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  In bed, passion has already reached its peak, spring breeze is blowing gently.

  "Liu Jie, I... am I considered a man now?"

  "Stupid, can only count as half a man."

  "Half a man?"

  "Hmm... at times like these, a man has to be bad, very bad, only then can he be considered a real man."

  "Am I still not bad?"

  "Who's like you, clumsy and careless, a blockhead who only charges forward without looking at the direction of the target."

  "I have a theory."

  "Hmm... actually, theory is useless if it's not connected to reality. Theory is just a piece of scrap paper, no matter how white it is."

  "Oh... I'm just a piece of scrap paper."

  "No, you're a good sheet of paper when the sky is bright."

  "Liu Jie, teach me, teach me how to be a man, let me be a real man."

  "Hmm... if I teach you, you'll become even worse and turn into the worst man in the whole world."

  "Haha, just watching and not doing, deviating from reality, reading but not using, reading is also useless. The master leads the way, but cultivation depends on oneself."

  "Hehe...... Then you have to call me Master."

  "The master is above, and receives one bow from his disciple."

  "Hehe, good disciple, how do you want me to teach you?"

  "Haha, I'm the apprentice, you're the master, whatever you teach, that's what I'll learn."

  A stir in the bed, then silence again.

  "This disciple." Liu Qingqing, immersed in the long-lost excitement, finally spoke softly, "Hug your Shifu tightly, kiss your Shifu."

  Kiss, as for the meaning of this word, his apprentice had already studied it in the dictionary over a hundred times. He thought resentfully that these ancient people were really not virtuous, clearly wanting to use their mouths but adding a "no" radical next to the mouth, misleading future generations.

  The apprentice who received the order trembled and approached his master's scorching face, clumsily sticking to it.

  The apprentice was too stupid, the master threw over a hateful iron that couldn't be made of steel, took the initiative to attack, personally demonstrated, and started the enlightenment education of the first lesson.

  It turned out that a woman's kiss could release and transmit immense heat, and the encouraged apprentice unconsciously launched a passionate counterattack.

  The patient master taught meticulously for over ten minutes, almost every inch of the apprentice's body was demonstrated, then she wrapped her hands around the student's shoulders, her pretty face flushed red, and cooed: "This apprentice, this is the first lesson, it's introductory education."

  Tian Liang flashed a mischievous smile and said, "Thanks, Master. You're really good with words."

  "Master is old, don't call him an old man."

  "Not old, not old, Master is seventeen or eighteen this year. At a glance, it's a young and tender flower." This apprentice is quite shameless.

  The master slanted her charming eyes, held the gun with her jade hand, and the two small hills undulated violently. "Has this disciple grasped the first lesson?"

  "Hey, practice makes perfect, Master. Disciple wants to review again, is that okay?" the disciple asked politely.

  The master closed his beautiful eyes and pulled the apprentice into himself, muttering: "This apprentice, if you don't work hard, forget about passing."

  Time and time again, under the encouragement and cooperation of the master, 50 points, not passing, 60 points... The strict master, diligent apprentice, finally, in exchange for the master's gentle announcement: "This apprentice, first lesson excellent, passed..."

  "Master, how many more lessons are there?" The apprentice, showing off his strong physique that he had trained since childhood, asked proudly. "The apprentice has always been a quick learner, please be at ease in teaching."

  The master's eyes were dim and alluring, his gaze was captivating, his tone was charming, and his voice was seductive. In a soft voice, he said: "This disciple, listen carefully."

  He gasped for a moment, and then Master pulled over his apprentice's hand, temporarily suppressing the violent movement of the two volcanoes.

  "Lesson 2, Human Body Writing; Lesson 3, Intimate Contact; Lesson 4, Conquering High Mountains; Lesson 5, Jungle Exploration; Lesson 6, Investigation and Research; Lesson 7, Actual Combat Training; Chapter 8, In-depth Improvement."

  "Haha, too much trouble, Master. I'm clever and self-taught, so I think I can skip your second to sixth lessons for now. I'll go ahead and preview your seventh lesson."

  A low, muffled roar, without waiting for the master's response, the bewildered and hot-blooded apprentice tore off the quilt on his master's body, like a starving ferocious wolf, pounced on him fiercely.

  The master was paralyzed under his apprentice's body, having long since become a gentle lamb waiting to be slaughtered. That kind of happy feeling is called pain, and it delighted him.

  After a while, the apprentice said apologetically: "Sorry, Master."

  "Haste makes waste. The first time, you couldn't even enter the door, and this time you've entered in a mess." The master's hands wandered over the apprentice's body as he muttered to himself.

  "Requesting Master, give the disciple a second chance for preview." The disciple said with a face full of discontent.

  Master stroked the student's proud and unyielding blade, giving a gentle command: "Three chances at most, no more than three. Only success is allowed, failure is not permitted."

  The apprentice's voice was heard, and this battle finally ended in victory amidst the master's cheers.

  With a weak jade hand, she gently wiped the sweat from her apprentice's face and said softly: "This apprentice, thank you, your progress is really fast, Master has become a woman again."

  The apprentice smiled mischievously and asked with a hint of pride: "Master, did I pass the seventh lesson?"

  The master wiped his apprentice's still-smoking tool and smiled contentedly: "Generally passed, details to be polished."

