Chapter 749 Jingkong's Happiness (Second Update)
Gu Jiao crossed her arms and looked at Liao Chen, saying, "I don't believe you just stole a book. You must have done something else to make someone with face blindness remember you!"
Liao Chen put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, a monk does not lie."
His empty bowl was completely empty, not a single cabbage and pork dumpling was left, and he even drank all the dumpling broth.
Gu Jiao thought to herself, "Are you a nun?"
"Master! Where do you live?" Xiao Jingkong asked.
“Master…” Liao Chen paused, then smiled and said, “Master has a place to stay, so you don’t need to worry about Master.”
"Oh," Xiao Jingkong said, "No, I just wanted to ask where you live. I'll come find you if I want to see you!"
Liao Chen smiled and said, "No need, Master will come to find you."
Xiao Jingkong tilted his head and looked at him, saying, "So, Master, will you be staying in Shengdu for a very long time this time? I'm studying in Shengdu, and I don't know how long I'll be there."
When this was mentioned, Xiao Heng remembered that their admission documents were all brought over by the abbot at Liao Chen's request.
Who exactly is he?
How did they manage to obtain so many admission documents from the Yan Kingdom?
Was he from the state of Yan? If so, why did he become a monk in the state of Zhao?
With Xiao Jingkong present, the adults were very restrained in their speech. They didn't ask a single question they shouldn't have, and they only silently complained in their hearts about things they shouldn't have.
Xiao Jingkong finished his meal with gusto, then picked up the small bowl and gulped down the soup, leaving not a drop.
"No way, you ate it so cleanly?" Liao Chen was taken aback.
You've gotten rounder than you were in the temple; it doesn't look like they haven't been feeding you properly.
Xiao Jingkong put down his bowl and said earnestly to Chen, "Every grain is hard-earned. Jiaojiao said we can't waste food!"
Liao Chen pouted.
I'm two years older now, so I'm not making little colanders anymore.
In the past, when we ate at the temple, we would spill food all the way, leaving a mess all over the table.
Xiao Jingkong was sweating profusely as he ate. Gu Jiao took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat while asking, "Are you full?"
Little Jingkong's eyes darted around, and he pointed to his little fingers: "Jiaojiao, can I have another box of mille-feuille pastries?"
"No," Gu Jiao refused outright. "Eating too much at night will cause indigestion."
He was only allowed to eat this bowl of dumpling wrappers because he and the little princess had exhausted themselves playing wildly.
Liao Chen watched his little apprentice with great interest.
Little apprentice, hurry up and chant the scriptures, hurry up and reason with me, hurry up and use your silver tongue to confuse your opponent, can't you talk from dawn to dusk?
Little Jingkong nodded cutely: "Okay, Jiaojiao! I'll eat it tomorrow!"
Liao Chen: "...!!"
Why can't you be so obedient under my tutelage!
Gu Jiao patted his round little belly. She had originally wanted to see if he could eat a small piece, but decided against it.
She already has a little watermelon belly.
The group sat at the stall for a while before getting up to take a walk on the street to help Xiao Jingkong digest his food.
Gu Jiao led Xiao Jingkong in front, with Xiao Heng and Liao Chen following behind.
Xiao Jingkong is still most attached to Gu Jiao, but the arrival of Ke Liaochen makes people feel his happiness.
Liao Chen suddenly spoke up: "It's getting late, you should go back."
Little Jingkong stopped and turned to look at him: "But Master, you haven't asked me where I live yet."
Liao Chen smiled gently: "Oh, really? Where do you live?"
Xiao Jingkong said, "I'm currently staying at the Imperial Preceptor's Hall! I'll probably go back to the academy in a few days! I'll be attending classes in the prodigy class at Lingbo Academy, and I'll be eating and sleeping in the Linglong Pavilion at the neighboring Canglan Girls' Academy!"
He gave an extremely detailed account, seemingly worried that his master might not be able to find him.
Liao Chen smiled and said, "Alright, I'll remember that."
Liao Chen bid farewell to the three and turned to walk into the alley across the street.
Xiao Heng said, "Let's go back too."
"Hmm." Gu Jiao nodded, looking at Xiao Jingkong who was yawning, "Can you still walk? I'll carry you."
Little Jingkong patted his round little belly, a hint of struggle flashing in his eyes.
Finally, he turned around and stretched out his little arms to Xiao Heng: "Brother-in-law, hug me!"
He ate a lot and is now a little chubby. We can't let Jiaojiao get tired!
Xiao Heng, both amused and exasperated, picked him up, holding him in one arm and Gu Jiao in the other, and walked back towards the Imperial Preceptor's Hall.
