"Where is Nolan? Why hasn't that girl come down yet?" Kang Hongwen looked outside. It was time for dinner, but his daughter still hadn't come downstairs.
"Don't wait for her, let's eat first. Yunting, this roasted squab was prepared by our chef at home. Try it and tell me how it tastes." Zhou Caihong spun the lazy Susan and moved the roasted squab in front of Wan Yunting.
"Alright." Wan Yunting didn't stand on ceremony. He picked up a piece of squab leg and ate it. The skin was crispy and fragrant, and the meat juice flowed out, making his eyes light up. He praised with a smile, "It's delicious! The skin is fragrant and the meat is tender. It's really well roasted."
"Haha, come, Xiao Wan, and also Xiao Lin and Old Hou. Let's have a drink first." Kang Hongwen raised his wine glass to Wan Yunting, Lin Gaofeng, and Hou Chang, who was sitting on the other side. Everyone raised their glasses and clinked them together.
"Young lady, it's time to eat." The nanny saw Kang Nolan entering and called out to her.
Kang Nolan, with a calm expression, washed her hands and changed into a long house dress before coming down. Kang Hongwen beckoned her to sit down quickly for dinner.
Seeing her, Wan Yunting remembered, "Oh, right, Uncle Kang, I want to discuss something with you."
"Hm, what is it?" Kang Hongwen put down his chopsticks and looked at him curiously.
"It's like this." Wan Yunting pointed to Kang Nolan, who was sitting opposite him, and smiled, "I'm going to the Wuliang Daoist Temple on Kunlun Mountain in a couple of days. I want to take Nolan with me to see it, so I wanted to ask if you would allow her to go?"
"Go to the Wuliang Daoist Temple on Kunlun Mountain?" Kang Hongwen and Zhou Caihong looked confused, not knowing what kind of place it was.
"It's a Wuliang Daoist Temple at the foot of Kunlun Mountain. I haven't been there before, and I don't know the exact location, but someone will take us there," Wan Yunting said.
Kang Hongwen nodded. He knew his daughter was learning martial arts from Wan Yunting. He smiled and said, "Then go. Think of it as a trip. Just be careful."
"Don't worry, we're just going to attend the Ancestor Worship Ceremony at the Wuliang Daoist Temple. We'll treat it as a trip to broaden our horizons. There's no danger," Wan Yunting smiled.
However, he didn't know that this trip to the Wuliang Daoist Temple would nearly cost him his life on Kunlun Mountain!
After that, Wan Yunting continued to have dinner with Kang Hongwen's family. He wanted to drink a few more glasses, but he was injured, so Kang Hongwen told him not to drink too much.
After dinner, he and Wan'er chatted with the Kang Hongwen family until nine o'clock. Then, Wan Yunting took Wan'er home and immediately took her to bathe and coaxed her to sleep. It was past eleven o'clock before he took a bath and went to his own room to sleep...
At six o'clock in the morning, Wan Yunting woke up and appeared on the lawn in the courtyard to meditate and practice. The nanny, who woke up early, was stunned. She didn't know what he was doing sitting motionlessly on the lawn.
At seven-thirty, Wan Yunting finished his meditation and exhaled. He stood up and pulled his left arm. Although the wound on his left rib was still bandaged, it had already recovered about eighty percent. Stretching didn't hurt as much anymore.
Nanny Aunt Huang had prepared breakfast in the kitchen. Seeing him enter the living room, she asked, "Mr. Wan, breakfast is ready. Would you like to eat?"
"Oh, I'll go upstairs and take a bath first, then come down to eat," Wan Yunting said with a smile to Aunt Huang. He went upstairs to take a bath. However, it was only eight o'clock when he came out. Wan'er hadn't woken up yet, and his second brother and sister-in-law also hadn't woken up.
So, Wan Yunting went downstairs to the dining room alone. Aunt Huang saw him and said, "Mr. Wan, are you eating breakfast?"
"Yes, what's for breakfast today?" Wan Yunting walked to the kitchen door and looked at Aunt Huang, who was busy serving him porridge. She turned her head and smiled, "Madam instructed last night to make some nutritious corn porridge, along with fried dough sticks, char siu bao, and lotus leaf sticky rice chicken."
"Okay, give me a bowl of porridge and a sticky rice chicken." Wan Yunting said as he returned to the dining table, pulled out a chair, and sat down. Aunt Huang brought him a bowl of corn porridge and a sticky rice chicken. Wan Yunting thanked her and started eating. He found the porridge tasted good and turned to Aunt Huang in the kitchen, complimenting her, "Aunt Huang, this porridge is delicious. You are a great cook!"
"You flatter me, Mr. Wan," Aunt Huang said, very happy to be praised.
Wan Yunting continued to eat the sticky rice chicken and smiled, "If I could find an aunt as good a cook as you to cook for me every day, that would be great."
These words made Aunt Huang turn to look at him and ask, "Mr. Wan, are you looking for a nanny too?"
