Inside the hall,

Helian Si sat on a pearwood chair, eating a peeled walnut in his hand, glancing inside with his eyes. "Hmm, why haven't my second brother and the tutor come out yet?"

Second brother, really, why do you complain that the master is too old? Twenty-three is still alright.

"077, have you forgotten that you've been a human for so long that you're an NPC who has existed for millions of years?"

"23 years old? Then what are you? An old monster?"

Fo Lian didn't know when she turned on her phone. She sipped her first cup of milk tea of ​​autumn, sat on a pile of walnuts, and scoffed at Helian Si.

Helian Si's lips twitched. It seemed that it really was true. However, now that his IQ had returned, he could still be verbally abused by that dog, Fo Lian.

Helian Si stopped picking up the walnuts he was carrying, his beautiful peach blossom eyes casting a cool glare at the trembling lotus petals. His red lips parted slightly, and each word pierced the heart.

"Old Lotus".

Buddha Lotus: "!???"

"077, you, you, you, you!" The lotus petals trembled with rage, and the golden lotus flower emitted plumes of blue smoke from its tip.

Helian Si shrugged, his long, curled eyelashes fluttering playfully. His delicate oval face exuded innocence and naivety.

The lotus flower trembled even more violently, the golden lotus swirling rapidly around Helian Si, finally trembling and gritting its teeth.

"Hmph, same to you, old Manjusaka!"

Helian Si: "?"

Excuse me, Buddha Lotus, if you don't say it, you'll forget that your true form is a red spider lily, but...

Helian Si glanced up at Fo Lian, who was beaming with pride, thinking she had won the round, and then spread her hands.

"What does the old Manjusaka have to do with me, Helian Si?"

The entire lotus flower stared wide-eyed in disbelief, its finger trembling as it pointed at Helian Si.

"You, you, you! You actually refuse to acknowledge your own true form! You, you, you!"

"You're just like an old Zhou Shuren!"

Lu Xun: "..." Thank you, I feel offended.

The conversation about the person and the lotus flower didn't continue, because Helian Ci and Nanrong Jinghua walked over together.

From a distance, Helian Ci saw his little princess holding a walnut, muttering to herself, and his heart ached for her.

The little coward has started talking to himself. He must be so lonely. He feels increasingly guilty and blames himself for being useless and only coming back now.

"Sisi, what are you doing?"

As they spoke, Helian Ci had already arrived beside Helian Si, his dark eyes falling on the two walnuts that Helian Si was holding in his hand.

This little coward can't peel it open himself!

With a quick reach, two walnuts were in my hand; with a slight exertion, the hard shells crumbled into dust with a 'snap'.

Helian Si: "!!!!"

He looked up at Helian Ci in disbelief. Helian Ci assumed Helian Si was moved, and a smile curved his handsome, bright red lips.

"Eat up, your brother will peel another one for you."

"No, Second Brother, these two are just for me to play with in my hands..." Helian Si was practically in tears.

Helian Ci's tall and slender body froze instantly. His dark eyes fell on the shattered walnut shell in his palm, and his eyelids twitched violently.

"Hahahaha!!!" Buddha Lotus sat atop a pile of walnuts, slapping her long legs and laughing gleefully, when suddenly she noticed a gaze fixed on her.

The lotus flower froze, its eyes widening as it looked over. It saw Nan Rong Jinghua, dressed in a silver-white robe, sitting on a pearwood chair opposite it. Her eyes, hidden beneath the long silk, were looking at it with a probing gaze.

Buddha Lotus: "..."