Feng Qing's Douyin video was pretty good, basically just a perfunctory one. After finishing it, she sent it to her mother, and from then on, she let go of a big thing in her heart.

She didn't take it to heart at all.

But what was strange was that after she finished filming the Douyin video that day, she found that her Xiaobai was always in a trance.

Xiaobai was the smartest person in their inn, but he always looked a little confused these days, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"What's wrong, Xiaobai? Do you feel unwell?" Feng Qing took the opportunity to grab Xiaobai that day, and then asked with concern.

"I..." Xiaobai looked at Feng Qing's face, opened his mouth several times, but didn't know what to say.

Since they peeped that day, Xiaobai and the others knew the secret that the shopkeeper had been hiding.

Xiaobai couldn't say anything to the shopkeeper, because after all, they were the ones who peeped. But ever since he accidentally heard the shopkeeper's flute that day, the melody has been lingering in his mind for three days.

- Three days.

Do you know how he got through these three days?

It had been several days since that day, and no matter what Xiaobai did, the music would linger in his mind, and it was impossible to get rid of it even if he wanted to.

But despite this, when Xiaobai and the other guests in the inn saw the shopkeeper the next day, their mood was different from usual.

They looked at the shopkeeper's long bangs, and their minds couldn't help but recall the real appearance of the shopkeeper that they peeped at outside the window that day.

The next day after he became the shopkeeper, his body shape returned to its original state, which amazed them.

This bone-shrinking technique was truly amazing, so much so that Xiaobai had been secretly wondering how the shopkeeper shrank these days.

"This kid looks uneasy, what's going on? Is he... in love?" Feng Qing suddenly showed an extremely gossipy smile.

These days, she had always seen Xiaobai taking the eight or nine-year-old kid from the doorstep to wander around the doorstep, catching crickets and grasshoppers, and causing trouble to all the arthropods around. It was really a disaster that everyone hated. It was

great, childhood sweethearts.

However, being in love is not conducive to studying, so Feng Qing plans to make Xiaobai's study tasks even more difficult.

"By the way, wasn't there a scholar staying in our inn a few days ago? How come he suddenly disappeared?" Feng Qing was a little puzzled.

Although the scholar didn't give any money, Feng Qing didn't care about that.

It was really too shocking that a living person disappeared. Besides, the scholar was mute. If something really happened, they probably wouldn't be able to hear anything.

Feng Qing thought about it and still felt a little worried. She checked the surveillance and found that the scholar had quietly left by himself one night a few days ago. It seemed that he had not encountered anything bad and was not forced. This made her feel relieved.

Even so, it seemed a little too strange for him to leave alone.

Originally, Feng Qing had lived here with food and drink for several months and had no sense of crisis. But the sudden disappearance of the scholar sounded a wake-up call for her.

After all, this place was an environment she was not familiar with, and she was not sure what would happen. If something bad happened in their inn, it would be too late for Feng Qing to regret it.

But she was not worried about other people here. The only one she was worried about was Xiaobai.

Xiaobai was the cutest child she had ever seen. When he went out on the street, a bunch of uncles and aunts would force food into his arms. He was young and didn't seem to be very alert.

Moreover, he had been a little absent-minded recently. I don't know what he was thinking about.

Adding up all these factors, no matter how you look at it, Xiaobai is very dangerous. Feng Qing suddenly felt that she couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

She had to find a way to protect Xiaobai. After all, the child was living in her inn, so she had to ensure the child's safety.

"Come to think of it, the beauties this guy draws are really beautiful." After thinking for a while, Feng Qing looked back at the latest edition of the Jianghu tabloid.

This edition of the Jianghu tabloid magically came with an illustration.

The style of this painting is just made up of black and white lines, a bit like the prints that Feng Qing saw when she was a child, but this illustration really beats those prints.

The beauty painted on it, even with this painting method, Feng Qing thinks it is particularly beautiful, and she thinks that beauties have certain similarities whether they are modern or ancient.

Take this beauty for example.

Even if she were put on the Douyin platform in modern times, she would definitely become popular, completely breaking Feng Qing's previous brainwashing that ancient beauties are different from modern beauties.

The painter who painted this picture is said to be a particularly powerful person in the world, who is always crazy on weekdays. When Feng Qing heard this description, the image of a particularly arrogant and unruly gangster emerged in his mind. The one

holding a paintbrush in the left hand and a bottle of wine in the right hand, dressed a little sloppily but very stylishly, and would take a swig of wine from time to time.

Of course, if the wine was replaced with Coke, it would actually be similar to a certain netizen who Feng Qing knew online before who could paint. It felt like they were all like that when they were rushing to finish their manuscripts.

...But that person was not a big shot, and he didn't sound as cool as a crazy painter.

Feng Qing happily sent this painting to her friend who painted. Although she was a social phobia, Qin Hui had three friends, so there were still a few people in the world who were willing to pay attention to her.

Her friend took a look at it and exclaimed, "It's good, this painting is quite good."

"Really? How is it good?" Feng Qing herself couldn't see it at all.

"It's hard to explain to a guy like you. Anyway, few people use this method to paint now. Of course, this painting should have been re-engraved and re-painted. The person who re-painted it has good skills." Her friend was amazed.

"I didn't notice it." Feng Qing was a little surprised, "You seem to know a little more than I originally thought."

"Oh, otherwise our studies would be in vain." The friend joked, and then the two of them stared at the painting and exclaimed in unison, "It's so beautiful."

