by Dragon King
If Little Daoist Zhen who excelled in array formations had seen these designs, he could have been able to draw out each tile and brick in the graphs!
Oblivious to this female employee’s admiration of his sense of space, Hao Ren was driving Zhao Yanzi toward the seashore.
Zhao Yanzi had been silent at first, but she finally turned to him and blurted out, “Hey! Are you satisfied now?”
“With what?” Hao Ren was nonplussed.
“The beautiful women in the office,” Zhao Yanzi said with a pout.
Hao Ren could do nothing but put on a bitter smile. There were indeed some young and beautiful office ladies in Zhao Hongyu’s studio, but he was not a pervert, right?
Zhao Yanzi stretched in the car.
In fact, she was quite satisfied with Hao Ren working in her mom’s studio.
After all, Hao Ren could only stay with her mom and the office ladies while working there, thus having no time to go out with other girls.
While Hao Ren drove, Zhao Yanzi watched him before turning to him slightly in the warm breeze.
Looking at his right hand on the gear knob, Zhao Yanzi thought for a moment before reaching out and slightly drawing on the back of his hand.
“What are you doing? I’m driving!” Feeling itchy, he withdrew his arm a little.
However, Zhao Yanzi immediately grabbed his hand and continued to draw on the back of his hand with her finger.
“What character is it?” She asked him.
“No idea,” Hao Ren answered.
Zhao Yanzi wrote again. “How about this?”
“Ren.”
She wrote another. “And this?”
“Is.”
She wrote another, and Hao Ren immediately said, “A.”
“Big, bad, guy,” Hao Ren read out the words one by one.
“Hao Ren is a big bad guy.”
Hao Ren guessed and recited the full sentence.
“Oh? You know that as well?” Hearing Hao Ren’s words, Zhao Yanzi said smugly, wrinkling her nose.
Hao Ren turned to look at her and found that Zhao Yanzi was so cute in the sunlight.
300 Little White Is Back!
When Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi arrived at the house by the seaside, it was already lively inside.
Zhao Guang’s black Chevrolet, Zhao Hongyu’s SUV, Lu Qing’s black Benz, and Hao Zhonghua’s white Ford were all parked by the garage.
In the living room, they had pushed the two square tables together, forming a long table. The girls, Grandma, and Zhao Hongyu were standing around a big bowl of dumpling filling and big piles of dumpling wrappers and wonton wrappers.
“Haha, Zi is here!” Grandma yelled happily at the sight of Zhao Yanzi.
“Grandma!” Zhao Yanzi ran over cheerfully and jumped into her arms regardless of the flour on Grandma’s hands.
“I missed you so much!” Grandma pinched her cheek, leaving some white marks of flour on Zhao Yanzi’s delicate face.
“Zi, come over and learn how to make wontons!” Zhao Hongyu beckoned to Zhao Yanzi.
Hao Ren looked around and found that Lu Qing was indeed there. Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang were sitting on the sofa, talking animatedly with Lu Qing and Zhao Guang.
“Ren, come here and make dumplings!” Grandma called out to Hao Ren.
“Gongzi, here! Here!” Lu Linlin and Lu Lili waved their arms that were covered in flour.
He joined them as the only male member of the group.
Xie Yujia was not fast at making wontons, but the ones she made looked great and neat. Zhao Hongyu was slower than Xie Yujia, and her wontons looked so artful that people wouldn’t want to eat it.
Grandma was also slow and steady, but Lu Linlin and Lu Lili were like two wonton production machines; their four hands danced on the table.
Zhao Yanzi had just joined the group, and her wontons looked crooked and ugly, looking quite ‘unique’ standing next to the other wontons on the table.
Standing next to Lu Linlin and Lu Lili, Hao Ren was opposite to Xie Yujia who was across the table.
“Big Zhumu is on the level 3 Qi Refinement Realm, and Little Zhumu is on the level 4 Qi Refinement Realm,” Lu Linlin leaned to Hao Ren and whispered.
“Really?” Hao Ren was surprised.
He didn’t expect that Zhao Yanzi’s cultivation strength would surpass her ‘master’ Xie Yujia in a few days.
