The Sang family is a large and prosperous family.

There are two main branches. Starting with Grandpa Sang's generation, the oldest branch stayed in China and settled in Kyoto. This branch is large, with four generations now living together, totaling over a hundred members. Sang family members are present in every field: culture, education, science, technology, and politics.

It can be said that this family has a strong cultural atmosphere and a rich heritage.

The other branch, namely, the second master Sang, chose to go to the United States with his family. Now, they are smaller than the eldest branch and are relatively declining. They mainly engage in business and have accumulated wealth for four generations. They can be regarded as one of the top conglomerates in the United States.

The second master Sang passed away early, and the one who took over the family business now is called Sang Jinghong.

"Mom, do you think this child looks like Uncle Jinghong?" Sang Xue showed her mother her phone.

Over four years ago, a branch of the Second Master, who had been away in the United States for years, returned. The reason was simple: Sang Jinghong's father had passed away, leaving behind a last wish for his family to return to their homeland, along with Second Master Sang's ashes.

During the burial, Sang Xue met Uncle Jinghong once and was stunned by his handsomeness. The memory of him was deeply engraved in her mind.

"They really look alike." Sang Xue's mother was also surprised.

Sang Xue joked, "If I hadn't known my uncle was single and only came back once, I would have thought this was his child."

"The world is so big that there are many strange things in it, and people are similar," said Sang Xue's mother.

Sang Xue nodded, but felt that they looked too similar. The child was said to be over three years old. It would be better if she could be younger so that she could call out "Brother, wait for me". Now she can only be an old aunt.

Uncle Jinghong is so handsome. If he gets married and has children, they should look like this, right?

Sang Xue was amazed and saved it and forwarded it to her circle of friends.

[A gorgeous little brother. The last time I saw someone this pretty was over four years ago.]

Soon, rows of likes flooded in, along with comments like, "Isn't this Master Lu's pet? All the other Amway pups are super cute." There were comments sporadically throughout the day, with Sang Xue's good cousin saying, "You're still secretly thinking about Uncle Jinghong. Be careful you get a lesson."

Then he sent the video to the big family group and @Sang Xue, saying that Sang Xue was thinking about Uncle Jinghong's looks, and now she was thinking about the mini version.

Public execution.

Sang Xue: Social death.

Slip away. Slip away.

The elders in the group clicked on it and started joking around, teasing Sang Xue or scolding Sang Xue's cousin for how he treated his sister, but they had to admit that the little boy really looked like Sang Jinghong.

Sang Jinghong is abroad and doesn't use WeChat, so Sang Xue was so bold as to post on her Moments.

Everyone said a few words and then went about their own business.

Although it is quite strange, everyone knows that Sang Jinghong is single and has lived abroad for a long time. Naturally, this child cannot be Sang Jinghong's.

The weather was cold, so the express was sent to the Dahongqiao Sub-district Office. There was no other way because Haishan was too remote and the express delivery point did not deliver.

Lu Cijiu said he was going to pick up a package and buy some vegetables and meat to eat hot pot. When the kids heard about hot pot, their eyes lit up, especially Dudu, who said, "Chiu jiu, spicy."

Dudu likes spicy food.

Dalong and Diao always like sweet food and can't eat spicy food. Weiba likes to eat chicken and can accept any taste. The kitten likes to eat seafood and meat and can be said to be unable to live without meat.

But even with this amount of food, her figure is still thin, with a delicate and slender beauty.

Lu Cijiu thought it might be related to the kitten's hermaphroditism.

Zhou Cheng packed up, and Xiaohong wanted to follow him, so he held her in one hand and said, "Be good in the car for a while, and don't make any noise."

Xiaohong went up and gave Zhou Cheng a claw.

Whatever Lu Cijiu was looking at, Zhou Cheng didn't mind. He looked cold but with a hint of doting in his eyes. He said, "Be good and listen to me."

Xiaohong's cry was like the sound of hitting stones, very crisp, especially in its cub form, it sounded adorable. Five tails swept across Zhou Cheng's neck, encircling him, and the single horn on its forehead pressed against Zhou Cheng's cheek.

"What's going on?" Lu Cijiu asked.

Zhou Cheng rubbed Xiaohong's back and said, "I gave her a bath yesterday, and she's been angry ever since."

That’s it?

Xiaohong has a really bad temper, Lu Cijiu muttered to himself, even worse than Boss Diao.

"It doesn't like taking a bath?"

"Not really." Zhou Cheng rubbed Xiaohong's round ears and said calmly, "I touched its penis yesterday."

