Ever since he learned that the "specialties" on Jinding Island would be different due to map switching, Jiang Beiran started a new round of personnel selection.
The group selected before were the most elite "workers" in Linglongfang.
But there are actually quite a few who are not as elite as they are. If you screen them again, you can still use them if you recruit them.
As time goes by, Jiang Beiran's Bixiao Club lineup becomes more and more complete and larger.
Inner city, Kongtian Mansion.
"Miss."
"Miss."
Shi Jiamu walked in amid the respectful addresses of the maids.
"Mother!" Shi Jiamu shouted and threw herself at a dignified woman sitting beside the bed.
Hugging Shi Jiamu who rushed over, Shi Ruijing stroked her hair and said, "You still know how to come and see your mother."
She buried her head in Shi Ruijing's arms and rubbed it twice. Shi Jiamu lowered her head and said coquettishly: "Mother~"
Smiling and shaking her head, Shi Ruijing rubbed her daughter's smooth black hair and asked, "Compared to mother, you are much closer to your aunt recently."
"No~" Shi Jiamu raised his head and looked at his mother with a smile: "I have been busy with the Bixiao Club recently, so going to my aunt's house is purely for official business."
"Really?" Shi Ruijing smiled slightly, "How are the preparations going?"
"Well prepared! The winner this time will definitely be our Shi family!"
"Well said!" At this time, a middle-aged man came out from behind the screen, "Jia'er, dad is just waiting for you to earn face for me."
Seeing his father coming, Shi Jiamu quickly stood up and shouted: "Dad."
"Hmm." Nodding, Shi Yingfa sat on the comb-backed chair behind him and took the teacup handed by the maid. Shi Yingfa opened the lid and glanced at the teacup twice. Suddenly he looked up at Shi Jiamu and asked, "Yona Jiangbei
How's it going?"
"That's it...he's a weirdo." Shi Jiamu replied.
"What kind of weird method?" Shi Yingfa asked with interest.
"He is obviously very capable, but he doesn't look like a capable person at all."
Shi Yingfa laughed twice after hearing this, "Then what do you think makes you look like a capable person?"
"It makes people feel awe unconsciously, just like dad."
"Oh? Hahahaha." Shi Ying laughed twice, "Often those who seem incompetent are much more reliable at critical moments than those who usually appear to be very capable. Since you are already familiar with them
Get up, then study and read more on weekdays, I believe you will benefit a lot."
After hearing this, Shi Jiamu couldn't help but said: "Dad, you have never met that uncle, yet you think so highly of him?"
"The fact that he was invited by our ancestors is enough for me to look at him differently." Shi Yingfa finished speaking and took a sip of hot tea, "Oh, by the way, have you decided on the candidate for the Bixiao Society? Your uncle Liu.
I happened to mention this matter today, and your brother Yongyuan is gearing up and waiting for you to find him."
"this……"
Seeing Shi Jiamu looking away, Shi Yingfa asked: "What, have you selected everything?"
"Well... that's right." Shi Jiamu nodded.
"What do you mean, it's okay. Why are you kid so slurred today?"
Seeing that his father was a little unhappy, Shi Jiamu quickly explained: "The candidate list is already there, it's just the final round of screening."
"Your forever brother is not on the list?"
"Well, no."
"Oh?" Shi Yingfa was a little surprised, "Last time, your Yonggege defeated a Xuanhuang from Zhulong Castle. He is considered the best of your generation, but he can't even catch your eye? That dad?
I'm really curious about who you have chosen. Do you have the list with you?"
"I brought it with me..."
Seeing his daughter's hesitation, Shi Yingfa stretched out his hand and said: "Bring it here."
"Yes..." Shi Jiamu agreed and handed the list of candidates to his father.
After Shi Yingfa took it, he immediately opened it and read it, and his expression became a little wonderful.
After a while, Shi Yingfa closed the list and said, "Your uncle agreed?"
"Yes, agreed."
"Hahahaha!" Shi Yingfa burst out laughing after hearing this, "Jiang Beiran is indeed very capable."
Shi Jiamu would not be stupid enough to ask his father how he knew that this roster was chosen by Jiang Beiran, because it was too obvious.
Handing the roster back to Shi Jiamu, Shi Yingfa smiled and said, "But you have to be mentally prepared. You should start to have a headache in a few days."
Shi Jiamu immediately understood what his father meant, and replied with a wry smile: "How about I hide at home for a few days."
"That won't work. There's no point in escaping. The problems you should deal with still have to be dealt with."
