Looking at the mansion in front of him that was not considered rich, but even a bit shabby, Bai Gu had a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Just because of the two words on the plaque on the gate of the mansion.

Liu Zhai.

I'm afraid there are no less than a million people in the entire Yunshui City, right?

But besides Liu Caizi, who else dares to use the word Liu Zhai?

Tang Tu on the side noticed something strange about Bai Gu, so he turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect you to come to Liu Caizi's house." Bai Gu smiled awkwardly.

Tang Tu chuckled, "Why can't you come to Liu Caizi's house? You just said that I am a scholar, and Liu Caizi is a recognized scholar in the city. He and I are both scholars, isn't it normal for us to have contact with each other?"

"That's true." Bai Gu nodded.

But at first glance, Mr. Tang is the kind of scholar who is very upright, very warm, and people want to get close to him. In the words of the book, he is a Confucian scholar who is admired by others and has high morals.

This is also true.

But Liu Caizi, although he was also recognized as a scholar and scholar in the city, the temperament he exuded was like... an independent lotus flower, which made people awe and keep away from him.

If Liu Caizi had not been famous, he might have been regarded as some kind of run-down young master, a troubled young master.

Because the nobility of Liu Caizi is innate and cannot be copied by dressing up. But Liu Caizi's appearance is not really good, even a bit... gloomy? Cruel?

Tang Tu gently patted Bai Gu's shoulder, "Stop thinking about it, we're going in."

Tang Tu reached out and knocked on the door with his fingers.

After a while, the door opened, and a figure walked out. He had a haggard figure and a thin face. Who else could it be if he wasn't Liu Caizi?

Liu Caizi seemed to have been malnourished for a long time. Not only were his cheekbones protruding, but his eye sockets were also sunken. He had a feeling of being extremely weak and dying.

A pair of eyes glanced over, lazy but scrutinizing, the kind of contempt born from a superior to a subordinate.

Two words instantly appeared in Bai Gu's mind.

Yandere.

But it's strange that a big man can be associated with this word.

Liu Caizi looked at Bai Gu with cold eyes, "Who is he?"

Bai Gu was so frightened by the sight that he unconsciously took two steps back and hid behind Mr. Tang.

"He is a little book friend of mine. Let's bring him here to get to know our great scholar Liu and see the world." Tang Tu looked to the side and found Bai Gu hiding behind him.

He said helplessly: "Talented man, don't scare the child."

Only then did Liu Caizi look away, turned around and walked back to the house, "Come in."

Tang Tu smiled at Bai Gu, patted his shoulder, and said, "Let's go."

Bai Gu looked up at Liu Zhai's plaque before following Mr. Tang in.

Liu Caizi's home is not big, with only a small courtyard and a two-story wooden building, which can be seen to the end at a glance.

There are two podocarpus trees planted in the courtyard, and the green leaves on them have long been replaced by white snow, hanging low to the ground.

There is a set of stone tables and chairs in the courtyard. Next to it is a shelf made of woven bamboo strips, with a few dry rattans crawling crookedly on it.

Bai Gu glanced at it. These should be the grapes that the old beggar went to Liu Caizi's house the night before to steal, right?

Why is it like this? It seems to be dead?

Could it be that the old beggar pulled out the grapevines in anger because he couldn't steal the grapes?

Otherwise, Liu Caizi didn't know how to plant and raised the vine to death?

No, aren't there many books on how to grow grapes? Wouldn't you just copy what the gourd is doing?

Bai Gu glanced suspiciously at Liu Caizi who was leading the way. Aren't scholars the more books they read, the more things they know? How can even a grape be eaten to death?

Bai Gu looked at the two podocarpus trees again. They were thin and short, with few branches and a bit dry.

The willow genius of Emotion can’t even plant trees, but he can grow podocarpus trees like this.

See you again.

Bai Gu thought of the podocarpus trees in the north of the city. They were so tall and lush. In comparison, the two trees in Liu Caizi's house would be disliked if they were cut down and used as firewood, right?

Liu Caizi suddenly turned around and glanced at Bai Gu.

Bai Gu was shocked. He was just talking about it in his heart and didn't say it out loud! Liu Caizi is...?

Tang Tu took a step forward, put his arm around Liu Caizi's shoulders, "Let's go, it's very cold outside, let's go in and drink tea. You are such an incompetent master, you don't even have a sip of tea."

Liu Caizi looked away and moved Tang Tu's hand away, "I want to drink it myself, but I don't have time."

"Oh, why are you so embarrassed? Since you are so polite, I won't see you outside." Tang Tu said with a smile.

"You've always been like this." Liu Caizi glanced at Tang Tu, then tilted his head slightly, and looked Bai Gu up and down with his peripheral vision, and his eyes immediately showed full of disgust.

This kid is so uneducated!

Tang Tusheng dragged Liu Caizi into the house, and did not forget to invite Bai Gu to come in for tea.

The house is just a simple set of pear wood reception tables and chairs, and a simple landscape painting is hung on the wall. Just the contents of the plaque and couplets are very interesting.

The couplet reads: Light candles to illuminate the hall during the day, and seek your bed in the dark in the middle of the night.

The plaque has two simple words: restraint.

Seeing this, Bai Gu couldn't help but frown, full of doubts.

Not to mention whether the content is elegant or not, there is no relationship at all between the upper and lower couplets, and between the couplets and the plaque.

This violates a taboo among scholars.

The bull's head is wrong.

This is the worst mistake you should make!

As a recognized scholar, Liu Caizi should not make such a mistake.

what happened?

Tang Tu went to boil water to make tea, leaving Bai Gu and Liu Caizi staring at each other.

Bai Gu felt uncomfortable all over since he entered the house.

Because no matter where he went, there would always be a line of sight staring at him.

No need to think about it, it must be Liu Caizi.

Did you provoke him? When did it happen?

So he couldn't stand or sit. Staying in this room was simply torturous.

When Tang Tu came back with a pot of hot water, Bai Gu was standing by the window, holding his chin and pouting his buttocks, looking out the window. He didn't know if he was looking at the two dead podocarpus trees in the courtyard, or the

Several grapevines whose life and death are unknown.

Tang Tu knew at a glance that it was Liu Caizi who had done the good deed, and immediately turned his attention to Liu Caizi who was sitting on the chair with Shi Shiran closing his eyes and concentrating.

If Liu Caizi felt something, he slowly opened his eyes and met Tang Tu's gaze, with a look of indifference on his face.

What are you doing?

Leave me alone?

Are you messing with the people I brought?

What? No? Unhappy?

Tang Tu twitched the corner of his mouth helplessly and put the kettle on the table, "Xiao Bai, come and sit down. Don't just stand around. It's not good to catch the cold."

"Here we come." When Bai Gu heard Tang Tu's voice, his tense body felt relieved and relaxed.

Then Bai Gu ran to Mr. Tang in a hurry.

Bai Gu originally wanted to sit further away and sit at the bottom, but with a look from Tang Tu, he immediately took a few more steps.

Then Liu Caizi glared at him, so Bai Gu could only walk to the chair next to Tang Tu and sit down.

too difficult.

It's too difficult to deal with scholars, but it's more fun to deal with old beggars.

Even hanging out with that magician is much better than coming here.

If it weren't for Mr. Tang, I would have left long ago.

No wonder the old beggar said that this guy looked like he didn't have a long time to live, but he really did.
Chapter completed!