My apprentice is a little weird?

"Um... Jiang... Lord Jiang, I'm sorry I bumped into you just now... Um, I'm leaving first..."

Gulu gulu~

There was a noise and the boy's stomach growled, but he ignored it and just kept jogging with his head down. However, he only took two steps before he bumped into a tree with a bang.

Once again, he fell down.

Jiang Yan shook his head slightly, took out the Wu Dalang brand arsenic-free pancake from the bookcase, walked up to the boy and handed it to him.

"What are you afraid of? Come, eat something to fill your stomach first."

The boy covered his head and looked very painful, but he didn't cry out.

The tip of his nose smelled a hint of food and he turned his head. The dirty little hands raised, but then put them down.

But without waiting for the boy to refuse, Jiang Yan stuffed it directly into the boy's mouth.

The boy took a bite of the sweet and crispy pancake subconsciously.

He couldn't stop biting it once, like a starving ghost who hadn't eaten for decades, and he finished half of it in just a few bites.

But the boy suddenly stopped, touched the half cake in his hand, and asked hesitantly:

"Jiang... Lord Jiang, how much does this cake cost..."

Jiang Yan rubbed his chin, not bothering about how to address him. He just nodded hesitantly for a while, which made the boy feel uneasy.

"Emmm, just tell me your name and how old you are."

"That's it?"

The boy was stunned. Just by telling the name, he could eat a piece of sweet and delicious cake?

"Well, what's wrong? You don't want to? Then give me the money, let me calculate ~ one pancake costs..."

"Me! My name is Bai Shi! I'm fifteen years old!"

When the boy heard that he was asked for money, he blurted out the money anxiously and quickly stuffed the half cake into his arms and hid it.

"Bai Shi~ This name... is really... good! It sounds easy to feed!"

"It's much better than my name Shen Ming!"

"Look at his name and then look at yourself. I gave you the name Li Goudan, which sounded so good, but you didn't want it."

After hearing this, Shen Ming showed a row of small white teeth and rubbed Jiang Yan's arm up and down with a crunching sound.

Jiang Yan felt threatened and could not help but cough twice to change the subject.

"Ahem, Shen Ming sounds pretty nice too, ahem."

"Well, it's like this, Bai Shi, we are passing by here. It's getting dark and we have nowhere to go. We want to stay for one night. Do you think we can stay at your house for one night?"

Bai Shi was a little conflicted, but after feeling the cake in his arms, he seemed to have made up his mind.

He came close to Jiang Yan and whispered:

"Master Jiang, you'd better leave. Our village is not peaceful. Here..."

"Xiaobai, what are you doing?"

A cold voice sounded from behind Jiang Yan. Bai Shi immediately lowered his head and kept silent after hearing it.

Jiang Yan turned around and saw a tall, pale middle-aged man holding an oil-paper umbrella, standing there quietly.

"Sir, where are you going, looking at your outfit? It's getting dark, why don't you stay in Xiaoquan Village for a night? We have a special inn in our village~"

Jiang Yan's gaze paused on him for two seconds. He felt that this man was a little weird, but there was nothing unusual about his demeanor, so he spoke.

"No need, we have already discussed it with this young brother, and we will stay at his house tonight, so don't bother."

The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and looked at Bai Shi.

"Oh, really? Then Xiaobai, you must treat them well~"

Even though Bai Shi couldn't see the middle-aged man, he could still feel a strong gaze staring at him. His body trembled involuntarily and he nodded quickly, but didn't even dare to say a word.

Suddenly, a warm hand fell on my shoulder, the coldness in my body was dispelled, and a warm current surged throughout my body.

"It's okay, this little brother will take care of me, let's go"

Bai Shi couldn't see the road clearly, so he could only grope his way back before, but this time Jiang Yan showed him the way, so he didn't have to bump into any walls.

The middle-aged man watched Jiang Yan enter Xiaoquan Village before he shifted his gaze.

"Another fish has arrived. Haha~ I'll be busy tonight."

The middle-aged man laughed and left with an umbrella.

…………

Bai Shi led Jiang Yan into the village.

Passing the small bridge, Jiang Yan paused as soon as he stepped on the ground.

He could feel that the ground beneath his feet was colder than outside the stream, and contained a hint of yin energy.

"Could it be that this place was really an ancient battlefield?"

Jiang Yan followed Bai Shi silently, observing the surroundings.

After entering the village, you can intuitively feel that this Xiaoquan Village is generally wealthy.

Basically every household has been renovated very luxuriously, with bright red couplets pasted all over the doors and walls, and some houses are even made of red bricks and jade tiles, which is so luxurious.

There is one very strange thing, that is, every household has its doors and windows closed, and some houses are not even occupied.

Jiang Yan saw all of this, but there was no trace of emotion on his face.

But Shen Ming's little hands tightened little by little.

After walking for a while, we arrived at Bai Shi's home. He lived in the farthest corner of the village, some distance away from other houses.

As Jiang Yan had expected, the house was dilapidated with rotten tiles, traces of time could be seen on the walls, the wooden frames of the windows were almost rotten, and the courtyard wall was surrounded by a fence.

Judging from the appearance, the temperature inside and outside the house is probably the same.

"Here...here I am. This is my home...it's just a little shabby."

"Hmm~ Not bad, I look pretty luxurious."

Jiang Yan said something, and then there was a snapping sound!

The fence gate fell straight to the ground!

Bai Shi was somewhat accustomed to it, and walked forward with ease to lift up the fence gate.

"Fortunately, the door can be repaired..."

"elder brother!"

As soon as Jiang Yan finished speaking, a shadow suddenly rushed out of the small shabby house! He threw himself into Bai Shi's arms, knocking him back two steps.

At the same time, the fence wall could not bear the weight and collapsed completely with a bang.

Jiang Yan, no comment.

Shen Ming looked at the two siblings with some curiosity, his eyes focused on the younger sister.

"Brother, where have you been? Didn't I tell you not to go out?"

The younger sister held Bai Shi in her arms, her expression full of worry and concern.

"Sister, I'm fine... I can't always let you take care of me alone, after all, I'm your brother too."

"How is my mother?"

Bai Shi had a gentle expression as he hugged his sister.

Jiang Yan watched this scene silently and shifted his gaze to the house.

According to his perception, there was another person inside, who should be the A-niang they mentioned, but the person inside... seemed to not have much time left.

Because Jiang Yan was absorbed in watching, he didn't notice anything unusual about Shen Ming beside him.

At this moment, Shen Ming was staring at the girl intently, staring at the fleeting subtle expression on her face.

"Brother...Mother...Mother is not getting better yet."

The girl's voice was sad, but her expression didn't seem that sad. She was more concerned about Bai Shi.

Bai Shi couldn't see, but when he heard that A Niang hadn't gotten better, he was also worried, and he comforted the girl softly. Then, as if he remembered something, he turned sideways and introduced Jiang Yan.

"By the way, Lord Jiang, this is my sister, Bai Han. We are a family of three, my sister, mother and I live here."

"The house is simple. Sir Jiang, please don't mind..."