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

Chapter 58 Nonsense
Kong Bin had just walked out of the courtyard and had not gone far when he heard some chores disciples who were practicing martial arts talking.

Kong Bin didn't care at first, but after listening a few times, he found it more and more strange.

“…Painter?!”

"Ten taels per piece?"

"The county magistrate invited him to dinner..."

After listening to two or three groups of people's discussions, Kong Bin became more and more suspicious. "Are you talking about Duan Rong?"

This guy is completely different from the Duan Rong he knew...

Duan Rong's disturbance not only made him famous in the escort agency, but also became the talk of the town in the entire Xiangu County.

When Duan Rong went to the canteen of the Central Court to eat again, the bodyguards who were familiar with him no longer called him Xiao Rong, but started to call him Brother Rong instead.

Duan Rong would just smile foolishly every time and never respond.

Since ancient times, the one who sticks out gets shot.

The experience of being a social animal in his previous life gave Duan Rong enough survival wisdom.

In interpersonal relationships, it is best to make yourself look silly, so that others feel most secure and it is easiest to please them.

Duan Rong never wore the bodyguard's uniform that Zhou An got for him. He folded the clothes neatly and put them in the closet.

I still wear the same shorts every day and do what I need to do.

Gradually, this wave of commotion passed...

This is exactly what Duan Rong himself hopes for. Being honest and developing steadily is the right way to go!
The county magistrate was just inviting him to a simple meal!

If your own strength is not enough, any relationship is a joke!
If he really takes this seriously, he would be a fool!

On this day, Duan Rong was standing in a secluded corner of the martial arts arena.

At this time, he had been practicing the second level of internal energy for nearly a month. The internal energy in his Dantian was already as thick as his little finger, and it was long and swirling, like a small snake, extremely agile, spinning non-stop...

Duan Rong estimated that it would take about ten days to achieve the second level of inner energy!

Duan Rong was standing in the Hunyuan Zhuanggong when he suddenly heard a crisp female voice shouting in front of him: "Hey, silly boy, stop practicing!"

Duan Rong was a little annoyed. He was about to finish his circulation of energy when he was almost distracted by the shout. Duan Rong managed to control his breath and completed his circulation. He started circling in his dantian again and then opened his eyes. He saw that the person coming was Zhu Xiaoqi and he immediately lost his temper.

This was the first time that Zhu Xiaoqi called him a silly boy in person, and Duan Rong didn't realize it was her at first.

"Is that Xiaoqi? Is it Mr. Xiao who is looking for me?" Duan Rong asked with a smile.

"No, my second young lady is looking for you."

"The Second Miss is looking for me! The Second Miss is looking for me...what's the matter?" Duan Rong's heart was pounding, and Xiao Baijiao's fair and tender face flashed through his mind.

"How should I know? Just tell me to go find you."

"Then...then I'll wash off the sweat first..."

Duan Rong felt all sweaty. Didn't he feel rude to Xiao Baiqiao?
"Come with me to the yard to take a shower!" Zhu Xiaoqi glanced at Duan Rong and walked away without waiting for his consent.

Duan Rong had no choice but to jog a few steps and catch up.

Zhu Xiaoqi was a head shorter than Duan Rong, and her legs were swinging slowly and steadily, but her speed was quite fast, and Duan Rong had to jog to barely keep up with her!

"I'm afraid it has something to do with the Qinggong she practiced..."

Duan Rong's eyes flickered, and he kept paying attention to Zhu Xiaoqi's steps from time to time. However, his martial arts attainments were limited, and he knew nothing about light skills. How could he figure out the trick at the moment!
However, Duan Rong noticed that Zhu Xiaoqi was wearing a silver anklet on his right ankle!

The two of them crossed the martial arts field, walked along the path for a while, and then turned into another alley. When they came out of the alley, they arrived outside the gate of the courtyard where Xiao Zongting lived.

Zhu Xiaoqi and Duan Rong entered the yard one after the other. Zhu Xiaoqi scooped a dozen buckets of clean water from the kitchen, stood on the threshold, and said, "Come here and wash your face!"

Duan Rong immediately rolled up his sleeves, walked over, and stood in front of Zhu Xiaoqi with his hands clasped together.

