Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 99 [Young Teacher of the Academy] (8800 words)
Chapter 8800 [Young Teacher of the Academy] ( words)
I got out of bed before dawn on the first day of the new year.

The work and rest habits and biological clock he developed in the dilapidated temple in the mountains over the years made his daily routine very fixed and accurate, which was completely unlike that of young people in the city of his age.

When he opened the curtains, it was still dark outside. He was actually a little uncomfortable with the quiet environment. If he were in the dilapidated temple on the mountain, he would have heard the crowing of roosters and the barking of dogs from the village below.

That's how it is in the countryside. Before dawn, as soon as a chicken in one house crows, soon the chickens in every household in the entire village will follow suit - in that environment, you can't sleep even if you want to.

After washing up, Chuyi quickly left the house. He swiped his college card in the large kitchen cafeteria in the backyard and ordered a breakfast of steamed buns, eggs, and porridge.

When we were almost done eating on the first day of the new year, we saw other students from the meditation class coming in.

This is already the fifth day since I came to this "Luoyun Academy" on the first day of the new year.

Even though he was not very smart, he gradually realized that the place Chen Yan sent him to was not simple.

The students here were all much older than him, and their status seemed quite unusual. Some were big business owners, some were senior executives of large companies, and some were retired officials.

These people, like me, practiced meditation every day, attended morning and evening classes, ate simple meals, and lived in small single rooms...

Chuyi actually never quite understood: What do these rich people want?
But the advantage of being a fool is that they won’t dwell on things they can’t figure out, but will just put them aside and not think about them anymore.

However, the other students in the meditation class were a little curious when they saw such a young man coming to the academy.

These wealthy students are all worldly-wise people. Just a little observation will tell them that this young man named Chuyi is by no means a young master from a wealthy family, but a real grassroots person.

The plain dress and simple or even crude living habits are by no means deliberate.

His words, actions and conversation seemed as if he had never seen the world.

Some people began to speculate about the origins of this young man named Chuyi. However, Chu Keqing later came to give a lecture in the Zen meditation class and accidentally revealed that Chuyi was a young disciple of hers, which dispelled the doubts of many students.

In his first year of junior high, he attended a beginner's meditation class, starting with the most basic sitting meditation and then learning some breathing exercises. He was very serious about learning and practicing diligently, never missing morning or evening classes.

Even after returning to his room at night, he would sit on the bed and practice meditation until midnight before going to bed.

He cleans, washes clothes and cooks every day, quietly and meticulously.

Among those Zen practitioners, some wealthy people naturally couldn't help but complain, but Chuyi seemed to be enjoying it - to him, this so-called frugal life was much better than the poverty in the dilapidated temple on the mountain.

At least the rooms here have air conditioning, unlike the old, tiled house with flimsy walls in the dilapidated temple up in the mountains. In the freezing cold of December, I had to heat a thermos before bed to hold it in my arms. I'd get up in the middle of the night and shiver in the cold to go to the toilet outside. Sometimes I'd even have to get up in the middle of the night to tend to the old monk and stoke the stove in his room...

It’s not like here, in that warm room, I won’t feel cold at all even if I wear light clothes.

As for morning and evening classes, many students in the beginner class cannot endure the pain of meditating for two hours. For someone like Chuyi who has been a monk for several years, this kind of thing is just a drizzle.

What's more, the meditation he practiced was surprisingly well-suited to his personality. As for the fool, his mind didn't have too many distracting thoughts, so he could quickly enter a state of concentration and then a state of meditation.

The first-year student was actually very immersed in the morning and evening classes and even felt that the time was too short.

On the contrary, the lectures every afternoon were a bit difficult to follow in the first grade.

The lectures held every afternoon in the meditation class are not actually about practicing, but about some philosophical doctrines and some traditional Eastern theories of self-cultivation - similar to cultural courses.

