Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1760: 1760 Chapter: Unusual occurrences must involve a demon

The entire room was stunned. Did they hear that right?

Bai Ruozhu was also stunned. Just a moment ago, Jiao Ling and the others were seriously concerned about the Mechanical Technique, saying that it involved their family, and obviously, they couldn’t let outsiders learn it casually, right? Why did they suddenly say they’d teach her?

”But I don’t have the talent for this.” Bai Ruozhu squeezed out this sentence, otherwise, being stared at by the ever-smiling Jiao Ling without speaking, how awkward would that be?

”Perhaps you’re just not suited for learning the Taoist Mechanical Technique. How do you know unless you try?” Jiao Ling said with a smile.

Bai Ruozhu really wanted to say she had no talent, even Little Dengdeng had more talent than her, and this was all quite unusual. Isn’t there a saying that when things are too unusual, there must be a demon?

But then she saw Xu Huilin winking at her, his eyes full of hope, and she couldn’t bring herself to refuse.

Senior Fox had pinned all his hopes on her, how could she bear to let him down?

”Then if it’s convenient, please teach me, senior.” Bai Ruozhu hurriedly bowed.

Fen Jiu at the side looked disapproving, speaking in a not-so-kind tone, ”Shouldn’t you be calling him Master?”

Jiao Ling gave him a stern look and smiled at Bai Ruozhu, ”I’m just pointing out a few things to you, not enough to be your master. You can just call me Teacher.”

”Sure, Teacher, why not sit down and have a meal with us?” Bai Ruozhu sincerely invited this time, although she thought Jiao Ling’s attitude towards her was strange, she felt that Jiao Ling didn’t have any malice.

”Yes, yes, this Buddha Jumps Over the Wall should also be given to the senior, the senior helped the younger generation a lot, this is a little token of appreciation.” Xu Huilin once again offered the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to Jiao Ling.

Jiao Ling laughed, ”You’re all making me embarrassed, I just casually praised, and Fen Jiu took it seriously. You just recovered from an injury, you should eat to nourish yourself.”

Having said that, she didn’t stand on ceremony and directly sat down in the seat next to Bai Ruozhu.

Fen Jiu seemed not to like Bai Ruozhu much, Jiao Ling gave him a stern look, and he had no choice but to sit close to Jiao Ling, but his eyes were full of resentment, as if Jiao Ling had somehow wronged him.

Bai Ruozhu helped introduce everyone to each other, added a few more dishes and a pot of wine, and soon Fen Jiu and Xu Huilin were drinking together, not causing trouble as they did at the start.

As Jiao Ling ate, she suddenly asked, ”I heard you came up with these dishes yourself?”

”I was just fiddling around, I’m a typical foodie.” Bai Ruozhu answered with a smile.

”Food is the most important thing for people, that’s great.” Jiao Ling looked at Bai Ruzhou and smiled, her eyes particularly gentle.

Bai Ruozhu hurriedly used the excuse of reaching for dishes to avoid Jiao Ling’s gaze, why did she feel like Jiao Ling was looking at her as if looking at her own child?

She was very sure she was her parents’ biological child, and there wouldn’t suddenly be another mother out of nowhere.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Jiao Ling mentioned the inn where she was staying and asked Bai Ruozhu to visit her the next morning.

Both sides said their goodbyes, and on the way back, Xu Huilin kept staring at Bai Ruozhu, who gave him a fierce side-eye and said, ”Spit it out if you have something to say!”

”Why do I feel like that Lady Jiao looked at you strangely? Maybe she mistook you for her long-lost daughter?” Xu Huilin joked.

”Do we look alike?” Bai Ruozhu glared at him again.

”Not at all, which is why I find it odd, she probably mistook you.” Xu Huilin finished speaking and then got worried again, ”You better not say anything, what if she realizes it’s a mistake and decides not to teach you the Mechanical Technique?”

Bai Ruozhu helplessly said, ”Maybe she doesn’t want to teach me, so she might as well just make you a Mechanical Arm herself, and you won’t have to wait so long.”

Xu Huilin shrugged, ”I’d rather wait longer, anything she makes will eventually break, where would I find her then? But if you learn it, I can just come to you if there’s any issues, and it’ll be no problem.”

”Ha, you do think far ahead.” Bai Ruozhu said nothing more and quietly pondered over Jiao Ling’s identity.

She also had the surname Jiao, although her age didn’t match Jiao Yunyun at all, could there be some relation between them?

I’ll ask when I go learn the Mechanical Technique from her tomorrow.

After she got home, her second brother returned from the guest palace and asked about the ongoing issue with Cheng Yu, Bai Ruozhu said taking the medicine for three days would fully detoxify.

”If King Rui plans to use this to ensnare the Emperor, wouldn’t this poison be too easily neutralized?” Bai Zepei suddenly asked.

Bai Ruozhu thought for a moment and nodded, it seemed that the poison wasn’t uncommon, the medicinal materials for the antidote weren’t hard to find either, second brother was right, the detoxification was too simple.

”Could it be that Cheng Yu was a trap set up for me?” Bai Ruozhu voiced her previous concerns and also elaborated on how careful she was during the detoxification process.

Bai Zepei couldn’t help but laugh, suddenly raising his hand to rub his younger sister’s head, messing up the gold hairpin on her head.

”I doubt there’s anyone else in the world who drugs someone before treating them and even targets their acupoints, it’s amazing you came up with that.” He said with a hearty laugh.

After laughing for a while, he spoke earnestly again, ”Perhaps they were probing us?”

”It seems Beiyu City is not simple at all, we must thoroughly investigate it.” Bai Ruozhu sighed, previously the Capital City was brimming with hidden threats, and now Beiyu City too had the enemy’s people hiding. King Rui was indeed skilled at things lurking in the shadows.

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In an underground secret manor in Beiyu City, a masked man in black asked in a low voice, ”She detoxified it effortlessly?”

The masked man in black beside him replied, ”Yes, sir, she even taught the antidote method to the Imperial Doctor present, later wrote down the formulas, saying drinking it for three days would cleanse it completely. After the first dose, Cheng Yu woke up, seemingly without much of an issue.”

”Hmph, she does have some skill. Leave now and proceed with the plan.”

Once the subordinate left, the masked man in black looked out the window, muttering, ”Bai Ruozhu, oh Bai Ruozhu, it seems you cannot be allowed to remain.”

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The next morning, Bai Ruozhu had breakfast with her son, then read him a picture book, before taking Jianqi and Min Xiang with her to the inn where Jiao Ling was staying.

”You’re here. This is the carving knife I prepared for you, see if the size is suitable?” Jiao Ling sat by the table and waved at Bai Ruozhu, a friendly smile on her face.

Bai Ruozhu walked over, took the carving knife and tried it, ”The size is just right, thank you, Teacher.”

Jiao Ling smiled and pointed to a few pieces of wood on the table, saying, ”We’ll start with the simplest knife-carving, then proceed to the more challenging needle placement. Since you’re skilled in acupuncture, learning needle placement shouldn’t be too difficult for you.”

Bai Ruozhu raised an eyebrow, she even knows what I’m good at?

She felt a bit uneasy, unable to focus her attention, Jiao Ling quickly noticed the problem and stopped to ask, ”Is something on your mind?”

Bai Ruozhu hesitated for a moment, then asked, ”Is the heartless person you are looking for surnamed Bai?”

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