The Man Who Appears Once a Year

Chapter 8

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Uncle Zhang was very efficient. As soon as Ruan Qiuping finished dinner, the cook had already started packing up and preparing to leave.

Zhao Qingqing had no idea what was going on and was still standing upside down happily there.

Ruan Qiuping turned his head, somewhat reluctant to look at her again.

By the time the cook had finished packing, Uncle Zhang also arrived at the villa.

He was a tall and thin man in his forties, who looked approachable and gentle. Seeing Ruan Qiuping appear in this space, he seemed a little surprised, but he didn't show it too obviously, just stretched out his hand to Ruan Qiuping: "Hello, my name is Zhang Xuanzhong, I am the housekeeper here, I usually live here, but I just happened to take a half-day off today."

"My name is Ruan Qiuping, and I am..."

Ruan Qiuping looked at the outstretched right hand and was a little hesitant. First, he didn't know whether he should shake hands, and second, he didn't know how to explain his identity.

Butler Zhang tactfully withdrew his hand and said with a smile, "It seems that you are the young master's guest."

"He's my friend." Xiao Yuhuan suddenly said.

Ruan Qiuping looked down at him: "How can we be friends? I'm so much older than you!"

Xiao Yuhuan asked back: "If not friends, then what are they?"

Ruan Qiuping thought for a moment, then said, "Should it be brother? Have you forgotten that you called me brother yesterday...last year? Come on, try calling me brother again! Just call me brother Qiuping!"

Xiao Yuhuan called out, "Ruan Qiuping."

"Eh? How can you call me by my name? Just call me Brother Qiu Ping."

"Ruan Qiuping."

"Brother Qiu Ping."

"Ruan Qiu is just average..."

"Brother Qiuping, brother, brother..."

Yu Huan: “…Ah.”

Ruan Qiuping: “…”

Ruan Qiuping slapped Yu Huan on the forehead: "How dare you take advantage of me, little brat?!"

Little Yuhuan hugged his head and shouted, "You are stupid!"

"I'm stupid? I've never been ranked last in the class on an exam!"

"Then it seems that he passed the second-to-last test."

Butler Zhang on the side smiled and shook his head.

It seems that this young man is really the young master's friend, and their intelligence level is at the same level.

That’s great, the young master has a friend now.

Ruan Qiuping stayed at Yu Huan's house for a full thirty hours. Only when the bracelet started flashing red to remind him that there were only three minutes left did he and Ruan Dongdong walk to the door of the villa and prepare to leave.

"Can't you just not leave?" Yu Huan asked.

Ruan Qiuping shook his head.

"So... when will you come next time?"

"next year."

Xiao Yuhuan lowered his head: "Where are you going? I'll take you..."

"No, I can go by myself." Ruan Qiuping looked down at his bracelet. There were only two minutes and thirty seconds left. He waved to Yu Huan, said goodbye next year, and then turned and left.

He walked in a hurry and his pace quickened a lot.

It was all his fault that he couldn't resist eating a lot of desserts before leaving, thus wasting time.

"Ruan Qiuping, when will you come next year?" Xiao Yuhuan shouted behind him.

Ruan Qiuping paused, turned around and said, "I don't know."

Xiao Yuhuan opened his mouth and said, "Then I will wait for you every day!"

Ruan Qiuping was stunned for a moment, then waved and left.

Knowing that Xiao Yuhuan was still watching at the door, Ruan Qiuping did not take the main road, but took Ruan Dongdong into the woods beside the road.

Thirty-five seconds left.

Xia Fushui, who had said she would come to pick up Ruan Dongdong, did not show up either. It seemed that she failed to come down successfully.

This made Ruan Qiuping feel relieved. He asked Ruan Dongdong to get back into the Qiankun bag and took her back to heaven.

Worried that Ruan Dongdong in the Qiankun bag would be discovered, Ruan Qiuping asked Siming for leave and prepared to go home directly.

As Ruan Qiuping stepped out of the Vanity Gate, two fairies came towards him, chatting as they walked.

"Have you heard? Just ten minutes ago, the people from Fuhua Sect caught a group of immortals who were trying to sneak down to the mortal world..."

Ruan Qiuping: …No way.

"Hey, this group of people are really unlucky. I heard that the people from the Vanity Gate had never checked the abandoned opening to the lower world before, so today I went to check it out on a whim, and happened to run into that group of people lining up to go down."

"Do you know why they are so unlucky?"

"Why?"

"The first person in line is the god of bad luck!"

"No wonder..."

Ruan Qiuping: “…”

Ruan Qiuping stepped forward and stopped them: "Excuse me, do you know where those people were captured?"

One of them scratched his head and said, "Ah, actually I don't either..."

"It's the God of Bad Luck!" The other fairy's face changed drastically and he quickly pulled his companion's sleeve.

After Xiaoxian, who had been talking to Ruan Qiuping, reacted, her face instantly turned into horror.

The two fairies immediately ran away.

