Hua Tingxuan: “…!!!”
Watching his senior brother give a set of identical small clothes to Lin Shu'er, Hua Tingxuan felt suffocated in his heart. The anticipation and joy that had been brewing for half a month were stuck in his throat, making him feel uncomfortable.
The first one to express dissatisfaction was Lin Shuer: "What a beautiful dress! But why is it the same as Sixth Senior Brother's?"
She pouted her chubby little mouth: "Shu'er doesn't want to wear the same clothes as Sixth Senior Brother."
Hua Tingxuan: “… …” Don’t I dislike you? !
Seeing the two girls staring at each other, Ye Bailu hurriedly dragged Lin Shuer to set off the fireworks. Chu Danfeng looked at their backs and urged Hua Tingxuan: "Catch up and play together."
Hua Tingxuan bit his lip and left without saying a word.
Chu Danfeng just thought that the kid had gone to play with Lin Shuer obediently. He picked up the cup, took a sip in a good mood, and sighed to himself: "The two children have such a good relationship."
Huang Changtian was so frightened that the edamame in his mouth dropped out. He raised a plump and short hand and waved it in front of Chu Danfeng: "Xiao Wu, are you blind? How can you tell that they have a good relationship?"
Chu Danfeng glanced at Huang Changtian with a profound and insightful look: "You don't understand, this is called 'happy enemies'." This is how it is played in TV dramas. The more fighting and quarreling, the better the relationship! What's more, he is a reborn person who is familiar with the plot. In the previous life, that brat had tormented himself for Lin Shuer. Didn't he love her to the bone
This is destined love.
"Xiao Wu, haven't you been in seclusion these days, preparing these things? Haven't you been practicing?" Fang Qingya frowned as he looked at the pile of small clothes, and finally said the first words to Chu Danfeng since the meal started.
He was actually questioning the homework.
"…" Chu Danfeng coughed lightly, "Retreat does not necessarily mean hard work, meditation and enlightenment are the same."
This was clearly a bunch of nonsense and evasion, which obviously did not satisfy Fourth Senior Brother. Fang Qingya did not even eat his meal, left a word "ridiculous", and walked away.
Chu Danfeng was stunned.
It was the eldest brother Zhou Yuanshan who comforted him with a big tongue, "Don't pay attention to the fourth brother, he, he is just like that."
“…” Chu Danfeng felt that these words were so familiar and subtle. In his previous life, he was forced by his “personality” to do something uncomfortable, and other people would coldly say “He is like that, ignore him”. The one who said this the most was Fang Qingya. Now, the situation has changed, and the fourth senior brother has become the despised “weirdo”.
Huang Changtian said in a very vicissitudes of life: "Xiaowu, Lao Si has very subtle feelings for you, so he is particularly strict with you."
Chu Danfeng: "What?"
Huang Changtian: "I think so. I am jealous and envious."
"… Isn't this different?" Chu Danfeng suspected that his third senior brother was also drunk.
After three rounds of drinks, Zhou Yuanshan and Huang Changtian finally said goodbye arm in arm. The senior sister also sent a message saying that she would take Shu'er back to sleep. The New Year's Eve was a complete success, but it seemed like something was missing
Chu Danfeng was also a little dizzy from drinking. He held the snack plate and took a few bites of the sweet candied winter melon. Then he looked at the mess on the table and realized belatedly: Junior Brother hasn't come back yet!
—You know, these things are usually picked up by Hua Tingxuan.
Didn't the second sister and the others go back? It was so late, and no one knew where the child had gone to play. Chu Danfeng became worried and hurriedly got up to look for him.
Hua Tingxuan was actually very conflicted. No matter what, the clothes were carefully selected by his senior brother, so he shouldn't be unhappy. But, but Lin Shu'er also had her own way, which shattered his idea that "he had a unique position in his senior brother's heart". Needless to say, he was sad and upset. If the demon in his heart was still there, he would definitely explode, and he would want to strip his senior brother naked on the spot, and then...
However, he had already forcibly sealed his inner demon in his sea of consciousness. Without the influence of his tyrannical and possessive desire, Hua Tingxuan was more inclined to indulge in self-pity.
He ran out alone, wearing only a single layer of clothing and huddled in the snow, just to attract the attention of his senior brother. He even removed his internal energy that could protect him from the cold, hoping that when Chu Danfeng came, he would feel more sorry for him. But after waiting for a long time, his senior brother did not chase him out...
Hua Tingxuan felt like he was about to freeze to death.