His foundation in junior high school was too weak, and he couldn't study well at school when he was young. Firstly, the education level in rural schools was relatively poor, and secondly, he was not very smart, so he couldn't learn well.

Every afternoon in the academy's lecture hall, he simply couldn't understand ninety percent of the lessons given by the invited teachers.

What about Wang Yangming's "unity of knowledge and action", Zuo Zi's "when moving, think of propriety, when doing, think of righteousness, do not turn back for profit, do not feel guilty for righteousness", and Zhu Xi's "preserve the principles of heaven and eliminate human desires"...

Almost every time I attended class in the first grade of junior high school, I had to pinch my thighs with my hands to force myself not to fall asleep.

Fortunately, in this kind of meditation class, the teachers teach naturally and freely, unlike the school class model that I was afraid of before the first grade of junior high school.

Anyway, the teacher is just talking, and you can listen if you want, as long as you keep quiet. The teacher won't ask questions or assign homework - I don't think there will be any exams.

In this way, Chuyi spent five days quietly in this academy.

He was not short of money. The old monk left him two thousand yuan when he left the temple. Before he went down the mountain with Chen Yan, the two female fairies in the family also gave him two thousand yuan - he didn't know where they got the money.

But I didn't spend a penny here - if I didn't leave the academy, there would be no place to spend money.

After a few days, he became familiar with the other people in the same meditation class. Although those people were of higher status than him and were all rich people that Chuyi had favored, everyone knew that he was a disciple of "Master Zi" and they were polite to him and would occasionally exchange a few words with him.

But Chuyi was the least talkative and would often fall silent after saying a few words, so those people would lose interest in having a deep conversation with him.

After lunch that day, Chuyi went back to his room and read for a while. Before two o'clock in the afternoon, he walked to the large lecture hall in the front yard of the academy and sat in the last row of seats, preparing to attend the afternoon class.

He came very early, and there were not many people in the lecture hall. On the first day of the first month, he was holding the notes from yesterday's lecture and looking over them over and over again - he was really diligent. Although he didn't understand, he wrote it down with a pen, as much as he could. He wanted to copy down every word the teacher said, and then go back home in the evening to read it over and over again slowly.

But even so, he discovered his own powerlessness - not only could he not understand, he couldn't even take notes of what the teacher said.

Because he didn't even recognize some of the words!
For example, yesterday the teacher said "preserve the principles of heaven and eliminate human desires", and quoted from classics to talk about the "Book of Changes".

Speaking of "If you don't plow and harvest, and don't weed and weed, then you will benefit from going somewhere..."

When the teacher said the two words "菑畬", Chuyi opened his eyes wide and didn't understand at all - he didn't know the two words at all. After scratching his head, he could only write down the pinyin [zi she] in his notebook.

At this moment, he sat in his seat, looking through his notes from yesterday. There were many things on them that were said by the teacher. He didn't know what the words were when he heard them, so he had to write them down in pinyin...

Even if I look back at my notes now, it feels like reading a book written in a foreign language.

As he watched, Chuyi became worried and couldn't help but sigh. He felt helpless: I am not learning so well. When will I be able to achieve success and cultivate the body of enlightenment that the two female fairies in my family talked about?
When can I go back and reunite with the two female fairies?

Just as he was sighing, a familiar voice came from behind him.

"Chuyi, what's wrong?"

Chuyi looked back and immediately a look of joy appeared on his face: "Brother Xiaoyan!"

Chen Yan didn't know when he was standing behind Chuyi.

He was wearing a plain robe similar to that of the students in the meditation class, and a pair of white cloth socks on his feet - this was almost the standard attire for everyone in the meditation class.

The lecture hall also follows traditional customs. Everyone takes off their shoes outside the door before entering, and students take turns to clean the floor every day.

Chuyi was overjoyed to see his little brother Yan coming.

Chen Yan patted Chuyi's shoulder and sat down next to him. He glanced at the notebook in front of him. It was filled with scribbled words and many pinyin records...

