Free Web NovelThe ancient street bathed in the afternoon sun was like a quiet beauty, where even time seemed to slow down, reluctant to let her age.
The old teahouse by the street was simply furnished, not as formal as other places, with small square tables, bamboo chairs, bone china teacups, purple copper teapots, a few plates of snacks on the tables, and several old people sitting around. freewёbnoνel.com
Drinking tea and chatting, listening to opera and getting ear cleaning, gossiping and chatting idly, this was almost the daily routine of the old people on Peony Street.
When they were young, Lu Yibei and Su Mi, along with that big group of children, always liked to run here, for no other reason than to listen to the old people in the teahouse slowly recounting those magical stories, whose truth was unknown.
Like the Grey Immortal Snake Granny, or driving corpses and inviting gods, or the idol in the ruined temple on the eastern mountain eating children...
Legend stories with a hint of terror, they scared the children until their foreheads sweated, yet they couldn't let go.
At that time, Lu Yibei's trash-talking attribute was already showing signs. He could always find illogical parts in the stories and point them out mercilessly, making the old men furious, testing the boundaries of cerebral hemorrhage and myocardial infarction, and what he got in return was a physical education session from Old Dad.
Thinking back now, Lu Yibei felt that the beatings he received were not in vain at all. The stories the old men told were very likely true.
Someone like him, who looked for logic in urban legend, was purely mentally ill.
The old teahouse on Peony Street not only sold tea but also some snacks, among which their Fuqi Feipian was the most famous.
The taste was spicy but not dry, fresh but not greasy, the rich numbing aroma mixed with the delicate yet not tough texture of the beef offal exploded between the lips and teeth, making every bite unforgettable.
However, after Peony Street was gradually transformed into a tourist attraction, this Fuqi Feipian became difficult to buy. The teahouse owner was a lazy person and did not want tourists who flocked to the teahouse's special snacks to disturb the tranquility of the old teahouse.
Of course, if any of the old neighbors on the street wanted to eat this, they just needed to inform him in advance.
Lu Yibei walked into the old teahouse, looked around, and found the teahouse owner lying in a rattan chair with his eyes closed, resting. He walked up and said, "Uncle He, the Fuqi Feipian I ordered..."
Before he finished speaking, the teahouse owner, without opening his eyes, patted the lunchbox on the small square table beside him with the palm fan in his hand and said slowly, "Take it, no need to pay. Just invite me over to your place for a meal when you're back."
"How can I accept that!" Lu Yibei scratched the back of his head and said.
The teahouse owner opened his eyes slightly and gave Lu Yibei a sidelong glance, "What are you pretending for! Is there anything You're embarrassed about?"
"Uh..." Lu Yibei pondered slightly, picked up the lunchbox on the table, and said seriously, "Speaking of which, there is indeed something, but I still want to shamelessly ask today."
"The secret recipe for your Fuqi Feipian, is it really not passed on?"
Speaking of which, Lu Yibei's Old Dad had long coveted the teahouse owner's Fuqi Feipian secret recipe. If the owner's family hadn't given birth to a boy, he would have probably used Lu Yibei's lifelong affairs to make a flesh trade with the owner long ago.
"Get lost!"
Alright, the teahouse owner's secret recipe still didn't want to be passed on today.
...
After Lu Yibei picked up the Fuqi Feipian from the old teahouse, he went straight to the secret base located in a corner of Peony Street.
As soon as he left the door and his back disappeared from the entrance, a figure wrapped in a snow-white mink coat sneaked into the teahouse.
Bai Kai came to the teahouse owner's side, pulled down his mask, took off his sunglasses, and whispered, "Hey Old He, long time no see! Can I ask you something?"
The teahouse owner lifted his eyelids, glanced at Bai Kai, and lightly spat, "Tsk! Today is really unlucky. The one surnamed Lu just left, and you're here again. Get lost, get lost, you're not welcome here!"
"Don't be like that, Old He! I just want to ask, did Xiao Bei just come to buy Fuqi Feipian from you? Do you know who he bought it for?"
"Look at how you ask. How would I know? Couldn't he just want to eat it himself?" the teahouse owner said.
