Chapter 421: Birthday gift to Guo Xiang(1/2)
In the end, the pheasant was not burnt, but instead baked it into a golden slice. It sprinkled some seasonings on it, making the meat smell even more fragrant, making the index fingers tremble.
Chu Zheng pulled off a chicken leg and handed it to Ajiu, then turned his back to Ajiu, handed the other chicken leg to him quietly and sneaked out by himself, looking at Dongfang Bai who was roasting chicken with a straight look.
Of course, Dongfang Bai was in invisible mode, and the chicken leg disappeared after being held by her.
Chu Zheng never thought that Dongfang Bai and He Lan'er would show up in front of Ajiu. The rumors that Chu Shuai had two sword spirit girls around him had already spread throughout the world. If Dongfang Bai was allowed to appear from the white light, wouldn't he tell Ajiu that he was Chu Loujun?
Intuition tells Chu Zheng that it is better not to let Ajiu know his identity, otherwise it will cause more trouble.
"Thank you, Master."
Compared to Ajiu's polite thanks, Dongfang Bai was much simpler and direct. She just nodded slightly and gave Chu Zheng a proud look that "I am very satisfied" and then leaned on Chu Zheng as usual, eating chicken legs with relish, and muttered: "Chu Loujun, why does every time I wake up, there is a beautiful little girl around you?"
Chu Zheng was ashamed: "Not so exaggerated? This is Ajiu, and I am just an ordinary friend."
"Tsk, who knows, you were even colder to the woman named Qin at the beginning, but what happened later?"
"Accident, it's purely an accident with Miss Qin Er."
Dongfang Bai curled his lips and said, "You have another sword spirit?"
"Did you see her?"
Dongfang Bai said in disappointment: "There was suddenly a person in the third room. How could I not see him if I am not blind? Besides, He Lan'er wandered around her several times, took her pulse, raised her eyelids, and screamed in her ears, which made me unable to sleep well."
Chu Zheng secretly asked He Lan'er to take care of the new members and see if she could wake her up. It seems that He Lan'er has really implemented it without fail.
However, He Lan'er is good at poisoning and detoxifying. She is completely ok with Chu Zheng, who has learned the medical skills from Cheng Lingsu.
Chu Zheng didn't have any expectations for He Lan'er to awaken A Qing. He could guess from the "Boss' Book of Subduing the Boss" that awakening A Qing must require a special method, but he still asked: "Are A Qing awake?"
"That girl who looks like a village girl is called A Qing? I don't think she can wake up. Her condition is not normal, it doesn't look like she's sleeping, but it seems like she's falling asleep for some reason."
He is worthy of being Dongfang Bai, who has been the sword spirit for the longest time, and he has a very keen feeling in this regard.
Dongfang Bai asked again: "Chu Loujun, why are the sword spirits you collect all beautiful little girls?"
"Uh... this is a coincidence." Chu Zheng didn't know the answer to this question, so he insisted on guessing that it might be related to A Qing. After all, the rumors of the sword spirit came because of her, and A Qing himself is a beautiful girl, so this world defaults to the rule of "only a beautiful girl can be reincarnated as a sword spirit"?
Anyway, Chu Zheng has defeated many male bosses, such as Shangguan Jinhong, Xiaoyao Hou, Yuan Suiyun, Iga Shino, etc., but no one can successfully reincarnate as a sword spirit.
Dongfang Bai said disdainfully: "Coincidence? There are no coincidences or accidents in this world, there are only necessities."
Dongfang Bai said it too well, and Chu Zheng was speechless.
He decided to shut up and eat, but Xiao Ajiu said, "Young Master, you roasted this pheasant so delicious. You pretended not to cook before, right?"
The girl's eating movements were very elegant and delicate. She first lifted the quilt and sat up, hid her small feet in the quilt, then bent her knees and sat upright, took out a handkerchief and put them on her knees, and carefully wiped her fair hands. Then she took the chicken leg handed by Chu Zheng and ate it in small mouthfuls, without even the corners of her mouth.
Seeing her eating action was a visual enjoyment, Chu Zheng suddenly remembered Qin Ruyun, and Miss Qin Er once gave him this feeling - this is probably the unique temperament of a well-educated aristocratic lady.
On the contrary, Dongfangbai next to him is interesting to eat. He holds it in both hands like a little squirrel, but she eats it quickly but does not look rude. It will only make people have a great appetite and the food in her hands will become more fragrant.
Chu Zheng quietly compared the eating habits of Ajiu and Dongfang Bai, which was quite interesting.
Seeing Chu Zheng watching him stop talking, Ajiu's pretty face turned slightly red and asked, "Young Master, why don't you answer?"
