

Two lines of clear tears slid across her beautiful face. She couldn't care about wiping them, and choked softly, "I have always kept in mind your instructions before you left. My life experience and past cannot be told to anyone, and I have never violated your last wish... But if one day I am involuntary and tell these to Ye Chen, please don't blame me, your spirit in heaven..."

After saying that, Lin Wan'er wiped away her tears and kowtowed three times to her father's spirit tablet.

Evening.

Ito Nanako drove back to Tomson Yipin alone after the lecture.

When she arrived home, her father and aunt had prepared the ingredients she needed according to her instructions.

Knowing that Ye Chen was coming to the house for dinner, Ito Yuhiko was naturally overjoyed.

He had long regarded Ye Chen as the best candidate for his son-in-law, and Ye Chen was also a great benefactor to him, so he appreciated him even more.

After Nanako returned, she hurriedly went into the kitchen and started cooking for Ye Chen herself.

She first prepared some high-end seafood sashimi, and then started the oil in the pot to fry a portion of tempura with seafood and vegetables.

Aunt Ito Emi helped on the side. After the two made a few dishes one after another, she couldn't help but say, "Nanako, it's time for you to learn some Chinese cuisine. Japanese cuisine is relatively light. Chinese men can eat it occasionally, but if they eat too much, they will definitely feel bored."

Nanako was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly, "Aunt, I have been eating Chinese cuisine in restaurants since I was a child. Where do I have the opportunity to learn how to do it... Moreover, Chinese cuisine is really complicated. Just the spices used for seasoning are countless, and there are many exquisite points in cooking methods. Unlike Japanese cuisine, choosing some good seafood ingredients and cutting them into slices, and then matching them with soy sauce and fresh mushroom wasabi sauce, a big dish is considered done. Chinese cuisine, any dish, has countless processes and cooking points. If no one teaches, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to learn well..."

Saying that, she added, "Actually, I have tried it before, watching online textbooks to make some Chinese dishes, but there are always forks in the cooking process..."

Ito Emi smiled slightly, "This is easy to solve. Aunt has seen it in Jin Ling these two days. There are very good cooking schools specializing in training beginners, and they are very good at local Jin Ling cuisine. I think it should be to Mr. Ye's taste."

Nanako said helplessly, "Aunt, I use most of my time every day to study Martial Dao. Where do I have time to learn cooking..."

Ito Emi smiled, "Aunt can sign up to learn first, and after learning, take time to teach you at home. The time you study Martial Dao in Jin Ling is the best time for you and Mr. Ye to cultivate feelings. If you can learn more cooking skills of Jin Ling cuisine, it will definitely make him look at you with admiration."

Nanako asked in surprise, "Really, Aunt? Are you really willing to learn for me first?"

"Of course." Ito Emi said without hesitation, "If Aunt wasn't willing, how could she tell you these things."

Nanako was about to bow and thank her when she suddenly heard the doorbell ring. She hurriedly said, "It must be Ye Chen-kun downstairs, I'll go pick him up!"

Ito Emi nodded and smiled, "Go ahead."

Tomson Yipin's high-rise buildings are all elevator-entered, and you can't take the elevator without a physical card. Ye Chen came to visit, and could only ring the doorbell at the entrance of the garage unit door, and could only enter the elevator and press the button for the designated floor after it was unlocked upstairs.

Nanako only needed to help Ye Chen unlock the access control system, but she still said to Ye Chen through the access control system, "Wait a moment, Ye Chen-kun, I'll go down to pick you up."

In Nanako's traditional Japanese concept, if she let the man she loved go upstairs by himself, it would be like the man she loved coming home, saying "I'm home" at the door, and the wife didn't kneel at the door to welcome him, but sat in the living room sofa waiting, which is absolutely disrespectful.

So, she hurriedly went out, took the elevator down to the garage, personally opened the door of the garage elevator hall for Ye Chen, and smiled, "Sorry to keep you waiting, Ye Chen-kun!"

Ye Chen asked her with a smile, "Why did you come down yourself?"

Nanako smiled shyly and said softly, "This is the etiquette that should be there. Ye Chen-kun, Otosan and the others are waiting for you, let's go up!"

Ye Chen nodded slightly and took the elevator upstairs with Nanako.

As soon as the elevator door opened, Ito Yuhiko, Ito Emi, and Tanaka Koichi were already waiting in the elevator hall.

Seeing Ye Chen, the three bowed at the same time, "Welcome, Mr. Ye!"

Ye Chen was a little stunned and asked with a smile, "Mr. Ito, why is it so grand..."

Ito Yuhiko bowed and said in a loud voice, "This is as it should be, Mr. Ye, please come in!"

Ye Chen was helpless, followed Ito Yuhiko into the door.

Ito Yuhiko invited Ye Chen to the restaurant, took the initiative to pull out a dining chair for him, and said respectfully, "Please sit down, Mr. Ye!"

Ye Chen was a little uncomfortable, so he said seriously, "Mr. Ito, we can be considered old acquaintances. You are so polite today, it really makes me a little uncomfortable."

Ito Yuhiko said very seriously, "Mr. Ye, all martial arts practitioners know that external skills are just fur, and true masters are both internal and external. And the great achiever of both internal and external is the Chinese Martial Dao. Nanako has been very yearning for Martial Dao since she was a child. It's a pity that Japan only has ninjutsu, not Martial Dao. And ninjutsu practices hiding whereabouts and assassination in the dark. This kind of positioning, which is somewhat despicable and shameless, has always been difficult to climb into the elegant hall. Now Mr. Ye has given Nanako a chance to learn true Martial Dao. She doesn't know how happy she is these days. I, as a father, see it in my eyes and am also very gratified. So naturally, I have to thank Mr. Ye for his kindness of preaching!"

Before Ye Chen could speak, Nanako on the side said with excitement, "Otosan, I have another good news to tell you!"

Ito Yuhiko asked hurriedly, "What good news? Tell me quickly!"

Nanako said, "I finally mastered the method of internal observation today and truly realized the circulation of Qi! In other words, I am now a true Martial Dao practitioner!"

"Really?!" Ito Yuhiko asked in surprise, "Nanako, are you really a Martial Dao practitioner? Isn't it said that it is the most difficult to get started with Martial Dao? It is said that most people can't find the trick in their whole life, and the very few who can get started need a year or even several years to find the trick. But you have only learned it for a few days, how did you master it so quickly?!" ===== CHAPTER 2685 =====