Chapter 9 The Thighs Are Coming

On the way back, Chu Ran thought that the man's cold should be almost healed, so he stopped by the old place.

The ancient cypress tree was no longer empty. A boy wearing a silk red double-breasted robe with auspicious cloud patterns embroidered with gold thread, a golden collar around his neck, and a piece of fine mutton-fat jade hanging around his waist was hiding under the tree, holding a book in his hand and reading quietly with his head down, as if he was completely immersed in the dazzling world described in the book, so much so that he didn't even notice someone approaching.

It was not until Chu Ran walked up to the boy that he suddenly woke up. He hurriedly closed the book in his hand and looked up in panic.

Only after he saw clearly that the person standing in front of him was just a strange eunuch did the boy breathe a sigh of relief and frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"

If Chu Ran guessed correctly, he should be the youngest prince in the palace in terms of age, the fifth prince Li Dingning.

Chu Ran lowered his head to glance at the cover of the book. On the blue-gray cover paper were printed three large ink-black characters: "The Legend of White Snake".

Li Dingning noticed Chu Ran's gaze and quickly reached out to cover the words on the cover, then looked at Chu Ran with a vigilant look.

"Who are you? Did my mother send you to keep an eye on me?"

"I don't know your mother."

Chu Ran stretched out his hand, pointed at the book "Legend of the White Snake" in Li Dingning's hand and said, "I have read this book too."

"Really?" Li Dingning still looked at Chu Ran with suspicion.

"Yes." Chu Ran said, "But I think this story is just like that. I have a better story here."

"Hmph." Li Dingning raised his chin and looked Chu Ran up and down, "Where?"

Chu Ran pointed to his head and said, "It's all in my head."

"Tsk——" Li Dingning rolled his eyes at Chu Ran, then opened the book he had just closed and continued reading with his head down.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Chu Ran sat down next to Li Dingning. Li Dingning immediately frowned, "What are you doing? You damn eunuch, get away from me!"

Chu Ran was not angry at all. As a prince, it was normal for him to look down on others, just like some rich second-generations.

Chu Ran not only did not run away, but he even moved closer to Li Dingning, saying, "I'm not lying to you. I've really read this story before. It's about a white snake demon who has been practicing for a thousand years and fell in love with a mortal named Xu Xian. In the end, the white snake demon was imprisoned in Leifeng Pagoda by a bald monk named Fahai."

When Li Dingning heard Chu Ran mention "white snake demon", he began to doubt whether he had really seen it. Then he heard him say that White Snake was imprisoned in Leifeng Pagoda in the end, and his hair stood up immediately, "Nonsense! White Snake is so kind! She is not like what you said!"

Chu Ran raised his eyebrows, "If you don't believe me, keep watching, it will definitely be the same as what I said."

"I don't believe it! White Snake is so beautiful and a good person, good people will definitely be rewarded!"

Chu Ran didn't argue with him so much. Anyway, he was about to see the end and could tell the truth from the false.

Soon, Li Dingning read the last page. After seeing White Snake being suppressed under Leifeng Pagoda, Li Dingning's face wrinkled, his mouth twitched, and he burst into tears.

"No, wuwuwu, how could White Snake be imprisoned in such a place, wuwuwu, Fahai, that bad monk, where is Leifeng Pagoda, this prince will send someone to rescue White Snake, wuwuwu..."

Chu Ran looked at him lovingly.

How simple.

It turns out that this person is known as the most innocent and simple person in the whole article, and he really lives up to his reputation.

Perhaps he knew that it was inevitable that White Snake would be imprisoned in Leifeng Pagoda and he could do nothing about it. The more he thought about it, the sadder he became. He kicked his legs, tilted his neck back, opened his mouth and burst into tears.

"Actually." Chu Ran paused for a moment and said, "There is a sequel to this book, The Legend of the White Snake."

Li Dingning seemed to be controlled by the tragic ending of the characters in the book. He was completely unable to control his sad emotions, so much so that he didn't hear much when Chu Ran spoke next to him.

Chu Ran continued, "Don't White Snake and Xu Xian have a child? The child is called Xu Shilin, and he is actually the God of Literature from heaven who has come down to earth."

Li Dingning stopped crying abruptly. He blinked his tearful eyes and asked in a muffled voice, "And then?"

"When Xu Shilin grew up, he passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar. He then rescued White Snake from Leifeng Pagoda. From then on, the family of three lived a happy life."

"Really?" Li Dingning raised his head and asked with tears in his eyes.

"Of course it's true."

Li Dingning raised his hands and rubbed his red eyes. "I think what you just said is true."

Chu Ran: "Of course."

"You just said you knew a lot of stories."

"Um."

"Then tell me one."

Chu Ran thought about it and felt that Li Dingning had cried enough today, so why not he tell Li Dingning a story with a happy ending.

"Then let me tell you a story about a prince and Snow White."

"What is the prince and what is Snow White?"

"The prince is the prince of a certain country, and Snow White is the princess whose skin is as white as snow."

"Oh, I see. I am a prince then."

Chu Ran pursed his face. If you really want to put it that way...it seems like there's nothing wrong with it.

"Go ahead."

"Once upon a time, there was a country. The king and queen of that country, oh, the emperor and queen, gave birth to a girl. The girl was very beautiful, with skin as white as snow, so the emperor and queen named her Snow White..."

"The prince kissed Snow White passionately, and the poisoned apple that Snow White had eaten suddenly came out. Snow White was resurrected, and everyone around her was delighted. From then on, the prince and Snow White lived happily together."

Li Dingning hugged his knees with his hands and listened carefully to Chu Ran's story. After hearing that the prince and princess lived happily together, Li Dingning tilted his head and asked Chu Ran curiously, "Why don't I have a talking magic mirror? I also want such a mirror. I order you to buy me one."