After Chen Yan scanned the page, he recognized it - after all, he graduated with a degree in philosophy.

I also studied and read some of the theories and documents of the various schools of thought in the pre-Qin period in college.

When Chen Yan saw that Chuyi's notes were written in a mess, he thought about it and roughly understood what Chuyi's troubles were.

"It's not that the previous teacher couldn't teach, it's just that he overestimated the students' cultural foundation. He didn't know how to explain simple things in a simple way, but instead insisted on quoting classics, especially the Book of Changes. It's normal that you didn't understand."

Chen Yan spoke gently, smiled at Chuyi, then took the notebook and flipped through it, pointing to a line of words on it and said, "Is this what we talked about yesterday?"

The line that Chen Yan pointed to was exactly "Preserve the principles of heaven and eliminate human desires."

Chuyi nodded repeatedly, his face troubled as he said, "Brother, I just don't understand why human desires conflict with the laws of nature? Is it wrong for people to want to eat, sleep, marry, and have children?"

"That's because your teacher likes to talk too much and makes simple things complicated." Chen Yan shook his head: "Actually, the meaning is very simple.

Eliminating human desires does not mean eliminating normal human desires, but rather those excessive and greedy desires.

Zhu Xi's point is that it's normal for people to eat, and it falls within the realm of "natural law" and should be respected. However, if you insist on eating delicacies at every meal, that's "human desire," excessive greed, and you should eliminate this excessive desire.

For example, if a man wants to marry... well..."

Having said that, Chen Yan suddenly shut his mouth.

Because Zhu Xi's proposition also has a follow-up point, which says that if a man wants to marry a wife, it is also normal "natural law", but if he wants to have three wives and four concubines, then it is greedy human desire and should be eliminated.

This one is hard to tell Chuyi.

The actual situation of this guy is that there are two female demons waiting for him on the mountain - according to Zhu Zi's theory, this kind of desire should be eliminated.

Chuyi suddenly understood what he was saying and slapped his thigh, "It's that simple! Then what the teacher said is that we should not be too greedy, stick to our duties, and advocate a simple life. Isn't that enough?
He talked for an entire afternoon, and then some other topic, the Book of Changes, for a full two hours, all of which I couldn't understand..."

Chen Yan smiled and said nothing.

Strictly speaking, you can't say the teacher is teaching randomly—if you're doing research, you naturally have to thoroughly understand the book. Furthermore, academically speaking, the idea of "preserving Heaven's principles and eliminating human desires" was indeed originally linked to the Zhouyi. Even if the teacher starts from the beginning, you can't say they're teaching randomly.

However, after all, this is a meditation class, not a place for serious learning and academic research. If we teach in this way, it would be a bit of deliberate padding.

the most important is……

Of course you have to pretend to be profound when you speak!

Only when the teaching is profound can the class be wasted! Otherwise, if the principle can be explained in just a few sentences...how can the teacher earn the teaching fee?

The lecturers invited by Chu Keqing's place are not cheap. Many scholars from schools also cooperate with this place and come here to give lectures to earn extra money.

And... Chen Yan certainly couldn't scold others for deliberately skipping the class, because he himself also had to...

At this moment, a teacher from the academy rang the bell in the yard.

As the bell rang, the lecture hall was soon filled with students, about twenty people in total.

Chen Yan patted Chuyi's shoulder, then stood up. Under Chuyi's puzzled gaze, he walked to a desk in the middle of the front and sat down cross-legged.

There are more than 20 students in this room, the youngest of whom is in the first grade of junior high school.

Apart from the first grade, the second-to-youngest student is already at least in his thirties.

Chen Yan, a young man with a fresh face, walked to the desk in front and sat down - that was the teaching position, which surprised many students.

