"Here here here, take it, whatever you want from the house, just grab it. Who’s stopping you?"
"I don’t want anything else, from tonight, you’ve got to take your dicine on ti."
"That stuff is terribly bitter..."
"You’re getting on in years, you need to live a long life. Alii and Xiao Yuan are still young; if there’s any turmoil on the river in the future, we’re counting on you to shelter us from the storm."
"I’ll drink it then."
The two entered the house and saw Alii coming down the stairs.
"Alii, Xiao Yuan has agreed to beco a disciple, and your grandma even let him take the ’Liu’s Qi Observation Technique’ with him. You’re happy now, aren’t you?"
The intention was to tease Alii, to make the girl cheer up, and hopefully, see her dimple show.
But upon hearing this, Alii didn’t seem pleased; instead, her gaze dimd.
"What’s wrong?" Liu Yui also felt wronged, "When did our family’s Qi Observation Technique beco sothing not fit to be seen in public?"
Alii pushed the door and entered the ancestral hall, then went upstairs with a stack of ancestral tablets.
Liu Yui could only instruct Aunt Liu, "Make a new batch of ancestral tablets, this ti don’t bring them ho, leave them outside. We’ll need them in three days, make sure there are no shortages."
"Don’t worry, I know what to do."
"Did Alii get angry just now?"
"She did seem upset."
"In the past, Alii wouldn’t stir all day, and I’d be worried sick. Now that she expresses her emotions, I’m even more confused, it’s strange."
"Who knows who she takes after."
"Speak no evil."
...
Walking on the streets late at night, Li Zhiyuan was still pondering the scene with Alii in the room as he walked, lightly touching his face.
The first ti he saw Alii, it was as if the flaking skin on his face was stapled in place.
Today, after seeing Alii, it was like growing a new layer of skin, which made him feel lost and a bit itchy as well.
Instead of going directly back to school, he headed toward the food street outside the north gate. From a distance, he saw the shiny new sign on the lighting fra – Old Sichuan.
For the rchants in the school’s ecosystem, each new school year is a season for promotions.
College students are lazy; attracting and taking good care of them often ans securing a stable custor base for the next four years.
Although currently only freshn needing military training have arrived, the outdoor seating of Old Sichuan is almost full, suggesting it might need to expand its restaurant soon.
When Li Zhiyuan arrived, the police were just about to close down the area.
After sending off his new colleagues, Tan Yunlong lit a cigarette and saw Li Zhiyuan.
"Uncle Tan, sorry, I’m late."
"No, I ca early. They all have families to return to, so they need to eat and go ho early. Xiao Yuan, should I get another grilled fish for you? Boss..."
"No need, Uncle Tan, I had so snacks and I’m not hungry."
He had been sitting in Liu Yui’s study for so long, and he had plenty of tea and snacks.
"Really not hungry? Don’t be polite with ."
"How could I be polite with you, Uncle Tan."
"Alright, then shall we take a walk?"
"Sure."
Tan Yunlong took out his wallet, ready to pay the bill, but Li Zhiyuan walked up to the proprietress first, pointing to the table they used earlier. The proprietress nodded, making a gesture of understanding.
"Uncle Tan, let’s go."
Once they had crossed the street, Tan Yunlong said with a smile:
"It seems you all co here often for als, you can even put it on a tab."
"This restaurant is owned by a friend of ours."
"Oh, no wonder."
At first, when they ca here to eat, they had paid in cash. Later, after Xue Liangliang had a word, their expenses here could be added to a tab and deducted from his monthly share of the profits.
After all, they were friends who had been through life and death together, so nobody made a fuss.
"Where’s Brother Binbin and the others?"
"Business is good tonight; he’s staying in the shop to help. I didn’t ask him to co out."
"So you and your son didn’t get to eat together today?"
"I’ll sleep in your dorm tonight, sharing a bed with Binbin, sorry for the inconvenience, Xiao Yuan."
"No problem, our dorm is spacious."
As the two walked, they entered the campus.
"Today, when I went to check Ran Qiuping’s office, I ran into Yu Shu. I suspect that my special transfer has sothing to do with him."
"Then it must be him."
It’s not surprising that Yu Shu is involved in this case.
Because even if that fire burned everything to ash, it couldn’t erase the fact that it was the Mao family’s ’dojo’. Given this, it’s only natural for him, Yu Shu, to check it out.
"But what does it have to do with ? I’m not acquainted with him."
"Uncle Tan, maybe because you’ve perford too well in those incidents in Shigang."
"Perford well? I just took him to visit a few places and presented so special reports. I think I dragged it out."
"You did very well, because what they want is just that; they don’t really care much about the ordinary cases themselves."
"Now that you say that, I think I sort of understand."
"Anyway, it’s a good thing, isn’t it?"
"I’m still riding on your coat-tails." Tan Yunlong exhaled a long ring of smoke; both he and his son owed favors to soone.
"It’s who should thank you for all the help, Uncle Tan. With my relationship with Brother Binbin, we don’t need to be so distant."
"Yu Shu wanted to see Binbin’s dorm, so Binbin took him to a dormitory with red sausages."
"Okay."
"Xiao Yuan, your business, is it sothing that can’t be discovered by soone like Yu Shu?"
"Uncle Tan, I don’t want to get entangled with them, but it’s not like they can’t discover it. You do your job as your conscience dictates, without considering . Of course, if you could take into account a little, without violating your principles, that would be best."
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