Chapter 5: "Chance Encounters"

"The weather in the game isn't good today."

"yes, I want to do a mission, hey...... Forget about going later! ”

As soon as Matsuma Saiko went online, she heard the complaints of passers-by walking by, and she looked up at the sky, and the clouds were thick, and it seemed that it was really about to rain. She made up her mind in her heart and was going to go to Lishui Bamboo Forest to dig bamboo shoots, last time I heard Chu Yueying say that the bamboo shoots there will emerge on rainy days, and they are super delicious!

Thinking of the fresh bamboo shoots, Matsuma Saiko hurriedly went to the tool shop to buy a hoe and set off.

……

Yeosu Bamboo Forest is a waterfront bamboo forest located in Qingzhuzhuang, and a stream flows down from the top of the mountain in the middle of the green bamboos that connect the mountains. Xizi stepped on the rocks emerging from the water in the stream, preparing to go to the bamboo forest on the other side. Just when Xizi stepped on the largest stone in the stream, the raindrops fell without warning, and the sound of the rain slapped on the surface of the stream.

"Are you alright?"

Xizi, who was sitting on the stream stone, felt that there seemed to be no raindrops above his head, and when he looked up, it turned out to be an umbrella. Looking back at the source of the sound, it was a man dressed in black. Contrary to Leng Ruoheng, his black and bright black hair was draped over his shoulders, and a pair of red pupils were placed on his bewitching face, making his whole person extremely mysterious.

The man stretched out his hand and motioned for Saiko to hold him, and Saiko hesitated for a moment before putting his hand on it. The man had a lot of strength and pulled her up.

"Why are you here alone? The stones on the stream are mossy and slippery easily. ”

After Xizi stood firmly, he withdrew his hand from the man's hand and thanked him, "Thank you, I just want to go to the opposite side to pick some bamboo shoots." ”

"So you also know the bamboo shoots in the Lishui Bamboo Forest?"

Xizi scratched her head, "Well, I heard that." ”

The man smiled slightly, and then stretched out his hand and motioned for Xizi to go to the other side together. Xizi looked at the man's wide palm and rubbed the soaked clothes with his hand,

"No, I'm going to go back first."

"Well, that's a shame. I wanted to go with the girl to pick some bamboo shoots, but I heard that the bamboo shoots in Lishui only appear when it rains, and they are tender and delicious, and the stew soup is an excellent method. ”

Xizi swallowed his saliva, looked at the bamboo forest not far away, and then looked at the unknown man in front of him. sighed, and was finally defeated by the food, who made her a little gluttonous cat.

"Then I'll go pick a few and go!"

The man smiled slightly when he heard this, and stretched out his hand to help Xizi, but Xizi avoided it slightly, bypassed him, and walked towards the bamboo forest. The man looked at the girl's back, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared, and he followed behind Xizi with a smile.

"My name is Shen Ji, what about you?" The man followed behind Saiko, holding an umbrella for her.

"Saiko Matsuma."

"It's a nice name."

"Hmmm......"

Xizi found that this Shen Ji was extremely attentive to her, and she didn't know what her intentions were, and the aura she exuded made her very uncomfortable and unwilling to talk. I heard my sister say that the Lishui bamboo forest is a very desolate place, and almost no one will come. And he seems to be waiting for her here or coming with her?

"How did you know about this place?" While digging bamboo shoots, Xizi secretly observed the person next to her who was holding an umbrella for her.

"I happened to pass by after the rain before, and I saw someone with dug bamboo shoots and asked, this time I came to try my luck."

Xizi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seems that this person also heard about the bamboo shoots here by chance.

"Then you dig too, you don't have to give me an umbrella, I'm soaking wet anyway!" Matsuma Saiko motioned for Shen Ji to take the umbrella back.

Shen Ji smiled helplessly and put the umbrella away, "I originally wanted to be a gentleman, since the girl wants to get drenched in the rain, then I will accompany the girl below." ”

After saying that, Shen Ji also picked up the hoe and started digging, Xizi looked at the man in front of him who was wearing a fancy costume but wielding a hoe and couldn't help but smile.

"Why are you laughing?"

Xizi smiled and dug bamboo shoots, while explaining, "No, it's just that it's a little strange to look at you digging bamboo shoots when you're so well dressed." Well...... How so? A bit out of place? ”

Shen Ji stopped the hoe he was waving: "Don't underestimate me, although I wear this, I will definitely not be worse than you!" ”

"Oh? I don't believe it, you don't work much when you see it! ”

Shen Ji smiled slightly and approached Xizi.

"Or? Baby? ”

Xizi looked at Shen Ji, who suddenly came over, and hurriedly took half a step back. Shen Ji watched her movements, and also stepped back and kept a certain distance.

