"Where's your phone? How did you get to East Sea without it?"

After all, you're not a small child.

But for a middle schooler to successfully sneak from a small village in Sichuan and Shu to East Sea without relying on any tools, that's quite impressive.

You have to check maps, don't you?

"I took it, but when I got to East Sea, I didn't have enough money, so I sold it."

"Sold it?"

Martial Saint looked up, surprised, "What else could I do? Sleep on the street as a homeless person? I wouldn't mind, but my sister couldn't afford the embarrassment."

He's really considering his sister.

"How did Liao Xiangdong find you?"

Martial Saint's expression changed, and Boss Jiang felt like the kid was looking at an idiot.

"Before selling the phone, I called my sister and told her the hotel location where I was staying."

Bold but not foolish.

This kid isn't entirely stupid.

"How long were you in East Sea before calling your sister?"

"Three days. Damn, the buns here cost over ten bucks each, like a slaughterhouse."

Jiang Chen found it amusing, yet intriguing, "Why wait three days to call your sister? Why not let her know as soon as you arrived at East Sea? Then you wouldn't have needed to sell your phone."

"I ran away from home, why should I notify my sister? My parents surely told her already."

"So you thought your sister would actively search for you?"

Martial Saint's expression changed again, no longer purely like looking at an idiot.

"My sister is quite ruthless, sigh~"

He let out a long sigh.

Jiang Chen couldn't help but laugh.

This kid might easily manage his parents but competing with his sister, that's out of the question in this lifetime, maybe in the next.

"If your sister was truly ruthless, she wouldn't answer your calls, let alone send someone to find you. Running away from home is fun? Do you think everyone out there will treat you kindly? You ran this far on your own, you're lucky nothing happened. If something did, even if your sister was capable, she couldn't instantly appear before you."

Though someone was talking at length like this, Martial Saint surprisingly didn't seem annoyed.

"What's your name?"

"You don't need to know my name. Just go back home, school hasn't closed yet, right?"

Martial Saint ignored it, "Your words aren't pleasing, but they're not wrong. I won't do it again next time."

See?

Dealing with kids.

You absolutely can't blindly yield.

You have to let him know adults won't always pamper him.

Jiang Chen felt that in this matter, Lan Peizhi was not wrong, on the contrary, did superbly.

"You guys order, I'll make a call."

Jiang Chen stood up, walked out the store, and took out his phone.

Of course, he was calling Lan Peizhi.

"Martial Saint is with me now."

Once connected, he spoke.

"Brother Liao took him, it's not very convenient, he is just a child after all, if he spends a long time with Brother Liao, chances are he could end up psychologically twisted."

"Does Liao Xiangdong know you're criticizing him like this."

Jiang Chen laughed, "Should I send someone to take him back?"

Lan Peizhi was silent for a moment.

Every family has its own issues.

Even someone like Blood Guanyin faces headaches with family matters.

"If he goes back, no one can take care of him. Let him stay in East Sea for a while."

Indeed.

Presumably, Lan's father and mother felt the same.

"Then shall I bring him to you?"

Jiang Chen immediately asked, clearly forgetting that if Lan Peizhi had time, she wouldn't need him to stay with Liao Xiangdong?

"Are you free lately?"

Jiang Chen didn't reply.

"If you're free, let him stay with you for a few days."

Rare.

Lan Peizhi seldom used this tone.

Such a small favor, by virtually any standard, can't be refused. Jiang Chen briskly said, "No problem, anyway, Liuli is here."

Then, he asked, "You're not in East Sea, right?"

"Hmm."

"Then when you return, I'll hand him over to you."

"Sorry for the trouble."

"It's no trouble at all." Jiang Chen laughed, "Martial Saint and I get along quite well."

Get along?

Not sure if he poorly learned language arts or gave a new interpretation to the phrase.

After hanging up, Jiang Chen put down his phone, but before heading inside, standing at the BBQ shop's entrance, he witnessed a helpless scene.

Only to see Martial Saint switching seats, sitting at another table.

That table had four young women, quite young, in their twenties, with well-featured faces, youthful and charming.

No need to guess.

Certainly, Tanki Liuli was too difficult to approach, so he shifted targets.

How's the saying go?

A man should be frivolous in his youth.

Those four girls were far more outgoing than Tanki Liuli, of course, largely owing to Martial Saint's talkative nature. Four women and one child interacted extremely harmoniously, chatting and laughing, and one dyed-haired girl even offered him some skewered food, which Martial Saint graciously accepted without hesitation.

Well.

Tanki Liuli was still waiting for her dish, yet he was already eating.

Jiang Chen walked into the shop but didn't interrupt Martial Saint's socializing, since the young ladies weren't bothered, why should he intervene?

Back at his seat, he poured a cup of water, "I've called your sister. She's not in East Sea. Martial Saint will have to stay with us for a while, you'll take care of him these days."

That's a statement he's surprisingly comfortable saying.

Getting a Taoist nun to babysit.

But it also seems reasonable.

The Taoist nun is just simple-minded, doesn't imply she can't take care of herself. As we know, on that mountain, she not only took care of herself but also looked after a lazy old immortal.

"Is he your sister's biological brother?"

Tanki Liuli asked.

Jiang Chen had a sip of water, "...Should be biological."

Then he turned to look at Martial Saint, smiling while chatting with the girls, "Don't you think he resembles your sister a bit?"

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