Shu Guan did not wait for Lao Zhou in the end.
Originally this was just a small thing. No matter what the reason was, Lao Zhou's shop was not open today. It was just a change of shop for breakfast.
Just like other regular customers waiting outside, after waiting for a while, they basically gave up and went inside.
Just because of a sudden idea, Shu Guan waited outside Lao Zhou's breakfast shop for half an hour.
Half an hour later, the door of the store still didn't open.
The doubts in Shu Guan's heart deepened.
In fact, it is not that there is any reason to doubt, but once a person begins to doubt something, if he does not get evidence to prove it, he will only become more and more doubtful as time goes by.
So after waiting for half an hour, Shu Guan went to some of Lao Zhou's neighbors to inquire. The news he heard was that Lao Zhou's shop was still open as usual yesterday morning, probably around 10 noon. I hit the ocean about an hour earlier than usual.
However, since then, no one has seen Lao Zhou again.
After learning these things, Shu Guan finally couldn't bear it anymore and went directly into Lao Zhou's house.
Because he really wanted to know the identity of the mysterious Nascent Soul powerhouse, and it was indeed important to figure out this matter.
However, Shu Guan found nothing at Lao Zhou's home.
First of all, the first point is that everything in Lao Zhou's house, whether it is furnishings or objects, shows that the owner of this house is an ordinary mortal old man.
There are no eyesores, no dark rooms or hidden spaces.
In addition, there are no signs of the owner leaving to pack things after a long trip. The clothes are neatly folded, and there are even a few banknotes of not too small denominations locked in an iron lock box in the drawer of the bedside table in the bedroom. , should be Lao Zhou’s savings from running a breakfast shop for most of his life.
It didn't look like he was leaving in a hurry.
It's more like yesterday that Lao Zhou closed the shop, locked the door, and casually went for a walk by the river.
But the problem is, Lao Zhou never came back.
After looking around Lao Zhou's house, Shu Guan then directly made a divination.
What is shown on the hexagram is that Lao Zhou's whereabouts at this time have been obscured.
Looking at the hexagram, Shu Guan stood dumbly for a long time.
It is almost certain that Lao Zhou is the mysterious strong man.
Shu Guan smiled bitterly again.
I was really deceived by that little old man before.
But looking at all this in Lao Zhou's house, it can only be said that he was not necessarily pretending before, but more likely that he was living two different lives.
He is the honest and honest breakfast shop owner.
He was also the mysterious strong man who secretly killed Sarutobi Nosuke.
As for which identity is more real, I'm afraid only he himself knows.
The question is, why does such a powerful Nascent Soul realm still have the identity of a little old man selling breakfast?
Just for fun?
Or is there any other special reason?
Standing in Lao Zhou's home, Shu Guan pondered for a long time.
One thing is certain, in yesterday's incident, Lao Zhou was on the side of their Seven Immortals Alliance.
A strong man from the mysterious store who helps them lives like a hermit...
Shu Guande's heart suddenly moved.
Could it be that person from the "Tianyinmen"?
Shu Guan had never had any contact with the most mysterious sect in the Seven Immortals Alliance before, and it even seemed that Master Li Zhixia had never had contact with anyone from the Tianyin Sect during his lifetime.
In the Seven Immortals Alliance, Tianyinmen is more like a symbol-like existence. Everyone knows that it exists, but has never seen it. It is even harder to contact than the ghost cultivators of the City Emperor Temple.
However, whether Lao Zhou is a member of the Tianyin Sect is just Shu Guan's guess. Only by meeting Lao Zhou himself can he be sure.
But Shuguan couldn't wait here forever. There were still many things to do during the day.
So Shu Guan left soon after.
But he would come back and take a look at it in the evening. If Lao Zhou hadn't come back yet, he would never come back again after returning to Xu.
This strong man who is suspected to be a member of the Tianyin Sect may take on a new identity in the future and continue to "hide" in the world.
It was around ten o'clock when I left Lao Zhou's home, and then Shu Guan went to the bank again.
The last time Shu Guan won a lot of money in Yinle City, he had never used that money, and now Shu Guan was going to deposit the money in the bank.
Nowadays, there are so many banks in UOB, big and small, state-owned and private, a mixed bag. In fact, many ordinary people, if there is no special need, would rather leave their money at home than deposit it in a bank.
Although there is no interest if you keep it at home, at least the money is yours.
If you put it in the bank, your money may be gone one day.
Especially for those small private banks, you never know when they will fail.
Of course Shu Guan would not choose a small private bank, but he also did not choose a public bank owned by the Republic of China government. He chose a large private bank called Rongsheng Bank.
Although this bank is private, it is a national bank, and Shu Guan has seen the bank's business offices in the three towns of Jingcheng.
The most important thing is that this bank is opened by Rong Miao's family.
Keeping money in your girlfriend's house will always give you peace of mind.
Rongsheng Bank's business office in Jiangkou is located in Tongxingli, not far from Rongmiao's home in Tongxingli.