Just when the little girl could hardly bear the cold and was about to lose consciousness, Chu Danfeng finally arrived.
"Xuan'er! Why are you hiding here?" Chu Danfeng reeked of alcohol, his steps and voice were unsteady, and he almost grabbed Hua Tingxuan into his arms.
The embrace of the junior brother was actually a little thin, but warm enough. Hua Tingxuan felt that all the grievances in his heart burst out like a gusher, and he cried, "Senior Brother..."
"How come you are so cold?" Chu Danfeng wrapped the child in his arms, muttering to himself as he hurried into the bamboo house. The little boy was so cold that Chu Danfeng shivered and almost sobered up.
Hua Tingxuan was held in the arms of his senior brother. While the heat was passing through his skin, he could also clearly feel Chu Danfeng shivering.
All those overwhelming grievances suddenly seemed to be nothing.
Hua Tingxuan struggled: "Brother, put me down, I feel cold..."
He was answered with a slap on the back of the head, neither too hard nor too soft: "Stop talking nonsense!"
Chu Danfeng walked into the warm room, buried the child in the quilt, took out the hand warmer and stuffed it in. After thinking for a while, he took off his cold outer robe and went in.
He grabbed the kid's hand, exhaled, and rubbed it: "You kid, are you stupid? You go out to play and don't even know to put on some clothes!"
Hua Tingxuan: “… … ” So, up to now, senior brother hasn’t realized that I’m sulking at all
Hua Tingxuan felt that the inner demon sealed in his sea of consciousness was about to come out. He calmed down and decided to speak frankly: "Junior Brother, I don't want to wear that new suit anymore."
Chu Danfeng slapped his forehead and said, "I said red is too girly! You really don't like it!"
"..." Hua Tingxuan looked at him seriously, "I like everything that Senior Brother gave me, but I don't want to wear the same thing as Lin Shu'er. I want to be the 'one and only' person in Senior Brother's heart."
Chu Danfeng burped, and after struggling to think, he said, "Hmm—"
Hua Tingxuan sighed and said, "Brother, you've drunk too much. Let's go to bed tonight."
Chu Danfeng was stubborn: "I'm not sleepy at all, I slept too much during the day."
This was indeed the truth. He had slept for the entire morning in the master's class, so he probably wasn't really sleepy now.
"Then I'll stay up with you, brother." Hua Tingxuan held Chu Danfeng's hand and lowered her long eyelashes, "Just the two of us."
I have to say that this kid has exquisite eyelashes, which are not thick, but distinct, sparse and slender. His pair of narrow and sharp phoenix eyes have not yet fully grown, but now they are round and soft, with the tails of his eyes a little upturned. The baby fat that he had lost a few days ago has also returned, and he looks really asking for a pinch.
Chu Danfeng thought so and took action. He stretched out his hand and pinched the little dumpling's fat face hard, deforming it, and then grinned foolishly to himself.
Hua Tingxuan was angry and helpless. He waited patiently for his junior brother to have enough fun before he raised his little hand and rubbed his face pitifully, "Junior brother, I'm still cold."
Chu Danfeng was very tactful this time and held the child in his arms. He had just taken off all his clothes in excitement, and was actually a little cold. Now he was pleasantly surprised to find that the little junior brother who had been as frozen as an ice cube just now had turned into a "little stove" again, and felt warm in his arms.
"Huh, young man, you have great firepower." Chu Danfeng thought happily while hugging Hua Tingxuan.
"Junior Brother, I actually like the new clothes, but..." Hua Tingxuan was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but bring it up again, but Chu Danfeng interrupted him, "I understand. From now on, I will only prepare gifts for you. If others have them, yours will be unique. Are you satisfied?"
"!!" Hua Tingxuan nodded vigorously, "Yes!"
Chu Danfeng grumbled, "You are such a jealous bastard. You will regret it when you grow up. She is your wife."
The word "wife" was so light that it almost floated in the air, but Hua Tingxuan had excellent hearing and was particularly focused at the moment, so he caught it keenly. He couldn't help but remember that his senior brother was a reborn person, and his heart sank.
There was a long silence.
Chu Danfeng couldn't sleep, and probably felt bored, so he changed the topic: "Little thing, after the New Year, you will be six years old, and you can almost recognize the words. You can go to Qianlian Peak to attend classes in the spring - you are a big boy! Sometimes I really don't want you to grow up." Hua Tingxuan was so well-behaved when he was a little dumpling!
"Then I won't grow up and will stay with my brother forever!" Hua Tingxuan said.