After running two steps, they both fell down.

They crawled to their feet from the ground, and became more and more convinced of the rumor that encountering the god of bad luck would bring bad luck.

When Ruan Qiuping got home, he saw a letter of notification stuck in the crack of the door. It was probably because the soldier who delivered the letter was afraid of running into Ruan Qiuping, so he stuffed the letter in there and ran away.

Ruan Qiuping opened the letter and saw that it indeed mentioned that Xia Fushui had been arrested.

The punishment is 15 days of detention and prohibition from applying to return to earth within three years.

Ruan Qiuping folded the letter and sighed.

He turned his head to look at Ruan Dongdong who had already come out of the Qiankun bag, and his brows softened a little.

Although Xia Fushui suffered a little.

But at least Ruan Dongdong doesn't have to come down to earth.

She can also spend her carefree childhood peacefully in heaven.

"Qiping, Dongdong and I are going to visit your mother together. Do you want to go with us?" Ruan Shengfeng asked as he pushed open Ruan Qiuping's door.

Ruan Qiuping stopped what he was doing and said, "You guys go ahead. I won't go."

"Why not? Are you busy with something?"

"No, I just think my mother might not want to see me."

“How could mom not want to…” Ruan Shengfeng suddenly thought of something and stopped talking.

He paused for a moment, then said, "I made some porridge in the kitchen, remember to drink it, don't always skip meals, it's not good for your health."

Ruan Qiuping nodded.

When Ruan Shengfeng was about to leave, he heard Ruan Qiuping say, "Dad, say sorry to Mom for me."

Ruan Shengfeng closed the door, turned his back to the wall, and let out a long sigh.

"Since many students have encountered a lot of trouble because of the loss or rubbing of the invisibility charm, our Siming Academy asked the staff of Fuhuamen to upgrade everyone's bracelets overnight yesterday. You can take a look at your bracelets. A stealth function has been added. There is a button on it. Long press for three seconds to switch to the invisible state. But I hope that everyone will not cancel the invisibility easily. If you cancel the invisibility, try not to use spells. The human world is not like our fairyland. There are cameras everywhere. It's scary..."

Siming was still chattering in front of the Guanchen Gate. Ruan Qiuping was already getting impatient waiting. If Siming continued talking, little Yuhuan would have to wait from autumn to winter...

"…Okay, that's all I have to say. Everyone line up and go down one by one."

Ruan Qiuping was waiting for this sentence. As soon as Siming finished speaking, he rushed to the front of Guanchen Gate, stood at the front of the line, and was the first to walk into Guanchen Gate.

When Ruan Qiuping opened his eyes, he was in front of a strange villa. This villa was more magnificent than the one Xiao Yuhuan lived in. Not only was the area two or three times larger, but the location was also better.

Where is Xiao Yuhuan? Ruan Qiuping looked around.

Just then, the sound of a car came from far away.

Ruan Qiuping turned around and saw three black cars parked in front of the door one after another.

An imposing middle-aged man and his wife stepped out of the first car.

A strange boy, dressed neatly, came out of the second car.

Ruan Qiuping looked down at his bracelet, which was showing a faint blue light.

Yu Huan is nearby.

It seems that it is in that third car.

But the couple and child in front were almost at the villa, and the third car was still nowhere to be seen.

About five minutes later, the door of the third car was opened.

Seven-year-old Yu Huan walked out.

He had grown a little taller and his face was expressionless.

Ruan Qiuping stretched out his left hand and waved at him vigorously.

Xiao Yuhuan was getting closer and closer.

Ruan Qiuping smiled and said: "Little..."

Xiao Yuhuan just passed by Ruan Qiuping as if passing through air. He didn't even glance at Ruan Qiuping from beginning to end, and there was no change on his facial expression.

Ruan Qiuping: …

Ruan Qiuping's smile froze on his face.

What happened? Did Xiao Yuhuan not recognize him? Or did Xiao Yuhuan pretend not to recognize him? Was it because Xiao Yuhuan had grown up and his IQ had increased, and then he suddenly found that he was suspicious and seemed to be a liar, so he didn’t want to pay attention to him? When he left yesterday, Xiao Yuhuan said that he would wait for him every day, but now he has turned his face and ignored him, a liar! He really shouldn’t have believed in this rubbish Ji Shen! He was really blinded by his own greed, and thought that this Ji Shen who came down to earth and put on a doll shell was super cute. Ji Shen will always be Ji Shen, his natural enemy will always be his natural enemy, and his mortal enemy will always be his mortal enemy. He, Ruan Qiuping, will always hate Ji Shen!!!

Suddenly, Ruan Qiuping found that he seemed to have no shadow.

Huh? What's going on

Ah... I remember now.

This is a new stealth function added to the bracelet. It seems that the default setting is invisible after coming down to the earth.

Ruan Qiuping: …

Ahem... Xiao Yuhuan! Here I come!

Ruan Qiuping followed Xiao Yuhuan into the gate with brisk steps.