Lu Jiaming burst out laughing, sat on the edge of the bed and flicked Li Mingyang and Lu Yuxuan on the forehead. "That's enough, you two. Look at you, you're giving Xiaobao a hard time. You're all playing it safe."
"Aren't you guys sleepy? Lie down, I'll tell you a story to help you sleep."
"Really?" Lu Yuxuan said in disbelief, "Don't you hate telling stories?"
"I'm happy to tell Xiaobao." Lu Jiaming glanced at him and said, "If you don't want to listen, just close your ears."
Xiaobao moved very quickly. As soon as the blanket was lifted, the little guy lay down in it smoothly. Then he covered himself with the blanket obediently, looking at Lu Jiaming with a pair of bright eyes.
"Fourth brother, I'm ready~"
"Okay, then I'll tell you." Lu Jiaming cleared his throat and said in a calm voice, "A long time ago, floods caused great suffering to the people. So a man named Dayu stood up and led everyone to control the floods. He passed by his home three times without entering."
"Dayu also had a wife. As he was too busy to go home, his wife missed him very much. Every day she would stand outside and look in the direction of Dayu. Over time, she turned into a big stone. People were deeply moved and named it Wangfu Stone."
"Later, after years of absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, the stone suddenly exploded one sunny day, and a monkey jumped out of it. The monkey learned a lot of skills, but was dissatisfied with the status quo and started to cause trouble in the Heavenly Palace. Finally, the Buddha suppressed it under the Five Finger Mountain. Five hundred years later, a monk who was seeking Buddhist scriptures rescued it. From then on, the man and the monkey embarked on the journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures."
"But before they had gone far, they encountered a snake demon who captured the monk. The snake demon's treasure was so powerful that even the monkey couldn't defeat her. So they were about to call for help, but then seven little boys wearing gourds appeared. Together, they defeated the snake demon..."
Lu Jiaming was talking so hard when he suddenly realized that the three people on the bed had stopped moving. He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "They fell asleep so quickly. It seems that I am quite talented in getting children to sleep."
He got up and left quietly. When the door closed with a click, Xiaobao opened his eyes quietly.
"Fifth Brother, Brother Yangyang," he said in a very low voice, "Are you asleep?"
"No," Li Mingyang also whispered, "I have been wondering how Brother Jiaming connected these unrelated stories together."
"I thought Fourth Brother would give us a surprise," Lu Yuxuan rolled over and muttered, "but I didn't expect him to come up with a surprise, a hodgepodge of stories."
Xiaobao blinked in the dark, completely awake.
Thanks to my fourth brother, I will not be able to sleep tonight.
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