If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

In fact, there were a few moments when Lin Nian thought that the approaching autumn in Bei'an was so beautiful. It was so beautiful that everyone felt that the people walking on the maple leaves and ginkgo trees should be young people in love. The whispers of the autumn wind were all... It's a melancholy sound, as if the people who want to save the world have to wait a little while facing this autumn scene.

This made him feel a little disillusioned, but after all, he had told Lu Mingfei the same thing last night, so he had no intention of standing up and scolding this cute and beautiful woman without any brains. Besides, he had a hunch that told Lin Nian, It is impossible for the woman in front of him to be as pure and lovely as she appears on the surface. It is unwise to define a person in less than three sentences when they meet for the first time, and it is easy to suffer losses - the last person who taught him this truth The woman's name is Mandy Gonzalez.

"I think we should stop joking like this, okay?" Lin Nian decided to keep the relationship clear. Beautiful misunderstandings are indeed embarrassing, but sometimes misunderstandings too deep can also be troublesome, especially if you don't take the initiative. To resolve the misunderstanding, it will give people the illusion that you are acquiescing.

Lin Nian did not enjoy being considered to be boyfriend and girlfriend, or even having a private sexual relationship with Li Hueyue. He admitted that this misunderstanding process would inevitably give people an illusion of pride, because Li Hueyue was enough Excellence can make any man who stands with her feel positive feedback when he is recognized, and he is no exception, because he himself very much recognizes Li Huanyue, a strong and independent woman, but it is because of recognition that he Respect her by restraining your innermost feelings and rejecting those specious illusions.

The acquiescence under the tree before was just a small trick to obtain information, but now in this situation, the orthodox clan leader and his biological mother are face to face. It is better to make it clear. Otherwise, how many benefits and positive feedback will you bear? You will definitely have to pay a price for it, Lin Nian knows this very well.

"A joke? How could it be a joke?" Hueyue's mother tilted her head slightly. She unexpectedly felt a little coldness in Lin Nian's calm tone.

"Your daughter and I just have a normal cooperative relationship, nothing more. This meeting with the head of the Sima family is just for business, and your daughter cannot be avoided." Lin Nian made it clear, "If I If there is any misunderstanding between you and Li Hueyue, please explain it to me and I will give you a reasonable explanation to dispel your misunderstanding."

Sima Xuxu was startled, and he couldn't help but sit upright on the stone table as if he was about to die. He looked at the calm Lin Nian under the table and couldn't help but give a thumbs up - you must know that he was mistaken for Li by Aunt Xian Man. When he met Hueyue's little boyfriend, he was so happy that his nose almost burst with snot. It was Li Hueyue's cold denial that made him recognize the reality and quickly resolve the misunderstanding.

Originally he thought Lin Nian was an Alpha, but he turned out to be a Sigma. American writer and sociologist Helen Smith believes that men with this personality are introverted, independent, and have their own ideas and beliefs, but they are not like Alpha men. Being strong and aggressive may also lead to loneliness and difficulty integrating into society (this theory was actually proposed by Helen Smith in 2017, but in this world line, social studies have advanced by leaps and bounds due to the interference of the mixed-race world) .

Sima Xuxu felt that he knew more about Lin Nian, and wanted to borrow the historian's notes for some notes.

Hueyue's mother tilted her head slightly and looked at the young man sitting at the stone table. Among the boys who had appeared around Li Huoyue, this was the first time she had seen someone who didn't want to have anything to do with Li Huoyue. In Lin Nian's words and tone, in addition to respect and politeness, he also read a deeper emotion that perhaps even Lin Nian himself was not aware of - trouble.

"You said that Little Moon often mentions me. You must know that Little Moon never mentions my affairs to anyone. This also bothers me a little. If she often mentions me to you, it means that she may really I like you." Hueyue's mother said with a smile.

"It's just a polite word. Li Huoyue never mentioned you to me. If it weren't for today's meeting, I might not even know about your existence." Lin Nian calmly admitted that he was just being polite.

"Is that so?" Huoyue's mother was a little stunned, while Sima Xuxu on the side covered her face and felt a little embarrassed.

"Compared to me." Lin Nian looked at Hueyue's mother's blank face and said softly, "Can I know why you appear here?"

"Me?" Hueyue's mother was a little at a loss, because although Lin Nian's tone was normal, the content of his words seemed a bit aggressive.

"With all due respect, my meeting with the Sima family patriarch was scheduled for this afternoon. I originally thought we were going to talk about some serious business that is not convenient for outsiders to talk about. Or was it that you yourself are in a high position in the orthodoxy and are also very important in this meeting? A member of "?" Lin Nian said it bluntly.

Li Huoyue did not express any dissatisfaction with Lin Nian's slightly offensive words to his mother, which also supported Lin Nian's thoughts. Huoyue's mother was indeed not an important member of the orthodox system, and it was completely unreasonable for the other party to appear in Longfeng Garden.