“Ok. I’ll help you.” Yue Yang finished talking with Lu Qing and Zhao Guang. She stood up from the sofa and walked to stand at the table, rolling up her sleeves.
She chose to stand beside Zhao Yanzi. While making her wontons, she began adjusting the wontons Zhao Yanzi had made.
“It has been a while, and Zi is even more beautiful,” Yue Yan turned to look at Zhao Yanzi and said with a smile.
Zhao Yanzi pouted and looked a little sulky.
“The kid…” Zhao Hongyu sighed helplessly.
Yue Yang smiled with understanding, thinking that Zhao Yanzi was very cute even when she pouted.
“Our institute recently bought a deep ocean detector which could explore as deep as 3,000 meters under the sea. Many unknown creatures are living in the ocean, and our research has a long way ahead of us…”
Hao Zhonghua got excited when he talked about his research programs on the sofa.
“Besides the unknown creatures, there are precious resources at the bottom of the sea, waiting for us to explore. After taking this position, I’ll try my best to get some results for our ocean research project…”
Lu Qing and Zhao Guang nodded while they listened to him.
“Yue Yang came back, and she is going to work on a new area. She used to research climates of oceans and wetlands; now, she will focus on the meteorology of the ocean and the coastal cities. According to the recent reports from the Bureau of Meteorology, the weather in East Ocean City has experienced many weird changes, especially near the sea where thunder and lightning appeared unpredictably. Yue Yang’s initial research will focus on explaining such strange local meteorological phenomena…” Hao Zhonghua continued.
Hao Ren who was making dumplings felt like his heart began to race.
“The weird meteorological phenomena is caused by my lightning cultivation!” he thought.
“Ok! Ok! Stop talking about such mysterious stuff.” Grandma knew Hao Zhonghua would go on forever if he got started with his work. She interrupted him and added, “Hurry up and cook the dumplings!”
“Ok!” Although he was a world-famous scientist, Hao Zhonghua was an obedient son in front of Grandma. He immediately stood up and carried a big plate of dumplings into the kitchen.
Yue Yang also took a big plate of wontons and entered the kitchen.
No matter if it were science research or family life, they always worked together.
Zhao Hongyu nodded at Zhao Guang, satisfied with Hao Ren’s family. She knew that Zhao Yanzi would be safe no matter how the world changed.
After all, the world of cultivation was not as peaceful as it looked. If the situation changed drastically, returning to a mortal and living with Hao Ren wasn’t a bad option for Zhao Yanzi.
From what they saw, they believed that Hao Ren would try his best to protect Zhao Yanzi no matter if they were in the cultivation world or the mortal world.
“Come on! Dumplings and wontons are ready! Girls first!” Yue Yang called out from the kitchen.
The girls all went into the steamy kitchen, and each of them carried a bowl of dumplings or wontons out.
Then, Grandma, Lu Qing, and Zhao Guang… Each of them got a bowl of dumplings or wontons.
Very soon, the living room was filled with steam. They ate the dumplings and wontons while talking with each other.
“Are you eating dumplings? I’ll give you a wonton.” Xie Yujia walked over to Hao Ren and spooned a wonton into Hao Ren’s bowl from her own.
It was a natural and intimate gesture.
Zhao Yanzi leaned over abruptly. “Here! I’ll give you a wonton as wel
l!”
Ignoring Hao Ren’s reaction, she put the ugliest wonton into his bowl; it was obviously her own creation.
“Gongzi, we’ll share with you, too!” Lu Linlin and Lu Lili also stood up to join in on the fun, giving Hao Ren a wonton each.
Hao Ren’s bowl was pretty full, and now the soup in it almost spilled out.
Seeing the girls gathering around Hao Ren, Grandma shook her head and smiled.
Tick! Tick! Tick!
Suddenly a white puppy trotted to Grandma’s feet, and the golden bell that was hanging on its neck jingled crisply.
“Little White?” Zhao Yanzi yelled immediately.
Since everyone was eating, Little White wagged its head and stuck out its red tongue.
“Little White is here, then…” A thought occurred to Hao Ren.
