The place where we met was in a courtyard without any signboard. When Lou Cheng walked to the door, Yan Zheke, who was wearing a white knee-length dress, was already waiting outside. His long black and beautiful hair was blown by the wind passing through the alley. Dancing is as beautiful as a picture scroll.
Seeing her boyfriend, her eyes lit up, she took two steps forward, stretched out her hand to help him straighten the collar and folds of his shirt, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, just eat and talk normally."
"I wasn't nervous at first, but when you say that, I suddenly became a little bit more nervous." Lou Cheng made a joke on purpose.
Yan Zheke stared at him with beautiful eyes, took his uninjured hand, and turned to face the yard:
"Let's go!"
Passing through the gate with mottled traces, through the flower stand covered with climbing vines, and through the small pond with clear water, Lou Cheng and Yan Zheke entered the row of houses on the east side amidst the fragrance of flowers, and entered the quiet The secret warm room.
A quaint square table is placed near the window, with flowers blooming, leaves luxuriant, and waves swaying outside.
Lou Cheng didn't care to look at the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and the objects set off on the Duobao Pavilion, so he cast his eyes on the square table, and on the father-in-law and mother-in-law whom he identified as:
"Hello, uncle and aunt."
"Sit down." Ji Mingyu smiled and pointed to the seat opposite Yan Kai.
"Okay." Lou Cheng was half a step behind, and sat down with Yan Zheke.
Just when he felt that the awkward and delicate atmosphere was brewing, Ji Mingyu said with a smile: "In terms of the local cuisine of the imperial capital, this one can be ranked in the top five in my mind, and the environment is more suitable. Hehe, my taste is more biased now. Xiushan, you should be able to get used to it."
"Actually, I'm not a picky eater. The ingredients are not unusual and the taste is okay. I'm fine." Lou Cheng responded with a smile.
Ji Mingyu nodded: "Using the best ingredients to make delicious food is nothing special, but using ordinary ingredients to make ordinary dishes that are full of praise is a real skill. Combining the two, the best The ingredients, the real skill, what comes out is delicious food."
"For example, this one?" Yan Zheke deliberately asked back, enlivening the atmosphere.
Now that the empress dowager with a strong aura took the initiative to guide the topic, the embarrassing atmosphere faded away, and Lou Cheng became much more at ease, answering questions and answering them in a well-regulated manner.
Yan Kai didn't talk to him very much, but from time to time, he would chime in with Ji Mingyu, or glance at Yan Zheke's constant serving of food for her "semi-disabled" boyfriend, feeling sorry for his daughter's care and consideration.
Keke has really grown up...
Plates of dishes were placed on the cloth and then removed. Lou Cheng, who had already had an inhuman appetite, didn't have the nerve to show his true colors. He mainly focused on chatting and supplemented by eating.
Well, the dishes are indeed not bad, but the portions are not enough... Fortunately, the Queen Mother ordered more than ten people... As expected of a martial arts family, these details have been noticed... He thought silently.
At the end, Yan Kai glanced at him, took a sip of his tea, and asked for the first time:
"Xiaolou, what are your plans for the future?"
arrange? Lou Cheng was stunned for a moment, and was about to organize his words, when Yan Kai added: "Your master has a very close relationship with the military, and there are bound to be entanglements in this area. Do you want to go this way, or play professional games?"
"Uncle Yan, I'm actually very afraid of death." Lou Cheng thought for a while, and laughed at himself, "If it's not necessary, I really don't want to risk my life. It's more suitable for me to live in professional games."
Yan Kai nodded slightly: "Then what is your goal? Cheng Waigang?"
"Yes." Lou Cheng replied calmly, "Firstly, the impressive warriors I am familiar with are all outsiders. I hope to have the strength to challenge them and compete with them, and secondly..."
Speaking of this, he paused and said, "Well, because Keke's grandfather and grandmother are both outsiders."
The words were short and deep, and Yan Zheke's eyebrows and eyes frowned when she heard it, a smile appeared on her face, she bit her lips with her white teeth, and wanted to say something coquettish, but because her parents were present, she forcibly endured it.
Yan Kai seemed to be touched by the past, and suddenly felt something, and after a long silence, he said:
"Not bad, work hard."
Although I consider myself a career achievement and have sufficient self-cultivation, every time I face my father-in-law and mother-in-law who are strong outsiders, my feelings are still quite complicated... and most of Mingyu's business depends on the Ji family, relying on the two foreigners Gang...
Yan Kai didn't say any more, Ji Mingyu changed the subject and made the atmosphere more natural again. At the end, she smiled and looked at Lou Cheng and said, "Xiaolou, are you going back to Songcheng tomorrow morning?"
"Yes, the plane leaves after ten o'clock." Lou Cheng answered truthfully.
Ji Mingyu turned to look at Yan Zheke again: "Keke, you should follow us today. When we arrive at the imperial capital, some elders still have to visit."
"Okay." Yan Zheke agreed crisply.
After saying goodbye, she sent Lou Cheng to the gate of the yard.
"Is this the end?" Lou Cheng glanced back and asked blankly.
