On the third floor of the Left Bank Tavern, Li Zhen and Di Yan sat opposite each other and drank. Although they had a tacit understanding in their hearts, they were thin-skinned, and they were still a little short of piercing the last layer of veil.

Di Yan stared at the wine glass in front of her, a faint sadness surged in her eyes. She would accompany her mother to Pengze for the New Year in two days, and she would not be able to come back in at least two months.

"Brother Li, why can't you go to Pengze with me? The lakes and mountains are so beautiful over there, don't you want to go and see?"

Li Zhen filled her wine glass and said with a smile: "You know that I can't help myself now. Although I am the emperor's guard, this bowl of rice is not easy to serve!"

Di Yan sighed, "Actually, I'm just talking about it, how can I really want you to go?"

At this time, Li Zhen took out a box and handed it to her, "This is my gift to you."

"What is it?" Di Yan took the box in surprise.

"Open it yourself!"

Di Yan opened the box and saw that it was a sapphire the size of a pigeon egg inside, crystal clear and blue as sea water. Her eyes lit up and recognized the gem. Isn’t this the gem she pretended to be a village woman to sell? Why is it back? She looked at Li Zhen in confusion.

Li Zhen smiled and said, "This is also considered to be the kindness of Shangguan Sheren for thanking me! I give it to you."

Di Yan found a bead chain inlaid on it. She slowly pulled up the bead chain. The sapphire shone brightly in the sun. She was very moved and silently held it tightly and nodded gently.

"I really like it!" Di Yan pursed her lips tightly, her eyes a little red.

"When will you come back?" Li Zhen was a little embarrassed by her touch and quickly changed the topic.

When will you come back is Di Yan’s most concerned topic at the moment. No other topic can surpass it. Of course, except for Li Zhen’s plan to visit Sisi in Zhangye.

Di Yan's attention was indeed diverted. This was a question that was difficult for her to answer. She frowned and thought for a long time, and Li Zhen also stared at her beautiful eyebrows for a long time.

He didn't care when Di Yan would come back, but he liked to see her beautiful eyebrows, so thin, so curved, and so exquisite, and they were still naturally produced.

"I remembered that I will definitely come back before the end of February. Do you know why?" Di Yan smiled at him mysteriously.

"Why?" Li Zhen asked casually. When he found Di Yan's mysterious smile, his eyes were particularly moving, like a hook, hooking his heart.

"Hey! What are you looking at?"

Di Yan knocked him with chopsticks coquettishly, and Li Zhen suddenly woke up and scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "I'm counting the time you're back!"

A kind lie blocked his embarrassment of spring heart. Di Yan seemed to see through his lies and glared at him, but in the blink of an eye, the bright smile returned to her face.

"Because there is a polo competition at the end of February, my grandmother is the number one polo fan in the world. She would rather not go to see her son than miss the polo competition."

Di Yan added a little extravagantly: "My grandmother's son is of course my father!"

Li Zhen's eyes showed a look of surprise, "Polo... No! Can your grandmother still travel a long distance to Pengze?"

Li Zhen was originally surprised that there was a polo competition, but when he said that he remembered that he should first care about Di Yan's grandmother, she is more important than polo.

Di Yan covered her mouth and laughed, "Or what if I take you to see her today, maybe she will fall in love with you."

Li Zhen also began to feel inexplicably nervous. He looked at the guard uniforms on his body. It was difficult to meet the elders in this outfit, and hurriedly said, "I want to buy a new outfit first."

"No need, my grandmother likes me, likes to see neat guard uniforms. She doesn't care what you do, as long as you like it."

.........

"A Yan, I found something wrong! How long is your grandmother's life now?"

When Li Zhen followed Di Yan halfway, he suddenly discovered a problem. Di Renjie was over 60 years old, so how old should his mother be?

Di Yan seemed to know that he was going to ask this question, and she slowly said: "I once told you that my biological mother died shortly after I was born. It was my aunt who raised me and regarded me as her own child. I also regarded her as my mother. Do you understand?"

Li Zhen understood a little, her grandmother may not be Di Renjie's biological mother.

Di Yan glanced at him and said, "You can feel strange in the future, but don't say it out. It's unreasonable to the master."

"I get it, I'll be careful next time."

Seeing that he was humbly accepting criticism, Di Yan was also happy and said a few more words, "Although my grandmother is not my father's biological mother, she is almost the same. She raised my father and was the ancestor of our family."

"Then what other taboos do your grandmother have? Tell me."

Di Yan thought for a while and said, "Grandma has always been optimistic and cheerful, but there is no taboo. But she hates hypocrisy and politeness the most, and always speaks out loud. If she doesn't like you and can't say a few words, she will beat you out with a stick. You should do it yourself!"

Li Zhen felt cold sweat on his back when he heard this. In fact, he liked to deal with hypocritical and polite people. Even if he had swords in his heart, he was still polite in terms of face. Everyone could talk and part.

I am afraid that I will speak out quickly and if I don’t make a fuss and get beaten up by sticks, I will not be able to hold on to this face.

Seeing that he was hesitant, Di Yan asked a little unhappy: "Are you going?"

"I'm afraid your grandmother will beat you up!"

Di Yan wanted to knock him hard. This elm-wood head was sometimes extremely smart, but sometimes she was so stupid. She gritted her teeth and whispered: "Do you think I'm a decoration?"

Li Zhen suddenly realized that with Di Yan here, how could her grandmother beat him out? He touched the back of his head and couldn't help but smile.

.........

This is the second time Li Zhen has entered Di Mansion. The last time he went directly to Di Renjie's study, but he did not go to the Hou Mansion. Today, Di Yan led him directly to the Hou Mansion.

