I've never felt happy to become an immortal.

Chapter 9: Playing the Lute and Sitting on the Moss

"What are you all doing here?"

"The library is a place for reading! It needs to be quiet!"

"Is this a vegetable market? Are you peddlers?! Why are you shouting so loudly? You're ruining the quiet of our lunch break!"

"I've taught you so many times about the virtues of a gentleman and what a scholar should be like, but you've forgotten everything!"

"Go back and copy the Disciple Rules ten times!"

First came a barrage of scolding.

In this era where teachers are respected, the concept of etiquette is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

The scholar in the white hat pointed at the students and accused them. Although his words were harsh, the students did not dare to talk back and could only lower their heads and accept the scolding.

"Do you all know your mistakes?"

"Yes, I know I was wrong, sir."

With so many students admitting their mistakes, only three people in the library stood out from the crowd.

The scholar in the white hat took a look, first at the two women... He glanced at them and then looked away. There was no need to care about these two people now. His focus was on Bai Xuan who was still sitting upright and reading a book.

"Who are you? Why are you in Xu's library?"

Bai Xuan raised his head and met the unfriendly gaze.

This kind of sight wasn't enough to make him shudder, but it certainly made him uncomfortable.

Before he could answer, a student nearby said, "This young gentleman is here to borrow books from the library. We're here to ask him for advice, so..."

"Young Master?" The white-hatted scholar's voice rose an octave, then suddenly dropped to a low note, like a sarcastic raccoon cat: "Knowledge?"

He sneered, "Anyone can be called a sir? What knowledge can he have at his age? Do you think I'm teaching you to speak nonsense here?!"

One student said, “We all took notes…”

The scholar in the white hat didn't bother to even glance at it. He casually knocked the book out of the student's hand and said, "Don't try to trick me with these things!"

He waved his hand and drove them away impatiently, "All of you hurry back to the classroom and copy the punishment!"

Then he looked at Bai Xuan and said, "And you, an outsider, I don't know who allowed you to enter Xu's private school without permission. I am a scholar and I am magnanimous. I will not argue with you today. Please leave immediately. You are not even an adult yet. Don't come out and mislead the students!"

His words were full of arrogance, as if he was shooing away flies.

The scholar in the white hat looked at the food and thought he was very good at judging the situation. He saw that Bai Xuan's clothes and appearance showed that he had no power or influence, and he probably had no real talent or knowledge, so it would not matter if he was driven away. If Bai Xuan really had real talent or knowledge, he should be driven away quickly, otherwise his position as a teacher might be unstable.

He has always done so in the past.

After all, being a teacher in Xu's private school is a good job, and there are many people watching over you.

In fact, the white-hat scholar was not wrong.

Bai Xuan is indeed a powerless person now.

But he doesn't care about these.

In the past, he would definitely slap the white-hatted scholar in the face here, and then recite a poem "I look up to the sky and laugh out loud, how can we be ordinary people" to show off his style and presence.

As for now, he was more concerned about the fact that he had not finished reading the history book in his hand.

But the other party had already ordered him to leave, and he was not the crooked-mouthed urban dragon king, so he really couldn't shamelessly stay on someone else's territory.

Bai Xuan closed the book and put it back on the bookshelf.

When you stand up, put the chair back in its place and smooth out the creases on your clothes.

"Please."

He said two words lightly, waved his sleeves, and walked out.

The carefree and bold manner when he walked out with his head held high did not seem like he was kicked out, but rather gave people a contrasting feeling of "this place is not worthy of me".

The scholar in the white hat looked at this scene and his expression became even uglier.

Green Rose's eyes seemed to be about to bloom: "Miss, this young man is not from the Xu family, so can we be together?"

"It seems that I overestimated Xu's Private School."

The young lady glanced at the scholar in the white hat and labeled him in her heart as an incompetent fool.

She stood up decisively.

Planning to catch up.

Just as they were about to leave the library, the scholar in the white hat spoke up, "Didn't you two ask to see Master Xu? I think the time is almost up. I can..."

"There's no rush for this matter." The young lady responded calmly.

Seeing that the other party was about to leave the library, the white-hatted scholar took another step forward, half of his body stuck in front of the library: "I think the business is more important. If you don't go now, I'm afraid you won't be able to see the master today."

Hearing these threatening words, the young lady paused.

The scholar in the white hat thought he had convinced the other party and continued, "Don't be fooled by that man just now. He is only a young man, what knowledge can he possibly have?"

The eldest lady sighed softly: "I thought he was an incompetent fool, but I didn't expect him to be a black sheep."

The scholar in the white hat was stunned and was about to get angry.

The next moment he fell to the side.

“A good dog stays out of the way!”

Green ivy retracted its elbows, revealing its little fangs, and the green leaves on its head swayed in the wind.

"You, you guys..." The scholar in the white hat clutched his lower abdomen, gasping in pain. "How dare you hit someone in the private school..."

The two girls ignored the latter's shouting and chased out of the library one after the other. At this time, Bai Xuan had just arrived at the side door of the private school and was walking down the stairs.

"Young sir, please stay!"