Then Lu Cijiu saw Xiaohong's tail explode, her voice threatening, and she used her horn to hit Zhou Cheng's neck. However, the horn was very small and looked fragile. After a few hits, Zhou Cheng's neck didn't even turn red.

I'm craving some Cheetos. Lu Cijiu thought inexplicably.

Zhou Cheng coaxed Xiao Hong, and the two of them left the shelter and drove to town. First, they picked up a package. Zhou Cheng also had some things he bought for Xiao Hong: toys, small clothes, and bath gel, all specially for pet cats.

Exquisite.

Lu Cijiu brought two large bags, all of which were filled with thick clothes and coats for the kids, as well as some consumables, such as facial cream, body lotion, toothpaste, towels, bath towels, etc.

Babies have delicate skin, and winter is coming, so body lotions and facial creams are all for children.

Fortunately, Cheng's car was big enough and they could stuff the vegetables into the trunk. The two of them went to the vegetable market and bought some fresh vegetables and seeds. They were going to plant radishes and cabbages today so that they could eat crispy radishes when there was frost in the winter.

Bought some meat again.

Then he walked back.

After crossing the bridge, Lu Cijiu soon saw a luxury car parked at the intersection. It was also an SUV. Standing next to the car was the back of a man, wrapped up tightly in a mask and scarf.

"Are there any guests?" Zhou Cheng asked.

Lu Cijiu was also puzzled, "I don't know, no one said they would come today."

It has been nearly half a month since he came back from Liucheng. The video of the kids at the zoo went viral on Weibo, and he gained a lot of followers. With the increase in the number of followers, he now releases talismans every Monday, and they are snapped up in seconds.

With the money contributed by Xin Zhoujie, the institute is under little financial pressure and is very relaxed.

During this period, Lin Xuan had nothing to do but browse some inspirational articles on his WeChat Moments. The main point was that revenge had been taken and it was time to let it go, or that Yuncheng had very good development prospects and one should buy a house as soon as possible. Lu Cijiu knew what Lin Xuan was hinting at a glance.

Xin Zhou is still in Liucheng.

I want Xin Zhou to come to Yuncheng.

Lu Cijiu and Lin Xuan hadn't been in touch much. He'd learned about the Xin family's affairs through their social media feeds and news gossip, like Xin Huaiping's serious illness, the subsequent strife among his four ex-wives, and Fang Xiaoyun's divorce, dividing their money. But when Xin Huaiping fell seriously ill and was hospitalized, Fang Xiaoyun seemed to waver and regret, having not aborted the child, hoping to keep it for the next share. The person causing the most outrage was probably Xin Zhou's mother.

It's a mess anyway.

Nothing else.

Once the door of the institute is closed, it is truly a leisurely time without any connection to the world.

"Let's go and take a look. This figure looks so familiar to me." Lu Cijiu said.

We arrived soon and the car pulled over.

As soon as they parked the car, the tightly covered man rushed over, scaring Zhou Cheng and making him afraid of being hit. Lu Cijiu got out of the car and said, "Sir, be careful—"

"Brother Lu!"

The voice of the visitor was cheerful and very familiar.

Lu Cijiu looked at the tightly wrapped person, "Dou Qinglan? Does your agent or your brother know that you are here?" He looked around, there was no one there, not even paparazzi.

"I didn't tell you. Isn't the program recording about to start? I haven't been to your place, Brother Lu. People say on the Internet that your cooking skills are very good, so I wanted to get a free meal. Then we can go to the recording site together." Dou Qinglan kept talking.

He eats for free openly and honestly.

Lu Bijiu: ...

Turning to Cheng, he said, "No need for introductions."

Zhou Cheng is the legal advisor of Dou Qinglan's brother Dou Qingdian.

"Mr. Xiaodou." Zhou Cheng greeted.

Dou Qinglanpi said, "Brother, you can just call me Xiaodou. It would be better if you could call me Qinglan. Xiaodouzi is almost the same as a little eunuch."

Lu Bijiu: ...

Now that he's here, he can't be driven away. Lu Cijiu had been the safety instructor for a few episodes of the show, and Dou Qinglan had a very compatible temperament with him. He was the kind of straightforward, flexible, and talkative young man.

"I bought gifts for the Taoist children, but I just came here and couldn't find them for a long time." Dou Qinglan muttered as he took something out of the trunk.

There were boxes of fruits and seafood. When Lu Cijiu saw the big lobster, he immediately shook Dou Qinglan's hands warmly and said, "Since you are here, why bring gifts? You are so polite."

"Brother Lu, that's not what your hand said."

"Do you still want to eat?"

