Jiapingguan Chronicle

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Han's expression changed immediately. He looked the Third Master up and down, and a disdainful expression appeared on his face.

"Oh, what a rare guest!" He snorted through his nose, raised his left eyebrow, and said sarcastically, "Look who this is? Isn't this our renowned little prodigy? It's been so many years, where have you been making a fortune?"

The third master remained silent with a cold expression, merely glancing at Chu Han before turning his face away, clearly indicating that he did not want to deal with him.

Chu Han did not back down because of the Third Grandfather's attitude, and moved forward a little.

As he took a step forward, he winked at the children watching and explained quietly, "It's necessary for the story."

The children nodded, watching with longing as Chu Han resumed his arrogant expression. They all sighed inwardly, marveling at how versatile their great-uncle was; there was almost nothing he couldn't do or couldn't do well.

"Hey, why aren't you saying anything? Are you having a hard time out there and are you too embarrassed to say anything?" Chu Han's sarcastic expression deepened. He sneered and said, "But looking at you adorned with gold and silver, you don't seem to be having a bad time. Could it be..." He looked the Third Master up and down, very impolitely, "that you got all this by selling your body?"

After hearing him say that, the Third Grandfather immediately changed his expression and whispered to everyone, "This is a different person now, relatively more composed."

The children nodded in agreement. Although it was the same person, their great-uncle, it was easy to tell that they were two completely different people.

Chu Han straightened his back, stretched out his hand to block his right side, and raised an eyebrow at the crowd.

Everyone immediately understood that the first person to speak out and make a sarcastic remark was standing to the right of the second person.

After a brief pause, Chu Han cleared his throat and said in a lower voice, "Zisheng, be careful with your words! How can you say such things so casually? Apologize to Xiaoyi right now!"

Seeing this, Jin Miaomiao gently tugged at Shen Cha and whispered in her ear, "This person seems quite polite? But something feels off."

“It really is strange.” Shen Cha whispered in Jin Miaomiao’s ear, “The first person’s evil was overt, but the second person’s evil was covert. As the saying goes, it’s easy to dodge a knife in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. This kind of person is the most insidious.”

"On the surface, he's upholding justice, but in reality, his heart is rotten." Xia Jiu overheard their conversation and leaned closer, whispering, "If he really thought the first person was wrong, he wouldn't have said such a thing. How could he just say it so casually? Isn't this obvious that he actually thinks the same way?"

“Yes!” Shen Cha nodded and said in an even softer voice, “I suspect that this person was the mastermind behind that incident back then.”

Jin Miaomiao and Xia Jiu exchanged a glance and nodded in agreement.

Chu Han, who was still acting over there, had exceptionally good hearing. Although Shen Cha spoke softly, he still heard her. While he was composing himself, he didn't forget to secretly give her a thumbs up.

Shen Cha saw it, chuckled, and patted Jin Miaomiao, who was still about to mutter, to let her continue reading.

Chu Han clasped his hands in a fist salute to the Third Grandfather, smiled, and continued, "Long time no see, Xiao Yi. You know Zisheng is always straightforward and speaks without thinking. If I have offended you in any way, please don't take it to heart." "Oh!" the Third Grandfather said indifferently, "I never take strangers' words to heart. However, I have a question. May I ask who you are? Have we met before?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback, looked at each other, and then looked at the Third Grandfather.

"Is she genuinely forgetting, or is she doing it on purpose?" Qi Zhifeng sat down next to Shen Cha and whispered, "It feels like she's doing it on purpose."

“It must have been intentional.” Shen Cha nodded, and seeing that Chu Han also had a puzzled and disbelieving expression, she raised an eyebrow slightly. “It seems that those two were also suspicious at the time, but after so many years apart, they weren’t entirely sure.”

"Xiao Yi." An incredulous expression appeared on Chu Han's face. "You don't recognize us? You don't remember us?"

"Should I know you? Should I remember you?" The Third Grandfather glanced at Chu Han indifferently, then looked around at him before turning back to explain, "Including seeing those students and their parents."

"Understood!" Jin Miaomiao nodded. "Please continue, you two."

"We're best friends!" Chu Han's expression changed from disbelief to a slightly aggrieved look. "How come you don't remember?"

"Best friends?" Third Grandfather tilted his head and thought for a moment. "I do have a few best friends, but I'm sorry, none of you are among them."

"You!" Chu Han instantly transformed into another person, a man named Zi Sheng, who raised his fist to strike Third Master's face. "Don't push your luck! Ah!"

The final "Ah!" left everyone confused. They saw Chu Han clutching his stomach, falling backward in pain, while Third Grandfather pretended to bump his head against him.

"This is..." Shen Cha thought for a moment and immediately understood the situation. She tentatively asked, "Uncle, you bumped your head into that guy named Zisheng's stomach at this time, right?"

“That’s right!” Third Grandfather nodded, a little embarrassed as he touched his chin. “At that time, I don’t know why, but I just rushed over and confronted him without any hesitation, and even made a very fierce expression. However, after thinking about it, the second person seemed to be provoking my master and angering him, so I thought I would make him take action, thus putting him at a disadvantage.”

"But he didn't expect that the one who made the move was a child, right?" Chu Han immediately returned to his original self and said with a smile, "Your master said that your little face was red at the time, and you stood in front of him fiercely, while Huilan also looked wary."

“Yes!” Third Grandfather sighed. “After I bumped into that guy named Zisheng, he started yelling loudly, groaning and moaning, so exaggeratedly that even his friends, students, and students’ parents couldn’t stand it. At that time, I was still very young and quite thin. My master said that all the food I ate was used to grow taller, and I was as thin as a bamboo pole. Think about it, how much strength could I have back then? That guy named Zisheng was about the same age as my master, in his thirties. Could he let a little kid injure him? Wasn’t he obviously trying to extort money? Everyone present could see that.”

"And then? How was it resolved?"

"The restaurant owner came out to smooth things over and offered to invite my master inside, but my master had already lost interest and led us back to the inn. The more composed guy tried to stop him, but my senior brother blocked him." Third Grandfather looked at Jin Miaomiao. "You know what your master looks like with a cold face? That guy was terrified and stood there, too scared to move." (End of Chapter)