Although winter in the south is not as cold as in the north, and there are no thick snowflakes, winter in the south is always bitingly cold, especially when it rains.
Although the area of Xiaoma Villa is large, it is not that big, because it only covers an area of a few dozen acres. Compared with the private mansions of some top bosses or foreign castles, it can only be regarded as a younger brother.
But to say it is small, it is not small, because so far Xiaoma Villa has only two and a half people. Two of them are naturally Su Kuo and Liu Yingnan, and the other half is Chen Zhili.
The reason why I say half is because although Chen Zhili can be regarded as a resident at Xiaoma Villa, he is a married man after all. He has to go home often to spend time with his wife and parents. He also has to pay the public food, otherwise he has to pay for the food in the backyard.
If the grape trellis is not properly set up, it will fall down.
Of course, if we really want to count the villa as having two doormen, they can only be considered employees, not official members of the villa.
With so many people living in a villa covering an area of dozens of acres, it naturally seemed empty. Sometimes Su Kuo even thought about bringing his parents over, but he immediately gave up the idea.
His parents have not retired yet and cannot leave their hometown at all. And even if they retire, Su Kuo estimates that they will not be willing to come out. After all, most Chinese people are like this. They are very home-loving. Once they are used to living in one place, they will never want to move.
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Although it is raining in the sky, Su Kuo is sitting in the bamboo forest at this moment, with a parasol over his head, a chair under his butt, and a coffee table next to him. There is a small stove on the coffee table.
The boiling water was boiling continuously.
Su Kuo lifted the teapot and poured tea into the cup on the coffee table. Suddenly, a refreshing aroma of tea began to boil. He took a sip of tea and felt a pure spiritual energy flow from his throat into his stomach, and he groaned in comfort.
There was a sound.
There were footsteps behind him, and Liu Yingnan came over from behind, hugged his neck from behind, put her pretty face against Su Kuo's and whispered softly.
Su Kuo didn't look back and asked with a smile: "Why do you get up so early?"
"I can't sleep without you around." Liu Yingnan snorted softly, "In this case, I might as well practice a little longer."
"Don't be so anxious." Su Kuo patted the back of her hand, "You are already at the third level of Qi Entrainment. If nothing happens, you should be able to advance to the foundation building stage within five years."
Liu Yingnan shook her head and said: "But don't you think five years is too long? I really want to be promoted to foundation building tomorrow."
"You, you are so incompetent." Su Kuo laughed and said, "Do you know how many people can't even enter the Qi-entraining stage in their lifetime, let alone the foundation-building stage? You have only been practicing for more than half a year and you are already a Qi-entraining stage.
Aren’t you satisfied that you are at the third level of Qi stage?”
Liu Yingnan said: "You also said that the human heart will never be satisfied. Since I have the opportunity to step into a broader world, why don't I fight for it? The entrainment period is only about 120 to 150 years.
Although the lifespan of a person is three hundred years old in the foundation stage, it can even last a thousand years in the golden elixir stage. Don’t you want to see what the world will be like in a thousand years?"
"I..."
Su Kuo was slightly startled. Looking at Liu Yingnan's longing expression, he couldn't help but show a trace of nostalgia.
How long has it been since he embarked on the path of cultivation? It seems to be less than a year, right? But he feels that a long time has passed. He still remembers the excitement he felt when he learned about the legend of immortals when he first arrived in Kunyu Realm.
How urgent is that feeling of vowing to embark on the road to eternal life and not give up until the goal is achieved? I guess Liu Yingnan is in the same mood as herself now?
Thinking of this, he smiled slightly, stroked Liu Yingnan's hair and said with a smile: "Okay, since you want to see what the future will be like so much, then I will watch it with you. In fact, I really want you to stay with me forever.
Woolen cloth."
"Really?" After hearing Su Tong's words, Liu Yingnan's pretty face showed a trace of blush, and her eyes looked at her with unconcealable charm, so watery that they almost dripped with water.
She lifted her long legs, turned sideways to face Su Tong, hugged Su Tong's neck, hid her whole head in his arms and murmured: "I'm really happy to hear you say that.
Well, these days I am always worried that you will leave me."
"Leave you?" Su Tong couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Why do you think so?"
Liu Yingnan hesitated and said sheepishly: "I... I wasn't very kind to you when you were in Ellianda, and I didn't hold you back at all when you resigned. Don't you have any grudge against me in your heart?"
"Hold a grudge?" Su Tong was stunned for a moment, then laughed. He lowered his head to look at Liu Yingnan, who looked embarrassed, and kissed her gently on her straight nose: "What's the point of holding a grudge? I was just
Your employee, not your husband, and you are not my girlfriend. From the perspective of the company and its interests, you were absolutely right to choose Lao Wang and give up on me, and you did not make things difficult for me when I resigned.
My salary has been supplemented in full compliance with national regulations, which is already very good."
"But...but I always have trouble getting over this hurdle." Liu Yingnan hugged Su Tong's neck and murmured: "Especially when I was injured a few days ago, I was always worried when I went to bed at night.
, I’m afraid that this is all a dream and everything will disappear when I wake up.”
"I'm sorry." Su Tong patted her back gently, feeling a little guilty.
It stands to reason that they have just confirmed their relationship. At this time, ordinary couples are always inseparable and want to be together every moment, but he has to travel between the earth and the Kunyu world, and cannot always be with her.
It made her worry about gains and losses, but this was his fault.
In fact, Liu Yingnan had some worries in her heart that she still hadn't told Su Tong, that is, as her cultivation deepened and understood her, she felt more and more that her qualifications were only average.
You can see the progress.
She calculated. When she was practicing with Su Tong, her cultivation level was rising like a rocket. However, when she was practicing alone, it was as slow as a snail. She calculated it.
, if she were to practice on her own, it would probably take her seven or eight years to advance to a small realm. Calculating this, it would probably take her seventy or eighty years to reach the foundation building stage.
This is not much different from Su Tong's dual cultivation speed. From this point of view, she completely relies on her boyfriend to lead her to the third level of Qi Entrainment.