"Hello everyone. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Chen Yan. Erdong Chen, the "Yan" in "language." Chen Yan's face was full of smiles. "From today on, I will be the lecturer and instructor of your meditation class. From now on, I will be teaching the afternoon classes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday."

The room was quiet for a second, then became restless - many students couldn't help but start whispering to each other.

There were also some students who looked at Chen Yan with frowns, their faces revealing undisguised doubts and even a little bit of dissatisfaction.

——Let such a young guy give lectures to everyone?
How old is he?

The teachers who gave lectures before were all scholars from schools invited by Master Zi.

The tuition for one semester of the meditation class at Luoyun Academy is not cheap!

Are you trying to fool us like this? Find a young guy to teach us?
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Chen Yan sat upright in the instructor's seat, looking calm.

That's right!

This is the job that Chen Yan found for himself to earn some pocket money.

Relaxed and not tiring, free time!
With his education level, it would be difficult for him to find a job. Even if he did find one, it would be low-paying, slave-like work—why would he be willing to do that?!

However, since you have connections, if you don't use them and instead go out and work like a slave to find a job, you must be crazy!
He called Chu Keqing directly and told her his idea of finding a minor job in Chu Keqing's academy.

Chu Keqing was so happy that she almost overturned the table! !

This senior master, is willing to come to my academy?

Wouldn't that give me too many opportunities to get close and please others?

Money? You can name your salary! If I, Chu Keqing, frown, I lose!
Chen Yan didn't ask for too much, he only asked for a monthly salary of 8,000 yuan - he calculated that this money was enough to feed Gu Qingyi. Anyway, he didn't have to think about delicacies in the future, just ordinary home-cooked meals three times a day, and the food expenses would not cost much a month.

And those who are wealthy probably have enough money to spend on their relationship with Lu Sisi - Lu Sisi is not that kind of materialistic girl.

One to two thousand yuan a month for dating expenses is about the same.

But how could Chu Keqing be so stingy?

Eight thousand? Are you looking down on me, Chu Keqing?!
The wealthy Mrs. Chu, who owned a whole street of businesses, offered Chen Yan a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan—and it took much persuasion for Chen Yan to accept. Chen Yan hadn't wanted more. If he did, he'd have to help Chu Keqing—and he had made up his mind that for this job, he absolutely couldn't use magic or mana!

Once you use magic power in this job, the salary will be regarded by the heaven as "money earned by magic", which will be completely meaningless.

Since he couldn't use his magic power, it would be inappropriate to ask Chu Keqing for too much salary.

There is a lot of work to do in the academy, but most of it is hard-earned money, for example, there is a need for help in the backyard kitchen.

But even if she killed Chu Keqing, she would never dare to let Chen Yan do the rough work in the backyard!
So they simply invited Chen Yan to be a teacher in the academy. In Chu Keqing's opinion, it was a great fortune for them that this 91-year-old senior master was willing to give lectures in the academy and teach these ordinary students in society!
Although it was impossible for Chen Yan to teach any cultivation techniques, even if he only gave some pointers on how to cultivate one's body and mind, it would be enough for those people to benefit for a lifetime.

However, Chen Yan made it clear that he would only talk about the cultural subjects taught in the academy and would never say anything more.

The courses in the elementary meditation class in the academy are actually just about some traditional Eastern philosophy. This kind of content is simpler than the open courses in the university. After all, Chen Yan is a major in this field, so he believes he is capable of doing it.

Although Chu Keqing didn't understand why Chen Yan did this, she thought that it could probably be summarized as the 91-year-old senior master doing some "playful" things.

Originally, Chu Keqing had planned to accompany Chen Yan to the first class today, using her identity as "Master Zi" to maintain order for Chen Yan, but Chen Yan declined.

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Chen Yan deliberately sat there for a full thirty seconds, watching the students who were older than him talking. He scanned each student calmly, and then when the voices of everyone's discussions gradually died down, he smiled gently.

