Chapter 428: Becoming an Apprentice
Right after Lin Dong left, Lin Han’s phone rang.
“Hello?”
“Little Brother Lin, it’s me, Zheng Jiarui.”
Lin Han immediately put on a big smile and said, “Oh, President Zheng! How are you doing?”
“Little Brother Lin, have you eaten yet?’
Lin Han looked at the meal on the table and he immediately said, “Oh, not at all. Not yet.”
“Oh that’s good. I booked a room at the Royal Capital Restaurant, how about you join us too? Is your little son Lin Dong there?” Zheng Jiarui said, sounding like he was in a good mood.
“Uh…” Lin Han hesitated.
“What is it? Not convenient? Little Brother Lin, actually, I think we can work together on a new project.”
Lin Han’s eyes immediately lit up. “Convenient, very convenient, how could it be not convenient? I will be right there.”
“Hahaha, that’s good then.” Zheng Jiarui hung up.
After putting down the phone, Lin Han said to his eldest son with a darkened face, “Go give your little brother a call, tell him to get the fack back here.”
Mommy Lin curiously asked, “What happened?”
“What else? President Zheng is now asking about what happened, and he arranged a dinner and asked me to take Little Dong over, right now.”
Mommy Lin’s face became slightly unnatural, and Young Master Lin immediately called Lin Dong’s cell.
Lin Dong was driving as he put Jade Qilin Garden into the navigation system. He picked up the call and impatiently said, “What?!”
“Dad asked you to come back quickly, I don’t know what’s going on on President Zheng’s end, but he arranged a dinner and you need to go right now so don’t be capricious. I think it’s probably because you rejected his daughter. Come back and take care of this first. Right now, we still can’t afford to offend the Zheng Family. Listen to your big brother’s words this time.”
“Then just wait until I become that person’s apprentice first. I can apologize to them anytime, but if I miss this teacher, then I will miss out on the chance of my lifetime to have such a grandmaster be my teacher,” Lin Dong said.
On the other end, Lin Han directly grabbed the call and said in a deep voice, “B@stard, come back right now!”
Lin Dong directly ended the call impatiently and turned off his phone.
Lin Han’s whole face was trembling with fear and he said angrily, “Go! Let’s go and grab that b@stard home, President Zheng’s still waiting.”
“I heard the GPS say he’s going to Jade Qilin Garden, I know that place,” Young Master Lin said.
Lin Han nodded, and the two of them got into a car and sped off.
Lin Dong drove into Jade Qilin Garden and found villa #66. He got out of the car and rang the doorbell. A maid came to open the door.
“Is it Mr. Lin?”
Lin Dong nodded.
The maid: “Come on in.”
Lin Dong hurriedly went in, and when he panted as he arrived at the door of the villa’s living room, he saw Xu Cheng sitting there drinking tea with two of his friends. Seeing him here, Xu Cheng waved for him to come in.
Luo Yi took a look at Lin Dong, Li Wei too, and they both shook their heads.
Lin Dong swallowed and began panicking: Am I done for? Am I really not qualified?
“From the front door to the living room, it’s just about a couple of dozen meters away. He hurriedly came in and is already out of breath, he’s clearly not fit,” Li Wei commented.
Luo Yi nodded too. “His body doesn’t seem to be in great shape either, so slim and weak. Is he going the fresh meat pop star route?”
Lin Dong’s heart thumped and he became even more worried.
It was also reasonable for Luo Yi and Li Wei to be this picky. After all, Xu Cheng was the Dragon King, not just anyone could become his student!
So, they asked Xu Cheng, “Big Brother Cheng, aren’t you a bit too liberal with your picks, taking him in as an apprentice?”
Lin Dong became even less confident at this point. He just stood there awkwardly, not knowing what expression he should have on his face and what he should say. All in all, he looked quite pitiful.
Xu Cheng faintly smiled. “Brat, I’ve rejected you again and again, and I even toyed with you today. Aren’t you angry?”
