Chapter 261 Enjoy it
"Grandpa Chen, we'll leave first. I'll transfer the money for the furnace directly."
Xiang Yuanyuan knew what Du Ruo meant as soon as she looked at him, and she quickly took out her cell phone to start transferring money.
"Hey~ Master Du, I'm sorry, I was rude, I'll see you off..."
Chen Yanting followed Du Ruo with a wry smile on his face. He had originally just wanted to test the waters and ask for help to make friends, but he didn't expect Du Ruo to react so strongly and directly refuse. This caught Chen Yanting off guard.
After all, in his opinion, there is no martial artist who does not accept disciples. Since he wants to accept disciples anyway, he should give them a heads-up in advance and leave an impression. He will surely be given priority when the time comes.
In fact, this is also due to his lack of understanding of Du Ruo. Du Ruo did not learn martial arts by becoming an apprentice, and he does not have much idea about inheritance, at least for now.
"Alas... I can only say that we are not destined to be together."
Chen Yanting watched the three people get into the car and leave, frowned tightly, and sighed.
"Boss Du, I'm sorry, don't think too much about it. Grandpa Chen just wants his grandson to learn some tricks."
Li Qiyao was driving the car, and from time to time she looked at the middle rearview mirror, wanting to see Du Ruo's reaction.
"Yeah, I know. I just don't want to cause any trouble, so I just refused directly."
Du Ruo nodded and didn't take what happened just now to heart, but he was thinking in his heart that maybe he shouldn't go to Chen's blacksmith shop again in the future. Now he and the other party only have an ordinary interest relationship. Du Ruo pays the money and the other party forges the work, so it was easy for him to refuse so straightforwardly.
But if the interests are deeply intertwined and the personal relationships are strong, some things are difficult to refuse.
"Husband, don't you plan to pass on your kung fu?"
Xiang Yuanyuan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked back curiously. She actually came from a traditional family and attached great importance to inheritance.
She didn't expect Du Ruo to refuse so straightforwardly, so she couldn't help but ask Du Ruo about her thoughts.
"Isn't Kung Fu still the same Kung Fu? I haven't come up with any innovations. I practice the same thing as everyone else, but I just practice it a little more deeply."
Du Ruo smiled. Everyone knows their own business. He has always told others that he practices traditional martial arts. If he could not add some points to transform his spirit, he would be no different from other people. And he cannot teach others these points.
"Then there must be some differences between you and others. Don't these need to be passed down?"
Xiang Yuanyuan knew Du Ruo best. She had studied Du Ruo's twelve forms in her spare time and even asked Du Ruo for advice. She didn't believe that there was nothing unique in them.
But she was just asking out of curiosity. Regardless of whether Du Ruo accepted disciples or not, she would unconditionally support any decision made by Du Ruo.
"It's different from the others. Actually... it's already been passed down."
When Du Ruo said this, he looked at Xiang Yuanyuan in the passenger seat with a smile.
"..."
Xiang Yuanyuan saw Du Ruo's expression, opened her mouth, but said nothing.
At this moment, she already understood what Du Ruo meant. She recalled how Du Ruo taught her how to meditate, how to be quiet, how to breathe, and many other things about cultivation. It turned out that it was not that Du Ruo did not want to pass on the knowledge, but that he had already begun to silently teach her his most precious things.
The atmosphere in the car began to become silent, but Li Qiyao became more and more aware of the gap between herself and Xiang Yuanyuan.
It was obvious that there was a deeper meaning in Du Ruo's words just now. The three of them were sitting in the car, and she couldn't understand what Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan were talking about, which made her feel a little annoyed.
"Ah Qi, where are we going next?"
Du Ruo looked out the window. They had returned to the city, but not in the direction of Li Qiyao's apartment. The surrounding greenery was getting better and better, and it seemed that they had not arrived in the commercial district.
"Let's go to my cousin's house for dinner. We have an appointment. We'll be there soon."
As he spoke, Li Qiyao drove the car to a residential area. There was also an apartment building here, but judging from the architecture, it was much older than Li Qiyao's apartment.
"My cousin doesn't have a job, so she would occasionally come to my studio to help out. But now that she's pregnant, she comes less often."
The vehicle drove into the basement, and Li Qiyao parked and locked the car skillfully. Then she used facial recognition to pass the access control and took the two of them to the elevator. The whole process was extremely skillful, just like returning to her own home.
"Mmm, it smells so good~"
As soon as she got out of the elevator, Xiang Yuanyuan smelled the fragrance of food in the air.
"Sister Yuanyuan, Boss Du, you are here, please come in."
The door of my cousin's house was open. When she heard the noise, she hurried out in her slippers. When my cousin saw Xiang Yuanyuan, she immediately greeted the two of them warmly. Behind her, a slightly thin man followed with a smile on his face.
"Congratulations. It's been a while since we last met. You look much better now."
