Before long, Zhao Qing'er and Chu Peiran came to Qin Luo's side. Chu Peiran hugged Chu Xuan and said with a doting look, "Son, did you have fun today?"

"Mmm, the Great Protector took me to catch bugs and pick mulberries, it was so much fun." Chu Xuan's eyes were clear.

Zhao Qing'er said sternly, "All you do all day is play. Can you even recite the Thousand Character Classic?"

Chu Xuan nodded earnestly, "Mother, I can recite it: Heaven and Earth, Dark and Yellow, the Universe in its Primordial Chaos..."

Listening to Chu Xuan recite the Thousand Character Classic, Qin Luo nodded and praised, "Little Xuan is really smart. He can recite the Thousand Character Classic before he is three years old. He is much better than us."

Zhao Qing'er smiled and shook her head, "This child is smart, but he just likes to play."

Qin Luo chuckled and joked, "He's at the age where he should be playing. Let him play a little longer. As long as he can endure hardship, he'll have endless hardships to endure."

Chu Peiran and Zhao Qing'er were amused, and Chu Xuan raised his smiling face, "Mother, Uncle Qin said he would give me a pair of shoes."

Zhao Qing'er asked softly, "Did you say thank you?"

"some."

Chu Xuan nodded heavily.

Looking at Chu Xuan with his mother by his side, Qin Luo thought of Yuan Yuan, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

As dusk fell and the setting sun cast its last rays, Qin Luo and Chu Peiran left Mirror Lake Academy together. On their way back, Zhao Qing'er looked at Chu Xuan in Chu Peiran's arms and said with a serious expression, "You have the energy to run all over the mountain all day, but you don't have the energy to walk home?"

Chu Xuan pouted and remained silent.

Chu Peiran couldn't help but chuckle.

Zhao Qing'er said coldly, "And you, you spoil him all the time. He'll cause trouble sooner or later when he's out there."

“My wife is right. I’ll deal with him when we get back.”

"Father, I can walk by myself."

Chu Xuan ran off in a flash. Chu Peiran and Zhao Qing'er exchanged a smile, knowing that Chu Xuan had gone to find Zhao Fugui.

"Slow down!"

Zhao Qing'er shouted loudly.

At the foot of Luoxia Peak, Qin Luo watched Chu Peiran and Zhao Qing'er chase after Chu Xuan, and then returned to Longhu Temple alone.

"Senior brother, we're just waiting for you to come back and cut the watermelon!"

Zi Yue said with a smile.

In the backyard of the Taoist temple, a large watermelon floated in a water vat. Xiao Tuanzi scooped out the watermelon, which had been soaking for a long time, and gently patted it, making a crisp sound in the yard.

"A good melon is one that sounds good!"

The little dumpling cut the watermelon into neat little pieces. As night fell and the evening breeze was cool, everyone sat around under the peach tree, eating watermelon and chatting about what had happened that day.

"It's so sweet!"

"The cool feeling is so refreshing!"

The little dumpling tossed the watermelon rind, now empty of its flesh, to Golden Horn, grinning, "Boss, do you want to try some of my newly brewed mulberry wine?"

"Let's do it another day, I need to rest now."

Qin Luo returned to his room to rest.

Nothing had changed in the room. Qin Luo lay on the bed, his eyes closed, and a pure aura rose from his body. This wisp of pure aura continued to fall and eventually entered the underworld.