The sound of Baitang entering the door was very soft, but the moment they entered, all three of them heard the movement at the door. Seeing that it was her who came in, Bai Jingyang stopped the questions he prepared later. Knowing that she was waiting for her to go upstairs, Baitang greeted them to go home, and went upstairs in cooperation.
Turning the corner on the second floor, Baitang heard Bai Jingyang's voice raised again, but she didn't listen to what was inside, anyway, she would not follow the same path as before, it was enough for the Bai family's disputes to be dealt with by Papa Bai and Gu Yan. She is now a real junior high school student.
Back in the room, Bai Tang put down his backpack and went to Bai Nan's room. Bai Nan was told by Cheng Bo not to go down and disturb the chatting of the young masters, and he was reading comics in the room. Bai Tang saw the child lying facelessly on the bed reading a manga, and took a closer look, it was a competitive manga.
"You're back." Bai Nan saw that it was her, relaxed her vigilance, and continued to lazily flip through comics. "Since we came to the city, why do I feel that you always go out alone on weekends, where do you go?"
"Don't you want me to teach you how to practice swords?"
Bai Nan sat up from the bed and looked at her with bright eyes, "You agreed? If you come here on purpose and tell me that you refuse, I won't talk to you."
"Answer me a question first." Once Baitang's face straightened, Bai Nan didn't dare to put on a show in front of her, so she straightened her expression and looked at her obediently. "Do you want me to teach you how to practice swords and be handsome on a whim, or have you made up your mind to stick to it next time no matter how hard it is? Don't answer me right away, and tell me after you think it over."
It was rare for Bai Nan to see such a serious expression on her face, especially those eyes looking over her. There was an indescribable majesty in the expression inside, which prevented him from throwing an answer casually with a smile on his face. He lowered his head and began to think seriously about the answer to this question.
Following Bai Nan's silence, the whole room became silent, and slowly, only the breathing of the siblings could be heard. Bai Nan was very entangled in thinking about this question, and Bai Tang didn't rush him, but just stood in front of the window and waited patiently for him to finish thinking, during which time he didn't even change a single action.
After a long time, Bai Nan raised his face, "In the beginning, I really asked you to teach me how to practice swords because I wanted to look handsome, but just now I thought about it, as long as the sword you taught me has its value, I will I will learn it seriously and will not complain to you about half a word." The Bai family is different from the family he imagined, the middle school they attended is also different from the previous school, and the classmates in the class, everything here It was all unfamiliar to him, he didn't want to hide behind Baitang every time and watch her handle the problem properly by herself, and then he was just the one who was notified of the result.
About Su Moran, Bai Nan and Zhou Chen have the same idea, this matter must be done by Bai Tang. And like Zhou Chen, Bai Nan couldn't figure out how Baitang did it, but it was a fact that he failed to stand up and protect Baitang.
Force is not the way to solve the problem, but he can at least protect Baitang when he encounters bad guys who are not good for them outside. "I won't always be the child in your eyes."
Bai Tang didn't know what was going on in his mind, but she could see that the child had really made up his mind, so she looked at the child with a more serious expression than before, "Bai Nan, if you want to learn swords from me, now, Swear by your own name in front of me, without my permission, never transfer what I have taught you to another person, nor expose what you have learned in front of others as you like."
"Swear? What year is this, okay?" Bai Tang's expression darkened, and Bai Nan couldn't help but raised his right hand, "I, Bai Nan, swear by my own name, without Bai Tang's permission, I will never transfer what she taught me to another person, nor will I expose what I have learned to others as I wish."
Bai Tang nodded slowly, as if he approved of Bai Nan's oath. Bai Nan immediately sat back on the bed as if collapsed. I heard Baitang's voice again: "Tomorrow, you go out with me, and I will teach you how to practice swords."
"Huh? Don't you want to practice now?"
Bai Tang smiled lightly, and said meaningfully to Bai Nan: "Bai Nan, you will appreciate my tolerance today. If you want to give up at that time, I will have a way to keep you from saying that."
