Chapter Sixty-Three: What Happened to Not Violating Principles?
The second time arriving at Liao Zhai Tavern, as soon as she entered, a hint of surprise flashed in Lu Yibei’s eyes.
Just as stated in the interview records in the Siye Society files, the scenes seen in Liao Zhai Tavern were greatly influenced by one’s thoughts.
Last night, when she had come here, Lu Yibei saw a layout similar to that of Luxi Chuancaiguan, but today, perhaps because of Jumeng’s words perturbing her mind, what she saw resembled the setting of Chunfeng Residence.
Bai Kai followed Lu Yibei, and seeing her stop, he reached out to pat her shoulder, saying, “Let’s go in first and sit down to talk.” Although he claimed not to want to hear about Lu Yibei’s troubles, his body was still honestly driven by the “maternal instinct” developed over the years.
“Can you two guests sit at that table?” “Yeah, no problem.”
“Then what would you like to order?”
“Let’s start with a pot of tea, and if we need anything else later, we’ll call you.” “Okay, please follow me!”
Under the guidance of the waiter, they found a table and sat down. Bai Kai looked at Lu Yibei, who was staring at her phone with a resentful expression, and quietly said, “Can you hang up now? I don’t know who taught you these low-down tricks.”
“You really learned.”
Bai Kai had initially wanted to say that Lu Yibei had turned bad, but upon reconsideration, it was also possible that after taking over that terrifying woman’s God Realm Prototype, her bloodline had awakened.
In any case, she hadn’t been like this before. Although she used to be a bit naive, she still had a hint of warmth; now, not only was she naive, but all that was left was black-hearted cotton.
However, even if it was a worn-out black-hearted cotton coat, it was still their own little coat; it couldn’t truly be cast aside, right?
Lu Yibei put down her phone, covered the microphone with one hand, and glanced at Bai Kai with a sideways look, saying, “What do you mean by low-down tricks? Water Brother, you seem quite unwilling about this.”
“I…” Bai Kai hesitated, and after two seconds of silence, gritted his teeth, “I’m doing this voluntarily, so you’d better hang up quickly!”
If this got out to Xiao Yuan, I wouldn’t be able to get away, Bai Kai added in his heart.
At this moment, Lu Yibei rolled her eyes at Bai Kai, released the hand covering the microphone, and again held the phone to her ear, sweetly saying, “Inspector General~! Huh? No, it has nothing to do with Water Brother! I just miss you and wanted to give you a call!”
After she finished talking, there was a moment of silence from the other end, and after a pause, Xing Yuan’s voice trembled slightly as she said, “You might be better off not thinking about me. I find it hard to accept this, especially since…”
“You say you miss me, but if I guess right, you really just want to find out news about that officer, right?” As soon as Xing Yuan mentioned Jiang Li, Lu Yibei straightened up, her eyes sparkling with eagerness, looking like a little student waiting for a teacher to give out candy.
Jiang Li hadn’t replied to her messages for two or three days.
Although she knew Jiang Li was at the Siye Association Headquarters and had a lot of preparations to make for the advance in Spirit Patterns, it was perfectly normal for them not to keep in touch for a while.
But now that Xing Yuan had brought it up, how could she resist not caring? “You say, you say, I’m listening!”
“Ah, as expected!” Xing Yuan chuckled lightly, “Don’t worry! She’s doing well; she’s already passed the three-round Spirit Pattern adaptability comprehensive tests. In the next two or three days, she should complete the Spirit Pattern advancement, and after observing for a period, she is expected to return to Huacheng in about a month.”
“Ah!” Hearing that Jiang Li’s Spirit Pattern advancement was going smoothly, Lu Yibei let out a sigh of relief, “That’s great, thank you for letting me know, Inspector General.”
“Mm, all right, I have other matters to attend to, so I won’t chat with you any longer.” Xing Yuan said before hanging up.
Lu Yibei put away her phone, and when she looked up, she saw Bai Kai squinting at her, looking like a resentful spouse.
“Water Brother, what’s wrong with you?”
“What do you think is wrong with me?” Bai Kai said irritably. “You stopped me just to show me this?”
Although he had been busy recently, he knew all about her and Jiang Li’s situation; he was already stuffed with too much information and really didn’t need to hear more.