"Brother Lu, you are too polite. It's my duty, don't refuse." Dou Qinglan changed his words happily in an instant.

There were too many things, and Lu Cijiu wanted to go up and ask Boss Diao for help. The gate of the confined courtyard slowly opened. Gong Xichao stood at the door and sensed something. From such a long distance, his eyes were fixed on the clasped hands of Lu Cijiu and Dou Qinglan.

Dou Qinglan sensed something and shouted, "Brother Lu was the first to do it. Brother Gong has nothing to do with me!"

Lu Bijiu: ...

Dou Qinglan is one of the few humans that Gong Xichao doesn't dislike, and he even gives a decent comment.

It is because Dou Qinglan is very shrewd, especially very shrewd, and he always expresses his position in front of President Diao. He does not want to be his son, will not compete for favor, and only wants to be a younger brother.

“…” Lu Cijiu couldn’t help but kick Dou Qinglan.

Dou Qinglan had already noticed it, and he jumped away in two or three steps, laughing and saying, "Brother Lu, don't be like this. I am your loyal little brother and closed disciple."

"No, I won't confiscate it." Lu Cijiu said.

Dou Qinglan kept shouting, "He's a second-generation rich man with a lot of traffic, so why not learn from him?" Lu Cijiu thought Dou Qinglan was just too curious and eager to learn new things, and he didn't take it seriously.

Gong Xichao has come down.

With a wave of his hand, all the boxes on the ground disappeared. Dou Qinglan was stunned. Lu Cijiu said: ...I forgot to remind Boss Diao.

"Do we need to erase his memory?" Gong Xichao asked to remedy the situation.

Dou Qinglan: !!! Holy crap!!!

“Brother, Brother Lu!”

"Forget it." Lu Cijiu said, seeing that Boss Diao had put down his hand, could he really erase the memory? He turned to Dou Qinglan and said seriously, "Xiaodou, if you go up, keep it a secret what you see, otherwise, hum."

Dou Qinglan covered his mouth and nodded, as if he would never reveal it.

This kid is young, but he is really tight-lipped.

The three of them walked up. Dou Qinglan was very curious and followed behind Lu Cijiu. He looked up at the tall figure in front of him and asked in a low voice, like a thief: "Brother Lu, what does hum hum mean? Are you a demon? Do you know any evil magic?"

Lu Cijiu said expressionlessly, “Humph, I’m sending you away.”

What are you thinking about? You are such a demon.

After entering the station, Gong Xichao waved his hand and left the things on the ground as they were. Lu Cijiu didn't explain much to Dou Qinglan, who was scratching her head with curiosity.

If you have a close relationship and get along well, you will know it later.

The kids came out and called for Brother Dou, and started lining up to work. Lu Cijiu started unpacking the packages, starting with his underwear, and ordered, "Bring a basket."

Dalong and Weiba ran very fast and soon came out with a straw basket, which was used to store dirty clothes.

"This needs to be washed, take it to the bathroom later."

"This is in the locker."

"Brother Gong, please move the seafood to the kitchen."

Soon, the pile of things was reduced to packaging, which Lu Cijiu gathered up, rolled up, and tossed into the trash can. Initially, their station didn't collect household waste, but later the neighborhood office took over, and the garbage truck would come every day to collect it.

Of course you have to pay for garbage collection when you leave.

Dou Qinglan was a simple-minded person, so he quickly adapted to the situation without asking why. He took off his scarf and mask to help with the work. When he was done, he couldn't sit still and asked loudly, "Brother Lu, can I have a tour? This place is amazing. It's like a dream rural life."

"Go ahead. The bedroom is not suitable." Lu Cijiu asked Dalong and the others to take Brother Dou out to play.

No need to help with the work.

The kids were feeling quite disappointed, so they had to cheer themselves up and play with Brother Dou.

Douqinglan: ...

"Why do you love working so much? I hated running errands when I was a kid." His older brother always asked him to run errands no matter what he did. Dou Qinglan was very resentful, but when he saw the Taoist children running around, he thought they were cute.

Now he knew why his elder brother loved to order him around.

Zhou Cheng washed his hands and went into the kitchen to help. He turned around and said to Xiaohong, who was curled up on the windowsill, "Go play with the kids. The smoke and chili peppers are too strong here."

Xiaohong ignored it completely and remained as unshakable as a rock.

Zhou Cheng: "If the smell of cooking fumes is strong, I'll have to take a shower later."

As Lu Cijiu was about to see Xiaohong, who had just been acting so arrogantly and saying, "I just love to stay at home," suddenly jumped out of the window with a nimble "swoosh" and disappeared without a trace.