"I...okay."
Three days later, Shi Jiamu came to Wanhua Valley with a embarrassed look on his face, rushed into Jiang Beiran's hut and shouted.
"Uncle! Give me an idea quickly, I'm getting annoyed to death."
"..."
Quietly, the room was empty, no one responded to her.
Just when Shi Jiamu was about to look elsewhere, he heard the back door of the room open with a creak.
"Momo'er is here. Xiao Beiran said he was going out for a few days and left in the morning." Shi Fenglan walked in and said.
"Gone!?" Shi Jiamu's eyes suddenly widened. She was waiting for someone to "help", but he ran away.
"What's wrong? Do you have something urgent to do with Xiao Beiran?" Seeing Shi Jiamu's shocked look, Shi Fenglan asked strangely.
"Yes, it's urgent, very urgent."
After hearing this, Shi Fenglan immediately patted her chest and said, "It's the same if you come to me if you have something urgent. Just tell me and I'll help you."
But after looking at her little aunt up and down for a while, Shi Jiamu still shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll find a way to solve it myself."
"Hey!" Shi Fenglan shouted, "Are you underestimating my ability?"
"Yes." Shi Jiamu nodded.
"You! You have learned bad things from Xiao Beiran!" Shi Fenglan pointed at Shi Jiamu and shouted.
Shi Jiamu was about to tease her little aunt a few more words, when she suddenly felt a powerful mysterious energy flying towards her.
'Why can't I get rid of it...'
Shouting in her heart, Shi Jiamu opened the door and was about to run when she saw a man wearing a beautiful blue silk robe falling from mid-air in front of her.
"Brother Jing Huan..."
Seeing the person coming, Shi Jiamu shouted sharply.
"You still know that I am your brother, but when you see me, you run so fast as if you have seen a ghost." Shi Jinghuan said dissatisfied.
"I...I have something urgent."
"That's just right. I also have something urgent to ask you. There are only three days left before the Bixiao Conference. Don't tell me that you haven't decided who to choose."
"Choose, choose...Hey! Uncle! Why are you here?"
As soon as he heard that the sage was coming, Shi Jinghuan quickly saluted in the direction where Shi Jiamu was looking, but found that there was no one there at all.
"You girl!"
When I looked back, the scene changed and I found that Shi Jiamu had run away again.
"Wait a minute!"
Shi Jiamu, who had already run out of the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, felt bitter in her heart. She was obviously chosen by her uncle, so why was she the unlucky one?
As my father said before, when the Bixiao meeting was approaching, all the brothers and sisters in the clan couldn't sit still and came to her one after another to ask for an explanation.
There are those who make insinuations, and there are those who go straight to the point, and they all ask the same questions.
Why not choose him(her).
It's really difficult for Shi Jiamu. When facing a slightly unfamiliar brother and sister, she can still act like a captain and express that this is not his responsibility.
But the same cannot be said for her brothers who grew up with her. They would be punished if they said so directly.
She came to Jiang Beiran this time just to ask him to give some quotas to her brothers who were the most grievances, but she didn't expect that he would run away.
'Uncle! I hate you!'
Shi Jiamu shouted in his heart while running away.
On the other side, Jiang Beiran was drinking wine with Lu Yangyu in Taiyi Pavilion.
As soon as he got up in the morning, three options popped up in front of him. The meaning was simple. If he continued to stay in the hut, he would be in trouble.
Jiang Beiran thought for a moment and understood the reason. It was almost time to arrive at the Bixiao meeting. The younger members of the Shi family who were eager to show off would definitely come and ask for their "positions". If they didn't arrive by then, they would inevitably be angry with him. Who knows what would happen to him?
What kind of trouble is coming.
So Jiang Beiran chose to run away without thinking and ran to Lu Yangyu.
"bite."
The two clinked their glasses, raised their necks and drank the wine in one gulp.
"Ha~" Lu Yangyu let out a breath of alcohol, "Bei Ran, your wine really gets more and more flavorful the more you drink it. It seems like I won't be able to live without this sip for the rest of my life."
Although Lu Yangyu has now learned how to distill, good wine cannot be brewed so quickly, and even if it is brewed, it cannot compare with Jiang Beiran's, so Lu Yangyu now has all the good things to say to Jiang Beiran, just to deceive the couple.
Drink wine.
"Ha~"
After drinking another glass of strong wine, Lu Yangyu looked at Jiang Beiran and said, "Oh, by the way, Lao Shen has written a letter, saying that the ancient book has been revealed. I guess you can start the next step when you come back from Jinding Island."
