When the meal was almost ready, the original owner's little brother, who was studying in primary school, came back from school.
"Brother, I'm back." Du Yi went to the kitchen door and greeted Tao Wan.
"Well, go put down your bag and wash your hands. It's time to eat." Tao Wan didn't look back as he continued to stir-fry the vegetables in the pot.
This apartment was rented by the original owner after he was admitted to Tōkyō University. His father paid for three years of rent in one go. So no matter how much the original owner was worried about money, at least for the next one or two years, he wouldn't live on the streets with his half-brother.
Tao Wan put the dishes on the table and the two quietly finished dinner. Du Yi offered to help wash the dishes, but Tao Wan refused and told him to hurry up and do his homework.
Du Yi was only a boy less than ten years old. In the past, he was also a pampered young master. Living with the original owner for less than a year, he seemed to have grown up a lot in an instant, becoming very sensible.
It wasn't because the original owner didn't treat him well. The original owner's personality was cold to everyone. Although he didn't have much to say to this half-brother of his, he had never given him a hard time or scolded him.
After the original owner's mother died, his father remarried and gave birth to Du Yi with the original owner's stepmother. This stepmother died two years ago because of an accident. The original owner's father was a little superstitious. He felt that he had jinxed his wife, so he didn't want to remarry. But although he didn't want to remarry, he jinxed himself to death. Because of the failure of his business, he went bankrupt and was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He didn't leave anything for his two sons and left this world.
Before the original owner's father died, he asked the original owner to take care of his little brother. The original owner promised that he would take care of him personally and wouldn't let others raise him. Only then did the original owner's father rest in peace. The original owner felt that his father had raised him up and was very good to him. He didn't have time to repay his father's kindness before he passed away. So he took care of his half-brother in his father's stead. It was to repay his father's kindness.
His younger brother looked like a healthy child, but in fact, he had a serious heart disease. Usually, he had to take medicine with him.
The original owner not only had to find a way to pay for tuition, but also had to live normally. She also had to buy medicine for her brother, so the pressure was very great. In the face of Xu Shaoyan's seemingly concerned but actually provocative actions and words, the original owner was already a very saintly person for not exposing him. However, Tao Wan's character wasn't like that. If anyone dared to make things difficult for him, he would definitely return the favor.
After Tao Wan finished washing the dishes and cleaning, he walked into the room and closed the door. After lying down on the bed, he closed his eyes and opened the system. He looked at the bare peach blossom branch in the system. There was only a little bud on it. He sighed, wondering how long it would take for this peach blossom branch to be filled with peach blossoms.
Before Tao Wan crossed over, in his original world, he was an actor who had just graduated from a film school. He was only two or three years older than the original owner.
He had just won the Best Newcomer Award. After the award ceremony, he returned home and suddenly woke up in the middle of the night. He got out of bed and wanted to drink a cup of water to calm his nerves. However, he discovered that the peach blossom tree in the backyard of his house had bloomed brilliantly overnight. It wasn't the season for peach blossoms to bloom.
Tao Wan suspiciously walked into the yard. He stood under the peach blossom tree and looked up. He thought that this peach blossom tree had been planted for so many years, but it had never bloomed before. Could it have become a spirit? Otherwise, why would it bloom overnight?
Just as he was wondering, a peach blossom suddenly fell and hit his forehead. Then, his vision turned black and he fainted. Before he completely lost consciousness, he was still thinking that he had been hit by a peach blossom and fainted …
When he woke up again, he wasn't in his own bed, nor was he in the hospital. He was in an illusory and formless space.
A voice told him that he had been hit by the Peach Blossom System. From now on, he would be the owner of the Peach Blossom System. As long as he could make that peach blossom branch bloom with peach blossoms, he would be able to have the Peach Blossom System forever. Furthermore, he would be able to live forever and cultivate to become an immortal.
The way to make the peach blossom branch bloom with peach blossoms was to go to a different world and develop a relationship. As long as the relationship was complete, a peach blossom would bloom.
Tao Wan wasn't interested in living forever and cultivating to become an immortal. He felt that it was a dream that only ancient emperors had. As a modern person, he wanted to do what he wanted to do and then live a peaceful life for a few decades. What was so fun about living forever?
However, the Peach Blossom System told him that he had already disappeared from his original world and could never return. If he didn't go to a different world to complete missions, he would have to stay in the system forever. However, in the system, he wouldn't age or die. It was up to him.
Tao Wan didn't know how long he had been in the system. It might have been a short time, or it might have been a long time. In any case, he was so bored that he couldn't stay any longer. He felt that he was going to rot. Other than a moving space and a bare peach blossom branch, there was nothing else in the system.
The system told him that if he didn't go to a different world, he couldn't activate any of the system's functions.
Tao Wan felt that after looking at the peach blossom branch for a long time, its bare appearance was very pitiful. It made him feel very sad. Thus, he thought that since he would only be bored to death in the system, he might as well do as the system said and go to a different world to complete missions. Then, he would let the peach blossom branch bloom with peach blossoms and leave the system space.
He felt that since he was a professional actor, he might as well treat every world as a movie. Then, he would participate in the movie and hone his acting skills. After thinking about it this way, Tao Wan started to look forward to going to a different world to complete missions.
The sky was about to turn dark. Tao Wan got out of bed. After taking a shower and changing his clothes, he told Du Yi that he could read or watch TV at home, but he couldn't go out alone. He had to go out to work.