“Um…” Lu Yibei’s lips parted slightly, pondering for a few seconds before saying seriously, “Water Brother, I actually have something on my mind that I want to discuss with you. It’s like this…”
So, Lu Yibei told Bai Kai about her accidental overhearing Jumeng’s confession and her dilemma, omitting some details.
“That’s basically it. What do you think I should do?” Lu Yibei asked.
“I understand.” Bai Kai crossed his arms, leaning back in his chair and said, “So, in the case where you have feelings for someone, a friend who has a father-son relationship with you suddenly confesses to you, and you realize you also have some special feelings for her, right?”
“Yeah!” Lu Yibei nodded, “You have experience in this kind of thing, right?”
“Indeed!” Bai Kai curled his lip, “Once I was caught between a rich woman and a senior brother…”
Lu Yibei’s expression changed, her eyes widened, “He confessed to you too?”
d*mn! I always thought those two had some sort of chemistry, but I never expected them to actually have something!
Seeing this, Bai Kai realized Lu Yibei might have misunderstood, and hurriedly explained, “Uh, that example is not quite appropriate. I didn’t have that kind of relationship with my senior brother; he never confessed to me.”
“I was just stuck between friendship and love, finding it hard to choose.”
“Oh!” Lu Yibei’s expression eased a bit, and she nodded.
Noticing this, Bai Kai tilted his head, “Aren’t you going to ask how I ultimately chose?”
“Is there even a need?” Lu Yibei shrugged, “In situations like this, any hesitation of even a second is disrespectful to the rich woman!”
Bai Kai looked up at the sky, slowly closed his eyes, and silently sighed. Lu Ming, do you see this? This is your good son!
If you have a spirit in heaven, I wonder if you’ll d*e with your eyes open?
Seeing Bai Kai remain silent for a long time, Lu Yibei asked, “Water Brother, this example doesn’t work. Can you bring up another one!” Upon hearing this, Bai Kai withdrew his thoughts, looked at Lu Yibei and said, “I…”
As soon as he opened his mouth, he found himself pausing, realizing after thinking for a moment that he seemed to have never encountered such a dilemma.
He loved each one he interacted with sincerely, had never had to choose, as if he were the messenger of love.
Sometimes, he even wondered if he were an urban legend, after having these years of experience, perhaps his abilities would have changed due to the existence of those beautiful acquaintances.
“Forget it, I can’t think of a particularly good example. Let me just tell you how to handle this situation.”
“You say, you say!” Lu Yibei said, overly obedient, pouring a cup of tea and handing it to Bai Kai with both hands.
“Two methods!” Bai Kai raised two fingers and said, “The first method is to be ruthless and choose one.”
“This…” Lu Yibei frowned. “Can’t choose, right?” Bai Kai teased.
Lu Yibei looked at Bai Kai, hesitated for a few seconds, then slightly nodded her head.
“Then that makes it easier!” Bai Kai lowered one finger, continuing, “The second method is to take it lightly and ignore all that moral nonsense.”
Lu Yibei, “I’m familiar with not discussing morals there!”
“You just need to remember one thing!”
“Yeah, yeah!” Lu Yibei nodded seriously, looking at Bai Kai with a look that made it seem like she was about to take notes on what he was going to say next!
“Remember, a wife is a wife, a lover is a lover, a girlfriend is a girlfriend, a baby is a baby, and a child is a child. These are all different. The important thing is, at critical moments, just don’t call the wrong name!” Bai Kai said seriously.
“You don’t know, but once at a critical moment, I called the wrong name and the girl almost came at me!” This statement drew the attention of guests at nearby tables.
Spiritual Ability User B, “Wow! That’s too low down, right?”
Urban Legend A, “Is it that thrilling? Say more, the kids love to hear it!” Lu Yibei, “???”
Seeing the confused look in Lu Yibei’s eyes, Bai Kai raised his chin slightly and said proudly, “Little Calamity, don’t you feel your worldview has been severely impacted? But you want to…”
“Not really.” Lu Yibei said.
“Huh?”
“I mean, not really.” Lu Yibei said blankly, “I just don’t quite understand what you mean by critical moment.” “Can you elaborate?”
Bai Kai, “…”
But then again, would it be too soon for Little Bei to hear those things? If he really were to say it, this story would end here, right?
In the end, Bai Kai still refrained from telling Lu Yibei about his war experiences on the Syrian level and instead left her with a remark, “You figure it out yourself!” He then stood up and walked out of Liao Zhai Tavern.