"Hmm? Ah..." Chu Zheng came back to his senses, immediately looked away from her, and responded casually: "I can't do it well in normal times. This time it was a blind cat who caught a dead mouse, which happened to be a coincidence."
Ajiu couldn't help but smile: "You always pretended to be arrogant and omnipotent before, but why did you become humble and low-key now? This is probably the real you? Master, are you a strange man playing in the world? Why haven't I heard of your name and deeds in the world?"
"You guessed it wrong. I am not a strange man, but a stupid son of the landlord."
Ajiu burst out laughing: "I'm eating, Master, don't make me laugh, okay?"
Chu Zheng spread his hands, he really didn't want to make this little girl happy.
After eating the chicken leg, Dongfang Bai asked for another chicken wing, and then glared unhappily at Ajiu, who was still chewing slowly and swallowing the first chicken leg, and it turned into a ball of white light and disappeared.
During this period, whenever there were other girls around Chu Zheng, Dongfang Bai rarely stayed by Chu Zheng, but chose to go back to the book to sleep. Unless Chu Zheng summoned him in an urgent matter or she was hungry, she rarely appeared again.
Originally, Chu Zheng thought she knew how to avoid suspicion when she grew up, but later she saw that her bad attitude before she disappeared was a bit jealous.
Once, Chu Zheng asked tentatively: "Little Dongfang, aren't you jealous?"
Dongfang Bai's reaction was surprisingly big at that time. She blushed and jumped up and said fiercely: "What? Jealous? I am the leader of the Sun and Moon God Sect in the future. Will I be as jealous as a child? Are you blind? Or have you become stupid?"
This expression and words are simply textbook-like arrogance.
In order to avoid trampling on the thunder, Chu Zheng decisively avoided mentioning this topic again. For example, just now, Chu Zheng pretended that she was really angry because Ajiu had eaten another chicken leg that should have been left for her.
Dongfang Bai had just returned to the book, and Ajiu's delicate and melodious voice came over again: "By the way, young master, why are you leaving alone? Are you going to do something?"
Chu Zheng felt a little moved when he heard her words. Suddenly he thought of a good idea and said frankly: "My fiancée's birthday is coming soon. I came out mainly to prepare gifts for her."
He and Guo Xiang are still in a state of private life. According to the customs of this world, they must have the order of their parents and the words of the matchmaker are counted, otherwise it will ruin the reputation of girls if they are spread.
However, Chu Zheng did not intend to say Guo Xiang's name now, but just wanted to use this as an excuse to avoid letting Ajiu have thoughts that should not have.
Ajiu said "ah" and not only did he not show any sad expression, but instead asked with interest: "So young master, do you have a fiancée? What kind of girl is she? She must be a very beautiful and very good girl, right?"
Chu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that he had thought too much. This Ajiu didn't seem to have any signs of liking him.
Yes, when you meet by chance, why do you think that the little girl will like you? Hey, Chu Zheng, how many beautiful girls like you, you take yourself seriously and think you are really a hot commodity?
Chu Zheng put down the big stone in his heart, then smiled and said, "Well. She is my senior sister."
Ajiu blinked curiously: "So she is your senior sister. Then is she the mature, steady, gentle and considerate girl?"
When she heard that Chu Zheng had a fiancée, she did feel a little sad, but she was still young and had not had much male and female thoughts. She had never liked someone before. She didn't know what it felt like to like someone. Now she just felt that it was quite easy to get along with this "Young Master". Moreover, the feeling this young master gave her was very strange, which made her curious and close to her, and she felt fresh about everything about him, and she just wanted to know more.
Chu Zheng smiled and said, "It's not mature and steady, but she is a very good girl, generous, kind, cheerful, chivalrous, and very likable."
Ajiu nodded and thought to himself that you are so mature and steady, your senior sister must be very happy and can be a carefree girl with confidence.
She asked again: "Young Master, are you and your senior sister in love at first sight? Or are you in love over time?"
Chu Zheng recalled for a moment and said uncertainly: "It's like a love affair over time."
"That's true? Can this be true?"
Chu Zheng had never mentioned his feelings to anyone. When he saw Ajiu's interest, he recalled: "When I look back now, I like her, probably because she is the first girl in the world who is truly good to me."
Chu Zheng still remembers that Guo Xiang was poisoned and unconscious during a bandit mission. She was obviously extremely uncomfortable, but she still shouted in her dream, "Junior Brother Running". It was probably at that time that Guo Xiang had the first time entering his heart.
Ajiu asked curiously again, and Chu Zheng simply said in a brief manner that Guo Xiang had traveled all over the world to look for him despite the danger because he was worried about him.
