Mrs. Zhong didn't get angry, she just narrowed her eyes slightly and said softly: "The tone is quite loud, what if I don't agree?"
"Then Lin turned around and left. At worst, we will find a way to take Xiaoyan away later. I don't believe you can lock her up for the rest of her life." Lin Ji was ready to give up.
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly condensed.
The atmosphere of silence lasted for a while.
Mrs. Zhong looked at Lin Ji deeply, then stood up and left the hall without saying a word.
Upon seeing this, Zhong Qilun quickly chased after him.
When passing by Lin Ji, he lowered his voice and said, "Boy, you have the guts!"
After her parents left, Zhong Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief and put her hands on her face and rubbed it for a long time.
"Are you that nervous?" Lin Ji felt a little funny when he saw Zhong Xiaoyan's look.
"How could you not be nervous? How dare you do this to my mother just now? You scared me to death." Zhong Xiaoyan looked frightened. Although she was not afraid of her father, she was still a little in awe of her mother.
"My surname is about to be changed, so I can't keep silent."
Zhong Linshi is too outrageous.
Zhong Xiaoyan was dissatisfied and said: "It's not true. Just help me deal with this and then leave."
"Then you, the Zhong family, regard me as a thorn in their side and want me everywhere?" Lin Ji curled his lips.
"That's not a big deal. At most, I just don't come to Xiangcheng in the future." Zhong Xiaoyan also felt a little embarrassed.
Lin Ji helplessly spread his hands, not wanting to say this anymore.
"What should I do next? The deal just broke down, can I just leave now?"
"What are you thinking about? Come with me, there is a ready-made room for you."
Zhong Xiaoyan got up and took Lin Ji to the back house of the Zhong family.
The two stopped outside a side courtyard.
Inside the circular arch, flowers are everywhere in the small courtyard, which seems to be unkempt, but it is orderly in the chaos, giving it a rather messy aesthetic.
In the middle of the yard is a two-story attic.
"I'll live here, and you can stay downstairs from me at night."
"Isn't this against the rules? Your Zhong family doesn't even have a guest room?" Lin Ji hesitated.
How could you sneak into a girl's room the first time you visit her? It can't be justified in a building.
"I have to put on a show to let my parents know that I won't marry you unless I marry you." Zhong Xiaoyan's face showed a hint of slyness.
Since she said so, Lin Ji had nothing to be embarrassed about.
"How long will I stay?"
"Ten days and a half month."
"so long?!"
"Well, then you can evade the reason of leaving because you have errands. Anyway, you are from the Supervisor Tiansi, so there are a lot of reasons." Zhong Xiaoyan was obviously confident, "With you as a shield, my parents will definitely not go back.
If you bother me about the marriage, my life will be much easier in the future, and then I will find an opportunity to run out after they relax their vigilance."
"I will be free then!"
"The plan is quite thorough." Lin Ji laughed dumbly.
"It's natural."
…
Lin Ji really stayed at Zhong's house, living in a side room on the first floor of the attic. It happened that he also wanted to practice hard.
In a blink of an eye, half a month passed.
There was no response from the Zhong family. Except for the servants sending an extra meal to the side courtyard every day, no one paid any attention to Lin Ji.
Zhong Xiaoyan seems to be in retreat, and this girl is also very ambitious.
Lin Ji lived in a restrained manner at the Zhong family and could not roam around, so he could only bask in the sun in the courtyard during the day, read some miscellaneous books in the attic study, and practice at night.
In half a month, his cultivation has been difficult to improve, but the soul in his dantian is still only in its infancy.
bottleneck.
Lin Ji felt the difficulty of cultivation for the first time.
Just as he expected, the fifth realm will not be like before, where it will be a matter of course if you cultivate enough.
"The soul condensation is a bit troublesome."
In the room, Lin Ji frowned slightly. He didn't know if the evil Buddha's seal had a negative impact. Gu
Practice for several days in a row had no effect, which made him feel a little irritable.
His soul will solidify a little bit every day, but it is still a little short of taking shape.
