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"Oh, I have to praise you as a kind person." Su Biqing propped herself up on the sofa and sat cross-legged. "I'm not kidding you."
"It's okay to send the money away. I'm your sister and I don't need that. Just don't get your own people involved. That guy doesn't look like a good person."
"He has a name, Zhang Mu."
"Okay, okay, Zhang Mu."
Seeing that persuasion was useless, Su Biqing lay back down: "You decide for yourself. Money and meat buns don't matter. I just ask you to think about some things calmly before making a decision."
Song Lan's face turned bitter. She didn't know how to explain so that Su Biqing would believe that she and Zhang Mu really had no relationship between them. At most, she had some ulterior motives.
In fact, I mainly want to help kindness, kindness that should not be tortured by suffering, and pull her out of the darkness.
The two were silent for a while, and Su Biqing poked her arm with her foot:
"How's your little business going?"
“It will close in a few days.”
She suppressed her laughter and said, "I'm wondering, your father is a Western doctor, your mother is a Western doctor, and you majored in Western medicine pharmacology, how come you want to run a business in crystal jewelry that has nothing to do with it."
"Just sell it. You don't have a stable supply yet. I told you I could find you a batch of high-quality crystal ore, but you shook your head."
"Why, you think I'm incompetent if I help you?"
"No way." Song Lan said bitterly, "My parents arranged everything for me since I was a child. They forced me to fill in my college entrance examination application."
"Now that I can finally support myself, I want to fulfill my dream of opening a crystal jewelry store."
Her shop had been open for about two months, but business was slow. She could barely make ends meet for rent, utilities, and occasionally even make ends meet.
Originally, she had some savings, which could last her for a while.
Later, I paid all the money to Zhang Mu. The rent here was about to expire, so I definitely couldn't continue working there.
Su Biqing watched her grow up and knew that she was tormented by her parents' control. Seeing her listless appearance, she felt distressed:
"Tomorrow I'll help you pay for a year's rent and utilities. Can I borrow it from you?"
Song Lan shook her head halfway through her speech, and she quickly added the second half of the sentence.
"Forget it." Song Lan forced a smile. "I'm already satisfied that it can run for two months. Don't waste money.
I borrowed 50,000 from you last night. I will pay you back slowly when I find a job."
Su Biqing responded with a smile, but anger was rising in her heart. She had to warn that kid, did he really think of my Song Lan as a free wallet?
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Another world.
Porter got up with Chaoyang as usual.
Putting on a black robe and picking up a staff, he staggered towards the town entrance.
The town is not big and it only takes more than ten minutes to reach the door.
This town is considered remote in the entire Lake Kingdom, and its economy is not very good, so the gate is naturally as simple as possible.
It's so easy.
A hole about four meters wide was opened in the wooden fence that just reached Porter's waist to serve as a door.
The main style is simplicity.
Potter stood by the "door" for a while, and a carriage carrying a luxurious carriage came rumbling from a distance.
The driver was a maid with short hair and wearing a black and white maid uniform with a waist.
The horse-driving skills were good, and the carriage stopped steadily beside Potter.
"Mr. Potter." The maid greeted respectfully, then jumped off the throne, walked to the side of the carriage and opened the door, "Your Highness, we are here."
As the door was fully opened, the air around it suddenly cooled down like a steamer, as if it had instantly rushed from the hot summer into the cold winter.
The maid shivered unconsciously, and even exhaled two streams of cold white mist from her nose.
Potter was as steady as a mountain.
"Teacher Potter." The young female voice was elegant but also cold enough to penetrate deep into the bone marrow. "Long time no see."
In the bright ice blue color, I walked down the wooden steps into the carriage.
This is a beautiful woman walking out of the snow.
He is tall, and is covered in a wide robe with main colors of ice blue and snow white. Despite this, one can still get a glimpse of the thrilling curves of his figure from the ups and downs of the robe.
Looking up, there is an exquisite face that seems to have been designed by the Creator himself with great effort.
Her thin ice-blue eyebrows and her long ice-blue hair that cascaded down her back and reached her waist made her look like a goddess of ice and snow.
The eldest princess of Lake Kingdom——Ice-cold Avril.
Potter looked at the maid who was shivering from the cold, his face slightly dissatisfied: "Have you forgotten the instructions I gave you?"