Lin Dong shook his head. “I really want to become your student and learn from you.”
Xu Cheng looked at his two good friends and smiled as he said, “See? Both talent and qualifications, this kid is horrible in both.”
Lin Dong’s face suddenly became red.
“But, his persistence moved me.” Xu Cheng’s words suddenly changed in tone, and it really turned around Lin Dong’s mood from utter despair.
Li Wei looked at Li Dong. “Brat, you are becoming his apprentice, are you still waiting for us to make you tea?”
Upon hearing this, Lin Dong immediately knew what to do. He hurried over and started boiling the water.
At this time, Luo Yi looked at him and snorted, “Kid, do you know how lucky you are? You wouldn’t be able to find another teacher on his level in all of Huaxia. Really, if I were your teacher, I would be too lazy to even look at you. Not to mention him, even if it was myself taking in students, I wouldn’t find someone like you.”
Lin Dong couldn’t help but ask him. “You are very powerful too?”
Luo Yi lifted the tea cup in disdain and just crushed it with his bare hands.
Lin Dong was immediately dumbfounded upon seeing this. He already endured this guy badmouthing him in front of his teacher for a long time, and now he felt like he should probably just keep on enduring, or he might just end up like that tea cup.
After the water boiled, he reached for the can and took out some tea leaves. He was a bit clumsy with the leaves, and he also didn’t have the patience to slowly brew the tea. Li Wei’s heart ached for those tea leaves and he smacked Lin Dong on the hand and said, “Brat, you are wasting these leaves, do you know that?”
Xu Cheng had received 150 grams of Da Hong Pao tea from Elder Ye, the kind that not everyone could get. This was these two’s first time borrowing a bit of Xu Cheng’s glory to enjoy something of this level, yet Lin Dong didn’t even look at the leaves and just grabbed some from the can and threw it into the teapot. The calm Li Wei could no longer stay calm.
Lin Dong was indeed really anxious to become Xu Cheng’s apprentice, and he was in a hurry to brew this tea and then toast it to his new teacher. He also didn’t know what was Da Hong Pao, since he was, after all, just 18 years old. How would he know that this tier of Da Hong Pao was specifically saved for high-level government officials. After being shouted at by Li Wei, he was also startled, and then he slowed down.
“Isn’t it just tea, why so stingy… Later on, I will buy a whole truck for my teacher to pay my respects,” Lin Dong snorted.
Li Wei glared at him. “Do you know what kind of tea this is? Buy a truck? Not to mention a truck, even if you can get me a pound of this, I will change my last name to yours.”
“Alright, later on I will buy it. It’s just tea leaves, chill,” Lin Dong snorted.
Li Wei directly gave him the special tea’s packaging ad said, “Here, take this packaging and go look around on the market. Don’t bring some fake ones here to embarrass yourself. If you can even buy 150 grams of this, I will admit defeat.”
Lin Dong directly took the packaging into his bag. After the tea was done, he formally raised his cup and came before Xu Cheng. Then, kneeling sincerely, he held the cup forward to Xu Cheng and said, “Teacher, please accept this cup from your apprentice Lin Dong. Please, have some tea.”
Xu Cheng faintly smiled and reached out to take the cup and took a sip. Just then, in the yard, Young Master Lin and Lin Han barged in and pushed away the maid. Especially when Lin Han saw his son kneeling before someone, he immediately became furious.
“You b@stard, I’ve never even seen you kneel me, and you are kneeling to someone else? Look if I will beat you to death or not!” Then, he charged over and was about to hit him.
Seeing his dad actually following over, Lin Dong was surprised and also angry. Secondly, he was also scared that his dad would ruin this whole ceremony for him.
“Dad, don’t mess this up for me!” he shouted.
Lin Han directly pulled him up and then pointed at Xu Cheng and cursed, “So you are that liar that my son had been worshiping all day?”