“Little girl, teach me your elixir making techniques!” Little Daoist Zhen suddenly appeared in the house. He was wearing a brown magua and had a small ponytail on top of his head.The magua was a style of jacket worn by males during the Chinese Qing dynasty
301 The Taming…
Little Daoist Zhen’s sudden appearance shocked everyone, including Zhao Guang.
Xie Yujia looked at Little Daoist Zhen in a daze while the latter stared at her.
One hundred years ago, Little Daoist Zhen came to the land once with his master Qiu Niu. Therefore, he dressed the same way as last time.
However, the world had changed drastically, and his attire as an ‘urchin’ looked weird.
Lu Qing, who was responsible for organizing things for the dragon clan, looked at Little Daoist Zhen, Xie Yujia, and Zhao Guang. He was at a loss for words and didn’t know what to do.
If they were in the dragon palace, it would be easy. However, they were on the land, and there were mortals like Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang in the living room.
Little Daoist Zhen’s sudden appearance and his mentioning of elixir making was a bit…
Little White circled Zhao Yanzi’s feet. When it saw everyone standing around like statues, it trotted back to Little Daoist Zhen, sticking out its tongue.
After all, it led Little Daoist Zhen to Hao Ren’s home, and it felt like it deserved some rewards.
While everyone stood in a daze, Grandma suddenly spoke.
“Little guy, you must be hungry. Come on, eat something first!” Grandma said to Little Daoist Zhen genially.
Little Daoist Zhen looked at her in bafflement, but he swallowed his saliva at the delicious smell of food in the living room.
“Here, little guy. Eat them while they’re warm!” Grandma handed a bowl of wontons to Little Daoist Zhen.
“Ok…” Subconsciously, he took the warm bowl of food and picked up the spoon, beginning to eat.
Grandma made the first wonton he ate; it tasted just right and melted on the tongue.
Little Daoist Zhen never had such delicious food while he lived at the bottom of the ocean, so he started to devour the food.
“What’s wrong? You must be starving. Eat them while they are still warm!” Grandma urged him.
“Ok… ok…” Little Daoist Zhen felt like he couldn’t lose his temper at a genial old lady, so he answered quietly before eating more wontons.
The wonton fillings were mixed with fragrant sesame oil Grandma brought back from Zhejiang, Zhao Hongyu made the fillings, and Xie Yujia made most of the wontons that he was eating… The more he ate, the more he liked it. He ate the whole bowl of wontons in an instant and even drank the soup. Still not satisfied, he handed the empty bowl to Grandma and said, “More!”
Grandma didn’t mind his bluntness. She walked to the kitchen and filled the bowl before walking back and handing it to Little Daoist Zhen.
“Swoosh! Swoosh!”
As if he had not eaten for hundreds of years, Little Daoist Zhen finished the second bowl of wontons in seconds.
“More!” He handed the empty bowl to Grandma again.
“Ok! No problem!” Grandma took the bowl and filled it again in the kitchen happily.
This time, Little Daoist Zhen sat down in a chair and began to savor each wonton.
Everyone including Zhao Guang was stunned.
“This bad-tempered Little Daoist Zhen, who could destroy the entire East Ocean City with one dharma treasure, is tamed by three bowls of wontons?” the dragon king thought.
Hao Ren looked at Grandma in surprise and admiration. He thought, “Grandma is the big boss here after all. It seems like there is no one who couldn’t be ‘tamed’ by her.”
Little Daoist Zhen lifted his head, drank the soup in the bowl, and sighed with satisfaction.
He wiped his mouth with his sleeve and then remembered the reason he came here.
Looking at Xie Yujia, he demanded, “You! Teach me your elixir making techniques!”
Notes and runes were techniques of human cultivators. They contained a unique pattern of five elements, and they could be activated by chanting spells and nature essence to fend off enemies. For the dragon cultivators who could quickly reach Zhen-level, the notes and runes were insignificant techniques, and that was why no dragon cultivators had ever studied it.
However, Little Daoist Zhen was impressed with Xie Yujia’s elixir making skills when she used her two powerful notes.
These two notes could adjust the five elemental essences in the materials, shortening the whole process of elixir making.
This way, the process of elixir making returned to the most basic form. It was clear that the golden note and silver note were obviously not ordinary notes which borrowed the power of the immortals; they were more powerful notes which acquired the force of nature!
