Sister Tingting, don't move~

Hey, he was young and talented.

Master Ren's merchant instincts sprang to life again.

"Hello, Master Ren," Lin Yu greeted him at just the right moment.

"As expected of Uncle Nine's outstanding disciple. You're bound to achieve great things in the future."

When Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai saw that their master hadn't even introduced them during the introductions, their eyes widened at once.

Was this really the master they'd lived with for so many years? He'd finished introducing each of them in one sentence, yet said so much about their junior brother.

Master, my love for you is the real thing!

Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng couldn't help wailing at Uncle Nine in their hearts.

Unfortunately, there was no way Uncle Nine could hear them.

"I heard your daughter returned from the provincial capital, Master Ren. Why didn't you invite her along today?"

After the introductions, Uncle Nine put the question to Ren Fa.

"That girl just learned how to put on makeup, and as soon as she got back, she went around teaching everyone." Ren Fa's eyes were full of pride as he spoke of his daughter. After all, she'd come from the provincial capital.

"Look how ugly he is. His daughter can't be much prettier."

Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng exchanged a secret glance and muttered under their breath.

Uncle Nine's biased introductions had inevitably left Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng feeling resentful. But they didn't dare offend anyone here, so they could only vent with their tongues.

Lin Yu saw what they were doing and hurriedly pinched Qiu Sheng, signaling the two of them to stop talking nonsense.

He also shook his little fist at them in warning.

They were guests here, and gossiping about their host would make Uncle Nine look terribly ill-mannered.

"Oh, my daughter's here," Ren Fa said, looking behind them.

Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng curled their lips and glanced back carelessly.

"Wow, slurp." Caught completely off guard, the two stared in a daze.

Before their eyes was a pink, low-cut Western dress, exposing her full, ample white fruits.

"That's Master Ren's daughter?" Wen Cai whispered in Qiu Sheng's ear.

"Probably. You're not allowed to fight me for her," Qiu Sheng said hurriedly.

"Why not? Let's compete fairly." Wen Cai certainly wasn't having that.

Uncle Nine looked at the two of them staring in a daze, his brows furrowed so tightly they could have crushed a fly.

He truly regretted bringing these two out. They always dropped the ball at the crucial moment.

Four Eyes wore the expression of someone watching a show. The two little brats had angered him yesterday, and now that there was a good show to watch, he wasn't going to miss it.

Unfortunately, the two were so oblivious at the crucial moment that there was no way they'd notice. They were still staring at the full and ample Ren Tingting.

"Daddy~" Ren Tingting called out in a sweet voice.

In an instant, Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng's bodies trembled, and their souls went weak.

"Hurry and greet Uncle Nine. This is Uncle Nine's outstanding disciple, Lin Yu."

Ren Fa had already disregarded the others. Four Eyes didn't live in Ren Family Town, and once he left, Ren Fa wouldn't be able to find him.

He'd also heard of Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng. In his eyes, they were good-for-nothings.

Now Uncle Nine had brought along a disciple who was talented and young, with plenty of room to work with. One way or another, Ren Fa had to make a move.

"Uncle Nine."

"Hello, little friend."

Ren Tingting greeted them one after the other, then sat down obediently beside Ren Fa.

Seeing how sleazy Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng looked, she promptly sat on Lin Yu's side.

"You've grown so big," Uncle Nine remarked.

"Yes, really big," Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng chimed in, though who knew where their eyes were looking.

Lin Yu covered his face in embarrassment. You two screwups might not mind making fools of yourselves, but I do.

Ren Tingting followed their gazes and looked down. She understood at once and let out an angry huff, her eyes full of disgust.

Even the respect she'd just shown Uncle Nine vanished. In her heart, they were nothing but a bunch of frauds.

Lin Yu saw it too, but there was nothing he could do. In a setting like this, it wasn't easy for him to speak up and stop them.

As for telling his master not to bring the two of them from the start, that was even more impossible. How would his senior brothers have felt if he'd said that? Wouldn't it have caused a rift?

Lin Yu could only hope nothing serious happened. After all, only Wen Cai had been there in the original story.

Now Qiu Sheng had been added to the mix. With this butterfly effect, there was no telling how things would unfold.

