Chapter 27
When talking about the fat little boy sleeping soundly in the crib, the slightly heavy atmosphere between Jiang Mingyan and Changsun Lianwen due to the past events couldn't help but relax.
They walked to Sui Sui's crib and quietly looked at the cute little fat boy with his hair messy as he slept.
"What are you talking about?"
Unfortunately, the next moment, an angry voice broke the silence.
Jiang Mingyan immediately cast a soundproofing spell on the small bed, then frowned and looked in the direction of the sound.
Wu Chen sat under the ancient tree, looking over with an unpleasant expression.
His voice was so loud that Zhao Yongyu and the two women in dark blue dresses beside him were woken up. They didn't know what was going on and looked confused.
Fortunately, Suisui may have expended too much energy during the day, so he just moved his chubby little body and turned over, and was not woken up.
Changsun Lianwen frowned and said impatiently, "Fifth Young Master, do you want to control what I say to others now?"
"Lianwen." Wu Chen's expression darkened slightly as he called out in dissatisfaction.
Then, his gaze shifted to Jiang Mingyan.
Jiang Mingyan raised his eyes indifferently and saw the familiar hostility and contempt in Wu Chen's eyes, but without a trace of surprise. He knew that he had just woken up and had not heard the previous conversation between him and Changsun Lianwen, and he felt a little relieved.
"We're talking about the child in the crib." Changsun Lianwen naturally saw this. Too lazy to argue with Wu Chen any further, she resorted to her previous excuse: "The child is innocent and adorable. Even if he's asleep, I'd like to see him sleep."
As she spoke, she signaled to the two women in stone-blue dresses who didn't know what to do over there not to worry about it and just focus on their cultivation.
Seeing this, Zhao Yongyu hesitated, closed his eyes and pretended that he knew nothing.
Although Changsun Lianwen's words were meant to be perfunctory, they came from the heart. Therefore, Wu Chen hesitated for a moment, unsure how to respond.
He thought about it, stood up, and strode towards where Jiang Mingyan and the others were standing. He squinted his eyes as he looked at the little fat boy who was sleeping soundly on the quilt in the crib.
Jiang Mingyan immediately became alert, his eyes slightly cold.
"It's just a little kid, why should you look at it for so long?" Wu Chen didn't care about Jiang Mingyan's expression. He looked at Sui Sui for a while, then turned to ask Changsun Lianwen.
Chang Sun Lianwen looked at the little fat boy without saying anything.
Wu Chen looked at Jiang Mingyan again, mocking him with disdain: "How do you feed this little cub, he's so short? You should earn some spirit stones when you have time, and buy more spirit beast milk to feed him. Otherwise, be careful that this little cub will always be a dwarf."
Jiang Mingyan was slightly stunned.
Spirit beast milk...
"Wu Chen!" Before Jiang Mingyan could ask further questions, Changsun Lianwen frowned and said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't give me random advice!"
"Sui Sui is a human child, not a cub from one of the hundreds of tribes in the Northern Sea. How can he drink spirit beast milk? The rich and violent spiritual energy in the spirit beast milk will destroy his meridians."
She looked at Jiang Mingyan with a serious expression, "Don't believe Wu Chen's words. If you want to feed a child, just buy some diluted spiritual milk. The spiritual energy in spiritual milk is the most gentle, and it's more suitable for children like Sui Sui. In Zhongzhou, many cultivators feed their children this way."
"Isn't the spiritual milk too mild? If it is diluted further, it will have even less power and will not be able to forge meridians at all." Wu Chen retorted.
"Human children are so fragile, so of course it's better to be gentler." Changsun Lianwen said lightly.
"The cubs of the hundreds of tribes in the North Sea are also very fragile when they are young..."
Changsun Lianwen and Wu Chen were arguing about how to feed a cub. Jiang Mingyan stood aside, not showing it on his face, but couldn't help but think deeply in his heart.
So, it’s not possible to feed human cubs with spirit beast milk?
No wonder he searched all the shops, big and small, in Wu'an City but couldn't find any selling spirit beast milk.
But, A'niang would not harm them. He was also fed with spirit beast milk when he was young, and he has grown up safely until today, hasn't he?
Since my mother did this, she must have her reasons. Didn't my father stop her?
The Hundred Clans of Beiming...
Jiang Mingyan gazed far into the depths of the Dusk Mountains.
Behind that is the vast and prosperous Central Continent.
Starting from Zhongzhou and heading north, one can reach Beimingzhou, where many alien races live. If one goes east, one can reach Jiulizhou, where many immortal sects are present and many disciples are welcome.
The answers he wanted were all in that distant and prosperous land.
"Hey, kid, what do you think?" Wu Chen and Changsun Lianwen couldn't come to a conclusion, so he turned to ask Jiang Mingyan: "You are this kid's brother, how are you going to feed him?"
"Sui Sui is already three years old. He now eats fruit and meat puree every day." Jiang Mingyan said calmly.
