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"Waiting for someone?"

Aunt Agui looked confused: "You came here to wait for someone, did you make an appointment with someone to come here with you?"

Zhou Chen laughed and said, "That's not the case. This matter cannot be explained in a few words. Aunt, I'm going to go out for a walk, so I won't say any more for now."

"Oh, well, don't call me Auntie. Everyone in the village calls me Auntie Gui, so you should call me that too."

"Okay, Aunt Gui, I'll be out first then."

Zhou Chen hurriedly said goodbye to Aunt Agui. This Aunt Agui was just like in the drama, very talkative. If he didn't leave quickly, who knows how long she would keep nagging.

"Hey, there are many roads in the village. If you get lost, just ask someone. Everyone in our village knows where to go."

"Okay, thank you Aunt Gui for reminding me. I'm leaving now."

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capital!

Xu Hongdou lay alone on the hospital bed, watching the blood dripping drop by drop, and she suddenly felt extremely lonely in her heart.

In this city, she lost the only person who could accompany her at such a moment. Although she had lived alone in the past, she still felt a little comforted when she thought that she had good friends in the same city, even if they were far away.

But now, this only remaining comfort is gone. Now, she is a real person in this city.

The reason why she was lying in the hospital receiving an IV drip was because she was too tired. When she saw the watch repairman replacing the old gears, she seemed to see something in a daze, and then her head sank and she knew nothing.

When I woke up again, I was already lying in the hospital receiving intravenous drip.

After the infusion, she left the hospital alone and returned to her rental house. She ate some instant noodles, then curled up on the sofa with her mobile phone, listening to the voice message Chen Nanxing sent her at the last moment of his life.

"Hongdou, if there is, I really don't know how to say it in front of you..."

"…………Don't be sad for too long, just cry for a bit, it's enough... After I'm gone, you should go out more often, make more friends, don't be alone all the time, you're not a child anymore, it's time to find someone to keep you company, just like that handsome painter from last time, I think he's very good, don't be so pretentious, take the initiative when you should, don't always wait for others to pounce on you..."

"........."

After listening to Chen Nanxing's last words, Xu Hongdou curled up and her tears quietly fell.

She stayed quietly for a long time, thinking about Chen Nanxing's departure and her own fainting today. For some reason, she suddenly seemed to realize something.

"Will you go see the world for Nanxing that she didn't have the chance to see?"

Thinking of Chen Nanxing's long-cherished wish, she finally made a decision in her heart.

She wanted to fulfill Chen Nanxing's wish and go to Yunnan Province.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1181 Master Ma, Nana, and Barley

Walking on the cobblestones and slabs of stone, such roads are rarely seen in cities, except in some special places, but in Yunmiao Village, these are common roads.

It was already late afternoon, and Zhou Chen had only wandered around the village for a while when it was already dark.

It's different from the city, where the lights are still on even in the early morning, but in the village, it's only seven o'clock and there are not many people outside.

Yunmiao Village, which was already relatively quiet, became even quieter at this point.

There were only sporadic street lights in the village, so after Zhou Chen walked around for a while, he didn't continue walking around, but went back to Fengyuan.

When Zhou Chen returned to Youfeng Courtyard, he saw that Ma Qiushan, who had been meditating, was no longer meditating. Instead, he was sitting at a small table in the yard. Next to him was a young girl with two braids. There was a teapot on the small table, and she seemed to be drinking tea.

As soon as he came in, both of their eyes fell on him.

"Good evening, my name is Zhou Chen, I'm a new tenant, living in room five."

Ma Qiushan stood up, shook hands with Zhou Chen, and said with a smile: "I know, I heard you coming today. Later, you asked people to move things, which made a lot of noise. If I wasn't so calm, I might have been disrupted."

"My last name is Ma. They usually call me Lord Ma, or Old Ma."

The young girl next to him also stood up and said openly, "Hello, you can just call me Nana. I heard Xiaochun talk about you today."

There was a peculiar light in her eyes. When Xie Xiaochun returned to the inn this afternoon, he told her about Zhou Chen, saying that the new tenant was tall and handsome, had a great temperament, and spoke very nicely. In short, he praised him in all kinds of ways.

At that time, she didn't take it seriously and thought that Xie Xiaochun was exaggerating. But now when she saw Zhou Chen, she suddenly realized that Xie Xiaochun was not lying.