Hearing this, Bai Kai's eyes narrowed slightly, and he fell into thought.
If Lu Yibei hadn't said those words earlier, it was certainly possible he bought it to eat himself.
But, the situation is a bit different now, he has a big problem!
Which family's young wife has set her sights on Xiao Bei? She absolutely must not succeed! Bai Kai thought.
...
On the way to the secret base, Lu Yibei's mood was as tangled as earphone cords pulled out of a pocket unintentionally, or composed of the gazes of domineering CEOs, quite complex.
That complex structure was composed of three parts expectation of meeting friends, two parts apprehension of being caught on the spot, and five parts strange excitement.
However, when he climbed to the top of the tower and saw Nanling Yaohua, all complex emotions vanished like smoke.
She was barefoot, sitting on the edge of the railing, letting her slender legs hang outside. The already slanted sunlight shone on her profile, reflecting a hint of subtle sadness.
The breeze blew, stirring her dark long hair, bringing faint scents of osmanthus, mixed with the sweet aroma of pineapples sold at the street corner, and...
"Old Wang?" Nanling Yaohua tilted her head towards Lu Yibei and smiled, "Come quickly and try this. This is chilled gluten I bought from the market in the North of the city early this morning, it's handmade!"
"Oh, and this!" She said, picking up a wine bottle from beside her and shaking it at Lu Yibei, "Mulberry wine."
After seeing the food and wine Nanling °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° Yaohua bought, Lu Yibei realized that he probably didn't have any strange feelings for this married woman.
Hmm, simply meeting friends through food.
It's just that meeting friends through food with a married woman in such a hidden place, with no other stories, who would believe it if you told them?!
Anyway, Nanling Yaohua didn't believe it.
She had no idea how obsessed Lu Yibei was with food. She only thought that Lu Yibei, like those people she had met along the way, was coveting her beauty, but she didn't mind.
According to the content on pages seven to nine of "A Guide to Jianghu for Xiao Hua: Supplement", an outstanding appearance is a sharp weapon for navigating the Jianghu. As long as you don't let others take advantage of you, you can completely use it reasonably to take advantage of others.
Yes, a certain Rao Hua who had diligently studied "A Guide to Jianghu for Xiao Hua" was led astray in this way by two unreliable old hands.
It would be excellent if she could get something out of Wang Bu Liu Xing without conflict. Nanling Yaohua thought.
Moreover, after interacting a few times, Nanling Yaohua, who had little contact with outsiders since childhood, already felt that Lu Yibei was a friend worth making.
While she was thinking, Lu Yibei had already been talking trash incessantly beside her ear for a while, and then suddenly, as if remembering something, he asked, "Everyone says I talk a bit much, you don't find me annoying, right?"
"No," Nanling Yaohua smiled, "An elder in my family once said, if you talk nonsense well, history will make you the protagonist; if your nonsense is brilliant, you're an artist."
"Holy crap! That elder in your family said it so well! They're practically a kindred spirit. Come, let's drink one, to your elder!" Lu Yibei said, raising the paper cup in his hand and drinking it all.
...
A young man and a young wife meeting in a secluded place, if nothing happened, Bai Kai wouldn't believe it either.
If nothing happened, would he still be called a man?
Far away, on a small hillside not far from the tower, Bai Kai secretly squatted in the bushes, cast an auxiliary Spell to increase his sight and hearing range, and looked towards the top of the tower.
"This skin... these legs... this waist... this figure..."
The building obscured Nanling Yaohua's face, but Bai Kai, just by seeing her figure, felt that she must be a great beauty, and had a vague feeling that something bad was about to happen.
Based on the experience he gained from his own personal encounters.
If the object of Lu Yibei's first experience was a young wife with an outstanding appearance, a superb figure, and rich experience, he would definitely never forget her, and then his happiness in this life would be completely ruined.
Just as he was preparing to rush out and catch the two on the spot, he suddenly heard a very familiar sentence.
"...if you talk nonsense well, history will make you the protagonist; if your nonsense is brilliant, you're an artist..."
Bai Kai, "???"
Wasn't that Xiao Bei's mother's twisted logic? How would this Miss know?
Wait, wait, there's something strange about this. No, I must see what that so-called married woman looks like today!
