Happy birthday and peace every year

"Ms. Linghu, those moves you just made were amazing! Can you teach me?"

Linghu Luoxi glanced at Si Yanqing sideways, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise, Linghu Luoxi tried hard to suppress the corners of her mouth. Si Yanqing blinked her big watery eyes, and Linghu Luoxi raised her head with an arrogant look.

"As long as you are my little brother, you can make trouble for small things, but you can rely on me for big things! Are you willing?"

Hearing this, Si Yanqing's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously. Xie Cihuai felt a chill in his heart when he saw his junior brother like this. He raised his hand, then lowered it and sighed.

"Bang--"

The door was flung open, and a servant burst into the room and knelt. Linghu Luoxi's eyebrows curled slightly as she glanced at him. The man was dressed in black, wearing a half-mask, and knelt on the ground with his arms folded across his chest. Thinking carefully, he often appeared beside Linghu Nuanwei, as if he were her bodyguard.

"Miss Linghu! Please save the second lady!" Chu Wang knocked his head heavily to the ground.

Linghu Luoxi narrowed her eyes and put on a smile.

“Bang!”

The crisp sound of the slap startled the birds perched under the eaves, and five finger marks quickly appeared on Chu Wang's left cheek. This slap also made the disciple who was watching the show hold his breath in an instant.

Linghu Luoxi threw the antidote in front of Chu Wang. Chu Wang was stunned for a few seconds, then quickly picked up the antidote, held it tightly, and kowtowed to Linghu Luoxi.

"Thank you, Miss!"

After saying that, Chu Wang stood up with the antidote in his hand, and ran to Linghu Nuanwei's room without wasting a moment.

Shangguan Yi, who happened to come out and saw the whole process, was confused. "'Luo', did you hit him to hit Linghu Nuanwei in the face?"

Nangong He shook his head. "I don't think so! One is the master and the other is the servant. As a servant, he shouldn't be so flustered, and he shouldn't be so unruly. The slap just now should be for his unruly behavior."

Linghu Luoxi slapped Chuwang because Chuwang had broken the rules. Nangong He understood this because the Nangong family had been powerful for generations, even the emperor was wary of them, yet he could do nothing about it. However, too much power is not a good thing, and the Nangong family is a nation of etiquette.

Linghu Luoxi smiled, "Don't try to guess what I'm thinking, otherwise..." She raised her hand pretentiously, "Give me a slap too!"

"But if you hit his guard, will she come to trouble you? After all, you have to look at the owner when you hit the dog."

Linghu Luoxi rolled her eyes, "Does she have this ability? But... she might really have this ability..."

"Then why did you beat him and give him the antidote?" Shangguan Yi was even more confused.

"Because in the original novel, I gave her a supporting role, and her personality...hiss~I can't describe it."

Linghu Luoxi was filled with thoughts as he watched the geese flying in the sky, flying towards his own paradise.

Linghu Nuanwei, the subject of much discussion, lay in the mermaid tent, the golden bell on her wrist tinkling with her rapid breathing. When she had forgotten to bring the antidote in, she suddenly grabbed the malachite dagger beside her pillow.

“Miss…it’s…your subordinate…” Chu Wang held the blade with his bare hands. Blood dripped onto his clothes, forming stains, but the antidote was so clean.

Linghu Nuanwei still didn't let go, Chu Wang held the sharp dagger tightly, and used his other hand to give Linghu Nuanwei the antidote. After taking the antidote, Linghu Nuanwei slowly regained her sanity and her hand holding the dagger loosened.

The dagger fell to the ground, blood dripping. Linghu Nuanwei saw the slap mark suddenly appear on Chu Wang's face and frowned slightly, "Who hit me so boldly!"

Chu Wang saw Linghu Nuanwei awake, and his frown instantly relaxed. "Miss, you're awake?! Next time, if the master wants to do something like that... leave it to me."

Linghu Nuanwei frowned and asked again: "Is it Linghu Luoxi?!" Her tone seemed to be questioning, but she was actually very confident.

"It was the antidote given by Miss Linghu." Chu Wang changed the subject.

"Oh! Did you go and ask her to remember that others are never reliable and can never be trusted! You can only trust yourself and rely on yourself! If you do it again, you will be expelled from the Linghu family!"

As soon as the words fell, a trace of panic flashed in Chu Wang's eyes. He immediately knelt down and said, "I know I am wrong. I will follow the young lady's instructions!"

Linghu Nuanwei clutched the quilt tightly with her fingertips, thinking: Linghu Luoxi, it's all because of you that I got infected with the plague. I'm not done with you, just wait for me!

Chu Wang lowered his eyes, hiding his emotions. Linghu Nuanwei frowned at Chu Wang's palm, "Serves you right!"

Chu Wang was in a low mood. Linghu Nuanwei looked down at him and pointed at the bookcase, ordering, "What are you still standing there for! Go get the medicine from that box!"

Chu Wang's expression shifted slightly. He could have chosen to use his spiritual power to heal the wound, but he chose to walk over to the bookcase and offer the box with both hands. Linghu Nuanwei opened the box and took out the best medicine. "Take your time! Stretch out your hands!"