"Brother Cheng is awesome!"

Zhou Cheng smiled and said, "I learned this from you too."

"???" Lu Cijiu quickly realized, "You mean training Boss Diao? When he first came, he was really arrogant, doing nothing, and he was easily angered and wanted to save face. He got angry at the slightest thing and was completely unreasonable. But if you get to know him better, you'll know that Brother Gong is actually pretty good. He's good at math and a top-notch debt collector. After he came, we immediately became well-off, and he's not so feudal and chauvinistic. He helps with the work..."

Gong Xichao, who was throwing clothes into the washing machine next door: He knew that Lu Cijiu secretly called him Diao.

What is face-saving?

Doesn’t he, Kunpeng of the ancient divine vein, have any prestige?

It was obvious that Lu Cijiu had deliberately angered him.

Then I heard praise.

Gong Xichao snorted. Lu Cijiu liked to secretly tell him some true feelings behind his back.

Forget it, let Lu Cijiu go this time.

Lu Cijiu had no idea that these words had been heard by Boss Diao, nor that he had barely escaped the experience of Boss Diao getting irrationally angry and giving him the cold shoulder—and then being flattered with praise. Although Boss Diao was easy to coax, he'd avoid flattery if possible.

The hot pot base is made by ourselves, including the spicy hot pot.

Zhou Cheng is from Yuncheng. People in Yuncheng like salty and spicy food and can eat spicy food, but Zhou Cheng has been studying and working in Shanghai for ten years. His daily taste is light and he can eat heavy food.

So I made a shuangyuan hotpot.

The soup base is made from big bone soup and chicken racks. The spicy hot pot uses beef tallow mixed with rapeseed oil to stir-fry chili peppers, fish maw, broad bean paste, and fermented black beans. Spices are also added. After the soup comes out, the residue is filtered out and the taste is spicy and stimulating.

After a while, the fragrance came out and Douqinglan came in with four others following behind it.

"It smells so good, Brother Lu, you are so awesome. You can cook and catch ghosts. Apart from getting pregnant, what else can't you do?" Dou Qinglan said.

Lu Cijiu: ...a perfect summary.

"Okay, time to eat. Let's eat in the yard."

The dining table in the main room is too small.

The weather was cold, but the hotpot we had was cooked over charcoal fire, and the jade bed in the yard was surrounded by tents to block the wind, so the temperature was just right.

The cubs put the round mat away.

Everyone took off their shoes and sat on mats to start.

Dou Qinglan came uninvited, but brought a lot of high-quality ingredients, such as king crab, lobster, abalone, salmon, etc. Not to mention boxes of imported fruits.

"Brother Lu, can you take a photo and post it on Weibo?"

"Okay." He's open regularly anyway.

We took a group photo before eating, and then Dou Qinglan sent it out casually.

Douqinglanlan: I came to Luge's house, I like it very much. Nine-square grid picture.

This guy is very curious and everything is new to him, including hot pot dishes, vegetable fields, wells, Lego blocks made by kittens, toy cars of the kittens, grape trellises in the yard, and so on.

In the middle is a group photo.

As soon as it was released, fans immediately left messages, reaching thousands in minutes.

[Is this taken with the original camera? My brother is so handsome, his looks are amazing.]

[What's Lu Cijiu's background, and why is Dou Qinglan so supportive? I'm a little jealous.]

[I guess he's a second-generation rich kid? He seems quite wealthy. He previously recorded a cooking video, and there's been a lot of analysis on the internet. The courtyard is huge, and you can see the layout. There's an outdoor hot spring pool. The Taoist children have a room for their toys, and there's even a place for Legos. This isn't something your average family can achieve. I heard he's quite wealthy.]

A classmate of mine who majored in history once said that the fruit plates in Lu Cijiu's home looked like they were from the Song Dynasty.

Master Lu and his ex-boyfriend are a perfect match. The original camera is just as good. I think it looks even better than the pea blue.

[Wow, I like that cold, abstinent brother with glasses. Who is he?]

【??? The internet celebrity fans are starting to blow their top hats again.】

[Stop arguing. Go somewhere else. This is Lan's Weibo. My little brother is so handsome. Focus on him.]

[u1s1, everyone at this table is so good-looking, I'm a fan of u1s1, hugging one and taking a deep breath.]

There was a lot of noise online, but everyone in the institute was having a great time eating hotpot.

Not long after, Dou Qinglan's phone rang. It was his agent calling. Because he was eating, he turned on the speakerphone and said casually, "Well, I'm in Yuncheng. I'll go to the recording with Brother Lu. Anyway, I don't have any plans these days, so I'm eating."