"good."
Hearing that Jiang Beiran still looked unconcerned, Lu Yangyu became more and more confused as to whether he was interested in this ancient book.
Jiang Beiran stayed in Linglongfang for the next few days, and did not return to Wanhua Valley until the day before his departure.
"Xiao Beiran!"
Seeing Jiang Beiran who suddenly opened the door and walked in, Shi Fenglan, who was bored in the room, stood up and shouted.
"Where have you been these two days!"
"Secret." Jiang Beiran said and walked into the room.
Following Jiang Beiran to the teahouse, Shi Fenglan said as she walked: "Momo has come to see you several times in the past two days, and she looks very anxious."
Jiang Beiran, who understood the reason, could fully imagine how anxious she was these days, but he had no intention of helping Shi Jiamu take the responsibility, after all...
She is the captain.
After boiling a pot of water, Jiang Beiran looked at Shi Fenglan and asked, "Isn't she here today?"
"Well, I didn't come here after I knew you weren't at home. You are such a heartless little girl. I am so kind to her in vain!"
As soon as Shi Fenglan finished speaking, there was a rapid knock on the door.
"Come in." Jiang Beiran said.
With a "bang", the door was pushed open, and Shi Jiamu rushed in and was about to speak when his eyes were drawn to Jiang Beiran, who was sitting there drinking tea.
"Uncle!!!"
Shi Jiamu shouted, "Where have you been these past few days!"
"Take a walk." Jiang Beiran replied calmly.
"Take a walk!?" Shi Jiamu rushed to Jiang Beiran aggressively. Just as he was about to speak, Jiang Beiran's look scared him back three steps.
After taking a few deep breaths, Shi Jiamu shouted aggrievedly: "Three days! Do you know how I got here in these three days!"
Looking up at Shi Jiamu, Jiang Beiran said, "Do you need me to touch your head and say thank you for your hard work?"
Shi Jiamu was stunned and replied: "This... this is not necessary."
"Then don't act like a spoiled brat. Since your elders will let you serve as captain this time, it means they have high expectations for you and want to train you. After you gain power, your playmates, you
Brothers and sisters, your lives will undergo earth-shaking changes, and this is just the beginning."
It's amazing that even though it was just a short sentence, all the complaints in Shi Jiamu's heart about his uncle disappeared.
'So... the purpose of his leaving was just to let me face all this alone.'
Thinking about what happened in the past few days, as the uncle said, whether it was her former friends or her brothers who used to take good care of her, they have all changed, or the relationship between them has changed.
It has become no longer so pure.
"Uncle, is this... just growing up?" Shi Jiamu looked at Jiang Beiran and asked.
"Well, congratulations, you are now an adult." Jiang Beiran nodded.
Taking a deep breath, Shi Jiamu seemed to have suddenly grown a lot and saluted Jiang Beiran.
Because she already understood that her uncle was doing this for her own good.
Nodding with satisfaction, Jiang Beiran said: "Okay, go get ready. See you tomorrow."
"Well, see you tomorrow, uncle."
Waving to Jiang Beiran, Shi Jiamu walked towards the door.
When Shi Jiamu walked away, Shi Fenglan, who had been listening, suddenly asked: "Xiao Beiran, how can I become an adult?"
"Isn't that what you are now?"
"No!" Shi Fenglan said and sighed, "My family treats me like a child and doesn't let me know anything. When I heard you say that just now, I suddenly felt a little envious."
After speaking, Shi Fenglan grabbed Jiang Beiran's arm and prayed: "Xiao Beiran, can you help me become an adult too?"
"No help."
Listening to Xiao Beiran's crisp answer, Shi Fenglan snorted and said, "Stingy! You've obviously helped me become an adult, why can't you help me too!"
As soon as Shi Fenglan finished speaking, there was a "bang" sound, and the wooden door was blown open by a strong wind.
At the same time, an extremely strong momentum came straight to Jiangbei.
'What are you doing? This is...'
Looking at the overturned tea sets all over the table, Jiang Beiran's head was filled with black lines.
After staying here for a month, Jiang Beiran had long realized that the gaze that had been staring at him must come from Shi Fenglan's father.
'I'm not serious... I have dirty thoughts, why are you taking your anger out on me?'
Shi Fenglan ran to the door and looked outside, then closed the door and asked Jiang Beiran, "Where does this evil wind come from?"