Chapter Thirty-Three: Distant Mountains, Bright Moon

  Mingyue is the second woman to say that she will marry Li Sanyuan when she grows up. Or maybe it's a girl. The first time Li Sanyuan saw Mingyue, he vaguely remembered that it was Saturday, and there was a light rain outside. There were not many people in the clubhouse, only one or two young women who came in Volkswagen Beetles on the first floor.

  Outside the window, the wind and rain swayed, inside the house, people's hearts were floating. Li San Sheng wasn't particularly fond of rainy days, especially those with continuous gloomy weather, because on rainy days he would inexplicably feel melancholic. Especially when he was a child, every time it rained, Li San Sheng would always curl up alone in his bed, without turning on the lights, leaning against a quilt behind him and wrapping himself tightly in another quilt to gaze out of the window at the raindrops falling from the eaves. He listened to the sound of the wind blowing through the Chinese parasol tree in the courtyard below, making a rustling noise. His grandfather told him that this Chinese parasol tree was bearing the resentment and anger of the old Li family, and only after it died could it be moved. Li San Sheng remembered this very clearly.

  Looking at the rain curtain, listening to the sound of the rain, Li Sansheng would recall his past memories and imagine what he would be like in the future. Until now, every time it rains, Li Sansheng would sadly gaze out the window, lost in thought.

  That day, Mingyue came to the club looking for Zhao Ayi. Coincidentally, Zhao Ayi and her close friends had gone to the Jin Hua shopping street in the century. When Mingyue arrived, she happened to see Li San Sheng sitting on the second floor of a elegant room, which was blocked by a jade bead curtain, playing the piano while looking out the window at the heavy rain. Li San Sheng's eyes were filled with sadness and his body had an air of resentment. Mingyue didn't know how long she had been watching Li San Sheng before he came back to himself. When he did, he started playing a guqin, a traditional Chinese zither, and played the piece "Guan Shan Yue". The atmosphere was serene and far-reaching, and Mingyue unknowingly became entranced by the music. When she finally found out the name of the piece, she subconsciously told Li San Sheng that she wanted to learn guqin and specifically this piece, "Guan Shan Yue". Li San Sheng asked her why she wanted to learn it, and Mingyue said that her surname was Guan, her name was Guan Mingyue, and she had a brother named Guan Yuanshan. This piece happened to have the names of both siblings in it. Li San Sheng didn't know if this was fate or coincidence, but from then on, he felt connected to the Guan family.

  For three years, Li Sansheng not only had to help Zhao Ayi manage the club but also take care of her children. He was in charge of their extracurricular activities and even attended parent-teacher conferences, pretending to be a parent. The class teacher didn't know what to say. In his free time, he taught Mingyue guqin and calligraphy, Go, and even had to teach Guan Yuanshan's son how to play basketball and CS: Magic World. When the boy got into a fight at school, Li Sansheng rushed over to rescue him. He was almost like a full-time nanny. Despite this, Li Sansheng made the most of it, as Zhao Ayi gave him thick red envelopes every month and occasionally sent him gifts. However, Li Sansheng mostly left them at the club, as Lao Ye said that one shouldn't accept rewards without doing anything, and Zhao Ayi had already paid him his salary. It was possible that he didn't want to appear too familiar with others, like Ansheng's bone marrow.

  In these three years, Li Sansheng has developed a deep affection for the two of them. Li Sansheng doesn't know when Mingyue had secretly developed feelings for him, possibly due to her first love or because he was the male she had been in contact with for the longest time. Alternatively, it could be that she was shocked by Li Sansheng's strong personality and changed from admiring him to liking him.

  So Mingyue had a hostile feeling towards the women who appeared in front of Li Sansheng, especially the beautiful ones. In the past, Yu'er, Xinxin, and Daliao had not suffered less from this girl's cold eyes. Every time they came to the club, they would be tormented by her. Slowly, Yu'er and the others found out that this little girl actually liked Li Sansheng, so they maliciously told Mingyue that we and Li Sansheng were just good friends. "Mingyue, you will definitely become a great beauty when you grow up, and Li Sansheng likes beautiful women. When you grow up, you can be his wife." Mingyue nodded with a smile and said, "When I grow up, I'll be the wife of Brother Sansheng." This made everyone present laugh, but what they didn't know was that this little girl wouldn't easily make promises to others. Once she made a promise, she would take it as her own creed, just like a pure blue lotus flower. However, every time Mingyue said this sentence, Li Sansheng never took it seriously. Although he had a bit of an evil Lolita complex in his heart, Li Sansheng still thought he was more inclined towards queen control, goddess control, and stocking control.