"Little brother, how old are you?" Ren Tingting asked curiously, looking at the sweet and adorable Lin Yu.

"Hello, big sister. I'm eight." Lin Yu answered her question, but didn't flatter her too much. After all, his two senior brothers had just made fools of themselves, and he couldn't make the same mistake.

"Pfft~"

Looking at Lin Yu acting like a little adult, Ren Tingting couldn't hold back her smile. She covered her mouth and giggled.

"What's wrong, big sister?" Lin Yu looked at Ren Tingting, black lines filling his head. Why had she suddenly started laughing in the middle of their conversation? Was she looking down on him for being eight?

"Nothing. I just think you're awfully cute, little brother." Ren Tingting couldn't resist reaching out and pinching Lin Yu's little cheek.

Lin Yu felt the little hand playing with his face and caught the fragrance drifting naturally into his nose. As someone who'd been single since birth, he really couldn't handle it.

"W-what are you doing?" Lin Yu's little face was red, though whether from the pinching or embarrassment, he didn't know.

Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng's eyes went wide at the sight, and they roared in their hearts, Why isn't that me?

"You're so cute, little brother. Order whatever you want to eat today. It's my treat."

People were visual creatures and naturally felt fondness for beautiful things, let alone when cuteness was added to the mix.

Ren Tingting couldn't keep her hands off Lin Yu. If there weren't so many people around, she really would have wanted to keep playing with those little cheeks.

"Thank you, pretty sister." Hearing there was good food to be had, Lin Yu's little mouth turned honey-sweet.

Since coming to this world, he hadn't been able to eat any of the snacks from his previous life. Every day it was thin soup and watery gruel. Though he wasn't picky, his mouth was so bland a bird could have flown out of it.

Now that there was good food to eat, Lin Yu's eyes lit up.

The waiter also handed over the menu at just the right time.

"A coffee for me."

Ren Tingting ordered without even looking.

Uncle Nine and the others, meanwhile, were utterly baffled by the foreign writing on the menu.

If I'd known, I wouldn't have come. I haven't gotten to drink any foreign tea, and I've lost all my face.

Four Eyes gazed at the menu, its writing like ghostly scribbles, and thought miserably to himself.

"I'll have an egg tart, cake, and a coffee, plus an order of cookies. A coffee each for my master and the others too." Lin Yu looked at the menu and ordered with practiced ease.

The moment he'd seen the menu, a familiar BGM had sounded in his head.

[Ding~ You read English and combined it with the knowledge in your mind. You have mastered a language.]

That was right, he'd learned English. Though he hadn't studied it properly in his previous life, he'd known some of it. Combined with Heaven-Defying Comprehension, he'd grasped it.

The other four were still debating whether to follow Ren Tingting's example and order coffee. When they heard Lin Yu, they all stared at him in astonishment.

"Junior brother, you can read foreign writing?" Wen Cai asked quietly, a trace of shock in his voice.

"A coffee for me too," Ren Fa said.

"To think Xiao Yu understands foreign writing at such a young age. You really are Uncle Nine's outstanding disciple." Ren Fa couldn't help praising him. These days, anyone who knew foreign writing was truly remarkable.

"It's nothing. I just read a little more in my spare time, and I learned it," Lin Yu said in a modest humblebrag.

Ren Fa's admiration only grew harder to contain after hearing that. Their ages were suitable too; if Lin Yu weren't Uncle Nine's disciple and a Daoist, Ren Fa would have wanted to take him as his godson.

Ren Tingting was completely thrown. Was that something a person could say? She'd studied in the provincial capital and memorized things until she was half-dead without learning foreign writing, yet he'd learned it just by reading books.

"All right, that's everything." Seeing that everyone had ordered, Ren Fa waved the waiter away.

"Ah, wait. Coffee isn't good for children. Please change his to a glass of milk." Ren Tingting stopped the waiter and changed Lin Yu's coffee.

Once they'd finished ordering, the waiter gave a slight bow and left.

"Thank you, Sister Tingting," Lin Yu said sweetly.

"What a sweet talker you are, little one." Ren Tingting pinched Lin Yu's nose.