Wu Chen was dissatisfied and wanted to ask more questions, but was interrupted by Changsun Lianwen: "He is the eldest child in his family. He is the eldest brother, so naturally he can feed him however he wants."
"You, huh." Wu Chen stopped talking.
Jiang Mingyan looked at Changsun Lianwen and said, "Sui Sui and I separated from you at the outermost edge of the Dusk Mountains."
Changsun Lianwen nodded.
Now that she has met Jiang Mingyan, the biggest purpose of her trip has been achieved.
However, she had no intention of going home.
It is not easy to cross the Dusk Mountains. She will look around Wuzhou, which can be regarded as an experience.
As for why she suddenly decided not to go to Jiang Mansion, she would explain these things to the people traveling with her.
Changsun Lianwen looked at the quiet forest around her. Her conversation with Jiang Mingyan could not be hidden from the third elder.
However, the Third Elder did not step forward to stop her because he believed that she could handle it herself.
Noticing some tacit understanding between Jiang Mingyan and Changsun Lianwen, Wu Chen narrowed his eyes suspiciously and asked Jiang Mingyan, "Why did you suddenly want to separate from us?"
"Because I still need to go to the outermost part of the Dusk Mountains to collect some spiritual plants in exchange for spiritual stones." Jiang Mingyan said coldly: "Didn't you tell me to earn more spiritual stones when I have time?"
"You're smart." Wu Chen couldn't find any fault with Jiang Mingyan, so he could only angrily throw down these words and turn around to go back to practice under the ancient tree.
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Sui Sui naturally had no idea what happened at night after he fell asleep.
He propped up his heavy eyelids in a daze, and after comforting his fragile brother in a baby voice, he felt that Suisui had a great day and had accomplished another huge thing!
So, Suisui grumbled to herself that her brother was disobedient and not well behaved at all. Not only did he not sleep himself, but he also forced the baby to sleep with him! At the same time, she allowed the sleepiness to sweep over her, enveloping her consciousness and falling into a dark dream.
But the next moment, Sui Sui found that he was not sleepy anymore!
The little fat boy is full of energy now. He even thinks he can once again take Taotao and Xuexue to help his brother fight the bad guys! Pick purple flowers!
But the little fat boy was not happy at all.
You should sleep every year!
Then the little fat boy snorted loudly and heavily.
Then, Sui Sui heard a hoarse male voice mumbling impatiently: "Really? Day by day, the old ones leave and the young ones come. I can't light it up for you, can I?"
In the center of the pitch-black space, a soft light suddenly appeared with a "gurgling" sound. A familiar round little tree floated in it, gently swaying its green and fluffy crown. The leaves were green and lovely.
Sui Sui widened his dark eyes in surprise, tilted his little head up and looked around, but couldn't see any figure hiding anywhere, so he could only sigh in a mocking manner.
But after just a few breaths, Suisui became happy again.
He happily pounced towards the small tree like a happy puppy.
"Hmph, the little troublemaker is quite cute." After a long time, a low murmur was heard in the dark space.
The little troublemaker Ben Jing didn't hear the man's comment at all. His entire mind was occupied by the round little tree.
The last time Suisui came to this space was shortly after making a contract with Hypericum virginianum.
Although there was a gap of more than a year between us, Suisui didn't feel strange at all.
He walked around the small tree a few times, then his round eyes lit up and he started to giggle.
"I want to bring Sui Sui back to my brother." The little fat boy said to himself: "My brother wants the little tree too~"
He did it right away. The little guy stretched out his short arms and legs, tried hard to hold on to the small tree, and dragged it out with a hissing sound.
"Here, brother!" Suisui encouraged himself while moving the tree: "Suisui can do it!"
But the busy little fat boy was caught red-handed the next moment.
"How come you, little troublemaker, want to eat and take it at the same time?" The man's voice was quite surprised.
He began to drive the cubs: "Go, go, go quickly."
Immediately afterwards, the space began to vibrate, invisible ripples spread out in circles, and the green trees turned into green rays and dissipated.
Sui Sui hurriedly stretched out his chubby paw to grab it, but it was empty. Not only that, his foot suddenly stepped on empty air, and his chubby little body was gently wrapped and repelled by a force.
"Sui Sui Xiao Shu!"
Fatty was shocked!
That’s the little tree I want to bring to my brother!
No more!
"Why are you in such a hurry? It will all be yours sooner or later."
After getting that troublemaker out, the man looked at the darkening space and muttered to himself, "Besides, a baby wants to take the Longevity Wood from me?"
The kid is small, but he has a big heart.
On the other side, the little fat boy could not suppress the grief and anger in his heart until he fell on the thick blanket.
Woo woo woo, the little tree of Suisui is gone...
However, the light screen in front soon lit up, and the flashing figure began to speak, and the passionate tone instantly attracted Sui Sui's attention.
"You? You're so arrogant! You don't even know what you are capable of! Hand over the token immediately and stop embarrassing yourself here!"
