Chapter 1821
The Orphan of Zhao 2
Since his soul hadn't been replaced and he was her own younger brother, Liu Dong couldn't just abandon him.
Liu Dong continued to keep the person by his side, teaching him poetry, literature, music, zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting to cultivate his character.
There's no way around it; this child's temperament has become gloomy and extreme due to his past life's experiences. If he isn't properly corrected, he will ultimately suffer the same tragic end as in his previous life.
Liu Qi deeply longed for family affection.
Among the relatives he acknowledges, only his mother and his biological sister are recognized.
Especially his sister, who was also sent to prison for standing up to Bai Yanlang because of him.
That's why in his past life he regarded the woman surnamed Gao as his spiritual anchor and devoted himself wholeheartedly to her.
However, the woman ultimately let him down.
In this life, with his own older sister still alive, Liu Qi naturally wouldn't transfer his affections to the woman surnamed Gao.
His obsession was directed at Ryuu, and he would do whatever Ryuu asked him to do.
As he patiently studied, his temperament gradually changed.
Liu Qi is very intelligent; his aptitude for poetry and literature is even greater than his aptitude for martial arts.
Liu Tong teased her younger brother, asking if he wanted to become the top scholar in the imperial examination in the future.
Liu Tong: "You're good-looking. Even if you can't be the top scholar, you can be the third-ranked scholar! Um, how about learning to throw knives and becoming known as Little Liu the Flying Dagger?"
Liu Qi: "..."
Liu Qi began to consider whether or not he should take the imperial examination.
He will never be an assassin again in this lifetime; perhaps being an official would be quite nice too.
Liu Qi began to study poetry and literature more diligently, and of course, he did not neglect his martial arts skills either.
He gave up his martial arts skills from his previous life.
In his previous life, he was an assassin. His martial arts skills were ruthless, and his internal energy cultivation techniques were not profound. He obtained them from someone else through a woman surnamed Gao's seduction, and they were only slightly better than the techniques practiced by ordinary people.
It was because all four of them were martial arts prodigies that they were able to cultivate their internal energy to the highest level. Combined with the moves they themselves comprehended, they were able to become top-notch masters in the martial arts world.
Liu Qi discovered that the martial arts taught to him by Professor Liu Dong were extremely advanced.
Especially the internal energy cultivation method, just from the name you can tell it's extraordinary: "Eternal Youth and Longevity Technique".
If one cultivates to perfection, one can maintain youth and remain as young as a twenty-year-old even at a hundred years old.
Who wouldn't be tempted by such internal strength?
And then there are those martial arts techniques: the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, the Heavenly Mountain Plum Blossom Hand, the Shifting Stars...
There's also the light-footed martial art "Lingbo Weibu"...
All of them are exquisite.
However, the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms did not suit his personality, and he found it much more difficult to practice than other martial arts.
In the end, he only mastered the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms to a minor level.
However, another person mastered the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms to its fullest extent.
With a single move, he unleashed a dragon-shaped burst of true energy, which looked incredibly powerful and awe-inspiring.
The person who practiced the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms was not Liu Dong, but another child that the two found on their journey south.
This child is a year younger than Liu Dong, and judging from his clothes, he should come from a wealthy family.
But now he's all alone.
If Liu Dong hadn't given him a bite to eat, the child would have starved to death.
Liu Qi was the first to discover the child.
After seeing the person, he stood to the side for a while before finally reluctantly going to find Liu Tong.
Liu Tong fed the child rice porridge and asked her younger brother, "Do you know him? Could he be someone from your past life?"
Liu Qi pursed his lips: "He was taken in by Sister Gao along with me."
Of all the children, Liu Qi showed the least aversion to this. Perhaps it was because this child shared some similarities with his own experience—both were abandoned by their biological fathers.
This child is named Shi Qun, and he comes from a wealthy family.
His biological father was a man who favored his concubine over his wife. On their journey to escape famine, the dry rations his family had prepared were almost gone.
His biological father listened to his concubine's instigation and abandoned Shi Qun and her son.
Shi Qun's mother was a weak woman, but she was also quite beautiful, so the outcome was predictable.
All she could do was shield her from the evil people so that her child could escape as quickly as possible.
Shi Qun hates his own father just as Liu Qi hates Bai Yanlang.
In their past lives, after they both became assassins, they both returned home once.
Liu Qi personally killed his so-called brothers and sisters, and also killed the person who had switched places with him.
Unfortunately, the person who was switched with his sister entered the palace, making him difficult to kill.
In front of Bai Yanlang, Liu Qi killed his second wife and their children, and even his son-in-law's family.
One by one, they were dragged in front of Bai Yanlang and killed.
And then: "It's all because of you!"
In the end, Bai Yanlang broke down and took his own life.
Shi Qun was not as deranged as Liu Qi; he only killed his concubine and her son.
Shi's father had more than one concubine, and Shi Qun did not touch the children he had with his other concubines.
But Shi's father had gone mad, driven insane by fright.
After Shi Qun woke up, he followed behind Liu Tong.
Liu Tong instructed him to study literature with Liu Qi to cultivate his character.
He supported the two in seeking revenge, but didn't want them to become cold-blooded and ruthless.
Shi Qun was also a good reader. Although his talent in the Book of Poetry was not as great as Liu Qi's, his talent in policy essays was greater.
Liu Tong decided to let the two of them participate in the scientific expedition together when they grew up.
The three of them finally arrived in Jiangnan.
Liu Tong chose a small town and settled down.
When he left Kyoto with Liu Qi, he returned to the Bai family and took a lot of silver notes, as well as the loose change the Bai family had kept for buying groceries.
You're saying the Bai family won't have enough money to buy groceries or eat in the future?
The concubine's jewelry is still there; she didn't take it.
The Bai family still has so many ornaments and weapons; they could all be pawned for money!
Therefore, Liu Dong has quite a bit of money.
Bai Yanlang had run his escort agency for many years and accumulated considerable wealth. Liu Dong only took all of the Bai family's cash, totaling a little over 30,000 taels. That's only one-tenth of the Bai family's assets.
Liu bought a small estate, a small shop, and some servants, and settled there.
Liu Tong originally wanted to run a hot pot business in her small shop, thinking it was a novel food that would definitely make money.
He discovered that this world was a fictional world, and that hot pot and chili peppers already existed.
Eating beef is surprisingly common in this world! -_-||
Ultimately, Liu Tong decided to open a pastry shop specializing in Western-style pastries.
Does this world no longer exist?
Western pastries are not necessarily tastier than Chinese pastries, but cream cakes are so beautifully presented that they are very appealing.
Therefore, Liu Dong's pastry shop specializes in cream cakes, attracting a constant stream of customers who vie for the cream cakes made each day.
Due to limitations in the tools available, the number of cakes produced each day is not large.
We make 100 cupcakes a day, but only 10 six-inch cakes a day.
Because of the limited quantity, even though the price was very high, they were all snapped up every day, making Liu Dong a fortune! (End of Chapter)