NFBE Chapter 324 A Person with a Master
Chapter 324 A Person with a Master
"Never mind them, you two can play around in the courtyard as you please. Xiangyi, tell me how you people have been living these past years?" Qi Mushan ignored Fang Duobing and Wu You and pressed Li Lianhua about her life over the years.
Wu You and Fang Duobing: Do we look like friends who are very young?
"Master, have a drink first." Li Lianhua casually picked up a wine pot from the table, opened it, and handed it to Qi Mushan: "I'll talk to you after Master's wife comes over. I don't want to repeat myself twice."
"Alright, then drink first, you can talk later." Qi Mushan took the wine pot from Li Lianhua, took a small sip, and squinted his eyes happily. As expected of his good disciple whom he had raised himself, so filial.
Li Lianhua and Qi Mushan chatted inside the pavilion, while Wu You and Fang Duobing wandered around Yunjuge, taking a look around.
The courtyard looked quite large, with several main houses, a storage room, a pavilion, a pond, a training ground, and everything else you could need.
What's most surprising is that next to the main house is a decades-old peach tree, with thick, gnarled branches. Unfortunately, it's not peach blossom season, so we didn't see it in full bloom.
"Fang Duobing, you used to call him 'Grandmaster' so naturally down the mountain, but now you're calling him 'Senior Qi'?" Wu You was a little puzzled, thinking that he was calling him 'Grandmaster' right away.
"I didn't call him that even though it's the first time we've met. Besides, Li Xiangyi is gone now, and my master is gone too, so where would a grandmaster come from?"
"Superficial, so superficial. Li Xiangyi is gone, but Li Lianhua is still here, isn't he? You became his disciple because of him, because of his name?"
Wu You looked at her with exasperation: "Look at Li Lianhua, she always calls him Master, doesn't she? Also, you changed your clothes several times before you went up the mountain, just to leave a good impression on Senior Qi. Don't be a coward."
"I can see you take this quite seriously; you took off the mask welded to your face and even applied lip rouge that I've never seen before."
“Absolutely.” Wu You raised his chin.
When the two returned after making their rounds, they found that there were now three people sitting in the pavilion where they had been before.
The new addition is a woman in her fifties, but in this day and age, fifty is considered old age, and with her hair turning gray, she is indeed the old woman that Senior Qi mentioned.
When the two arrived, they overheard Li Lianhua and the other person talking about their own affairs, including their investigation with Fang Duobing.
As the two approached, Li Lianhua stopped her narration: "It's those two, Wu You and Fang Duobing."
Upon seeing three pairs of eyes simultaneously fixed on them, Wu You and Fang Duobing quickly clasped their hands in a respectful greeting.
"Wu You greets Senior Cen."
"Fang Duobing greets Senior Cen."
"Why are you still calling me 'senior'? Xiang Yi just told us, but you're too shy to say it out loud?" Qi Mushan took a swig of wine.
Fang Duobing's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and he quickly shifted his gaze to Li Lianhua, wanting to confirm.
After receiving a smile and a nod from Li Lianhua, Fang Duobing knelt down with a thud, placed the Erya sword beside him, and respectfully kowtowed three times towards the place where the three were sitting.
"Master is well, Grandmaster is well, Grandmother is well."
"Alright, alright, get up quickly. Does your knee hurt from kneeling?" Granny Cen walked over quickly and pulled Fang Duobing up from the ground, carefully brushing the dust off him.
"Grandmother, I'm thick-skinned and don't feel any pain." Fang Duobing smiled ingratiatingly at his grandmother's attitude, casually patting her a few times without a care in the world.