"Dear students, I know that you are all prominent figures in society, with a certain status. As for me, I won't hide it from you, I am just a young man, a philosophy major. In terms of status, my status is definitely far inferior to yours."

Chen Yan spoke softly. He was handsome and tall, and his gentle tone of voice made it easy for people to have a good impression of him. Gradually, everyone stopped talking. Although they did not immediately dispel the doubts and dissatisfaction in their hearts, they were finally willing to listen quietly to what this young instructor had to say.

"But everyone, if everyone values status, wealth, and fame...if everything is about fame and fortune, then there's no need for you to come to Luoyun Academy to practice Zen. What kind of Zen are you practicing then? What kind of tranquility are you trying to achieve?

Right?

Why don’t you pull out your bank accounts and look at the assets, are they A8, A9, or A10...Isn’t that the truth?

Since you all come to Luo Yun Academy to meditate, you want to cultivate your body and mind, abandon the worldly vanity, and cultivate your mind here. Isn't that right?"

After these words were spoken, all the students present fell silent, and this time not even one person spoke.

Chen Yan nodded, stood up calmly, and then wrote four words on a whiteboard behind him.

"The empty ones are not valuable!"

After finishing writing, Chen Yan looked at everyone with a smile: "I wonder if any students know this sentence?"

After a moment of silence, an elderly man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties among the students spoke slowly and reservedly, "This is the idea of Lie Yukou, the Taoist Liezi. It means that if all distinctions are eliminated, there will be no distinction between important and unimportant, noble and humble..."

As he spoke, the old man looked at the young instructor meaningfully.

Chen Yan looked at the old man, nodded, and said with a smile: "This old gentleman is very knowledgeable!"

"I don't dare to be called erudite. I just read some casual books in my daily life." The old man smiled slightly.

Chen Yan nodded and said to the crowd, "The empty are not valuable! This statement is exactly one of the teachings of Lie Yukou, the Taoist master."

As he spoke, he pointed at the crowd with one hand and at himself with the other: "According to worldly sayings, you are important and I am trivial! You are noble and I am cheap!

But if everyone is obsessed with worldly things, there is no need to come here to meditate.

Everyone comes here just to seek some spiritual heart.

So, let’s start our discussion from Lie Zi’s “The empty is not precious”!
Generally speaking, the Taoist idea is about existence and non-existence, reality and illusion!

If by the end of this meditation class, everyone can get rid of worldly prejudices about nobility and inferiority, then we will have gained some insights.

As for me, a young man, serving as your instructor, you might as well suppress your dissatisfaction and prejudice for the time being and regard me as a threshold for tempering your Dao heart.

In my case, try to let go of your worldly prejudices about nobility and inferiority, and use me, your young instructor, as a whetstone for your cultivation of the Dao."

When these words were spoken, many people's expressions changed.

The old man asked again, "Master Chen, since you are cultivating the mind of Tao, then what is 'Tao'?"

Chen Yan answered without hesitation: "You cannot see it when you look at it, you cannot hear it when you listen to it, and you cannot follow it when you follow it—this is the Tao!"

The old man was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "Since we can't see, hear, or touch it, how can we practice this Tao?"

"Depend on intuition." Chen Yan smiled and said, "Lie Zi said, 'All things arise from and are subject to the will of the universe.' Taoism has never been about empty talk. It also advocates understanding the creation and nurturing of heaven and earth, and then inferring the principles and rules within them."

As he spoke, he smiled and said, "Actually, on this point, Eastern and Western theories are consistent. In the West, comprehending the laws of heaven and earth is called physics. In our ancient times, it was called enlightenment."

Seeing that many students' eyes had become more serious and interested, he smiled and continued slowly, "Liezi said that at the beginning of heaven and earth, there were four stages: Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, and Taisu. From no energy to energy, from energy to form, from form to matter..."

Chen Yan spoke so eloquently and calmly that the students below gradually listened in, and seemed to have forgotten to question this young-looking and overly mature instructor...

