Chapter 188: How Does That Not Count as Flying?
This was just perfect. Someone who had originally come merely to score a free meal had somehow ended up becoming a massive benefactor to the Wen family.
By the time Manager Qiu and Divine Doctor Jin returned with the children, Li Fu had already become an honored guest of the Wen family, entertained with fine tea and exquisite pastries. The young girl Wen Yao, moreover, put forth the full extent of her culinary skills in the kitchen, wishing she could cook every single delicious dish she knew in her lifetime.
Had it not been for the limitations of the ingredients, Wen Yao felt she could have put together an entire Imperial Manhan Feast.
When the three siblings had returned that fateful day, Datou had already been choking on water and simply couldn’t see the person who rescued him clearly. Aside from Wen Ying, Wen Fa was the sole person who had actually witnessed Xun Feng in action.
Seeing Xun Feng again at this moment, Wen Fa’s two eyes shone with absolute brilliance. He would never forget the majestic martial arts Xun Feng displayed when saving Datou.
Meeting Manager Qiu and Divine Doctor Jin, Li Fu looked incredibly smug.
Seeing him like this, Manager Qiu made a helpless joke: “Sigh, comparing oneself to others truly angers a person to death. Look at Old Jin and me, we’ve never received this kind of treatment.”
These words happened to be overheard by Old Madam Luo, who was passing by with a dish. Smiling, she said, “You and Divine Doctor Jin are our own people, while Mr. Li is our family’s great benefactor. That is naturally different.”
Manager Qiu found this phrase “our own people” highly pleasing. Smiling faintly as he looked at Li Fu, the smugness in his eyes was beyond words.
“You really… after all these years, you haven’t changed a bit,” Li Fu also offered a helpless smile.
Divine Doctor Jin stroked his beard, reflecting with emotion: “Speaking of which, it truly was a coincidence. If not for the Young Master before the New Year…”
“Ahem…” Li Fu hurriedly let out a cough. Even though there were no other members of the Wen family in the room, it was still best to be careful.
Divine Doctor Jin immediately altered his phrasing: “If not for Li Yi coming to visit Qiu Zhi before the New Year, I’m afraid we wouldn’t have encountered Datou falling into the water either. All of this was driven by fate after all.”
Manager Qiu also looked toward Li Yi, smiling: “It’s hard on you, traveling here every single year.”
Taking the opportunity, Li Fu smoothed right along: “Since you ache for my son traveling so hard every year, why don’t you return to the capital with me this time?”
Without a second thought, Manager Qiu waved his hand: “No, no. I’m doing quite well here, keeping Old Jin company, and even having a whole bunch of family members. I won’t go back to that icy, cold place.”
“Sigh, you…” Li Fu was completely at a loss with him as well.
Originally, he had intended to bring his son to taste this roast duck, which had been rumored to be miraculous all the way to the capital, and then head back. Now, he suddenly changed his mind.
“Do you know the headmaster of the Qingfeng Academy?” Li Fu asked Manager Qiu.
“I do, we shared a bond as classmates,” Manager Qiu nodded.
Li Fu pointed at Li Yi: “Then getting Yi’er in there to study shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
Manager Qiu knitted his brows slightly: “You’re not going back?”
Li Fu spread his hands: “Anyway, there’s nothing for me to do back there. Why not just stay here a bit longer? Yi’er’s schoolwork cannot be neglected. Since you’re here too, it’s perfect for you to give him some lessons. Very good, very good.”
The people of this Wen family were far more interesting than those folks in the capital.
Manager Qiu felt his head growing large. This guy wasn’t planning to sponge off his household and refuse to leave, was he?
It wasn’t until he saw the full, massive table of dishes Wen Yao had prepared, and noticed the saliva practically dripping to the ground from Li Fu, that Manager Qiu suddenly came to a realization. Where was this man planning to sponge off his household and refuse to leave? This gentleman was clearly planning to sponge off the Wen family and refuse to leave.