"You're so heavy, you should change your name to Little Weight."
"No way! It's because you're not strong enough! You can't lift me and you're blaming me! Are you even an adult?!"
"I'm an adult, so you're admitting you're a child?"
"...No, I'm an adult, you're an old man!"
"Then you should carry me on your back."
"..."
In the alley, Liao Chen hadn't gone far. He stood quietly in the darkness, watching the three figures disappear into the distance, listening to the sounds of the "father and son" bickering.
Did you see that?
Clearing the sky brings happiness.
He now has a complete family.
...
The moonlight is especially beautiful tonight.
A half-moon hangs high above the Milky Way.
Liao Chen left the bustling streets and came to a quiet long street.
In stark contrast to the bustling activity throughout the capital, this place is exceptionally desolate.
This is a place even night watchmen don't want to come to; it's like a path to the underworld, filled with vengeful ghosts and vengeful spirits.
Liao Chen arrived at a sealed-off mansion. He stared at it for a long time before climbing the steps to the gate.
The seal was broken long ago, and the iron lock was covered in rust.
There was still blood on the door.
Liao Chen frowned.
He looked up at the plaque above, which was already cracked and covered with cobwebs. His fingertips twitched as if he wanted to take it down and clean it, but he restrained himself in the end.
He circled around to the side of the mansion and used his light-footed skills to easily leap over the courtyard wall through the gaps where weeds grew.
He landed on a patch of slippery moss.
However, he did not fall.
He walked calmly across the moss.
The yard was overgrown with weeds as tall as a person, and even the gaps between the paving stones were cracked by the weeds. The corridors on three sides were also completely blocked by weeds.
The only thing not overgrown with weeds was a large white marble round platform at Liaochen's feet.
It was covered in a thick layer of dust, and with each step Liao Chen took, he left his footprints in the dust.
It was too quiet all around.
The silence was so profound that it brought a deep sense of sorrow.
Liao Chen took a few steps and stopped in the very center of the round platform.
He stared straight ahead, his gaze unfocused.
“Come out,” he said.
A small figure jumped down from the top of the east wall.
"When did you find out?" Gu Jiao came up behind him. "I was being very careful."
"Heh." Liao Chen didn't turn around, gazing at the vast starry river, and said calmly, "You have something to ask me?"
Gu Jiao patted the dust off her clothes, spat out the weeds from her mouth, and asked, "Did you already know who I was?"
Liao Chen asked, "How early do you mean by 'early'?"
Gu Jiao thought for a moment and said, "Last time in Guanshan, you must have recognized me right away. I wonder if you also deliberately fell into the trap in the countryside the first time and waited for me to rescue you."
Liao Chen said calmly, "Falling into the trap was an accident, but pretending not to know you was intentional. My disciple was adopted by you, so I had to see what kind of family adopted him. I visited your village and met your family, that's all."
Gu Jiao walked to his side, turned her head and looked him up and down. His mood was different from before.
Her once alluring eyes were no longer mischievous, and the sly smile on her lips was gone.
He was enveloped in an invisible aura.
Gu Jiao withdrew her gaze and looked in the same direction as him—the vast starry sky.
"Okay, I'll believe you for now. But why are you pretending not to know me?" Gu Jiao asked.
Isn't it because I'm afraid you'll bring your little troublemaker home to be my son's son every now and then?
Liao Chen said seriously, "I am not used to dealing with people. I feel more comfortable with strangers. Otherwise, I would find it annoying if you lay people always come and go with me."
"This reason is barely acceptable." Mainly, Gu Jiao felt that this issue was not very important, so she didn't care whether he lied or not.
But for the next question, Gu Jiao needed him to answer honestly.
Gu Jiao turned to look at him: "Do you know where this is?"
"The training ground," Liao Chen said.
After he finished speaking, he realized that Gu Jiao was not asking about the open space under their feet, but about the entire mansion.
Gu Jiao turned around and stared intently at his profile: "You even know this is the Xuanyuan family's training ground. What exactly is your relationship with the Xuanyuan family? Don't tell me you're not related. I already know that the spear technique you taught me is the Xuanyuan Seven Styles."
Liao Chen looked at the half-moon, clenched his fingers slightly, and remained silent.
Gu Jiao said, "It's okay if you don't want to answer this question. After all, you're not anyone to me, and you don't have to tell me your business. So I'll ask another question."
Her expression turned serious, and she asked in an unyielding tone, "Jingkong, is there any connection between you and the Xuanyuan family?"
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