Chapter 16 He is a pure master

"What are you afraid of?"

Chu Ran's breath was choked.

After thinking for a while, he changed the question to a more understandable one, "Is there anything in this world that scares you when you see it?"

Li Fu: “No.”

"That's impossible." Chu Ran said doubtfully, "As long as you are a human, you will be afraid of something, unless you are not a human."

Li Fu turned over and asked Chu Ran seriously, "As long as you are a human, will you be afraid of something?"

"Yes." Chu Ran said, "Everyone has weaknesses. As long as there are weaknesses, there will certainly be things to be afraid of."

"What are they?"

"What are they?" Chu Ran thought for a moment and said, "There are many. For example, some people are afraid of mice, some are afraid of cockroaches, but basically most people are afraid of fierce beasts like tigers and lions. You should be afraid of them too, right?"

Li Fu shook his head: "I'm not afraid."

Chu Ran frowned, "Aren't you afraid?"

Li Fu seemed very confused and asked: "Why should we be afraid? What is so scary about these things?"

What's so scary?

How could someone ask such a question?

Although he is not afraid of rats and cockroaches, everyone would be afraid of fierce beasts like tigers and lions.

The question he asked was strange and Chu Ran had no idea how to answer it.

"Then you are not afraid of death?"

If you are not afraid of tigers and lions, you should at least be afraid of death.

No one is not afraid of death.

"Why are you afraid of death?" Li Fu's expression became more and more puzzled. "Is life really interesting?"

Is life really interesting?

This is a question Chu Ran has never thought about.

He thought about it carefully and realized that for most people, life didn't seem to have much meaning. But even so, everyone was trying very hard to live.

Chu Ran felt that what Li Fu said was wrong, but he didn't know how to refute it.

Chu Ran couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it. He just said sincerely, "Then you are really amazing."

No matter what, Chu Ran felt that people like Li Fu who were not afraid of anything were pure gentlemen.

Grandpas who couldn't be more pure.

The coolest person he had ever met.

Because everyone has something to be afraid of, but Li Fu doesn’t, so he is very cool.

"Five days have passed." Li Fu said.

Chu Ran knew that what Li Fu meant was that five days had passed since the incident.

Chu Ran felt that Li Fu's words seemed to be mocking him, but in fact Li Fu did not mean that. However, Chu Ran still felt a little uneasy.

"I... I just can't sleep." Chu Ran whispered, "It's not because of that."

"Yeah." Li Fu said, "I know, you just can't sleep. I can't sleep sometimes too."

"Yes, that's right." Chu Ran said.

"When will you be unable to sleep?" Chu Ran asked.

Didn't he say there was nothing to be afraid of? If he was never afraid, how could he still be unable to sleep?

"When I'm hungry." said Li Fu.

Chu Ran: “Oh…”

After a long time, so long that Li Fu was about to fall asleep, Chu Ran suddenly muttered in a daze, "I'm so sleepy... I'm going to sleep first..."

After saying that, Chu Ran turned over, and soon the room was filled with the sound of even and long breathing.

Without Guo Maoxue's bullying and oppression, Chu Ran's life was much smoother than before.

Moreover, since he started sharing a bed with Li Fu at night, Chu Ran no longer had nightmares, and he even slept more soundly than before when he was alone.

In order to ensure a good sleep, Chu Ran would consciously come over and take the initiative to squeeze into the same bed with Li Fu at night.

At first, he would go back to his own yard during the day, but as time went on, for convenience, he simply moved all his things to Li Fu's yard.

Since then, he seldom returned to his yard except to complete his daily work.

Summer is here.

The weather has been getting hotter recently. When Chu Ran came back, he brought a pot of wine. He tied the wine with a rope and hung it in the well. Then he said to Li Fu, "When I come back, I will bring some food. Let's drink this pot of wine together."

Li Fu asked: "Go see Li Dingning."

Chu Ran was surprised: "How do you know?"

"I saw it once. You meet often."

"Yeah." Chu Ran said, "I promised him that I would meet him every few days. He likes to listen to my stories. I won't say anymore. I'm almost late. I'm leaving now."

If Chu Ran turned around at this moment, he would find that Li Fu had a cold face and did not seem very happy.

On the way to the agreed location, Chu Ran was suddenly stopped by a strange eunuch he had never met before.

"Little Linzi Master."

Chu Ran turned around and looked at the unfamiliar face. Before he could ask any questions, the eunuch smiled and said, "I just went to your residence and saw that you were not there. I thought I would never see you again. Concubine Xi asked me to pass a message to you, saying that you should go over now."

Chu Ran immediately showed a puzzled expression on his face.

Concubine Xi? Summon him?

Did Concubine Xi know him? So she summoned him?

oh……

He almost forgot that, to be honest, Concubine Xi was the aunt of the original person Chu Qinglin.

Of course, since she is Chu Qinglin's aunt, she is also the protagonist's aunt.

Chu Qinglin's father is now the Minister of Personnel, and he is a biological sister of Concubine Xi. Concubine Xi entered the palace as a concubine, so Chu Qinglin's father sent Chu Qinglin, who was only five years old, to the palace to be a eunuch. Originally, he planned to let Chu Qinglin be a liaison in the palace to pass messages between the Chu family and Concubine Xi, but Concubine Xi did not like or trust Chu Qinglin, so she used him very few times.

If it wasn't absolutely necessary, Concubine Xi would never see him.

Chu Ran thought for a moment and said, "My dear eunuch, I have an appointment with someone. Can we meet another day?"

The eunuch's expression changed immediately, and he said sternly: "Eunuch Xiao Linzi, please don't forget your identity, but Concubine Xi wants to see you."

Chu Ran was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, then you lead the way."

Concubine Xi lived in Zixia Palace. When Chu Ran entered the room, Concubine Xi was sitting at the table drinking tea. When she saw Chu Ran coming in from outside, she smiled and said, "Qinglin is here."

Chu Qinglin said: "I have met the Concubine Xi."

As Chu Ran lowered his head, he was thinking, "This is not right, Jin'er. Doesn't Concubine Xi dislike him? Why is she still smiling at him?"

"We are aunt and niece, so there's no need to be polite. Please take a seat."

Something is not right.

Chu Ran hesitated whether he should sit down, but forget it, she had already let him sit down, and if he didn’t sit down, wouldn’t that be disrespecting her?

Just sit down.

Chu Ran sat down.

When Concubine Xi saw Chu Ran sitting down, she seemed stunned for a moment. She was just being polite, but she didn't expect Chu Ran to actually sit down.

Concubine Xi stared at Chu Ran for a while. It was really strange. When she saw him before, he was always timid and couldn't even raise his head straight. Why did he feel different when she saw him today...

Chu Ran just happened to raise his head and saw Concubine Xi staring at him, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Concubine Xi's eyes flashed, and she quickly looked away.