Hearing her words, Bai Nan felt a chill in his neck for no reason. "You'll say something mysterious."
Baitang ignored the child's complaints, and explained a few more words before turning around and leaving his room. As soon as I got to the corridor, I saw Bai Feng coming from the stairs. When I saw her, I pointed to Bai Nan's door, "I'm here to find my cousin to do homework together."
Baitang smiled at him, opened the door and entered his room.
When it was time for dinner, Bai Tang, Bai Nan and Bai Feng went downstairs together. Walking to the restaurant, several elders had already taken their seats, but the atmosphere on the table seemed particularly stiff and a bit cold.
"That's the end of this matter." After Baitang and the others took their seats, the old man opened his mouth, "I don't care what you think in private, since you have done it, you will take on any responsibilities yourself. Tomorrow the Yang family's For the birthday party, Xiaoyan, you bring your three children to attend."
"Dad, Shuqian and I..."
"What? What I say now doesn't work anymore?"
Bai Jingyang immediately shook his head, even though he really wanted to go to the Yang family's banquet, he would not go to the old man's beard at this meeting. It's just that in the bottom of my heart, I'm a little dissatisfied with the old man's eccentricity. In the past ten years, he has contributed so much to the Bai family, but when the second child came back, the old man was so concerned about his legs with limited mobility that he even disqualified him from going to the Yang family, and only let Gu Yan, an outsider, take him with him Several juniors participated.
Isn't this a joke for outsiders? Bai Jingyang glanced at Papa Bai from the corner of his eye. The Yang family was originally not well-known in the city, but one day, someone broke the news that the Yang family was the Yang family in city b, so many people began to want to board this big boat. But if it was really the Yang family in city b, how could the boat be so easy to ride
And this birthday party is the best bridge. Although I don't know what the Yang family's plan is behind it, those who want to climb up will not refuse this opportunity.
Bai Jingyang has never been short of ambition, of course he doesn't want to miss this opportunity, but the old man made it clear that he doesn't want him to join in the fun. If he violated his wishes, he might only regret it by then. Thinking of this, he became even more jealous of Papa Bai, who had not been home for more than ten years and fought for power with him as soon as he came back.
"Xiaoyan, Xiaofeng will trouble you to take care of him when the time comes. This kid is playful, so you have to watch over him." It's okay to miss this step, as long as he has the strength, he won't have to worry about not being able to find opportunities.
"I will, brother."
As soon as Bai Nan heard what kind of banquet he was going to have tomorrow, his interest in eating suddenly faded. The poor meal made Cheng Bo worry that he was not feeling well, so he almost called Dr. Shen over to show him. She was so scared that Bai Nan jumped towards him a few times to prove that she was in good health and nothing happened.
Bai Tang watched from the side and shook his head, but was slapped by Bai's father halfway, and went to his study with Bai's father. After entering the study, Baitang sat down opposite Papa Bai, "Does Papa have anything to tell me?"
Papa Bai looked at her face in silence for a long time, then sighed, "Tangtang, you've grown up." Ever since his accident, Tangtang has always acted like an adult. He didn't know if it was because Only my own accident will make my daughter mature early. "Tomorrow's banquet, you and Xiao Nan will stay for half an hour and come back."
"Is there something wrong with the Yang family?" The purpose of the old man's arrangement, besides Gu Yan, Baitang is probably the most clear one in the Bai family. Gu Yan was the only one who attended that year. At that time, they didn't understand how the invitation letter from the Bai family allowed Gu Yan, who was not considered to be from the Bai family, to attend. After many years, people who knew the truth couldn't help scolding Mr. Bai. An "old fox".
Dad Bai gave his daughter an appreciative look, "The Yang family's background is too complicated, Dad doesn't want you and Xiao Nan to be involved." They are just two juniors, once they are involved, they will only be used as targets and pawns. "However, you don't have to think too complicated about the banquet. You can eat when you need to, and leave when you need to. If you encounter any problems, you can ask my uncle for help, and my father will help you solve it afterwards."