Li Fu indeed thought exactly this way. Originally, once he was full of food and wine, he had wanted to feign intoxication to mingle in the Wen family and stay behind. In the end, Qiu Zhi and Divine Doctor Jin didn’t give him the chance at all; the two men threw him into the carriage and drove away with him.
As for Li Yi, it was said that he got along very well with Wen Fa and wished to stay at the Wen family to exchange schoolwork with the several young masters of the Wen family. Xun Feng remained behind to take care of him.
Once the Wen family elders left, only a few young people and Wen Xiuyi, who was half-drunk and half-awake, were left in the small courtyard.
Wen Yao fanned herself with a fan, rocking back and forth on a lounge chair. Little Hua’er sat right beside her, holding a bowl in her arms containing the fried potato balls Wen Yao had just made for her today—tiny little things that she popped into her mouth one by one.
“Brother Xun Feng, could you fly for us again? Just like the day you saved Datou.” Wen Fa looked at Xun Feng with eyes full of stars, his gaze lacking only being glued directly onto Xun Feng’s body.
Xun Feng cast a glance at Li Yi. Li Yi nodded slightly, and only then did Xun Feng say, “Alright then.”
Datou was also full of excitement: “Hold me, hold me! Brother Xun Feng, you hold me. I fainted that day, so I haven’t had a proper chance to experience it yet.”
Helpless, Xun Feng could only lift Datou up. With a light tap of his feet, he flew straight onto the roof, causing the gathered lads to scream with excitement.
Wen Yao also stopped the motion of rocking her fan, thoroughly dumbfounded.
Good heavens, the legendary Qinggong! She had finally seen the real deal.
Wen Fa remained incredibly excited, clamoring for them to come down so Xun Feng could take him for a flying trial as well.
Xun Feng had no choice but to deliver Datou back down, then took Wen Fa for a lap in the air.
In the end, out of the several lads, aside from the two eldest ones, Wen Nong and Wen Jun, not a single one was left out. Had it not been for the propriety of men and women not touching, Wen Yao would have wanted to fly a lap herself; this looked exceptionally fun.
Ah, what a pity. If only she knew martial arts too.
Li Yi, however, caught her attention. Sitting in the corner, it was naturally easy for Wen Yao to observe the situation of the group. Only now did she quietly size up this young boy who had popped up out of nowhere.
At twelve or thirteen years of age, he was born quite handsome. Had she not seen far too many handsome guys and beautiful women in her past life, Wen Yao would surely have been like those little girls in the village, unable to move her eyes away upon seeing this person.
Although they claimed their family was just an ordinary household in the capital, the bearing Wen Yao observed in this person didn’t seem as simple as an ordinary household at all. This thorough air of nobility wasn’t something that could be trained in a day or two. Furthermore, what kind of ordinary household could carry a guard around—and such a powerfully skilled guard at that?
This father and son duo were probably playing the tiger while dressed as pigs; their background was bound to be nothing small.
“Sister, what are you looking at? Are you looking at that brother?” Little Hua’er was young and didn’t understand such things; she merely followed Wen Yao’s gaze and saw the young boy standing beneath the moonlight, looking very handsome.
Little Hua’er’s voice wasn’t low. Startled, Wen Yao nearly jumped up to cover her mouth, but it was already too late. Li Yi had heard it too, looking over toward her as he split his mouth into a grin, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
Wen Yao offered an awkward smile, pulling Little Hua’er over to place her onto her own lap as she feigned composure, pinching a small potato ball and stuffing it into her mouth.
“No, no, I’m watching them fly high.”
Little Hua’er’s mind was pure, and after arriving at the Wen family, she had been thoroughly well-nurtured, causing her disposition to gradually become cheerful. Watching them fly back and forth with eyes full of envy, she said eagerly, “Hua’er wants to fly high too.”
Wen Yao gently rubbed the small topknots on her head: “It’s fine, wait until later and Sister will take Hua’er to fly high.”
Little Hua’er wore a face full of excitement: “Sister can fly high too? Is flying high very fun?”
Wen Yao thought to herself: as a person who had been tens of thousands of meters up in the sky before, how did that not count as knowing how to fly?
Flying in an airplane was flying too, after all.