Zhou Chen was indeed different from others. She had seen many handsome men and beautiful women, but she was really amazed when she saw Zhou Chen for the first time. It was not that he was extremely handsome. It was mainly because of the temperament that Zhou Chen exuded, combined with his looks and figure, that was really eye-catching.

"Master Ma, Nana, nice to meet you."

Ma Qiushan took the initiative to ask: "Zhou Chen, have you eaten?"

"Not yet, but I'm not hungry. I just took a walk around the village. This Yunmiao Village is quite big."

"Yeah, this place is really nice, otherwise I wouldn't have stayed here for so long. Don't stand, sit down, I'll pour you some tea."

"Thank you very much."

Zhou Chen didn't bother to be polite and sat down on the wooden chair next to the small table to taste the black tea poured by Machushan.

Ma Qiushan was about to speak when Nana spoke first and asked Zhou Chen, "Zhou Chen, I heard from Xiaochun that you drove here by yourself. Are you also traveling by car?"

"Really? Did you come here on a self-driving tour?" Zhou Chen asked back.

Nana nodded and said, "Yes, I came here on a self-driving tour. I felt it was a nice place, so I stayed. It's been a long time since I came here."

Zhou Chen said: "I can't say it's a self-driving tour, because I flew to Yunnan Province and it only took me a few days to drive here. This was originally my destination."

Ma Qiushan interrupted and asked, "Zhou Chen, where are you from? Are you here for vacation?"

"I'm from the Magic City, so coming here can be considered a vacation."

"She's from the Magic City. What a coincidence! Nana is also from the Magic City."

Nana nodded naturally and said, "Master Ma is right. I am also from the Magic City."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "That's a coincidence, we are from the same hometown."

Ma Qiushan laughed and said, "Meeting is fate. Come, let's have a drink for our fate of gathering here."

Zhou Chen and Nana both raised their teacups to show their respect and clinked glasses with Ma Qiushan.

Nana took the initiative to say to Zhou Chen: "Zhou Chen, there are still many places to visit in Yunmiao Village, such as the horse farm, wood carving workshop, embroidery workshop... If you are interested, you can go and have a look. We also have a travel brochure in our small restaurant. If you need it, you can go to our small restaurant to get a copy tomorrow, or I will bring you one when I come back tomorrow."

"Thank you. If I want to go out tomorrow, I can come to your restaurant." Zhou Chen agreed with a smile.

Nana said happily: "Then you must come and have a look, our restaurant is very good."

After chatting for a while, Ma Qiushan asked, "This Fengyuan Courtyard is rented for a minimum of three months. Zhou Chen, what kind of job do you have that allows you to rest for such a long time?"

Nana also stared at Zhou Chen curiously. She heard from Xie Xiaochun that Zhou Chen drove a luxury car. She also saw Zhou Chen's dress and the watch on his hand seemed to be very valuable, which meant that Zhou Chen's financial situation should be very good.

Zhou Chen replied vaguely: "My job is relatively free, mainly doing some small investments."

"Investment, are you an investor?"

Ma Qiushan's eyes widened in surprise. "What are you doing? Investment consultant, investment analyst, investment manager, or venture capitalist?"

Zhou Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Neither. I just make some investments myself, such as stocks and funds."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Ma Qiushan was a little disappointed. He used to be an entrepreneur and knew many investors. He and Xie Zhiyao had been good friends for many years. When Xie Zhiyao was investing, they had come into contact many times.

Zhou Chen didn't want to talk more about this topic. He came here for Xu Hongdou, so he didn't want to talk more about making money and investing.

"I heard from Xie Xiaochun that there are six rooms in Youfeng Courtyard. Including me, there are already five people living here. In addition to you, there are two more. Are they getting along well?"

Nana said, "The other two are Da Mai and Teacher Hu. They both live upstairs. Da Mai is a writer and is probably writing an article right now. Teacher Hu is a musician and is currently working as a resident singer in a bar in the ancient town. They are both very nice people."

"That's it, that's good."

After chatting for a while, Zhou Chen made an excuse to go back to his room to pack up, then said goodbye to Ma Qiushan and Nana and went upstairs.

Seeing Nana staring at Zhou Chen's departing back, Ma Qiushan laughed and said, "Why, are you attracted to him?"

Nana rolled her eyes and said, "Master Ma, please don't talk nonsense. I just think he is a little different."

