Ji Shuo quickly brought Luna up. In front of her boyfriend's grandmother's new partner, Luna was a little reserved, and of course she didn't continue to act silly and sweet. Ji Shuo chatted with Luna for a few words out of politeness, and she was gentle and calm when dealing with it, appearing to be very assertive.
Bai Zhi looked straight at Luna and smiled.
Luna was stunned by the gentleness and calmness of Bai Zhi's smile. While Ji Shuo and Ji Mu were looking at the communicator, she whispered in Bai Zhi's ear: "We are all our own people here, Chang Xiaohui, why don't you take off the mask?" ?”
Ji Mu put away the communicator and raised his eyebrows as if he was mocking Bai Zhi, "Xiao Bai is still wearing a mask? I'm going to see my mother later. It's not good to hide your head and show your tail. What do you think, Tan?"
Tan was in a dilemma and whispered to Bai Zhi: "Can you do it in front of the old lady..."
Bai Zhi nodded, took off the earrings that fixed the mask, spread her hair and unveiled the mask. The midday sun shone through the car window and fell on her long black hair, making her skin even more beautiful than the snowy cherry lips.
Tan praised from the bottom of his heart: "Madam boss, every time I see you, you are more beautiful than the last time."
"Do you dare to use another adjective to praise me?" Bai Zhi rolled her eyes, her grace and beauty were pleasing to the eye.
Ji Shuo smiled and shook his head. Ji Mu chuckled again and said, "That's all Sen is good at."
Tan complained in his heart: No, I only need both hands to dedicate Ji to others, and I haven't even earned a candidate husband.
Luna didn't expect Bai Zhi to be so beautiful, with rich inner activities and a very good-looking face.
The bulletproof speedster flew into a jungle, quickly landed and drove into an underground passage. It took more than ten minutes before it stopped at a square in a large underground city. The size of the underground city is similar to the Black Mirror City that Bai Zhi once visited, but the urban architecture is more exquisite and gorgeous. There are many types of green plants and they are not small. There are greenhouses with roofs everywhere, and the lights are warm, soft and bright. On the road and in your own home The children playing in the yard were rosy-cheeked and neatly dressed.
It was probably Luna's first time entering the dungeon, and she had a slightly surprised look on her face.
Although the underground city is exquisite and gorgeous, it is completely incomparable with Luoyang, which was planned as the capital star. Bai Zhi felt that Zhang Tianzhao would definitely complain all the way if he came, so she quickly wrote a note to tell her friends that she had met Tan, and now that she was on her way to visit Sen's mother clan, she would find a way to find out about the uncle in the photo.
At an intersection, Ji Shuo invited Luna to follow him. Ji Mu paused when he turned in the other direction, and Tan asked Bai Zhi to follow Ji Mu with a wink.
After passing through a banana forest that was growing well, Ji Mu opened a courtyard door, greeted the aunts and grandmothers in the large courtyard, and introduced to relatives: "My eldest brother's friend came to visit my grandma."
As a "friend of eldest brother", Bai Zhi was surrounded by female relatives as soon as she entered the courtyard. She was praised for her good looks and blessed face, and so on. There was also an old woman who lamented: "Amuzai, your mother is going to be blessed." , Ah Senzi’s good looks make her look good for children, and your mother will be able to have grandchildren soon.”
Tan was extremely embarrassed and carefully explained to Bai Zhi: "Don't mind, boss lady, all the elderly are like this."
"I won't mind." Bai Zhi really didn't feel anything. The old lady's words were obviously polite and did not need to be taken seriously.
There are many small courtyards within this big courtyard. After passing through several zigzagging courtyards, Ji Mu stopped outside a courtyard door. He hesitated for a while and said, "My mother placed the ashes of my second brother in the back hall. If she …”
Tan rushed to say: "The boss lady is Lin's friend and can understand the old lady."
Ji Mu opened the door and called "Ama".
An older female voice came from the back hall: "Amuzai, you are back. I just told Alinzai that it was time to get home, and you came back. You didn't eat out, did you? I went to cook..."