Du Yi obediently agreed and sent Tao Wan out the door. After watching him get into the elevator, he closed the door.
The place where the original owner worked was an ancient tea house. It covered a large area and had five or six courtyards of different grades. It was specially provided for guests to drink tea and listen to the guqin. The original owner's job here was to play the guqin for the guests.
"Manager Wu." Tao Wan was about to go to the changing room when he saw the manager coming out of the lounge. He greeted him.
"You're here, Qing Yu." Manager Wu looked at Tao Wan. He thought for a moment and said, "Today is your last day playing the guqin here. I know you're short on money right now, but you offended Boss Zhang. I can't let you stay here any longer. Otherwise, the next time he comes and sees that you're still here, he might cause trouble for you. It'll be difficult for us. "
"I know. I won't make it difficult for you. After today, I'll find another place." Tao Wan said.
Manager Wu nodded. "I'll give you more of this week's salary. Your father used to be a regular customer here. For his sake, I'll personally give you a little more tip. "
"Thank you, Manager Wu. I don't like to owe people favors." Tao Wan said, "You don't have to worry about me. I'll find a new job soon."
"You're such a stubborn child," Manager Wu said helplessly. "Look at you. Boss Zhang is a bastard, but he just touched your hand. It'll be over after a while. You splashed water on his face. Fortunately, it wasn't hot water. Otherwise, you'd be in big trouble."
"I thought that people who come to the teahouse to drink tea, no matter how dirty they are on the inside, should at least behave properly on the surface. People like Boss Zhang should go to those kinds of hotels to pass the time. They shouldn't come to the teahouse to spend money. The teahouse can't satisfy his desires. "
"Boss Zhang is a famous pervert. He rarely comes here to drink tea. Usually, he comes with customers. But when he comes here, he's already restrained himself." Manager Wu looked at his delicate facial features and tender skin. "It's probably because you're too good-looking that he couldn't control himself. He also didn't expect you to splash water on him. He just touched your hand. Most people would tolerate it. "
"I'm sorry, Manager Wu. I've troubled you." Although Tao Wan said this, he knew very well that Boss Zhang was indeed lusting after the original owner. But he deliberately touched him in a place like the teahouse to provoke him. The reason why he did this was because someone had ordered him to do it. That person was Xu Shaoyan's boyfriend, Liu Xiujie.
"It's already happened. There's no need to say these words. But you should change your temper in the future." Manager Wu sighed, shook his head and left.
Tao Wan went to the dressing room to change. After changing, he stood in front of the dressing mirror and straightened his clothes. Looking at his face in the mirror, Tao Wan also felt that with such a peach blossom face, it was hard not to arouse the desire of those perverts. The original owner had received many hints that people wanted to keep him. Some people even went to the manager and directly said that they wanted to keep him, but the original owner fiercely rejected them.
The courtyard where the original owner played the zither was in this teahouse. The cost was lower than the other courtyards, so it was a large room that could seat ten to twenty tables. A high grade private room would generally invite a high level zither player, so the price was also quite expensive.
The original owner's zither skills were not bad, so he could enter this teahouse to play. But compared to a true master, his zither skills were still very far away.
Tao Wan sat cross-legged in front of the screen. He was dressed in an ink painting of a white ancient costume with tied sleeves. He looked very elegant, and his peach blossom face set off his outstanding charm, making people unable to look away.
Although the original owner's zither skills were lacking, Tao Wan had the system. If he wanted to play at the level of a master, it was not difficult at all.
He used his fingers to strum the zither. The simple and melodious sound of the zither came out. Not long after, it was like a cool breeze suddenly blowing, and a clear spring into the heart. Those who were sitting in the room pretending to be elegant suddenly felt that they had finally learned to listen to the zither, and really became elegant.
The old customers who only cared about admiring the original owner's face could not help but close their eyes at this time, and feel the trickle of the zither, and the cool breeze and bright moon. It was as if in an instant, the impetuousness in their hearts calmed down, and the pressure and fatigue of the day slowly receded. Even the fragrance of the tea on the table became more attractive.
Manager Wu personally came to the entrance of the teahouse and welcomed the guests inside. He talked and laughed with them as he led them inside. One of the guests suddenly stopped in his tracks. The others also stopped and looked at him in confusion.
"Boss Chen?" Manager Wu called out in confusion.
Boss Chen raised his hand to stop Manager Wu from speaking, and carefully identified the direction of the sound. His hearing was amazing, and he could often hear sounds very far away, so he was very sure that the faint melodious sound of the zither entering his ears was not his illusion.
Boss Chen did not speak, and suddenly walked in the direction of the sound.
The others looked at each other, and with a puzzled heart, they hurriedly followed him. Boss Chen was the main character tonight, and it was not easy for them to invite him here. Of course, wherever he went, they would follow.
"Boss Chen … Fufeng Courtyard is this way, you, you … Where are you going?" Manager Wu did not finish speaking, and the guests had already left, so he could only quickly chase after them.
The sound of the zither became clearer, and Boss Chen could not help but quicken his steps.
After the others heard the sound of the zither, they finally understood why Boss Chen insisted on walking in this direction. Boss Chen was famous for being a zither fanatic and having good hearing.
In order not to disturb the others, they quietly walked in and sat down at an empty table.
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