Chapter 16 The more beautiful the more deceiving
When Sun Chenghuan came out of Li Yaer's house, he was empty-handed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Except for the one gold coin he was going to give to Ketran, he gave the other four gold coins directly to Liar.
And the so-called "golden ticket" of 10,000 gold coins that Li Yaer promised to give him did not come to him for the time being.
After all, even for a businessman like the Foster family, 10,000 gold coins is not something that can be taken out.
What's more, the things bought by these 10,000 gold coins will not generate any benefits in a short period of time.
It is a net decrease in liquidity, even if it is Li Yaer, the eldest young master of the Foster family, it is not that it can be given to him.
He must have made up a lie to deceive his father, and then find a way to borrow the ten thousand gold coins from the family.
As for what kind of lie could make him cheat 10,000 gold coins from Master Foster, this kind of thing is not something that Sun Chenghuan needs to care about.
Of course, he came out of Li Yaer's house so freely, and even saved a word of advice, mainly because there were still I don't know how many four gold coins were placed in the ring of the little girl who followed him somewhere......
But in the eyes of Li Yaer, who sent him away, it was a different matter entirely.
Sun Chenghuan's family is very poor, and he knows this very well.
Although he has always had a very good relationship with Sun Chenghuan and Ketlan, Li Yaer knows in his heart that in his heart, he still looks down on his "second brother" a little bit.
It's not because he thinks that poor people must be unproductive, otherwise he wouldn't have had anything to do with Sun Chenghuan at all.
It's just because Sun Chenghuan has been used to being poor since he was a child, and he will naturally have a little "poor man's mark" on his body.
For example, when calculating something, it is very careful.
Another example is that before doing something, you are always very careful, and you must calculate carefully enough to confirm basically all the threats and possibilities before you do it.
For example...... I have known each other for a few years, and Sun Chenghuan has never invited him to dinner with Ketran.
Of course, he knew that for Sun Chenghuan, who lived on the school's subsidy of one silver coin a month, a meal in Penglai Pavilion or Yingjialou was the cheapest, and the price that could not be lowered without fifty gold coins was enough to scare him to death......
And because of this, Sun Chenghuan rarely goes out to eat with them.
But in my heart, it's always a little awkward.
If it weren't for the fact that the main point of his relationship with Ketlan was Sun Chenghuan, he had actually seriously considered whether to reduce his contacts with Sun Chenghuan before.
But today, he knew how wise it was for him not to cut off contact with Sun Chenghuan because of the power in his bones.
The meaning of these four gold coins, Sun Chenghuan doesn't know?
No way.
The three brothers had imagined together more than once what it would be like if they had been born two thousand years ago in the era of magic.
When it comes to ancient magic, the three of them actually have a bit of an almost blind worship.
Otherwise, Sun Chenghuan, who is obviously a martial artist, why would he have to put so much effort into learning the magic of the chaos system?
It's just that he really doesn't have much talent for magic.
Therefore, these gold coins, Sun Chenghuan himself is useless.
But it is useless to Sun Chenghuan himself, which does not mean that he does not know how important these things with ancient magic are to other real magicians.
Perhaps, such a gold coin can make an eighth-level or even ninth-level magician who is obsessed with research serve as a servant for himself for a year......
It's not about money anymore!
Buying such four treasures with 10,000 gold coins, Li Yaer himself made a lot of money.
But what about Sun Chenghuan?
He just put the four gold coins in his place, turned around and left.
There was not even a look of concern at all.
Trust.
Li Yaer felt that it seemed that this "second brother" who he faintly felt a little disdainful in his heart really trusted him unreservedly.
This moved him a little.
You know, for a child from a merchant family like him, what he has learned from an early age is how to make himself not trust others and how to calculate everything clearly......
Just like Sun Chenghuan did.
It is precisely because of this that Li Yaer looks down on Sun Chenghuan a little.
But today, Sun Chenghuan turned around and left so simply, so that Li Yaer suddenly understood, even if I doubt and count all the people, but for you, I don't guard against it, how precious such a mood is.
With a long sigh, Lial turned around and walked back to the house.
His next task is even more difficult: how can he cheat out 10,000 gold coins from his father without revealing these gold coins......
Just think about it, Li Yaer feels a headache.
This one...... It's really hard.
......
"Big brother, you didn't know about the glow of the gold coin he said just now?"
