"You must be Xiaochuan, right? I always hear Zhou Zhou mention you, and today you finally came to visit."
A middle-aged woman in plain clothes sat elegantly on the sofa. She glanced at Zhou Chuan's cold and handsome face calmly, and took in her daughter's awkward behavior. A faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"I often hear Zhou Zhou mention you and Uncle Yu, but I'm busy with my studies and haven't been able to come visit. I hope you can forgive me." Zhou Chuan said very politely.
"You're already in your own home, so don't be so polite." Mother Yu chuckled, looked at her daughter who was about to turn into a steam princess with a hint of sarcasm, and said with a smile: "Go to the study to find your uncle, he has been wanting to meet you for a long time."
"good."
Zhou Chuan stood up and said this, and Yu Zhouzhou was about to follow him, but was pushed back by her mother. Knowing that she could not escape the teasing anyway, she could not help but make a cute "woohoo" sound.
"Please follow me."
A middle-aged woman with slightly gray hair on her temples, who looked like a nanny, took Zhou Chuan around this huge villa for a long time and finally came to a very stylish study.
As the heavy door opened, neatly arranged books appeared everywhere, ranging from biographical novels like "Legend of Card Players" to college textbooks like "Three-Step Drawing and Card Making Technology", which showed how rich the owner's collection was.
"Hello, classmate Zhou Chuan."
The middle-aged man, who was originally facing away from the door and gazing into the distance through the window that was as big as an entire wall, seemed to have heard the footsteps. He turned around, revealing a gentle and kind face, and greeted Zhou Chuan.
"Hello, uncle."
Zhou Chuan nodded in reply, and at the other party's gesture, he sat on a quaint wooden chair, his nose filled with the fragrance of wood leaves and new bamboo.
There was only one thought left in my mind: the Yu family is really rich.
"You are such a handsome guy. No wonder my daughter Zhou Zhou always mentions you." Yu Jin put the book in his hand on the table and looked at Zhou Chuan with a satisfied look on his face.
"Thank you for the compliment." Zhou Chuan smiled a little stiffly. He was really not used to the other person's expression as if he was looking at his son-in-law.
Yu Jin seemed to have noticed this as well. He smiled gently, took out a thick notebook from a bookshelf on the side, and handed it to Zhou Chuan: "I asked Zhou Chuan to come here this time because President Fu asked me to give this to you."
Zhou Chuan took the book with some surprise, flipped it open casually, and found that it was full of records of a card maker's experience.
From material selection and design to drawing addition, to some battle card command and mental training techniques, it can be said that it has everything you need.
Just a quick glance and you can tell that the author is at least diamond-level.
"This is what my old man left behind. I think it might be helpful to you."
Yu Jin chuckled and poured a cup of hot tea, handed it to Zhou Chuan, and said, "You don't have to refuse. There are many copies of the notes, and this is just one of them."
"When the old man was alive, he was the president of our province's Card Makers Association. This experience is what he left for the local geniuses, and it should belong to you."
Seeing that the other party had said so much and that he really needed this experience, Zhou Chuan did not refuse. He put away the notes very seriously and said, "Thank you uncle and President Fu for your appreciation. I will continue to work hard."
"That's nothing." Yu Jin took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Zhou Zhou had mentioned before that I should take you as my apprentice, but classmate Zhou immediately became a certified gold card maker, only one level lower than me, and made two purple spiritual cards in a row, which really makes me, an elder, ashamed."
"Uncle is joking."
Yu Jin smiled and waved his hand, saying, "We are destined to be together. Although we are not yet master and apprentice, you can always ask me if you have any questions in the future."
Zhou Chuan nodded slightly when he heard this and said, "To be honest, I really have something to trouble you, uncle."
"Well, go ahead."
"I wonder if Uncle... knows Odin?"
"Odin?" Upon hearing this, Yu Jin stood up and pulled out a brown paper folder from a bookshelf on the side. On the cover, the words "Odin Investigation Report" were neatly written in red.
"I think this is what you need." Yu Jin handed the folder to Zhou Chuan, and added seriously: "I have a rough idea of your relationship with Odin through my friends in the Battle Card Master Association..."
"Indeed, we card disciples strive to be powerful throughout our lives, but Odin is too special. You must be extremely careful and never set him as your target!"
Zhou Chuan put away the folder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, uncle, I am still very cautious."
Seeing his expression, Yu Jin knew that the other party had not heard a word of what he had just said. After sighing, he couldn't help but silently reflect on whether his decision to hand the file to him was correct.
After thinking about it over and over again, I still can't come to a conclusion, so I just let him be.
After all, geniuses often take different paths.
"Let's stay here for dinner later." Yu Jin said.
"OK."
Zhou Chuan responded briefly, and then was pulled out by Yu Zhouzhou, who came to look for him, under Yu Jin's smiling gaze.
"My dad didn't say anything strange to you, did he?" she whispered.
"Is it weird to ask me to be the son-in-law of your Yu family?" Zhou Chuan couldn't help teasing her.
"Really?!" Yu Zhouzhou widened her beautiful eyes, looking incredulous, and whispered, "What should I do? Families that want the protagonist to marry into their families never have a good ending..."
"What are you thinking about?"
The familiar pain came again. Yu Zhouzhou subconsciously protected his forehead and glared at Zhou Chuan: "Stop it now, you're going to drive me crazy!"
"You're stupid enough to believe in a live-in son-in-law. Are you a child?"
"What? You can't joke about this, you idiot... Hey, stop playing! Do you want to get punched by me?"
The two chatted all the way to the restaurant downstairs, where they saw Mother Yu, who had been waiting there, looking at them with an auntie's smile.
Feeling something was wrong, Zhou Chuan quickly finished his dinner and rode his heroic horse back home. On the way, he received a call from Liang Bing.
"One against nine in the preliminaries, it was effortless to win." Liang Bing said with a hint of sarcasm.
"It's not that I didn't put in any effort. I did use some real skills." Zhou Chuan replied jokingly.
"You are really not modest." Liang Bing scolded with a smile, and then said: "I asked for a week's leave for you. Prepare well in these few days, and don't fail in the rematch."
“It’s not a big problem.”
Zhou Chuan stroked the warhorse's mottled helmet and said with a faint smile.
"The semi-finals are not the same as the preliminaries. Those who can make it this far are the most talented people in your class. It is not excessive to be extremely cautious."
Liang Bing paused, and added: "It just so happens that I have a friend who works in the provincial capital's Card Players Alliance. He gave me a list of the semi-finalists, which I will send to you later."
"Thanks, Sister Bing. I'll treat you to a meal when I have time."
Zhou Chuan smiled deeply, and while expressing his gratitude, he couldn't help but become more curious about Liang Bing's background.
"Just do all this nonsense, take a good rest."
"clear."