Standing in front of the courtyard gate, Xie Ming simply looked his son over. Seeing that the man remained silent for a long time, he smiled and made way for him, saying, "Come in first."

Meanwhile, she went to the back to help the children with their luggage.

The production team was surprised by how uneventful the father-son meeting was, and felt that the two had grown distant.

Those who followed couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but all those feelings vanished once they entered the courtyard.

As everyone approached the unremarkable courtyard, they felt all their fatigue vanish and their minds immediately clear.

Xie Zhouyi also sensed the difference here and couldn't help but say to Xie Ming, "Your courtyard is very special."

"The air is fresh in the mountains; you'll understand how good it is once you stay here."

Upon hearing his words, Xie Zhouyi suddenly stopped and stared at Xie Ming: "Is that why you won't go see me?"

Xie Ming looked back into his eyes, which were filled with resentment and hurt, and sighed silently, only able to say, "You'll understand later!"

"I see!"

Xie Zhouyi's voice held no hope.

The subtle tension between father and son kept viewers on the edge of their seats, prompting them to speculate about the history and grudges between the two.

Xie Zhouyi didn't bring much luggage. After Xie Ming put his things in his new room, he led Xie Zhouyi to sit at the tea table in the courtyard and started making tea.

The production crew quickly filmed the layout of the courtyard before heading to the yard and pointing the camera at the father and son.

In front of the screen, Xie Ming and his son began their first face-to-face conversation.

The film crew, of course, wouldn't let such a good topic pass them by, and quickly followed the two of them.

But no one expected Xie Ming to utter such a shocking question: "Where is your virginity?"

Xie Zhouyi was stunned. He didn't understand Xie Ming's words, and frowned, asking, "What?"

Xie Ming picked up the kettle and began brewing tea. His voice drifted through the rising steam: "Primordial Yang is kidney Yang. Preserving primordial Yang benefits the essence in your kidneys..."

Xie Zhouyi understood what that meant, and suddenly felt the air around him thin, his head began to throb, and the fear of his privacy being exposed to others made him feel as if he had fallen into an abyss, and no one could save him, no one was left!

His breathing began to quicken slightly, and his gaze lost focus as he looked at his surroundings, everything becoming blurry.

"I drank it!"

Xie Ming's deep and resonant voice brought Xie Zhouyi back from the brink of despair.

As the others gradually came to their senses, he handed the tea in his hand back, gesturing for him to take it.

Once Xie Zhouyi recovered, he remembered what Xie Ming had said earlier and immediately thought of getting up to leave.

Just as he was about to get up, he caught a glimpse of Lu Xiyuan's worried gaze not far away, and had no choice but to sit down with a grim face.

Taking the tea from Xie Ming, Xie Zhouyi tilted his head back and drank the tea in the small cup in one gulp. The warm tea carried the scent of the mountains and forests, clean and mellow, like sweet spring water flowing into his heart.

Xie Ming looked at him again and said, "When are you going to bring the person here so I can see them?"

"Stop, stop, stop! Say something else!"

Xie Zhouyi quickly interrupted Xie Ming, who wanted to continue his long-winded speech.

After taking the strong medicine, he no longer felt the despair of struggling alone, and his ears even began to turn slightly red.

After a long while, Xie Zhouyi couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "You could tell all of this?"

"It's clear that combining physiognomy and medical principles can work!"

Xie Ming's words piqued Xie Zhouyi's curiosity, and he was eager to know how many skills this father, whom he had never met, possessed that he was unaware of.

He was unaware that their conversation had sparked considerable discussion.

#Where did the production team find this clown? Face reading, medical theory? Do they think they're filming a novel or TV series? It's hilarious!#

#Exactly! I've heard of people trying to cultivate a persona as a top student or a scientist, but I've never heard of someone trying to cultivate a persona as a charlatan!#

#Did you notice? Zhou Yi didn't deny it! Does that mean he already has a girlfriend?#

#Ugh—I feel like throwing up. That father and son are disgusting. Is the older one trying to project a superior image or what? The younger one isn't any better; he got a girlfriend as soon as he entered the industry.#

#Upstairs, so what if a 24-year-old man has had girlfriends? He didn't say he wouldn't take responsibility! If you're so capable, then don't date when you're that age! The fact that his dad said it directly proves it's real, not scripted. Isn't this more like a reality show than acting?#

This comment was instantly buried by other comments on the screen; overall, there are still more haters in the live stream.

Xie Ming handed him another cup of tea and said, "We've never been together before, so I don't know how to get along. It seems you don't like me being so frank."

Xie Zhouyi accepted the tea and drank it all in one gulp without saying a word.

But Xie Ming clearly wasn't going to give him any face and said, "You came here because you want to know the real me."

"So you're planning to keep stabbing me in the back, is that it?"

Xie Zhouyi placed the cup on the tea table and gave a self-deprecating laugh.

Xie Ming looked at him suspiciously: "How do you know I stabbed you, and not gave you a knife to protect yourself?"

"I..." Xie Zhouyi was speechless.

"Some things in the world don't cease to exist just because they can't be seen, and some things don't exist forever just because they can be seen."

Xie Ming leaned back in his chair leisurely, as if everything was under his control.

The father and son continued their conversation casually, but Xie Zhouyi noticed that his father from the mountains seemed to be quite knowledgeable, knowing a little about everything, and there was no topic he couldn't keep up with.

It wasn't until the sun was almost setting that Xie Ming stood up and asked, "What would you like for dinner?"

"I don't eat dinner!"

"Once you get here, you'll have to change your bad habits. I bet you're under 110. Do you want to age prematurely?"

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