The Snail Princess and Her Benefactor

Yang Shilin was observing Hua Chao and Ling Mi outside the wooden house, but found a familiar figure appearing in the yard of the wooden house, and they seemed to be very familiar with each other.

The figure was none other than his master, Old Man Zhou, the only old hunter in the Shelong Village.

At the beginning, I followed Mr. Zhou and learned a lot of skills.

If the old man hadn't been kind enough to take in a poor scholar like him, Yang Shilin wouldn't know if he could still be alive today.

It has been more than a month since I last visited my master. It seems I need to visit him tonight.

Yang Shilin thought about it and got up and left. If he wanted to see his master in a hurry, he would have to hunt some wild game and delicacies. How could he go to visit his master with nothing in his hands?

At dusk, Yang Shilin knocked on the door of his master's house. This was the place he was most familiar with besides his home, and his closest people lived there.

"Dong dong dong... dong dong dong..."

"Who is it?... Knocking on the door so loudly."

A vigorous and powerful voice was heard, and this voice was the most reassuring voice Yang Shilin had ever heard.

"Master is me..."

"Squeaky..."

The door opened and a strong and energetic figure appeared inside. Old Man Zhou with a kind smile on his face opened the door to welcome Yang Shilin.

"Hahaha... brat, why did you suddenly think of me today? Tell me, how many days have you not come to see me?"

Master Zhou patted Yang Shilin's shoulders with his rough big hands.

"Master, is everything going well recently? Is Master's wife doing well too?"

Yang Shilin stepped forward and hugged his master. This short old man was not only his mentor, but also his adopted father. Once a teacher, he would always be a father.

Yang Shilin, who had never experienced fatherly love since childhood, truly experienced what fatherly love is from his master.

It was the master who taught me how to hunt, and it was also the master who taught me all his skills.

That’s why I have the good body and skills I have now.

"Come, come, come in! Old woman, come and see! Who's here!" Master Zhou turned around and shouted into the house.

"Oh! It's Tan Sheng! Oh my! You little brat, you finally remembered to come and see me, an old woman!"

The thin Zhou rushed over and hugged the tall Yang Tansheng, shedding two lines of tears.

"Master's Wife, how are you doing recently? Tan Sheng has been in the mountains for more than half a month and hasn't come to see you. But today, as soon as he got down from the mountain, he came to see you!"

As he said this, he placed the pheasant and two wild rabbits in his hands on the table.

"Okay, okay... My Tansheng has made great progress. He never comes empty-handed. I'll get you two some snacks right away!"

The old lady picked up the game on the table and walked into the house.

"I'll go and help you..."

"I don't need your help... Come here and let's set up the dragon gate."

Master Zhou grabbed Yang Tansheng and said, "I have to ask this kid a question today."

Master Zhou had been waiting for him to come back. He had too many doubts in his mind and wanted to ask this brat whom he had rescued from the forest six years ago.

I still remember his lonely figure wandering alone in the deep mountains and forests that night.

A weak scholar had not eaten for many days and was dying of hunger. After taking him home, we found that he was covered with wounds and spoke a language other than the local dialect.

Later, after I gradually became familiar with his family, I heard him say that he came here to live with his relatives, but he just couldn't find where his relatives lived.

Later, the young man was very hardworking and liked to follow him up the mountain to hunt, so he accepted him as his apprentice.

But now Old Man Zhou is very doubtful about whether what the boy told him about his life story is true.

When Miss Hua Chao showed him the portrait that day, Mr. Zhou recognized the person in the portrait as Yang Tansheng at a glance.

But the person Hua Chao was looking for was Yang Shilin, not Yang Tansheng.

What's going on between the two of them!

Miss Hua Chao came from afar to find Yang Shilin, and Yang Tansheng said that she came here to live with her relatives.

What Young Master Yang said at the beginning was a bit vague, and I thought it was not a big deal, so I didn't ask any more questions.

Now that Miss Hua Chao has found her way here, she is probably looking for Yang Tansheng. But why did he hide his real name and stay here for six years?

Yang Tansheng sat next to his master. The old man in front of him looked a little old but still healthy, and loved him like a father.

In order not to scare the two elderly people, he concealed everything that happened in his hometown, Jinghe Village.

That kind of weird thing is too scary for ordinary people. He himself hasn't figured out what's going on yet, and it appears here. It's better for him to bury those things deep in his heart.

So he lied to his master, but his master believed him easily and never asked him any more questions.

But today he clearly felt that there was something wrong with the way his master looked at him since he entered this door.

There was silence for a long time, and finally Yang Tansheng broke the silence.

"Well... Master, I got a lot of silver from the prey I hunted in the mountains in the past half month. I almost killed a big insect. But I shot an arrow at that creature and missed its vital part, so the beast ran away."

"Well... you are capable now. You dare to fight a tiger by yourself."

The master responded indifferently.

"Hehe... Isn't it because Master taught me well? A good teacher produces good students!"

Seeing that his master seemed unhappy, Yang Tansheng smiled awkwardly and stepped forward to massage his shoulders.

Old Master Zhou enjoyed this warmth. He had only one daughter, who married far away.

Without any children to take care of him, he only had this disciple to rely on, so he naturally treated him like a son.

I just hope that he can get married and have children safely, so that he will have someone to rely on when he gets old.

"Okay, okay... I know my Tan Sheng is capable now..."

The old man reached out and patted Yang Tansheng who was giving him a massage.

"That's right. I can go hunting in the mountains by myself now. Master, you can just rest at home. With me here, you don't have to work so hard."

As he spoke, he took out a silver ingot from his cloth bag and placed it on the table.

"That won't do. You should take it back and save it so that you can get married in the future."

Mr. Zhou picked up the silver and put it back into Yang Tansheng's cloth bag without saying anything.

"Put it away quickly. I know you are filial. Live your life well. Your mistress and I will be happy just seeing you..."

The old man turned around and looked at Yang Tansheng who was still massaging him.

"Tan Sheng, come over here and sit down! I have something to ask you!"

Looking at his master's serious face, Yang Tansheng had no choice but to sit upright beside his master.

"I'm asking you, are you hiding something from me?"

Yang Tansheng had a thought in his mind: it seemed that his master had asked the question he wanted to ask before he did!