This is completely different from the scene I imagined seeing my father-in-law and mother-in-law!
"That's right, if it doesn't end like this, what else do you want to do?" Yan Zheke blinked her eyes and asked amusedly.
"Shouldn't you ask me about the specific situation? For example, what's my last name, what's my name, where I'm from, where I'm going, how many people are in my family, how many acres of land per person, how many cows in the field..." Lou Cheng replied in a joking tone.
According to other people's experience, there will always be cross-examination in this kind of meeting!
"Pfft..." Yan Zheke smiled, "It's not like they don't have a way to find out your specific situation, and under normal circumstances, they should ask me in private first, how could they ask you directly, it's so impolite and embarrassing what!"
"Okay." Lou Cheng heaved a sigh of relief.
Yan Zheke pursed her lips, then suddenly turned her head to the side in embarrassment, and added:
"The queen mother is very, very satisfied with you now... I think you are talented and reliable, and if you can do it... she supports it, my dad, and my dad can only accept it."
Lou Cheng was overjoyed and exaggerated on purpose:
"This tells the mother-in-law to look at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at her, the more satisfied she becomes?"
"You are so beautiful!" Yan Zheke turned her head and gave him a blank look, but her eyes were full of unconcealable joy.
The two chatted for a few more words before returning home. Lou Cheng had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he relaxed. He didn't meet up with his high school classmates in the imperial capital. He just chatted with them on Q to steal half a day's leisure.
At night, Qi Fang called him at ten o'clock according to his daily habit, and shared how many congratulations he had received during the day.
The next day, Lou Cheng didn't relax, he still came to the nearby park to exercise.
When it was about to end, he suddenly found that his master had stood beside him with a jug at some point.
"Lin Que was 'captured' and returned to Shushanzhai, so he probably won't come again. What are your plans?" Old man Shi raised his chin.
Without waiting for Lou Cheng to answer, he continued on his own: "As a teacher, I have helped your principal win the championship, and you have had enough rest, and you can barely leave the teacher. It's time to leave, brat, what do you want?" Entering the professional competition early, or what?"
Master is leaving too... Lou Cheng was in a daze for a while, but the thought in his heart became clearer and firmer. He pondered for a while and said:
"Master, I have been promoted to the current level in one and a half years. I have gone too fast and hastily. This national competition has exposed many problems. I want to sink down, settle down for a year, polish it well, and wait until there are inhumans." It may be better to enter the professional game again.”
"Also, Lin Que is gone, and you are gone too. If I leave again, won't the martial arts club return to the previous situation? Yes, it is much stronger than before, but everyone hasn't had time to really grow up. , next semester will probably not be able to qualify for the competition area, it will be a big blow to them, and the students of Songda University finally supported us again. With enthusiasm, they suddenly returned to the original point. They must be very disappointed and sad... "
"I think, I want to stay for another year, bring other people with me, wait for them to grow up, have follow-up fresh blood, and then leave, hehe, by then, I will be in my senior year, I don't have any classes, so I will leave early, You can also mix diplomas... "
Old man Shi smiled when he heard the words, took a sip of wine and said:
"I knew it, you brat raised your ass, I knew what shit you wanted to do, hey, sudden burst of supernatural powers is something Lin Que can do, and you will definitely choose to stay for another year... But, come on I also have some things for you to do, old man."
"What's the matter?" Lou Cheng asked in surprise.
"As for the Jiuzi Jue and Yandijin, I will pick some simple things for you to do by yourself, which will not only give you something to gain, but also give you some sharpening. I will talk about it at that time." Old man Shi said with rare seriousness.
Because there is no advanced "Yandi Jin" of "Zhu Rongjin", Lou Cheng's "Frost Jin" has not evolved into "Bing Po Jin" for the sake of balance between ice and fire.
"Okay." Lou Cheng suppressed his curiosity and didn't ask further.
Old man Shi turned his back and clicked his tongue:
"Precipitate well, and see how long you can enter the inhuman."
...
After the training was over, everyone from the Martial Arts Club gathered, rushed to the airport, and flew back to Songcheng. Along the way, other people who only knew that Lin Que had returned to Shushanzhai to recover from his injuries were laughing and excited, and Lou Cheng sent his master to Shushanzhai. The matter of leaving was revealed to Yan Zheke, both of them were sentimental.
After getting off the plane, a school bus came to pick them up, and Lou Cheng and others returned to Songda's new campus after a long absence.
This time, the school bus stopped directly outside the Martial Arts Stadium, so that they could put the national championship trophy in the honor room first, and wait until Monday to meet with the principal to accept the praise.
Get out of the car and walk towards the entrance of the Martial Arts Stadium.
"Suddenly it's a little strange..." Lou Cheng turned his head, smiled and complained to Yan Zheke.
While talking, the two approached the gate, and suddenly froze there, because the inside was full of classmates, spontaneously filled with classmates, men and women, thousands of them!
They held up banners and shouted in unison in an organized way:
"we are coming!"
"we are the champion!"
The warm and surging atmosphere rushed towards his face, but Lou Cheng's heart suddenly settled down, and he unconsciously showed a smile.
"we are the champion!"