Qiu Tingting breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, senior brother, I can rest assured!" As she spoke, she took her bag, took out a USB flash drive from it and put it on the coffee table, "Here are some information I have sorted out, about Shen Qing, you can take a look at it in the past two days." The morning after tomorrow, I will send a car to pick you up and take Ye Huan with me. ”

"Well, okay", I looked at the USB stick, "this...... Not necessarily, right? It's just sitting together and talking, not fighting. ”

She smiled, "You'd better take a look, and while you don't necessarily need to, it never hurts to know more." ”

"Okay, I'll do some research in the evening and see how mysterious this Isa Shen really is...... Oh, by the way, she is a Chinese-American, and she has never been to China, can she speak Chinese? I asked, "I can't speak English, do you have to arrange a translator for me then?" ”

"Don't worry, she has received bilingual education since she was a child, and the descendants of the Shen family are like this," she said, "Besides, people who study oriental metaphysics may not understand Chinese?" ”

"That's not necessarily," I smiled, "I've seen a lot of so-called Westerners studying the I Ching on the Internet, but they all use their set of thinking to chart the I Ching, find patterns, and then copy it rigidly, it's ridiculous to look at, aren't those people also obsessed?" ”

"Raise the bar, don't you?" She glanced at me, "If this Miss Shen is that kind of person, do I still have to bother you?" Wouldn't it be enough to ask President Zhao to come forward and send her? ”

"I'm just saying, you're too serious," I laughed.

"It's not that I'm more serious", she poured me tea, "I don't know why, it's said to be a good thing, but it's always unsteady...... Do you say that it is because the fame of the dragon head Shen is too big, so we are like a great enemy and think about things complicated? ”

"I can't say that I want to be complicated", I said, "The foundation of the Shen family is here, this girl is an expert, and no one in your position can be sure." Who made you the daughter of the Qiu family, if your family is not a feng shui family, but an ordinary business, you will not have this worry. ”

"That's right, if our family sells braised boiled fire, she won't ask me to come forward to arrange it for her", she smiled and looked at her watch, "Let's go pick up Ye Huan and have dinner together in the evening." ”

I was stunned for a moment, "Huh...... I haven't seen her since I came back. ”

Qiu Tingting was stunned, "What's the situation?" ”

"What's the situation, you're thinking too much," I said, "and I've been on trouble since I came back yesterday, so I didn't bother to go to her." ”

She thought for a moment, "Well...... Or another day? ”

"No need to change the day, let's go", I smiled faintly, "You can send me to her after eating." ”

"Is that good?" She looked at me, "Let's go together, you have time to be together in the evening." ”

"I'm not here for that," I said, "we haven't seen each other for more than a month, and we must have a lot to say when we meet, so I guess I don't have the heart to eat." I'm not in a hurry to see her, I just want to deal with everything that needs to be handled first, so that I can talk to her in a down-to-earth manner. ”

"Oh...... Then I understand", she stood up, "Then let's stop sitting, let's go, it's still early, I'll take you to a good place, what you found a few days ago, let's try it together." ”

The good place Qiu Tingting said is a Chongqing restaurant with a small face. Although the store looks unremarkable and the decoration is average, the business is very hot. It was early when we went, and it was almost full when she called the locator on the way.

The restaurant's signature dish is boiled fish, but the taste of his boiled fish is not the same as the outside, in addition to the spicy and fragrant, there is a refreshing and moisturizing inside. The two of us ordered a pot of boiled fish, a plate of pot pork slices, a plate of fried peanuts, a plate of fruit salad, plus a bucket of rice, two bowls of soup, and just ordered something, it cost more than 300 fast, more than twice as expensive as outside.

"It's delicious, but it's a real price," I said, "how did you find it in such a remote place?" ”

She smiled lightly and sandwiched a piece of fish meat for me, "You can't guess." ”

"How?" I put down my chopsticks.

"Do you remember the investor I dated that time, Liang Na?" "She brought me here and said I'd help her try her hand at the craft," she said. I tasted it and thought it was good, and then she made a decision and invested 8 million in shares. ”

"Oh...... No wonder", I nodded, "This is a mom-and-pop shop, right?" ”

She glanced at me, "That's right, the first person who greeted the guests was the owner's sister-in-law, his wife is a chef, not very old, only twenty-five years old, but this craft is ...... Ancestral. ”

"It's a secret recipe, so that's understandable," I laughed.

She looked outside and lowered her voice, "What Liang Na wants is actually someone's secret recipe, but the proprietress said that she wouldn't sell it, and they would take this as a shareholder." ”

I looked at her quietly, "Tingting, you have something to say...... What are you trying to remind me? ”

She smiled playfully, "There are secret techniques in all walks of life, not only in Feng Shui, but also in cooking." The Chinese have a problem, that is, they are conservative to their own people and generous to outsiders, and their own people learn these secret techniques, they are secretive, and when foreigners come, they immediately teach each other, saying that it is not very good, but they are afraid that people will not look at it, so they will take the bottom of the box when they come up, which is true. ”

I agree with this, this phenomenon is indeed very common, from the cloisonné technology of the year, to the current Chinese mathematics and martial arts, foreigners are indeed much easier to learn than Chinese. The reason for this is very complicated, but when it comes to the roots, there are no more than two points, young people don't care, and inheritors are not confident, so the essence of those who are kept secret from their children and grandchildren are given to foreigners under the banner of promoting Chinese culture. Isn't there always a cry of worry, saying that if this continues, it won't be many years before Chinese learn Chinese culture from foreigners.

