Corpse Recovery Diver
Chapter 463 - 83_5

Chapter 463: Chapter 83_5

After tidying up the wooden flower rolls, Li Zhiyuan closed the box and lay down beside the girl.

The carpet was spread out on the floor, very soft.

"Alii, do you think it’s meaningless for me to scheme and strategize like this?"

The girl stopped her work; she had actually been preparing ingredients just now.

Then, the girl reached out with her left hand under the boy’s neck and lightly patted the boy’s head with her right hand.

Li Zhiyuan instinctively reacted, thinking Alii was going to play the same gesture that he and Grandmaster used to, a gesture Li Zhiyuan had tried several times to change but hadn’t succeeded because it was the first to catch the girl’s eye.

Over the past year, the girl had many times leaned into his chest, hoping that he would pat her head as Grandmaster once did and say those words, even if saying them was a bit embarrassing.

But soon, Li Zhiyuan realized something was wrong; this time, the roles in the action had switched.

It became him being held by Alii, with Alii gently patting his head.

Alii didn’t speak, but the clear light in her eyes and the dimples at the corners of her mouth seemed to silently recite the line:

"Xiao Yuan, whatever you want, I’ll buy for you. I have money, lots of money."

Li Zhiyuan was completely stunned, feeling very out of place, his body beginning to tremble slightly.

A strong sense of rejection surged from his heart; he didn’t know how to face this situation, how to deal with these emotions.

The girl tried to hug him tight, but the boy pushed her away, stood up, and kept backing away until he reached the corner of the room.

Tears spilled from the corners of his eyes, even though he didn’t know why he was crying at this moment. He just felt that everything in his vision was spinning, he felt very uneasy, and he wanted to escape.

Almost instinctively, he clenched his left hand into a fist, brought it to his mouth, and bit down.

A sharp pain came, but he immediately cried out and moved his hand away, afraid of bleeding in front of the girl.

The girl stood up, seemingly wanting to approach, but the boy’s reaction became more intense, and she could only stand still.

"Huff... huff... huff..."

Li Zhiyuan held his head, his gaze downward, feeling like an exam-taker entering the examination hall, picking up his pen, only to suddenly forget all the knowledge points, anxious, hesitant, and at a loss.

Around his ears, was the sound of other examinees’ pen tips "shushing" answers on paper; everyone seemed confident, and the questions seemed simple, yet he couldn’t answer anything, not a single word, and though answers were all around, they were too far away, unseen, and uncopyable.

At this moment, Li Lan’s voice echoed in his mind:

"Li Zhiyuan, you and I are monsters wearing human skin."

"Thud!"

The boy’s head hit the wall heavily, but the impact somehow calmed him down.

Before, he felt like he went through a drowning incident; now, he finally climbed ashore, sopping wet and exhausted, yet feeling an indescribable joy.

He had always been trying not to let the human skin fall off, but when there seemed to be a trend of growth, he was suddenly at a loss.

It turns out that like Zhuangzhuang before him, he was one who professed love for dragons.

"Hehehe... hehehe... hahaha..."

The boy laughed out loud.

Alii walked over, squatted down, and looked at him.

Li Zhiyuan also looked at her. Their eyes met, and they both saw themselves in the other’s eyes.

"Alii, do you think, once I’ve mastered the techniques, my ancestral tablet can be placed on the altar in your dreams?"

...

"That’s not the so-called ’Yin Family’s Twelve Skills’ at all."

"Not?"

"Yin Meng that girl, when she first came to Nantong, I noticed she had a slow wit, probably wouldn’t even be able to Underworld walk, let alone teach the boy any techniques."

"He said he learned from the books she brought..."

"There are no such books." Liu Yumei was very certain, "If there really was a complete set of those books, the Yin family would have been long gone, they couldn’t have lasted until now, because that set of books, without changes, couldn’t be learned by their future generations!"

Liu Yumei paused, then continued: "Although our Qin Liu families have dwindled, at least there’s you, there’s Ali, there are those...

Even with Alii, if she hadn’t fallen ill, her talent would also be extremely high because only those with genuine bloodline talent are more prone to such diseases.

Ordinary descendants can’t catch the eye of those resentful spirits, nor are they interested in attaching to them for vengeance.

The Qin and Liu families got interrupted, not declined.