On the way home, Erin, who didn't know where she had appeared, ran to Sun Chenghuan's side and asked curiously.
“...... I've never seen anything like this, how can I know!" Sun Chenghuan was a little speechless at the point of being despised by himself.
"That's right...... I just heard that four gold coins like that can be exchanged for 100 million gold coins! Oh my God, if this ring of mine ......."
"It's going to plunge the entire Ace Continent into a big scuffle. Sun Chenghuan said in a low voice. "At least 100 million people will die. ”
“...... 100 million people are ......" Sun Chenghuan's words obviously frightened Erin.
She tucked her ring-wearing left hand into her pocket.
Sun Chenghuan laughed silently.
And so the two of them returned home.
It's time to eat.
Sun Chenghuan lit the fire in the courtyard as if he was at home alone, and simply cooked a meal for the two.
It's simple and unpretentious to the point of being a little rudimentary.
It's just that when Irene's eating, it seems to be more fragrant than what she ate in the restaurant outside yesterday.
After eating, Sun Chenghuan began to clean up and wash the dishes, and Erin stood behind him.
"Big Brother ......"
"Huh?"
"Are you going to go over to Uncle Reese tomorrow?"
"Hmm...... What's wrong?"
"I don't think they'll be able to finish reading that many books tomorrow......"
"What's wrong?"
Sun Chenghuan was stunned for a moment.
This sentence sounds like there is a lot of meaning in it.
He put down the dish he was washing, turned his head, and looked at Irene.
"It's nothing, it's just ...... Will you go back the day after tomorrow?"
"Aren't you going to go back, and it doesn't matter when I'm going to find them, right?"
"This ......"
Erin looked a little flustered.
Sun Chenghuan seemed to understand something.
Myself...... Have you been deceived?
"Are you really only seven years old this year?"
Sun Chenghuan couldn't help it and asked a question.
Erin bowed her head.
In fact, Erin really looks like she is only seven years old.
But Sun Chenghuan didn't believe that he would be deceived by a seven-year-old child.
If she really did what she said to herself, then it wasn't that what she had just said to herself and then go to Reese and them was not flawed at all.
And this flaw was obviously exposed to Sun Chenghuan by Erin herself.
This...... It's a bit illogical.
But Erin looks like she's only seven or eight years old at most, right?
"We're in there...... I don't know what place to stay for a long time. It was a long time before Erin spoke. "Originally, when we went in, there were ten of them. There were also six paladins from the Holy Maiden Cult, and Uncle Reece took me on the run all the way, killing a few knights along the way, and finally they stopped when there were only five people left. ”
"......" Sun Chenghuan was stunned.
"It's just that it's always bright, the timing magic doesn't work there, the timers stop running, and we don't know how long it has been. Uncle Reese and Aunt Saint don't have to sleep, they only sleep when I feel sleepy. So they used the number of times I slept to calculate the time. Erin lowered her head, "I've slept less than five hundred times. ”
"That's just over a year. Sun Chenghuan was stunned for a moment and shook his head.
"I'm sleepy sometimes, but I can't help sleeping. Erin shook her head earnestly. "Later, after I learned a lot of magic and martial arts with them, I slept less, basically I wasn't so sleepy that I couldn't move, I couldn't sleep. ”
“...... Why?"
"Because...... I'm afraid that if I fall asleep in there, I'll never wake up......"
“...... By the way, didn't you just say that there were five of them, and why are there only four of you left?"
"Because that great paladin Adrian couldn't follow us out in order to protect us. ”
"What do you mean?"
"When I was there that day to learn swordsmanship with Uncle Adrian, I don't know why, suddenly my feet started to shake, and Aunt Dasheng said, it may have been an earthquake, let's not worry too much.
"But I don't know why, a group of things like dead corpses suddenly fell from the sky, and they still moved...... Aunt Dasheng said that this was some kind of undead magic called Doomsday, and then she, along with Grandpa Anthony, began to attack the dead bodies...... There were so many dead bodies that they couldn't kill them all.
"After a long, long time, maybe a day or two, Uncle Reese, who had gone out to look for his way, came back, and the three of them together killed all the dead bodies, but suddenly another batch fell from the sky...... Just when we all thought that these things could not be killed, suddenly a lot of fireballs fell from the sky and smashed on these dead bodies, and then the dead bodies were all dead.
