Peerless Protégé [Rebirth]

"Master Luo, the dishes I brought to you are here!"

Luo Jiening quickly came out of the kitchen and replied, "Thank you!"

"Hi! Thanks for that!"

Luo Jiening took the vegetable basket, turned around and shouted towards the study: "Zhong Xiao! Brother!"

"I heard it!" Zhong Xiao came out from the study and said, "Is it Aunt Li again?"

Luo Jiening nodded, and said, "I'm ashamed to deliver things every day."

Zhong Zhili ignored his Gu Zi acting, and only said: "By the way, among the letters I received today, guess whose letter I met."

"who?"

Zhong Zhili looked at him with great interest, and said with a slight smile, "Lady Baiyu."

"?!" Luo Jiening stared at him blankly, only to see that Zhong Zhili took out a letter from behind, handed it to him, and said, "It's for you."

Luo Jiening looked at him for a while, making sure that he gave it to him sincerely, then dared to take it, and opened it in front of him.Zhong Zhili wondered, "How does she know where we are?"

Luo Jiening replied casually: "If it's not in Ruoming Town, it's at your place, otherwise where would we go."

Zhong Zhili nodded, and said: "You're right, Duan Wan obviously knows about it, why haven't the people from Xuantian Tower found us?"

"That's because they didn't know that we would return to Qingwa Town." Luo Jiening glanced roughly, and then said, "Well, Duan Wan will come here in a while..."

Zhong Zhili asked, "Where is she now?"

Luo Jiening shook his head and said, "I didn't say anything. She is a very mysterious woman."

Zhong Zhili narrowed his eyes and said, "Then when will you come?"

Luo Jiening smirked and said, "I don't know."

The two were silent for a moment, Luo Jiening stuck to it and said, "No, what do you want to eat today?"

Zhong Zhili hugged his chest and thought for a while, then said: "You said, if Duan Wan is missing from the Qing Pavilion, wouldn't Zhao Qi become the hegemon?"

"..." Luo Jiening said silently, "Do you still remember her?"

Zhong Zhili tilted his head, and said seriously: "No."

"..."

It can be said that Duan Wan came and went without a trace, and she didn't pick a good time when she came, but she bumped into the two of them and went out. Duan Wan didn't know the way to Qingwa Town, so she asked everywhere at the gate of the town, He just asked where Zhong Zhili and Luo Jiening lived.

When she asked the few families at the door, she thought they were who they were, and they only said they lived in the east of the town.Duan Wan managed to find the dilapidated house under the guidance of everyone, but no one was there.There was no solution, so she had to wait at the door for them to come back.

Zhong Zhili and Luo Jiening are currently mediating with a family in the west of Zhenxi. When the mediation is over, as soon as the two come out, a woman who just came back from outside can be heard laughing: "There is a person who is so born that he doesn't know anything." What a beautiful little girl is waiting for you!"

As soon as Luo Jiening heard it, she knew it was Duan Wan who had come, and took a look at Zhong Zhili.Zhong Zhili didn't seem to care much, and said, "It seems like I didn't buy any vegetables today."

Luo Jiening said sideways: "It's okay, she won't pick."

Zhong Zhili glanced at him and asked, "Are you so clear?"

"..." Luo Jiening laughed, "No."

When the two returned to the house, they saw that Duan Wan was squatting in front of the pond in front of their house, continuously throwing needles into it, and several fish had already floated on the surface of the water.Luo Jiening only took one look, then ran forward in panic and said, "My aunt! That's our fish!"

Duan Wan only glanced at him, then said: "I'm so stingy, isn't it just a few fish!"

Zhong Zhili said from behind: "Fill it up."

Before Luo Jiening could move, Duan Wan said, "Look how generous Zhong Xiao is!"

"..."

Duan Wan asked as she walked, "Do you still raise fish? Do you have a vegetable garden?"

Luo Jiening said, "No."

Duan Wan said: "Why don't you get one? I heard that Zhong Xiao's family is very rich. Take a look, although this house is a bit dilapidated, it occupies a large area! If you sell it, you will be landlords! Let’s build a vegetable garden in the back, so you don’t have to go shopping! Let me think about it, if Luo Ge goes shopping...Wow ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

"..."

Luo Jiening said silently: "I don't buy vegetables anymore."

Zhong Zhili couldn't help laughing along with Duan Wan's devilish laughter.Luo Jiening looked at the two of them, then silently walked a little faster.

Duan Wan laughed out of tears, covered her belly and laughed out of shape: "What should I do? When I think of Luo Ge going grocery shopping, I feel so funny, hahahaha!"

"..."

Zhong Zhili held back his smile, and said, "Actually, he only bought it once, but that was a long time ago."

Duan Wan raised her back and asked: "Those women will definitely not let him go in to buy it, right? They must say that this young man is mentally ill!"

Luo Jiening pulled Zhong Zhili's sleeve, as if wanting Zhong Zhili to stay away from this woman.Zhong Zhili said: "Actually, no?" After finishing speaking, he still looked at Luo Jiening.

Luo Jiening changed the subject and said, "What do you want to eat?"