So,

Ah Ting,

you have never seen what those truly declined clan households in Jianghu look like. Their descendants, they’re practically lining up to compete with pigs on who’s stupider!"

"But if there wasn’t that set of books, how did Xiao Yuan learn?"

"There are only two possibilities. One, the books in Li Sanjiang’s basement really contain valuable knowledge, even in our eyes, they still do."

"But can inheritance of such knowledge truly be achieved simply by reading books?"

Aunt Liu couldn’t help but recall the image of the young man sitting on the rattan chair on the balcony reading a book, flipping through the pages as if it were a comic strip.

"Right, it’s hard to imagine that possibility, isn’t it?

The key to each family’s legacy lies in people. If one could really learn just from books and written records, wouldn’t all the unique skills of the families have become common by now?

Could there really be such a genius in this world?"

"But you just said..."

"It’s because the second possibility is even more unimaginable. Yin Meng, the girl, must have carried a set tailored for pigs.

And then that boy, he deduced from what was for pigs to what was for people, for the great..."

Liu Yumei abruptly stopped speaking, and unintentionally raised her hand, mumbling:

"Four ghosts lifting a sedan."

Although there was no wind or waves, Aunt Liu had already told her about the sensation she felt at that moment.

These were the only two possibilities; there was no third, because they had lived with Xiao Yuan for the past year, and no one could have appeared under their watch, secretly taking on a disciple and teaching the child.

"Xiao Yuan, deduced it..." Aunt Liu’s eyes were full of shock, "If he really has that ability, wouldn’t he be able to learn any family’s secret techniques just by looking at them?"

"If it weren’t for the fear of being affected by backlash from Luck when we were at Li Sanjiang’s house, I really should have seen what kind of books that boy was reading every day."

Aunt Liu reminded her, "Alii should know, but unfortunately, Alii can’t talk yet."

"Hmph." Liu Yumei sighed, "Even if Alii could talk, do you think she would tell you?"

"Why are you getting mad at me? Alii is your granddaughter, raised by your very own hands."

Liu Yumei helplessly turned her head away.

She didn’t want to admit it, but the reality was right in front of her:

Her, Liu Yumei, who lived a life of wealth and elegance, in the end, her own granddaughter, it wasn’t that she’d turned her elbow out... her elbow never stayed home!

Seeing that Grandma Liu was truly upset, Aunt Liu followed along with her words, "We can only blame Xiao Yuan for not knowing what kind of love potion he fed to our Alii."

Liu Yumei snorted, "Huh, couldn’t it be that our Alii has good taste, discerning eyes?"

"Ahh yes, yes, you’re right!"

Liu Yumei crossed her arms and smiled lightly, "Our Alii takes after me, her judgment of men is definitely top-notch."

"Of course, she takes after you, she is your granddaughter, after all."

"Hehehe." Liu Yumei laughed.

Aunt Liu teased deliberately, "What, from your words, are you changing your mind and thinking about accepting this outstanding man from across the river?"

"The kids are still young, why talk about such things? It’s pointless."

"You’re right, you’re always right."

"Alright, Ah Ting, we were blind, even if he just learned by reading books, he’s already an extraordinary genius.

Just think, back in the day, if I had simply thrown books at your face and let you and Ali learn by yourselves, you’d probably still be digging for eels in some ditch right now."

"Of course, the talents of me and Ali are quite dull, how could we compare to the grandson-in-law you’ve chosen. Grandma, it’s just a matter without even a glimpse of a beginning, and you’ve already started to find us displeasing."

"Don’t talk nonsense, I’ll slap you if you continue spouting nonsense."

"I am wrong." Aunt Liu lightly slapped her own cheeks, and then said, "Then you need to act fast, otherwise he might leave to pay homage to Fengdu."

"Silly girl, didn’t you see what’s happening? He isn’t planning on paying homage to any Fengdu, he’s pushing this old lady to speak up quickly, so that he can put forward his demands."

...

Li Zhiyuan came downstairs and saw Liu Yumei and Aunt Liu standing there in the courtyard.

"Grandma Liu."

"Yes, we’re moving in three days. According to custom, you should come over for a meal."

"Okay, according to custom, should I bring a gift?"

"You’re a kid, just come empty-handed. By the rules, it’s up to me to give you a welcome gift."

"What would that be?"

"Whatever you want, Grandma will give it to you."

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