Regarding this, Li Zhiyuan didn't find it strange at all; asking Lin Shuyou to do this was like asking Zhang Fei to embroider flowers.

Compared to that, he preferred straightforward brawls, divinations and summoning spirits -- it's either your death or mine.

"Leave the problem here for now, think about it when you go to sleep tonight. Tomorrow is the weekend, come back in the morning and continue to solve it here."

"Ah?" Lin Shuyou exclaimed in surprise, then quickly corrected himself, "Okay, I understand!"

The process was excruciating, but if his master and grandfather back in his hometown knew he refused this teaching because he was scared of studying, then he could forget about taking the main seat when going home for Chinese New Year -- he'd probably have to join the watchdog for dinner.

"Brother Xiao Yuan, what would you like to eat? I can go get it for you."

"No need, I'll eat at the store. You handle your own meal and remember to lock the door."

After Li Zhiyuan left the dormitory, Lin Shuyou finally collapsed, sitting despondently on the chair.

Brother Bin is indeed Brother Bin, having been by Xiao Yuan's side for so long, how did he manage to endure it?

In the store.

Run Sheng made a pot of sauteed mushrooms with meat, a pot of stir-fried dried tofu with leeks, and a pot of seaweed egg drop soup.

After Li Zhiyuan arrived, Run Sheng first served the dishes and soup in bowls, then went back to light incense in the pot.

The two sat down at the table and began to have dinner.

"Where's Meng Meng?"

"She went out shopping with Zheng Jiayi this afternoon."

"Uh-huh, Brother Runsheng, you should also go out and have fun, find some hobbies."

"I think helping out in the store is quite fun."

Previously he'd get itchy hands from not finding a corpse to salvage, but now with Xiao Yuan crossing the river regularly, he could indulge thoroughly, and live peacefully on regular days.

Li Zhiyuan finished eating and put down his chopsticks.

Run Sheng asked, "How's the taste?"

"A bit salty."

"I'll put less next time."

"No need, you like strong flavors, stick to that, just serve my soup before you add salt next time."

Li Zhiyuan picked up the now-cooled medicinal supplement next to him and brought it to Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei's nose twitched, he opened his eyes, stretched languidly, the very epitome of canine laziness.

Then he turned over, walked to his bowl, and started eating the medicinal supplement.

He really took the supplement as his meal, as for other food, even meat, he was not very interested in it, even if you put a pot of meat in front of him, he would only occasionally take a piece as a snack to taste.

Li Zhiyuan reached out to pet its head, and then pinched its dog leg.

"Why do I feel like Xiao Hei is still growing?"

"Uh-huh," Run Sheng took a bite of dried tofu, "it is still growing."

"This dog cage is probably going to be too small again, we'll need to order a new one."

"No need, it can just sleep with me."

Li Zhiyuan nodded, didn't say anything more. Even without a cage, Xiao Hei was too lazy to go out; from a young age, he had no interest in the outside world, only liked being full and sleeping, waking up and eating, and had already seen through the essence of a dog's life at a young age.

The most important thing was that even though it didn't exercise much, its bones were well developed, and now if it stood up, it would have a quality somewhat similar to a Tibetan Mastiff.

Li Zhiyuan patted its head:

"One day when we'll have time, I'll take you out for a walk."

Xiao Hei, who was eating the supplement, snorted through his nose, seemingly totally uninterested in this suggestion.

"Xiao Yuan, is the school going to have a holiday for National Day?"

"Yeah, they will."

"Are you going back to Nantong?"

"I am."

"Hehe, I miss my grandpa."

While continuing to pet the dog, Li Zhiyuan's face also showed a smile:

"I miss my Grandmaster too."

...

"Where did you get these books from?"

The old gentleman meticulously examined them with a magnifying glass.

Yin Meng said, "They're heirlooms."

The old gentleman asked, "Where is your family from?"

"From Rong City."

"Did your ancestors work as Taoists?"

"Uh-huh."

"These books have a musty smell, seem to have been exposed to new light, and have had their qi cleansed, clearly they've been recently unearthed from some place that never sees the sun. Did you go tomb raiding?"

"Who would go tomb raiding for books?"

The old gentleman shook his head, "You don't understand, only those dumb Tomb Robbers without a bit of sense like to go into tombs to get gold, silver, and jewelry. In reality, these items with writing or drawings on them are what truly hold the highest value."

"Hurry up and make an offer."

"The tails of these items are all taken care of, right?"

"They won't cause you any trouble."

"Alright, how about this figure?" The old gentleman wrote a number on the paper in front of him.

"It's okay."

"Do you have more of such books? I'll keep buying them."

"No more."

These were the ones Xiao Yuan wasn't interested in, which is why she brought them out to sell.

As for the books Xiao Yuan was interested in, Yin Meng knew, those were priceless treasures.

"Wait a moment, I'll go get the money for you."

The old gentleman went to the back room; after a while, he came out with a plastic bag in hand, handed it to Yin Meng, and said, "Count it."

Yin Meng put the bag on the table and started counting the money stack by stack.

The old gentleman drank tea by himself.

"Alright, it's neither more nor less, just right." Yin Meng picked up the bag. She could go buy a car now... No, she would have to get a driving license first.

Just as Yin Meng was about to leave, the old gentleman called out to her again: "Miss, wait a moment."

"What else do you want?"

"Could you leave a contact number?"

"No."

"Your ancestor, was he really a Taoist?"

"Sort of."

"I recently purchased a new house, could I bother you to take a look?"

"I won't look."

"You can quote your price for the red envelope."

"I have enough money, goodbye."

Yin Meng left with the money.

She had just stepped out when a bald man emerged from the back room.

"Boss, should I check her out?"

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