Although he was surprised, Lu Yao still took Han Dong and sat on the sofa opposite Lin Yuandao.
"Mr. Yang called me yesterday. Unfortunately, Jiayi and I went out to run some errands. I'm really sorry that you have to come again today." After sitting down, Lin Yuandao asked Aunt Qiu to give them two cups of tea and said politely.
"It's ok. We are not only classmates! Lin Jiayi and I are also desk mates. Some time ago, she even helped me several times." Lu Yao said politely.
"Secretary Lin, what's wrong with Lin Jiayi? Is it serious?" Since Han Dong entered the door, he saw that Secretary Lin's facial expression was bad. Thus, he didn't say a word. At this time, seeing Secretary Lin greeted them warmly, Han Dong also let go a lot and asked with a smile.
"Han Dong, you don't have to be so polite. Just like Lu Yao, call me Uncle Lin." Hearing Han Dong asked about Lin Jiayi's illness, Lin Yuandao said, "In fact, it is not a serious illness. When I got home yesterday, Jiayi felt sick and bored, so she asked for two days off. I didn't expect to trouble you two to take a trip here. You can go back and thank Mr. Yang for me. After two days, when Jiayi is well, she will go back to school!"
"It's very kind of you, Uncle Lin!"
"It's very kind of you, Uncle Lin!"
The two said.
Lin Yuandao looked up at the time. It was almost noon. He smiled and said, "It's almost noon now. I'll ask Aunt Qiu to cook something delicious dishes. You two can have lunch here."
"No, Uncle Lin, I think you're also very busy, so we don't need to have lunch here!" Lu Yao said politely, "Uncle Lin, can we meet Lin Jiayi?"
"Well..." Lin Yuandao hesitated for a moment.
"What's wrong? Is Lin Jiayi not at home?" Han Dong asked.
"Jiayi is at home. But she usually doesn't talk a lot, and no classmate has ever come to the house. I'm not sure whether she will see you." Lin Yuandao said helplessly.
After listening to Lin Yuandao's words, Han Dong expressed his understanding. After all, Lin Jiayi seldom interacted with people at school, not to mention two boys coming to her house.
But Lu Yao felt something was wrong, so he asked politely, "Uncle Lin, we just want to meet her and go back to Mr. Yang to report on the fulfillment of our duty. We don't mean anything else. So..."
In fact, only Lin Yuandao himself knew that Lin Jiayi's illness was rather strange this time. Yesterday, he specially asked for a day off and took his daughter to the major hospitals in neighboring provinces for an examination. Yet no one could give a reasonable explanation.
It was just that Lin Yuandao, as the secretary of the municipal Party committee of Shuangta City, still had a huge amount of work and documents to deal with every day. So he had no choice but to return to Shuangta City last night.
Lin Yuandao was a good secretary of the municipal Party committee who cared for the people and attached great importance to his work. Even when his daughter was ill, he was still busy with his work in Shuangta City.
The three people Lu Yao saw when he came in just now, in addition to Lin Yuandao's secretary, one of them was the director of the Tourism Administration of Shuangta City, and the other was the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Shuangta City.
They all came to seek advice from the Secretary about the tourism of Jingxin Lake, which was halted by Lin Yuandao. Lin Yuandao's facial expression didn't look good just now. He not only did want to test whether the "counterfeit" teenager mentioned by Zhu Tianyang was the same as what he said but also because the two senior leaders of the municipal government wanted him to give permission to the development projects of several tourism companies.
Lin Yuandao picked up the tea on the table, took two gulps, and said as if he had made up his mind, "All right. Wait for me here for a while, and I'll be right back!"
Then Lin Yuandao got up and walked to the second floor of the villa.
At this time, only Lu Yao and Han Dong were left in the living room. Han Dong was very puzzled by Lu Yao's approach, so he said, "Lu Yao, why do you have to see Lin Jiayi? Didn't Uncle Lin say there was nothing wrong?"
"No, it's just that Mr. Yang asked us to come to see Lin Jiayi on behalf of the whole class. But as a result, we neither see her nor we know what was wrong with her. How can we report on the fulfillment of our duty to the class teacher when we get back?" Lu Yao did not tell Han Dong the doubts in his heart but simply said this.
"That's right!" Han Dong thought for a moment and then said.
While the two were talking, Lin Yuandao came down from the second floor.
"Lu Yao, I'm sorry, Jiayi has fallen asleep. So..." Lin Yuandao said with embarrassment.
"It seems that it's not a good time for us to come here. Now that she has fallen asleep, we will just leave today. I hope she will recover as soon as possible. After all, the college entrance examination is coming soon!" Since Lin Yuandao said so, although Lu Yao had doubts, he could not say anything else.
"Yes! I hope she will get well soon. Uncle Lin, we'll go first. You can mind your own business now!" Han Dong agreed.