"We thought that was the end of it, but suddenly it started to rain again, and it was pouring down like icicles...... Uncle Adrian put up a protective shield for us, and held it for a long time, until he had no strength left, and the ice and rain in the sky ended.
"And somehow, a big crack opened in the ground, and I fell down...... I don't know much later, Grandpa Anthony said that Uncle Adrian had no strength at that time and had no way to save me, and then Grandpa Anthony and a few of them jumped down after me. And then we're back here again......"
Erin's words were a bit of an inexplicable logical confusion, but things were quite clear.
And Sun Chenghuan faintly felt that this seemed to have something to do with the spell they experimented with that tree that might be Qi Fengwu that day.
So, maybe that dead tree has some frightening secret, right?
"And then?" Sun Chenghuan just nodded, not planning to tell the story of the perched phoenix.
"When we came out, we saw you, big brother, and your two friends lying on the ground, fainting.
"Originally, we were going to leave directly, but it was Aunt Dasheng who said that she found that you were wearing different clothes from us, and you ...... It's black hair, it's different from us, and it is said that there were no people with black hair on the Ace continent before.
"So Uncle Reece is going to wake you up and ask what the hell is going on. As a result, they suddenly found that the magic could not be used, including the Holy Light Technique of the Great Holy Lady Aunt, and no matter how much they shouted, they would not wake up. They panicked, so we found a cave nearby together and settled down first, but the three of them experimented for a while and came to no clear conclusions, and then they remembered you again and went to bring you back...... That's it. ”
"Then you ......" Sun Chenghuan's explanation of Erin is basically acceptable.
"Oh, after you left that night, they discussed what to do next, and said that I would find a way to follow you to see what the current Ace Continent is like. ”
"Didn't they suspect that I wouldn't go back?"
"Nope. Erin shook her head, "Aunt Great Sage said that your fate is very special,...... Anyway, there are a lot of things I don't understand, and in the end, you will definitely want to worship them as teachers, and then you will naturally please them, and you will definitely not go back. Then Uncle Reece said that he saw that your face had a peach blossom or something, and said that you would be planted in a woman's hands many times in your life, so it was suggested that Aunt Dasheng come...... Well...... Then Aunt Dasheng was very upset, and the two of them quarreled, and then Grandpa Anthony suggested that I come with you. ”
“...... Planted in the hands of women...... Many times ......"
Sun Chenghuan had a black line on his head.
But he didn't say much.
He remembered the person he "picked up" two years ago......
That time, I was planted, right?
Not only was his life almost gone, but he also nearly killed two of his friends, Liar and Ketran.
"Originally, Grandpa Anthony just said that he wanted me to come out with you to have fun, and it was okay to go back and tell them after a long time, but Uncle Reece said that he wanted me to tell you that I was planning to run away......"
“...... Why?"
He said...... He said...... "Irene's face suddenly turned red.
"What's wrong?" Sun Chenghuan looked uncertain.
He said...... I'll ...... you Hmmm......" Erin squirmed a little.
"You and me?" Sun Chenghuan still didn't quite understand.
"It's ...... anyway He said that you will definitely take care of me in the future, so it is better for me to follow you sooner......" Erin said with a red face.
Be quiet.
Sun Chenghuan understood the meaning of this sentence, although in fact he didn't understand it at all.
This one...... What is it?
Child brides?
That's not right!
"Why did Reece say that?"
"Uncle Reese is a fortune teller...... He said big brother, there will be many women who want to harm you in your life...... There will also be many men who will help you, and you will only be good to one woman...... That person is ...... It is...... That's me. Erin bowed her head.
Be quiet.
Sun Chenghuan doesn't really understand the logic in this.
He felt that what he had learned in the past few years was completely insufficient to explain the incident.
But...... He's used to it, too.
Isn't this little girl with a flushed face in front of her a princess 1,700 years ago?
"So you ......"
"No, it's Aunt Dasheng who wants me to lie to you...... But Uncle Reece said you would be nice to me, and even if I told you that I lied to you, you wouldn't be angry with me......"
“...... So ......"
"Originally, according to Uncle Reese, I wanted me to follow you quietly incognito when you went to find them tomorrow, and then show up when I went back, like this...... You're going to be disappointed...... But ......"
"Hmmm......"
Sun Chenghuan nodded and interrupted Irene's words.
At least tell yourself that now that you don't get angry.
It's just a little ...... How so......
Quite aggrieved.
What did I do, why did you lie to me like that?