Chapter 72 A New Beginning
Chapter 72 A New Beginning (I)
It was the beginning of May in the ninth year of Jinghe, which was already the end of spring and the beginning of summer, but it was still very chilly in Qinghe in the north, and one had to wear a padded jacket when going out.
Liu Sheng did indeed go out early in the morning wearing a floral jacket, holding a scallion pancake wrapped in oil paper, and standing at the gate of the government office with Cuicui waiting.
Cuicui was shivering with cold, so Liu Sheng handed her the still hot scallion pancake to warm her hands.
"Sister Shengsheng, aren't you afraid of the cold?" Cuicui did not refuse and took it and held it in her hands.
"I'm not cold." Liu Sheng shook his head.
Liu Sheng was naturally not cold. Her coat was stuffed with soft goose down. She felt very warm as soon as she put it on. She was so hot that her face even turned red.
This coat was sent to her by her parents a few days ago.
There was a layer of colorful floral cotton on the outside, and a circle of snow-white rabbit fur on the collar and cuffs. Liu Sheng knew at a glance that it was the work of his father.
Liu Ruhai not only loves cooking, but is also keen on making clothes for her daughter.
Liu Sheng has a cute appearance to begin with, and she looks even more pink, tender and naive when she puts it on.
Even when she went to buy scallion pancakes for breakfast just now, the stall owner Aunt Wang's eyes lit up when she saw them. She kept praising them for being beautiful and regretted that she didn't have a daughter like Liu Sheng.
This was exactly Liu Ruhai's purpose - to show off to everyone that he had a beautiful and lovely daughter.
But for his daughter, as long as the clothes are clean, it’s fine. Too many styles and colors will only increase her time in choosing and affect the efficiency of completing her plans.
And for Liu Sheng, he won’t catch a cold whether he wears this coat or not.
After all, she is now a serious cultivator in the first level of Qi Refining Stage. With spiritual energy nourishing her body from the inside out, maintaining body surface temperature is a piece of cake.
But there is no way, she can't be too high-profile.
If you walk on the streets of Qinghe wearing a thin shirt at this time, others will think you are either a practitioner or a lunatic.
Until she has researched how big the difference is between the spiritual energy cultivated by the cultivation methods of the Qixuanling world and the local cultivation methods, as well as how the realms correspond, she cannot reveal her identity as a cultivator for the time being.
If the two are actually completely different, then maybe they will find out that she has already turned her back on the Supreme God and will treat her as a "blasphemer".
Today, the belief in the Supreme God is very solid, and there have been no "blasphemers" in recent years. However, according to historical records, there was a bloody struggle of faith in the early years of the first year of the divine manifestation.
Liu Sheng shuddered when he thought of the fate of those "blasphemers" mentioned in history books. It would be better to be cautious.
There is still a month left before the Honghu Project is completed, so she needs to complete it as soon as possible.
……
When Cuicui saw that Liu Sheng had started to stare at a point in front of her, she knew that she must be daydreaming about something again.
She could only shake her head helplessly. Sister Shengsheng was good in every way. She was beautiful, kind, and smart, but she always seemed to be busy with something. Even if she was not busy at hand, her mind was still busy, and they could not have a good time playing together.
In this respect, Sister Shengsheng is so similar to my young lady!
Just as she was thinking about her own young lady, Cuicui caught a glimpse of a slender woman in a thin coarse cloth dress walking out of the gate of the government office.
Isn’t this her young lady?
"Miss!" Cuicui rushed forward excitedly, hugged Wen Weilan, buried her head in Wen Weilan's arms and sobbed.
Liu Sheng was also awakened from his thoughts by Cuicui's scream and looked over.
It just so happened that Wen Weilan was looking at Liu Sheng over Cuicui's twitching shoulder. She forced a smile on her indifferent face and nodded to Liu Sheng to express her gratitude.
Liu Sheng looked at Wen Weilan and felt that something was different.
Her face was haggard but very calm, and the arrogance that once was as cold as a sword out of its sheath seemed to have disappeared from her.
But Liu Sheng believes that this does not mean that Wen Weilan will never recover.
Now, she is more like a pebble that has been polished by the river for many years. Her appearance is smooth and restrained. She has lost her past sharpness, but has become more calm and composed.
Cuicui thought that it was not the time to cry yet. Her young lady had already been in jail for half a month and must have suffered a lot. She should take her young lady back to rest as soon as possible.