"After so many years, the power still leaks out uncontrollably."
With an apologetic smile, Avril controlled her magic power to retract into her body: "I just woke up, and I feel a little dazed."
After a while, the surrounding air returned to normal temperature and the maid's body stabilized.
"Haha." Potter laughed, "Looks like he's been practicing."
"Of course." Avril's icy blue eyes scanned the surroundings, "Where is the genius who mastered the fireball technique that the teacher mentioned in one day?"
It looked like a serious inquiry, but the tone actually contained a playful meaning, like a granddaughter smiling and asking her grandfather to guess how many candies were in her palm.
All living beings on the continent of Thor know that the time required to learn magic is measured in months, even the apprentice-level fireball technique.
It takes several years to learn intermediate and high-level magic.
one day?
Avril's ice-blue eyelashes trembled slightly. She probably didn't even have time to roughly review the magic words of fireball.
Potter smiled and said nothing.
After a long while, he turned and walked towards the town: "He is a cheerful young man. I believe you will get along well with him. The carriage will stop here."
"Boy? Man?" Avril frowned instinctively and whispered to herself.
The maid was following closely and heard it clearly.
"Your Highness, Maura will help you stop all harassment from dissolute men."
The possibility that the other party didn't like Avril had never occurred to Maura, just based on her princess's looks.
Chapter 16 Avril is here to hide away
On the streets of the small town.
Avril followed Porter, feeling a little regretful for coming to him.
She said she was helping to find the treasure, but in fact she was just trying to avoid being idle.
Perhaps it is a common trouble for beautiful women that there are always waves of admirers around them.
No one can bother you if you hide in the palace, but being stuck in one place all day long will make you feel bored no matter how big the palace is.
Hearing that Potter had quietly left the capital, Avril felt a little less chilled. She made up an excuse and followed Maura.
She heard Potter say that he met an interesting person, but she didn't pay much attention.
Anyway, it was impossible for him to become Potter's student, so naturally they wouldn't stay in the same room. But now from what Potter said, it seemed that he wanted to accept that person as his student.
Avril knew very well that the magician's course required at least a whole day of classes during the day.
Where can I find some leisure time here?
The place is cramped but there is no harassment, and when you walk around freely you feel like there is a tail that you can't get rid of.
How to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of the two? The coldness in Avril's eyes showed signs of confusion.
Maura considered herself the best maid and was able to detect her disorder: "Princess, please rest assured. Maura is here for you."
Porter clearly heard their whispers: "Zhang Mu is an exception."
"But Mr. Potter." Maura looked doubtful, "From the moment I pledged my loyalty to Her Royal Highness, I have never seen a man who could ignore Her Royal Highness's beauty."
Maura felt that Mr. Potter was too old to understand the mentality of young men.
Having protected Her Royal Highness the Princess for more than ten years, Mora has never met a man who is not attracted to Her Royal Highness the Princess. Their eyes are filled with desire.
Some people look calm, but if you look deeper, you can still easily see the madness hidden underneath the calmness.
Men are all black. Maura clenched her fists.
"That's why I said he is an exception." Potter didn't turn around, and there was no argument in his tone. He simply stated a fact.
Eyes are the windows to the soul. Through Zhang Mu's window, all he saw was the indifference hidden deep inside.
"Teacher." Avril stroked the little maid's head soothingly, "Are you planning to take in another student?"
Potter paused for a moment, then walked forward: "Wait and see."
Avril sensed a conflict in the teacher's answer, but she gave up asking further questions. After all, it was the teacher's own business.
But Potter saw through her thoughts: "He is very good, but I don't have much time, and there is a possibility of implicating him."
"Avril, we should not force others to accept our will, nor should we define others as lost just because they deny us."
“Otherwise, we are no different from the church.”
The church is terrifying; this is the consensus of all living beings on the continent. Avril understands what kind of rebellious act she and her teacher are about to commit.
"Teacher, do you want to test him?"
"I don't think there is any need for a test." Potter turned suddenly, "He will be a steadfast companion, but..."
After hesitating for a while, he turned around and continued walking: "We should leave the fire."
Porter has been thinking in his mind these days whether he should tell Zhang Mu what he is doing.
In the end, he chose to hide it.
Zhang Mu is an independent individual with self-awareness. He came from a remote corner and has just begun to come into contact with and understand the world.