Chapter 109 (1/2)
Consultant of the Mysterious Depart’s ho one the feel of nostalgia Xia Lei felt like he’d walked into an oldies-thes were left by
Xia Lei spotted a family picture on the television cabinet The picture was of a irl between the
Xia Lei was curious and thought, ‘Long Bing doesn’t look over 24 or 25 And herself as the girl in the picture looks about four or five Her parents were alive then, and there weren’t any wars in the past 20 years How did her parents die on the battlefield? Were her parents in the same line of work she is in now? Special forces or spies?’
He wanted to ask but didn’t
“I’ll go prepare the guest rooo cook”
“Huh?” Xia Lei had not expected to be put in the kitchen to cook on his first visit to Long Bing’s ho patted him on the shoulder, “I’ve seen and tested your culinary skills A guest is co later, coincidentally, so you’ll co about the someone ants to meet me?” probed Xia Lei, “Can you tell etables in the refrigerator” Long Bing turned away and headed upstairs before Xia Lei could speak
Xia Lei shrugged gloo to himself, “What does she take me as? A convenient chef? Servant to a queen? Really…”
Xia Lei slaved away in the kitchen Long Bing returned to the living rooh the inforiven Xia Lei She took some pictures, made calls and sent the infor else to do, she started watching television, having totally no intention of going to the kitchen to help Xia Lei with the cooking
It ithout saying that Xia Lei felt like Long Bing was more and more like a proud and isolated queen
An hour later, Xia Lei had cooked up several dishes; Mapo tofu, beef and peppers, broiledsoup These dishes were all done in the Sichuan style instead of the Northern style He’d cooked the television and not helping!
Just as Xia Lei placed the last dish, to
Long Bing got up to open the door and a stalwart old man walked in His appearance made Xia Lei think of Golden Lion Xie Xun from a mythicaleyebrohich gave one the is different froolden-haired like Xie Xun
Xia Lei had already spent a period of ti-Chun’s disciple and had reached a certain level in his learning and practicing of Wing Chun so he was sensitive to certain things which were related to h the door, Xia Lei had felt so martial arts-related - This old -Chun!
Who was he?
Xia Lei could not help trying to guess his identity and started to feel a little nervous
“GIrl, is this the Xia Lei you often speak of?” the oldone look at Xia Lei
He was not polite but coht
Long Bing seemed to respect this old man and she nodded, “Mm, yes He is the Xia Lei I told you about” She then said to Xia Lei, “Come here, I’ll introduce you This is shi+ Bo-Ren, or Elder shi+”
Xia Lei hurriedly took off the apron and walked over, saying politely, “hello, Elder shi+” He went before shi+ Bo-Ren and held both his hands out, waiting to shake hands with hi’ in his eyes This shi+ Bo-Ren see He had to be very careful when interacting with big fish like him
“Not bad” sob-Ren nodded and reached out his right hand to shake with Xia Lei
Xia Lei smiled, “Elder shi+, I ether”
shi+ Bo-Ren did not ht hand
Great power coursed from shi+ Bo-Wen’s hand Xia Lei felt like shi+ Bo-Wen’s hand was not a huht hand also started to exert power to counter shi+ Bo-Ren Veins popped out in the two men’s hands and the clear, distinctive sound of bones crunching could be heard
“Ah! The boy has hidden depths!” So saying, shi+ Bo-Ren suddenly swung his left hand at Xia Lei’s shoulders
Xia Lei’s raised his left hand and used the outer side of his elbow to block shi+ Bo-Ren’s attack The elboas one of the hardest places of the human body shi+ Bo-Ren’s pal sound as it was deflected
A flash of surprise showed in shi+ Bo-Ren’s eyes He suddenly raised his leg, knee aimed at Xia Lei’s underbelly
Xia Leiwith his elbow again Hard elbow and hard knee collided with a loud,and Xia Lei and shi+ Bo-Ren were pushed apart
Long Bing looked at Xia Lei in surprise How had he grown so powerful in the ti Chun’s not bad!” shi+ Bo-Ren chuckled, “Where did you learn your Wing Chun fro-Chun is -Chun?” shi+ Bo-Ren tried to recall the na Chun founder, Yan Yong-Chun I’ve heard of hio but never met him”
“My Master has a school in Hai-Zhu City He keeps a low profile and lives siht at Xia Lei, his gaze see have you practiced Wing Chun?”
Xia Lei was about to say that he had been practicing for over a ed his words, “I’ve practiced for a period of tiht frown appeared on shi+ Bo-Ren’s face He did not see interrupted, “You’ve fought and chatted When are we going to eat? Boss shi+, it is better for you to test Xia Lei’s culinary skills than his Wing Chun His culinary skills are better”
“Oh? I hed heartily, “Let’s eat”
Xia Lei let out a silent breath of relief, thinking ‘Long Bing called him ‘Boss shi+’ earlier This shi+ Bo-Renis already so impressive and this old man is evento?”
He wanted to ask this question but dared not Some people’s identities were state secrets - how could a normal civilian like himself pry into state secrets?
shi+ Bo-Ren enjoyed the dishes, “I haven’t had such authentic Sichuan cuisine in ages This is great”
Long Bing smiled a rare set dishes as good as these even if you went to authentic Sichuan restaurants”