A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 178 Orchid Garden

Ximen Kankan picked up a piece of mung bean cake and took a bite. Suddenly, a dark shadow jumped out from beside his feet. Ximen Kankan's eyes lit up and he cried out in surprise, "How did this thorn ball get so fat?"

Ximen Kankan had played with this little hedgehog in Liulu more than a month ago, but after just over a month, the little hedgehog had obviously gained a lot of weight...

Ximen Kankan picked up the little hedgehog. The little hedgehog was frightened and curled up into a ball. But because it was too fat, when its limbs were retracted, the fat squeezed out.

Ximen Kankan scratched the fat that was squeezed out with his fingers. The little hedgehog struggled for a while, and the fat shrank back into the thorn ball, and one of its hind legs appeared again...

Ximen Kankan took the opportunity to grab the little hedgehog's foot, hung the curled-up little hedgehog upside down, and lifted it up...

The little hedgehog was grabbed by the calf and swayed. He immediately started to flutter and screamed anxiously...

Ximen Kankan was so happy that his eyes were squeezed into lines...

Duan Rong's eyes moved. It was the first time he heard a hedgehog cry. The hedgehog cried urgently, and it actually sounded like a baby crying...

Jiang Qingyu grabbed Ximen Kankan's leg and put the little hedgehog on the ground. The little hedgehog was frightened and immediately hid in the weeds behind the willow tree and refused to come out.

Jiang Qingyu said angrily: "Why are you bullying the thorn ball for no reason?"

"I'm just teasing it for a bit." Ximen Kankan rolled his eyes at Jiang Qingyu and said, "Look at your sissy look!"

"you……"

"Okay, okay, stop arguing over trivial matters." Duan Rong pulled the two of them to sit down, started chatting and laughing, and told them some interesting things he had seen during his escort mission.

Before going out on a escort mission, Duan Rong often fed the little hedgehog. Because the mission would take more than a month, he prepared a small bowl of beef jerky for the little hedgehog in the pavilion.

Maybe he ate too much. When he came back, the little hedgehog had already finished the small bowl of beef jerky and had become fat like a ball.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Jiang Qingyu said, "Brother Duan, ever since you defeated Luo Zhoucheng in Weiyangfang more than a month ago, he really kept his promise and has not harassed Miss Lanying again."

"When Miss Lan Ying saw that the guy stopped harassing her, she was delighted to finally get rid of that little plague god. She told me about this incident while chatting. I told her everything that happened."

"Miss Lanying is very grateful to Brother Duan, and asked me to invite Brother Duan to Huaying Tower to have a chat and express my gratitude. But some time ago, Brother Duan happened to be out on a escort mission, and I came a few times, but Brother Duan was not there."

Ximen Kankan also said with a smile, "Tonight was originally the day Jiang Qingyu was going to date Lan Ying, and he dragged me to see if you were back. I didn't expect that you, Brother Duan, would actually be back. Isn't this just in time?"

As they spoke, they looked at Duan Rong with bright eyes.

Duan Rong smiled slightly. It turned out that these two guys were here to take him to Huaying Tower for a drink.

Given his crazy training personality, he naturally didn't want to go. But looking at the expectant eyes of his two friends and thinking about how he had neglected them during this period, Duan Rong couldn't bear to refuse and said, "It's a nice evening, shall we go to Huaying Tower?"

"That's exactly what we mean!" Upon hearing this, the two of them stood up with a smile.

Ximen Kankan looked at Jiang Qingyu and said with a smug smile: "See, I told you. Brother Duan will go. One hundred taels of silver, hurry up!"

"You are smart, you are smart!" Jiang Qingyu took out a silver note and put it in Ximen Kankan's hand. Although he lost the silver note, he was still very happy that Duan Rong could keep the appointment.

Duan Rong looked at Ximen Kankan and Jiang Qingyu who were laughing and joking, touched his nose, and was speechless. These two guys were actually betting on themselves?
Excessive!

At nightfall, Huayinglou becomes the most lively and splendid place on the streets of Xiangu County.

