On April 28, 1928, the weather was clear and the spring sunshine was bright.
The practice of visualizing the "Thunderclap Diagram" requires energy. With a maximum value for each skill, one can only visualize it three times a day. Even with Li Changzhou's four skills at the violation level, he can only visualize it 49 times a day.
After visualizing for 46 times that day (leaving three for the fighting method—only three times, to prepare for the appointment that evening), he was in no hurry to practice the newly acquired "Snake Step" and wandered around the Marshal's Mansion.
Seeing these advanced buildings from 100 years ago can broaden one's horizons and perhaps even improve one's abilities.
The Marshal's Mansion was magnificent and filled with trees and flowers. No matter where you were, you could call out and servants would come to serve you at any time.
People with power and influence live lives beyond the imagination of ordinary people in any era.
After passing through a moon gate, you've probably arrived at the West Garden. Half of the courtyard is shrouded in the shade of a gnarled and ancient grapevine.
On the green grapevines, small grapes have already appeared. The grape leaves are piled up like small mountains overhead, casting dappled shadows on the ground, making one feel calm and peaceful.
"Why is Second Brother here?"
Following the sound, Li Changzhou saw a woman sitting on a chair reading a book amidst a profusion of deep red and light purple flowers on the eaves surrounded by bonsai trees of all sizes, with a maidservant attending to her.
Li Biwei, the third young lady of the Li family, was seventeen or eighteen years old. She was as fresh and vibrant as a freshly picked peach, juicy and tender.
"Third sister." Li Changzhou smiled, and because of his sister's identity, his smile carried a hint of sincerity.
Instead of going over there, he wandered around the yard, looking up at the grapes overhead, and studying the potted plants one by one.
"Second Brother, how am I doing here?" Li Biwei put down the book in her hand, got up from the chair, put her hand on the railing of the corridor, and looked down at him.
“That’s right, it’s like spring all year round.” Li Changzhou nodded.
“It’s still a little short.” Li Bi smiled. “Second brother, plant a few more maple trees for me. Plant them now, and it will feel like spring here in the fall.”
"Planting maple trees makes it feel like spring?" Li Changzhou looked up and smiled.
Li Biwei wore a white satin robe, with a string of pearls hanging on her chest that resembled a monk's 108-bead necklace. She stood gracefully, like a white pear tree.
"The book says that when a beautiful woman smiles, spring comes to the world. Second brother, plant a maple tree for me. When the maple tree turns red, and I smile, won't the courtyard be filled with spring?"
Li Changzhou laughed heartily: "I've never seen anyone more narcissistic than you!"
"There are a few over there," Li Biwei said dismissively, glancing in the direction where the concubines lived.
"Aren't you afraid of offending them by saying that?"
"So what if I offend them? I just don't like them. At worst, I'll move out like my older brother. If they keep pressuring me, I'll go abroad. When that happens, you have to sponsor me, second brother. I don't need much, just ten or twenty million will do."
Li Changzhou had developed a slight liking for her; the way she asked her brother for money reminded him a lot of Li Qianxia.
“Okay, if you want to go abroad, I’ll give you ten million,” Li Changzhou said with a smile.
"Really?" Li Biwei's eyes lit up.
"real."
It wasn't his money anyway, and he left in the blink of an eye.
He would never say such things to Yang Qinglan; he would only tell her things that he could definitely guarantee.
"I don't believe you." Li Biwei glanced at him coquettishly. "You plant the maple tree for me first."
"Plant it, have someone get it done today," Li Changzhou said with a smile.
"Xiaoyu," Li Biwei called to the maid beside her, "go find the accountant and tell him that my second brother wants to plant a few maple trees in the yard for me, right now."
Xiaoyu, who had been silently watching the siblings talk, first stole a glance at Li Changzhou. Seeing that he was standing there smiling and did not object, she finally spoke up with a "hey," and went through the moon gate to the front yard.
Is it a Chinese tradition for younger sisters to take advantage of their older brothers?
Li Changzhou was pondering and was about to leave when Li Biwei patted the handrail of the corridor and said, "Second Brother, come up here, I have something to tell you."
Her expression was meaningful, and Li Changzhou's heart skipped a beat. Had he triggered the plot?
"Don't ask me for money again." He smiled and walked into the flower bushes, arriving at the veranda.
"Please sit down first." Li Biwei pushed him toward the lounge chair.
"Looks like they're asking for quite a bit of money." Li Changzhou sat down like an old man, adjusting himself into a comfortable position.
"Who wants money?" Li Bi said with a smile, then suddenly sat down on his lap.
Li Changzhou was startled!
Despite their close sibling relationship, when it comes to physical contact, even between him and Li Qianxia, the most they'd do is touch each other when they're fighting. After they grew up, they never sat on each other's laps in such an ambiguous way.
"What are you doing?" He dared not move.
"Come on, stop pretending! I knew what you were thinking the moment you came in and started looking around!" Li Biwei poked his nose with her finger and gave a coquettish hum.
The pear blossoms that were white just moments ago have now turned a bit pink.
Li Changzhou, Li Changzhou, what have you done?
The sister-in-law is one thing, though immoral, it's not a big deal. But what's with the younger sister? Is she following in the footsteps of King Xiang of Qi? (According to the Records of the Grand Historian, King Xiang of Qi had an incestuous relationship with his sister Jiang Zhu'er.)
This is something that's absolutely outrageous, you didn't know?!
But wait—
What if people in the 21st century have such filthy thoughts, their minds are full of pornography, and they look at people with prejudice?
What if the second young master and the third young lady of the Li family are just overly close, but actually nothing more than normal siblings?
No one has the right to speak without investigation; let's investigate first.
“I recently learned a new French word—…Second Brother,” Li Biwei stretched out her arms and hugged Li Changzhou’s neck, whispering in his ear, “What does it mean?”
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