When Ruan Ruan got home that day, the first thing she did was go to find her grandfather. "Grandpa, Grandpa, I'm back! Where are you?" As soon as she entered the door, Ruan Ruan didn't look at her grandfather, but called out to the door.
"Here it is!" Hearing his beloved granddaughter calling him, the old man, who was picking vegetables with his grandmother in the backyard, put the vegetables in his basket and answered while washing his hands.
Upon hearing her grandfather's voice, Ruan Ruan stuffed her bag into Huo Haocheng's arms and quickly walked towards the backyard.
After washing his hands, the old man also walked towards the front yard. The two met outside the kitchen. "Grandpa, Grandpa, I heard from Huo Haocheng that you have a friend who can predict the future. Could you please ask him to help me calculate when would be the best time to start construction on the factory?" Seeing the old man, Ruan Ruan stepped forward and took his arm, saying in a coquettish tone.
After hearing Ruan Ruan's words, the old man did not immediately express his opinion, but looked at Ruan Ruan with a conflicted expression.
"...Wh-what's wrong?" Seeing her grandfather looking at her with such a troubled expression, Ruan Ruan's first thought was, "Has Grandpa's friend passed away? Or did I accidentally bring up something that saddened Grandpa?"
"It's nothing, I was just thinking that it's not convenient to contact him now?" Before, when he called him in the village, the villagers didn't think anything of it. They just assumed it was the old man talking to Huo Haocheng, and no one would eavesdrop. But now, if he wants to make a call, he has to go to the post office, which means there's a good chance someone will hear him. It's quite troublesome.
"Grandpa, don't worry. Huo Haocheng will apply for the phone installation tomorrow. There's no rush. We can make calls after the phone is installed." Seeing her grandfather's concerns, Ruan Ruan said that she was not in a hurry. As long as the person was found, it didn't matter when, and there was no rush for a few hours.
After agreeing with the old man, Ruan Ruan helped prepare dinner, while Huo Haocheng played with the children in the yard.
Huo Haocheng applied early the next morning, and the phone was installed that afternoon. Huo Haocheng also asked about the installation of phones in the factory in the future. The staff said that if they wanted to install so many phones at once, they would need to apply in advance. Therefore, Huo Haocheng submitted the application directly.
The main point is that since we're already here, we don't want to come back a second time.
After the telephone was installed and dinner was over, accompanied by Ruan Ruan and Huo Haocheng, the old man made his first call.
But as soon as the call connected, the old man handed the receiver to Ruan Ruan, saying, "You talk to him yourself."
"Hello....."
"Master?" Ruan Ruan recognized the voice immediately after hearing only one sound from the other end of the phone. However, she couldn't believe that she could hear her master's voice on the other end of the line.
Huo Haocheng, who was sitting next to Ruan Ruan, immediately sat up straight after hearing Ruan Ruan call him "Master," and looked at his grandfather sitting opposite him with some disbelief.
Seeing his grandson looking at him, the old man simply smiled and rolled his eyes at him.
Alright, the person on the other end is definitely my master.
Bai Shu, on the other end of the phone, was also surprised to hear from his apprentice. "Hmm, Ruan Ruan, what made you decide to call your master?"
At this moment, Bai Shu was sitting under a willow tree, fanning himself and drinking tea. He saw Ruan Ruan and the others sitting in the study. Seeing the surprised and delighted look on his apprentice's face when he heard his voice, Bai Shu felt quite happy.
This phone number was originally meant for Old Master Huo to contact Ruan Ruan if she needed anything. Of course, the phone number itself was fictitious, so it could only be answered when Old Master Huo dialed it.
"Master, I didn't expect this call to be from you. Master, I didn't know you could predict the future! Master, could you help me calculate when would be the best time to start construction on my land?" Ruan Ruan was also surprised by this unexpected surprise.
During her childbirth, she encountered danger and was brought to her master by Bai Ze. She always thought that her master was still in the Cloud Palace, and that the traces of her master's existence in this world were just things that her master casually stuffed into people's memories.
She never expected that her master would actually come to this world for her sake.
"Haha, okay, I'll calculate it for you right away." Bai Shu never expected that his once reckless apprentice would start to care about these things after experiencing life in the mortal world.
However, this is for the best. He has tempered his temper and will be able to inherit the position of Medicine King well when he returns to the Cloud Palace.
Bai Shu carefully calculated Ruan Ruan's birth date and time in this life, and slowly said to Ruan Ruan with anticipation, "The 21st of this month is an auspicious day for you."
May 20th is Ruan Ruan and Huo Haocheng's wedding anniversary. The master said the next day would be an auspicious day, and Ruan Ruan didn't doubt him at all.
"Okay, thank you, Master." On the 21st, Ruan Ruan was very satisfied and happily thanked her master. Then, as if she had thought of something, she said, "Master, when do you have time to come and see me?"
Facing the apprentice he had raised since childhood, Bai Shu knew exactly what she was thinking. She was pretending to be interested in him, but her real intention was to take his things. So he said, "Since you're not going, I'll send you something in a few days. Consider it a gift from me to your husband and children."
Bai Shu looked at Huo Haocheng, who was leaning against his disciple. Who would have thought that the God of War of the Heavenly Realm would be a love-struck fool!
"Thank you, Master!!!" Ruan Ruan was very happy to hear her master say that. She didn't care whether her master came or not, as long as she had achieved her goal.
"Alright, it's getting late, go get some rest." With that, Bai Shu waved his hand and the scene before him vanished.
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