Thinking this, Bai Kai's figure flashed, and he quickly left the small hillside, heading all the way towards the Hua City Folk Culture Administration Bureau.
As the headquarters of the Hua City Si Ye Hui, Peony Street was heavily monitored all around, and through the surveillance room's screen, almost every corner of Peony Street could be seen.
Bai Kai originally didn't intend to abuse his authority by accessing surveillance to observe Lu Yibei. Doing so was both against the rules and felt a bit perverted.
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But the situation is different now; a dead person's words coming out of a living person's mouth already counts as a "urban legend incident."
As a main operative of the Hua City Night Watch, it's perfectly normal for me to investigate urban legend incidents, right? Bai Kai thought, quietly pushing open the door to the monitoring room, rushing to the control panel, skillfully bringing up the footage of the tower direction, and then freezing in place.
What the hell? What's going on? How did Xiao Hua get to know Xiao Bei?
Lu Yibei, you call this someone's wife?
Wait, could it be that neither of them knows who the other person is?
Thinking of this, a paternal smile appeared on Bai Kai's face, "If these two children are truly so fated, perhaps I shouldn't tell them the truth so early." freewebnovёl.ƈom
As he spoke, a certain figure suddenly flashed through his mind, and his eyes immediately dimmed a few shades.
Love is a very pure thing. If I tell them now and they misunderstand that their fate was brought about by the push of elders, this matter will change flavor.
Arranged marriages and such are just the dregs of traditional culture.
Worse, it might develop into something like me. Bai Kai thought.
"Then let's leave it at that for now! Let the two children get to know each other first, and when the time is right, I'll give them a surprise."
As Bai Kai spoke, his mind was already envisioning the scene in the near future when Lu Yibei brings Nanling Yaohua before him, and the surprised and delighted expressions on their faces when he says, "You two were originally betrothed from the womb!"
"Heh, Old Lu, Grand Senior Brother, if you were still alive, would you approve of me?" Bai Kai muttered to himself, then sighed a long sigh.
He felt that they most likely wouldn't. Given the personalities of those two unreliable fellows, they probably wished that Lu Yibei and Nanling Yaohua would be locked in a room tonight, with dozens of First Light Spring Wind Curse, Dry Fire and Intense Flame Talismans, and other vulgar things thrown in.
As for the marriage certificate, going to the civil affairs bureau the next day would be plenty of time.
"However, since Xiao Hua is here, it's too infuriating that she didn't come find me first, but instead ran off to mess around with someone she 'doesn't know.' I need to have a good talk with her later," Bai Kai said.
...
The sun gradually set in the west. When the red clouds filled the sky, Lu Yibei estimated that the once-a-day urban legend transformation would arrive as scheduled, so he got up, bid farewell to Nanling Yaohua, and went alone towards the University City.
Not long after Lu Yibei left, Nanling Yaohua, who had been sitting there in a daze for a moment, cleaned up the trash and was about to return to the Lu Family Old House. Just then, a sharp Spiritual Energy fluctuation, like a keen sword, suddenly intruded into her spiritual perception range.
After sensing that the Spiritual Energy fluctuation was continuously approaching, her eyes sank, and with a "clang," she drew the long sword she carried with her, stabbing behind her with lightning speed.
"Clang!"
In an instant, two silver arcs collided in mid-air, sparks flying everywhere.
A terrifying force was transmitted from the blade to her palm. While Nanling Yaohua was secretly surprised, she also felt a vortex-like hidden force surging in her palm, as if trying to disarm and send the sword in her hand flying. She looked at the person who had attacked with surprise and couldn't help but exclaim.
"White Shishu? Is that you, White Shishu?"
In Nanling Yaohua's memory, Bai Kai was still that rough man wearing a sheepskin jacket and wrapped in a white headscar. But the man in front of her was wearing an exaggerated mink coat, large sunglasses, and had smooth, tender skin, looking like the kept man of a rich woman in a TV drama.
If it weren't for the seven or eight parts similarity in his facial contours, plus that sword technique that was extremely familiar to her, she wouldn't have dared to confirm.
"Heh heh, Xiao Hua, your swordsmanship has improved quite fast! It's about fifty percent of my skill back then."
