She turned around and looked at Huo Fengyan who came in.

He teased her, "You're not afraid of being seen."

Xu Qingzhi said: "Except you, there is no one else."

Huo Fengyan walked closer, and a little paper man peeling garlic came over uninterested and touched his arm with his round little head.

Xu Qingzhi: “…”

"Go back and peel your garlic."

After hearing the owner's fierce words, the little paper man flew over tremblingly to peel the garlic.

They are not completely mindless paper people, but young spirits.

When she was cultivating the immortal world, there was a severe drought in the human world. The children who died had no flesh bodies. Because they were eaten by humans, not even bones were left. These children without flesh bodies could not be reincarnated.

She then developed the Paper Man Technique to take in these young spirits who had nowhere to go and would eventually dissipate.

It was such a boring thing, and only Feng Yan was bored and willing to accompany her.

Later, she often cut out small paper figures and let them out to move around, and usually kept them in the spiritual space. They slowly absorbed the spiritual energy, and when the opportunity came, they could be reincarnated as normal people.

"I will return to Kyoto in the afternoon. Zhang Qi will stay here to help you deal with the lawsuit." Huo Fengyan took out a string of turquoise jade beads with white and green tassels hanging from them and handed it over: "I released my memories in it, if you want to see it."

He came across time and space from the world of immortal cultivation, relying on a medium related to her. This green jade necklace was the one she gave him.

Xu Qingzhi looked at the jade necklace, and some memories about it automatically emerged in his mind.

At that time, she asked Feng Yan for a long fiery red whip as a weapon, and Feng Yan asked her to give her something as well before he would give it to her.

She went to stroll around the human world and randomly picked out this jade necklace from a small stall. It was not valuable and only cost her a few taels of silver. It was not as valuable as the fiery red whip that was coveted by several major sects.

In addition to the fiery red whip, his treasure trove also contained many rare things that made Xu Qingzhi envious.

But he always took the worthless jade necklace she gave him with him, and when he went to cause trouble in the sect competition, he was still pounding the worthless jade necklace in his hand.

It turned out to be a huge mistake.

The faces of the elders from all the major sects changed suddenly, and they were amazed at how the great devil had obtained the powerful jade necklace from somewhere and was unwilling to let it go.

The Qingyun Sect, a small sect, finally got a chance to compete that year. The master hoped that the eldest brother would perform well in the competition and move up the ranking so that he could get better resources.

As a result, because everyone was too afraid of the jade beads, the competition that year was cancelled.

At that time, Xu Qingzhi, one of the few people who knew about the incident, tried to comfort the old master by saying that it was just a worthless little thing and that he had seen it in the human world.

The master simply didn't want to hear her out. He grabbed her and flew away on his sword, muttering, "Let's go! You can't even beat that big devil with a fingernail. Let your brothers take the blame!"

Thinking about it now, Xu Qingzhi still feels warm in his heart.

Don't want to think about it anymore.

The jade skewer was casually stuffed into her trouser pocket, and then she directed the little paper people to continue cooking.

He went to make a cup of honey water, then leisurely moved a bamboo chair and sat at the kitchen door to supervise the work.

After a long while, she asked again: "Then you are leaving in the afternoon, will you still have lunch?"

Huo Fengyan said slowly: "I didn't plan to do that originally, but I haven't eaten the food cooked by these little guys for a long time, so I wanted to try it."

"Well, but there are too many people eating at noon today, and the villagers have all come to help, so we have to wait until everyone comes back before we start eating. So, I'll get you a few small bowls of food, and you can eat quietly and leave early." Xu Qingzhi didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It was just like when she was in a hurry to go back to school and there was a dinner party at home, her mother would always make her a few small bowls of food so that she could finish eating early and rush back to school.

She ordered a paper man to separate the menu into a small portion and told Huo Fengyan to eat quickly.

Huo Fengyan obediently took the bowl of rice and stood in the kitchen. He picked up the dishes in the small bowl and started eating, taking bites of rice and bites of vegetables.

Xu Qingzhi felt the presence of her parents approaching. She moved her fingers and the busy little paper people floated in the air. She took the spatula and stir-fried the water spinach twice before serving.

Wang Yanmei and Xu Fuqiang came in from the front door and went straight to the kitchen.

Wang Yanmei was covered in mud. She was worried about her daughter cooking so many dishes, so she thought about coming back to help. However, she saw that the dishes were almost done.

Xu Fuqiang immediately looked at Xiao Huo and Qing Zhi with a scrutinizing look, "What are you two doing here?"

Xu Qingzhi raised the spatula and said, "Dad, I'm cooking. Huo Fengyan is leaving this afternoon, so I asked him to eat first so that he won't miss the plane."

Xu Fuqiang looked alert and carefully, making sure that Qingzhi was not lying before he slowly responded.

Wang Yanmei was shocked when she heard this. “What? We’re leaving in the afternoon? Fuqiang, hurry up and go to the back mountain to catch two chickens and two ducks!”

Xu Qingzhi: ...

"Mom, no need."

"Children should not interrupt when adults are talking." Wang Yanmei said to her harshly, then looked at Huo Fengyan with the caring look of an elder: "Xiao Huo, your uncle and I are really embarrassed to have brought so many gifts when you came. We don't have anything else good at home, so you must accept these chickens and ducks and take them back for your family to taste. It's fast to take a plane and will arrive in the evening, so you can have a fresh meal tonight. I'll ask Qingzhi to send the vegetables to you this afternoon, and they will arrive tomorrow morning, so you must accept them."

Huo Fengyan responded: "Okay, thank you aunt and uncle."

Wang Yanmei was furious when she saw Xu Fuqiang standing there in a daze. She dragged him to the back hill. When she left the house, she was still muttering, "This little Huo brought such an expensive gift for the first time. If we give him chickens and ducks in return, it shouldn't be looked down upon, right?"

"I've inquired about it these days. Xiao Huo's family is probably very rich. Rich people like this pay attention to etiquette." Xu Fuqiang didn't know what he was saying. "Hey, I'm afraid Qingzhi will be bullied if she marries there. Some rich people pay attention to matching. If Qingzhi is bullied, Kyoto is so far away, it won't be easy for us to go there. Qingzhi's grandfather will definitely not agree to Qingzhi marrying so far away."

"You just act on impulse. The first day of the month hasn't even passed yet, but you're already thinking about the fifteenth. I'm asking you, is it impolite to return the gift in this way?"

Xu Fuqiang muttered, "How would I know? This is the first time I've encountered this."

Wang Yanmei sighed, "I can't count on you. Go catch some chickens and ducks. I'll go to the fields to pick some vegetables."

Xu Qingzhi, who has excellent hearing, listened to the conversation between his parents...

(End of this chapter)