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Chapter 68 Uncle Ah Huo is really a master

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"That's the thing that needs electricity, right? My master's house doesn't have electricity!"

"Ah! Tingnan, why didn't you say so earlier? Why? I saw that you had an electric light in your house!" Du Hongxue was extremely frustrated. "Why?"

“My master came back later; the old house had long been destroyed. To make it easier to practice his skills and to avoid interacting with people, he built two rooms on this mountaintop.”

The house is on a mountaintop, a detached unit, making wiring inconvenient. Of course, the main reason is that Master rarely goes out, has excellent eyesight, and hardly uses lights, so he felt there was no need to run electricity.” Ting Nan patiently explained. Although teasing Du Hongxue was fun, she was also grateful for his consideration for his master.

"Sigh, this Uncle Huo is really a master! Ting Nan, do you think Uncle Huo is actually a member of 'Dark Night'?" Du Hongxue quickly changed the subject.

"Go ask him? You'll have to suffer the beating yourself." Ting Nan really treated him as an equal, which made him seem aloof. 'Uncle' was just a title.

"No way, it's too embarrassing to get beaten up in front of Xiaoyue," Du Hongxue refused.

"Xiaoyue? Teacher Zuo allowed you to call her by her nickname?"

"That's right, I'll soon be your official 'master master'." Du Hongxue became smug again.

"Hmph, 'Master,' you'd better treat my Teacher Zuo well from now on, or I won't hesitate to run out of Shanghai and beat you up." Ting Nan waved her little fist.

"Hmph! I won't give you that chance!" Du Hongxue snorted back.

"By the way, Uncle, do your parents like Teacher Zuo? I've heard quite a few stories of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts." Ting Nan was genuinely worried; Teacher Zuo's personality was too easy to bully.

"I have a question for you, does your mother know how to swim?" Ting Nan asked seriously.

"What kind of question is that? What's wrong with my mom not being able to swim?" Du Hongxue was confused. How did this bring up her mom's swimming?

"Then let me ask you, if Teacher Zuo and your mother fell into the water at the same time, who would you save first?"

"What are you thinking about, Tingnan?" Du Hongxue wondered what kind of wild idea Tingnan had.

“Answer me seriously! I’ve heard others ask this question.”

"My mom and I will help you, Teacher Zuo, okay?"

"Hmph, the books say that mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law are natural enemies, and the key to how to get along lies in whether the man knows how to behave."

"Tingnan, don't worry about that. Xiaoyue is someone my mother watched grow up. In her heart, she is definitely the best candidate for her daughter-in-law."

"Really? I hope so! But people change, I don't care, you have to promise that you'll always be on my side, Teacher Zuo."

"Absolutely, you little bean, you'll have to keep your eyes wide open when you look for a partner in the future."

"That's right, I'll find someone without a mother-in-law in the future."

"No way? Tingnan, you're amazing!" Du Hongxue thought Song Tingnan was hilarious; she was way too precocious.

"Also, will you favor boys over girls when you have children in the future?"

“Ting Nan, you… you’ll learn in the future. Whether a child is a boy or a girl is determined by the man, not the woman.” Du Hongxue was embarrassed, but he still forced himself to explain.

"Really? That's good! Your parents know too, right?"

"I know, I know!" Du Hongxue didn't want to continue this question. This little one is really protective of Xiaoyue.

Hmm, this student's education wasn't wasted; I heard she's fluent in Russian and English. To skip straight to fourth grade upon starting school—that's quite intimidating, that's some serious intelligence and fighting skills. He must not know that Ting Nan has another master, otherwise he'd be even more afraid.

Ting Nan told her family not to tell them she was learning lip reading and ventriloquism. Master Liu said that things should be done in secret, and besides, their line of work was all about surprise. So Zuo Jinyue didn't tell anyone and wouldn't tell anyone in the future.