"Old man, what are you doing?" Yun Shuniàn squinted as she watched the old man raise the bowl of water.
"Oh, I'm thirsty, just getting a drink." Why did this girl wake up now?
The old man thought to himself, not paying attention to the water in his hand. He suddenly took a step forward to leave.
*Splash*. Just like that, the ladle of water was poured all over the old man himself.
Yun Shuniàn's lips curved, and her eyes also curved. "Oh, old man, are you planning to take a bath too?"
The old man: "Ah, yes, yes, yes."
The old man threw the water ladle in his hand outside, stroked his beard, and walked out as if emerging from a hero's pass. After walking out the door, he then furtively ran to his room as if he had stolen something.
Yun Shuniàn sat on the bed, unable to stop laughing.
In her previous life, how had she not discovered that the old man was such a comedian?
Was it because in her past life, all her attention had been focused on Zuo Nán?
The smile on Yun Shuniàn's face gradually faded.
Forget it, since she had a second chance, there was no need to dwell on it. After all, in this life, Zuo Nán could only be more miserable.
"Little Niànniàn, come quickly and water our little grass." The old man's clear voice reached Yun Shuniàn's ears.
Yun Shuniàn tidied her clothes and got up to go out.
Following the sound of the old man watering, Yun Shuniàn circled the house and saw the old man's back garden.
Ginseng, deer antler, cordyceps, Buddha's hand ginseng, Ula grass...
It was truly strange. How did this old man manage to overcome regional and climatic differences for these plants to grow harmoniously together?
"You're here, Little Niànniàn. Quickly water them, they'll like you even more." The old man handed Yun Shuniàn another water ladle.
Yun Shuniàn was speechless but still took it.
"How do they survive together in this place?" Yun Shuniàn asked the question in her heart. Sudan Novel Network
"Little Niànniàn, you're interested in this? If I had known, I would have brought you to see my little ones earlier. Then you would have become my disciple by now." The old man looked regretful.
"Perhaps if you had shown me, I would have taken them all away the next day."
The old man smiled: "Take them away? That's impossible."
"What do you mean?" Yun Shuniàn straightened up and looked at the old man.
"This, you'll know later. For now, listen to me impart knowledge."
By this time, the entire back garden had been watered by the two of them. The old man threw the ladle aside and walked back. Seeing this, Yun Shuniàn also put down her ladle and followed.
"Take a look at these." The old man took out several stacks of ancient books from the bookshelf in his room and placed them in front of Yun Shuniàn.
Yun Shuniàn frowned, fanning away the dust that had been stirred up around her with disdain.
"Little Niànniàn, what's with that expression? These are things your master, me, specifically kept for you. Otherwise, with how skilled I am, why would I need these books?"
The old man put his hands on his hips, looking displeased.
Yun Shuniàn ignored the old man. After the dust in the air had settled, she slowly sat down and flipped through the books.
Are these things related to medicine? Yun Shuniàn frowned as she looked at the contents.
However, as time passed, the more Yun Shuniàn read, the more her brow relaxed. Clearly, she was now immersed in the world of the books.
Seeing this, the old man stroked his beard, nodded, and walked out with satisfaction.
She was indeed the one he had chosen.
Bah! Bah! Bah! What old man!
Yun Shuniàn read with great relish, completely immersed in the world of the books and forgetting the passage of time.
It wasn't until Yun Shuniàn closed the last book with a sigh of emotion that she realized the sun had already set, and she had actually read from sunrise to sunset.
Yun Shuniàn touched her empty stomach and turned to go outside.
"Little Niànniàn, you're finished? So quickly?" The old man looked at Yun Shuniàn, who had emerged from the room, with disbelief.
"Make food quickly." Yun Shuniàn walked to the table and sat down.
"Ahem, Little Niànniàn, listen to me. Actually, your master was just thinking of teaching you to abstain from grain."
Yun Shuniàn stared at the old man who was meditating nearby, her eyes wide.
'You said yourself that I don't have to cook for you every day, didn't you?' The old man blinked like an innocent child.
Yun Shuniàn: "..."
"I'm hungry."
"Come, Little Niànniàn, learn with Master." The old man was already standing in a horse stance in the courtyard.
Yun Shuniàn took a few steps forward and also took a horse stance like him.
Meanwhile, in Qi Yuan...
"Young Master, please eat something." Aunt Ning looked at the food on the table, which was almost cold, and couldn't help but persuade Mu Qi, who was drinking heavily in the living room.
"Is she coming back?" Mu Qi's head was a little dizzy, and he didn't hear what Aunt Ning was saying.
Aunt Ning was silent for a moment upon hearing this, then changed her approach. "Young Master, please eat something. Young Madam probably just went out to play and will come back when she's had her fill. As for you, Young Master, if you don't eat properly, Young Madam will be heartbroken when she returns."
"Heartbroken?" Mu Qi rubbed his forehead, his brows furrowed.
"She won't. She definitely only wants to be far away from me now." He had been too greedy. He had ultimately exposed his evil and bloodthirsty side to her.
The baby would probably never forgive him now.
Aunt Ning didn't know what had happened between the two of them, so it was not appropriate to speak carelessly, especially in front of Mu Qi.
"Young Master." Shān Gōng returned from outside.
Mu Qi immediately looked up, staring intently at Shān Gōng.
"Young Master, we haven't found any trace of Young Madam." For some reason, even though the surveillance cameras along the way were intact, they couldn't find Yun Shuniàn's whereabouts.
Shān Gōng's failure this time was quite a significant one.
As Shān Gōng was thinking, he suddenly saw Mu Qi rush out with the car keys.
Shān Gōng immediately followed Mu Qi out.
Seeing that more than half a bottle of wine was missing from the table, Aunt Ning immediately instructed Shān Gōng not to let Mu Qi drive.
However, Aunt Ning didn't realize that even after drinking, Mu Qi's movements were faster than Shān Gōng's.
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"Little Niànniàn, this is wrong. Come, look at Master again."
The old man turned to look at Yun Shuniàn, about to give her some pointers, but found that Yun Shuniàn didn't seem to hear him at all.
The old man raised his hand and waved it in front of Yun Shuniàn's eyes. He realized she really wasn't reacting.
The old man remembered that his wake-up service hadn't been carried out this morning, so he quietly walked towards the water缸.
One step, two steps, three steps, looking back at each step...
Finally, the old man, holding a water ladle, walked up to Yun Shuniàn.
Just as a full ladle of water was about to be poured onto Yun Shuniàn, the old man smirked wickedly. However, at that moment, his hand was suddenly grabbed.