"Compare to compare! I'm sure to dig more than you! ”

"It's a bit of a bet, right?"

"What do you want to bet on?"

"The wine and food in Osmanthus House is a must in the rivers and lakes of dreams, why don't you invite the other party to a banquet in Osmanthus House if you lose?"

"Good!"

As soon as Xizi heard this, he rolled up his sleeves and started drying, Shen Ji looked at the clean little guy in front of him, couldn't help but smile slightly, shook his head, and began to dig the bamboo shoots beside him.

……

In the box of the Osmanthus Building

"Lao Leng, you can choose the position of the executive of Luoxue, and you will soon go to the alliance battle, you can't miss your combat power!"

Leng Ruoheng picked up the bamboo shoots from a plate of green bamboo shoots and fried meat on the table and sent them to his mouth, and said lightly, "There should be bamboo shoots in Lishui Bamboo Forest." ”

Luo Mingzhi slapped his hands on the table in front of Leng Ruoheng irritably.

"No, I'm telling you about alliance warfare, what are you talking to me?"

"I'll think about it."

"That's what you said! I'm going to see your gang application before the Alliance! ”

Leng Ruoheng got up and walked out of the box to the corridor on the second floor where the box was located, where he could directly see the hall of the Osmanthus Building. Suddenly, he saw the pink figure in the crowd, and when he saw the person next to him, he frowned slightly. Luo Mingzhi also walked out of the box and stood behind him, finding Leng Ruoheng's gaze, and looked over there.

"Isn't that Shen Ji? Why did you come to Osmanthus Tower? ”

Leng Ruoheng frowned slightly, Shen Ji, as the leader of the Qingshan Society, was famous, gentle and considerate to women, and there were many beautiful women around him. But Matsuma Saiko looks immature, she is not a beauty, and she is obviously not the type that Shen Ji likes, why is he with Matsuma Saiko?

At this time, Matsuma Saiko downstairs didn't notice the cold look upstairs, and just sat at the table excitedly and began to order.

"This! This one! And also...... This one! Have a copy! Xizi, who was still ordering, suddenly realized something, looked up and asked Shen Ji, who was sitting next to him, "Brother Shen shouldn't mind if I eat so much, right?" ”

Shen Ji waved her hand and said with a smile, "Originally, the bet was lost, of course, Miss Matsuma can eat whatever she wants!" ”

After hearing this, Xizi was even more relieved, and added a few more dishes to the menu. Digging bamboo shoots today, she narrowly defeated Shen Ji's 19 with 21 bamboo shoots. Unexpectedly, Shen Ji, who looked like a delicate and noble company, was no worse than her in her work, and almost lost.

"Why is Brother Shen here?" Luo Mingzhi walked down from the upper floor and walked towards Shen Ji.

"Yo! It turns out that Brother Luo is also there! And Brother Leng! Shen Ji hurriedly got up and bowed slightly to the two people who came. Leng Ruoheng nodded slightly. Xizi looked at Leng Ruoheng who was coming and hurriedly turned over, for fear of being seen, after all, he hadn't come out of the embarrassing situation before, but he met again.

Leng Ruoheng looked at this cramped girl slightly, and the corners of his mouth showed a smile that he didn't even notice, "Isn't this Matsuma Saiko?" ”

Xizi closed his eyes, turned around and stood up to greet him, "Hahaha, it turned out to be Leng Ruoheng!" What a coincidence! ”

"Oh? This is my sister's personal disciple? ”

Only then did Xizi realize that there was a boy standing next to Leng Ruoheng, with thick eyebrows and eyes, it seemed that he was strong and powerful, he was very burly, even if he was wearing a thick coat, he couldn't hide his strong and powerful figure.

"You are?"

"I am your master's brother! My name is Luo Mingzhi! I heard my sister say that the snow lotus of the elixir she made for me is the one you found? Thank you so much! ”

Luo Mingzhi stretched out his hand as he spoke, gratefully holding Xizi's little hand, and Leng Ruoheng pulled his hand away without a trace, "Don't scare the little girl." ”

This scene was seen by Shen Ji on the side.

Xizi hurriedly waved his hand to say that it didn't matter, he thought that Uncle Shi would be as gentle and gentle as Master, but he didn't expect to be a big and unruly person.

"Since it's so fateful, why don't you have a light meal together?" Shen Ji stretched out her hand to invite everyone to take a seat.

Leng Ruoheng said lightly: "I won't eat it, the gang still has to take a step in advance." ”

Xizi sighed in his heart, a little regretful that he couldn't eat with Leng Ruoheng, but as soon as he saw the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the table, he couldn't wait to sit at the table and prepare to start, and Luo Mingzhi on the side was also unrestrained, pulling Shen Ji to sit down, saying that he didn't care about Leng Ruoheng.