Lin Yuandao was really busy these days. Seeing that they determined to leave, he got up and said, "Well, come often when you have time. I'll let Aunt Qiu cook delicious food for you. Aunt Qiu's craftsmanship is very good!"
When they were about to go out, Lu Yao handed over the math examination paper of this morning's exam to Lin Yuandao.
It was still Aunt Qiu who sent the two to the gate of the villa. Lu Yao and Han Dong politely said goodbye to Aunt Qiu and left.
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When they returned to school in the afternoon, Lu Yao gave Yang Linchi a general account of today's situation and then went back to the classroom with Mr. Yang's permission.
Some time ago, Lin Jiayi indeed helped Lu Yao a lot, especially with the exam. So Lu Yao had always been grateful. Now Lin Jiayi was sick, and Lu Yao inferred that she should be very ill. Thus, Lu Yao was also very worried.
He wanted to help Lin Jiayi, but he didn't know how to help her.
Tomorrow was the weekend. Lu Yao promised Wang Ping that he would move to Chaoyang Garden at the weekend, so today Lu Yao went to Tianxin martial arts school again after school and gave Wang Ping a brief account of his move tomorrow.
The two agreed that Wang Ping would drive to help Lu Yao move early tomorrow morning.
When he got home, Lu Yiqian hadn't come back yet. After Lu Yao had cooked the meal, he went to pack up the things he needed to take away when he moved tomorrow.
It was not until more than nine o'clock in the evening that Lu Yiqian dragged his tired body home. Seeing that Lu Yao had almost packed all things, he went to bed early after dinner.
Lu Yao tossed and turned restlessly on the bed and couldn't sleep.
"Do you like her?"
This was the first time that Li Jiang appeared without Lu Yao taking the initiative to call.
"Master, I just feel that something is wrong. I just want to know the truth!" Lu Yao said in an entangled tone.
"Lu Yao, when you reach a certain level of cultivation in the future, there are many things waiting for you to do in the world. You shouldn't delay your cultivation because of this love affair!" Li Jiang said earnestly.
"Master, I don't know what things will be like in the future. I just simply want to help her!" Lu Yao still had this idea.
"People all say that even the ones who are in charge of the world would still lie down on the knees of beauties when they are drunk. Indeed, every individual is very hard to walk away from the beauties, not to mention that you are still an ignorant teenager!" Hearing that Lu Yao insisting on helping Lin Jiayi, Li Jiang sighed.
"Master, you don't seem to want me to help her!" Lu Yao also understood the implication of Li Jiang at this time.
"I originally meant it a little bit, but now I've changed my mind!" Li Jiang said.
"Why?" Lu Yao asked.
"Because I am in your heart, I can understand you and know that this will be a heart knot for you. If you are not allowed to comply with your own heart, you may be obsessed with it in the future. So I am going to help you for once!" Li Jiang said after a long silence.
"Thank you, Master!" Lu Yao felt much better when he heard the words of Li Jiang.
"Don't be happy too early. You have to rely on yourself, Lu Yao. You have to understand that only when you have enough capability can you help more people. This is the so-called truth that when a man gets to the top, all his friends and relations will get there with him. Do you understand?" Li Jiang said.
"Yes, Master! I understand!"
Lu Yao thought: Li Jiang was right. Only when I had a strong capability could I help and repay more people.
Now, according to his academic performance, he should be surely admitted into Xijing University to fulfill his promise to Huang Ruoyun. But it seemed that he still needed to work harder on his cultivation.
Lu Yao knew clearly about the power division of the realm of Body Refining Phase from Li Jiang. The realm of Body Refining Phase was divided into three levels, namely, Ru Men, Ru Wei, and Ru Dao. Now he had just entered the realm of Ru Wei. Because of the strike brought by the second time of the Spiritual Liquids to purify the body, he could no longer practice forcibly for the time being.
After thinking about it for a long time, Lu Yao had a bold idea in mind. So he decided to ask Wang Ping to do him a favor when he finished moving tomorrow.
After making up his mind, Lu Yao forced himself to go to sleep quickly.
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At dawn the next day, Lu Yao came to the yard as early as usual and tried to practice Tuiyun Hand. He found that he had no problem practicing Tuiyun Hand and that his movement was very smooth.
He then tried to practice Poti Fist.
When he slowly clenched fists, his whole body's strength ran according to the movement of Poti Fist. Lu Yao's bones made a "click" sound. His muscle and forehead were covered with heavy sweat.
Lu Yao gritted his teeth and reluctantly mobilized the strength of the whole body to the position of the forearm, but he couldn't hold on any longer. So he had no choice but to give up.
"It seems that I still could not practice fully the Poti Fist!" Lu Yao said helplessly in his heart.
Since he could not practice Poti Fist, it would be better to practice Tuiyun Hand more.
More than an hour later, Lu Yao heard the sound of Lu Yiqian getting up. Hastened to stop practicing, Lu Yao washed his face and went into the house.