Seeing the old man running faster and faster, the Spring Sprite got a bit anxious and spat out a bubble at him.
The world in front of the old man instantly turned blurry. He was trapped inside the bubble and couldn't move.
The Spring Sprite flew forward, hitting him with a broom while scolding with red - rimmed eyes, "You bad old man! It's fine that you stole my food, but you even wanted to steal my tea tree to make tea!"
The old man shouted aggrievedly, "Aren't tea trees meant for producing tea leaves? Isn't it a waste if they're not used for making tea?"
"You!"
The Spring Sprite was about to strike again, but was stopped by Hong Xi who happened to pass by. "Come on, come on. Your tears turn into pearls. You mustn't cry casually. Besides, the tea tree is still intact. Why are you arguing with this crazy old man?"
The old beggar gave a cheeky laugh, got up from the ground, and dusted himself off. "You're the sensible one, Hong Xi."
Hong Xi waved his hand. "It's nothing. Just don't take back your moves when we play chess in the future."
The old man waved his hand. "I won't, I won't. Oh, by the way, I took the Chinese yam in your room to make soup. It tasted really good."
Hong Xi stopped in his tracks, and his expression darkened visibly.
"......The Chinese yam in my room?"
"Yeah. How about it? Isn't my hair a lot blacker?"
Hong Xi suddenly pounced on the old beggar, pretending to strangle him. "That was my cousin who hadn't transformed yet!!"
Everyone was stunned. He Zhiping twitched his mouth in shock and whispered, "Who on earth is this old man? Why is he so crazy?"
Just as it seemed the old man was about to be strangled to death by Hong Xi, Yu Nian slowly stepped into the courtyard.
When Hong Xi and the Spring Sprite saw Yu Nian coming, their expressions calmed down a bit, and they ignored the old man.
"You're back. Where's President Feng? Didn't he go to find you?"
Yu Nian paused. "It's a long story."
Hearing this, Hong Xi and the Spring Sprite didn't press further. Like kids finally seeing their parents, they poured out their grievances of the past few days to Yu Nian.
Yu Nian smiled. "I've seen it all."
Feng Chengyuan had just shared his memories with her. She already knew everything about the old man clearly, except for the dream part that Feng Chengyuan had deliberately hidden.
Yu Nian looked at the old man and asked calmly, "Do you really have no memory of your past at all?"
The old man was about to be cheeky, but for some reason, when he met Yu Nian's gaze, he suddenly got a bit scared. So he answered truthfully, "I don't remember."
Yu Nian stared at the old man and noticed that the red mark on his neck, which was caused by Hong Xi's strangling, was healing at a visible speed.
No illness, no injury, and a long lifespan...
Yu Nian raised her eyebrows slightly. "Are you from the Divine Doctor Valley?"
Hearing the words "Divine Doctor Valley", a look of confusion flashed across the old man's face. Then he shook his head painfully, repeating several times, "I don't know. I don't know anything..."
Seeing this, Yu Nian didn't press further. After chanting the Purifying Heart Spell twice for the old man, she asked Guan Sheng to take him back to his room to rest.
Just then, a commotion suddenly came from the entrance of the Taoist temple.
Ming Mingzhong quickly went to check. When he came back, his face looked a bit grim. "Master, there are a lot of people gathered at the door, and there's also a half - dead man lying on a stretcher... The leading woman is crying and shouting to see you. She won't say anything when we ask her."
Yu Nian thought for a moment, then turned around and walked to the entrance of the Taoist temple.
Just as Ming Mingzhong had said, there were seven or eight people sitting around below the steps. In the middle of the crowd, there was a man lying on a stretcher, covered tightly with a cotton quilt.
When those people saw Yu Nian, they quickly stood up. They all nudged the woman in front and whispered, "She's here, she's here."
"Looks like they're really here to cause trouble and ruin the place."
Although she said so, Yu Nian remained calm. She didn't even stop walking and walked towards the crowd as usual.
He Zhiping beside her was a bit worried. "Yu Nian, they seem ill - intentioned. Be careful."
He wasn't worried that Yu Nian would be at a disadvantage. After all, having been with Yu Nian for so long, his courage had been trained.
However, the saying "Fame brings trouble" was really true. In the early days when Yu Nian was just a nobody in the entertainment industry, He Zhiping didn't have a deep understanding of this saying.
But since Yu Nian unexpectedly became popular after participating in the Metaphysics Competition, the outside world had been paying more and more attention to her every move.
These people were ill - intentioned. There must be someone behind them causing trouble.
If it was deliberately fermented and magnified on the Internet, it would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.
Such a good person like Yu Nian shouldn't be treated like this.
Yu Nian didn't say a word, but just gave him a reassuring look.
So what if they were here to cause trouble?
A person who had seen the magnificent waves of the sea wouldn't care about the ripples in a muddy pond.
Yu Nian walked up to the crowd. Before she could say anything, the leading middle - aged woman suddenly knelt down with a thud, then cried out aggrievedly.
The change was so sudden that even the on - lookers who were recording didn't react.
"What's going on?? I've even started the live - broadcast, and this is what you show me??"
"Ah, it turns out it's not a fight. Then there's nothing interesting. Let's go, let's go."
"What kind of confusing behavior is this??"
.........
More than half of the on - lookers dispersed at once.
Yu Nian remained calm. She wanted to help the woman up, but the woman said firmly, "Master, please listen to my request. Otherwise, I'll kneel here forever!"
Yu Nian sighed softly and forcefully helped the woman up.
"You can say what you want while standing."
The woman was stunned for a moment, then wiped her tears and said, "Master, I know it's very abrupt to come here like this, but I'm really at the end of my rope."
After saying that, she reached out and lifted the cotton quilt on the ground. When everyone saw the man lying on the stretcher, they all gasped.
It was a middle - aged man in his forties. He was so thin that there was hardly any flesh on his body. He was tightly closing his eyes.
His face was blue and purple. He looked as weak as if he had had his yang energy sucked away by a monster. Every time he took a breath, he would cough up a mouthful of blood foam, as if he was about to die at any moment.
Everyone was shocked by the man's appearance. He Zhiping frowned and said, "The man is so sick. Why did you still bring him up the mountain?"
Hearing this, the woman cried even more sadly. "Master, please save my husband. He's about to die."
Amidst the woman's cries, everyone finally understood what had happened.
It turned out that the man's name was Liu Hele. He was a self - made businessman. After he married Mrs. Liu, that is, Cai Jia, the two of them worked hard day and night for their business. Just as their life was getting better day by day, a sudden change occurred.
Liu Hele started to leave early and return late. Sometimes he would go out in the evening and not come back until noon the next day. Moreover, he was getting more and more listless.
At first, Cai Jia thought that Liu Hele had a mistress outside, so she secretly followed him when he went out in the evening.