  Mingyue, sitting on the purple sandalwood chair, had always been hostile to Liu Yiran, who came to the gathering with Li Sansheng. In short, this girl had no good feelings towards any woman who was close to Li Sansheng. She and Liu Yiran never exchanged a word from start to finish, and her stubbornness really gave people a headache. At heart, she was like her mother Zhao Yi, not like Guan Yuanshan, that stinky brat who would dare to dig up your ancestral grave if he didn't get milk.

  "I'll come to Aunt Zhao's place more often when I have nothing to do. Although there's nothing special here, it's also a quiet and peaceful place." Aunt Zhao pulled Liu Yiran's hand like two close friends, smiling and pulling her in. Aunt Zhao was an extremely intelligent woman, otherwise she wouldn't be able to navigate this patriarchal society with ease, without being taken advantage of by those wolves who coveted her beauty and wealth. From start to finish, Liu Yiran's calm demeanor and composure, which only people from large families possessed, made Aunt Zhao certain that Liu Yiran was not an ordinary woman from a common family who was inexperienced and naive. She had already gotten used to being surrounded by people with impressive backgrounds alongside Li Sansheng.

  "Aunt Zhao, from now on, as long as Li Sansheng is willing to let me come, I will definitely come to disturb you again. Moreover, this is a place where one can calm down, with books to read, tea to drink, and music to listen to. What's not to love? Liu Yiran didn't decline, these were just some polite words. Liu Yiran didn't believe that she would be familiar with Aunt Zhao, whom she had only known for less than an hour, and from Li Sansheng's few words, it could be inferred that this Aunt Zhao was no ordinary person."

  Liu Yiran has been living in a wealthy family since she was young, and what she saw and heard had already trained her to be discerning. This is also why she wanted to stay away from the family that many people coveted, because she was disgusted by it.

  Li Sansheng chatted with Xiaoyutou while brewing tea for the two women singing flower dan, and found it quite entertaining to watch the two women of demon-like beauty competing with each other.

  "Where is that little devil Guan Yuanshan?" Li Sansheng still hasn't seen the other demon in Zhao's house, the big demon head Guan Yuanshan. It took a lot of effort for Li Sansheng to subdue this guy back then. This guy was a personal genius and it's unknown who he learned from, his Taoist skills were quite deep. Li Sansheng used both soft and hard tactics, and also relied on his own strong abilities to suppress this guy, only then was Guan Yuanshan subdued.

  "Went to the attached middle school of Normal University to play basketball" Mingyue watched with interest as Li Sansheng went through one program after another, brewing tea. Every time Li Sansheng played the piano, chess or brewed tea, Xiao Yatou would quietly stay by and watch, which was very much like her personality, gentle and quiet.

  "He's gone to show off his ball skills again, that stupid fool who always gets capped." Li Sansheng said with a smile, not caring that Zhao Yi was by his side. Mingyue and Zhao Yi both burst out laughing after hearing this, only Li Sansheng could tame the unruly and arrogant Da Mohou.

  "Zhu Yun sister, I see your figure is getting better and better, aren't you still single? I don't mind an old cow eating tender grass, I'll be your boyfriend." Li San Sheng had just finished speaking when he heard the familiar voice of Guan Yuanshan, who was even more cunning than the two dragons.

  Li Sansheng had already seen Guan Yuanshan, dressed in hip-hop attire and wearing a duck-tongued hat, leaning on the bar pretending to be mature and flirtatious with Zhu Yun. Liu Yiran also saw Guan Yuanshan, who was even more ruffian than Li Sansheng, and guessed that this must be Zhao's son.

  "Yuanshan, you've eaten your sister Zhuyun's tofu again. Be careful or Aunt Zhao won't give you pocket money," said another girl in the room with a smile.

  "Qing Yun sister, are you jealous? But I think you're more suitable for my master Li San Sheng. Although he's not handsome, he has a hidden talent, and men like him are always the most promising ones. My master often tells me to be low-key, but you have the right to pretend to be innocent with me, and I have the ability to play with you until you're dead. Those were words of wisdom that I've always remembered. Qing Yun sister, didn't my master help you chase away those thugs last time? You should have accepted him then. My master is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, tea-making, woodcarving, and even Feng Shui. He's also a great basketball player and can play CS and Warcraft like nobody's business. If I were a woman, I wouldn't hesitate to accept such a man. Ah, Mr. Mi, let's talk about this after we've had our fill of rice."

  Guan Yuan Shan was leaning against the bar, joking with four girls, while Quan Ran didn't notice that several women standing by the window were trying to stifle their laughter. Li San Sheng could only think to himself, "Guan Yuan Shan, you're talking behind my back again? Fine, just wait until I deal with you."

