Zhou Caifeng knew her brother well, so she dared to promise Zhao Yulin.
And Zhao Yulin was not disappointed. About two hours later, the handsome boy of the Zhou family came back holding a coin, his face was full of complacency, and there were leaves and grass debris in his slightly long hair.
"How about it, is it this one?"
"Well, congratulations on passing the test. Since you found it, I guess I have passed your test too."
Zhao Yulin took the coin with a stern face and put it away without even looking at it.
He was not worried that the boy was playing a trick of confusing the real with the fake. He knew his things best and could feel them with his eyes closed - on the coin, there was a micro-carving of a kale flower carved by Leng Hanshuang one knife at a time.
Zhou Caifeng's brother found a rather antique teacup, boiled water, and rummaged through the cabinets to find a can of old Pu'er tea. He didn't have any extra tea skills. He boiled water to brew tea leaves, and after it was brewed, he brought it to Zhao Yulin: "Brother-in-law, have some tea."
No need to call him master and apprentice, naturally no need to change his address to master, but this bowl of tea must be apprenticeship tea, and it can only be apprenticeship tea.
The fresh tea burned his lips, and Zhao Yulin took a sip symbolically, and that was considered the ceremony.
"Okay, I've completed my apprenticeship. I won't drink your tea for free and take advantage of you. We can talk about this when we have time. Let's talk about something else today."
The tense expression of the handsome young man suddenly relaxed: "Okay! Anyway, I'm not ready to practice martial arts right away. Brother-in-law, if you take me into the mountains today, I'll go crazy."
Putting the teacup in his hand back on the table, Zhao Yulin looked at his brother-in-law who had appeared out of thin air, and said, "It's already this late, and I still don't know your name."
He looked at Zhou Caifeng again: "Is there any inconvenience if you don't take the initiative to introduce your brother's name?"
Zhou Caifeng's eyes wandered, and he pondered in silence.
His younger brother, on the other hand, didn't care and said, "I don't like to tell my name to others. It's enough for outsiders to know that my surname is Zhou. But my brother-in-law is not an outsider, and I will tell him sooner or later."
Zhao Yulin's indifferent eyes finally showed some interest. He stared at his brother-in-law and said to him, "Although we don't have the wings of a colorful phoenix, we have a telepathic connection. My sister and I got our names from this poem."
Zhao Yulin was not illiterate after all, and he was unwilling to learn. But when old man Feng put a knife on his neck, he had some knowledge of ancient Chinese after all, and murmured, "Your sister's name is Caifeng, and your name is Lingxi. Not bad, good names."
Zhou Lingxi, this name is quite unique and has some artistic conception whether used on a boy or a girl. It is of course good.
However, Zhou Caifeng's handsome brother had a strange expression, as if he had another idea.
"Is it Feiyi?"
Zhao Yulin continued to guess, thinking that Zhou Feiyi was not as nice as Zhou Lingxi, but it was still heroic and suitable for a man.
The brother-in-law smiled leisurely and said, "I don't have the wings of a phoenix, but my heart is connected. My sister's name is taken from the first half, Zhou Caifeng. My name is taken from the second half, so my name is Zhou Yidian."
Zhao Yulin forced himself to swallow the tea that was about to spurt out of his mouth, holding back his laughter and surprise, while the brother-in-law standing in front of him and Zhou Caifeng sitting next to him told him to laugh if he wanted to.
He finally understood why the two sisters subconsciously avoided the question of names. From such a wonderful poem by Li Shangyin, they picked out such common and even funny words. No one would be embarrassed to introduce them.
It is not only sorry to the ancients, but also sorry to ourselves.
Zhao Yulin judged others by himself and tried to guess what kind of bizarre and strange ideas flashed through the minds of the parents of the siblings when they named them. Unfortunately, he couldn't figure it out at all.
After a series of inner activities, Zhao Yulin looked at Zhou Yidian, trying to pretend to be sincere, but his expression was still dead: "Well, this name is unique."
"You can't think of any other compliments except special."
Zhou Yidian sat down next to his sister with little interest, and it seemed that he didn't intend to continue playing games.
Zhou Caifeng asked, "Although I'm reluctant to admit it, I know that you didn't come to see me today just because you missed me. Just now you said you wanted to talk about something else, what is it?"
"I'm going on a long trip, the length of time is not yet determined, if possible, I want to take you and your brother with me."
Zhao Yulin directly stated his purpose. He usually doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to his own people.
"Take us with you?"
Zhou Caifeng seemed a little confused, or she didn't know why Zhao Yulin wanted to take her and Zhou Yidian with him.
To cultivate feelings by lingering?
Obviously not. Although they had only known each other for a short time, Zhou Caifeng saw through it. Zhao Yulin was not the type of person who could have such thoughts. Not being so cold to others was already the greatest tenderness.
So, of course, there should be other reasons.
Zhao Yulin read a lot from the short four-word interrogative sentence and understood Zhou Caifeng's confusion. He really felt like they were in sync.
He said, "A friend told me that your Zhou family is not peaceful under the surface of prosperity. A few days ago, you were chased to the gate of Yan Medical University, which is proof of that."
Zhou Caifeng's beautiful face was filled with melancholy, and she nodded slightly, "That's right."
