Li Zhiyuan borrowed paper and pen from Aunt Zhang and wrote down the gift shopping list. Then he tore off the paper and handed it to Lin Shuyou.
"Please make a trip to the city to purchase these and deliver them to Jiangli."
"Got it!"
Seeing that Lin Shuyou was about to leave, Li Zhiyuan called out to him again.
"Wait a mont."
"Yes, Brother Xiao Yuan?"
Li Zhiyuan recalled Deng Chen's pager number in his mind, picked up the phone again, and called the ssaging station to page him.
After hanging up, he waited beside the phone for a while until it rang.
"Hello."
"Brother Xiao Yuan, I'm here."
"Are you in Nantong?"
"No, no... yes, I am."
Deng Chen ultimately didn't have the courage to lie in front of him.
He was already in Nantong, staying at a hotel in Shigang Town, just waiting for the seven-day period to end, ready to show up as quickly as possible.
Originally, Li Zhiyuan didn't care about these things and didn't bother to simulate or deduce other people's behaviors. But having thought of Deng Chen, he pondered briefly and guessed that he might have rushed here overnight.
"Brother Xiao Yuan, rest assured, I'll roll back to Jinling right away!"
"Forget it, since you're already here, co over and help take a photo."
"Rest assured, I'll do my utmost!"
Li Zhiyuan handed the phone to Lin Shuyou: "You arrange with him."
Having said that, Li Zhiyuan turned and walked towards ho.
Outside in the yard, a few trucks were being loaded; this seed to be a big deal.
Even though Run Sheng and Binbin, the two laborers, weren't around, with Uncle Qin and Xiong Shan helping, this amount was nothing.
After lending a hand and seeing them off, Li Zhiyuan went upstairs.
Alii was still painting. Li Zhiyuan opened two cans of Jianlibao, inserted a straw into one and handed it to Alii.
The girl held the drink in her left hand, sipping it while continuing to paint with her right hand.
Li Zhiyuan took a shallow sip and set it aside. His brain was active enough now and didn't need the sugar boost.
He moved his chair next to the girl's desk and sat there, propping his head with his hand, watching her paint.
The scent of ink from the paper, combined with the girl's fragrance, cald Li Zhiyuan's previously excited spirits. He seed to be dozing but was actually just daydreaming.
Perhaps the conversation with the Body last night made Li Zhiyuan more aware of the value of wasting ti doing aningless things.
Alii painted earnestly, occasionally glancing at the young man sitting next to her, a smile tugging at her lips.
Ti slipped by unnoticed. After so ti, a faint blue light flickered in Li Zhiyuan's eyes. He, handso as he was, seed even more stately and serious.
The young man yawned, stretched, and withdrew everything.
Looking up at the ti, he realized it was already five in the afternoon. Dusk had fallen outside.
He was surprised by how long he had been daydreaming.
The good news was that he had completely absorbed the eight lotus petals.
Even better news was that he felt his energy still increasing, indicating that the Body had not yet fully absorbed the power of the blue lotus.
Though he had more than the Body, his absorption rate was faster.
Just as True Monarch Pu Du said, being born in the empty door, how would one know what emptiness is?
He glanced at Alii's painting again; she was still far from completing it.
The main challenge was to depict the presence of Bodhisattva without directly painting it, which required more thought.
"Alii, did you have lunch?"
The girl shook her head.
"Then let's ask Aunt Liu to hurry up with dinner, I'm hungry."
Li Zhiyuan didn't ntion that the girl shouldn't skip als just to accompany him. If she had been in his previous state, he would have stayed beside her, too.
Grandmaster and the others hadn't returned yet, so there weren't many for lunch. Moreover, during the morning, when Liu Yui sat outside drinking tea, she noticed the Buddhist aura continuously emanating from the boy's upstairs room. She didn't ask Aunt Liu to call 'ti for lunch' and even postponed the afternoon card ga just to ensure the boy had peace.
After noticing the fading Buddhist aura earlier, Liu Yui instructed Aunt Liu to prepare the al.
When Li Zhiyuan and Alii ca downstairs, Aunt Liu was ready to serve from the kitchen.
"Thank you, Aunt Liu." Then Li Zhiyuan looked at Liu Yui sitting by the small round table opposite, "Thank you, Grandma Liu."
Liu Yui picked up her chopsticks and waved them lightly: "We're family, no need to be so formal."
Regarding the Zou Jiang matter, she found it hard to help directly, but she could at least ensure the child had protection at ho while "napping."
Still, Liu Yui gave a reminder: "The monk's stuff can be used, but don't really believe it."
The Zou Jiang Dragon King focused on this life and cleansing a generation, not on pursuing any afterlife; otherwise, this force would dissipate.
Li Zhiyuan responded bluntly:
"Yeah, I don't believe in it."
...
"You have to trust my vision, really, I'm in photography!"
"I just think you're making things too complicated."
"You can't think like that. After all, this is my first serious job for Brother Xiao Yuan since entering the apprenticeship, so I must do it beautifully. It's different for you; your relationship with Brother Xiao Yuan has already surpassed this level."
Lin Shuyou: "That much is true."
Lin Shuyou liked hearing that.
The next mont, Lin Shuyou activated the Shuping.
Deng Chen's body imdiately started trembling, and if he hadn't been holding onto a pile of clothes for fear they might fall and get dirty, he would have almost collapsed to his knees.
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