Leng Ruoheng raised his eyebrows, looked at Matsuma Xizi who was preparing to eat at the table, and said:

"What? You're not in the same gang as me? You don't care about the gang? ”

When Xizi heard this, he pouted, a little reluctant, and smiled awkwardly at Shen Ji and Luo Mingzhi, which was more ugly than crying.

"Brother Shen, Uncle Shi, then I'll go first!"

After that, he followed Leng Ruoheng's footsteps and walked outside the osmanthus building. Shen Ji looked at Xizi's background and rubbed his fingertips, as if he was still thinking about something. Luo Mingzhi beckoned Shen Ji to eat quickly, and Shen Ji also came back to his senses and smiled and began to move his chopsticks.

……

Xizi followed Leng Ruoheng to the gang camp, Xizi looked around, and the gang occasionally walked by one or two errands, and Fu Minglang and others were not seen.

"What are you looking at?"

"Didn't you say there was something going on with the gang? So why aren't the others there? ”

"Don't need anyone else to be there?"

"Huh? Just the two of us? Do? Xizi looked puzzled, but still followed behind Leng Ruoheng.

Leng Ruoheng took her into the main hall of the gang and said lightly, "Didn't you get familiar with the gang yet?" I'll take you through it today. ”

Xizi stopped and looked at the strange man in front of her, she felt as if she had heard it wrong, obviously she was cold and cold before, and she looked unkind, why did she suddenly change sex today and take her to visit the gang in person?

Leng Ruoheng was walking in front, sensing that the footsteps behind him had disappeared, and looked back at Xizi, who was stunned at him, and raised his feet and walked back.

"What's the fuss, let's go."

Xizi came back to her senses and muttered in a low voice, "I thought something was going on...... I didn't even eat ......."

Leng Ruoheng obviously heard her complaints, secretly glanced at the villain beside her, and smiled.

"I'll take you to eat later."

Xizi blushed slightly, what...... I heard it.

……

Inside the kitchen of the Sea Breeze Pavilion

Xizi, who had just finished shopping with Leng Ruoheng, looked at the bamboo shoot pork rib soup that was still stewed on the fire in front of him, smelled the faint aroma and swallowed his saliva, rubbed his gurgling belly, and said to the people beside him.

"When's it going to be?"

Leng Ruoheng looked at the fire, approached the soup pot and sniffed it, "Well, it's almost!" ”

After that, I opened the lid of the soup and a smell of aroma came to my face.

"Wow! It's nice to look at! ”

"Thanks to your Lishui bamboo shoots, the freshness of this soup can be raised to a higher level."

Xizi silently glanced at the man scooping soup beside him, he thought he was a cold person, but he didn't expect to have such a soft side when cooking, sure enough! The man who can cook is really amazing! Thinking so, Xizi couldn't help but laugh secretly.

"What are you laughing at? Come on, give it a try! ”

Xizi sat at a small table in the kitchen, took the bowl handed over by Leng Ruoheng, blew it, and took a sip of soup.

"Wow! Excellent! After saying that, he began to eat heavily.

Leng Ruoheng laughed, and also filled himself a bowl, walked to Xizi and sat down.

"Fortunately, I went to Lishui Bamboo Forest today! Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to eat such a delicious bamboo shoot pork rib soup! ”

Hearing this, Leng Ruoheng stopped his hand that was about to put food in his mouth.

"How did you meet Shen Ji? Won't ......"

Xizi hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and waved his hand.

"It's not! No! I went to Lishui Bamboo Forest to dig bamboo shoots today, and I happened to meet Brother Shen, who is quite good, and I dig more bamboo shoots than anyone, and if I lose, I invite the other party to go to Osmanthus Building, I didn't expect to meet you. ”

Leng Ruoheng thought thoughtfully, the places he knew that Shen Ji had always come and gone were fireworks and willow lanes, and it was the first time he heard that he would go to that kind of place.

Xizi looked at Leng Ruoheng, who was frowning, and stretched out his hand to shake it in front of his eyes.

"What do you think? Eat it! ”

Leng Ruoheng got up and said, "You eat, I still have something to do, let's go first"

Xizi looked at Leng Ruoheng who left the portal, and then looked at the bamboo shoot pork rib soup in front of her, as if Leng Ruoheng just now seemed to be a dream she had.

……

Lishui bamboo forest next to the stream

Leng Ruoheng stared at the stream stones that seemed to have passed his hands and feet, and the words on his lips were faint.

"Shen Ji, what is your idea?"