Thus, Xia Zheng began awkwardly trying to “compete” with Xia Xianning, not realizing that emptiness awaited him. As Xia Xianning said, Xia Changwei not pursuing Xia Zheng’s deception was already showing great face. Xia Zheng’s pleas were futile, and after several attempts to pester, he was eventually driven out.
Seeing no hope, he tried to be self-reliant, but with low education and no work experience, he could only start from the most basic manual labor. The psychological gap was too large. Unwilling to work hard and resentful, he was arrested for theft within a year, but that’s another story.
Xia Xianning took out his phone to check the time, discovering it had run out of battery. He asked Lo Yingbai: “What time is it? If the teacher and his wife aren’t coming back, shall we go out to eat?”
Lo Yingbai blinked: “They said they’re eating out tonight… Going out too often gets boring.”
Xia Xianning understood: “What do you want to eat?”
Lo Yingbai pushed him to the kitchen, sending everyone else away, letting Xia Xianning do as he pleased.
Xia Xianning spent his last university year in the army, first mixing in the cooking squad for three months, thus unlocking his chef skills. He looked through the refrigerator, planning to bake a cake.
Lo Yingbai treated it as a game, excitedly hovering nearby, hindering and helping, asking: “What did you want to discuss?”
Xia Xianning, with a hand full of flour, turned to look at Lo Yingbai: “Senior, do you know about Senior Brother Lu taking over as sect leader recently?”
“Lu Heng…”
Lo Yingbai pondered: “I remember. Uncle Xie passed the sect leader position to him. I seem to have received and signed the official document from Senior Brother Lu a few days ago and sent it back.”
Lo Yingbai was one of the earliest disciples after Zhu Caiwei. However, since the Lo family had entered the secular world, they were no longer suitable to manage sect affairs.
Out of respect, Lu Heng specially sent the registration document for Lo Kai and Lo Yingbai to sign. Lo Yingbai signed without hesitation and immediately sent it back.
Xia Xianning nodded: “After Senior Brother Lu became sect leader, Uncle Xie took him to the mountains, saying he wanted to pass on one last magical technique.
