The two of them did not sleep well that night.
Fu Yu wasn't used to having someone next to her while she slept, and she didn't close her eyes for the first half of the night.
Li Xuanzu had no choice but to turn around and pull Fu Yu into his arms.
The saying that women are prone to feeling cold was not true for Fu Yu; she felt as hot as if she were cooked.
In short, nothing happened that night. The two just stared at each other until late at night before Fu Yu finally fell into a deep sleep.
... ...
Li Xuanzu got up early as usual, intending to wake Fu Yu, but remembering her embarrassing state last night, he slowed his pace.
Ouyang Ningxue got up very early as usual.
She was drinking water in the lobby when she noticed Li Xuanzu tiptoeing out of Fu Yu's room.
Looking behind him, the moment the door closed, Fu Yu lay sprawled on the bed. No matter how cold Ouyang Ningxue was, she wasn't a stone.
"Good morning." Li Xuanzu waved to Ouyang Ningxue, feeling somewhat embarrassed by her strange look.
"Good morning, you guys last night..." Ouyang Ningxue greeted politely, pointing to the room, her meaning clear.
"I'm not in such a hurry. She's probably too shy because it's her first time sharing a bed with a man, and she didn't sleep well last night." Li Xuanzu, who is usually extremely calm, was somewhat eager to explain this matter.
Ouyang Ningxue naturally believed it; given Li Xuanzu's temperament, if he really did it, he wouldn't need to explain anything to her.
It wasn't until the sun was high in the sky that Fu Yu stretched and came out of the room.
"Ah~ This is the first time I've slept so comfortably. I wish I could sleep well every day." Fu Yu yawned and noticed that Li Xuanzu was sitting in the hall, seemingly lost in thought.
Perhaps thinking of something, Fu Yu quickly looked away and ran over to wash up.
Li Xuanzu and Ouyang Ningxue spent the morning purchasing some ingredients.
"Auntie, wait for me, I'm going out for a bit." Fu Yu looked at the things in the kitchen, lost in thought. She quickly remembered something, hurriedly put on her clothes, and ran out.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Li Xuanzu asked, but Fu Yu had already closed the door and left.
"You're such a grown-up, yet you act like a child."
Li Xuanzu, perhaps out of a sudden inspiration or simply because he had nothing else to do, flipped through a cookbook and began to try cooking with the extra ingredients he had.
This is truly unbelievable for Li Xuanzu, who received a divine destiny from childhood and never lifted a finger to do housework.
The saying that outstanding people can achieve great things in any field is perfectly applicable to Li Xuanzu.
In just half an hour, Li Xuanzu made two simple home-style dishes according to the recipe. They didn't look particularly appealing, but he and Ouyang Ningxue found them to be surprisingly delicious.
Fu Yu had only gone out to get something. Before Li Xuanzu had even tried the third dish, Fu Yu hurriedly entered the room carrying a jar of wine.
Taking advantage of this free time, Ouyang Ningxue went out to meet with Leng An and the others, and also to discuss the New Year's arrangements.
"Grandma, ding-ding, look what this is?" Fu Yu is a fourth-level psionicist, so these things are nothing to her.
A well-sealed jar of rice wine was displayed in front of Li Xuanzu.
"Wine? When was it brewed?" Li Xuanzu's divine sense had been following Fu Yu the whole time, so he already knew what she was up to.
But when Fu Yu took out a jar of rice wine from a cellar in a courtyard, Li Xuanzu's mind went blank for a moment.
There was still a lot of wine left in the cellar.
Just like... back in the Blazing Spirit Continent.
"Grandma, the wine I brewed for you is enough for you to drink for a hundred years. If I'm no longer here by then, and you see this wine and think of me, don't forget me."
For some reason, Li Xuanzu suddenly remembered this sentence.
The wine buried deep in the courtyard consisted of two different things: one was freshly brewed, mellow rice wine, and the other was peach blossom wine that couldn't be hidden at all. The two were unexpectedly overlapping, making Li Xuanzu momentarily confused.
"Ah Zu, what are you standing there for? Don't you like it?" Fu Yu waved the rice wine in front of Li Xuanzu.
The wine jar wasn't large, but as soon as Fu Yu opened the seal, a fragrant aroma wafted to Li Xuanzu's nose. Even before tasting the wine, the aroma was intoxicating.
"Ah? I like it, I like it very much." Li Xuanzu felt as if he had returned to the Blazing Spirit Continent, receiving wine from the other party with such joy for the first time.
That year, he was eighteen, not yet of legal age, and his beloved woman, just like him, quietly sneaked into his courtyard with a jar of not-so-exquisite peach blossom wine to celebrate that they had survived another year in this perilous world of cultivation.
The peach blossoms were very sweet, but it wasn't just because of the winemaking process, but also because the woman's method was wrong. That day, Li Xuanzu drank until his mouth was full of bitterness, and it was also the first time in his life that he was completely drunk.
His thoughts drifted back, and he trembled as he accepted the rice wine, just as he had done years ago, carefully, yet with a heart full of joy.
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