Chu Wang obediently stretched out his right hand, and Linghu Nuanwei applied the medicine to Chu Wang without mercy. Chu Wang was mesmerized by Linghu Nuanwei's serious look.

The clouds drifted away quickly, time passed, and in the blink of an eye, a week had passed. The moon at night seemed even brighter than before. Chi An, as usual, finished practicing a set of sword techniques and sheathed his sword when the bronze bell on the eaves rang.

The moment Chi An opened the door when he was about to take a rest, sixteen glazed lamps suddenly lit up, illuminating the courtyard as if it were daytime, and the talismans in the sky turned into silver butterflies.

"Happy birthday!"

The people who had been lying in ambush suddenly jumped out. Chi An blinked, seemingly unable to react.

Shangguan Yi took a few steps forward and handed Chi An the brocade box containing the top-grade spirit stones. "Happy birthday, Chi, I wish you ever stronger!" He then pulled out a book called "Secrets of Skin Care" from his sleeve and said, "I also wish you ever more beautiful."

"Thank you so much, you are such nice people!" Chi An put away his sword and took the gift with a smile, but what he was thinking in his heart: You scared me, I thought there was a thief in the house!

"And mine, and mine too! Happy birthday! I wish you... I wish you good fortune as vast as the East Sea, a long life as long as the Southern Mountains, and a son soon!" Linghu Luoxi handed over the Ice Treasure Staff and grinned.

Everyone also gave gifts and blessings, and Chi An felt warm in his heart. Except for a few people who came unwillingly, but were "invited" by Linghu Luoxi.

Si Yanqing ran up to Linghu Luoxi and said expectantly, "Brother, I want one too!"

"I want one too." Song Zhiye stretched out his hand to ask for it.

With the two conspicuous bags leading the way, others also came over one after another.

"You have plenty anyway, so give me one too!" Xie Cihuai said with the mentality of not taking anything away if it's not worth it.

"Junior sister, Junior sister, please give me one too!"

"And me and me!"

Linghu Luoxi stared at them intently and said with a smile: "Do you have any shame?"

Hearing this, everyone said in unison, "No! I learned it from you!"

Linghu Luoxi burst into tears. She took out the mustard seed bag and cursed as she handed the magic weapon to him, "You have nothing to do every day! It's not even your birthday. I'm really fed up with you! Have you been eating too much salt lately? I'll give you a salty treat!"

After sending it to everyone, Song Zhiye and Jiang Yeqing didn't receive it. They thought Linghu Luoxi was being hypocritical, "Where are ours?"

"I gave it to you before, but I don't have it now!" Linghu Luoxi held the bag tightly in her hand and said with disgust.

Shangguan Yi, who was standing by, took out a ring and gave it to Wu Yuan, saying casually, "This is called Chu Yue, a storage ring with 80 square meters of space. It's a perfect match with my Sunset."

Wu Yuan stared blankly at the storage ring, then took it with a smile, saying, "Thank you for your gift, Master! I will give you a ring in return someday. I hope you won't despise it then."

Before Shangguan Yi could reply, Linghu Luoxi clapped her hands and said, "Alright, alright, come and eat the cake! I made it myself! Otherwise, it won't taste good if it melts!"

Chi An cut a piece of cake for everyone. When Linghu Luoxi picked up the cake to taste it, she accidentally spilled a lump of cream on Chi An's face. Linghu Luoxi immediately apologized. Chi An wiped the cream off his face and smiled. The next second, he smeared the cake in his hand directly on Linghu Luoxi's face.

In an instant, the whole room burst into laughter. Wuyan flew over and licked the cream on Linghu Luoxi's face. Linghu Luoxi speechlessly threw Wuyan aside and ran to wash his face with clean water.

Jiang Yeqing noticed Wu Yan, looked him up and down, and asked, "When did you raise a snake?"

"What do you care? And this isn't a snake! It's a loach! Loach! Do you understand?"

"I don't know why, but I always feel like I've known it for a long time, and there's an inexplicable sense of familiarity with it." Liu Zhiyu on the side stared at Wuyan and said.

"How come you are also a loach?" Chi An said on behalf of Linghu Luoxi.

“…What’s it to you?”

Chi An said "oh" expressionlessly, which made Liu Zhiyu very angry. Just as he was about to draw his sword, Nangong Wanqing and Nangong He stepped forward to mediate.

Liu Zhiyu put away his sword and snorted coldly, "If it weren't for Senior Sister, I would have beaten you to a pulp!"

Chi An expressionlessly spat out two words, "Waste!" Liu Zhiyu couldn't stand it anymore and drew his sword to fight Chi An. Linghu Luoxi and the other two were still watching the fun and shouted, "Fight! Fight!"

Chi An turned around expressionlessly and said, "By the way, I need your help with something important!"

"What's the matter?" Shangguan Yi asked with his head tilted.

"It's a very important matter! It's..." Chi An said solemnly.