As soon as he stepped out the door of Liao Zhai Tavern, before he had walked far, urgent footsteps sounded behind him. “Water Brother, wait a minute!”
Hearing the call, Bai Kai turned around and saw Lu Yibei catching up to him, tilting his head, “What’s wrong? Is there anything else you want to say?”
“Master, I’ve figured it out!” Lu Yibei said expressionlessly. Bai Kai, “???”
So quickly? Could this kid actually have the potential to become a scoundrel?
“Just kidding.” Seeing Bai Kai’s surprised expression, Lu Yibei waved her hand, but then her tone turned serious, “Water Brother, I heard from Tire Brother that you’re taking a long break, right?”
As she spoke, her gaze shifted slightly downward, landing on the long sword in Bai Kai’s hand that had been gathering dust for a long time. “You even took this sword out; are you preparing to take care of something big?”
Although she wasn’t sure what Bai Kai was planning, she still noticed his many unusual actions recently.
“I…” Bai Kai frowned, silent for a moment, before speaking, “There are indeed some matters I need to address.”
“Is it a troublesome matter?” Lu Yibei asked.
“Mm.” Bai Kai softly affirmed, “It’s a bit tricky.”
“Does the godmother not know?” Lu Yibei asked again.
“She doesn’t know.” Bai Kai shook his head, his voice serious. “But even if you and she want to stop me, I still have to go.”
“Who said I’d stop you?” Lu Yibei shrugged, “I understand these things; men always have some things that must be done, right?”
Hearing this, Bai Kai’s pupils flickered, then he smiled bitterly before teasingly looking at Lu Yibei, “Little brat, you’re talking about men? You’re still too early for that!”
“First, deal with those two girls of yours!”
“I’m not bragging, but I managed to deal with more than thirty women at once back in the day without falling over!” Lu Yibei, “”
After a brief silence, she asked again, “Water Brother, does the thing you’re going to do involve danger?”
Bai Kai did not answer.
But at such a moment, not speaking was, in fact, an answer; if there were no danger, he would have said so directly.
“I understand!” Lu Yibei nodded thoughtfully, then activated the energy of the veins, opened the passage to the God Realm Prototype, took out a package, and handed it to Bai Kai.
“Water Brother, this has some small things I’ve made; they have good effects. Take them with you; they might help a bit.” Seeing the package in Lu Yibei’s hand, Bai Kai knitted his brows and didn’t take it.
“Just take it, Water Brother!” Lu Yibei said forcefully, shoving the package into Bai Kai’s arms, “I’ve already lost one father; I don’t want to lose another…”
“Good luck! Come back soon. When you return, I still need to consult you on how to deal with emotional issues!” After saying this, she turned and ran back into Liao Zhai Tavern, her cheeks slightly flushed and not looking back.
Watching Lu Yibei’s departing figure, Bai Kai stood there in a daze for a moment before laughing out loud, and then he gently tightened his grip on the package in his hands.
Worrying every day! It’s not that easy for me to go down! If I can’t win a fight, can’t I run away?
Another night.
For Hu Boss, this night seemed no different from countless nights he had experienced before. Around the same time, similar customers arrived and ordered nearly the same dishes.
Perhaps there might be some different little anecdotes, but as long as the time stretched to a certain extent, those little anecdotes wouldn’t mean much.
Thus, when Lu Yibei appeared before him, he felt not the slightest stir in his heart, only raising an eyelid and calmly asking, “I get what you mean; you want to learn culinary skills from me, right?”
“Yes, that’s right!” Lu Yibei nodded in response, “If Hu Boss has any requirements, as long as they do not violate principles, I will try my best to meet them.”
“That’s the thing, right? I understand!”
Although Jumeng had told her that as long as she wanted to learn culinary skills, Hu Boss would almost always teach, she felt that courtesy should still be paid properly.
During this conversation, Hu Boss opened his eyes, scrutinized Lu Yibei for a moment, and smiled meaningfully, “You said it yourself. I didn’t say I wanted any benefits, but since you’ve brought it up…”
“Then while you’re learning, you’ll help out in the shop!”
As he spoke, he straightened up, glanced around the tavern for a moment, and softly called out, “Yining, come here, take her to the back and give her one of your dresses. I think your figure is about the same as hers; she should be able to fit it.”
Lu Yibei, “???”
Wait, you want me to wear Yining’s dress to work here? What happened to not violating principles?
