Chapter 042: Wang Tairan
Liu Xing didn't expect Wang Tairan to appear suddenly, he had lived in Wang Lanlan's house for more than a month, and today was the first time he met Wang Tairan.
Wang Tairan is the chairman of the Novel Street Management Committee, a position he has been re-elected for more than 30 years.
Suddenly encountering such a heavyweight big man, Liu Xing was a little nervous, because he was holding the textbook of Volume 94 of "Engaging Advanced Course" in his hand, and Wang Lanlan was not at home, Wang Tairan shouldn't think he was a thief, right?
"Mr. Wang, I am a friend of Wang Lanlan. Liu Xing hurriedly explained, lest he be caught as a thief.
On crutches, Wang Tairan slowly walked to the sofa in the living room, sat down, beckoned, and said with a smile: "Sit, let's talk." β
Liu Xing sat on the sofa.
"I know something about you and my granddaughter Lan Lan. Wang Tairan got straight to the point, "Lan Lan lent you a copy of the "Beginner Course of Engagement" two months ago, and you started to learn reading. Later, you lend Lan Lan a copy of the novel "The King of Sleep" to help her cure her insomnia. In order to thank you, Lan Lan took you to my house a month ago to read "Engaging Advanced Tutorial". β
Liu Xing was shocked, Wang Tairan actually knew so clearly about the matter between him and Wang Lanlan, and said, "You are spying on Wang Lanlan, right?"
Wang Tairan showed a faint smile on his kind face and said, "You reacted quite quickly." β
"Isn't Wang Lanlan your granddaughter, why are you spying on her?"
"It's a long story. β
Wang Tairan is 98 years old this year, and his physical condition is getting worse day by day, and he knows that his time may not be numbered. Wang Tairan has long seen life and death very clearly, and the only thing he can't rest assured about is the baby Sun Queen Lan Lan.
Wang Lanlan is only 16 years old, with no father, no mother, no relatives and no friends, and the only person she can rely on is her grandfather Wang Tairan. If Wang Tairan passed away, Wang Lanlan would be helpless and alone.
Whenever he thinks about this, Wang Tairan is preoccupied.
After thinking about it, Wang Tairan felt that it was necessary for his granddaughter to learn to live independently, so he deliberately stayed away from Wang Lanlan, trying to let Wang Lanlan contact more people, make more friends, and adapt to living alone.
In the past few months, Wang Tairan lied that he went out to run errands, but in fact, he had been in Tianhai City, secretly observing Wang Lanlan.
As Wang Tairan expected, Wang Lanlan was not used to the lifestyle without her grandfather, she began to be irritable, restless, lonely, afraid, insomnia at night, and sometimes even crying secretly.
Seeing this, Wang Tairan was distressed, just to let his granddaughter learn to be independent, he could only be ruthless.
In the first month, Wang Lanlan lived a depressed life every day, until the appearance of a person made the situation better, and this person was Liu Xing.
Because of the novel "Detective Wang Nan", Wang Lanlan and Liu Xing met and became friends.
When Wang Lanlan suffered from insomnia, Liu Xing accompanied her to the bookstore to buy novels for treatment; when Liu Xing's bookstore opened, Wang Lanlan bought firecrackers and fireworks to help him celebrate; when Wang Lanlan wrote novels, Liu Xing helped her propose revisions; and when Liu Xing's bookstore was thought to be about to close, Wang Lanlan helped him pull a big deal......
After two months of getting along, Liu Xing and Wang Lanlan are now good friends who don't talk about anything.
What's more, Wang Lanlan started writing novels again, and she was busy writing novels every day, and she became the little girl who dreamed of being a writer again......
Seeing that Wang Lanlan could also live happily without the company of her grandfather, Wang Tairan was relieved, and the stone hanging in his heart could finally be put down.
"Xiao Liu, thank you for taking care of Lan Lan in the past two months. β
"Actually, I didn't do anything, but Lan Lan helped me a lot. β
With a slight gaze, Wang Tairan looked at the fascinating textbook that Liu Xing was holding in his hand, and asked curiously: "Can you read this set of "Fascinating Advanced Tutorials"?"
"I can understand a little bit. β
Wang Tairan has been studying reading for more than 80 years, and it is rare to meet such a master-level figure, Liu Xing naturally will not let go of the opportunity to ask for advice.