Chen Yan has good eloquence, and more importantly, he has courage and confidence in his heart!

If it were half a year ago, if a newly graduated student were asked to give a lecture to this group of social elites, he would inevitably be stage fright even if he was talking about something he was familiar with in his major.

But now, the situation is very different!
I'm a fucking immortal cultivator! A cultivator at the Guiyuan realm, wielding a vast array of magic! I can slay spirits with my bare hands!

I'm here to teach you mortals... What am I afraid of?!

It seems that you are rich people, but I am an ordinary person.

In fact, I am an immortal cultivator, and you are just a group of ordinary people!

With this sense of superiority in his heart, Chen Yan was calm and not at all nervous.

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For nearly two hours, Chen Yan cited extensively and talked about Lie Zi's theory - this was also the content he carefully selected.

As a representative figure of Taoism, Lie Zi's teachings, such as "the mind has no rebellion or compliance, and the self and the world are forgotten", are actually very suitable for people in these Zen meditation classes to use to cultivate their minds.

There are also many fables in Lie Zi's works, such as Yugong moving the mountains and Kuafu chasing the sun. These fables are easy to understand and entertaining, and can be used to occasionally refresh people's minds and liven up the atmosphere.

In short, during the two hours, although these students may not have been completely convinced, they finally finished the class attentively.

It was mainly what Chen Yan said that played a role: If you are just talking about worldly worth, wealth and status, why are you practicing Zen?

This put everyone in a dilemma.

Even if he came to this meditation class not necessarily to truly cultivate his character, or perhaps just to pretend to be cultured, but with this powerful weapon of moral kidnapping brought out, who would have the nerve to investigate Chen Yan's identity and qualifications?

You say you are so vulgar! You are not worthy of practicing Zen!
After two hours of lecture, Chen Yan announced the end of get out of class with a smile, and then watched the students leave - but no one came up to talk to him.

After all, his personal charm is not enough to make people fall in love with him after just one class.

Chen Yan took out a thermos cup he carried with him, unscrewed it, took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and then saw Chu Keqing, dressed in a simple and elegant academy robe, slowly walking in from outside the lecture hall.

Her robe was different from the uniform gray robes worn by the instructors and students in the academy. It was a moon-white robe with a slightly wider belt.

In addition to her good figure, she looks quite ancient. Her hair is tied up on her head with a wooden hairpin adorned with a white pearl. She looks simple, elegant and pretty.

Well, it’s that pair of glasses that always makes her look a bit sexy.

"Thank you for your hard work. You have been listening for so long." Chen Yan looked up and smiled at Chu Keqing while sitting in his seat.

"Your lecture is so wonderful, I dare not disturb you. I am listening intently from outside." Chu Keqing looked around and saw that there was no one around. She lowered her voice and said, "Senior, would you like to have a cup of tea with me?"

"No need." Chen Yan glanced at the time on his phone and sighed.

I have to rush home to have dinner with Gu Qingyi.

Chu Keqing didn't dare to argue and personally escorted Chen Yan out of the academy. Chuyi also quickly got up and followed him all the way.

When they arrived at the academy gate, Chu Keqing even arranged her own car to take Chen Yan home.

This "Old Zi" brought his disciple Chuyi with him to escort Chen Yan out of the academy. Some students saw them on the way.

I just felt that the attitude of this "Zi Lao" towards the young instructor named Chen Yan was polite and courteous. It was not at all like the attitude he showed towards an ordinary young man, but rather seemed to have a hint of respect in his attitude.

After Chen Yan left, some students who were proud of their status came over to talk to Chu Keqing and asked about Chen Yan's identity.

Chu Keqing didn't answer, but just smiled and changed the subject.

Her actions made the students even more confused and confused about Chen Yan's identity, and they became more and more mysterious about it.

Two days later, when Chen Yan came to class again, he felt that the students in the meditation class were much more polite to him.

