Chapter 110: The Gift of Morning Little Fish

  Chen Jiuyi's mouth corners rose in a sly smile, and he clicked his tongue: "Look at you, big man, actually still dropping golden beans, isn't it embarrassing?"

  "Master Chen, you should be more virtuous with your words. The truth is that Yi brother is actually a girl, she just disguises herself as a boy." Li Xinyi blurted out on the other side.

  "Oh, I said this road feels a bit strange, it turns out to be a girl, sigh, forget it, won't argue with you" Chen nodded and thought to himself: "Finally confirmed, this Yi Xiao is indeed a girl, the world actually has such a bizarre artifact."

  Xiāo Xiǎo's eyes were waiting for Li Xīn Yuè, Li Xīn Yuè covered her mouth: "Shī jiě, I said too much".

  Yi Xiao Xue's golden bean was gone, she glared at Li Xin Yi fiercely, then walked to Chen Jiu's side and pulled his sleeve: "Chen Jiu, what about the matter of you treating my injuries that day?"

  "I, I healed you in order to save you" Chen Jiu heard these words and felt a great headache.

  "Hmph, save me, save me and you can just... I'm almost completely touched all over by you, how am I supposed to face others in the future?"

  "This, this is what you say, you can't forgive and forget, Li Shimei knew the situation at that time" Chen Jiuzhi said.

  Yi Xiao followed Chen Jiu and took two steps forward: "I don't care, anyway you have to take responsibility. I've never seen a man as petty as you. Wasn't it just that one time when we impulsively cut ties with each other? No big deal, after going back, I'll pick up the cut fabric and sew it back on."

  "Is this okay too?" Chen was shocked.

  "What's wrong with it? At worst, I'll just make a pattern out of that broken part. Tell me, are you forgiving me or not?"

  "Nature has forgiven you." Chen Jiu saw that Yi Xiao was no longer asking about the events of that day when he was injured, and his expression returned to calm.

  "Whatever, you're such a petty man, saying one thing but meaning another. I'll just pretend that you've really forgiven me, and I won't bother asking for the money back either. I'm going to go discuss with Xiaoyu's sister about playing together." Yi Xiao followed Chen Jiu, step by step.

  Chen Jiuhaha laughed and gave a hearty laugh.

  "Yi brother, no, it's shi mei. How come your name sounds so masculine? Is this really your real name?" Chen Jiu looked at Yi Xiao Xue beside him and asked doubtfully.

  "Hmm, of course it's a real name, just homophonic characters," said Yi Xiao Xiao.

  Chen Jiu looked at the person grasping his sleeve, Yi Xiao's hesitant steps, and then glanced around at the strange gazes of the surrounding scholars. He couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine: "Junior sister, I now know you're a girl, but they don't know that. Can you please let go of me?"

  Yi Xiao Xiao heard this and let go of Chen Jiu, then said: "My real name is also Yi Xing, but it's just a smile that opens the mouth, easy to laugh."

  "Easy smile? I somehow feel that you don't quite match this name."

  "What doesn't conform?" Xiao Xiao asked in puzzlement.

  Looking at the two big dimples on Xiaoxiao's smiling face, Chen Jiuyi smiled: "Xiaoxiao means laughing loudly, but why does someone often drop golden beans, tsk, tsk."

  Yi Xixi smiled and kicked Chen Jiu: "It's all your fault, you bullied him."

  Chen Ji dodged Yi Xiao's foot and shook his head: "Your two dimples are really beautiful".

  "Go die" Yi Xiao Xiao got angry.

  After a long and arduous journey by boat and carriage, the city of Qingzhou finally came into view. Chen Jiuxiao smiled happily: "Everyone, let's meet again at our academy."

  After finishing speaking, he bowed to Fuzi and walked into Qingzhou City.

  Still with that breath, that bustle. Passersby never cease, shouting incessantly.

  Weaving through the crowd, Chen Jiu had a moment of dizziness, ten thousand red dust, actually it's not bad either.

  "The first floor. I'm finally back." Chen Jiu exclaimed in his heart.

  Business was still booming as usual. Xiao Er looked at Chen Jiu, wiped the corner of his eye, and then shouted loudly: "The master is back, the master is back!"

  One side shouted and came to Chen Jiu's side: "Master, this road is hard, I'll go prepare food for you."

  Chen Jiubai waved his hand and walked inside: "There's no rush for food, let's meet first, don't delay business".