The agent sounded worried, "Is it safe? Do you want to call a bodyguard? You have a lot of illegitimate children, and now they're exposed in Yuncheng. Master Lu's address is known to netizens if they dig it up. What if something happens when you don't have anyone with you?"

Mr. Dou handed his younger brother over to him. The first priority was safety, and he didn’t care whether it would be popular or not.

"It's okay, my brother Lu is very capable, nothing will happen, don't worry, I've already told my brother." Dou Qinglan said it casually, he didn't say shit to his brother.

But the agent didn't know and believed it to be true, and just gave a few instructions and let it go.

After the call ended, Dou Qinglan started singing, "Brother Lu, Brother Lu, you are really amazing."

There is nothing wrong with turning Lu Ge into Monkey Brother.

Lu Bijiu: ...

"Eat your meal." He turned around and tidied up the broken bed for Dou Qinglan to sleep on.

They were enjoying their meal, and some people online started digging up the address for the old couple. They were Dou Qinglan's illegitimate fans, and some local fans were also watching, thinking that they weren't illegitimate fans, but just wanted to see their brother from a distance when he came to Yuncheng, so they wouldn't bother him.

forum.

[LZ: Does anyone know Lu Cijiu? He's the popular online metaphysics master. Does anyone know where he lives?]

[1: In Yuncheng, judging by the environment, it should be near the mountains.]

[2: Yuncheng has a lot of mountainous areas. I dug out his previous videos and watched them again. Someone asked about the earliest one, and Lu Cijiu replied "Shanhai Village."]

[3: Yuncheng locals, we don't have a Shanhai Village here, is he kidding? There's only a Haishan, but it's incredibly large, spanning a vast area.]

[4: Where on earth is Shanhai Village?! I want to see my brother. I've bought my plane ticket and will be arriving in Yuncheng this afternoon.]

…

People began to dig into whether it was Shanhai Village or Haishan, and some fans even called to inquire.

On this day, the local tourism service number received many inquiries about where Shanhai Village was. Everyone was puzzled. When did Shanhai Village become a popular tourist attraction in the local area?

[198: Stop going off topic. I've fought everyone I could. I even asked my grandma, and she's not sure if there's really a Shanhai Village in Yuncheng, only Haishan. I'm planning to go over there and take a look. Maybe I can spot my brother. A courtyard this size should be pretty conspicuous.]

[200: Report!!! I just checked it out. After asking a lot of people, I finally found the exact information. Lu Cijiu's courtyard house is in Haishan. A student saw it while shopping in town. He also said the bridge is near the Haishan intersection.]

[201: I'm driving nearby. I'm going to explore the road first.]

Ten minutes later, everyone asked 201 if he had found it. 201 replied: I arrived but didn’t see the courtyard house. Instead, there was a construction site on the hillside. I’ll go and ask.

[323: I've found out that Master Lu has a formation. Those who aren't invited won't be able to see where the courtyard is. I really can't find it.]

【324:? ? ?】

[325: Is this really that awesome?]

323 even took photos and uploaded them, revealing that there really wasn't a blue brick courtyard. Furious, the fans left messages on the Yuncheng official Weibo account, complaining that Lu Cijiu was engaging in superstitious practices and kidnapping their brother, demanding their brother be handed over. They also asked, "Can you please change the address? Why not call it Haishan? It's clearly Shanhai!"

They spent a long time looking for it. If you change it to Shanhai, it will be much simpler and clearer.

Lu Cijiu only found out that he had been reported when he received a call from the street office.

"Report me for kidnapping Dou Qinglan???"

What the hell.

"We also need to change the name of Haishan???"

The people from the subdistrict office were also confused, "Did you kidnap anyone?"

Lu Bijiu: ...

"Of course not. This is my friend who came to hang out with me. He's a celebrity." He was still confused. He used Diao Zong's mobile phone to search the Internet for some information and explained to the director of the street office that it was just a random report made by fans.

Upon hearing this, the director of the subdistrict office was furious and said, "These young women are talking nonsense instead of doing their jobs. We've been called Haishan for decades, and now we're changing the name. It's really unreasonable. By the way, why is your shelter called Shanhai and not Haishan? The root of it lies with you."

Lu Bijiu: ...

Because we are all mountain and sea children.

Of course this cannot be said.

After finally making himself understood, the call ended.

Dou Qinglan was angry and guilty for causing trouble for Brother Lu, "I'll go out and chase them away."

"No need." Lu Cijiu stopped him and said, "It's getting dark. I'll find a way to make sure they don't dare to do it again."

Dou Qinglan's smile gradually became distorted.