"Would you like to have dinner with me? Let's make it clear in advance. The food here can't be compared with your Hua Ge." Yan Anyi smiled when he heard Long Xiangtian say that he envied him. He wanted to invite Long Xiangtian to have dinner with him, but he was afraid that Long Xiangtian would not be used to the food.
"Go, of course you should go. It's not easy to eat Yan Anyi's food." Long Xiangtian really wanted to get to know Yan Anyi better.
Seeing that Long Xiangtian decisively accepted his invitation, he was not surprised at all, as if he had already expected Long Xiangtian's choice.
"Before you, I had only come here to eat with Tang Yin and Situ Li. Tang Yin agreed mainly because he wanted to understand the lives of the people, but Situ Li didn't have any intentions. He was just a rough man and could eat anything. What about you?" Yan Anyi said to Long Xiangtian while looking at the low tiled houses around him.
"I'm about the same as Situ Li. I'm also a rough person, since I've been without a mother since childhood." Long Xiangtian suddenly felt sad when he saw the women around him coaxing their children.
Yan Anyi was not surprised when he heard Long Xiangtian's first words. After all, what Long Xiangtian said was similar to the Long Xiangtian Yan Anyi knew. However, after hearing the second half of Long Xiangtian's sentence, Yan Anyi suddenly paused, looked at Long Xiangtian's smiling face, and vaguely discovered something called sadness.
Yan Anyi still said "sorry" to Long Xiangtian softly, but Long Xiangtian was very calm and looked indifferent.
Then, Yan Anyi and Long Xiangtian both fell silent. Under the setting sun, the two young men with tragic life experiences just turned their backs to the setting sun and walked towards the place where the sun rose, without saying a word.
"We're here." Yan Anyi suddenly stopped Long Xiangtian who was walking and pointed to the small earthen house beside him.
Long Xiangtian took a quick look at the shabby little mud house. Strictly speaking, it could hardly be called a house. It was just a place to shelter from the wind and rain. It was even rare in East City. But on second thought, isn't a house used to shelter from the wind and rain? Even if it was a shabby house, it was still Yan Anyi's home, not the luxurious Yan Mansion.
"Is this your previous home?" Long Xiangtian knew that Yan Anyi had lived in Dongcheng before, and now that he brought himself here, he thought this was Yan Anyi's former home.
"No, no, this is the home of the two children you saved before. Their family was very kind to me and my mother. After knowing that you were injured while saving the two children, I asked someone to investigate and found out that you saved the children of this family, so I wanted to bring you to see it."
When Long Xiangtian heard that the two children he rescued were living there, he thought of his cute and innocent sister, and his brother who protected her with a determined look on his face.
Yan Anyi pushed the door open and walked in without knocking. He just shouted, "Aunt Li, I'm here."
Yan Anyi and Long Xiangtian walked into the house and found a woman washing clothes inside. When the woman saw Yan Anyi, she hurriedly put down her work and wiped her wet hands on her body.
"Xiao An, when did you come? You didn't tell me earlier. I didn't even have anything to prepare." The woman looked at Long Xiangtian again and said, "Xiao An, this is your friend, don't stand outside. Come inside. It's warm inside."
The woman's kind smile infected Long Xiangtian and Yan Anyi. Although they couldn't feel the cold at all with their cultivation level, they still obediently went into the house with the woman.
"Aunt Li, this place is my home, so why do I need to tell you in advance that I'm going home?" Yan Anyi explained, remembering that Aunt Li had blamed him for not telling him earlier.
Aunt Li laughed happily when she heard Yan Anyi say that: "You are such a sweet-talker, kid. I really didn't love you at first. Don't we have guests this time? If you had told me earlier, I would have gone to prepare some. Now there is nothing to eat at home."
Seeing Aunt Li's embarrassment, Long Xiangtian quickly said, "Aunt Li, there's no need to be so wasteful. I'm not a young master, so there's no need to prepare anything specially."
Aunt Li was quite pleased to see Long Xiangtian speaking so sensibly, and was happy that Yan Anyi could make such a friend.
"Xiao An, your brothers and sisters will be back soon. They will be very happy to see you then. They have been clamoring to play with you every day."
Aunt Li seemed to have half realized something when she said, "By the way, Gao'er told me before that they met a very good older brother on the road, who bought them candy and saved their lives. Xiao An, Auntie knows that you are a big shot now, can you help me find that person? I want to thank him."
Long Xiangtian was also quite moved after hearing Aunt Li's words. If it weren't for him, the two children wouldn't even be scared and cry. He was just fulfilling his obligations. Aunt Li actually hoped to find him and thank him.
"Aunt Li, there's no need to look for him specifically. The brother Long next to me is the one who saved Brother Xiao Gao before." Yan Anyi pointed at Long Xiangtian.
When Aunt Li heard what Yan Anyi said, she immediately became excited and insisted on bowing to Long Xiangtian to thank him, which made Long Xiangtian feel very ashamed. However, he absolutely could not accept this bow, otherwise he would feel uneasy.
Long Xiangtian immediately helped Aunt Li up, preventing her from bowing, and then said, "Aunt Li, I'm so sorry. If it weren't for me, your child wouldn't have been frightened at all. In fact, I should be the one to apologize to you."
After hearing what Long Xiangtian said, Aunt Li gave up her plan to bow to him, but she still thanked him with a grateful look on her face. She also said that she wanted to go to the street to buy vegetables and cook for Long Xiangtian, but was stopped by Long Xiangtian again. She explained that he just wanted to eat some home-cooked meals made by Aunt Li and didn't want to eat anything else.
Seeing that Long Xiangtian was so sensible, Aunt Li had no choice but to follow his lead. However, she still went straight into the kitchen without even asking about her outer clothes, saying that she wanted to cook a delicious dish for Long Xiangtian.
"Thank you." Yan Anyi also expressed his gratitude to Long Xiangtian for his previous "understanding".
"It's okay. Come to think of it, I really want to try some of Aunt Li's home-cooked meals. They must be delicious." As he spoke, a happy smile appeared on Long Xiangtian's face.