Chapter 31: Ch. 16 Part 1
Master Zhang drummed his fingers on the table as he listened to the results of spying on YanZhi for days which bore no fruits.... he sighed and shook his head defeatedly
" don’t spy on them anymore... I’m thinking he knows you’re spying on them and he already know you’re sent by me. We don’t know who’s behind him so let’s not step on their foot. " the ninja nodded and went back into the shadows.... master Zhang kept sighing and stroking his beard not knowing what to think of YanZhi.
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The first place YanZhi and Xiao Ling decided to go when they got to the county was Huichun shop.... when they got there, Qing Jinhua was helping the apprentices served people behind the counter, he beamed with happiness when his eyes fell on them.
" Brother Yan, little brother Ling..... you’re here, Dafu has gone on a business errand. Would you like to wait for him or... ah it’d be great if you did, i haven’t seen brother Ling for days now. How will we have a close friendship relationship if we don’t see each other much... or does little brother Ling not want to be friends with me? " Jinhua joked looking resentful as he walked out form behind the counter to them
" brother Jinhua don’t say that, why wouldn’t I want to have a close friendship relationship with you? it’s just that we’ve been busy these past few days, you know I want to open a restaurant. I want the restaurant to be able to start operating in two to three weeks time... so I have to make all arrangements in a hurry. " Xiao Ling explained as he didn’t want Jinhua to think that he wasn’t interested in being friends with him... ever since the betrayal from his friends he didn’t plan on making any friends again but that didn’t mean he was going to treat an innocent person who had nothing to do with his past bad.
" you’re that in hurry to open the restaurant.... then if you say so I’ll wait until you’re less busy. So what brings you here today? " Jinhua Changed the cause of the topic as he didn’t want to push it too far, to the outside it looked like he was just joking with Xiao Ling but in the inside he was doing it for his own benefit... he came to Yucheng county after doctor Shi informed him about the pocket space ring he derived from YanZhi which only cultivators could get their hands on, he had always been fond of martial arts and cultivation but he couldn’t get any martial arts master to master internal energy force to teach him so he only got to learn from his father’s friend who was not a master.
But since YanZhi could derive such a valuable thing from an unknown source then he (YZ) must know a martial arts master or a master cultivator with connections with the people of Jianghu... so Jinhua was trying to find a way to obtain such information from Xiao Ling using the friendship as an excuse because he knew that there was no way possible YanZhi would tell him if he tried prying. But every time they see each other he always felt as if YanZhi could see through him but chose to ignore since he (JH) hadn’t done anything to bring harm to Xiao Ling which Jinhua had no such intentions of.
" ah~ I wanted doctor Shi to help me find an honest and hard-working chef... you see my husband and I know nothing involving such things, so I didn’t want to take the risk and hiring just anyone.. since doctor Shi has been in the county for long I was hoping he could help with that " Xiao Ling laid down his worries