Ma Qiushan said: "It's different. Based on my many years of experience in judging people, this Zhou Chen is not simple."

"You don't have to tell me that. I can see that, too."

"You are still too young. What I mean by not simple is different from what you think. You may think he is rich and handsome, but what I see is that he is a person who gives orders. In layman's terms, he is like a very powerful leader."

Nana was surprised: "You can see this?"

"Look at what you said. Master Ma, I am also..."

Just as he was about to brag about himself, Machushan suddenly stopped and then sighed.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore, drink tea, drink tea."

"No more drinking. I've had several cups. If I drink any more I won't be able to sleep at night."

Nana waved her hand hurriedly, then got up and returned to her room, leaving Machushan alone to drink.

Zhou Chen returned to the room, took out the snacks he had prepared, ate a meal, and then fell on the bed.

Images emerged in my mind one after another. After a long time, I slowly closed my eyes and fell asleep.

The next day, Zhou Chen got up before dawn.

Years of practicing internal skills had allowed him to develop a habit. Before the sunrise every day, he would go to a place where the sun shines to meditate and practice.

Although he knew that it was almost impossible to develop internal strength in modern society, he would persist for more than half a month every month.

Before, when he was at home, he always meditated on his balcony, but now there is a meditation platform in Youfeng Courtyard, so before dawn, he came to the platform where he meditated before in Machu Mountain, sat on one of the cushions, and began to meditate.

Just as Zhou Chen began to sit cross-legged in meditation, a dazed girl with disheveled hair walked out of the kitchen.

She was also a tenant of Youfeng Courtyard, the writer Damai mentioned by Nana, whose full name was Zhou Qingtian.

She usually writes at night and rests during the day. It was not yet fully light and she had just finished the manuscript, so she came to the kitchen to make something to eat and then go to rest after eating.

When she saw someone sitting there meditating, she wasn't surprised, but when she was about to go back to the house, she took another look and her expression became even more confused.

In the past, it was always Master Ma who meditated, why did someone different appear today?

She was very sure that she had never seen this man, but she quickly realized that a new tenant had arrived yesterday, and she knew about it. After all, the sound of moving things was quite loud, and she heard it in the house, but she just didn't come out to see.

It seems that the man meditating should be the new tenant. But why is it that this new tenant, like Master Ma, also likes to meditate and gets up earlier than Master Ma?

Just thinking about it made her head even more confused. She shook her head and stopped thinking about it. Instead, she went upstairs to her room and fell asleep on the bed.

The second person to get up in the courtyard was Nana. No, to be precise, she was the first one to get up because Damayi didn’t sleep at all that night.

Nana, who was about to go to work, was very surprised to see Zhou Chen meditating next to the place where Machu Mountain meditated. She rubbed her eyes to make sure she was not seeing things.

"Hey, didn't he just get here? Why is he imitating Master Ma?"

She was filled with endless doubts, because although she had only met Zhou Chen once and chatted with him for a while, she was very sure that Zhou Chen was not the same type as Ma Ye.

She stood and looked at Zhou Chen for a while, and saw that Zhou Chen had no reaction at all. He was even calmer than Master Ma. She was confused, but she did not disturb him.

Even Machushan was startled when he got up and prepared to make breakfast and suddenly saw Zhou Chen meditating.

"What's going on, man?"

He had no time to eat breakfast. He quickly walked onto the platform and sat down next to Zhou Chen.

"Hey, Zhou Chen."

Seeing that Zhou Chen didn't react, he stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Zhou Chen. The next moment, Zhou Chen opened his eyes.

"Master Ma, is there something wrong?"

Ma Qiushan chuckled and said, "I see your meditation posture is quite standard, are you also an old hand?"

Zhou Chen rolled his eyes. It was just meditation, and he was an old hand at it.

"I'm practicing."

"Oh, practice. Practice is good."

Having said that, the way Ma Qiushan looked at Zhou Chen had obviously changed.

Zhou Chen ignored him and stood up from the mat.

"Hey, why are you up? I'll keep you company, let's meditate together."

Zhou Chen shook his head and said, "My meditation is different from yours. I only need a short while every day. I'm going to make breakfast. Master Ma, you can do whatever you want."

He went back to the house, changed his clothes, and then went out.

When Ma Qiushan saw Zhou Chen leaving, he sighed quietly. He had originally thought that he would have a companion, but it seemed that he had thought too much.