Wandering among the heavens, learning has no end.

"I am indeed a little short of money right now, but my own parents can't possibly stop giving me money in the future, can they? I'm their only son, if they don't leave their inheritance to me, who will they leave it to?"

Fang explained, "I'm often ill."

"Your parents are truly blessed to have such a fine son like you."

Ji Yuan gave a thumbs up.

As he spoke, he took a sip of his drink.

This was his first time drinking Zhuyeqing wine. Although it was homemade, he, like Su Xiaoyong, had always drunk peach blossom wine before.

Bamboo Leaf Green Tea is indeed not as good as Peach Blossom Wine.

It's not bad, though.

After drinking so much smooth peach blossom wine, it was actually quite refreshing to suddenly drink this strong liquor.

Fang Duobing felt something was off about what Ji Yuan said, even though it was well-intentioned.

"So what do you think? Would you like to consider it?"

Fang Duobing looked at the three of them and asked.

"Young Master Fang, there's no need to say anything more. We have no intention of investigating the case."

We just want to travel and enjoy the scenery; we don't want to uphold any justice.

Li Lianhua refused without hesitation.

He just wants to be an ordinary Li Lianhua now.

"Please reconsider."

Fang Duobing asked, still somewhat unwilling to give up.

"Eat, eat."

Ji Yuan interrupted Fang Duobing.

Seeing Li Lianhua's stubbornness, Fang Duobing sighed slightly. He wanted to continue persuading her, but he couldn't skip his meal, so he picked up his chopsticks and started eating heartily.

"Hmm...this food tastes pretty good. Who made it? I didn't expect you to have such good cooking skills."

Fang Duobing took two bites and exclaimed in surprise.

Fang Duobing was the young master of Tianji Manor, and he had eaten a lot of good food since he was a child.

So if he says a dish is good, it must really be very good.

"My junior brother made it."

Li Lianhua said this while eating.

He had to admit that Ji Yuan was indeed a skilled cook.

The world of Lotus Tower is a fictional world.

However, there are also sayings like "A gentleman keeps away from the kitchen," which are considered wise sayings.

So it's quite a rare thing that Ji Yuan, a grown man of high status, can cook, and cooks so well.

However, being people of the martial arts world, it's not entirely unacceptable.

When Li Lianhua was still Li Xiangyi, she never thought about cooking. Now that she is Li Lianhua, she has become interested in these things.

Cooking, growing vegetables, raising dogs.

Things that would never happen to Li Xiangyi all happened to Li Lianhua.

"Brother Xiaoyao, you're amazing!"

Fang Duobing praised Ji Yuan.

He wouldn't look down on Ji Yuan just because a man cooks.

He himself wanted to cook, but he never had the chance.

After all, he had been surrounded by servants and maids since he was a child, so even if he wanted to, his servants and maids wouldn't dare let him do it.

……

The four of them quickly finished their dinner.

Su Xiaoyong returned to Ji Yuan and her carriage, and went to contact Qianmianwanxiang on her own.

Ji Yuan and his two companions lit a campfire in the wilderness and began to drink and chat.

Fang Duobing drank most of the wine he brought.

Ji Yuan and Li Lianhua each only drank one or two bowls.

So now, of the three, only Fang Duobing is drunk.

After getting drunk, Fang Duobing grabbed Li Lianhua's hand and shook it: "Li Lianhua, please promise me. If I can't become a criminal investigator, how can I face my master?"

At this moment, Fang was ill, and it seemed as if he was being coquettish.

Li Lianhua said irritably, "Let go of my hand."

"cut!"

Fang Duobing let go of the wine jug, pointed it at the sky, and said in a drunken manner, "Master, you single-handedly built the Sigu Sect and Baichuan Academy. I must support you. I must join Baichuan Academy!"

After saying that, Fang Duobing took another sip.

At this moment, Li Lianhua doubted that she had heard correctly. She exchanged a glance with Ji Yuan, and then looked at Fang Duobing.

"Who is your master?"

"Sword God Li Xiangyi!"

Fang Duobing gave a very serious answer.

Li Lianhua laughed directly: "Li Xiangyi? How come I didn't know Li Xiangyi had a disciple like you?"

Fang Duobing explained, "Nobody knows about this."

"Yeah, I guess he probably doesn't know either."

Li Lianhua just found it somewhat amusing.

"You do not believe?"

Fang Duobing looked at Li Lianhua and asked.

Li Lianhua smiled without saying a word.

Fang Duobing then looked at Ji Yuan: "Do you believe it?"

"I believe."

Ji Yuan nodded seriously.

Li Lianhua rolled her eyes at Ji Yuan.

Fang Duobing noticed Li Lianhua's eye roll and stood up abruptly: "I'll tell you the truth today. This story starts from when I was a child."

When I was little, I was frail and sickly. My mother never gave me a formal name, saying she was afraid I wouldn't live to adulthood..."

"Aren't you getting a bit off-topic? Let's get straight to the point."

Ji Yuan spoke up.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Let's get down to business."

When I was ten years old, my mother reunited with her long-lost younger brother, Shan Gu Dao, the vice leader of the Si Gu Sect and Li Xiangyi's senior brother.

Fang Duobing's face now showed a nostalgic expression.

Li Lianhua paused for a moment, then looked at Fang Duobing.

"Shan Gudao, is he your uncle?"

Li Lianhua really didn't know about this.

Knowing the whole story, Ji Yuan understood that Shan Gudao was not Fang Duobing's uncle at all, but his biological father.

Many years ago, the second young lady of Tianji Manor met Shan Gudao. The two fell in love at first sight and soon embarked on a journey through the martial world together.

However, their good fortune didn't last long. Shan Gudao was determined to make a name for himself in the martial world and even had the ambition to become emperor. As a result, their relationship gradually deteriorated.

Especially after the second young lady of Tianji Manor became pregnant, she wanted to live a more peaceful life, which Shan Gudao naturally refused.

Then the two broke up, and the second young lady of Tianji Manor returned to Tianji Manor alone.

The second young lady of Tianji Manor was in poor health during her pregnancy, and died while giving birth to Fang Duo.

The second young lady of Tianji Manor didn't want her child to be born without parents, so she entrusted the child to her older sister and brother-in-law.

That is, the current owner of Tianji Manor and Fang Xiang of Da Xi.

The second young lady of Tianji Manor wanted Fang Duobing to be like a normal child, with a father and mother.

So she told her sister and brother-in-law not to tell Fang Duobing about his biological parents.

The owner of Tianji Manor and Fang Xiang of Daxi, a married couple, were unable to have children due to health reasons. They treated Fang Duobing as their own son and kept the news of Fang Duobing's biological parents a secret.

Later, Shan Gudao learned about his son and wanted to see him. Tianji Manor didn't want Fang Duobing to know about his background, so the manor lord told Fang Duobing that Shan Gudao was her long-lost younger brother and asked Fang Duobing to call Shan Gudao her uncle.

then.

Dan Gudao went to Tianji Manor to see his son and also took Fang Duobing away to stay with him for a few days, so Li Lianhua had actually met Fang Duobing before.