Duan Wan said unexpectedly: "You do it?"

Luo Jiening raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes."

Duan Wan looked at the two of them in surprise, and said, "As expected, Luo Ge can only grow up by your side."

When the three of them entered the room, Zhong Xingli brought tea to Duan Wan.Duan Wan waved her hand and said: "We don't need these etiquettes between us. I just wanted to say that I happened to pass by here and remembered that you were here, so I greeted you in advance and came to see you. I will leave soon. So Luo Ge, you don't have to dislike me, you can't hide your desire to drive me away when you look at your eyes."

Luo Jiening said speechlessly: "You really know how to act better than me."

"Don't look at me and talk like that, make me feel like I'm bothering you."

Are you bothering us, Goddess!

Duan Wan was not restrained at all, Luo Jiening didn't need to say, she regarded it as her own home, took a sip of tea, and said, "Let me tell you, if you live here, will you get caught in the rain when it rains?"

Zhong Zhili said: "Actually, it won't rain in the bedroom."

Duan Wan nodded, and said understandingly: "So you are sleeping when it rains, right?" Before the two of them answered, she said to herself, "Speaking of which, your town is very beautiful, if it were me, I would also live here."

Luo Jiening felt that if she thought about it by herself, she would be able to talk about tomorrow, so she interrupted her and asked, "Where are you going?"

Duan Wan said: "I originally planned to go to Jingzhou, who knew that Wuchenxuan and Xuantian Tower were fighting, so I had to make a detour and pass here."

Luo Jiening and Zhong Zhili looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.That Duan Wan asked strangely: "You guys don't know yet, do you?"

Zhong Zhili said: "We don't inquire about these things anymore."

Luo Jiening asked: "What are you going to Jingzhou for?"

Duan Wan said leisurely: "I haven't been to Jingzhou, I just want to see it, besides, an old friend asked me to go there."

Luo Jiening said with great interest: "Yo, why haven't I heard of it, do you have any old friends?"

Duan Wan rolled his eyes at him, and said: "Why can't there be, anyway, it's not you."

"..."

"After I left Baiyuyuan, I went to Ruoming Town to stay for a while, but it seems that the Yuxu Palace has suffered a lot there, and it's different from before, so I didn't stay long." Duan Wan took another sip of tea and said , "After that, I went to a nearby town for a walk."

Luo Jiening asked excitedly: "Is the house left to me by my grandfather still there?"

Duan Wan rolled her eyes and said: "Oh, don't mention it, let alone your family property, even my family can't see it at all. Those shameless people must have taken it all!"

Luo Jiening sighed, and said, "Fortunately, I don't plan to go."

Duan Wan asked strangely: "What's the matter, you two plan to stay here forever? Why don't you go out and have a look?"

Luo Jiening said: "Zhong Xiao likes this place, and I like it too, why go to other places."

Duan Wan seemed to ask about the different taste, and said: "It's because Zhong Xiao is here." She then said, "This time, we don't know when we will see each other again."

Luo Jiening teased and said: "You are traveling around, where do you plan to go next time?"

Duan Wan laughed and said: "Let me tell you, there is a place in Jingzhou, it is a paradise, my old friend lives there, I might really go there and never come back!"

The two entertained Duan Wan well, and then sent the Buddha away.Luo Jiening came back and said to Zhong Zhili: "You said, our place can be regarded as a paradise, right?"

Zhong Zhili nodded and said perfunctorily, "Yes."

While washing the dishes, Luo Jiening said, "Tell me, where is that old friend of Duan Wan from? I think it must be someone from somewhere!"

Zhong Zhili was busy replying the letter, so he didn't have time to talk to him.Seeing that he didn't respond, Luo Jiening leaned over and asked, "What did you write?"

Zhong Zhili said: "I recently found out that there is a painter in the west of Zhen, whose paintings are very beautiful, so I am writing to him, can I go to his house to see, he wrote back to me yesterday, saying that he will be at home for a few days, We can go."

"Us?" Luo Jiening pointed to himself, and said, "I don't know how to draw, but I prefer to look at swords."

Zhong Zhili glanced at him and said, "So what am I going to tell you?"

Luo Jiening shook the water off his hands, and said, "But I can go with you, just as I also want to see how those so-called painters make a living by painting."

Zhong Zhili explained: "Although this is a job, his spirit is actually commendable. Many of his paintings reflect his spiritual world..."

"Oh..." Luo Jiening raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't understand."

"..."

Zhong Zhili said silently: "If you go with me, will you desecrate others?"

Luo Jiening smiled and said: "Maybe, you should go alone."

Zhong Zhili grabbed him who was about to leave, and said, "I have something to ask you."

Luo Jiening asked curiously, "Yo? Please?"

Zhong Zhili nodded, and said: "My Japan promised the mayor to play chess with him, but I can't go, so you can go instead of me."

Luo Jiening thought for a while, and said: "You mean, let me play chess with that old man for you, and you go to see that painter?"

Zhong Zhili nodded and said, "Yes."

Luo Jiening smiled, and then said, "I don't want it."

