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The little sick man was most afraid of snakes, so he was startled and his hands immediately froze.

Shen Yuan raised his eyes to carefully look at Wei Zan’s expression, after a while, he pursed his lips and slowly muttered, “Childish.”

Suddenly feeling something was wrong, Shen Yuan frowned and asked, “How did you know I’m afraid of snakes?”

Hearing this, Wei Zan said, “Forgot it, maybe I heard someone say this. Don’t eat it, if you’re afraid.”

Then he moved closer to Shen Yuan, looked eye to eye, and slowly said, “You didn’t see, this pot has two stewed flower snakes of red and black color. Twisted and boiled together in the pot, they are all tied up, looking so beautiful.” 

Even if Shen Yuan knew that Wei Zan was just bluffing, he couldn’t help being frightened after hearing such vivid words.

The sick young man turned blue and his pupils trembled. He almost threw the spoon away.

Seeing the reaction, Wei Zan straightened up, and said, “Don’t be afraid, it’s all stewed anyway, so it can’t bite you.”

Shen Yuan’s face turned blue and white for a while. Gathering his courage, Shen Yuan finally said, “Bring it here.”

There was a trace of grievance in those drooping eyes.

As long as it was given by Madam Hou, the little sick child would not be willing to throw it away, even if it was something he was scared of.

The porridge was as crystal clear as white jade under the light, and it was mixed with a lot of minced meat. 

Shen Yuan slowly picked it up with a spoon, struggled to lick it with the tip of his tongue, and tasted it.

After tasting the meat, he found it had the fresh and sweet taste of the fish.

Seeing him sticking out the tip of his tongue like a kitten, for some reason, Wei Zan’s heart skipped a beat, as if something called it.

He couldn’t tell if it was a relief or …

Under the lamplight, Shen Yuan’s depressed eyes lit up again, and he let out a small sigh of relief.

Then he looked up at Wei Zan again.

The person was standing with his hands behind his back, pretending to look at the furnishings in the room, but the corners of his mouth were curled up.

Shen Yuan’s courtyard didn’t have many furnishings. The courtyard was not exquisite, but was sparse and open, with a hidden medicinal fragrance that lingered around the house.

This little sick young man was weak and dared not smoke incense randomly, but he always had this faint breath of medicine on him, which made people tired and sleepy.

The table under the window was large, and there were no decorations on the shelves on both sides, only books were piled up.

Wei Zan stroked the spine of the book with his fingertips, and slowly said, “Have you read all the books here?”

Shen Yuan scooped up the minced meat porridge and muttered, “Diligence can make up for one’s inadequacy. It’s not like the young master who is born with great talent. Naturally, I have to read more to make up for it.”

Hearing the strange tone, Wei Zan said, “Shen Yuan, you can’t talk well.”

Shen Yuan said, “Weren’t you bluffing me just now?!”

Wei Zan laughed and said, “That’s even now, can I touch these books?”

Shen Yuan didn’t expect anything from this person who didn’t play cards according to common sense. 

He held his breath for a long time and strangely said, “Look at it if you want to, just don’t take it back.” 

Only the sound of a spoon lightly colliding with the bowl could be heard in the room.

Wei Zan casually took the book and saw that the pages were yellowed, worn out, and the edges were slightly curled, and it was not smoothened even if he rubbed it with his fingers.

The pages were stained with traces of medicinal fragrance from Shen Yuan’s body.

Looking at the book, one could easily see that he had read this book numerous times.

Wei Zan curiously read the title of the book, but it turned out to be a volume of “Wartime Theory”.

Seeing this, he was a little surprised, “Hasn’t this book on military affairs been lost for a long time?!”

“I heard that this book was destroyed by the previous dynasty because of its nature. Why do you still have one??”

Maybe it was rare for someone to discuss military tactics with him, but this time the little sick young man didn’t have any thorns in his words, he softly said, “Father had left it behind.” 

When Shen Yuan came here, he had brought three full carts of books. At that time, Wei Zan was still sitting on the wall watching the excitement.

He thought a little nerd had moved in.

Unexpectedly, those books were all military books.

Wei Zan looked at the piles of old books and said, “Then these are…”  

Shen Yuan said, “They are all the same…”

“I am not a general, but I hoped that I would join the army to kill the enemy and keep the world peaceful. So I collected military books from all over the world and taught myself how to practice martial arts and how to lead troops. Even though I can’t use it now, I dare not give up.” 

After saying this, Shen Yuan stared at his thin and pale hand, showing a mocking smile, “If you want to laugh, just laugh.”

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