"Sweetie, go play with your brother, Daddy's busy."
Jun Lin patted Jun Beichen's head, showing no intention of hugging him.
Jun Beichen: "...???"
She glanced at her dad, then hugged her mom tightly and gently kissed her forehead.
Jun Beichen fell into deep self-doubt: Am I not cute enough? Otherwise, why doesn't Daddy hug me?
Jun Beiji swam his small dragon body to Jun Beichen's side and reached out his dragon claw to pat Jun Beichen's head:
"Little sister, you don't understand. In our family, there's only one rule."
Jun Beichen blinked, his silver feathers fluttering, and asked with childlike curiosity, "What did you say?"
Jun Beiji sighed softly, his dark eyes gazing at the blue sky with a melancholy expression, and solemnly said:
"My parents are true love; you and I are just accidents."
Beiyan: "..."
Feng Yi: "..." Thump, the sound of her falling to the ground.
Jun Lin gently stroked Bei Yan's hair with his fingers, his face filled with doting affection.
Her thin lips parted slightly as she praised, "Not bad, you have a good sense of self-awareness."
Bei Yan burst out laughing. She apologized; she couldn't help it.
The two kids: "..."
It's a miracle that we're still alive, so miserable and wretched.
Another year passed, Feng Yue abdicated, and Jun Lin ascended to the throne as the Celestial Lord. In the same year, the Celestial Lord's wife gave birth to another son, named Jun Chen.
Inside the bed.
"Junlin, I will never have another child!" Bei Yan protested, her eyes red.
"Okay, we won't have any more children." Jun Lin said gently, reassuringly.
Outside the bed.
Jun Beiji and Jun Beichen, a little dragon and a little phoenix, were happily circling the little golden egg.
"Little sister, it's impossible to rely on Father and Mother anymore. From now on, the two of us must work together to protect our little brother!"
Jun Beichen nodded his little head vigorously, his eyes sparkling as he looked at the little golden egg with great delight.
"Brother, brother, tell me, after I hatch, will I be a little dragon like you, or a little phoenix like me?"
When asked, Jun Beiji frowned slightly and clenched his little dragon claws: "Well, I don't know either. I'll only know when my little brother hatches."
"Okay." Jun Beichen blinked his curled eyelashes, his tone tinged with a hint of disappointment.
At Junchen's 100-day celebration.
All those who were supposed to come from the realms of immortals, spirits, and demons have arrived, including the Old Man Under the Moon, still dressed in a red sand robe, holding a wine cup and beaming with joy.
Junlin was busy toasting everyone, and little Junchen was being taken turns being held by a large group of people.
Bei Yan was enjoying his leisure time, cracking melon seeds and smiling as he looked at the Old Man Under the Moon.
The Old Man Under the Moon felt uneasy under Bei Yan's gaze: "Girl, why are you looking at this old man like that?"
"Your husband will be furious when he gets jealous later. You might not be afraid, but I am!"
Bei Yan narrowed his dark eyes into fox-like ones and said, "I have a question that I've always wanted to ask the Old Man of the Moon."
"Wh-what's the problem?" The Old Man Under the Moon's eyes flickered, and his fingers tapped nervously on the table.
"The Old Man of the Moon stands outside the Three Realms, and usually only cares about tying the red thread for all living beings in the Three Realms. Why would he have the leisure to help me and my husband?"
The Old Man Under the Moon's heart skipped a beat, and he wiped the sweat from his brow. "Well, girl, you know..."
"I'm getting old, and now that I'm old, I can't bear to see people who love each other unable to be together, so I become very helpful."
These words made him sound even more guilty.
"Wait, that's not right, Master. Didn't you say you were drunk once?"
Did I accidentally tie that wretched woman and Lord Fengjun's red thread together? And in a knot that's completely sealed from beginning to end?
Lingling poked her head out and talked enthusiastically, but she didn't notice that the Old Man Under the Moon's face was getting darker and darker.
"...Um, Master, why are you covering my mouth?"
"I'm planning to send you back for a complete overhaul!"
After uttering these words through gritted teeth, the Old Man Under the Moon rode away on a cloud, fleeing in a rather flustered manner, not forgetting to turn back and say to Bei Yan:
"Girl, I suddenly remembered the fire in my alchemy room is still burning, so I'll have to take my leave now! Please invite me again next time you treat me to a meal!"
Bei Yan stood up, raised his eyebrows, and looked at the receding figure of the Old Man Under the Moon with a rather amused expression.
Tsk, old man, still trying to fool me?
"Madam, what's wrong? Why did the Matchmaker leave early?" Jun Lin walked over and pulled Bei Yan into his arms.
Bei Yan nestled happily in Jun Lin's arms, saying in a teasing tone, "He forgot to extinguish the fire in his alchemy furnace."
Jun Lin raised his long, narrow eyebrows, a gesture exactly like Bei Yan's.
"lady."
"Um?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
Through lifetimes to eternity, with deep and unending affection, may the dragon and phoenix bring good fortune.
— (End of main text).
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