"It would be great if I had the chance to see it."

However... this matter just flashed through Feng Qing's mind, and he turned around and threw it out of his mind.

She was not a person with wild ideas. Look at the description of this person in the tabloids - a rare beauty in the world. It is estimated that she will never be able to touch such a person in her life. After all, transportation was not developed in ancient times. It is not like modern beautiful stars who can quickly become household names as long as they become famous.

They talked about this beauty for a while and hung up the phone. Feng Qing yawned and looked at Chu Xiaobai playing at the door, and fell into deep thought again.

She suddenly had a very good idea.

...

It was a morning with light rain. It

has been raining in Jiangnan recently. Feng Qing thought she was going to grow mushrooms. She looked up at the weather outside and thought that she had no appetite in such weather, so she would eat something sweet.

Then she told Li Qi that she wanted to eat glutinous rice balls.

"The shopkeeper wants to eat glutinous rice balls? Stop it, how can there be glutinous rice balls at this time..."

Chu Changzui muttered softly when he heard the shopkeeper's words. In ancient times, people ate according to the solar terms. They ate what was due at the right time. Things like rice dumplings, Yuanxiao, and moon cakes were even more special.

Not to mention these, even making dumplings was a big deal in ancient times, and it often involved a lot of fuss.

But Li Qi looked very calm, and didn't even raise his head.

He swept the floor silently for a while, and then he heard someone outside shouting, "Is anyone in the house? The takeaway has arrived."

"Here it is." Li Qi walked out very calmly and took a package from someone.

The package felt cold to the touch. When he opened it, he saw an extremely exquisite box inside. Even the most exquisite pastry shops would not use such a box. The outer layer of the box was wrapped in oil paper.

Li Qi calmly watched the man leave. Now he has also mastered some of the jargon of the organization under the shopkeeper.

For example, the word "express delivery" should mean "fast delivery", so every time Li Qi gets something delivered by someone who says "express delivery", he will always give it to the shopkeeper first, and this group of people often bring all kinds of strange things, as if they were collected from all over the world.

And if the person says "takeout", it is likely that the thing is food.

The shopkeeper was very particular about food. Li Qi had seen all kinds of rare delicacies with him during this period.

Longans and longans were sent here in boxes. Li Qi was so shocked that he became numb.

There were also orange-yellow small tomatoes that were only the size of a fingernail. The shopkeeper called them "cherry tomatoes".

Although the shopkeeper only called them by this name once, this name instantly made Li Qi imagine what kind of shocking secret was behind these tomatoes.

I'm afraid the source of these tomatoes is definitely not as simple as it seems.

There is also a kind of black but extremely sweet candy... The shopkeeper casually said that it was transported from the other side of the sea. Just a few words made Li Qi feel how particular the shopkeeper was about food.

He opened the exquisite boxes and looked at the plump and round dumplings inside. Chu Changzui beside him was stunned and whispered: "There really is."

Li Qi took the dumplings to cook. Chu Xiaobai touched his tail and was about to follow to see the dumplings when he suddenly heard the shopkeeper calling his name.

"Is Xiaobai here? Come quickly, I have something for you."

Huh? Chu Changzui was slightly stunned.

When he walked over, he saw the shopkeeper taking something out of a box.

This thing was very novel in style, and the materials used were something Chu Changzui had never seen before. The shopkeeper looked at it carefully for a long time, and then pulled Xiaobai to sit opposite her.

"Xiaobai." Chu Changzui heard his shopkeeper's tone suddenly become deep, and his heart sank instantly.

"This thing is given to you by me. I know you are very smart, so I give this thing to you, and you must keep it well." The shopkeeper said.

Chu Changzui heard his heart beating.

He knew that the shopkeeper was a very generous person.

She just threw away the thief's mask with a casual flick of her hand. Then she threw away a nameplate of the first owner of Huaci Tower with a casual flick of her hand.

What is this strange-looking thing in front of him used for?

"You must carry it with you at all times." He heard the shopkeeper say to him, "You must not secretly drop it, even if you feel uncomfortable."

How could he drop this thing!

Chu Changzui suppressed the excitement in his heart.

It would be fine if the shopkeeper did not carry the treasure with him at all times, but if he lost it, wouldn't it make him, Chu Changzui, too stupid?

Of course, these things might not be worth mentioning in the eyes of the shopkeeper, so she would deliberately remind him so much.

"As long as you carry it with you, I won't be afraid of you going anywhere." The shopkeeper said meaningfully, and Chu Changzui was shocked.

What the shopkeeper meant by this sentence...

is that with this thing, he can go anywhere without any obstacles?

"Here... there is also a small mechanism." The shopkeeper seemed to be thinking for a long time, and suddenly said in a rather difficult tone, "I didn't want to tell you this, because I was afraid that you couldn't control it."

"Remember, don't touch this mechanism unless it's absolutely necessary, absolutely, you have to swear to me."

Chu Changzui was shocked and immediately said, "I swear that I will never touch it unless it's absolutely necessary!"

What is that?

He was a little uneasy.

Even a person like the shopkeeper said that you must not touch it unless it's absolutely necessary, so how terrible is this thing?

Feng Qing looked at Chu Changzui who nodded obediently in front of her and breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought that this child was quite obedient.

She had spent a lot of money to buy this thing. With

a gentle look in her eyes, she tied the thing she had just held to Chu Xiaobai's wrist.

A brand new...Xiaotiancai phone watch.