"I asked Xian Man to come." The old man of the Sima family spoke in a slow and low voice, "She has a certain right to know about today's meeting. This young friend of the secret party does not need to care about her."

Lin Nian stared at the clan leader of the Sima family for a few seconds, and then looked at Li Huoyue. He found that Li Huoyue only lowered her eyes slightly without any expression. It seemed that she would not give any positive or negative meaning on this topic. It seemed that she only had I was wondering whether it was reasonable for Li Hueyue's mother to appear on this stone table.

Oh no, there is another person who cares, and that is Sima Xuxu, but this boy was completely shocked by his old man. He sat there like a stone pile. Even if he had any opinions, he probably would not dare to come forward. It seems that he is very The admonitions within the family are still very strict.

"Actually, I have my own purpose for coming to Longfeng Garden this time." Yan Man said suddenly. He looked at Lin Nian and said seriously, "I heard that Little Moon received a lot of help from a secret party friend in Bei'an. They even lived together for a while until her family took her back to recuperate." Hueyue's mother said, "It was all thanks to that secret party friend that Little Moon was able to go home safely that time, and even her lost arm was saved later. After seeing Huoyue’s situation, the patriarch of the family said that without that friend, Huoyue might not be able to come back this time.”

Sima Xuxu suddenly raised his head and looked at Lin Nian, and then at Li Hueyue's left hand hanging by his side. He did know that in order to intercept the King of Bronze and Fire, Norton, during the last bronze project, Li Hueyue was lost in Kuimen. He lost his left hand, and later the other party recovered the arm. Wasn't it because the family used some special secret green witchcraft? How could it be related to Lin Nian, an ‘S’-level member of the secret party? And what happens if you can't come back? Where did you encounter something terrible after being as strong as 'Moon'? Lin Nian was also present at that time?

Lin Nian was silent for a moment, and then said, "That's what happened."

"I only thank you on behalf of myself and Hueyue. Although I can't repay you, please accept my gratitude." Hueyue's mother stood up very formally and then bowed slightly to Lin Nian, and Lin Nian also responded when the other party stood up. He stood up and nodded slightly to express acceptance.

It seems that the previous ridicule was just some means for this woman to determine Lin Nian's identity. This also proves that the information about Lin Nian and Li Huoyue's encounter and interaction in the coastal city was tightly blocked, and even Li Hueyue Mothers can only roughly judge the real situation through some rumors.

"It's just a piece of cake." Lin Nian said.

"Lin Nian, right? Do you know how many so-called researchers of green witchcraft, including a large number of masters, have been made to feel despair by your so-called 'little effort'?" The old man spoke, and the light and muddy words came out of his mouth. His voice was the only one on the stone table, and there was much less wind noise in the courtyard.

"Where do we start talking about despair? There is an unfounded feeling of wanting to incriminate someone." Lin Nian frowned slightly.

"A skill that is too advanced or a mountain that is too majestic will make people shy away from it. When a person spends his whole life or generations of efforts to climb a peak, only when he reaches the top does he accidentally discover that the hill under his feet is nothing more than the accumulated hard work. The soil slope is like the Five Mountains, the sense of frustration and powerlessness will naturally give rise to despair." The old man of the Sima family said indifferently, "The self-knowledge of the incompetent and the sobriety of the waste can not be said to be a bad thing, nor can it be said to be a good thing. Fortunately, It can make them aware of their own shortcomings instead of relying on their talents every day. The bad thing is that this impact may be too violent for them, causing some people to become distracted and embark on the path of self-understanding, causing some dissatisfaction within Orthodoxy. A small nuisance."

"Is this considered expressing anger?" Lin Nian looked directly into the darkness in the old man's eye sockets and asked calmly.

"Excuse your anger? No, this is a sign of appreciation." The old man of the Sima family chuckled. His laughter sounded like a dusty blower pumping air intermittently, and his tone was flat and dull. The ultimate, the true heavenly magic, the ultimate skill that turns decay into magic. For those alchemists who are obsessed with magic, this is probably a blessing enough to "hear the Tao in the morning and die in the evening", right? And as the ultimate person, you, How can you be reprimanded for a fool's ugly appearance in front of you? There is no such reason."

"That's ridiculous." Lin Nian said, "Orthodox seems to be very concerned about the technology I have?"

"Care? Young man, you really know how to speak appropriately." The old man of the Sima family sighed slightly and lowered his eyes to look at Lin Nian. "Anyone with eyes can clearly see that Zhengtong can't wait to kill your terrifying The knowledge, the forbidden memories, all the secrets hidden in your brain will be thoroughly excavated, gnawed, and sucked until they are completely your own."

Sima Xuxu felt a chill running down his back. He knew that his ancestors did not mean these words in any exaggerated or horrifying sense. He even felt that after saying these words, the Green Witch Formation that launched some kind of killing spree in the courtyard would be the same. It was reasonable, but nothing had happened until now. Lin Nian was still sitting there, and the ancestor lowered his thick and swollen eyelids to look at the young man in front of him, while maple leaves and ginkgo trees rolled by his feet.