Finishing speaking, I began to take off my vest, but Lin Xi came over and stopped me with her hand, "No, this vest, I've wanted to give it to you for a long time. I'll take this opportunity to let you wear it. This was also 201's idea."
It seemed that 201 also knew I was not very skilled.
"Oh? Comrade Xiao Wu has a sharp eye too," Old Master Lin turned and took a white jade bottle from the shelf. "This is an artifact from the Xie family of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Since Comrade Xiao Wu fancies it, I'll give it to you as well."
"Hey, hey, no, I meant..."
"Oh, just take it if I tell you to. Why so much nonsense!" Lin Chi took the bottle from the old master's hand and shoved it into the pocket of my Western trousers.
This wouldn't do. I couldn't accept three gifts for one. It would seem too impolite. However, their whole family of four didn't give me a chance to speak anymore and simply sent me away, lest I go back on my word.
After bidding farewell to the old master, I, carrying the cigarettes, returned along the original path with the Lin sisters. When we parted at the guesthouse, I still returned the bottle to Lin Xi, saying solemnly, "A gentleman does not take what others cherish. I can see that among all twelve treasures on your family's shelf, this is the one the old master treasures the most. Therefore, you must take it back, or I won't take the vest either!"
After some more polite refusal, I feigned anger and held up the bottle, "If you insist on not taking it, I'll smash it!"
Only then did I persuade the two sisters and successfully took back the white jade bottle.
Xie An of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. I supposed the old master liked it because he saw himself as Xie An. Although I still didn't know the old master's true strength and status, judging by the four children he had nurtured for Yanxia, they should be able to reach Xie An's historical standing.
It was already midnight, and I had to catch a train the next morning. After seeing off the Lin sisters, I returned to my room to rest.
Bingbing was teaching Baobao and Xiao Nu to play Dou Dizhu, saying that Dou Dizhu was an important weapon for integrating into our group.
Indeed, the fairies from Jinjiling loved to play Dou Dizhu. They would gather in groups of several tables and play, betting fortunes. They played for tens of thousands each round, and since it was all internal group funds, there was no personal expense. However, they didn't like playing with me because my card skills were too poor, and I was afraid of losing my pants playing with them.
I washed up myself and lay in bed. I told Yaoyao about the soft vest and wanted to give it to her. Yaoyao sneered, "If the sisters can't fit it, why do you think I can?"
That was true. Although Yaoyao was shorter than the Lin sisters, her figure was not inferior. Among the people I knew, only Chen Lu could barely fit into this vest, but she didn't need combat defense, so I should wear it myself.
I looked at the strips of tissue paper stuck on Xiao Nu's face, making her look like a mummy. As I watched, I felt drowsy and drifted off to sleep.
At five o'clock the next morning, I was pulled out of bed by Bingbing. Breakfast had been prepared at the guesthouse. It wasn't a buffet, but a fixed portion, individual breakfast delivered to the rooms. Everyone had the same amount, and it was all in excess. There were eight dishes alone, enough to make one stuffed.
After breakfast, Bingbing and I took the business car arranged by the guesthouse to the high-speed train station. Baobao and Xiao Nu, lacking ID cards, I didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble, so I told them to go on their own and meet us at Jinling South High-speed Train Station, our final destination.
Before leaving, after studying the map for a while, the two little things conjured the Gale Technique and set off together. In a short while, they disappeared from my spiritual sense.
The way ghosts used the Gale Technique in the mortal world was not entirely the same as how I used it in the underworld. In the underworld, I was a physical entity, just like other ghosts. When using the Gale Technique, I had to avoid trees, buildings, and other objects on the ground. However, Yin Messengers could be incorporeal in the mortal world. Incorporeal beings didn't need to avoid obstacles; they could pass through them directly. So, they could have taken a straight path according to the directions on the map.
At seven-thirty, Bingbing and I boarded the train and found our seats. The innermost seat of the three was empty. It was the first train of the morning, and the carriage was almost full, with even some standing passengers. These passengers all looked like business elites, which showed how valuable the high-speed railway line from Jing to Hu was. It was simply an economic artery.