However, when Shu Guan arrived at Rongsheng Bank's business office in Tongxingli, it was already past 11 noon. Except for a few guards, the business office was empty.
Shu Guan asked, but the staff inside had already gone to eat and take a lunch break, and would not return to work until 1:30 in the afternoon.
Shu Guan had no choice but to wander around for more than two hours. Although Rong Miao's home was very close, he did not dare to go today because Rong Miao's father was here.
Thinking about having dinner with his prospective father-in-law tomorrow night, Shu Guan felt a little frightened. He felt a little more nervous than facing a Nascent Soul power alone.
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, Shu Guan, who had been wandering around for a long time, returned to the Rongsheng Bank's business office and found that many customers were already queuing up.
So Shu Guan waited in line for more than an hour before it was finally his turn to handle business.
It turns out that going to the bank is really such a painful thing.
Shu Guan couldn't help but complain.
After all, this was his first time in the bank to do business. You must know that the era he traveled to was already a cashless society, and the bank had already canceled specific business hours.
For people of Shuguan’s generation, the so-called bank is just the name of an APP that exists on a mobile phone.
The person who handled the deposit business for him was a female teller wearing a white shirt. She was in her twenties, seventeen or eight years old, with a pretty face and minimal make-up.
When Shu Guan stood in front of her at first, the female teller with a very attractive upper body curve exposed on the counter did not raise her head, but she seemed busy but not so busy doing her own thing.
It wasn't until Shu Guan handed over the stack of banknotes in his hand that there was a sound of gasping behind the counter, and the sound of the abacus on the table being accidentally touched under the table.
In the next half hour, Shu Guan received the most attentive VIP service from this bank. The bank manager came directly to help him into his office and made him some coffee. Then the pretty female bank clerk, who was always gentle, Sitting next to him, he handled the deposit business for him.
Shu Guan asked the bank to open two bank accounts for him. One account was named Zhang Yadan, and the other was named Wang Dahu. Then he deposited most of his money into Le's two accounts. Then left the bank.
The bank manager and the female clerk dropped him off respectfully
door.
Before going out, the female staff member leaned close to Shu Guan and asked quietly, saying that there was a foreign restaurant nearby that served very good steaks. After she got off work in the evening, she wondered if she could invite Shu Guan to have dinner with her.
As for the reason, it was naturally that Shu Guan had deposited such a huge sum of money with her today, and she would receive a generous bonus, so she wanted to thank Shu Guan.
Shu Guan was a little embarrassed and rejected this beautiful female bank employee who had been looking at him affectionately since she started handling business for him.
He didn't know if Rongmiao would be able to withdraw his money if he found out that he had a date with her female bank clerk.
After coming out of the bank, Shu Guan carried the two deposit receipts and went to Yingcheng District again, outside the gate of a school called Jixie High School.
This is the best high school in Jingcheng today. It was founded with funds raised by a priest from the Faran Kingdom twenty years ago. It is a church school.
Although it is a school founded by foreigners, you have to admit that in this era, such a school can obtain a more systematic and comprehensive education, and in such a school, there is also a more free and open learning atmosphere.
And Zhang Yadan studied in this high school.
Xu Chuxiang was a big help for Zhang Yadan to enter the best high school in Jingcheng. However, Zhang Yadan also passed the entrance examination of this school, and in the first semester after enrolling, he Won the highest scholarship in this school.
This is a fully closed school. Outsiders like Shu Guan cannot enter the campus casually, so after he informed the guard room outside the school gate of the person he was looking for, Shu Guan began to look for him outside the school gate. waiting on the road.
It was around five o'clock in the afternoon, and the afternoon classes should have been finished. I pushed through the iron fence and looked inside. I saw green grass inside the campus. There were students in twos and threes walking together on the road holding books. On the grass There are a group of male students playing football, some exercising on the single and double poles beside the grass, and several students practicing martial arts in the open space.
There was also a tall and handsome male student who stood on a large rock and gave an impassioned speech lamenting the current ills. Many people gathered around him, and bursts of warm applause broke out from time to time.
Of course, most of the people surrounding this handsome male student who looked like a student leader were female classmates.
Watching all this, Shu felt a yearning breath of youth coming to his face, and he couldn't help but miss his student days in his previous life.
It was truly a wonderful time that I want to go back to but can never go back to!
Shu Guan sighed like a middle-aged man, but he forgot that he was actually only twenty years old in this life, not much older than the figures running and laughing on campus at this time.
At a certain moment, the campus suddenly became quiet.
Because a girl came over from a distance.
It was a female student with long hair shawl, with a face and temperament like a clear water hibiscus. When she came from a distance holding an armful of books, the boys playing football stopped. The male student hung on the pole motionless, and even the speech over there stopped.
Everyone's eyes fell on that slender, graceful and beautiful figure, and the surroundings became quiet.
There was deep admiration, longing, admiration, envy in those eyes, and some were jealous and sad.
[An app that has been running stably for many years, comparable to the old book-chasing tool, used by all old bookworms.