So she raised her head and wiped her tears with her hands, put the bright red feather satin cloak she had prepared on Wen Weilan, and stuffed a bag of scallion pancakes into the young lady's hand.
"This is what Sister Shengsheng bought for you. Warm your hands first, and then eat it when you get in the car... Come, the cloud sedan is over here."
Cuicui knew that her young lady was too proud to eat on the street, so she just wanted to take her young lady to the cloud sedan as soon as possible, otherwise she would starve.
Wen Weilan held the still warm scallion pancake that exuded an alluring aroma, looked down at it in a daze. Then, she just ate it in big mouthfuls at the gate of the government office.
……
Wen Weilan is no longer a member of the Wen family, so naturally she will not return to the Wen Mansion.
She was also a little worried that Wen Weilan would become homeless and sleep on the streets with Cuicui.
Although he had received some money, he had very little left, and he secretly calculated how much he could support them if they were to stay in the inn.
But Liu Sheng never expected that he would be standing at the door of a three-story house at this time.
"Is this your house?" Liu Sheng turned around and asked Wen Weilan who was being helped down from the cloud sedan by Cuicui.
"Yes." Wen Weilan nodded.
"Didn't you leave the Wen family with nothing, just like what was said in the script, and then swear to take back everything you had?" Liu Sheng asked seriously.
Wen Weilan's eyes curved and she laughed out loud: "Miss Liu does have some ideas."
Cuicui was shocked. Her young lady smiled. It had been a long time since she saw her young lady smile!
Could it be?
Her eyes moved back and forth between the young lady and Liu Sheng.
Wen Weilan said, "Go in first."
Seeing that Liu Sheng was still curious, she coughed and explained, "This is the house my grandmother left me before she passed away. I also have another house in Chang'an. She also gave me two shops, one in Qinghe and one in Chang'an. They were all specially placed in my name, so even if I leave the Wen family, I will not be left with nothing."
After hearing this, Liu Sheng felt sad about his poverty again.
However, at least he didn't have to support her anymore, and the sixteen spiritual essences he owed were also settled.
Seeing that Liu Sheng seemed very interested in the house, Wen Weilan asked Liu Sheng to sit in the flower hall for a while and have some snacks. She went to take a shower to wash off the dirt on her body, and then came back to accompany Liu Sheng around the house.
"Is this tiring for you?" Liu Sheng asked Wen Weilan apologetically as they walked along the garden path lined with peonies.
Wen Weilan was finally dressed in a fresh outfit at this time, wearing a moon-white satin jacket and a dark-colored brocade skirt, returning to her original elegant appearance.
She smiled and shook her head: "It's okay, I had nothing to do in there so I just slept. Now I'm very energetic."
"Why don't we talk together? I haven't thanked you properly yet."
Liu Sheng said: "Thank you, that's fine, just remember to give me sixteen spiritual essences."
Sixteen spiritual essences can buy a lot of materials. Now the spiritual array pattern drawing instrument she has is finally almost done. The next step is to compress its size.
"That's natural." Wen Weilan had also heard Cuicui mention this before, and it was very reasonable.
She was able to get out thanks to Liu Sheng, and he also helped her find the person who was behind her murder. No matter how grateful she was, it would not be enough.
Thinking of this, her eyes couldn't help but dim. Not to mention that her own spirituality would never return and she would be unable to practice, just thinking of her grandfather who would also never return, she couldn't help but feel a mixture of emotions.
Although her grandfather did harm her, was it true that his love and care for her since she was a child were all fake?
She really couldn't tell.
Liu Sheng felt that Wen Weilan was in a low mood, so he didn't say anything and just accompanied her silently.
We walked along the flower path to the pavilion hanging over the pond, where maids had already prepared hot tea and snacks.
The two sat down and drank tea while looking at the scenery in the garden. Wen Weilan finally adjusted her mood and her eyes met with Liu Sheng's.
She had an idea that she had been thinking about for a long time.
After hesitating for a while, he finally made up his mind to ask, "How is it? Isn't this house nice?"
"I can give it to you."
"As long as you are willing to open a shop with me."
Liu Sheng immediately swallowed the words that he was about to ask shamelessly, "Your house is so big, you don't mind having one more person living here, right?" and widened his eyes.
Let’s start a company together!
(End of this chapter)