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Another week passed, and Chen Yan had already taught three classes as a teacher at Luoyun Academy.

He asked Chu Keqing for an advance of one month's salary, totaling 20,000 yuan.

Although Chu Keqing didn't understand why this powerful senior wanted to advance her such a small amount of 20,000 yuan, she didn't dare to ask more since Chen Yan didn't say anything.

After Chen Yan received the 20,000 yuan, he spent a day at home, eating and drinking as usual, and then carefully calculated Gu Qingyi's fortune.

According to fate, the disease has subsided, and no new disease will come even if more money is spent on Gu Qingyi.

Chen Yan understood that his plan of "earning pocket money" would work!

Going to work and earning money by himself, Tiandao was indeed not counted as "in-house money", and Chen Yan felt relieved.

After a week, the students in this meditation class became more familiar with Chen Yan, and the news that "Master Zi was very respectful to Instructor Chen" had basically spread throughout the meditation class.

Some students began to get close to Chen Yan in private, and some also took advantage of Chen Yan's prestige.

These are all smart people - although this man is young, he is a man who is polite to even Mr. Zi, who is quite famous and influential in Jinling City. Naturally, he is not simple!

Although I can't see Chen Yan's background clearly, making friends with such a person may be beneficial in the future - there is no harm anyway, so why not do it?
No one who has made a name for himself has done so for free.

However, Chen Yan strictly abided by the rules. When he taught, he only taught some Eastern philosophical contents about self-cultivation. Of course, he would not teach anything related to spiritual practice to outsiders.

Moreover, in the academy, he never showed any ability or magic, and his words and actions were just like those of an ordinary person.

However, Lu Sisi knew that Chen Yan had found a job, and she came to see Chen Yan once out of curiosity, but she just wanted to experience the fun of "picking up her boyfriend from get off work."

Lu Sisi's winter vacation hasn't ended yet, so she still has plenty of time to spend with Chen Yan.

Chen Yan did this every other day. He would go to the academy to teach a class for an afternoon, and then wait for Lu Sisi to pick him up after get off work. The two of them would go out together to go shopping, eat, watch a movie, etc.

Before we knew it, it was the Lantern Festival...

One day, after Chen Yan finished his lecture in the afternoon, he saw Chu Keqing standing outside the lecture hall with a serious look on her face.

After all the other students had left, Chen Yan slowly stood up and walked out. Chu Keqing bowed slightly to Chen Yan, then said softly, "Senior, do you have time to come sit in my Yunshe courtyard?"

As soon as Chen Yan saw Chu Keqing's attitude, he guessed that this woman must have something to ask him. Lu Sisi wasn't coming to pick him up from get off work today—winter vacation was over, university had already started, and Lu Sisi had already returned to school. The two of them agreed to meet up every weekend for a date.

"Okay, let's go." Chen Yan nodded.

Chu Keqing invited Chen Yan to her own Yunshe courtyard on this street. After asking Chen Yan to sit down in the living room, she served him a cup of fragrant tea.

"You have something to talk to me about, right? There's no need to be polite between us. Just say it directly." Chen Yan's attitude was very gentle.

Even without mentioning that Chu Keqing had helped him make so much money before, just because Chu Keqing readily accepted Chu Yi as her disciple, was willing to teach her the Yun Sect's orthodox martial arts, and found her such an easy job with a monthly salary of 20,000, Chen Yan would be much nicer to Chu Keqing.

"Senior, I do have something I'd like to ask for your help." Chu Keqing said slowly, "I wonder if you have time recently?"

Chen Yan thought about it and felt that he had nothing to do recently... After calculating the lunar calendar, the date for the ghost marriage was set for next month.

"I do have some time. Tell me, how can I help you?"

Chu Keqing took a deep breath, her expression solemn: "I would like to ask you to accompany me to Hong Kong City!"

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(End of this chapter)