Xiang Yuanyuan congratulated with envy, and looked up and down at her cousin, of course focusing on her cousin's belly, but it was still flat, with no signs of pregnancy. "I came here in a hurry, and I didn't bring any gifts. This is a bottle of medicinal wine, which has a very good recovery effect on bruises and sprains. It is very good for external application or internal consumption, but pregnant women should not use it."
Du Ruo also stepped forward at this time and handed a bag in his hand to his cousin. Du Ruo carried the medicinal wine with her, and it would be inappropriate for her to come to visit empty-handed. It just so happened that the other party also needed the medicinal wine, so she took it as a gift.
"Hey, husband, why don't you thank Boss Du?"
The cousin took the gift from Du Ruo with a smile and handed it to her husband.
"Haha~haha~Thank you, come in and sit down, the food is ready, we can eat and talk at the same time."
My cousin's husband's smile was a little forced and a little awkward, but he soon smiled and invited everyone into the house.
"Wow, it's so rich, sister and brother-in-law, is this your craft?"
As soon as she entered the house, Xiang Yuanyuan exclaimed again. The large table of food on the table was extremely eye-catching, with good color and fragrance. She was sure that the taste would be good too.
When her cousin went to Du Ruo's house, she just helped out at most, but she had never cooked, so she thought the meal was made by her cousin's husband, which made her look at her in a new light.
"That's all he has to offer. Hey, go get some wine!"
The cousin greeted Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan with a smile, but when she turned to look at her husband, her tone became much more serious.
"Didn't you say you hated the smell of alcohol because you were pregnant?"
My cousin’s husband muttered something.
"Hey, what do you mean? You're blaming me."
When the cousin heard this, she subconsciously raised her foot and stepped on her husband's toes, then made her fingers into claws and pinched her husband's ears.
"Ahhhh~ I'll get it right away, get the best wine!!! Let go, it hurts!!"
My cousin’s husband seemed to be hurt by being stepped on. He jumped twice on the spot, grabbed my cousin’s hand that was pinching his ear, and began to beg for mercy.
"It won't be a fight. It's fine as long as we don't drink."
Xiang Yuanyuan was a little nervous, and hurriedly asked her cousin to let go. Even Li Qiyao went up to persuade her.
Only Du Ruo was smiling and saying nothing. Just before her cousin finished speaking and raised her foot, Du Ruo keenly noticed that her husband's foot subconsciously retracted back, but perhaps because he was afraid that her cousin would step on air and fall, he resisted the urge to retract his foot, and let her cousin step on him.
Not only that, when the cousin grabbed her husband's ear, her husband had already raised his hand. Just when the cousin grabbed his ear, he grabbed the cousin's hand, making the grab without much force.
This action gave the feeling of anticipating the enemy. Of course, it was not because my cousin's husband was also proficient in snake form, but because he had enough experience in being beaten and had memorized my cousin's moves.
So it seems that the cousin is bullying her husband, but in fact, isn't her husband enjoying it?
The atmosphere at the dinner table was quite good and the food tasted really good. Although my cousin's husband only drank a can of beer due to his alcohol tolerance, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan still enjoyed the drink very much.
The woman excitedly talked about things in life. Of course, the cousin also talked about some changes in her husband after his several hospitalizations, and of course her gratitude to Du Ruo.
While the cousin's husband was complaining to Du Ruo about his family status, he always had a smile on his face.
Du Ruo just smiled at this. Everyone has their own choices, and everything is the result of their own efforts. Even if Du Ruo does not teach her cousin grappling, her cousin will learn Muay Thai or something like that. The process may be slow, but as long as she has the intention, she will not be afraid of not being able to change her current life.
The meal took quite a long time. After the meal, we sat in the living room drinking tea and chatting. Women always have endless topics to talk about. Only my cousin's husband and Du Ruo sat aside and drank a bellyful of tea.
"Sister Yuanyuan, you guys can stay here tonight. There are plenty of rooms anyway. We can have a midnight snack and have morning tea tomorrow."
Time passed slowly, and the cousin was reluctant to let Xiang Yuanyuan leave, and had tried many times to persuade Xiang Yuanyuan to stay at her house.
"Um, it probably won't work. We might have something to do tonight. Honey, I'll find you."
Xiang Yuanyuan was still hesitating. It didn't matter to her where she stayed at night. If Li Qiyao stayed, she wouldn't mind staying here. But a message on her phone made Xiang Yuanyuan agree immediately. After taking a look, she handed the phone to Du Ruo.
"That brother Quan from the Internet just sent me a message."
"Boss Du, I'm in Longquan, Lishui. I've booked a restaurant. I hope you can come over for dinner. If you really don't have time, please take some time to visit me at your place."
This is the message sent by Brother Quan, and after sending it, he has been waiting without any excessive urging.
……
In the largest restaurant in Longquan Town, Lishui, Brother Quan, who was wearing glasses, sat in a private room, holding his mobile phone motionlessly.
He didn't watch videos of his legs, nor did he look at the short videos that made fun of himself at night.
(End of this chapter)