Zhu Xiaoqi raised his ladle and poured him a handful of water.

Duan Rong held the water, covered his face with it, and then rubbed it!
After scooping up water three or four times, the sweat on Duan Rong's neck and face was washed away.

Zhu Xiaoqi took a towel and wiped him, then led him to the inner courtyard.

Xiao Zongting was standing on a rattan chair at the entrance of the flower hall, smoking and basking in the sun. Suddenly, he saw Duan Rong coming in with Zhu Xiaoqi. He blew out a smoke ring, looked at Duan Rong, and asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

Zhu Xiaoqi rolled his eyes at Xiao Zongting and said, "I'm not looking for you, I'm looking for the second young lady!"

Duan Rong followed behind Zhu Xiaoqi and grinned at Xiao Zongting, looking like he had someone backing him up.

After hearing this, Xiao Zongting just said "oh" and turned his head away, continuing to close his eyes, smoking and basking in the sun.

Zhu Xiaoqi entered the main hall in the backyard, lifted the curtain of the inner room on the east side, and walked in.

Duan Rong's heart was pounding as he smelled the faint fragrance coming over him and followed Zhu Xiaoqi into Xiao Baiqiao's boudoir.

The size of this boudoir is surprisingly quite large. Behind a four-fold screen is a carved bed with a gauze curtain hanging down.

Desks, cabinets, boxes and cages were all in their places; the carved window lattices on the south side were propped up with poles, letting sunlight in.

When the two of them entered, Xiao Baijiao was sitting in front of a desk, embroidering with a needle. She was wearing a light green gauze skirt, which looked like it was covered with a layer of halo when the sunlight shone on it.

Duan Rong stood at the door and was suddenly a little dazed.

Xiao Baijiao smiled, gently placed the needlework in her hands on the table, slowly stood up, and said with a smile: "Brother Duan, please sit down!"

Duan Rong took a look and saw that the embroidery was of a peach bud that was about to bloom. The stitches were dense and the workmanship was quite good!

Xiao Baijiao is the daughter of Xiao Zongting, and Duan Rong is now learning martial arts from Xiao Zongting, so it is not an exaggeration for Xiao Baijiao to call him senior brother.

Moreover, Duan Rong has come here several times, and they even had dinner together last time, so they are quite familiar with each other!

Otherwise, it would not be good for Xiao Baiqiao to just let Xiao Qi call him over!
Duan Rong smiled and sat down in front of the table. Xiao Baijiao brought a plate of snacks and a pot of tea over and personally brewed a cup of tea for Duan Rong. He said in a soft voice, "This mung bean cake tastes good. Brother, try it."

Xiao Baiqiao kept calling Duan Rong "Senior Brother", which made Duan Rong feel numb inside. Then, smelling the faint body fragrance wafting from her, Duan Rong was already drunk before he even had his tea.

"The person is here for you! What do you want to do with him?" Zhu Xiaoqi asked curiously, standing at the door.

In fact, a basket of dried beans in the yard has been dried, and Zhu Xiaoqi is going to chop them up and steam a pot of buns today.

When she went out to call Duan Rong, the dough had almost risen.

She walked so fast along the way because she was afraid that the noodles would go sour.

But at this moment, seeing Duan Rong arrived, although she was anxious, she also wanted to know why Xiao Baiqiao wanted to see Duan Rong, so she stayed at the door and refused to leave.

Xiao Baijiao rolled his eyes at Zhu Xiaoqi and ignored her words. He just looked at Duan Rong and said with a smile, "Senior Brother Duan, Baijiao wants to ask for a painting!"

The incident involving Duan Rong a few days ago had already caused quite a stir.

But Xiao Baiqiao stayed in her boudoir, and Zhu Xiaoqi was busy all the time. If Xiao Zongting didn't tell them, they naturally wouldn't know.

They found out about it recently when Zhao Mu came to Zhu Xiaoqi and told him, and Zhu Xiaoqi told Xiao Baiqiao.

When Zhu Xiaoqi heard that they wanted Duan Rong to paint for him, he turned around, lifted the curtain and left.

Zhu Xiaoqi not only disliked books and paintings, but was also quite bored with needlework. In her opinion, these things were just nonsense done when one had nothing to do after eating.

(End of this chapter)