You could feel the old man's joy even through the screen; he was definitely playing the victim on purpose.
Lin Xi said helplessly, "Shut up, you're hurting my eyes."
Master Jingyuan's eyes curved slightly, revealing a large number of wrinkles, and he looked very happy.
He took a breath. "Excuse me, little grandmaster, I just remembered something happy, hehe."
"Senior Uncle, Senior Brother, Abbot, Elder Jingyuan, have you finished speaking? We also want to speak with our Junior Grandmaster..."
A large group of people suddenly approached, and Master Jingyuan was surrounded in the middle. He grabbed his phone and shouted, "Don't push! One at a time!"
No one listened to him, so Master Jingyuan had no choice but to move out of Linxi.
"With the Junior Grandmaster here, no disrespect is allowed!"
The crowd immediately fell silent and lined up in a queue.
Lin Xi saw several familiar faces. "Old man, introduce yourself."
Master Jingyuan shifted to a more comfortable position and said, "Please introduce yourselves."
The four old men waved, "Greetings, Junior Grandmaster! Greetings, Junior Grandmaster!"
Lin Xi remembered these people; they used to chase after her and force her to drink milk.
They are an old man with an extremely long beard, an old man with a long beard, an old man with a short beard, and an old man without a beard.
Lin Xi waved and said, "Hello."
Fu Jingyao followed her, saying, "Hello."
A gasp erupted from the crowd, "Young Master is fucking handsome! So handsome my legs are weak!"
Lin Xi glanced at them coldly, "Who said that? Step forward."
Master Jingyuan grabbed the beardless old man's ear, "You're finished for talking nonsense in front of your junior master!"
The bearded old man, named Xuyuan, is good for nothing except eating, and loves to joke.
Lin Xi used to steal his rice bowl when he was a child, and the old man hasn't changed at all.
Xu Yuan chuckled awkwardly, "Little Grandmaster, I'm sorry."
Lin Xi said calmly, "You shouldn't have said that to me."
Xu Yuan shouted three times, "Grandmaster, I'm sorry."
Master Jingyuan glared at him, "Little Grandmaster, I'll help you beat up Xuyuan."
The young master just agreed to repair the Taoist temple; it can't be destroyed because of this.
He was very perceptive. "Young Grandmaster, what do you think?"
Fu Jingyao curled his lips, completely ignoring everyone else and focusing all his attention on Lin Xi.
Xixi was just protecting him, defending him, and caring for him...
Master Jingyuan was puzzled, but his junior grandmaster seemed even happier than he was.
He doesn't look angry, so why isn't he saying anything?
Master Jingyuan called out again, "Little Grandmaster."
Fu Jingyao slowly parted his lips and said, "It's all up to Xixi."
Master Jingyuan's teeth felt a little sore.
Oh dear~ I threw dog food all over his face.
The matter of the Taoist temple's renovation has been resolved; I'll hang up the phone now.
He ordered, "Hurry up, continue."
One by one, the people behind her greeted her. Lin Xi didn't recognize most of them; she only remembered the five old men and Yun Yan.
Master Jingyuan spoke up: "Yuanqing Temple has a total of twenty-eight disciples. Yunyan and others are outside, so there are exactly twenty people present."
Lin Xi counted, "Nineteen. Where's the last one?"
“Here he is.” Master Jingyuan picked up a child. “His youngest disciple, Nantian.”
Most of the children in the temple were abandoned by their parents and had nowhere else to go, so they stayed here.
A very few are gifted, such as Yun Yan.
They generally lack talent and can only do small tasks.
Master Jingyuan has had a tough time these past few years; all the money he's earned has gone towards raising his children.
He patted the little dumpling in his hand, "Xu Yuan taught you, hurry up and say hello."
"Grandmaster Uncle, I know."
Nantian was three and a half years old. His big, grape-like eyes blinked as he said in a childish voice, "Greetings, Little Grandmaster. Greetings, Little Grandmaster."
Lin Xi smiled and said, "Hello."
Seeing the adorable dumpling, she understood why the old man was repairing the Taoist temple.
Children's skin is delicate and can't withstand the bite of a big rat.
Master Jingyuan exclaimed in surprise, "My phone is almost out of battery!"
He stuck out his tongue and said, "Little Grandmaster, Little Grandmaster, bye-bye."
The others crowded in front of the screen, shouting in unison, "Goodbye, Junior Grandmaster! Goodbye, Junior Grandmaster!"
Before he could finish speaking, the video call ended, and the last scene was a shot of Nantian's squashed face.
Lin Xi put away her phone and continued tidying up the gifts her grandparents had given her.
...
The weather is getting cooler, summer is gradually coming to an end, and autumn is just around the corner.
Lin Xi went to the fortune-telling hall as usual.
Ji Heng was guarding the door alone. When he saw her, he immediately went up to her and said, "Boss, you've arrived."
"Okay, let's start today's divination."
Ji Heng nodded, "Okay, please come in, sir."
As soon as Lin Xi entered the door, she bumped into two strangely dressed people.
Wearing black clothes, a mask, and a hat, completely covered up except for two big, round eyes.
This outfit clearly identifies them as the big star Jiang Ji and his agent Su Zikun.
Lin Xi's expression remained unchanged. "You've arrived."
Su Zikun chuckled, "Master Lin, long time no see. Just pretend we're invisible. Go about your business as usual. We'll just sit in the corner and listen to your stories, haha."
Jiang Ji stood there, stunned, his eyes slightly reddening, "Sister..."
He quickly corrected himself, saying, "Master Lin."
My sister said that her identity must not be revealed, and that she should be called Master Lin in front of outsiders.
He had been searching for his sister for nearly twenty years, but he couldn't call her by name, much less call her "sister."
Jiang Ji felt an endless bitterness welling up in his heart because he couldn't say those two simple words openly.
He took a deep breath, composed himself, and forced a smile.
"Master Lin, I recently went to Shanghai for an event and brought back some local specialties. Would you mind accepting them?"
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