In front of a courtyard house in Kyoto, An Moxue and Wu Sicheng stopped their car. Just as Wu Sicheng was about to get out, An Moxue grabbed his hand and asked, "Who are you meeting? Why aren't you telling me now?"
Wu Sicheng immediately grasped her hand, "Didn't I say I'd find you a mentor to learn antique appraisal? Here it is. Come on! You'll definitely be accepted. Just be yourself."
"Have you been busy with this for the past few days?" An Moxue asked with certainty. Otherwise, there was no way to explain why he left on the night he returned and then disappeared for several days before coming back today. This was not like him. It was possible that he had done something else in between, but she believed that he would focus on handling things so that he could have more time to spend with her.
"Yes, but not entirely. Let's go in." After saying that, Wu Sicheng got out of the car and took out a bunch of gifts from the trunk. He had prepared all of these, so he was obviously well-prepared.
"I should be the one to prepare the gifts!"
“Come on! I’ll get you two things. I know my girlfriend is rich and doesn’t need the money, but I want to do something for her. So, my dear girlfriend, would you give me this chance?” He then winked at An Moxue.
"Stop acting cute, you're a grown man. Alright, I'll give you this chance, okay? Hurry up and knock on the door!" An Moxue said, helplessly reaching out to pinch his waist, but she didn't pinch anything, just hard muscles.
"Ouch! It hurts! It hurts!! It hurts!!!" He said, making exaggerated expressions and gestures.
"Stop talking nonsense, I didn't even touch your flesh, it's rock hard, I can't twist it at all." An Moxue's eyes widened, which was quite cute.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I can't help it, it's part of my job. Otherwise, we can go out later and find a place where you can have a good twisting session. I'll make sure you're satisfied with it, okay?"
"You're so irresponsible, stop trying to take advantage of me." After another glance, he regained his serious demeanor, then leaned closer to An Moxue, looked around, and said shamelessly, "Moxue, you've heard He Yang say that our childhood friend's son is already ten years old, while I'm still a virgin and have never tasted a woman's touch! I'm a man full of energy, okay? Do you think I'm some kind of saint? If so, you should be worried."
An Moxue didn't answer him, but instead shouted, "Go open the door!"
He stood at attention, gave a military salute, and said, "Yes, sir!" Then he took his things and obediently went to open the door.
An Moxue suppressed a laugh behind him, clearly in a good mood.
"Ding ding ding!" After three sounds, the two people stood at the door waiting. Wu Sicheng didn't forget to remind them, "Don't be nervous, we will definitely accept you."
"What did you do?" An Moxue asked. The door opened and a young man, who was very polite and well-mannered, appeared. When he saw that it was Wu Sicheng with An Moxue, he understood and said with a smile, "It's Comrade Wu! My master is in the study! Please wait in the living room for a moment, and I will go and invite him."
He led the two people to the living room, served them tea and two plates of pastries, before leaving.
Seeing Wu Sicheng's relaxed and familiar demeanor, An Moxue knew that he must be very familiar with the owner of this place.
"Who are you?" An Moxue asked curiously.
“Your future master, the proper kind of apprenticeship,” Wu Sicheng said. He picked up his teacup, stirred the tea leaves, took a sip, and added, “This is good tea. You should take a sip, or it will be a waste.”
An Moxue took a sip and found it to be good tea, green tea, the kind she loved.
"How about that? I didn't see wrong!" Wu Sicheng could tell she liked it just by looking at how she drank the tea.
"Um."
The sound of footsteps approached, and it was clear that there were two people. An Moxue and Wu Sicheng stood up at the same time and looked towards the door. They saw an elderly man with white hair walking slowly towards them, followed by the man who had opened the door.
The old man came in and stared at An Moxue. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been overwhelmed long ago. But An Moxue stood as still as a pine tree, without moving, and even her expression remained the same as when they first met.
"Sit down," the old man said.
Wu Sicheng said discontentedly, "Old man, you promised me, you can't go back on your word."
"Hmph! Unfilial descendants! What's wrong with me testing people? At least they should have good character!"
An Moxue could only hear the helplessness in his voice! Was it just her imagination?
"Young lady, are you the one who wants to learn antique appraisal from me?"
An Moxue stood up and said respectfully, "Yes, sir."
He said to An Moxue, "Then come with me!" Turning to Wu Sicheng, he said, "Sit still and don't come any closer, or we're not talking." Then, turning to the person next to him, he said, "Watch him. Humph!"
"Girl, come with me." The old man said, getting up and walking outside. An Moxue gave Wu Sicheng a reassuring look, then followed him out.
Only after the person had disappeared from sight did the refined and polite man speak: "Cheng, is that your sweetheart? I saw your eyes practically glued to her. What a beauty! Where did you find her? How did you hook up with her? How long have you been doing it? Is this why you're still unmarried?"
Wu Sicheng gave him a disdainful look, then said confidently, "From now on, she'll be your junior sister. Take good care of her. Otherwise, I'll deal with you when I get back."
"Hey! I guessed right! Don't worry, as long as she really becomes my junior sister, I'll definitely take care of her. She's beautiful, after all! She's pleasing to the eye!"
"Shut up! You're better off when you're quiet, you look like a refined scoundrel, but when you talk, you look like a bad thug, not a good person. Let me tell you, don't you dare corrupt my girlfriend, or I'll never forgive you."
"Fine, fine, you've got the bigger fist, whatever you say goes." But in his heart he thought, "Once you're gone, I'll do whatever I want, it's none of your business."
Seeing his expression, Wu Sicheng knew what he was thinking and warned, "Let me tell you, don't try to play dumb with me. Behave yourself."
The man glared at him dismissively, then ignored him and sat down to drink his tea and eat his pastries.
After a while, Wu Sicheng said impatiently, "It's been so long, why haven't they come out yet?"
The man lowered his eyes, sipped his tea, and didn't reply.
He thought he would never tell him that the longer the time went on, the more it proved that the two of them had things to talk about, and the greater the chance of being accepted by the master.
Let him get carried away by his concern!
We've seen this side of him less and less these days, so he can't miss this opportunity.
Wu Sicheng spoke again, "Ah Zhao, go and see what's going on?" He was clearly anxious.
"I'm not going, I'll just wait, what's the rush!" He sat in the chair, inwardly gloating, but outwardly calm.
"Never mind, I'll go by myself!" Wu Sicheng said, and started walking out. When he got to the door, he saw An Moxue and the old man returning, chatting and laughing as they walked.
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