Bai Xuan stopped and looked back, his eyes puzzled: "Ladies, what can I do for you?"

"My young lady just saw that the young master had suffered some injustice, so she came to ask about it." Luoluo took the lead in assisting, smiling and saying, "The young master's academic achievements are not low. It's all because of the private school teacher's lack of vision and knowledge."

"I'm afraid it's not that he lacks vision, but that he is worried about his own status." Bai Xuan said casually: "Of course I don't care about these trivial matters."

"Young Master, you have a very clear understanding of human nature. You really don't seem like someone your age," the young lady praised. Then she said demurely, "I see that you are dressed simply and come to the library to read. I wonder if you have encountered any difficulties?"

When Bai Xuan heard this, he suddenly laughed: "It seems that this girl wants to recruit me?"

"You're such a quick-witted person! Young Master doesn't look like a scholar, but more like a man of the world." Luluo said helpfully, "We do have this intention... My young lady and I live in Jiankang, and we've come to Yunzhou to visit relatives. We have a business association in Jiankang, and we're in need of talented people, so we're eager to recruit them. With your talent for math, you're definitely more than qualified to be an accountant. If you feel that being a merchant isn't suitable, we also have a private school at home for you to choose from."

"Although Jiankang is nice, it's not my hometown." Bai Xuan clasped his fists and said, "I'm not a scholar, and I have things to do at home. I can't leave my hometown and wander around in a foreign land. Thank you for your kindness, ladies."

"Miss, look at this..." Luoluo looked regretful.

"Meeting is fate." The eldest lady raised her fair wrist and took out a piece of white jade from her pouch. "I give this jade to you. If you have other ideas in the future, you can come to the Golden Moon Tower in Jiankang."

Bai Xuan looked at the white jade and knew that it was a favor owed to someone and also an olive branch from the other party.

"Don't feel burdened. If you don't need it, you can find a pawnshop and exchange it for silver someday." The eldest lady said casually, "Its value as a token of trust is far greater than the white jade itself."

"Alright." Bai Xuan has never been afraid of taking responsibility for consequences. He's just playing around in the world, so it doesn't hurt to do a few more side quests. "I'll take it... But I haven't asked for your names yet."

He has actually been paying attention to the two girls.

As a maid, Luoluo is much more lively and active.

But this young lady is different. She never shows her emotions and has a completely poker face, as if her trigeminal nerve is necrotic.

Boys and girls of this age should be in adolescence, with rich emotions and it is difficult to hide their thoughts and feelings.

Although she is the age of a girl, she has the eyes of a thirty-year-old.

Only when she saw Bai Xuan accept the white jade token did the eldest lady show a look of satisfaction.

"My name is Ning Jianshuang."

"What's your name, young sir?"

Bai Xuan wondered whether he should take a pseudonym.

But pseudonyms are really troublesome.

He has changed a lot in the past.

White bottom, white absolute, white feed, white pigeon, in the end, I was so exhausted that I just used nameless as the name.

"Bai Xuan."

He gave up thinking and revealed his real name: "Xuan, the imposing Xuan."

"The name suits the person." Luoluo offered appropriate compliments. She could instinctively sense that both the eldest lady and the young gentleman had the aura of a superior.

"What about you?" Bai Xuan looked at the little maid again.

"Ah? Me, my name is Luluo."

"Nice name." Bai Xuan praised.

"?" The little maid tilted her head.

"I sit on the moss, brushing the flowers and playing the piano, a spring breeze comes under the green ivy tree." Bai Xuan recited.

The little maidservant suddenly opened her eyes wide and couldn't help getting excited. This was probably the first time someone had used her name to write a poem.

"Good, good poem, although I don't quite understand it, hehe..."

The little maid touched her hair bun shyly.

"Young Master, you still say you're not a scholar." Ning Jianshuang praised, "You clearly have the ability to turn your words into poetry."

"What's the use of poetry? It only cultivates one's sentiments. I'd rather be a centurion than a scholar."

Bai Xuan clasped his fists and saluted: "Thank you, Miss Ning. We'll see you again in the future if we have the chance."

This time he walked faster.

Ning Jianshuang watched the other person leave. In the blink of an eye, his back figure disappeared into the crowd.

"See you again, Jianghu?" Miss Ning whispered, "He's truly a remarkable person... Could it be that he's already seen through my identity?"

"Oh, this Mr. Bai is really something," Luoluo suddenly complained, "Why didn't he write a poem for the young lady? He already said several lines!"

Ning Jianshuang was slightly moved, but quickly calmed down and pretended not to care: "I don't care about these... What the young master said is also true. The swords in poems and names are not as good as having a real sword in your hand."

At this moment, there was a rather messy sound of footsteps coming from behind.

A doorman on duty ran over, sweating and panting.

"Two, two..."

He was sweating coldly, and he said respectfully and stammeringly: "Master, yes, we have guests to invite."

Ning Jianshuang turned around, and his aura suddenly changed. The air seemed to be several atmospheres of pressure heavier.

Even the smiling green ivy next to it has become more vigorous than before.

"lead the way."

(End of this chapter)