How could Little Daoist Zhen not want to learn that?
One was golden and one was silver, one was life one was death, one represented Qian and one represented Kun, and one resembled heaven and one resembled earth. They could even turn the five elements upside down!
With such miraculous elixir making techniques, what elixir pills couldn’t he create?
At Little Daoist Zhen’s aggressive stance, Xie Yujia back off to Hao Ren’s side.
Little White lifted its head and barked. It tugged on Little Daoist Zhen’s pants with its teeth as if it was trying to stop him.
“Ok. For your sake, I won’t ask her today,” looking down at Little White, Little Daoist Zhen said.
He turned to Hao Ren’s Grandma. “That food, I want more.”
Everyone was on the verge of collapsing to the floor after seeing the changes in events.
Grandma didn’t mind. Instead, she thought that this boy was very innocent and cute. She took the empty bowl and refilled it in the kitchen.
“He’s the kid of one of my distant relatives. He came to visit us today,” Zhao Guang took the opportunity to explain the situation to Hao Zhonghua.
“This little boy talked riddles, but he looks quite cute.” Yue Yang smiled and asked Little Daoist Zhen who was eating wontons, “What’s your name?”
Little Daoist Zhen looked up at her impatiently. “My name is Zhen Congming!”
“Ugh…” Hao Ren choked, “Zhen Congming? Did this boy gave himself this name to compliment himself…”
“What are you looking at? You call yourself Hao Ren!” Seeming to have read Hao Ren’s mind, Little Daoist Zhen suddenly turned and said to him.
“Ugh…” Hao Ren choked again.
He felt as if he was sent flying by a punch.
Xie Yujia snickered and found the blunt Zhen Congming quite cute.
“Oh, so your distant relative entrusted him to your care. Have you found a school for him?” Yue Yang asked Zhao Guang, concerned.
“We have chosen LingZhao Elementary School for him. It’s across from Zi’s middle school,” Zhao Guang said. The moment he knew about Little Daoist Zhen’s wish to come on land, he had made arrangements for him.
Pu… Hao Ren almost spat out a mouthful of dumpling soup.
“Little Daoist Zhen going to school? He would turn the school upside
down!” he thought.
“Will he live in your home?” Yue Yang asked.
“He’ll live in Vice-Principal Lu’s home. Mr. Lu is an old friend, and he knows that distant relative of mine as well.”
Lu Qing’s apartment was, in fact, a transition station. Lu Linlin and Lu Lili had stayed at his place while they got used to the life on land, and Zhao Guang trusted Lu Qing to take good care of Little Daoist Zhen.
“No! I don’t want to live there!” Little Daoist Zhen yelled abruptly.
He put down the spoon and turned to look at Grandma. “I want to live here!“Zhen Congming also means ‘very smart’ in Chinese.Hao Ren means ‘nice person’ in Chinese.
302 Gold and Silver Mountains Came With Him
Everyone was stunned by Little Daoist Zhen’s answer.
“Ok! Ok! You can live in our home! I like this kid!” Grandma was the first to answer him.
Little Daoist Zhen, who was wearing a brown magua and had a little ponytail on top of his head, reminded her of the kids she saw in the countryside when she was young. He looked especially cute to her.
In addition, Little Daoist Zhen had a little round head and chubby cheeks; elderlies would all like him.
After a few seconds of hesitation, Zhao Guang knew that he couldn’t dissuade Little Daoist Zhen. He said, “Congming, you can live here, but you can’t make any trouble.”
“Never!” Little Daoist Zhen shook his head repeatedly.
“But,” he pointed at Grandma, “You must make me delicious food every day.”
“This kid is indeed annoying…” Hao Ren looked at him and thought.
However, Grandma didn’t mind his attitude at all. “Ok. Grandma will cook you good food each day.”
Looking at Little Daoist Zhen’s countryside style clothing, Grandma thought he was from a poor village and found him quite pitiable. After seeing him eat three bowls of wontons in a flash, she was convinced that this boy had been living a hard life and thus forgave him for his lack of manners.
Little Daoist Zhen nodded with satisfaction and patted his belly. “I’m full. I want to sleep!”
