Chapter Twenty-Three: Receiving Disciples
After work on Friday, Huang Shang took Xue Nai home to clean up his room.
The new bachelor apartment is ready, help Xue Nai pack the things at home today, and call the moving company to come and move the things tomorrow.
Xue Nai has already packed some things in the past few days, and what Huang Shang needs to pack is some large items, such as wooden beds, mattresses, sofas, coffee tables, etc., and those things frozen in the refrigerator can't be moved, so they can only be eaten as dinner tonight.
There are frozen dumplings, lamb slices, beef tenderloin, frozen shrimp, and a few boxes of ice cream.
The heating in the community is hot, and it is common to eat cold drinks to cool down in winter.
Seeing that there were two potatoes in the refrigerated layer, half a cabbage, and ready-made hot pot base and dipping sauce, Huang Shang said, "How about eating hot pot tonight?" ”
"Hmm." Xue Nai put some books in the box, wiped the hot sweat on her forehead, and said, "I'm obviously here to help me move, and I'm going to trouble you to cook." ”
"It's okay, it's right for friends to help each other."
It took more than an hour to put everything that should be packed in a cardboard box, sealed it with tape, and the rest of the large items will be solved when someone from the moving company comes tomorrow.
Packing up made Xue Nai sweat, a little unbearable slimy feeling, plus Huang Shang went to the kitchen to deal with the ingredients for the shabu hot pot, Xue Nai took the opportunity to take a hot shower, and by the way, he washed and dried the changed clothes and dried them on the balcony.
There was heating in the house and it only took one night to dry out.
But in front of Huang Shang, hanging her private clothes on the balcony made her a little shy, but fortunately, Huang Shang didn't care about this, for a man who was already married, it was just some pieces of cloth, what was there to be excited about? The one who gets excited must be a pervert.
The two were eating shabu shabu, during which Qianhua sent a video call, and when they saw Huang Shang and Xue Nai eating hot pot, they immediately drooled: "Hot pot, it looks delicious." ”
Huang Shang smiled: "You haven't eaten yet?" ”
"I've eaten it, but I really want to eat hot pot!" Qianhua stared at the hot pot deadly, as if she wanted to penetrate the screen and drag the hot pot to herself.
"It's been three years, and Qianhua is still the same." Xue Nai smiled slightly and said, "Have you been going well in your studies recently?" ”
"Isn't Yukino-chan the same as before!" Qianhua said: "My studies are going well, although my grades are average, I will definitely succeed." ”
"How did it happen?" Huang Shang snorted: "Late and early leave all day, if it weren't for the grades, a student like you would have been expelled by the tutor long ago." ”
"People just play too late at night and oversleep in the morning." Qianhua pouted, with a look of 'I know I was wrong, but I just won't change'.
"That's not right." Xue Nai's face became serious: "If you don't study hard, you will not only waste the tuition fees paid by your parents, but also waste your time, causing irreparable regrets." ”
"Hey, hey, don't talk about this, you continue to eat hot pot!" paused: "By the way, why do you eat hot pot together?" Or at Yukino-chan's house? ”
"Tomorrow Xue Nai is moving to a new house, I'll come over and help clean up." Huang Shang said: "You are on weekend off now, do you want to come over tomorrow to help?" By the way, play here for two days. ”
"Okay!" Qianhua's eyes lit up and said, "I'll book a ticket now, and I'll call you when it's time." ”
"Don't be in such a hurry." Yukino said, "It's too late today, and it's not too late to come back tomorrow." ”
"Hey, hey, I always have to buy a ticket, I'll book the ticket first." Qianhua said: "Let's not talk about it yet, I'll book a ticket, Xue Nai-chan will sleep well tonight, and I'll tell Brother Huang Shang to pick me up when I arrive." ”
After saying that, Chika hung up the phone.
Xue Naixiu frowned slightly, and said, "They are all adults, and they are still so reckless." ”
"If she wasn't reckless, she wouldn't be a thousand flowers." Huang Shang took a bite of mutton slices and said, "I'm busy again today." ”
"Qianhua won't really come overnight, will she?" Yukino Road.
"With her character, nine times out of ten." Huang Shang took out his mobile phone and checked the train number from Beijing to SC, it was a coincidence, there was a trip in an hour, it was now half past seven in the evening, Qianhua really took this bus, and it would arrive at SC at almost ten o'clock in the evening.
In the cold winter, it will be very cold at night.
"You rest early tonight, and tomorrow morning, I'll bring Qianhua over to help move." Huang Shangdao.
Xue Nai nodded, ate a few bites of shabu-shabu, and asked as if inadvertently, "Dragonfly Sang, do you know a thousand flowers?" ”
"They know, but dragonflies don't." Huang Shang said: "She always thought that I and Qianhua were just friends. ”
"Is it really good to cheat on your wife?" Yukino seemed to be asking herself.
"There's no way around it." Huang Shangdao: "Qianhua knows what kind of person I am, and she willingly doesn't want to be with me." She is the eldest lady of the Fujiwara family, and it is difficult for me to refuse her to make such a sacrifice. ”
Xue Nai was silent for a moment and said, "In case your affairs are known to Dragonfly......"