After confirming that the person in front of her was Bai Kai, Nanling Yaohua immediately lowered her guard and also shed that white moonlight-like disguise, returning to the appearance of the terrifying little devil of the Gobi Desert.
She rolled her eyes at Bai Kai with a roguish look, and made a face at him, "Pfft! I don't believe it. My Grandpa said you were the one with the worst talent in swordsmanship among everyone he taught."
"You believe the words of that old reprobate? Then tell me, why is it that only I successfully obtained the 【Fusion Type Spirit Mark · Poetic Sword Soul】?" Bai Kai said irritably.
"Perhaps..." Nanling Yaohua sized up Bai Kai, pouted, and said, "Because you're flamboyant enough? Didn't they say poets are... Ouch!"
"Little kids nowadays, spouting nonsense all the time? Alright, I'm asking you, when did you come to Hua City? Why did you come? Why didn't you come find me after you arrived? Do you still have me, your Shishu, in your eyes?"
Hearing Bai Kai's barrage of questions, Nanling Yaohua was stunned for a moment, remembering the purpose of her trip. Her cheeks flushed slightly, she stuck out her tongue, secretly thought 'this is bad,' abruptly tapped the ground with her toes, and with a flow of colorful light swirling around her, she flew away like the wind over the green tiled roofs of the ancient street, escaping.
I absolutely cannot be sent back by White Shishu, I haven't seen Lu Yibei yet! Nanling Yaohua thought.
...
On the other side, in the unfinished building near the University City.
As the sky gradually darkened, before long, a groan came from the darkness, sometimes hoarse, sometimes extremely charming, and finally gradually returned to normal...
A moment later, Lu Yibei walked out of the unfinished building, covered in sweat, his eyes looking numb, as if his body had been hollowed out.
Although, after coming out of the Bamboo Scroll Illusion, when the urban legend transformation was stopped, there was temporarily no longer that pain as if his whole body was on fire.
However, the current state of being cold all over, with an unbearable itch deep in his bones, and the suggestive whispers of a girl echoing in his ears, was also quite uncomfortable.
Walking out of the unfinished building, Lu Yibei examined the strange black substance in the crystal in his hand under the light of the streetlamp, frowning slightly.
"There's a bottle every day. The crystal bottles from the jewelry store cost over a hundred yuan each. If this continues, my wallet will be emptied. And I don't dare to throw this stuff away randomly. Whether it hits a child or plants and flowers, there will likely be problems."
Lu Yibei muttered a complaint to himself, then took out his newly bought Huami P40 Pro+.
Yes, his body was no longer heating up, so he started to feel confident again and dared to buy a flagship phone again.
He unlocked his phone, clicked into the Monster Story Chat Group review group, and forwarded over thirty marketing videos with one click, and as usual, sent a report with the reason "spreading fraudulent information in the group."
Then.
He received a notification message.
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Lu Yibei, "..." Why are people so irritable nowadays?
Silently closing a certain goose chat software, Lu Yibei opened his contacts and called Bai Kai.
After two busy signals, Bai Kai's panting voice sounded in his ear, vaguely mixed with the laughter of a certain girl.
"Huff—huff—! Hello, Xiao Bei? Is, is there something?"
"Hehehe, Old Bai, weren't you quite capable before? Why are you not okay now?"
"..." Lu Yibei was expressionless and silent for two seconds, then said, "Sorry, I'll call you back later, you continue being busy."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yibei looked at the sky that had just darkened and shook his head helplessly.
After all, Shui Ge is already middle-aged. How about... I buy him two pounds of kidneys to replenish him another day? Lu Yibei thought.
...
Meanwhile, on a certain hillside in the suburbs of Hua City.
Bai Kai stood there blankly, looked at the phone with the call cut off in his hand, and raised his head to look around. In the shadowy forest under the night sky, Nanling Yaohua was already nowhere to be seen.
Yes, he lost her. The third fastest Psychic in the Night Watch actually lost track of a novice Little Girl. He had lost face all the way to his Grandma's house.
"Damn it! These two guys are truly a perfect match when it comes to messing with people's minds!" Bai Kai said fiercely.
