My Wife Is The Final Boss-Chapter 990 - 546: Xu Chang’an’s Backstage (Double-Length)_2

Chapter 990: Chapter 546: Xu Chang’an’s Backstage (Double-Length)_2

"I really like your calligraphy," Li Zhibai praised.

"I’m glad you like it," Xu Chang’an also smiled.

It was rare to be praised by the teacher as not being foolish.

Li Zhibai shook her head, her fingers gently sliding in the air, creating ripples on the surface of the lake as if her fingers had become a brush, painting suspended strokes in the air.

Her fingertips hovered over the ink characters, gently tracing over each stroke, and in an instant, several characters appeared out of thin air.

Xu Chang’an recognized them; these were the forms of his calligraphy, and for a moment, he felt touched inside.

His characters, the teacher remembered them all.

"I really like them, but... there are parts I don’t like," Li Zhibai looked at the characters, as if traversing through time, taking in all of Xu Chang’an’s progress over the years.

"When I was young, the strokes were immature and didn’t catch the teacher’s eye," Xu Chang’an didn’t think his calligraphy could compare to even a tenth of Li Zhibai’s skill, maintaining a calm mindset.

"Do you know what parts I don’t like?"

Xu Chang’an shook his head.

Li Zhibai didn’t explain.

At first, his strokes were full of youthful immaturity, and those immature characters were the ones copied the most.

Later, his characters gradually started to take shape; the strokes in the first half were free and unrestrained, while those in the latter half became gentle and delicate.

They say one’s writing reflects oneself.

The characters Li Zhibai remembered symbolized his growth process, with all the changes in his personality hidden within the ink-streaked strokes.

In Li Zhibai’s eyes, Xu Chang’an’s writing gave her the feeling of transitioning from youthful immaturity to youthful sharpness, but this sharpness didn’t last beyond two pages before becoming gentle.

He had once been spirited, but it didn’t last long, barely a blink of an eye... before he became mature and steady.

It was too quick, which is why she didn’t like it.

As a senior, Li Zhibai instinctively felt not comfort but heartache.

Gentle parents want to see their children grow gradually, not prematurely mature.

"I used to think it was Ms. Yun who made you this way," Li Zhibai said something Xu Chang’an didn’t quite understand.

In Li Zhibai’s eyes, she once thought it was Yun Qian’s presence that made Xu Chang’an calm and lose his youthful spirit.

After all, spending every day with someone like Miss Yun and not acting impulsive was strange, coupled with his daily self-reflection, his "rebellious" phase lasted only half a month, during which he wrote a few poems before settling down and calmly taking care of Yun Qian’s daily needs.

Anyone with youthful spirit would have it suppressed by Yun Qian’s "I’m hungry, I want to eat," and would feel inclined to dive into the kitchen to fill her stomach first.

Where was the youthful nature?

"Teacher, what’s wrong with the young lady?" Xu Chang’an asked nervously.

"It’s nothing to do with Ms. Yun," Li Zhibai came closer and, under Xu Chang’an’s astonished gaze, gently tidied his slightly messy attire from cooking before looking down at the young man in front of her.

Rarely treated so gently by Li Zhibai, Xu Chang’an’s eyes brightened slightly, his pupils lightly trembling in their sockets.

Teacher...?

Li Zhibai arranged Xu Chang’an’s clothing, stepping back a bit.

Only now did she realize that Xu Chang’an’s early maturity had nothing to do with Yun Qian.

It was her fault as his teacher.

Many times, when a young person becomes too sensible too early, it’s because they lack an elder who can cover for them when they make mistakes and solve their problems for them.

If she had cared for Chang’an a little earlier, it wouldn’t have come to this.

So, it could be her fault as his teacher.

Now, her student already knows what it means to be steady, so... as a teacher...

No.

As a mentor, or even as a mother, she wants him to be less steady and more brilliant. Naturally, she can’t be called not steady.

Her pupil must, after all, be the most brilliant one.

In fact, Li Zhibai didn’t care about these things, but Xu Chang’an’s attitude just now reminded her.