"It's okay to know." Huang Shang put down the dishes and chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a piece of paper, and said, "I'll let her forget about it." ”
"......" Yukino looked at him and said, "Do you use spells?" ”
"Heh......" Huang Shang smiled: "How do you know it's a spell?" ”
Xue Nai pinched the protective copper coin around his neck and said, "It's just a guess." ”
"I see." Huang Shang stretched out his hand and pinched the other end of the talisman copper coin, Xue Nai's fingers did not move away, and the hands of the two touched together.
Xue Nai's face flushed, Huang Shang didn't think too much, and injected a trace of mana into the talisman copper coin.
After a moment, he moved his hand away and said, "The energy consumed before the copper coin has been replenished, and there are still three chances to protect yourself." Contact me in time if you have any problems, I will arrive as soon as possible. ”
Xue Nai looked at the slightly glowing copper coin, took a deep breath, and said, "Can you tell me, who are you?" ”
"Just a monk." Huang Shang said.
Monk?
"I ......," Yukino wanted to say and stopped.
"Just say anything." Huang Shang said: "Between friends, don't be cowardly. ”
This sentence gave Xue Nai great courage, raised his eyes, looked at each other, and said, "Can I learn?" ”
Huang Shang was not in a hurry to refuse, and asked, "What about the reason?" ”
"I've had terrible things happen twice." Xue Nai clenched her fists and said, "I'm afraid of encountering a third, fourth, or fifth time...... In case you can't make it to that point, I hope I'll be able to protect myself. ”
"For good reason." Looking at Yukino's eyes, they were full of longing and expectation, not the pursuit of power, but the hope that he had the ability to protect himself and the people around him.
"But have you ever heard such a phrase?"
"I don't know which one?" Yukino was sitting in a precarious position.
"The law should not be passed on lightly." Huang Shang stretched out his right index finger, and there was a small ball of light that was constantly changing color on the tip of his finger, and Xue Nai was stunned, surprised, and then a little fanatical.
"If you want to learn spells, you always have to pay a price." Huang Shang said: "For example, give me your useful body." ”
After hearing this, Xue Naixiu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and her lips pursed.
After a moment of silence, Xue Nai took a deep breath and nodded: "I understand." ”
Get up, go close the curtains, lock the door, then stand in front of him and unbutton his pajamas.
"......" Huang Shang was a little confused: "What are you doing?" ”
Xue Nai pursed her lips and said, "I'm willing to pay the price of my body." ”
"Well, it's true that you have to give your body, but what you understand and what I mean is not the same thing."
Xue Nai was stunned.
Huang Shang coughed dryly: "I mean to say, if you want to learn, you have to apprentice, and in the future, you will be my apprentice, I will teach you spells, and you will work for me." As the so-called disciple does his job, I plan to hand over some affairs in the company to you, so that I can have more time to do other things. ”
Yukino's face turned red all at once, and she hurriedly covered her chest with her hands, her eyes glistening with tears.
"Ahem, if you want, you can worship me as a teacher now." Huang Shang said.
Yukino turned around, fastened the buttons, calmed down, and said, "What should I do?" ”
"Just a cup of tea." Huang Shang said: "I am also the first time to accept apprentices, and there are no rules. ”
Xue Nai silently poured a cup of hot tea, then held the cup in both hands and bowed at ninety degrees: "Master, please use tea." ”
"yes, okay." Huang Shang took the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and said: "I drank the apprentice tea, from now on, you are my big apprentice, I will teach you magical spells, I hope you can learn with your heart, one is to protect yourself, and the other is to help the teacher in the future." ”
Xue Nai nodded: "The disciple must work hard to learn spells from the master." ”
"That's good." Huang Shang put down the teacup and said: "In this case, then you first slowly familiarize yourself with the company's various work affairs by my side, and when you feel that you can, I will let you be the general manager and be in charge of the company's affairs." ”
Xue Nai nodded, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "Then we will be masters and apprentices in the future, not friends, right?" ”
"They are both mentors and apprentices, and they are also friends." Huang Shang said: "In the future, I will still call you Xue Nai, in front of the company or outsiders, you will still call me Mr. Huang, and where there are no outsiders, call me Master." ”
Xue Nai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Got it, Master." ”
The call is very smooth, and there is no psychological resistance.
"Let's eat!" Huang Shang said: "We have to eat all of this tonight, otherwise it will be wasted." ”
Xue Nai nodded, and after sitting down again, she was not in a hurry to eat, and asked a little cautiously, "Master, when will you teach me spells?" ”
"There's no hurry." Huang Shangdao: "After moving tomorrow, I will give you a book list, you buy these books back according to the titles on the book list, and then read them in order of the titles." When you finish reading all these books and grasp the contents, I will teach you the method of cultivation. ”
“……”
Xue Nai was stunned: "Master, what kind of book are you talking about?" How many copies are there? ”
"It's hard to say how many copies, look at the print. But there are a lot of words, and it will take you about two or three months to read them all. Huang Shang stretched out three fingers and said, "It will take at least three years to master the content of the book, can you persevere?" ”