"Elder Wang, I would like to ask you a question. Liu Xing took the initiative to ask, "If you learn the 10,000 advanced imagination skills in the "Advanced Course of Engagement", will you be able to reach the realm of 'entering the gods'?"
Wang Tairan smiled, although he felt that Liu Xing's idea was a little too naΓ―ve, but he could also understand it. Almost everyone who has just learned the art of reading will be curious about the arts.
"How easy is it to learn the 10,000 advanced imagination techniques in the Advanced Course?" Wang said, "It took me nearly 80 years to learn more than 2,000 of them. Unless my talent is more than 5 times higher than mine, I will not be able to learn 10,000 varieties even in my lifetime. β
Liu Xing asked: "If you really finish learning, will you be able to reach the supreme reading realm of 'the unity of people and books'?"
Wang Tairan smiled faintly: "'The unity of people and books' is not so simple. Do you know the general outline of the gods?"
"Into the general outline?" Liu Xing shook his head, "What is it?"
"The general outline of entering the gods is a program of reading techniques summarized by Ma Xingkong more than 900 years ago, which reveals the principle of entering the gods. This general outline of the deity is divided into four parts......"
As he was talking, at this time, the sound of unlocking suddenly sounded at the door of the house, and when he heard the movement, Wang Tairan's face changed slightly, and he said, "It should be Lan Lan who is back." Xiao Liu, don't tell Lan Lan that I'm at home. β
After speaking, Wang Tairan immediately got up, walked quickly to his study, and hid.
Seeing this, Liu Xing was a little speechless, this old man who was over ninety years old actually played hide and seek with his granddaughter.
Click, there was a crisp sound, the door was opened, Wang Lanlan jumped in like a little rabbit, as soon as she arrived at the hall, her eyes searched everywhere, her eyebrows bent, and asked strangely: "Liu Xing, where are people?"
"Who?"
"When I was at the door, I heard someone chatting in the living room?"
"You heard me wrong, I'm the only one in the house. Liu Xing lied.
"No way, I heard another voice. Wang Lanlan still didn't believe it, and began to look for it, and after wandering around the hall to no avail, she was about to walk towards the study.
Wang Tairan hid in the study, and Liu Xing naturally wanted to help him, so he stopped Wang Lanlan and said, "Let's go out for lunch, shall we?"
"I've already eaten it. After speaking, Wang Lanlan went around and rushed directly into the study.
Mr. Wang, don't blame me for not helping you, there is really nothing I can do!
Liu Xing thought secretly and followed into the study.
"Strange, why is there no one?"
When she arrived at the study, Wang Lanlan searched the entire room, the bookshelves, the bottom of the bed, the sofa, the wardrobe, and the bathroom...... She looked at almost every corner, but she didn't find a single figure.
"Did I hear me wrong?"
After speaking, Wang Lanlan jumped out of the study, she tossed in Yufeng Mountain for a long time in the morning, ready to take a hot bath.
After Wang Lanlan left the study, Liu Xing was also a little stunned.
"What the hell, isn't Mr. Wang in the study?"
Liu Xing's mind was suddenly confused, he obviously saw Wang Tairan hiding in the study, and in the blink of an eye, why did the person disappear?
"Elder Wang?"
Liu Xing called softly, while looking for it in the study, he turned over the bed, desk, shoe rack, bathtub and other places, except for the toilet, almost everything that could be turned over.
Where did the people go?
Backbite!
Just when Liu Xing was puzzled, at this time, only a soft sound was heard, and a straight crack suddenly appeared on the wall behind the toilet in the bathroom, and the wall turned into a white door to open, and the crack became bigger and bigger.
In the small room, there was a gray-haired old man, who was Wang Tairan.
"There's even a secret room in this room!"
Liu Xing's eyes were round, and he hurriedly walked to the secret room behind the toilet, the area of the secret room in front of him was not large, only about fifteen square meters, and there were four bookshelves in it, which were full of books.
"Elder Wang, is this your personal library?"
"Shhhhh β
Liu Xing was puzzled: "Lan Lan misses you a lot, why don't you see her?"
Wang Tairan sighed: "My body is not good, I can't spend much time with Lan Lan, I can't let her rely on me too much, she should learn to be independent." β
Liu Xing wanted to say something like "You will definitely live a long life", but Wang Tairan is now 98 years old, even if he lives a long life, it is close at hand.
"Xiao Liu, come in and show you something. At this time, Wang Tairan turned around and walked towards a sealed bookshelf in the secret room.
"What's that?"
"Into the general outline. β
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