"Tingting, you don't think I'm that kind of person, do you?" I looked at her.

She shook her head, "Of course you're not, but I've heard of a particular one, that is, two masters of mathematics together, generally don't talk about mathematics, only talk about family life, you know why, right?" ”

"Because each other is a master, if you open your mouth, the other party can get your things from the clues", I said, "so we only talk about family life, not ancestral traditions." ”

"Yes," she nodded, "so you have to keep a little heart, not only to convince Isa, but also not to let her steal the Lin family's secret technique, this is a test." ”

I smiled slightly, "The Lin family inherits Yi Li, not a specific technique, and it is not so easy for her to steal it." I remember that the Seventh Master said that he knew a person, and that person was extremely talented, no matter how powerful the spell was, she could learn it by seeing you use it once. But even so, if she wants to take Yi Lixue away, she can't do it, because Yi Li is a great avenue, a cultivator, and she can't take it away. ”

"That's right......," she nodded, "then I'll be sure." ”

"The things of the ancestors can't be taken away by outsiders, don't worry."

She looked at me, "I didn't think about it that much, I'm just afraid that you will suffer." ”

"Don't worry, the secret art of our Lin family is not something that anyone can learn if they want to", I paused, "because that is the price of fate......"

We were all silent.

After a long time, she sighed softly, "I've always wanted to ask you, but I didn't dare to ask...... During this time, I asked a few grandfathers privately, but they all said......"

"Tingting, don't say it", I smiled calmly, "Let's eat." ”

"There will always be a way", she held my hand, "I believe that God will not be so unfair to you......"

"Tingting, there is no way to do this, only hope", I looked at her, "Actually, I am much better now, I just need to understand how to do it, and then do it steadily, as for the rest, it doesn't matter." ”

"Why doesn't it matter?" She was suddenly a little excited, "It's not important to you, but what about Ye Huan?" ”

"She's a practitioner and understands that," I said.

"But I don't understand!" She looked at me, "Ye Huan can see it, I can't see it, I must find a way to save you!" ”

I really wanted to tell her that as long as I was with her, I would get better and better, but I couldn't say that. In my two worlds, one is Ye Huan and the other is Xue Jing, at least now there is no place for Tingting. People can't be too greedy in life, whatever God gives you is what it is, work hard to do everything, and the result will be natural. For Tingting, I can only say that I don't keep my distance, but for the rest, I don't have the heart to think about it now.

"Tingting, I have more than eighty years of life in my life", I looked at her, "If the sky doesn't stop me, it will be fine after all, don't think too much, okay?" ”

She slowly let go of my hand and didn't speak for a long time.

"What's wrong with you? Why don't you speak? I asked.

She glanced at me and shook her head, "It's okay, let's eat, I'll send you back after eating, you've been separated for so long, it's time to accompany her." ”

When there was still some distance from Ye Huan's house, Qiu Tingting stopped the car, "It's here in front, I won't send you to the door, early the day after tomorrow, I will send someone here to wait for you." ”

"It doesn't have to be like this, does it?" I looked at her, "Can't I trust you?" ”

She smiled lightly, "You think too much, I know where Ye Huan's family is, I want to give you some time to think about how to talk to her." ”

"Say what?"

"By your side...... There are other girls, right? She said softly.

"How do you know?" I paused for a moment.

"Nothing unusual, isn't it sooner or later?" She paused, "Senior brother, to be honest, I've always felt sorry for you, for more than a year, for Ye Huan, you were born and died, but in the end...... You have paid so much for her, but in exchange for a girlfriend who can only watch from afar, you need someone to love you, care for you, and take care of you, but for Ye Huan, you can only let go of these. To put it bluntly, you are not a monk after all, even if it is a bowstring, it should be loosened after a long time. ”

"Tingting, I ......"

"You don't need to explain it to me, I understand", she lowered her head, "Uncle Eighth reminded me, saying that you are very prosperous in your life, and you need to be mentally prepared if you like it." But when some things come, they won't give you time to prepare. I knew that there would be other girls next to you sooner or later, and I thought it would be Tang Yi, so every time I see her, I will imagine her as your woman in my heart to adapt myself psychologically...... It's just that I didn't expect that people are not as good as heaven, it turned out that it was not Tang Yi, but another girl......" she took a deep breath, "It's okay, just say it." ”

"That's good", I breathed a sigh of relief and opened the car door, "Then I'll go first." ”

"Senior brother, hug me and get out of the car, okay?" She sighed.

I hesitated, gently took her into my arms, hugged her, turned around and got out of the car, and walked away without looking back.