"Silly boy." Chu Danfeng laughed. After chatting for a while, the alcohol seemed to have worn off a little. He rubbed the little boy's round head and sighed, "When you grow up, you won't think so. In the future, you will travel the three realms and form a Taoist partner with a beautiful female cultivator..."
"Junior brother, what about you?" Hua Tingxuan interrupted him.
Chu Danfeng: "What?"
Hua Tingxuan licked his lips and asked nervously, "Little Senior Brother, do you want to be a Taoist partner with a beautiful female cultivator?" For example, the senior sisters at Kunduan Peak, or Lin Shuer who will grow up in the future...
To be honest, Chu Danfeng had thought about it. As soon as he was reborn, he wanted to find a gentle and beautiful girl in this life and have a passionate love affair with her.
But... the life of a single dog seems to be quite happy. He eats, drinks and lies down all day long, being served comfortably by his junior brother. He doesn't even want to go out, let alone go out to meet love.
There is another more important point: "Forget it. Although your senior brother has obtained a divine weapon, his cultivation is average. His golden elixir has not been repaired yet. His life span in the foundation-building stage is at most a hundred years. Even if he breaks through the golden elixir stage, it will be no more than three hundred years at most..."
Ninety-nine point nine percent of people in the world of cultivation desire higher levels of cultivation in order to achieve immortality. If he really found a Taoist partner, but did not strive for progress himself, and ended up dying halfway through, leaving the girl a widow, he would feel sorry for her no matter how he thought about it.
If this happened in his original world, it would be equivalent to "concealing a serious illness". According to the Civil Code of the original world, the woman could even apply to annul the marriage!
Hua Tingxuan turned serious: "Brother, don't you want to live forever?"
Chu Danfeng pulled the corner of the quilt and said in a slender posture: "Yes, who doesn't want to live forever? But I don't want to practice."
Chu Danfeng thought very openly. Ascetic practice can extend the length of life, but if you live a life of petty greed and tread on thin ice, what's the point of living forever? It's better to be a salted fish and do only what you like. If you think about it from another angle, if you can't extend the length of life, then expanding its width is just as wonderful, isn't it
Hua Tingxuan was unaware of his senior brother's philosophical thoughts. He thought that he had been deeply hurt by him in his previous life, so he looked down on everything and even abandoned the cultivation that he valued most. His heart ached again and he asked solemnly, "What if you can achieve immortality without cultivation?"
"Child's talk!" Chu Danfeng pinched the little boy's fat face, "What sweet dream are you having?"
Just at this moment, a deep and long bell sounded.
"Happy New Year! I wish all your wishes come true." Chu Danfeng said with a smile, and then waited eagerly for his junior fellow apprentice to reciprocate with auspicious words.
I only heard Hua Tingxuan muttering: "Did your wish come true?"
"Brother, do you wish him all the best?" Little Dumpling chewed on this blessing again and again, thinking silently: "Then I'll borrow your good wishes." Then he raised the corners of his mouth and said in a baby voice: "I wish my little brother peace and comfort, and invincibility in the world!"
Chu Danfeng was amused. It was just childish talk. How could one be invincible if he was at ease
Anyway, Chu Danfeng spent the first New Year's Eve since his rebirth very comfortably, with food, drink, blessings - although the blessings didn't sound very reliable - and a gradually improving situation, all of which were a good start to a wonderful retirement life.
Four years later.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the little dumpling has grown into a young boy. The ten-year-old Hua Tingxuan has grown rapidly, and his baby fat has almost disappeared. His cultivation is not as amazing as in the previous life, but he has made steady progress and has already established a foundation.
Chu Danfeng is still the same. He has not made much progress in his cultivation over the years, but with the magic weapon in his hand, his fighting power should not be underestimated. With a folding fan, he becomes a dashing and romantic nobleman, still able to charm thousands of girls.
It's a pity that Xianyu has reached a certain level and has been "hiding in the mountains and no one knows him" for many years. However, this time Chu Danfeng can't be lazy anymore - the head master has chosen him to go down the mountain to gain experience.
Chu Danfeng was extremely unwilling, but Hua Tingxuan became excited first—the Monster Market was about to open!
For four years, Hua Tingxuan has been deliberately suppressing the medicinal effects of Yaolang Fujin Grass and has been delaying the process of allowing Chu Danfeng to directly repair his golden elixir. He has been waiting for this opportunity, an opportunity for his junior brother to directly advance to a higher realm without having to practice hard.