Even if she doesn’t care, Xu Chang’an would be angered by others speaking ill of her as his teacher. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

As his teacher, she found herself not even as good as her student.

Yet now, in the Chaoyun Sect, when it comes to mentioning the younger generation, who would speak of his name?

For this reason alone, it’s necessary for Xu Chang’an to undergo some changes.

In the past, when someone called Xu Chang’an the concubine of Muyu Peak, she didn’t take it to heart because such defamation couldn’t affect his image.

But Xu Chang’an told her she should be angry about it.

She, as his teacher, should not be happy about it.

"Chang’an, you haven’t seen Tong Jun’s former self, but..." Li Zhibai revealed Zhu Pingniang’s past without reservation, sharing stories of her once flamboyant, unreasonable, cold, and heartless behavior with Xu Chang’an.

"..."

Xu Chang’an was stunned.

???

The madwoman the teacher described sounded like the image of a female devil... Could it be that Senior Zhu?

To be honest, when mentioning Zhu Pingniang, Xu Chang’an could only think of the charming lady who liked to recline while enjoying tea, with no connection to what Li Zhibai described.

But he was even more confused afterward.

If Senior Zhu was such a troublemaker in the past, why would the teacher ask him... if he wanted to try living like Senior Zhu?

What’s the logic here...?

Thinking of this, a flash of light suddenly passed through Xu Chang’an’s mind.

Wait a moment.

Didn’t Zhu Pingniang once say she wanted him to go out and cause trouble?

It seems that, because the teacher was the most protective of her people, if he went out and caused issues, Li Zhibai would stand up for him, and then... Zhu Pingniang would get to see her old teacher again, reminding everyone... that Li Zhibai still existed.

But at the time, Xu Chang’an hadn’t taken it to heart, because who would advise someone to cause trouble?

Creating problems for the teacher, did he want to stop living?

But now...

Now, with Li Zhibai personally telling him to be more flashy and unreasonable... Xu Chang’an needed to think this through carefully.

Could it be that...

The teacher had been hidden in the cultivation realm for too long, so she needed an opportunity to demonstrate her power and presence again, thus gaining some advantages.

And someone with the teacher’s personality, it seemed that helping the younger generation would be the most reasonable, most appropriate reason.

Indeed, if the teacher were truly a formidable person, showcasing martial power after a period of time would be very necessary.

Therefore.

If he caused trouble, it would be helping the teacher?

Could that be it?

It should be, right.

Xu Chang’an really couldn’t find any other reason.

"So, go and try living like Tong Jun, leave any trouble to me," Li Zhibai said calmly, "Sometimes, letting go of too many calculations and concerns in your heart is also a good thing for cultivation and mindset."

A teacher urging a student to cause trouble, she... really was a strange woman.

"Teacher," Xu Chang’an would not question Li Zhibai’s intentions, he merely needed to follow them, but... as the teacher’s only student, deliberately causing trouble was truly not in his nature.

"What is it?" Li Zhibai looked at him.

"How to cause trouble... I’m not quite sure," Xu Chang’an sighed, not wanting to be like the brainless spoiled brats in the stories who went looking for trouble.

"I’m not asking you to make trouble," Li Zhibai slowly explained her thoughts to Xu Chang’an.

She merely wanted her student to pay less attention to the so-called ’power,’ and deal with those around him from a higher perspective. Encountering things unfavorable to him, he shouldn’t be afraid of causing trouble and shrink back.

Her and Zhu Pingniang’s thoughts were the same.

She hoped Xu Chang’an would take more actions from the perspective of "happiness," rather than being rational all the time.

Having a good mood was more important than anything, no need to fear trouble.

This was what Li Zhibai wanted to convey.

In fact, Yun Qian thought this way too, so Li Zhibai held the highest position in her heart.

"Is this enough?" Xu Chang’an mused.

The teacher was saying... in the future, if it were like before where someone took what was rightfully his, he didn’t need to let it go with a smile.

That, still seemed manageable.

After all, it would be difficult for him to do something brainless like deliberately seeking trouble to make his mark.