Chapter 3

Jinzhu, one of Yu Ziyuan's own maid escorted Wei Wuxian back to his quarters assigned to him, herself. When they arrived, it was courtyard fully assigned to him, entirely. Although Wei Wuxian didn't need it now, but in long term this is indeed better, therefore he didn't bother to argue. Just when Jinzhu was about leave after arranging his necessities, Wei Wuxian called her,"Miss,may I have a word with you?"

Jinzhu felt curious, as to what a kid, who was just six year old could possibly need apart from the things provided ? She suppressed her thoughts and told him,"Go on."

Wei Wuxian continued,"Are there any suitable books or maps to help me familiarize with the structure of the sect and the current affairs?" In simple words, a general knowledge providing source.

Jinzhu nodded and told him,"I'll arrange it, wait until evening." And left his courtyard swiftly.

Liu Shi, released the breath he was holding, unknowingly. And just went on with his planning for future, it was necessary too, knowing how much less time he has compared to the impending war and chaos,and the peaceful times being the standstill of the moments before the oncoming storms.

The planning did drain a lot of energy from him, and fortunately the kitchen sent him food without exception. It would have been a headache to have more complications just because of some shitty rumors. Speaking of rumors, he needed to suppress them as well, else who knows when would the house mistress end going crazy,, and he would just end up being caught up in the mess. And in the blink of an eye, the sky started to get darker and it was the time for dinner. Liu Shi was still absorbed in his own thoughts, drafting a few business ideas, he knew from his own timeline and world which could be useful in such an ancient setting of time and society.

Wei Wuxian failed to notice the uninvited visitor, who had tried to make his presence known yet, felt that the in charge of the place had ignored him. Jiang Cheng, poked his head beside Wei Wuxian and stared at the messy drawings which could only be understood by the artist.

Jiang Cheng, suppressed the series of laughter making a knot in his stomach and said,"Hey you new kid, what the hell is this monster?! So ugly…"

Liu Shi felt that his heart jumped out in his mouth, he suppressed his shock and asked, "What're you doing here ?"

Jiang Cheng, snorted and replied,"Tch, Father called you to have dinner. I don't know why would he even remember you... What're you even ?"

Wei Wuxian raised his brows and said,"The son of your father's friend who has died when hunting ghouls. And, just send the dinner here, I still have some work to do."

Jiang Cheng snorted, despite being happy and feeling victorious," Who cares. Mother insisted that you should come else, you think this young master will waste his time on you."

Wei Wuxian nodded, but didn't get up, therefore,Jiang Wanyin , had to pull him together with himself to the dinner hall, while Liu Shi let him drag while justifying his actions thinking,'who wants to get up while working because of a kid ?'

Despite thinking so, he evaded all the threshold, Jiang Wanyin wanted him to crash into.Jiang Cheng felt irritated at this and wanted to kick him this time, but was stopped by his sister. He then only noticed that the three family members of his and the servants were staring at the two young boys. They looked as if they had just wrestled all the way here, and feeling everyone's gazes Jiang Cheng was embarrassed and hung his head low as if he had committed a crime. While the victim just stood up and started dusting his clothes. When Liu Shi was done, he stated at Jiang Wanyin for a while, and then started to pat his head and dusting his face and clothes as well.

This time, despite feeling embarrassed,Jiang Cheng slapped Wei Wuxian's hand away, and yelled,"The hell you think you're doing?! Stay away from me...!"

Wei Wuxian raised his brows, paused and let him go,"Okay."

Hearing such a brief yet clear response made Jiang Cheng snort again and start a staring contest with him, to which Wei Wuxian pretended not to notice at all as he greeted the waiting members.

This time, Yu Ziyuan raised her voice, while coming towards the duo,"A-Cheng, What do you think you're doing?"

The reprimand of his mistake, was clearly indicated in her tone of expression.

Liu Shi already familiar with the competitive nature of the two, mother and son, kept quiet and walked away. It's none of his buisness how a parent rectifies the mistake of their child.

The rest of the dinner was pretty much silent, with Jiang Fengmian breaking the silence once in a while to ease the atmosphere, but to no vail. And, Jiang Wanyin, throwing daggers at Wei Wuxian, the whole entire time, blaming him for the fact that he got scolded by his mother. Typical kids, is all Liu Shi regarded his behaviour as. He was given what he requested and he asked for the map of entire Yunmeng Jiang area as well. Though it did left the elders surprised as well as curious, they didn't refuse him at least, was all he was grateful for.

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