Zhuo Yan asked tentatively: “Is Brother Jiang a local?”

Jiang Zhou was a little surprised but still nodded: “Yes, a local.”

Zhuo Yan seemed to have no intention at all: “That’s really amazing. You can think of so many things.”

Not understanding what he meant by this question, Jiang Zhou could only smile and say nothing.

Unexpectedly, he asked again: “I wonder how Brother Jiang came up with the idea of cement?”

Zhou Yan bowed his head to ask for advice and was very humble: “After my father brought the bag of cement back, I checked some ancient books out of curiosity. There is no mention of cement in them, and I don’t know where Brother Jiang learned about it. Did you actually research it?”

This question seemed to make sense, but Jiang Zhou always felt it was strange, and he glanced at Zhuo Yan.

At this moment, Zhuo Yan probably wanted to show that he was asking for advice humbly. He half-bowed and raised his hands in front of his forehead, but his eyes were rolling around, making him look very strange.

After thinking about it, Jiang Zhou smiled slightly: “Actually, it’s not a big deal. I had been thinking about building a house before, but the house made with ordinary materials wasn’t strong enough. So, I considered using bricks and stones, but putting bricks and stones together was challenging. Then, I suddenly thought of when it rained and saw the mud on the ground.”

What he said was half true and half false, and he stared closely at Zhuo Yan’s expression.

Zhuo Yan seemed very surprised and a little unbelieving: “So simple?”

Jiang Zhou raised his eyebrows: “Simple?”

Zhuo Yan blinked fiercely and laughed dryly: “No, it’s not simple.”

His reaction was really strange. After learning that Jiang Zhou had developed cement in this way, his expression was a little disappointed, but he seemed to be inexplicably relieved.

Jiang Zhou had a vague guess, but it was just a fleeting thought, and he couldn’t grasp it.

Zhuo Yan asked tentatively: “What about those delicacies? I lived in the countryside for a while. I have to say that the food was really unpalatable. Boiled white meat and steamed white fish made me doubt life.”

Jiang Zhou was shocked -doubt about life? As far as he knew, this was a unique phrase of the time traveler.

When he asked about cement earlier, it was intentional!

Jiang Zhou remained calm, but his heart was filled with turmoil. He wondered, was the person in front of him another time traveler?

Thinking of Zhuo Yan’s surprised and strange expression when he first saw him, maybe he suspected that he was also a time traveler?

Furthermore, he remembered when Zhuo Bang talked about his son, he once said that his son’s temperament had changed drastically recently and was completely different from his previous behavior.

When that people traveled through time, wasn’t that person’s behavior completely different from his own?

But… was he pretending to be a time traveler, or was he pretending not to know anything?

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He hesitated for a moment and suddenly thought if this Zhuo Yan had also traveled through time, then he must know about the things he introduced were unique to that era. If he pretended not to know, he would definitely still be suspected, so why not pretend he also had traveled through time – after all, he had all the memories of the traveler!

He was not afraid of being exposed at all!

After deciding to take the risk, he coughed and suddenly said: “I once studied as a chef at New Oriental.”

New Oriental Cooking School was a unique joke among time travelers.

Sure enough, Zhuo Yan’s expression suddenly brightened: “What a coincidence, I also wanted to go to Lan Xiang to learn excavator!” The two exchanged passwords, each expressing a sense of camaraderie, except for Zhuo Bang, who was confused, wondering why he suddenly couldn’t understand what they were saying.

Zhuo Yan was obviously excited: “Dad! Brother Jiang and I hit it off as old friends. We are going to have a long talk. I won’t accompany you now!”

After saying that, he hastily pulled Jiang Zhou away, leaving Zhuo Bang bewildered.

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Zhuo Bang, who had just moved here and hadn’t bought his own house yet, was temporarily renting in a post house. Zhuo Yan was probably too excited and ended up hurting his wrists while holding Jiang Zhou.

It wasn’t until they returned to the room that Zhuo Yan let go of his hand, carefully closed the door, and then turned around, his eyes filled with excitement: “Fellow Brother!!!”

Jiang Zhou smiled awkwardly and, at the same time, attempted: “I thought I was the only one!”

Zhuo Yan took a sip of tea and said, “I thought I was the only one, but who knew I would meet you now!” He sighed suddenly, looking at Jiang Zhou’s calm expression, and felt a little wistful: “Come to think of it… how come we are both fellow countryman with different fates?”

Jiang Zhou pretended not to understand: “Huh?”

Zhuo Yan said quietly: “You are a man who got rich with a certain amount of money. As for me, I… I’m useless, and I don’t know if there is a script.”

Jiang Zhou thought for a moment: “You are thinking about the script for a late counterattack, right?”

Zhuo Yan didn’t expect him to be such a serious and steady person. He actually told cold jokes. He immediately grimaced and sighed: “Speaking of which, how did you prevent others from finding out that something was wrong?”

Then he talked about his own suffering: “Actually, to be honest with you, this is not the first time I have traveled through time, but I have always been unable to learn the lifestyle of this person before, which makes people look at me a little strangely.”

“The Zhuo family is originally from Xunyang, and the father of this body, Zhuo Bang, who strived for success, passed the imperial examination, struggled for several years, and luckily landed an official position. His whole family lived in the imperial city. In fact, he was still here when I first arrived. The original owner fell seriously ill, about to be burned to death. By chance, I landed on him. It has something to do with you.”

“Related to me?”

“At that time, I was burning in a daze, and I passed by your restaurant. I woke up when I smelled the familiar smell of stinky tofu inside.” Zhuo Yan looked strange, “At that time, I was wondering if you had also traveled through time, and it turned out that you really were!”

Jiang Zhou pretended to be surprised: “What a coincidence, huh?”