Zhong Zhili pulled him back and begged with emotion: "The painter came back after a long time, but he can play chess with the mayor anytime, right?"

Luo Jiening said with a blank face: "Don't think that I don't know how tough that old man is. With my level, I can beat him [-] times. If I lose, I have to come back until I win."

Zhong Zhili said: "Actually, you only need to mess around to make him win, so go for me!"

Luo Jiening said with a firm expression: "That's not true. Either you will miss the appointment."

Zhong Zhili pulled him and begged bitterly: "But, I have rejected the mayor several times, and finally agreed to him once."

Luo Jiening shrugged and said, "Then I'll tell the old man that you didn't see him because of the painter."

"..." Zhong Zhili lowered his head and said, "Then let's go together."

Luo Jiening smiled and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go play chess."

Luo Jiening laughed and said, "Aren't you going to see your artist?"

Zhong Zhili glanced at him sadly, and said, "I won't go."

Luo Jiening couldn't bear it any longer, hugged the person and smiled, "You really... I'll go for you."

Zhong Zhili nodded immediately and said, "Thank you."

"..." Looking at Zhong Zhili who had changed so quickly, Luo Jiening was stabbed in the bottom of his heart——

it hurts.

A few days later, Zhong Zhili went out early in the morning.Luo Jiening had no choice but to fulfill the agreement and went to the mayor's house honestly.This company lasted until the evening.

Luo Jiening had already played chess very absent-mindedly, but the mayor seemed to have no idea what color his chess piece was, he couldn't tell the difference between black and white, even if Luo Jiening closed his eyes, he could beat him.

Luo Jiening really didn't know how to coax him. After losing more than a dozen games, the mayor smiled sheepishly and said, "I seem to have trouble with my eyesight recently."

Luo Jiening ruthlessly dismantled him, and said: "It's only today that it's not easy, right? I've made Zhong laugh, so you don't need to pretend anymore."

The mayor laughed twice and said, "Did you find out?"

Luo Jiening put away the chessboard and said, "Your acting skills are probably at the level of my five or six years old."

"..." The mayor smiled awkwardly and said, "Isn't Zhili begging me? With my old bones, I can only play chess with you."

Luo Jiening asked: "Zhong Xiao begged you? So, didn't the painter make an appointment with him long ago?"

The mayor covered his mouth: "Oh, I missed it."

"..." Luo Jiening asked, "What's the background of that painter?"

The mayor said: "This is terrible. I heard that the painter's family is very rich, and his brother is an official in the court, so it's just for fun when he paints."

Luo Jiening nodded, and said: "No wonder it reflects the spiritual world, so what did he paint? Is it gold?"

"..." The mayor shook his head and said, "Where is it so superficial? People paint landscape paintings."

Luo Jiening chatted with the mayor for a while, and then walked back home slowly.As soon as he came back, he saw that the lights in the study room had been turned on, so he wanted to scare him.Turning around, he hid under the study window.

He heard that there was no movement inside, and was about to get up to scare him, but suddenly a voice came out from above: "I saw you."

Luo Jiening suddenly felt bored, got up and turned into the study, and said, "How did you see that?"

Zhong Zhili said, "I've been looking over there."

Luo Jiening leaned on the desk, tilted his head, kept a decent smile on his lips, and said: "Tell me, why is that old man so good today? Come and win a game."

Zhong Zhili said a little empty-handedly: "Really?"

Luo Jiening said: "Yes. I said I wanted to leave, but he held me back and said that I can't leave."

Zhong Zhili was even more confused: "Why?"

Luo Jiening smiled and said: "I don't know, but he said, Zhili hasn't come back yet, you can't go back."

Zhong Zhili touched his nose and said, "How does he know that I haven't come back?"

"Yes, I just said, how does he know." Luo Jiening approached him and smiled, "Tell me, why is he so smart?"

Zhong Zhili moved a little away from him, and said, "Yes, why are you so smart?"

"..." Luo Jiening bullied himself and pressed down.

Zhong Zhili didn't dare to resist at all, he only said intermittently: "Did you know?"

Luo Jiening stopped and asked, "Know what?"

Zhong Zhili said weakly, "I have known him for a long time."

Luo Jiening narrowed his eyes and said, "I don't know."

"..."

Luo Jiening clicked his tongue and said, "Did you guys meet 50 years ago?"

"..."

Luo Jiening stroked his hanging hair, and said softly: "You know him when you know him, why are you worried about me? Tell me, can I worry about you?"

Zhong Zhili finally said, "I'm afraid you'll think too much."

"Oh, I was overthinking." Luo Jiening kissed him domineeringly, and pressed his lips and asked, "Did you ask him about Xuantian Tower?"

Zhong Zhili didn't answer, Luo Jiening hugged him even tighter, and said: "If you are worried, we can go and have a look."

Zhong Zhili shook his head and said, "No."

"..." Luo Jiening was silent for a moment, and said, "You really are..."

Zhong Zhili took the initiative to kiss her, and said, "It's all right."

Luo Jiening knew that he was comforting him, so he just patted his back lightly, and said softly: "It's fine."