My apprentice is a little weird?

But that person looked like he was fine. He stood up immediately after falling and patted the snow on his chest with a calm expression.

"The moonlight is so beautiful tonight, I couldn't help but fall down."

Xu Wei and the others subconsciously looked up. There was a dark cloud above. Where the hell did the moon come from? ?

But before they could come to their senses, another person fell from above and hit the man, knocking him down again.

"Ouch! Traitor!"

Jiang Yan was lying on the ground with an angry look on his face, while Shen Ming was lying on Jiang Yan's chest, grabbing Jiang Yan's collar with one hand and pulling the gourd with the other hand, with a stubborn expression.

"let go!"

"Master...bad"

"I'm bad? You're the bad one, okay? Bad Shen Ming!"

Jiang Yan said this angrily, holding Shen Ming under his armpit, and walked towards the backyard while lecturing, slowly disappearing from everyone's sight.

…………

"Um...these two people..."

Wu Liang looked at the servant beside him. He was a servant who was later placed in Li's mansion. He didn't have to worry about being exposed at the moment, so he asked.

The servant thought for a moment and said, "It seems like... a distant relative of Li Qiao'er? He came here recently to seek refuge."

"Distant relative, haha, I just want to come and have some soup, it won't cause any trouble, Brother Xu, I'll take my leave first."

Wu Liang bowed and left.

Xu Wei did not leave, but stood there for a while. He felt that he seemed to have heard these two people somewhere, but he just couldn't remember where.

"Relatives? As far as I know, the Li family doesn't seem to have such relatives..."

After staring at the back for a while, Xu Wei did nothing. Finally, he turned around, looked at Li Qiaoer's coffin with a mocking look, and left with his subordinates.

Only the Li family members were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

Shopkeeper Lu almost couldn't hold himself together the moment he saw Jiang Yan, but fortunately he had professional ethics and nothing went wrong.

Afterwards, Shopkeeper Lu dismissed most of the people present on the pretext of keeping vigil, leaving him alone.

The snow is falling heavier.

…………

“Don’t let go”

Jiang Yan looked at Shen Ming helplessly. At this moment, she was still lying on his chest, hugging him tightly like a koala.

They returned to the room they had stayed in yesterday. It had been tidied up and looked much better than before, and there was also an extra bed.

A small bed

As if afraid of separation, Shen Ming closed his eyes tightly, and grabbed Jiang Yan's clothes with his fingers, refusing to let go.

"Alright, alright, let's not separate."

Jiang Yan said this comfortingly, reaching out and patting her little head.

Only then did Shen Ming open his eyes and looked at him pitifully.

"Humph, now you're scared, then why were you so brave just now?"

As Jiang Yan spoke, he put Shen Ming on the bed. Shen Ming was very well behaved at this time. He didn't make any noise or fuss, but just looked at the gourd in Jiang Yan's arms.

But a finger touched her forehead and pushed her back.

"You little greedy cat, you're still thinking about this"

Jiang Yan threw the gourd casually, and it was hung directly on the bed frame, so high that Shen Ming couldn't reach it even if he stood on tiptoe.

Clapping his hands, Jiang Yan, with an expression that would scare a child, stuffed a pile of books into Shen Ming's arms.

"Learn, study as hard as you can! Starting today! Study for seven hours every day! I will stay here to supervise and teach you. If you can't learn, no one of us will be allowed to leave!"

Jiang Yan's devil-like figure was particularly terrifying under the candlelight.

Shen Ming huddled in the corner, shivering... uh, a little happy?

What the hell? Someone actually likes studying? Is this kid crazy?

The corners of Jiang Yan's mouth twitched slightly, and he stopped posing to scare her.

Start taking the book and starting from the beginning little by little.

Jiang Yan spoke very seriously and carefully, his voice was low and magnetic, and he even used the soul learning method to instill some memories into her, which showed that he was very attentive.

At first, Shen Ming was full of doubt and confusion, but gradually, she could understand Jiang Yan's words, and was attracted by them, and began to listen attentively to his every word.

Time passed quietly as they studied, and the candle flames jumped, illuminating their faces.

Shen Ming looked up and saw Jiang Yan teaching seriously in the candlelight, and couldn't help but be a little absent-minded.

But every time this happened, her little head would get hit.

"Listen carefully in class and don't daydream"

"You are truly the worst class of students I have ever taught. How are you going to face your future senior brothers and sisters like this?"

"Hey, you are really unteachable~"

Day two.

Xiao Cui and Xiao He, two maids, brought breakfast to Jiang Yan's door, but Jiang Yan came out before they knocked.

The two of them were immediately frightened.

But Jiang Yan looked listless, with dark bags under his eyes and disheveled hair.

After coming out, he said to the two maids:

"No need to deliver food today, I'll deliver it tomorrow"

"Ah, this...but Miss..."

Xiao He said this, but was stopped by Xiao Cui.

"Yes, sir, I won't bother you anymore."

"Um"

Jiang Yan closed the door immediately after he finished speaking. Then, some scolding and some contradictory voices were heard from inside the house.

"I've taught you so many times, why don't you get it, you useless piece of shit!"

"Master... it's Elmwood."

"You still talk back, you traitor! And! Call me Master!"

"Master... Master..."

"Wow! I'm so mad! You! You are not allowed to sleep! Memorize this entire book!"

…………

"Um... Your Excellency, this is..."

"Shh~ Stop asking questions, we just need to listen to the lady."

Cui and He whispered to each other and then quietly retreated.

…………

At this time, many people gathered in a remote courtyard of the Li Mansion.

There were men, women, young and old, all wearing mixed clothes. There were merchants, farmers, hunters, clerks, carpenters, etc., and Shopkeeper Lu was among them.

These people were waiting here quietly, without any noise or disturbance.

After a while, a young girl walked out of the house.

Everyone's faces turned serious, they stood up, bowed and said:

"Greetings, miss!"

This girl was none other than Li Qiaoer who was supposed to be dead!

She had a calm expression, waved her hand slightly and said:

"No need to be so polite, everyone. Qiao'er is already very grateful to you for not abandoning the Li family when they were in trouble."

"I have called you all here today to discuss something."

As soon as Li Qiaoer finished speaking, someone spoke up:

"Miss, how should we fight back? Should we fight head-on or attack the two industries secretly?"

"Yes, Miss. Now that you have faked your death and gone into hiding, Shopkeeper Lu is pretending to surrender. What are you planning to do?"

"With our current strength, even if we launch a sneak attack, I'm afraid it will only make the Xu and Wu families alert for a while, but it won't cause any serious damage to them."

"But if we wait until they react, I'm afraid..."

Everyone was talking at once, but not many were willing to actually take action.

A gleam of disdain flashed across Li Qiaoer's eyes, and the corners of her mouth curled up.

“Who said we were going to attack them?”