"No, grandma, brother's friend is here to visit you. You meet the guests first, and I'll ask my aunt to cook." Ji Mu glanced at Bai Zhi worriedly, "Here you go."
Bai Zhi nodded and followed him through the front living room with bamboo tables and chairs to the back living room. The back living room is exceptionally neat, with tatami-like mats covering the bamboo floor. A square low table was placed against the wall, and a large photo of Xiao Lin hung on the other wall. There were flowers and fruit plates on the low altar table below, as well as an ever-burning lamp.
The aunt, who was sitting barefoot and kneeling at the square table, had delicate features and delicate features, holding a long-necked celadon vase in her arms, her movements gentle and caring as if she was holding a baby.
Bai Zhi thought of Xiao Lin, her mother holding her like that when she was half awake, and her eldest daughter. Her heart ached like a knife and she could hardly keep smiling.
The aunt raised her eyes to look at the person and said softly: "Are you A Senzai's friend? You are so good-looking."
"No, I'm Lin's friend. I..." Bai Zhi took out the glove box that had never been taken out since it was put in her backpack, pulled out a photo album, knelt down and handed it to her aunt with both hands, "Take a look."
"What is this?" the aunt asked her son.
Ji Mu has never seen the photo album. Tan, who had packed up Lin's belongings, recognized this thing. When Lin's photo album caught fire in the spacecraft, only a corner of the cover was burned. He knelt down and explained: "It is a booklet that stores physical photos. You can read it by opening the cover."
Ji Mu took the photo album and opened it. The first page showed six consecutive photos of Xiao Lin holding a candied haws and hugging Bai Zhi's shoulders. In the photos, Xiao Lin and Bai Zhi's smiles were as bright as the sun. Both of them had the innocence and naivety of teenagers.
"My colleagues took the photos for us and they all said that the photos we took were very beautiful. Xiao Lin bought two photo albums and made sure to put these six photos on the first page. I have always kept this one." Bai Zhi said with tears in her eyes. The aunt explained: "There are many photos of Xiao Lin at the back, some taken by colleagues, some taken by me, and some taken by him. There are also some photos of other colleagues."
The second page is a group photo of colleagues having a dinner together. One picture shows Xiao Lin wearing an apron while cooking, with Bai Zhi chopping vegetables beside him. There are no more separate photos of the two of them later. In the photos of a group of people participating in various activities, Xiao Lin always stands next to Bai Zhi and smiles brightly. Xiao Lin's single photos are just as happy and carefree.
Auntie flipped through it for the first time and then for a second time, rubbing her fingers on every photo with Xiao Lin in it, and softly sighed: "It turns out that A Linzi lived such a happy life."
"Yes, he has always been very happy. Everyone said that he was in a good mood when he saw him." Bai Zhi covered her face, trying to hold back her tears, "Auntie, can I hug Xiao Lin?"
The aunt handed over the urn with great treasure. Bai Zhi took it with both hands and cried while holding the urn.
"When my eldest brother sent Asenzai and Alinzai back to Ji's house, they were only five years old. Asenzai had a stubborn temper and resented me for not wanting him and refused to look at me. Alinzai hugged me and cried, saying not to leave. . I really can't bear to leave them." The aunt recalled the past with tears in her eyes, "Knowing that he was so happy makes me feel better. Girl, you must be the person that A Linzi will remember until his death."
Bai Zhi nodded while crying, and admitted with difficulty: "I am."
"It's us, A Linzi, who is unlucky." Auntie came over and held Bai Zhi in her arms, "He knows that you have come to see him, and he is happy."
"Yes." Bai Zhi lay in her aunt's arms, feeling her mother's warmth and love, and burst into tears with mixed emotions.
Ji Mu asked Tan several times with his eyes, but Tan shook his head slightly. Bai Zhi and Lin's past had something to do with Sen and had nothing to do with Ji Mu. He didn't want Ji Mu to know more. He took out a tissue and handed it to Bai Zhi, "Mrs. Boss, wipe your tears. The old lady is weak and I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it if you make her cry."
Bai Zhi took the tissue and covered her face, apologizing: "Auntie, I'm sorry, I lost my temper."
