Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After sending Xu Ziqi off, Ye Xiu returned to the shop. He waited for the customers who might come and play with Xiaobai.
He didn’t know if it was an illusion or not, but he felt that Xiaobai’s fur was getting nicer to touch. He couldn’t help but want to rub its head.
He lay down and rested for a while until two o’clock. Ye Xiu got up and prepared to practice drawing.
Woof Woof Woof!
Suddenly, Xiaobai barked at the door. It turned its head to look at Ye Xiu as if to remind him that someone was coming.
Ye Xiu looked in the direction of the door. From his angle, he couldn’t see the outside. He could only get up and walk out. After turning a corner, he saw a girl standing in front of the bookstore. She had a slender figure and a pretty face.
She quietly stood five meters away from the bookstore. She held a small plastic bag in her hand. Her gaze was fixed on the jujube tree at the entrance as if she was a little absent-minded.
“Lin Suxin?” Ye Xiu said in surprise.
Didn’t a fire break out at the Lin family’s premises, causing many casualties? Why did she come to his place?
At noon, he had just discussed with Ban Feimeng about the Lin family. Then this young girl had come looking for him in the afternoon?
However, Lin Suxin didn’t seem to be too sad. She was just distracted. Perhaps the ones who had died weren’t her family members she knew. She seemed to be a little nervous right now. Why was she looking at the jujube tree?
Could it be that she was worried that something similar would happen again and that her family members wouldn’t be able to escape?
That’s right. This wasn’t the first time she had been attacked. It might happen again. No matter how calm and mature she looked, she was still a young lady who hadn’t experienced much. She was just pretending to be calm, right?
Ye Xiu walked forward and softly said, “Lin Suxin.”
Only then did Lin Suxin come back to her senses. She looked at Ye Xiu and greeted respectfully, “Senior Ye.”
“After not seeing you for a month, you seem to have grown quite a bit.” Ye Xiu tried his best to smile gently.
He didn’t want to comfort her. Saying that since they were fine this time, and your family would also be fine the next time sounded hypocritical. Moreover, death was unavoidable. It would be better to praise her and let her feel better.
“Thank you for your guidance, Senior.” A smile appeared on Lin Suxin’s face.
She had indeed grown up recently. She could feel the passage of time. If she worked harder, she might be able to come into contact with the law of time.
But after all, she had the help of Senior Ye’s ink wash painting. She naturally didn’t feel that she was very powerful.
“There are many setbacks and tribulations. Even if we don’t want to experience them, they will still come to us. This is a path that we must take in life. I hope you can think it through.”
After Ye Xiu finished talking, he walked into the shop and said, “Come in. Since you came here, does that mean you have finished settling the family matters?”
Lin Suxin followed Ye Xiu into the shop and replied, “I’ve barely stabilized. Fortunately, with Senior Ye’s help, otherwise, for a very long time, I’m afraid the family wouldn’t be able to calm down.”
If the clan leader dies, the Lin family would definitely fall into a period of internal strife. The main reason was that no one could shoulder the heavy burden at the crucial moment.
The Great Elder could hold on for a short time, but his body wouldn’t be able to hold on in the long run. After all, he was old.
“My help?”
Ye Xiu was stunned for a moment, but then he shook his head slightly. “I only gave you a pocket watch. The main thing is to rely on yourselves to tide over the difficulties.”
He didn’t dare to claim the credit. It was hard to say what effect that mechanical pocket watch could have. It could only represent his intentions.
Moreover, not all the old items were worth much, so the pocket watch wasn’t of much help.
“This…”
Lin Suxin’s eyes widened slightly, and then she said in a low voice, “That pocket watch may not mean anything to you, but to me, it is life-saving medicine. In short, thank you for this time.”
After experiencing so many things today, witnessing the law of time that distorted space with her own eyes, and witnessing the lofty existence of Senior Xu Ziqi, she was even willing to lower herself to curry favor with Senior Ye, this senior’s methods and status were beyond her imagination.
To Senior Ye, he was probably able to casually create magic items that contained great magical abilities. Even the world would be impressed by him. Senior Ye naturally didn’t care about the Lin family’s little bit of gratitude and repayment.
But regardless of whether or not she could repay him, she couldn’t really ignore this favor.
“Don’t worry about it.” Ye Xiu looked at her strangely and then continued, “You came here specifically on behalf of the Lin family to express your gratitude for the pocket watch I gave you?”
“Not exactly.” Lin Suxin hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said. “However, I’m very grateful for your help.”
Even though she had taken the dragon flame fruit from the family’s treasury, on the way, she thought about it. As the Lin family’s clan leader, Lin Pingzhi had the power to control the treasury.
The dragon flame fruit she had given out this time could be placed under the name of her father and her. The Lin family’s gratitude shouldn’t be represented with a fruit.
How could she belittle the great kindness of saving the clan just like that?
If it wasn’t for Senior Xu Ziqi saying that Senior Ye didn’t like to be disturbed in his peaceful life and forcefully forbidding them from disturbing him, the elders of the clan would have already come over and knelt on the ground.
“It’s fine. There’s no need to be so polite.” Ye Xiu was a bit embarrassed. He hadn’t thought that a casual concern would result in such an outcome.
“Is there anything wrong with your family right now?”
“No.” Lin Suxin replied and handed over the bag in her hand. “Senior Ye, I don’t have any valuable gifts that I can give you. I hope you’ll like this fruit.”
Ye Xiu looked at the bag in front of him and immediately took it. He opened it and took a look.
There was only one fruit in the bag. It looked a bit like dragon fruit, but it was more exquisite. It was also a bit bigger. It looked very appetizing.
Even though there was only one fruit, to be able to send it over so quickly was already very touching.
Ye Xiu chuckled and patted Lin Suxin’s shoulder, saying, “Thank you. It looks very appetizing.”
After receiving the praise, Lin Suxin’s face immediately revealed a smile, her eyes slightly squinting.
Her task had been completed. The rest would depend on the Lin family’s elders and the Mage Alliance’s speed.
Today, she just happened to come to the bookstore. Lin Suxin didn’t want to go back so quickly. If it had been in the past, she would have had to find an excuse to come over, but now, she could directly communicate with Senior Ye.
Thinking about it, Lin Suxin subconsciously wanted to open up her portable magic space. She only remembered halfway that because of the Abyss lizard incident, she had put all the rice paper and finished products for practice in her room, right now, there was nothing in the magic space.
Seeing Ye Xiu’s doubtful gaze, Lin Suxin smiled embarrassedly, she said awkwardly. “Um, Senior, I forgot to bring my previous painting. I originally wanted to receive some pointers from you. Recently, I’ve found some inspiration. I feel like I can take a few more steps forward.”
Ye Xiu didn’t doubt anything else. He thought for a moment and said, “My shop has everything. You can use mine. Let’s see how much you three have learned.”
If it was anything else, he wouldn’t have said anything. But in terms of ink wash painting, he was confident. Giving pointers to a beginner like Lin Suxin couldn’t be any easier, not to mention that she was only halfway there.
After getting permission, Lin Suxin immediately got ready. Her heart was filled with nervousness and excitement.
She did not think what had happened to her brain just now. She suddenly opened her mouth and asked Senior Ye to point out her shortcomings. Fortunately, Senior Ye was kind to people and did not bother about those things with her.
Things had already happened. Seizing this opportunity was the most important thing..