"Yes." Wan Yunting smiled and said, "If I had someone to cook for me at home, I wouldn't be staying at my second brother's place."
Aunt Huang seemed to remember something and said, "Mr. Wan, I know a colleague who is just as good a cook as I am. Why don't I introduce her to you later? You can see if she's suitable."
"Great." Wan Yunting turned back and smiled at her, "As long as she's as good a cook as you, I'll take two more. But she has to be as good as you are."
This last sentence was a compliment that made Aunt Huang very happy. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Wan. The colleague I'm introducing is a very good person. She's from the countryside, diligent, and efficient. You'll definitely like her."
"Yes, that's good. Have her come over here later. If there are no problems, I'll hire her to work at my place," Wan Yunting said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll call her later and have her come over for lunch if she's free," Aunt Huang said.
"Have her come in the afternoon. I have something to do at noon and need to go out," Wan Yunting said.
"Okay." Aunt Huang nodded, then couldn't help but say hello and went out to make a call.
After Wan Yunting finished breakfast, his second brother and sister-in-law woke up. They called Wan'er upstairs to wake her up. By the time they were all ready, it was past nine o'clock, and they came downstairs for breakfast. Wang Chulin was pregnant, which was why Aunt Huang was hired to take care of her, allowing her to sleep for two more hours.
Wan Yunting went back to his room upstairs, organized his laptop paper, then drove directly to the Huadu City University of Traditional Chinese Medicine to find Gu Yuanbai and show him the paper.
He nodded with great satisfaction and smiled, "Xiao Wan, your paper is very well written. And this essay on your experience. I'll have someone organize it and publish it on our Traditional Chinese Medicine forum first. If the response is good, we'll publish it on other medical forum platforms later, so more people can know about it."
"Okay, please handle this, Old Gu," Wan Yunting smiled and nodded.
Just then, there was a knock on the office door. A teacher entered and said, "Principal Gu, is Deputy Principal Deng not at school today?"
Gu Yuanbai looked up and nodded at him, "He's not here today due to something. What do you need him for?"
"Oh, it's about the renovation of the school's pharmacy classroom. I wanted to discuss it with him," the middle-aged teacher said.
"It's about that," Gu Yuanbai nodded and said, "No rush. Let's discuss it after he returns."
"Alright, I'll be going out now," the middle-aged teacher nodded and turned to leave.
Mentioning Deng Hongsheng, Wan Yunting seemed to remember something and asked, "How is Deputy Principal Deng's wife now?"
"Alas." Gu Yuanbai shook his head slightly and said, "His wife's mental illness is getting worse and worse. So, he runs back and forth every few days. Coupled with the numerous affairs at school, he's almost overwhelmed."
Wan Yunting listened and nodded. Regarding Deng Hongsheng's wife's mental illness, he hadn't intervened last time because he couldn't reveal his identity as a disciple.
"Xiao Wan, why don't you help him? How about it?" Gu Yuanbai suddenly looked up at him and said, "Don't worry, Deng Hongsheng is trustworthy. Even if he recognizes your Thirteen Needles of Ghost Gate, he won't say anything!"
Wan Yunting smiled and said, "Old Gu, I've actually wanted to help him secretly for a long time. But I was too busy earlier and forgot about it. Besides, we have already declared war on the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, so it doesn't matter if others know who my master is."
"Good, let's not delay. I'll take you to the mental hospital now to find Deng Hongsheng directly," Gu Yuanbai said, getting up immediately.
"Yes." Wan Yunting also nodded and got up. As they left his office, they ran into Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao, two fellow disciples dressed in Hanfu. "I knew Brother Yunting was with Master." Gu Luotang's pretty face couldn't help but show a gentle smile when she saw him.
"Why are you two girls here?" Gu Yuanbai looked at them. Qi Miaomiao giggled and said, "Master, we heard Brother Yunting was at school, so we came to see!"
Gu Yuanbai glanced at Gu Luotang, then at Wan Yunting beside him. How could he not know his granddaughter's little thoughts? "Alright, Xiao Wan and I have something to do and are going out. You two shouldn't follow."
"Where are you going? Take us with you," Qi Miaomiao immediately hooked Gu Yuanbai's arm and acted cute.
"It's important business, and it's not convenient for you to go," Gu Yuanbai said seriously.
But this made the two girls curious. Wan Yunting saw Gu Luotang looking at him with anticipation and smiled, "Old Gu, it's fine. Let them come along. They'll know sooner or later anyway." Gu Yuanbai looked at him, and Wan Yunting nodded with a smile.
"Fine, then let's go together." Seeing this, Gu Yuanbai sighed and said nothing more.
"Hooray! Hurry up, Senior Sister! Brother Yunting, Master, where are you going...?" Gu Luotang followed Wan Yunting, and Qi Miaomiao followed Gu Yuanbai. They left Huadu University and drove towards Huadu Mental Hospital...