Auntie hugged the celadon bottle and said, "Amuzai, bring a basin of wash water for...here?"
"Xiao Bai. Xiao Lin always calls me Xiao Bai." Bai Zhi smiled. Even if her eyes were red and her nose was red, her smile was still pure sunshine.
Tan had already come over with wash water. Bai Zhi thanked her and took the basin to get water to wash her face. Auntie looked at her with a smile and asked: "You haven't had lunch? I'll cook for you. Is there anything you don't want?" Like food?"
Bai Zhi took out a towel and wiped her face, "I must be used to the food at home. Xiao Lin taught me how to cook. Let me cook for you."
"Okay, just do what Alinzai taught you." Auntie hugged the celadon vase and the album tightly, "Alinzai will definitely like it."
The kitchen is on the other side of the backyard, with a large refrigerator and several pickle jars that are extremely rich in ingredients. Bai Zhi picked the ingredients she had eaten and paired them with spicy and sour grass fish, lemon duck, fried beans with sand crab sauce, bamboo shoots with pomelo peel and fish head and tofu soup with sour bamboo shoots. Ji Mu silently helped Bai Zhi, and his attitude was much better than before in the car.
Four dishes and one soup were put on the table, and the aunt asked Ji Mu to call her uncle and aunt to accompany the guests to dinner.
The younger uncle looked very young, almost a few years older than Ji Mu. My aunt is even more youthful. From her figure to her appearance to her eyes, she looks like a pretty young woman. Her mouth is also very sweet. When she sees the table full of dishes, she will act coquettishly and scold: "Sister, if you have guests at home and ask me to cook them, I will follow your example." Both hands.”
"This is Xiaobai's dish." Auntie finally put the celadon vase and photo album that she had always kept on the altar table. She smiled and took Bai Zhi's hand, "Xiaobai is A Linzai's friend. Today we are here to see A Linzai." of."
"Thank you." The uncle thanked Bai Zhi politely. The only one in the family who didn't dislike his sister holding the urn every day was his nephew. It was rare that this beautiful little girl didn't look strange at all when his sister held her hand. .
"I don't dare take it seriously. Lin has always taken care of me. I just cooked a meal for my aunt. Please don't be polite to me." Bai Zhi was also very polite to this little uncle.
Ji Mu took a large plate, put some of each dish on it, placed it on the altar table, and poured a glass of wine with a skillful and calm posture. Bai Zhi estimated that their family did this for every meal.
My aunt was full of praise for every dish, saying that the taste was very authentic and almost as good as Aunt Six’s. Tan was not used to eating such spicy and sour food, but the food that her uncle and Ji Mu ate were very delicious. Auntie herself ate more than half of the bowl of rice, and her younger aunt smiled and said that she would keep Xiaobai to cook for her every day. Keeping it safe will keep my eldest sister in good health.
Just listen to these kind words, the aunt listened with a smile, Bai Zhi smiled generously, in short, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
After dinner, his uncle asked Ji Mu to take a walk with his mother to eat, and invited Bai Zhi and Tan to his house for tea.
"How is Asenzai doing over there?" asked my uncle.
"It's not bad." Tan was equally polite to his uncle.
The person who replied was Tan instead of Bai Zhi. My uncle was a little surprised, but he did not show any intention of treating Bai Zhi as an outsider. He still said: "I heard that a new type of orcs has appeared over there. If you can't survive, come back and develop." Right. The current situation in Kyushu is turbulent, which is a good opportunity to gain territory."
"I will definitely convey your message to the head of the family when I get back." Tan replied respectfully.
"Xiao Bai, do you plan to travel here or settle down?"
"Travel." Bai Zhi smiled, "There are wars everywhere now. I don't dare to go out in Chao Jingdu."
"It is indeed unsafe in Kyushu now. However, there are some places worth traveling and learning in the sixty districts. I will ask Amuzai to sort out the information for you later, and then apply for a Chaojing settlement identity certificate for you. Our Chaojing identity will go to It's very convenient to go anywhere in the 60th district." My uncle thought for a moment and asked, "Xiao Bai, I see that you and my eldest sister get along very well, so I asked my eldest sister to accept you as a daughter and give me the surname of the Wang family. Is that possible?"