  Fei Yan wore a pink jacket and ran out: "Master, you're back!"

  Chen Ji rubbed Flying Swallow's temples: "Flying Swallow, in this one month, your height hasn't grown at all, on the contrary, you've put on a bit of weight, have you been sneaking extra food?"

  Fei Yan pushed away Chen Jiu's hand and touched her messy hair: "Where is it? I never steal food, I always eat openly."

  The silly words made everyone present burst out laughing.

  The old shopkeeper quickly walked out from behind the counter: "I've seen the master".

  "Hmm, it's been a month since we last met, and Old Zhang's energy is much more vibrant now. Clearly, he hasn't been skimping on the good stuff, and his martial arts skills have improved as well," Chen Jiu said.

  "The master smiled and said, 'I just felt that my legs were not nimble a few days ago, and I didn't want to die early, so I started exercising.'" The old shopkeeper said humbly.

  "Money is meant to be spent, our wine shop makes a fortune every day, if everyone wants to practice martial arts, my wine shop can afford it, let's open up and eat meat every meal, don't worry about wasting energy, practicing martial arts doesn't waste energy, it opens up the muscles and bones, what's the point of practicing martial arts, how can you make progress, how can you achieve greatness?" Chen Jiu didn't care about money at all.

  "Brothers, since the boss has put down his words, if we don't achieve anything in the future, how can we be worthy of our master?" a sturdy man said.

  "It's indeed true, our martial arts cultivation will surely have some achievements" everyone responded in unison.

  Chen Jiubai waved his hand, signaling everyone to disperse, then slowly walked upstairs: "Boss, how's the business at our wine shop recently?"

  "Great, the wine house business is getting more and more prosperous. Many wealthy merchants have come to hear its fame, and some even bought houses in our Qingzhou Prefecture and settled down."

  "Is that so? It seems our wine house has spread out. Chen Jiulang climbed the stairs, suddenly stopped: "Right, where is Xiao Yuzi?"

  "The master has forgotten, the school is still in class now," the shopkeeper reminded.

  Chen Jiupai patted his head: "Right, how could I have forgotten this?"

  After finishing speaking, Chen Jiu walked to his own door, and inside was still spotless.

  The old shopkeeper followed into the house: "Since the master left, Xiao Yufu has been living here with us. This house was all cleaned up by Xiao Yufu himself, saying he's afraid those servants won't do a good job."

  After finishing speaking, the old shopkeeper winked and made eyes at Chen Jiu.

  Chen Jiu's face turned gloomy, and he said: "It seems that the master is bored and wants to find some casual notes or cultivation secrets in my house. You're thinking too much, shopkeeper."

  The old shopkeeper hehe'd a sly smile, then said: "Master's had a long and tiring journey by boat and carriage, I'll first prepare some hot water for Master to bathe and refresh himself."

  Chen Jiuzan said: "The shopkeeper has a conscience".

  Bathing took up a lot of Chen Jiu's time, and just as he had finished putting on his undergarments, the door to his room was suddenly pushed open. It was Chao Xiao Yu, dressed in men's clothing, with a calm and elegant expression.

  "I had heard that you were back at the academy, but I didn't expect you to come home directly. It was a waste of my trip to the academy." Chen Jiu didn't mind that he was only wearing his undergarments in front of Xiao Yu, and he didn't feel embarrassed at all.

  Chen Jiuban slowly and carefully put on his clothes one by one: "Also thank you, husband, for sweeping the house for me."

  "You see, I've been thinking about learning new curses every day this month. Look at what I've achieved."

  After finishing speaking, Chen didn't respond and directly went to "draw a prison on the ground".

  Chen Jiu was bound in a small space, his face showing a helpless expression: "Master, why are you still using this old trick?"

  "Oh, another one I've learned," said Chao Xiao Yu slowly and calmly.

  "Pointing to the ground is hard."

  The floor stiffened instantly, pulled by a strange force as hard as steel.

  "Master, this floor is ruined."

  Indeed, after Zhao Xiao Yu withdrew his magic, the floor was broken and fragmented.

  Chao Xiao Yu's face revealed an embarrassed expression as he dispelled Chen Jiu's magic spell: "I, I didn't do it on purpose, who knew this floor was different from the ground".

  He patted his robe and faced the innocent-looking Chao Xiao Yu, Chen Jiu really couldn't bring himself to scold him.

  He sat down on the bed: "It's okay, I'll deal with it myself when the time comes."