The two-story wooden building stood majestically, and the orchestral music mixed with faint laughter drifted out, spreading in the quiet courtyard with the night wind, stirring the hearts of the infatuated men and women...

On the second floor of Huaying Tower, inside Lanxiang Garden.

Lanxiang Garden is Lan Ying's residence in Huaying Tower. The bedroom is connected to a spacious front hall with embroidered screens and fluttering curtains.

At this time, the tables in the front hall were filled with various dishes and fruits. Duan Rong, Ximen Kankan, and Jiang Qingyu were sitting around the tables, and two maids were holding silver pots and adding wine beside them.

Not far from the desk, on the piano stand with the curtain rolled up, Lan Ying was playing the piano and singing. Her bare hands plucked the strings, and her voice was sad and melodious. Amidst the sweetness, a few clear and beautiful sounds flashed from time to time. Coupled with Lan Ying's stunning face and tightly furrowed eyebrows, it was truly mesmerizing!

Duan Rong glanced at Jiang Qingyu, who was almost petrified, and smiled. He finally understood why this boy was so obsessed with Lan Ying.

If he hadn't experienced several life and death experiences later, and his Dao heart had been tempered to be quite strong, he might not be able to withstand the natural sadness between Lan Ying's brows at this moment...

Lan Ying's personal maid Hongxue stood behind Lan Ying holding a round fan, gently fanning her with a fragrant breeze.

Now, the weather was getting hotter day by day, and Lan Ying was weak and could not stand the cold or heat. She was most likely to get sick in the season of sudden change from cold to hot. Whenever Lan Ying got sick, Hu Huanhuan would call Hong Xue over to check on her. Therefore, she did not dare to be careless in serving her, fearing that Lan Ying would get sick. When Lan Ying coughed occasionally, she would be more nervous than Lan Ying.

Hongxue was waving a round fan, and her eyes occasionally swept across the faces of the three people sitting in front of the desk.

At this time, Duan Rong had suppressed the throbbing in his heart and began to taste the food on the table.

The chefs at Huayinglou are no worse than those at big restaurants, but of course the prices are ridiculously expensive. After all, eating here is not just about the ingredients and taste...

After Lan Ying finished playing the piece, she felt a little tired, and she was also worried and depressed, so she sighed lightly, walked down from the piano platform, and sat down in front of the table...

As Lan Ying approached, a faint fragrance drifted past the faces of several people. At this time, Duan Rong's mouth was already full of grease, and he was gnawing on a chicken leg.

Lan Ying glanced at Duan Rong and said indifferently, "Bon appetit, sir!"

Lan Ying didn't usually play the zither, and she sang while playing it, even less often. Jiang Qingyu also rarely heard it. She originally wanted to thank Duan Rong for helping her out, so she played and sang a song on the zither platform, but she didn't expect Duan Rong to only care about eating and didn't understand romance at all.

Duan Rong smiled and said, "The young lady has a beautiful voice, but the song is a bit decadent and too sad. After singing this song, the young lady will be even more worried. Isn't it harmful to her health?"

Lan Ying sneered upon hearing this, and said sarcastically: "The music in the brothel is not decadent and wasteful, can it be elegant and upright? Since you have such a good character, why do you come to this brothel to eat and drink?"

Duan Rong paused for a moment as he told Lan Ying, "Miss, you are worried and depressed, so your body feels heavy. When your body feels heavy, you don't like to do anything. If you keep repeating this cycle, when will you be able to feel at ease?"

After hearing Duan Rong's words, Lan Ying was shocked and looked at Duan Rong in a daze.

Hong Xue, who was standing behind Lan Ying holding a round fan, suddenly laughed and said, "Sir, what you said is actually similar to what Doctor Gu said..."

Hearing this, Lan Ying seemed to blame Hongxue for being too talkative. She turned her head and glared at Hongxue behind her. When Hongxue saw Lan Ying glaring at her, she immediately stuck out her tongue with her eyes flashing.

(End of this chapter)