Although one can enjoy family benefits by bearing one's surname, one also has to bear family obligations. Bai Zhi was not interested in taking advantage of the Wang family, and shook her head with a smile, "My father and brother are still alive, so I don't dare to change my surname."
Tan quickly said: "Xiaobai is a girl from the Gu family of the Kunwu family."
"From the Gu family?" My uncle was quite sorry, "Your Gu family has always been a single generation, and you value your heirs very much."
Bai Zhi also remembered that Sen once said that his great-grandmother was the daughter of the Kunwu Su family, which meant that she and the Wang family were barely related. Since they had a certain understanding of the Kunwu family, she would not To be honest, he said with a smile: "I have brothers and sisters. Because of my great-aunt, we have never been back to the Kunwu clan, and we don't plan to go back in the future."
"You said that the clan leader of the Kunwu clan dare not say anything. Does it matter whether you go back or not?" Tan Jianjian revealed Bai Zhi's background.
The existence that can influence the Kunwu clan leader is at least a thousand years old. Uncle Wang himself was only a thousand years old. He asked in surprise: "Sen and Xiaobai broke through at the same time, right? When did it happen?"
"It's been a while. The Star Gate on our side was blown to pieces. We didn't hold a celebration ceremony because it was inconvenient to travel, so we didn't notify you in particular." Tan smiled very honestly, "The Star Gate on our side will be three thousand years old. There are dozens of them, so they’re not that rare.”
Uncle Wang didn't expect that he was three thousand years old. He was surprised and sighed, "Not many of us here can earn a thousand years old. Xiaobai, you and Sen are both very lucky people. Ji Shuo knows this. ?"
"Mr. Ji Shuo only knows that Xiaobai is the ally of the family head who will live and die together." Tan said with a smile: "There are several three thousand years old in our Ji family. Mr. Ji Shuo has no influence on my Ji family."
Bai Zhi raised her eyebrows and was sure that Tan was telling her what he said, which meant that Ji Sen did not recognize his father, even if his father was three thousand years old.
Sen refused to recognize his father. His younger brother Ji Mu should recognize his father, otherwise he and Ji Mu would not take a car to meet Tan. In any case, as long as she didn't get involved in the surname Ji's matter, Bai Zhi made up her mind and kept smiling while twirling the tea cup without saying a word while Tan and Uncle Wang were doing Tai Chi.
Ji Mu walked into the tea room holding a dressing box and a photo album depicting gorgeous flowers and plants, and knelt down next to the Angelica dahuricae. Because Uncle Wang and Tan stopped talking, he pushed the photo album and the dressing box in front of Bai Zhi and said, "My mother has taken medicine and has gone to bed. Before going to bed, let me return the photo album to you. This dressing box is what my mother gave us three times." The brothers have saved a share for each of them. Please accept the second brother’s share.”
What is going on with this kind of treatment of widows? Bai Zhi was really embarrassed this time.
Tan whispered: "Madam boss, take out the things you saved for Lin. The old lady will definitely like it."
Bai Zhi did store things for Lin. After hesitating for a while, she began to take out the boxes of clothes and shoes. There were more than a dozen boxes each year, and a box of gold and platinum paper origami ingots. These boxes took up half of the tea room. .
"I don't know where Xiao Lin is, and I haven't had the chance to ask Sen this question, so I haven't burned it to him." Bai Zhi smiled at Ji Mu, "Xiao Lin and I are very close friends. A lot of things happened back then. When we parted We are just friends, I can't keep this dressing box. My aunt will probably like that photo album, so I will shamelessly give it to her, please keep it well."
There were so many boxes of clothes in as many years as they were separated. The words "just friends" made Ji Mu's eyes red with resentment. Uncle Wang was very surprised.
Tan spoke bravely again: "Lin has never expressed any friendship to Xiaobai other than as a friend. Mr. Ji Mu, you can't put Xiaobai in this position just because you are angry with the master of my family. Doing so will harm Lin and Xiaobai." Novices don’t respect me enough.”
