Chapter 186: Practice Incident
After this little episode at the Li family, Chu Siran's milk tea shop was successfully refurbished, and people came in an endless stream. However, Chu Siran did not plan to stay here to look after the store. She had been busy enough these days. After all the effort was put into refurbishing the store, she now wanted to have a good time for a few days.
"Yilan, the milk tea shop has new products now. How about we go there together?"
Lin Yilan had originally wanted to go to Xu Ziwen to learn opera this morning. She had just become Xu Ziwen's disciple, and she couldn't give him the impression that she was a lazy person.
After hearing Chu Siran's suggestion, she felt a little conflicted. "Actually, Siran, because you didn't have time to accompany me these days, I went to see a play with my grandma, and then by chance I became the disciple of Xu Ziwen, the inheritor of the opera. I was going to learn opera from him this morning..."
Hearing Lin Yilan's words, Chu Siran curled his lips in dissatisfaction, but soon recovered. "It's okay, let's go out and play in the afternoon, okay?"
"no problem."
The two of them had some tea and snacks provided by Cass, and while eating, they discussed where to go for fun in the afternoon. An hour later, Lin Yilan showed up at Xu Ziwen's Xiquyuan on time.
"Master, I'm here to learn opera from you." Lin Yilan walked in and went straight to Xu Ziwen's teahouse. Xu Ziwen was sitting on a chair drinking tea at the moment. When he heard Lin Yilan's voice, he looked at her.
At this moment, the little girl Azhu suddenly appeared from somewhere and sat directly next to Xu Ziwen. Xu Ziwen looked at Azhu opposite him and smiled awkwardly at Lin Yilan.
"Let me introduce you. This is Ah Zhu, Master Yang's apprentice. Don't be fooled by her young age, but she's been at the theater for six or seven years."
"What six or seven years? The troupe owner has a really bad impression of me. I've been in the theater for eight years. How can it be six or seven years?" Ah Zhu muttered in dissatisfaction when he heard Xu Ziwen get the time he joined the troupe wrong.
Xu Ziwen thought she was just being childish and didn't take it seriously. "Yilan, let's practice what I taught you yesterday. I have something to do today, so I might not be able to teach you."
"It's okay, I can do it myself." Lin Yilan smiled at Xu Ziwen, "If Master has anything to do, he can go and do it first. It's okay for me."
"Boss, why do you care so much about her? You've only accepted her for a few days and you're already so nice to her. You even give her personal guidance. I've been in the troupe for eight years, but you've never given me any guidance." Ah Zhu said sourly.
Xu Ziwen glanced at Ah Zhu and said, "That's because Lin Yilan is my apprentice. If I don't teach her, who will? As Master Yang's apprentice, why do you need my guidance?"
"I don't want to be Master Yang's apprentice. I only want to be the master's apprentice. Please accept me as your apprentice. I've been begging you for a long time. What do you think? I, Ah Zhu, am a superb opera singer. If you accept me as your apprentice, I will definitely bring honor to you."
Xu Ziwen looked at Ah Zhu's relentless pursuit and shook his head helplessly. "I told you a long time ago that you can't do this. You are Master Yang's apprentice. What's so good about Master Yang? Why do you insist on being my apprentice? If you keep going like this, don't come to me next time..."
The second half of Xu Ziwen's words had a slightly threatening tone. Xu Ziwen knew that what Azhu feared most was that he would drive her away. Sure enough, when Azhu heard Xu Ziwen say this, her eyebrows instantly frowned.
"Boss, you can't do this."
"If you keep bringing this up to me, you won't be welcome in my little teahouse anymore. And I have to say, it doesn't matter whose apprentice you are. If you like opera, study hard and make some achievements in it. Don't be so impetuous. Do you understand?
Azhu glanced at Xu Ziwen. At this moment, Xu Ziwen still looked gentle and polite, and it was hard to tell that he was angry, but the air pressure around him was obviously lower. Azhu had no choice but to respond in a low voice.
Before Xu Ziwen left, he was worried that Lin Yilan would have difficulty practicing without him, so he gave Lin Yilan some special instructions, telling her to ask Azhu if she didn't understand anything. Lin Yilan responded verbally.
But looking at Ah Zhu like that, he wanted to eat her alive, and he even asked her questions? Haha, Lin Yilan felt that it was good enough that she could stay honest.
As expected, Ah Zhu watched Xu Ziwen's back gradually walk away, stamped his feet, and glanced at Lin Yilan, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you promise to speak well of me in front of the class owner yesterday?"
Lin Yilan was slightly surprised. Did she talk about this with Azhu yesterday?
"When did I discuss this with you?"
"You promised me that you would come with me to ask the class owner why he didn't accept me as his apprentice. Why didn't you keep your word today? You just stood there and watched without saying a single good word for me!"
Lin Yilan held her forehead slightly, looking at the girl in front of her whose eyes were wide with anger. "Please, I only agreed to come with you yesterday to ask the master why he didn't accept you as his apprentice. Where did I say I would speak well of you in front of him?"
Lin Yilan paused for a moment, then continued, "Now you've already asked Xu Ziwen why he didn't accept you as his apprentice, and I'm here too, so I've already done what we agreed on yesterday."
Ah Zhu looked at Lin Yilan's self-righteous look and reached out to hit her, but Lin Yilan caught it with her quick eyes and hands. What a joke! How could Lin Yilan be hit by a little girl?
"Sister, I've been practicing martial arts since I was young. You're not qualified to beat me. I know you're not here to teach me anything. This is where the master stays. If you have nothing else to do, go find your Master Li. I need to practice."
As Lin Yilan spoke, she shook off Azhu's hand. Azhu lost his balance and stumbled, almost falling to the ground.
In fact, Lin Yilan didn't use much strength just now, and there was nothing wrong with the tone of her voice. She was just reminding Azhu that she had to practice, and if Azhu didn't have anything to do, she shouldn't disturb her here.
But when these words fell into Azhu's ears, it sounded like Lin Yilan was mocking her. She had originally been thinking that if Lin Yilan could really help her speak well of her in front of Xu Ziwen, it would not be bad to make such a friend.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yilan not only did not speak for her, but also acted arrogantly. She would remember this grudge.
Ah Zhu thought to himself, snorted angrily, and turned away. Looking at Ah Zhu's back, Lin Yilan sighed helplessly. This girl was really weird. Even if she really liked Xu Ziwen, there was no need for her to keep pursuing Xu Ziwen.
Judging from Azhu's style of behavior, we should be thankful that Xu Ziwen doesn't hate her, let alone that Xu Ziwen likes Azhu.
Lin Yilan poured herself a cup of tea and took a sip. She stopped thinking about all these trivial things and began to concentrate on practicing her vibrato.
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