  "Pretty high evaluation."

  "The road is long and distant, I beg of you to search high and low."

  "Please instruct me, Master. What should I do next?"

  The apprentice spoke with enough humility and sincerity, having such an apprentice is a blessing for a master.

  "Guard against arrogance and impetuosity, strive for constant improvement."

  The master with an air of unfinished business was clearly giving orders and casting encouraging glances at his apprentice.

  "Master, give some sunshine and let the apprentice shine for a bit."

  The master smiled and sent a charming kiss, with enchanting eyes and a soft voice, saying: "This disciple, take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, advance bravely, don't stop until the goal is reached."

  It's another round of charge.

  This is a real battle, cruel, magnificent, thrilling, and majestic.

  The victorious side, with high morale, brave and powerful, with numerous battle achievements.

  The defeated side, with broken armor and shattered helmets, fled in disarray, their blood flowing like a river.

  ……

  On the first day of the Lunar New Year, at noon, Xiang Tianliang was still curled up in his bed, and if it weren't for Liu Qingqing's daughter Liu Jingjing pinching his nose shut, he would probably still be wandering around in dreamland.

  It's not easy being a man, and it's even harder being a new man.

  Watching plays in the first half of the night is tiring, and acting in plays in the second half of the night makes one even more tired.

  "I say Xiao Jingjing, let's not pinch noses in the future, okay?"

  "Hehe... My mom said, next time you sleep in late, I'll use tongs to pinch you."

  Tian Liang couldn't help but touch his own nose, and then stretched out his hand to pinch a small face of Liu Jingjing. This little girl looks more and more like her mother.

  "To uncle."

  "What's wrong?"

  "Why are you sleeping in my mom's bed?"

  Dizzy, Xiang Tianliang was stunned, he thought Liu Jingjing was asking him for lucky money. In Qinghe's custom, on New Year's Eve, children are given lucky money, and from the first to the fifteenth day of the new year, as long as children pay their respects to their elders, called "bai sui", the elders will give them lucky money.

  "Xiao Jingjing, this thing is like this, last night when I sent your mom back, it was too late, so your mom insisted that I stay here, but the problem is, there isn't an extra room at your grandparents' house..."

  So I didn't go down anymore, and awkwardly stood there until dawn.

  "Uncle, from now on you're not allowed to bully my mom, and also, you're not allowed to sleep in my mom's room anymore."

  Liu Jingjing lowered her head, her face turned red, and she ran out after finishing speaking.

  This little girl is really something, so young yet so clever and understanding of everything.

  Liu Qingqing walked in with a rosy complexion and a smile on her brow, but unfortunately, her gait was slightly different from usual.

  "Sister, this girl..."

  "And you're saying it's all your fault? Last night was so crazy, she was sleeping next door, how could she not be woken up by you?"

  Liu Qingqing's face was full of pouting and her expression was rich, but there was no anger in it. Tian Liang could see that clearly and felt a sense of relief in his heart.

  "Haha, isn't this also your encouragement, Master? I seem to recall that you kept shouting 'I want more' 'I want more', your cries were at least ten times louder than mine!"

  "Bad egg, saying that..." Liu Qingqing's face turned red with shame, and a pair of pink fists pounded the quilt.

  Tian Liang's hands were very dishonest, taking advantage of Liu Qingqing sitting on the edge of the bed, doing evil to her.

  "Bad egg, you're not done yet."

  In short, Liu Qing didn't mean to avoid it.

  "Hehe, this thing is like eating crow's teeth, once you start, you can't stop."

  "When day breaks, is sister a bad woman?"

  "Yes, no." Xiang Tianliang smiled.

  "Alas, your sister is a bad woman, she has corrupted you."

  Embracing Liu Qingqing, Xiang Tianliang kissed her face and said: "Sister, you're so bad. Isn't it said that a bad woman can make a bad man even worse? If you weren't bad, I wouldn't be worse either. And if I wasn't worse, how could I become a real man?"

  "Hmm... Sister swears, from now on and forevermore, only be a bad woman in the daytime."

  "Are you regretting it?"

  "No regrets."

  "However, I really can't make this vow."

  Liu Qingqing covered Tian Liang's mouth with her hand and hastily said, "Don't swear, I don't expect to monopolize you."

  "Really?"

  "Hmm... you big scoundrel, if I'm entangled with you every day, I'll surely be driven to death by you." Liu Qing's face turned red again.

  "Hehe, I'm so fierce... Then, then I'll go find Jiajue sister?"

  Liu Qingqing hummed in response, "You didn't mention Ya Juan, I almost forgot. Hurry up and get up, she's on the phone looking for you."

  "Oh, didn't she say anything?" Tian Liang's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that last night's play had a flaw? They had agreed to stay at the Liu's house on New Year's Day and only go to her house on the second and third days of the new year.

  "She didn't say it over the phone, but you can tell, it must be an urgent matter."

  As she spoke, Liu Qingqing took over the mobile phone, turned it on and handed it to Xiang Tianliang.

  "Sister, I promised you, today I won't go anywhere, just stay home and accompany you."

  Liu Qingqing was moved in her heart, but still picked up the beeper and dialed out. A woman who delays a man's affairs for personal reasons will make him look down on her.

  As expected, on the phone, Li Yajuan's first words were:

  "Xiao Xiang, something's happened."