Ji Mu pondered for a moment, saluted and apologized to Bai Zhi: "I was the one who made the mistake. Please forgive me for my ignorance."
"Thank you, Mr. Ji Mu, for your understanding." Bai Zhi also saluted him. In any case, this man was qualified as Lin's younger brother. She made it clear and the other party could accept it. As long as similar things would not happen again in the future.
"Amuzai, take these things back. The anniversary of Alinzai's death will be burned to him. Take back the photo album and dressing box as well." Uncle Wang sighed longly, and when he was about to speak, the communicator on his wrist suddenly beeped, He hurriedly answered the call, listened attentively for a long time, and then said awkwardly: "Brother Zhongtai, my Wang family doesn't have what you want, and Ji Shuo may not have it either. Even if he does, you may not be able to exchange items of equal value. But...the daughter of your Kunwu family's Gu family is visiting my house, what do you think about asking her?"
Uncle Wang handed the communicator to Bai Zhi, "It's Su Zhongtai from the Su family. He and I are cousins, and we had an engagement with my family."
Bai Zhi blinked and greeted the other end politely: "Hello, I am Gu Changqing's granddaughter Bai Zhi."
It took a while before the other person spoke: "I didn't expect that the Gu family still has descendants. According to seniority, you should call me great-uncle."
"Hello, Aunt Su." Bai Zhi changed her words very simply. She also politely distanced the relationship between the two parties by calling her by her surname, Aunt Su.
"Hello. My old ancestor Xu, the Kunwu clan..."
"He's still alive?" Bai Zhi was overjoyed and surprised. Although Senior Xu Xu had plotted against her, he was still generous to her. Personally speaking, she preferred Senior Xu Xu to be alive. From the perspective of family interests, Wu Chudong's life would be better with Jiuxu than with her Mubai, so that she could develop freely. She would do her best to make her son's life less difficult.
"Yes, he was seriously injured when I found him. I took his old man to Chaojing to recuperate. I originally made an appointment for a healing medicine to be delivered tomorrow. But the black market was blocked, so..."
"Where are you, I'll be there right away." Bai Zhi paused, "I brought some medicine, maybe senior can use it."
"Brother Zhongtai lives in Dongcheng. I will accompany you there." Uncle Wang knelt down and said, "Senior Xu's health is very important, so we won't be polite and we will talk as we walk."
Bai Zhi returned the communicator to Uncle Wang and stood up. Tan stood up quietly and followed Bai Zhi, as if he was Bai Zhi's attendant.
At this moment, it would be a bit embarrassing for Tan to tell him not to follow. Bai Zhi just pretended not to notice and followed Uncle Wang's footsteps.
Dongcheng District has mostly five- and six-story buildings, and the environment seems to be worse than the courtyard complex where the Wang family lives.
Su Zhongtai's residence is on the top floor of a six-story apartment building, with a large terrace as a yard and a path leading to the door lined with flowers. The smell of flowers is very strong but it cannot cover up the smell of medicine.
The woman who followed Su Zhongtai out looked at Bai Zhi a little defensively. The three men and two women standing behind them were in their early twenties to about ten years old. Judging from their facial features, they should be the children of Su Zhongtai and this woman.
Bai Zhi felt relieved when she realized that Su Zhongtai already had descendants. She omitted the polite words and said, "Hello, we will catch up with old times later. Let me meet my old senior Xu first."
"Please follow me." Su Zhongtai led Bai Zhi through several bushes of blooming roses and towards a room in the other corner of the yard. This room is large and empty, except for the nutrition and life-sustaining cabin, which only has a sofa. The lower part of the roof of the life-support cabin is frosted, which prevents Bai Zhi from being embarrassed when she sees her elder's body. As far as the upper body is concerned, Senior Xu is in very bad condition. The wound on his forehead is constantly leaking yellow-white liquid under the transparent gauze. The skin on his shoulders and arms is red and wrinkled. Apparently it has not taken long for the new growth to appear. The senior's eyes had not been opened and he was still wearing a respirator.