The school beauty can also smile, and she looks so much better after she smiles than before.
Zhang Yadan smiled all the way and ran outside the school gate, ran up to Shu Guan, and asked happily:
"Brother Mazi, why are you here?"
"I have nothing to do today, I came to see you!"
Shu Guan also smiled and looked at Zhang Yadan.
Speaking of which, he hadn't seen Zhang Yadan for almost three months.
Nowadays, Zhang Yadan has become more and more beautiful. If she was lacking in temperament before, after living in Jingcheng for two years and studying, Yadan has always worked very hard, so now Shi's temperament has also undergone earth-shaking changes, and she is rapidly evolving towards a beauty who will bring disaster to the country and people.
It's no wonder that those male classmates just now became stunned when they saw her passing by.
At this time, Zhang Yadan was about to speak again when a call came from behind him.
"Classmate Zhang."
The two of them turned around and saw that the boy who had been giving a high-spirited speech and was quite scolding Fang Qiu was standing inside the railing, carefully examining Shu Guan with a rather alert look. .
Seeing Zhang Yadan turn his head, the male student quickly smiled and said:
"Classmate Zhang, don't forget the drama rehearsal at seven o'clock in the evening. You must know your chance to play the heroine, but I asked you to get it from the teacher."
Zhang Yadan nodded and said calmly:
"I know, I won't be late."
The male classmate's smile froze slightly, then glanced at Shu Guan again, then turned and left.
"Hey, you've become a heroine now!"
Shu Guan couldn't help but make a joke when he heard this.
Zhang Yadan suddenly blushed with embarrassment and defended in a low voice:
"I'm not interested, but my classmates want me to perform on stage."
"It's good. Don't just study in school. You should participate in more club activities."
"There are many interesting things and interesting knowledge in this world. It is very interesting to focus on certain fields and become experts in those fields. Moreover, these things can only be achieved by laying the foundation at a young age. , once you get old, it will be too late.”
Shu Guan explained patiently.
"Okay, have you had dinner?"
"Not yet, get out of class just ended."
"Let's go, Brother Mazi will take you to the teeth-beating festival today."
Shu Guan took Zhang Yadan to a fairly good restaurant nearby and ordered a few dishes that Zhang Yadan liked. The two of them chatted and ate, and two hours passed quickly.
Because Zhang Yadan still had to rehearse, Shu Guan sent her back to school. On the way back to school, Shu Guan handed Zhang Yadan the deposit slip with Zhang Yadan's name on it.
Zhang Yadan glanced at the deposit receipt, then opened her mouth wide.
She is no longer a country girl with no knowledge. She knows very well what kind of huge wealth the amount on the deposit certificate represents.
"Brother Mazi, what are you doing?"
she asked confused.
"Take it."
Shu Guan stuffed the deposit certificate into her hand.
"Brother Mazi is going on a long trip, and it may take a long time. You can keep this money to use it for college."
Zhang Yadan was suddenly startled and exclaimed:
"Brother Mazi, where are you going? How long will you be gone?"
"I may go to several far away places for at least a few years!"
Zhang Yadan's face showed an extremely sad look.
"Okay, go back to school quickly!"
"Brother Mazi, why are you leaving?"
"It should be within these two days! I actually came here specifically to say goodbye to you today."
Zhang Yadan walked towards the school gate without looking back three times.
Shu Guan stood there and watched her walk into the school, and then suddenly shouted.
"Girl!"
Zhang Yadan quickly stopped and turned around.
"Study hard and make progress every day!"
Shu Guan smiled and waved to the beautiful girl and said goodbye.
…
Shu Guan returned to Jiangkou and first went to Lao Zhou's home.
Lao Zhou still hasn't come back.
Shu Guan walked out of the empty house and still waved.
This is also a farewell.
The fat old man who has eaten his buns for two years may never have the chance to see him again.
Then he returned to Taoyuan Village, went to Wang Dahu, and handed him another deposit receipt with Wang Dahu's name written on it.
The amount on this deposit certificate is much larger than the one given to Zhang Yadan.
Because that one was for Zhang Yadan’s personal money.
This one is money for the whole village, but Shu Guan also told Wang Dahu not to use this deposit certificate unless absolutely necessary.
Then he also told Wang Dahu that he would leave Jingcheng for a while, so that he didn't have to worry. If he encountered something that couldn't be solved, just go to the mountain to find Daozhang Chen.
But thinking about it, with Xu Chuxiang here, as long as Xu Pingxi has not yet fallen, the Taoyuan villagers should be able to live a stable life in Jingcheng.
After explaining to Dahu, Shu Guan stepped forward and gave him a hug. Then, under Wang Dahu's surprised eyes, he returned to his building.
He still hasn't come around.
That night, Shu Guan did not go out again.
Same thing during the day the next day.
He was alone in his room, smoking silently and thinking about the day's events.
It wasn't until four o'clock in the afternoon that Shu Guan got up, washed his face, and then put on a clean and well-fitting suit.
Because he was going to meet his prospective father-in-law.