  The bright moon secretly covered her mouth, not daring to laugh, fearing that Guan Yuanshan would discover them here. Zhao's mother was also smiling with relish, watching her own precious son over there making jokes with several girls. Seeing Li San Sheng's helpless appearance, she could only drink tea and hold back.

  Liu Yiran had never seen anyone more rascal than Li Sansheng before, and when Guan Yuanshan said that Li Sansheng was his master, it seemed that the kind of master one has is reflected in their land, and even surpasses them. More importantly, Liu Yiran heard some confidence in Guan Yuanshan's words, and as he lowered his head to drink tea, he sized up Li Sansheng, who excelled in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, carving, tea-making, and even basketball, and was also good at modern games. What kind of man is this? Is it the same foolish man who would laugh even more brightly when others mocked him? Or does he treat everyone like a fool? This man must be prouder than anyone else deep down.

  "My master's shortcoming is that he's too low-key, adhering to the principle of 'a rabbit not eating grass near its burrow'. Otherwise, I think those ten or so campus beauties and flower-like girls in our club would have been taken into his harem by my master. Don't be deceived by my master's appearance, this guy is a typical 'wearing a pig's skin to eat a tiger', dressing shabbily, in the past, I wouldn't even give him a second glance."

  Guan Yuanshan continued to chat shamelessly with the four beauties at the bar, but the men and women inside the teahouse were all watching Guan Yuanshan with great interest. Most of the people who came here were regulars and acquaintances, and they were already familiar with Guan Yuanshan, knowing that he was a rascal, so they just let him have his fun, treating it as a spectacle to watch.

  "Yuan Shan" Zhao finally couldn't bear it anymore, fearing that if she didn't speak up now, her unruly son would reveal all of Li Sansheng's secrets, already knowing the current relationship between Liu Yiran and Li Sansheng, worried that her own son would inadvertently cause Liu Yiran to lower his evaluation of Li Sansheng.

  Guan Yuanshan and his four beautiful sisters were chatting happily when he suddenly heard the familiar voice of his mother. He turned around to look for her, and just as he was about to shout "Mom!", his mouth opened wide as if he had seen something he shouldn't have.

  "Master, you're back! I've missed you to death!" Guan Yuanshan exclaimed as he saw his master Li Sansheng. However, with a quick reaction, Guan Yuanshan immediately adjusted his strategy. He had just spoken ill of Li Sansheng to several beautiful sisters, and Li Sansheng must have overheard him. With no other choice, Guan Yuanshan pretended to be in extreme distress, running to Li Sansheng's side with tears streaming down his face - which he seemed to have conjured up by touching the water droplets on the table to his eyes. He clutched at Li Sansheng's arm, wailing and crying like a child who had lost its parents.

  Liu Yiran couldn't help but sigh that this guy's speed of changing his face was comparable to Li San Sheng's skill, and he had even taken it up a notch, smiling as he watched Guan Yuanshan's performance.

  "Far Mountain, do you think this set is useful to me?" Li San Sheng smiled very innocently and helped Guan Yuan Shan up, narrowing his eyes as he looked at the tearful Guan Yuan Shan.

  "This, Master I was wrong" Li Sansheng had just stopped crying and laughing awkwardly at Li Sansheng's cold smile.

  "Hmm, you also know that you were wrong, and you also know my usual method of dealing with people who speak ill of me behind my back and ruin my reputation and tarnish my wise and mighty image." Li San said coldly.

  "First rape then kill, but Master, I'm a man." Guan Yuanshan said with a serious expression, his face gloomy.

  "Pfft" Zhao's aunt heard her big bad son say that, and she couldn't hold back a mouthful of water, which made her choke. Liu Yiran quickly patted Zhao's aunt's back to help her calm down. Mingyue, who was already used to the two people's playful antics every time, leaned against her chin with a faint smile on her face, watching the two people put on a show.

  After comforting Zhao's aunt, Liu Yiran saw Guan Yuanshan and Li Sansheng whispering to each other with mysterious smiles on their faces. If it weren't for the lewd smile that told Liu Yiran that it was definitely not a good thing, she really didn't know what these two rascals were up to.

  "Master, I'll let Mingyue be your wife."

  No way

  "Master, this is still not enough, don't look at how small Mingyue is, but she's got a great figure, with a prominent front and back, she'll definitely be a stunning beauty in the future."

  "Let my mother be your wife too, anyway it's not like I'm giving her to anyone else, the fat water doesn't flow into another person's field," Guan Yuanshan said gritting his teeth.

  "Hmm, I can consider this." Li San nodded his head with a lewd expression.

  Guanyu Mountain...