The key is that Lin Ji doesn't know what the Yuanshen must look like before it can be considered as a person. Does it have to look like a human being, or does it have to have all the five senses and limbs, or is it even more demanding?
He had no experience with this and didn't know who to ask.
"That's all, I don't want to worry about these troubles anymore."
Lin Ji walked out of the room and came to the small courtyard, and unexpectedly saw Zhong Xiaoyan sitting at the stone table in the courtyard.
"Are you out of seclusion?" Lin Ji took two quick steps and sat opposite her.
At this time, Zhong Xiaoyan was wearing a light yellow skirt, without makeup on her face, but she looked even more pure.
"Well, I can't break through to the fourth realm, maybe because I haven't accumulated enough." Zhong Xiaoyan shook her head in distress and asked, "Have my parents been looking for you during this time?"
"No." Lin Ji shook his head.
Hearing this answer, Zhong Xiaoyan was a little excited.
"That's tacit consent. Just find an excuse and leave."
Lin Ji was extremely speechless.
"After all, we've been living together for half a month, and you're so heartless?"
Before Zhong Xiaoyan could speak, suddenly Zhong Xiaoyan's personal maid Ling'er appeared at the door of the courtyard.
"Miss, someone is looking for Mr. Lin."
"Looking for me?" Lin Ji was stunned.
"It's a girl. She said she brought something promised to Mr. Lin." Ling'er replied.
Upon hearing this, Lin Ji suddenly felt excited.
"It's Geng Ran who's here. Please invite the people in quickly."
After Ling'er left, Lin Ji suddenly felt a pain in his waist.
It was Zhong Xiaoyan's little hands that pinched the soft flesh of her waist.
"Why are you pinching me again?"
"The Geng Ran you are talking about is the one from Sansheng Cave?"
"You recognize it too?"
"Hmph, how many people in Xiangzhou don't recognize her? She is the chief disciple of this generation walking outside the Sansheng Cave. Although she is only a disciple, her voice in the Sansheng Cave is no less than that of an ordinary elder."
As she spoke, Zhong Xiaoyan's face showed dissatisfaction again: "You dare to bring back another woman before your son-in-law is married to the Zhong family. It's so shameful of you. Do you still take me seriously?"
"Do you mean by saying this, you want to make a fake show with me?" Lin Ji sneered.
Zhong Xiaoyan immediately used her hands hard and twisted the soft flesh on Lin Ji's waist again and again before letting go.
"It's a beautiful thought. Even if I want to marry, I will marry a real hero."
"Hero? What kind?"
"Such as hoeing the strong and supporting the weak, acting chivalrous and righteous, wandering around the world, and being at home all over the world." Zhong Xiaoyan murmured with some longing, "Also, a person must be personable, speak humorously, and..."
"Stop it, stop reading random folktales." Lin Ji listened impatiently.
In his spare time during the past half month, he had almost read through the books in Zhong Xiaoyan's study, and they were all stories about heroes and heroines.
Extremely cliche.
"You don't understand at all!" Zhong Xiaoyan glared at Lin Ji fiercely.
"I don't understand?" Lin Ji was really defeated by this girl.
While talking, Geng Ran had already walked into the small courtyard.
"Miss Geng." Lin Ji quickly stood up to greet her after seeing her.
Geng Ran looked at Lin Ji and Zhong Xiaoyan with great interest, and said with a smile: "We haven't seen each other for half a month, and Brother Lin has become the Zhong family's son-in-law. It's really unexpected."
"It's not what you think." Lin Ji quickly denied it and gave a few simple explanations.
After Geng Ran heard this, she stopped talking about this topic. Whether it was a new son-in-law or a normal son-in-law, she had no interest in it.
She sat down opposite Lin Ji, without looking at Zhong Xiaoyan, but placed the bundle behind her on the stone table.
"I brought everything you asked for, including body-training techniques and elixirs, two books on swordsmanship, and a magic weapon."
Geng Ran unpacked the bag and pushed it towards Lin Ji.