"Zhou Haige came to me."
Zhao Yulin suddenly said something very jumpy.
Zhou Caifeng didn't feel that her thoughts couldn't keep up with what he said. Instead, she thought it was natural and said, "You saved me twice. Second uncle wanted to persuade you to stand aside and watch."
"I didn't hear him finish. I don't know if it was persuasion or threat, but it was probably something like that. Did he tell you openly?"
"I guessed."
"Then you are quite smart." Zhao Yulin said.
Zhou Caifeng lowered her eyes: "How can I guess what is so obvious?"
Their eyes met and they looked at each other by chance. Zhao Yulin saw on her face the sorrow that was entangled after the moment of warmth because of his arrival.
If it can be said, the sentimental situation that He Zimu told him about the Zhou family's dire situation was not false.
Before coming to Zhou Family Manor, He Zimu revealed the latest news on the phone, saying that Zhou Caifeng and her brother had been placed under house arrest. This was confirmed by the young servant at the gate who was ordered to stop Zhou Caifeng from seeing guests.
"Are you trying to boil the frog in warm water?" Zhao Yulin muttered to himself. His voice was very soft, but Zhou Caifeng still heard it. The latter laughed at himself and said, "I just don't know when to change to boiling water, or be more cold-blooded and ruthless and cut it into pieces."
Zhao Yulin couldn't bear to see her. He didn't know whether his emotion at that moment was sympathy or not. He only knew that the smile on such a pretty face was gone.
"He is my second uncle after all. It's not necessary to kill him with a knife."
He said this as if he was stating or asking. In the end, he couldn't be sure.
As an orphan, Zhao Yulin had no feelings for the so-called blood relationship. He had seen many cases of people fighting for power and killing their own family members. He had also seen many cases of people being merciful but still unable to show mercy. No matter how smart he was, he had never seen through this bloody drama that he couldn't empathize with.
"I would rather not have this second uncle than suffer now."
Zhou Caifeng said, without hatred, and it seemed that she still cared about this family relationship.
Zhou was still a little young, and he sat beside and listened to these words without being shocked or stimulated. He was unusually calm, and it was obvious that he knew about the family affairs.
Zhao Yulin even felt that he seemed to know something that Zhou Caifeng didn't know.
"So come with me, just as a way to relax, and I am in another province while you are in Yanjing, which always makes people worry." He did not hide his concern for her, and said it directly.
A ray of sunlight finally shone through the haze between Zhou Caifeng's brows, and she nodded and hummed lightly.
Zhou Yidian expressed his concerns: "It's not easy for my sister and I to leave this garden now."
Zhao Yulin sneered: "I want to take you away, and no one can stop you."
Zhou Yidian turned his head and looked at the old locust tree outside the hall with a smile, remembering when he was looking for the coin just now, the coin was inlaid on the white wall. There was an old locust tree in a straight line between the white wall and the sofa in the living room. There was a flat and narrow hole on the trunk of the locust tree that was pierced by the coin, and several side-by-side Perennial Spring trees that were cut off at the waist.
Zhao Yulin smoked a cigarette, made up his mind, and said, "I'm here today, Zhou Haige will definitely get the news. In order to avoid more trouble, you pack up and we'll leave now."
"Where are we going to live?"
Zhou Yidian asked the most realistic question. In the manor, he was still imprisoned and could not see guests freely. If he left the manor and lived in a hotel, it might not be safer than now.
Zhao Yulin naturally thought of this and had already made up his mind: "Live with me."
"Brother-in-law, aren't you living in the Sun family's villa? Or the private villa of the Sun family's daughter? It seems that it's not convenient for me and my sister?" Zhou Yidian asked again.
Zhao Yulin raised his eyebrows slightly, and Zhou Caifeng's expression was also a little strange - this guy seemed to know a lot of things.
"I have something to say."
Zhao Yulin answered simply, and then asked the siblings to pack their luggage, still taking more winter clothes and less summer clothes. He himself sat in the hall and waited, and took the opportunity to sort out all the things that had happened recently in his mind.
The Sun family, the Zhou family, and Chen Siyao must be related, but what the connection is, it is still unclear in a short time.
It's just a mess thrown there, and the more you sort it out, the more confused it becomes.
All Zhao Yulin can hope for is that Cao Ganjing will find out the clues in Heze as soon as possible, there is no other way.
To set up a situation, to break it, and finally to return, you need a key. He has to find that key. The big ghosts and little ghosts in the dark, the Yanluo Kings, have to hide that key. The key to the key depends on who has the better skills.
At this point, the most critical move in Zhao Yulin's hand is Cao Ganjing. Although it is uncomfortable to pin your hopes on others, Zhao Yulin is not good at investigating and reasoning after all, so he has to know people and use them well, which is also wisdom.
The annoying thing is that he is not the only one who has wisdom, others also have it.
So he realized a long time ago that this seemingly enjoyable protection mission is actually difficult, and it is countless times more difficult than any previous mission that only required 10% of effort and 2% of wisdom.
He must exert his utmost strength, search his intestines and scrape his stomach, and kill a large number of brain cells to ensure that he will not lose.
As for winning, even as confident as he is, he feels that he has not seen the dawn of victory yet.