He still thinks I can’t see through him, I’m not without a TV or a movie.
"Hehe."
"Aiya, this child has it tough, having to cajole , an old lady with a bad temper, every day."
"You are an elder, both protective and generous, dignified and sensible, which family wouldn’t their junior mbers be delighted to indulge such a granny?"
"I’m just glad I don’t bore you or annoy you."
"Only those seniors who are not upright, stubbornly ignorant, and who rely solely on their seniority to condescendingly lecture the younger ones are the ones who irritate the juniors, and you are none of those."
"After all, it’s you who knows best what to say."
Liu Yui reached out, touched Li Zhiyuan’s face, then stepped back and scrutinized him: "You’ve indeed grown taller, in a few more years, you’ll be a big kid."
"Isn’t Alii the sa?"
"Alii is different, in my heart, no matter how old she gets, she’s still a child. You should be too, but you know, what you carry on your shoulders is different."
"I know."
"Sa old saying, I’m content as your grandma. Whenever you feel tired and don’t want to continue on, just co back and light the lamp.
The Qin Liu families have done enough, ensuring the safety and peaceful lives of the two kids for a lifeti isn’t an issue."
"Uncle Qin left again?"
"Mhm, he originally ca back halfway through sothing else. Now that things here are settled, there’s still business waiting for him there. But he won’t be gone long this ti.
What, you’re worried I sent him to Fujian to trouble those two official chiefs?"
"You’ve beco more peaceful now."
"Yes, when you live with sothing to look forward to, you feel different.
Alright, go find Alii. Since you’re about to have a long journey, you ought to spend more ti talking with her."
"Okay, grandma."
Li Zhiyuan went downstairs and opened the door to Alii’s bedroom.
He didn’t need to knock, as Alii could sense his arrival.
As he entered, Alii had just put down her carving knife.
"Did I interrupt you?"
Ail shook her head and handed over the seal to Li Zhiyuan.
Li Zhiyuan took the seal, which was small, exquisite, yet full of presence, especially the dragon figure on the top, lifelike.
Not in a hurry to look at the characters carved on the bottom, he pressed it in the ink paste and then walked over to a scroll on the table.
The painting depicted the scene of him putting an end to Granny Yu.
"The painting is really good."
Li Zhiyuan stamped the seal onto the scroll, and when he lifted it, a vibrant red imprint was added: [Acting on behalf of the Heavenly Dao].
It ant the sa as "Executing the Heavenly Dao," yet the aura was slightly different.
Li Zhiyuan couldn’t help but smile; he didn’t have such lofty aspirations, and his belief in the "Righteous" path wasn’t so deep-seated, after all, the books he first read upon joining were filled with Wei Zhengdao’s personal views.
Yet he thoroughly enjoyed duping the Heavenly Dao.
If he were to discuss it with outsiders, those four characters would definitely refer to his grand aspirations, but in reality, it’s just an inner cheekiness that only she knows about.
The painting was finished, the seal was stamped, but the fra wasn’t properly made yet, mainly because the waste materials were used up more than expected, resulting in a shortage for this batch of ancestral tablets, so they have to wait for the next batch of reworked ancestral tablets.
Li Zhiyuan took Alii’s hand, "Co, let’s pick another one."
The boy and the girl closed their eyes together.
Li Zhiyuan arrived at the threshold, the mist still lingering ahead, and the rustling noise hadn’t ceased, and it had gotten much closer and louder than when he resolved Granny Yu.
The presence of one Granny Yu had made them temporarily wary, but far from enough to actually scare them off.
Li Zhiyuan stepped outside and pulled out a white lantern that was wedged in a crevice of the wall.
One person, one lantern, entering the fog.
In the mist, ghostly figures abounded; so were probing, so were mocking, so were enticing.
Suddenly, the lantern in front was engulfed by a cloud of mist as if sothing had swallowed it.
Li Zhiyuan didn’t panic, still gripping the rod.
A tug ca from the lantern’s end, it was acting on its own!
Li Zhiyuan exerted himself to swing the lantern rod, similar to the movent when a fish is caught hook, line, and sinker.
Suddenly,
The surrounding mist dissipated,
And a huge black fish leapt overhead, large in size and despising in eyes.
Willingly hooked!
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