After walking through a few small doors, I came to a small courtyard. As soon as I walked into the courtyard, I saw a big yellow and white fat cat blocking their way and lazily stretching his body in front of them.

Di Yan immediately smiled and said, "General, let me hug you!"

The fat cat ignored her and turned to the steps. Di Yan was so angry that she stomped her feet, "If you don't give me face, don't even think about eating my fish next time!"

"A Yan, who doesn't give you face!"

An old lady's voice came from the yard, but Li Zhen did not see anyone. He looked around and finally saw a thin old lady walking out from behind a big tree, carrying a polo stick on her shoulder, wearing a white polo uniform, and leather boots on her feet. She looked quite interesting, as if she was practicing playing polo.

Although she called her granddaughter, she looked at Li Zhen with a smile, "Well! This young man has a very long arms, which is very suitable for playing polo."

Di Yan hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed her arm and said coquettishly: "Did the dead cat ignore me, does the old lady ignore me?"

"Stop shaking, you're almost dispersed by this old bone. A Yan, who is this young man?"

Di Yan quickly introduced, "This is my granddaughter's friend, from Dunhuang, named Li Zhen."

While saying that, he tried his best to wink Li Zhen and asked him to come up to greet him. Li Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed to the old lady, "I wish you goodbye to my grandmother!"

The old lady was even more happy and quickly helped Li Zhen up and looked at him. The walnut marks on her face were so bright that she smiled, "This young man is energetic, I like it, A Yan, is he your lover?"

Di Yan's face suddenly turned red, holding the old lady's hand and refused to rely on her. Li Zhen was also very embarrassed and touched the back of her head, not knowing what to say.

But the old lady handed the poke to Li Zhen, "If you want to marry my granddaughter, you can play a ball first, and you can say anything if you satisfy me. Hey! Where is my ball?"

Li Zhen slowly took the polo, and Di Yan took advantage of the old lady's opportunity to find the ball, blushed and gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "The old lady is talking nonsense. Don't think about it, she can't be my master!"

Having said that, she was a little worried about whether Li Zhen would play polo. After all, she had never seen Li Zhen play, and her grandmother was always unexpected, and sometimes she couldn't figure out her grandmother's routine.

"Can you play polo? If you don't, just admit it honestly."

Of course, Li Zhen can play polo. He is also a master of polo in Dunhuang. Polo in the Tang Dynasty is like football today. If a young man doesn’t play a few polos, he will be laughed at.

But he hasn't touched the club for almost a year, so he was a little unfamiliar. Li Zhen nodded, "I can hit a little."

At this time, the old lady walked forward with the cat in her arms, handed the polo to Li Zhen, and smiled and said, "The general took the ball away. Young man, show me the skills and give me a shot."

The polo is as big as an orange, wrapped in layers of cloth, full of elasticity. Li Zhen has already found the feeling. He gently pinched the ball, aiming to be a hole on the outer wall of two feet. The size of the hole is just enough to accommodate the polo.

Li Zhen knew very well that he wanted to leave a good first impression on Di Yan's grandmother, not how much he kowtowed to the old lady. The old lady didn't care about this, but what he wanted was that he could play polo, and he had to play with his level and tricks.

In fact, not only Li Zhen was nervous, but Di Yan was also very nervous. Although her grandmother didn't care about the affairs of the family, her father respected what she said very much. If she didn't like Li Zhen, no matter how Li Zhen showed in front of her father, one word from her grandmother would be enough to deny him.

Although it is a bit simple for my grandmother to like someone, even if she is well-educated, she still doesn't like it if she doesn't know how to play polo. Of course, character is also very important, but that's my father's business.

For grandmother, polo was her only measure. Di Yan felt a little secretly regretful. She had known that she should have let Li Zhen practice polo first before seeing her grandmother.

At this time, Li Zhen gradually calmed down and glanced at the small hole in the wall. He could hit the hole in one shot fifty steps away, but now he was only two meters away. It would be too easy to hit it in like this.

"Grandma, I'm going to fight!"

He gently flicked the polo a few times, grabbed it accurately with his hands, and found the ball. At this time, he put down the ball and let the polo flick on the ground, but he turned around with his back. The old lady was an expert, and she suddenly became excited. This young man wanted to beat the back, which was a first-class high level!

Li Zhen turned around and with a crisp sound of "bang!", the club accurately hit the polo. The polo flew away like a meteor, shooting out a straight line, accurately hitting the hole on the wall.

"nice shot!"

The old lady was so excited that she clenched her fists and shouted that the Taiyuan Polo team she supported last year had a thumping back, which made her feel uneasy for a year. Today, Li Zhen's beautiful back stroke made her feel happy.

Di Yan was also extremely happy. Although she didn't understand polo very well, she understood her grandmother's thoughts. Li Zhen's ball had won the love of her grandmother.

She quickly pulled her grandmother's arm and acted coquettishly: "I'm right! He won't disappoint her grandmother."

"Well! The young man played well. What's your name? Where are you?"

Li Zhen was so amused that he had to start over again, so he had to kneel down and kowtow, "My younger generation, Li Zhen, from Dunhuang, Shazhou."

"Dunhuang! I have been to Grandfather Ayan, it's a good place. Oh, will Mr. Li play immediately? Don't just play strode balls?" The old lady looked at him suspiciously.

Li Zhen quickly explained, "Report to my grandmother, my juniors usually play basketball immediately."

The old lady suddenly smiled and said, "That's good, call me another day, come! Come! Come and sit in the house."

Li Zhen and Di Yan looked at each other, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief. The first level was passed.

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Chapter completed!