When Ajiu heard this, tears burst into his eyes and said intently: "Your senior sister is such a good girl. No wonder you always think of her. By the way, what kind of birthday gift are you going to give her?"
"I'm still thinking, but I haven't thought about it."
"I'll think about it for you, too?"
"Okay." Chu Zheng thought to himself that the two girls were of the same age, and maybe the idea proposed by Ajiu was more in line with Guo Xiang's preferences.
Seeing Ajiu holding his pink chin with enthusiasm and thinking about Guo Xiang's gift, Chu Zheng completely relieved.
It seems that Ajiu has no affair with him!
At this time, Shan Ji had finished eating during the conversation between the two. Chu Zheng clapped his hands and saw that his clothes were dirty and torn, and the wounds stabbed by A Qing were about to change their clothes, so he said to A Jiu: "A Jiu, I'll go to the room next to change my clothes."
Ajiu responded and pulled the dress on his body unnaturally.
Chu Zheng then remembered that her clothes were wet and dry, and they were wrinkled so much that they took out a set of spare clothes from the storage bag. Judging from her figure, she looked similar to Ajiu: "For you."
Ajiu took it and looked at it, and said strangely: "Young Master, how could you carry the girls' clothes with you?"
Chu Zheng was speechless for a moment, so he couldn't answer that he was prepared for the sword spirit, right?
Fortunately, Ajiu automatically thought of the answer for him: "This must be prepared for your senior sister, right? Will it be bad if I wear it?"
Chu Zheng shook his head and said, "It's okay, you can change it first. It's a bit cliché to use clothes as gifts anyway."
Ajiu giggled and said, "Okay, then I'm not polite. Just treat it as the reward for me to think about it."
Chu Zheng went to the next door to change his clothes while thinking about Guo Xiang's gift.
This time when I met Yang Guo, I reminded Chu Zheng that he had many friends in the world and had a black wood order given by Dongfang Bai. Why do I have to work hard to find out where there are skilled craftsmen who make fireworks?
Not to mention anything else, Feng Asan, the "skilled craftsman" of his Xiaoyao Sect and the eight friends of Hangu, is not proficient in civil engineering and machinery? Maybe he is also proficient in firework production. Even if he is not good at it, he should know many colleagues. It should not be difficult to find a master craftsman who makes fireworks.
Chu Zheng took out the Golden Eagle and was about to send a letter to Su Xinghe, who was at the headquarters of Xiaoyao Sect in Leigu Mountain, telling him about Guo Xiang’s birthday and fireworks, and let him be responsible for the fireworks, and must be sent to Xiangcheng on Guo Xiang’s birthday.
He had pierced the letter and was about to release the flying eagle, but his hand stopped.
Because he suddenly remembered all the ridicule Guo Fu had for Guo Xiang at Fengling Dukou Inn, as if Guo Xiang was blinded when he was with him.
Chu Zheng can be regarded as Guo Fu's various sarcasm for him, but he cannot ignore Guo Xiang's feelings.
Now that my master and wife have not officially agreed to be with me, Guo Fu has such a bad attitude... No, I must give up my anger for Xiang'er, and I must not let Xiang'er suffer any grievances in the matter with me.
Since I was going to celebrate Xiang'er's birthday this time, I would just make it prosperous and lively, so that Guo Fu would not dare to bully my Xianger again in the future!
Thinking of this, Chu Zheng simply wrote a letter again. In addition to asking Su Xinghe to prepare for the fireworks for celebration, he also asked him to prepare some lively programs such as singing, dancing, opera and juggling as soon as possible, and must arrive in Xiangcheng on the day of Guo Xiang's birthday.
Anyway, Hangu’s Eight Friends are versatile and just make rational use of talents.
Thinking of Guo Xiang's love of lively and making friends, Chu Zheng simply did it all the time and sent dozens of friends, including the Shi brothers he met when he was traveling through the world with Guo Xiang, the ghost of the West Mountain, Li Xunhuan and his wife, Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, Di Yun, Master Fang Sheng of Shaolin School, and dozens of other friends, including the Golden Eagle letters, inviting them to celebrate Guo Xiang's birthday if they have time.
However, considering that in order to be able to spend a longer time with Guo Xiang in Xiangcheng, he specifically explained his pseudonym "Chu Zheng" in the letter, so that they would not expose their true identity, so as not to be entangled by countless people in the world for a long time - he still remembers the hot scenes in the Bluestone Town.
What's more, once the identity is exposed, if the Li family will send people to assassinate him, just Xu Xingzhi, the letters that Ren Meimei and others advised him to return to Liangdu would definitely fly over like snowflakes and flood him.
After everything was settled, it had been nearly a quarter of an hour. When Chu Zheng heard Ajiu calling him in the room next to him, he returned to the room.
To be continued...