"I will be optimistic about Bai Nan."
"En." After a pause, Bai's father suddenly became a little hesitant, with an expression on his face that he didn't know how to say, "Your mother's matter... You and Bai Nan are still young, and there are some things that you don't understand. I won't impose certain concepts of right and wrong on you in this matter, you and Bai Nan can judge for yourself how to deal with the relationship with her."
Baitang smiled, "Father, I believe in you."
Papa Bai was startled, then silently stretched out his hand to rub his daughter's head gently, "Go back, go to bed early tonight."
Baitang responded one by one, and when she walked to the door, she turned around, the expression on her face was bathed in the backlight, and it looked extraordinarily soft through the light, "Dad, everything will be fine, you will stand up again."
After finishing speaking, Baitang didn't look at Papa Bai's expression when he heard her words, and closed the door to block the view from the room.
Early the next morning, Bai Nan knocked on Baitang's door excitedly. Baitang knew that the child was anxious to know where he was taking him, so he didn't bother him, and took the child out after cleaning up for a while.
I went to the villa according to yesterday's route, and when Baitang took out the key to open the door, Bai Nan's eyes widened in shock: "Baitang, where did you get the key! No, where did you get the villa!" At the end, Xiao His face was very serious, but unfortunately he lacked confidence, so he couldn't restrain Baitang at all.
Baitang didn't answer, and took the child directly to the room next to him, and then took out a piece of paper with the formulas written on it by hand, "Recite the formulas on it within half an hour." After the words fell, Without giving Bai Nan a chance to refuse, she turned around and under the dumbfounded expression of the other party, took out various props and materials, and began to help him prepare a medicinal bath that was more than ten times diluted than the one she used herself.
After half an hour, Baitang confirmed that the child had memorized the formula, pointed to the bathtub full of medicine smell and said to him: "Take off your clothes and go in, and you won't be allowed to come out if you are in pain within half an hour. Remember, the medicine starts to take effect." When the time comes, just practice according to the set of formulas you memorized."
Bai Nan opened her mouth, but she hadn't recovered from Bai Tanglu's hand. When she heard the last half of the sentence, she seemed to have poked something. Are you saying that the formula I just memorized is the inner strength method mentioned in martial arts novels? Baitang, you are not joking with me, are you?" Who is Baitang? He grew up with him and never left each other. One day's sister, if she knew this kind of thing a long time ago, she wouldn't be able to give it to him now. What's more, the other party has no chance to learn such a legendary level thing.
"Baitang, I just want to practice the sword like you, you—" Bai Nan didn't have the heart to continue. How could there be such a thing as internal strength in this world
Bai Tang didn't bother to explain to him, and directly dragged him into the bathtub. Bai Nan struggled to get up, but was shocked to find that the body lying in it seemed to be frozen, and she couldn't get up no matter what. He raised his head to look at Baitang in a daze, opened his mouth again and again, the expression on his face could not tell whether it was more surprise or more fear.
Soon, Bai Nan couldn't care about the reason why his body couldn't move, because the effect of the medicinal bath came out.
"Hiss!" Bai Nan gasped, and finally understood what Baitang's previous warning meant. As the effects of the medicine spread from his limbs, Bai Nan bit his lips in pain, but at this moment, he deeply remembered Bai Tang's instructions, and used the heart formulas he had memorized.
However, Bai Nan has never learned this stuff, at most he has read a few martial arts novels, and the one he remembers the most is Ren Du Ermai, but there is nothing in the formula, and Bai Tang didn't explain it to him, he doesn't know at all How to get lucky.
After Bai Nan thought about this, he was almost passed out from the pain of the medicinal bath. Suddenly, a hand appeared on his back, and there was a familiar voice: "Remember the exercise route I'm showing you now." In the next moment, Bai Nan obviously did not have the superpower of internal vision in the novel, but Bai Nan "seeed" and understood the route in a trance. Then, as if he had mastered it, he knew how the memorized formula should match the route just now. achievement.
