Chapter 2749: A little bit of worldly life
In a blink of an eye, several days passed.
In the evening of that day, the streets were still bustling with people as usual, and Li Bushang was also walking among the bustling crowd.
Although he was tall and handsome, he deliberately lowered his head at this time, changed into casual clothes, and tried his best not to attract attention. After a while, he walked into an alley.
This alley is very narrow and can only accommodate one person.
The earthen walls on both sides were covered with some weird symbols drawn on stones by naughty children, as well as some bad words calling people pigs. If you look closely, they are full of childishness.
But Li Bushang didn't care about these.
He found a row of words among the scribbles.
It is actually not appropriate to call it text, because no one can recognize what is written on it.
In fact, this is a secret code used by the Jinyiwei for communication. If you want to contact someone you want to contact, you go to a place agreed upon by both parties and draw such a strange symbol on the wall. When the other party sees it, he or she will leave his or her message, and the two sides will be connected.
This row of symbols was drawn by Li Bushang at the place where he and Tao Jianbai had agreed to meet after Zhu Feng gave the instructions that day.
So many days have passed, he thought, it's time to receive a reply.
But after looking for a while, there was no response left by Tao Jianbai on the wall.
What's going on?
Could it be that he hasn't seen it yet?
Of course, this is not surprising, because of the Zuixianlou incident, Tao Jianbai took a great risk to let Xiaoxing pass the message to him. Although it did not necessarily expose his own whereabouts, it obviously let the people of the Earth Immortal Society know that some of them were passing information to the government. So Zhu Feng ordered not to alert the enemy, and he left a message for Tao Jianbai, asking him to hold back for the time being.
During this period, it is possible that Tao Jianbai was also questioned and did not dare to come out easily.
Li Bushang thought about it and erased the previous row of symbols.
He pulled out the knife from his boot and drew a few more symbols on the wall. Then he looked around to make sure no one was paying attention to what was happening in the alley. Then he walked out quickly and blended back into the flow of people.
At dusk, Li Bushan returned to his house in the afterglow of the setting sun.
As soon as I walked into the gate, I saw the butler Wang Sheng hurriedly walking towards me.
"master."
Li Bushang asked, "What's the matter?"
Wang Sheng said, "A guest is visiting."
"Who is it?"
"Miss Xie, she also brought a Mr. Song with her."
"oh……"
As soon as Li Bushang heard it, he knew it was Song Zhiwen. He nodded and walked towards the main room. Sure enough, he saw Xie Jiaojiao and Song Zhiwen sitting inside. When they saw him come back, they both stood up.
Song Zhiwen bowed to him.
"Lord Li."
Li Bushang also returned the greeting: "What can I do for you, Master Song?"
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Why are you so direct? At least say hello before asking."
Li Bushang glanced at her without saying anything, while Xie Jiaojiao turned to Song Zhiwen and said with a smile: "Brother Zhiwen, don't mind, he has always been like this."
“…”
Song Zhiwen looked at the two of them, his originally calm face becoming slightly gloomy.
He whispered, "You two are so familiar with each other."
Xie Jiaojiao said: "Of course, I also know everyone in his house."
As they were talking, a small figure walked in. It was none other than Xiaoxing. He was holding a tea tray with two cups of tea on it. He seemed to be serving tea to the guests, but when he saw Li Bushang standing in the middle, he was startled and hurriedly said, "Master."
Li Bushang said, "Serve the guests tea first."
"yes."
He walked over obediently and placed two cups of tea in front of Song Zhiwen and Xie Jiaojiao, then quickly retreated, apparently to prepare tea for his master.
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Xiaoxing is really getting better and better."
Song Zhi asked, "Ah?"
"That's the little kid from earlier. You can't tell, but he was originally a beggar, with no one to turn to and no one to rely on. Li Bushan adopted him."
"oh……"
Song Zhiwen seemed a little surprised.
I thought Li Bushan was a cold-hearted person, but I didn't expect that he would have such a gentle side.
However, Li Bushang didn't seem to care much about other people's opinions or discussions about his own affairs. He walked over and sat on the upper floor, then said to Song Zhiwen, "Mr. Song, what brings you to my humble abode today?"
Song Zhiwen laughed and said, "Look at me, I forgot to talk about business."
After saying this, he sat up straight and said seriously, "Our Song family has finally settled down in the capital. To thank Lord Li for his help to Bailong City this time, I will host a banquet at my house tomorrow night. I hope Lord Li can come."
“…”
Li Bushang frowned slightly.
Said: "Those are what I should do."
What I mean is, you don't have to thank me, and I don't want to go.
Song Zhiwen was a knowledgeable and interesting person, and he immediately understood the meaning from his words. If it was someone else, he would have been able to say a few words of advice, but Li Bushan's expression left no room for anyone to speak.
Just as he was hesitating, Xie Jiaojiao said to Li Bushang, "Why don't you go?"
“…”
"Brother Zhiwen knows you're a weird person, so he didn't invite any other guests but only us."
“…”
"I'm just inviting you over for dinner and drinks. Isn't that nice?"
“…”
"You, please stop being so withdrawn, okay? You should get some social interaction with the world."
Hearing these words, Li Bushang's heart moved slightly.
In his ears, the words Nan Yan had said to him before rang faintly in his mind -
I hope you can be happy.
I hope you can enjoy the happiness of this world.
After all, people live in this mundane world and should enjoy the happiness of this world so that their lives are not in vain.
…
Thinking of these words, he was stunned for a moment. After a long time, he slowly raised his head to look at Song Zhiwen, then looked at Xie Jiaojiao. What came to his mind was the way Nan Yan was no longer afraid of him when she knew that he was getting closer and closer to Xie Jiaojiao and Xiaoxing. Instead, she would take the initiative to approach him and talk to him.
“…”
After a long silence, he said, "I'll go."
Xie Jiaojiao was about to persuade him, but when she heard these words, she was stunned for a moment. Song Zhiwen seemed to be unable to believe his ears, and both of them looked at him with wide eyes.
Li Bushang said calmly, "Tomorrow night at your house, right? I will definitely be there."
“…”
Song Zhiwen was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, "Thank you."
Xie Jiaojiao, who was standing by, was also a little surprised, but she immediately laughed and said to Song Zhiwen, "Brother Zhiwen, you should thank me. It was because of my advice that he listened."
Song Zhiwen looked at Xie Jiaojiao with a complicated expression.
He forced a smile and said, "Yeah."
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