The girl stopped walking and looked at the boy.

Li Zhiyuan turned his body slightly and looked at her.

Their foreheads gently bumped together, and the girl laughed.

Probably only she could understand this cold joke of his in the world.

The two continued to walk, and as the girl swung her arms, she applied some force. Li Zhiyuan followed suit, and their hands swung back and forth more exaggeratedly than before, as if expressing a "childlike innocence."

The couple decided to head back as the breakfast time for students was approaching.

At the playground exit, he saw Liu Tao and Lu An'an, who seemed to have been waiting for him there for a while.

They were the president and vice president of the Face Reading Society, and last time, Li Zhiyuan had sat at their booth during recruitment at the playground.

Liu Tao read his face and predicted a nosebleed, while that Lu An'an had been taught the finger quivering echo three times by him but didn't seem to have learned it.

The two of them were carrying soy milk, dough sticks, and buns, and when Li Zhiyuan approached, they both smiled.

However, it was obviously inappropriate to call him "junior" or "senior" awkwardly, so they just opened their mouths and smiled, looking a bit silly.

"Hello, senior and senior sister."

Li Zhiyuan, holding Alii's hand with his right hand, raised his left hand to greet them.

Lu An'an: "Hey, hello junior senior."

Liu Tao was taken aback for a moment, then immediately followed: "Hello junior senior."

Li Zhiyuan: "If there's nothing else, I'll..."

Lu An'an said, "The thing is, junior senior, we have a multi-school joint club event next week, and there will be many face reading enthusiasts attending. We want to invite you to join us. Is that okay?"

"No, it isn't." Li Zhiyuan refused bluntly, "But I can recommend someone, Tan Wenbin, the class leader of Class 1 of the first-year Hydraulic Engineering Department. He is better at face reading and fate than I am."

Liu Tao: "Really?"

Lu An'an: "Really?"

"Yes, he's enthusiastic and willing to help his classmates."

After speaking, Li Zhiyuan took Alii's hand and left.

Liu Tao looked at Lu An'an: "Well, shall we go and find that Tan fellow?"

Lu An'an mentioned the breakfast: "We forgot to give them the specially bought breakfast!"

After returning from the walk, Li Zhiyuan and Alii sat at the dining table, and Aunt Liu brought the breakfast.

"Isn't Grandma Liu coming for breakfast?"

Aunt Liu: "The old lady ate earlier, and now she's a bit full."

"Oh, I see."

Aunt Liu continued joking: "Xiao Yuan, aren't you curious about what the old lady sneaked off to eat this morning?"

Li Zhiyuan: "I know, that was presumptuous of me."

Aunt Liu felt that chatting with such a smart child was not interesting at all.

After breakfast, Li Zhiyuan spent the morning in the study drawing blueprints.

Meanwhile, Alii was painting, and by the time Li Zhiyuan finished the drawing he was working on, Alii's painting had also taken shape.

The painting depicted an old courtyard with a raging fire rising, but the details and figures had not yet been added.

"Will this painting be included in the framing book?"

Alii shook her head.

"Then it's just for leisure and entertainment."

Alii nodded.

"Alii, would you mind helping me carve this talisman?"

Alii put down the brush, walked to the other end of the long table, sat down, picked up a carving knife, and first picked up a plaque from the table, shaving off two palm-sized pieces.

The movements were smooth, the wood shavings orderly, clearly a display of skill through practice.

Then, Alii started carving patterns.

There was a kind of talisman recorded in Wei Zhengdao's book, called the Dual-Realm Talisman.

The purpose of this talisman was to open the Yin Realm on a person and open the Yang Realm on an evil spirit, traditionally intended to help humans communicate with ghosts.

Many blind godmothers' services included this, helping clients talk with their deceased relatives.

However, Li Zhiyuan had modified this Dual-Realm Talisman, removing the communication function and strengthening the boundary between the yin and yang.

Tan Wenbin only needed to stick these two wooden pieces on his shoulders to create an isolation between humans and ghosts. Although the cost of nurturing a ghost shortening lifespan remained unchanged, at least the conflicting effects between humans and ghosts could be minimized.

Alii carved the patterns quickly and with a full sense of rhythm.

Li Zhiyuan couldn't help but mimic air-carving a few times to enjoy himself.

He couldn't help it; he could understand and even modify talismans but couldn't draw them.

There were four sets of clothes styles on the desk, each in different colors corresponding to himself, Yin Meng, Run Sheng, and Tan Wenbin.

It was obvious that the designs had drafts and refinements, and the refinements were likely done by Liu Yumei.

The clothes looked really good, not completely identical yet with a similar style, making them not look strange when worn outside. Some places had notes for linings and special designs to enhance practicality.

For instance, for the inkpad he liked to keep in his pocket, it could be integrated into the wrist button on the sleeve in this clothing, so pressing the seal in the future would be quicker and more discreet.

In addition, Alii also prepared some small but essential parts he needed. Run Sheng could then follow the blueprints to find a nearby small workshop to complement the larger pieces, and the setup would be complete.

After Alii finished carving the two Dual-Realm Talismans, Li Zhiyuan put them away to later prepare a glue and attach them to Tan Wenbin's shoulders.

The wood skin was of excellent quality and could blend seamlessly with the skin without affecting daily life.

Actually, Li Zhiyuan had also figured out the Ghost Control Skill, but this skill's concept was still very rough.

The official seal's history may not be long, but it is from a reputable and orthodox school. Regardless of how stingy those Yin Gods were, they only drained the Divination Child's body, while Tan Wenbin's method of Ghost Control Skill was entirely about battling with lifespan.

If the balance between side effects and merits wasn't handled properly, Tan Wenbin would... use up his lifespan faster and appear younger.

However, with Run Sheng around, and even Lin Shuyou, a temporary worker who could be dispatched as needed, Tan Wenbin doesn't need to carry the main responsibility for front-line combat.

So, he could design some simple techniques for Tan Wenbin to learn, which have low consumption and are easily covered by merits on the river.

But the powerful techniques that consume a lot of lifespan could also be taught because, at critical moments, if one's life were at risk, the remaining lifespan would no longer matter.

"Bang!"

A crashing sound of a cup came from upstairs.

Who knew which kiln was broken this time, or how many sets of houses' worth of anger was vented?

Li Zhiyuan was a bit surprised. Was Grandma Liu still angry about this morning?

He walked out of the study, couldn't see Aunt Liu, and could only head upstairs.

In the open space on the second floor,

Li Zhiyuan saw Aunt Liu standing beside Liu Yumei, her face calm.

Sweet and amicable as she usually was, Aunt Liu showing such an expression already spoke volumes.

Liu Yumei sat on a rattan chair, clutching a name card shining with an emerald glow, her hand veins bulging.

"Hahaha...

Good for you, Jiujiang Zhao, trying to eat the family of the childless!"

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