This isn't reckless, but Li Zhiyuan believes that the Heavenly Dao will grant him this convenience.
After all, there are countless coincidences in the world, and not every coincidence is like a wave; there are very broad conditions for compromise here.
However, this process is too slow, and there are too many Evils here. The effort of Yu Gong moving mountains is meaningless for the time being, so he still has to wait until he truly becomes the Dragon King before inviting the Immortal to help move the mountains.
"Gurgle... gurgle..."
That thing in the well was still rolling. When Li Zhiyuan tilted his head to look down once more, it returned to stillness.
This Evil wanted to showcase some special presence but dared not meet the gaze of the young man directly.
Li Zhiyuan said, "Come out yourself."
The well remained silent.
Li Zhiyuan reached out his hand as if to grab it.
With a splash, a creature resembling but not quite a snake, with a protruding elongated shape on its head, shot out from the well. Its body was colorful, and combined with the splashing water, it formed a dazzling rainbow creating a splendid sight.
Soon after, it fell back, diving into the well again.
Li Zhiyuan: "Continue."
It flew out again, and the beautiful scene continued.
After it fell back again, not waiting for the young man to instruct, it flew out once more, repeatedly, causing the rainbow above the ancient well to continuously hang.
Li Zhiyuan reached out to touch the rainbow bridge so close in front of him. He could actually grab some of it, handing it to Alii, who blew at it, causing countless rainbow-colored bubbles to float out, looking very lovely.
The colors and this style of play were much more fun and interesting than those bubbles bought from small vendors in the back while watching movies.
Alii played for a long time, and Li Zhiyuan accompanied her for a long time, while that Evil jumped up and down for even longer.
When they had played to their heart's content, the young man held the girl's hand and walked towards the bungalow.
The Evil stopped, its body crouched beside the mouth of the well.
In its eyes, a dense resentment pooled, causing the beautiful rainbow overhead to suddenly turn pitch black.
The young man, originally about to step over the threshold, paused and slowly turned his head.
The rainbow reappeared, and it began to leap up again, even actively blowing out a large number of bubbles.
The young man didn't turn completely around; instead, he continued into the house, returning to reality with the girl.
Alii went to the desk and opened a finished painting.
The previous wave's picture was difficult to draw, and Alii had also designed it for a long time.
The painting depicted a mountain, with tall green sides and a path through the middle.
The young man was at the bottom, walking up; above was Yu Tiannan in a black robe, walking down.
The main issue was that the key point of the previous wave was not suitable for retention, so Alii captured the positive implication instead.
The Dragon King coming down the mountain in the past and Xiao Yuan going up the mountain symbolized mutual recognition and exchange.
Alii looked at the young man, anticipating his reaction.
"Very good, really." Li Zhiyuan nodded in satisfaction.
At least, the painting didn't have his Body, nor that pair of lazy dogs.
"However, Alii, I think this painting could be richer, for instance, the little mutt by Yu Tiannan's side could be included since it is actually the true protagonist of the previous wave."
Alii made a circle under Yu Tiannan in the painting with her fingertip, then moved her hand down behind Li Zhiyuan, indicating that if there's a dog there, something should be added here too, otherwise, it wouldn't be symmetrical and would look bad.
Li Zhiyuan: "Then paint Zhao Yi."
...
Xiong Shan's work was too neat.
Arriving at Mr. Li's contracted fish pond, Lin Shuyou found there was really nothing much to do.
But this time, it wasn't just himself; he had Chen Lin with him, and just coming like this and going back like this seemed foolish to Lin Shuyou.
But what else could they do instead of going back?
Chen Lin: "Aunt Liu said she wants to make fish soup for everyone tonight."
"Alright, I'll catch fish," Lin Shuyou rolled up his sleeves, preparing to find tools to catch fish, but he soon realized that this was a newly turned fishpond with just-released fish fry.
Chen Lin: "There's a river next to it; why don't we go fishing?"
Lin Shuyou nodded: "Alright."
Chen Lin: "I saw it on the way hereβthere's a boat parked by the riverbank."
Lin Shuyou: "That's someone else's boat; if we want to use it, we need to talk to them first; it's too troublesome."
Chen Lin: "Then let's not use the boat; let's just sit on the riverbank and fish."
Lin Shuyou: "What I mean is, we have one at home."
With that, Lin Shuyou walked to the fishpond, lifted the small boat floating on the water, crouched down, and hoisted it up.
"Let's go."
"Okay."
Carrying the boat, Lin Shuyou headed to the river, with Chen Lin following behind, looking at his back, sometimes smiling, sometimes worried.
After putting the boat into the river, Lin Shuyou stepped onto the boat first, then said to Chen Lin:
"Come on up."
Chen Lin looked hesitant.
"Come on, don't dawdle."
"Okay."
Chen Lin came on board.
Using a light kick of his foot, Lin Shuyou pushed the boat away from the shore, steering it to the middle of the river.
"Alright, now we can start fishing..."
Only then did Lin Shuyou realize he'd gotten people on board without preparing fishing rods.
The child: "How silly."
Chen Lin sat on the boat, her legs crossed, hands on her knees, exuding both the demeanor of a lady and a charming naivete.
She looked around both sides and said, "You did right; to fish in such a beautiful scenery is a real shame."
Lin Shuyou: "I forgot to prepare fishing rods."
Chen Lin covered her mouth, lowered her head, and this time genuinely laughed.
Lin Shuyou: "You wait here; I'll go get them from the shore and return quickly."
The child: "Why don't you just catch fish directly in the water?"
Lin Shuyou: "Right, I'll just catch fish directly!"
