Chapter 354 Return
"Does a homeless person intend to stay in my Lotus Pavilion forever?"
"You can't say that. We've been through thick and thin together, after all."
Fang Duobing sat down in front of Li Lianhua, his eyes filled with sincerity: "Besides, Brother Lan hasn't come back yet. What would it mean if I left like this?"
Li Lianhua paused in packing her things, suppressing her emotions, and said casually, "He went to find the person he was looking for, and he won't be coming back."
"Really?" Fang Duobing asked skeptically. "Is the person Brother Lan is looking for Di Feisheng?"
Li Lianhua didn't speak, and Fang Duobing didn't need his reply either, continuing his analysis on his own. He rambled on and on, his bottom never leaving his seat, his main point being that he absolutely wouldn't move.
"Hey, these hawthorns are pretty good."
Fang Duobing casually picked up the hawthorns that Li Lianhua had served and put them in his mouth without any hesitation, commenting as he ate.
Li Lianhua was amused by his shamelessness: "Was this served to you?"
"Hey, we're practically family, no need to be so polite."
Fang Duobing waved his hand, and his impolite words reminded Li Lianhua of someone else. By the time he came to his senses, Fang Duobing had already finished a bowl and was serving himself another bowl.
"With Brother Lan gone, your Lotus Pavilion is just missing a partner like me who can eat well, fight well, and is handsome too—wouldn't it be wonderful if we went on adventures together?"
Li Lianhua remained unmoved and raised her hand to stop him: "Stop! I'm just a wandering doctor, I have no interest in solving cases with you. I just don't understand, do you really want to join this Baichuan Academy?"
“Of course! The Four Gates are gone, and my master has disappeared, but I can’t forget the promise I made to him,” Fang Duobing said emphatically. “Besides, the Great Demon King Di Feisheng is still alive, and we don’t even know what happened to Brother Lan when he went after him…”
"In short, for my master and for Brother Lan, I will never give up."
Looking at Fang Duobing's serious face, Li Lianhua couldn't help but sigh and offered a few words of heartfelt advice: "You can't always live up to other people's expectations. Perhaps Li Xiangyi never had such high expectations of you, and as for Lan Yan... you don't need to worry about his abilities."
"I'm telling you, you're a good person in every way, except you love to dampen people's spirits." Fang Duobing slammed his chopsticks on the bowl, indignant. "I've been telling you all this because I genuinely consider you a friend, and you...you..."
Fang Duobing blinked hard, but found his eyelids getting heavier and heavier. Then he collapsed onto the table and fell into a deep sleep.
Li Lianhua shook her head. What a forgetful greenhorn!
"Soothing incense, sleep well."
Looking at the incense sticks emitting wisps of smoke on the table, Li Lianhua chuckled, rolled up her sleeves, skillfully placed Fang Duobing outside the Lotus Pavilion, and then drove the Lotus Pavilion away.
"You vixen, let's go together."
...
"Old man, the scenery here is nice, the air is fresh, it's a good place."
Li Lianhua sat in front of Qi Mushan's grave, drinking and talking.
"Old man, you probably have no idea what I've been through lately. I wouldn't believe it if you told me," Li Lianhua couldn't help but laugh. "Old man, you too, in a different world, you even gave me a different senior brother. Oh, in a different world, my master might not even be you. I misunderstood you. Let me toast you..."
Li Lianhua gently poured the wine from his wine jug onto the ground, saying, "This is the finest wine, you're getting a good deal."
The empty wine jug was set aside, and Li Lianhua's smile vanished. "Li Xiangyi's senior brother is still Li Xiangyi's senior brother... Old man, don't worry, I haven't forgotten. I will bring back my senior brother's remains. I've discovered some news: Di Feisheng is still alive..."
After chatting with his master for a long time on the mountain, Li Lianhua, slightly drunk, rushed back to the Lotus Pavilion as the sun was setting, only to find candles lit inside.
Did I light a lamp before I came out?
Li Lianhua felt somewhat confused, yet also a little expectant, and slowly walked in.
"A vixen?"
"Woof—"
The fox spirit, who was engrossed in eating, looked up and gave Li Lianhua a look as a greeting, before resuming her immersive mukbang.
"You're back?"
At this moment, Lan Yan, dressed in a moon-white long robe, came out of the kitchen as if he had never left, and greeted him familiarly: "Have you not been taking the medicine I prescribed recently? Come and drink your medicine."
"oh."
Li Lianhua responded subconsciously, and by the time she realized what was happening, she had already walked over and picked up the medicine bowl.
No, when did he become so obedient? This person didn't even explain, so why should he drink the medicine!
Li Lianhua decided to be brave this time. She put down the medicine bowl and was about to question him: "You..."
Just then, a clear and familiar young voice suddenly came from the second floor.
"Wow, have I become this amazing in just over ten years? I can even build buildings now? Looking at it this way, Old Di, you're not so great. In over ten years, you haven't made any progress other than becoming an elder!"
"Shut up!"
"Senior brother, help! Someone's killing someone—"
"All wounded, stay put and don't fight!"
Seeing Lan Yan unusually raise his voice to warn her, and then the clattering noises upstairs instantly disappeared, Li Lianhua was dumbfounded.
He finished the medicine in the bowl in one go, and the bitter taste brought him back to reality, confirming that everything had really happened and was not his imagination.
"You...upstairs..."
This was the first time Li Lianhua had learned what incoherent speech meant.
“That’s right,” Lan Yan nodded calmly, “Li Xiangyi and Di Feisheng are upstairs.”
"..." Li Lianhua spun around in circles, lost and confused. She had no time to think about anything else. "Is this reasonable?"
"That makes perfect sense."
"Is this right?" Li Lianhua pressed on, unwilling to give up.
"Why shouldn't it be like this?" Lan Yan remained calm.
His finger trembled as he pointed to the second floor: "Li Xiangyi? And Di Feisheng?"
"That's right, Li Xiangyi and Di Feisheng. Oh, they did sleep in your bed, but it's too small. Don't worry, I'll change your bedding."
"Is that the point?" Li Lianhua laughed angrily. "Go out and bring back Li Xiangyi and Di Feisheng, who have been missing for ten years, to the Lotus Pavilion?"
Li Lianhua emphasized the words "this world," which could be considered as partially tearing down the veil between the two.
Lan Yan remained largely unchanged, looking at him innocently: "If we don't go back to Lotus Pavilion, I can't exactly take the two of them to Hundred Rivers Courtyard or Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance, can I?"
The last two were even more disastrous, Li Lianhua sighed. But she soon realized that these weren't the only three sources!
Good, good, good, that's Lan Yan's style. Sure enough, getting involved with him means getting into big trouble.
Thinking this to herself, Li Lianhua's lips unconsciously curled up into a smile.
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