Bai Tang withdrew her hand after demonstrating it once. She stood up and looked at the side for a while, and when Bai Nan's body was no longer trembling due to the effect of the medicine, she quietly left the bathroom.
An hour later, Bai Nan, who had been washed again, no longer had the surprise and excitement of just beginning to learn inner skills, and lay down on the bed with a exhausted face and closed her eyes. In the end, he didn't sleep for long, and was called by Baitang to squat in the yard.
Bai Nan turned pale, and looked at Bai Tang pitifully: "Does it have to be such a long time as an hour?" He was almost passed out from some medicine bath just now.
Bai Tang smiled softly at him, Bai Nan shook her body, and squatted down in a horse stance according to the other party's request. As soon as I finished, I couldn't help but said again: "Baitang, you have already taught me martial arts, so tell me how you understand these things?"
"Whenever you succeed in cultivation, I will tell you."
"Then how do you count as successful in cultivation?"
Bai Tang broke off a branch and tapped it lightly on Bai Nan's calf, and the latter immediately adjusted his wrong posture. "There are two watersheds in martial arts in the mortal world, the Houtian realm and the Xiantian realm, and there are ten smaller levels before the Houtian realm. I will consider telling you what you should know if you have crossed the Houtian realm."
"I haven't even reached the first level yet, when will it be the day after tomorrow?" Bai Nan's face fell, and then she stared at Baitang's face, "Baitang, are you still my sister?"
After hearing what he said, Baitang's eyes softened, "Of course."
On this day, Bai Nan lived a fulfilling life like never before. After finishing the horse stance, Baitang did fulfill his promise to teach him swordsmanship, but after the other party demonstrated a set of swordsmanship, it was his turn to disassemble and practice the sword swing one by one, which made him suffer tediously Word. But Baitang was practicing sword beside him, if he saw him being lazy, he would take actions to tell him that there would be bad consequences for being lazy.
In short, when it was time to go back, Bai Nan felt that all his physical strength had been squeezed by Bai Tang, and he felt so tired that he couldn't even lift his fingers.
"Sister," at the end of the day, Bai Nan didn't dare to smile at Bai Tang as before, "Can you tell me what state you are in now?" The first time he saw Bai Tang practicing sword, he just thought it was very handsome It's very beautiful, now look at Baitang's sword, the branches can really kill people!
Baitang locked the door of the villa, pulled out the key and turned his head, and asked with a smile, "Do you want to try it yourself?"
Bai Nan immediately turned pale. He decided to be honest in front of Baitang in the future. He was ignorant before, but now that he thinks about it, his back is sweating.
When the siblings returned to Bai's house, Gu Yan and Bai Feng were already fully dressed and waiting for them in the living room. So, the two of them went upstairs, changed their clothes and came down.
The Yang family's banquet was not held in a star hotel, but in a villa that was said to be provided by Yang Su's friend. Bai Tang had never attended the Yang family's banquet, so he was not familiar with all the information about this family. After being brought in by Gu Yan, he took a good look at the banquet hall's layout—simple and lively.
Bai Tang was a little bit surprised, just looking at this, it really looks like a birthday party for his son.
"Isn't this Mr. Gu? Why didn't you see the two Mrs. Bai today?" At this moment, a voice of laughter floated over. Baitang followed the sound and saw a middle-aged man with an obvious beer belly, "Eh? Who are the three children?"
"Mr. Li is here too?" Gu Yan responded with a calm face, but he didn't intend to introduce Baitang and the others' identities to the other party at all. Li Mingguang's complexion turned ugly. Although he was still smiling, his enthusiasm faded.
"Mr. Gu said that as if I, Mr. Li, are not qualified to come." Li Mingguang's eyes fell on Baitang, and he continued with a smile, "I have always heard that Mr. Gu is a clean person, but I didn't expect that when I saw him today, he would be a little different. It's different, this little sister is still a student, right?"