Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 68 The Dean's Home Visit (Daily 15 words)

Every Thursday is Huo Yuhao's special day off. On this day, Huo Yuhao will hand over the barbecue work entirely to the kitchen helpers, and all orders will be discounted by half. After all, if these kitchen helpers are not given the opportunity to make barbecue by hand, their skills will hardly improve.

After finishing his work at the Soul Guidance Repair Shop, Huo Yuhao strolled leisurely toward his rented courtyard.

Because housing prices in Shrek City are extremely expensive, even Huo Yuhao can only live with Huo Yun'er by renting a house. Even so, they rent a one-courtyard house instead of the two-courtyard house they had in Xingluo.

There were three main rooms and one side room on each side of the main room, making a total of five rooms. This was Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er's place in Shrek City. Huo Yun'er was always very satisfied with it, or rather, she was never dissatisfied with any house that Huo Yuhao found for her.

After all, although the first courtyard was much smaller than the original second courtyard, it was still more spacious than the side courtyard where the White Tiger Duke's mansion had once housed the mother and son.

"I heard a new donkey-hide gelatin shop opened in Xicheng District. My brother bought some donkey-hide gelatin cakes for Aunt Gao, and she seemed quite happy. They look like good quality. I can go check them out later."

As Huo Yuhao pondered what little surprise he could prepare for his mother that evening, he walked toward his own yard. But as soon as he reached the gate, he sensed something was wrong, because an old man dressed in white was standing there.

"Let's go buy some donkey-hide gelatin cake first, they might close down later."

As Huo Yuhao muttered to himself, he turned and started walking back. But after taking only a couple of steps, he found that the old man in white who had been standing at his door had teleported right in front of him.

"Excuse me, sir, could you please move aside? I have something to attend to."

Huo Yuhao didn't respond. He walked around the old man and tried to slip away. Who knew what the old man was up to? Maybe he had been upset at the Sea God Pavilion and wanted to take it out on him.

But as soon as Huo Yuhao got around the old man and was about to slip away, the other man grabbed him by the collar.

Huo Yuhao was only a little over 1.6 meters tall at the moment. Even though the white-robed old man's height wasn't particularly exaggerated, he still managed to pull Huo Yuhao back as if he were a chick.

"Young man, I went to great lengths to find you. I heard you were free on Thursday, so I came to your doorstep to wait for you. Won't you invite this old man in for a chat?"

The old man in white's sinister voice rang in Huo Yuhao's ears: "You little rascal, you're quite busy, busier than me, the dean of the Martial Soul Department? You study Soul Guidance during the day, barbecue in the evening, and even find time to borrow books from the school at night, huh?"

Dean?

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao perked up and immediately revealed an innocent smile: "Hehe, hehe, how could that be? I just didn't recognize you, Grandpa Dean. Please come in."

Watching Huo Yuhao slip away from him like a rabbit, the white-robed old man opened the courtyard gate, stroked his chin, and strongly suspected that the reason Huo Yuhao was cooperating with him so much and had become so sweet-talking was mainly because he was worried that he would not allow the other party to enroll.

Hmph, do you think I'm the kind of guy who bullies others by relying on my power?

The old man in white snorted coldly and followed Huo Yuhao into the courtyard.

Entering the reception room, the old man plopped down in the main seat. Huo Yuhao was not annoyed. He obediently opened the cabinet, took out a portion of tea powder, put it into the teapot, blocked the spout with a sieve, poured hot water, and poured the first batch. Only after the second batch was he respectfully poured two cups of covered tea, offering one cup to the old man.

Hmm, although the little guy runs away when he sees me, he does a good job of maintaining proper etiquette. If you look closely, he's actually quite lovable!

The old man in white nodded. Although there weren't many rules about drinking tea, there were quite a few if you looked into them. For example, the first round of tea should be poured out and the second round should be drunk in order to remove any dust that might have settled on the tea leaves. When serving tea, you should use both hands. Putting aside everything else, Huo Yuhao's etiquette was quite impeccable.

Holding the covered teacup in one hand, the old man in white gently pushed the lid out a centimeter with his right thumb. He took a small sip of tea, seemingly quite satisfied. It was clear that the young man was cooperating, and he had completely taken control of the conversation. *cough cough cough*

The old man in white coughed a few times after being choked, then turned his head sharply with an unfriendly expression to look at the innocent-looking Huo Yuhao, whose tea had not been touched at all.

With a constipated expression, the white-robed old man swallowed all the tea leaves in his mouth and instantly crossed out his high opinion of Huo Yuhao in his mind.

"You've gone through all this trouble just to treat this old man to a few drinks?"

After hearing this, Huo Yuhao looked aggrieved: "Grandpa, this is high-quality broken tea, genuinely good tea. It's just a little broken, but the taste is still the same. My family's circumstances only allow us to drink this much. You can't blame me for this, can you?"

The old man in white thought it made sense. This child only rented one house with one courtyard. If he made barbecue for others, he would not only have to pay the rent for two places, but also have to keep enough money left over to live on. This child is only ten years old. How much money can he earn?

Upon thinking of this, the white-robed elder's anger subsided considerably. He set aside the tall shards that Huo Yuhao had respectfully offered and said solemnly, "Alright, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. The main reason I came to see you in person this time is to witness your martial spirit."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao, who had been somewhat uneasy, suddenly relaxed, while the white-robed elder immediately sensed something was amiss.

Huo Yuhao first picked up his gaiwan teacup, blew on the broken leaves, and then took a few sips before saying unhurriedly, "Oh, I see. Grandpa Dean, I thought it was something else. It's not appropriate for you to come all this way for such a small matter."

Huo Yuhao's tone was quite polite, but the white-robed old man waited for a long time without seeing Huo Yuhao make any other moves. Huo Yuhao had almost finished drinking the entire bowl of covered tea, yet he was still smiling at him.

Thinking back to the dark experience of being brutally slaughtered by Huo Yuhao that night under the guise of Elder Xuan, the white-robed old man suddenly felt his heart skip a beat.

"Um, I don't think I brought any Soul Ascension Pills with me today."

The old man in white, looking constipated, squeezed out those words.

"Hey, what's the big deal?" Huo Yuhao's smile remained unchanged, which made the old man in white feel a little relieved.

I knew at first glance that this kid was good; no wonder Teacher Wang Yan and Master Xuan were willing to let him go to Shrek Academy a year early to study!

The elderly man in white felt a deep sense of comfort.

"I have a pen and paper here, how about you write me an IOU?"

Huo Yuhao's second half of his sentence destroyed the white-robed elder's goodwill towards him once again.

The verb "喋" (dié) describes the action of naturally closing the lips, placing the tip of the tongue against the roots of the front teeth, gently drawing the inside of the mouth towards the throat, then quickly flicking the tip of the tongue down to the roots of the front teeth, while the lips slightly open.

High-quality tea dust/high-quality broken tea: The broken pieces of good tea leaves. Although they taste the same as good tea leaves, they are all broken pieces. This type of tea was common in the past and was also known as "labor protection tea".

(End of this chapter)