In the noisy and spacious hall, the slightly plump boy spoke with disgust and a condescending look, looking at the boy in front of him with undisguised malice.
"Woo?" Sui Sui tilted his head in confusion.
Wasn't this bad guy just beaten down by him and his brother? Why did he appear again?
What's his name... I think it's Jiang Ruke...
Sui Sui puffed up his cheeks unhappily, but just like the last time he fell into this strange dream, the little fat boy couldn't move and could only watch everything happening on the light screen silently.
The little fellow looked around smartly with his big black eyes, and soon picked out everyone he knew on the screen.
Today, I met a big sister in yellow clothes with my brother. She looked at Sui Sui with very gentle eyes. Sui Sui liked it~
That old man called Yuanying, my brother seems to like Yuanying very much...
Those who say Sui Sui is a fat baby...well, not a bad guy.
Suisui pouted and dragged Zhao Yongyu out of the list of bad guys.
There were so many of them that the little fat boy picked out a lot of people in a short time.
But in the end, this young man, Suisui, was a little hesitant.
Is it...brother?
The young man was wearing a clean and tidy white robe, but his whole body did not match the clothes, as if he had been forced to change into a new set of ill-fitting clothes.
He was very thin, almost a skeleton, with only a thin layer of skin covering his bones, which seemed like it would break with a slight poke.
However, even so, his back remained straight, and his brow bones were so sharp that they were almost glaring, not only hurting others but also leaving layers of scars on himself.
He stood in the middle of the hall, his eyes filled with gray and dead silence, and he looked around with vigilance and disgust, like a skinny wild cat showing its claws in a strange and malicious environment.
Sui Sui no longer cared what other people in the hall were saying.
Even though he didn't look at the boy carefully, Sui Sui still had the mind to think about what the other people on the screen were saying, and he could even pick out the people he knew one by one.
However, when his eyes shifted to the young man, Sui Sui couldn't take his eyes off him.
Sui Sui looked at the boy's unrecognizable face, and the crisscrossing scars on his exposed skin, and tears unknowingly filled her eyes.
This is not my brother.
The little fat boy thought firmly.
My brother's eyes are bright, his face is chubby, and he doesn't have so many scars on his body.
When my brother picks up Sui Sui, the corners of his lips will slightly rise.
My brother would ruffle Suisui’s hair, but he would also clumsily tie Suisui’s hair into small buns.
However, although he is not Sui Sui's brother, and although he looks nothing like his brother... Sui Sui also feels sorry for him.
He and his brother have the same name. They stand at two ends of time, like two completely different branches on a big tree.
Inside the light curtain, the young man didn't know what he heard. His tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and the silent light in his eyes slowly dissipated.
He stood up straight, his spine almost piercing through his skin under his thin clothes.
Sui Sui looked up blankly with her little face tilted upwards, listening to the boy's resounding and cold words.
At this moment, the figures of the young man and his brother seemed to merge together.
When Sui Sui came back to his senses, everything in the light curtain slowly faded away, leaving only pure darkness.
"Brother..." Sui Sui murmured aggrievedly, thinking that she was going to be thrown out again.
However, the light curtain lit up again.
Lines of glowing transparent fonts passed across the light curtain.
"The engagement is finally broken off. When will the protagonist become stronger? I'm here to see Long Aotian, not to be tortured!"
"Where's Long Aotian? The plot is progressing too slowly!"
"Can the author please help? Where is Long Aotian's cheat code?!"
“…”
Lines of text passed by, casting little starlight in Suisui's dark and clear round eyes.
The little fat cub opened his mouth, his round face dazed, like a kitten that was suddenly thrown into the classroom. Looking at the thick book under his paws, he could only make ignorant meows in confusion.
The little fat boy...can't read!
Sui Sui is still an illiterate boy!
The words on the light screen seemed to freeze for a moment, and then a mechanical voice sounded, reading the lines of words floating on the light screen at a very fast speed.
So many...
Sui Sui was quite interested at first, and would occasionally ask in a baby voice: "What does it mean to be a New Year?" "Why do we have to do it again?"
However, not only did no one answer, the strange voice even read faster and faster.
As a result, interest was gradually worn away by words that I couldn't understand.
By the time we got to the end, the little fat boy was already seeing stars from listening. He was like a sapling exposed to the sun, with his head drooping and his round face looking wilted.
Finally, the mechanical sound stopped.
Sui Sui could hardly wait to let a gentle force wrap around him and take him out of this strange and terrifying space.
The moment he passed through the space, the little fat boy felt his body sink. When he opened his eyes, he saw a familiar, soft, faint light.
"ah!"
The little fat boy recalled everything that happened before going to bed and couldn't help but sit up by holding the railing of the crib, with surprise on his face: "Sui Sui, we're home!"
"Yes, Suisui is home." The brother's smiling voice sounded. The little fat boy looked in the direction of the voice and saw his brother's handsome and sharp face.
Everything seen in the light curtain has been covered by an invisible force, leaving only sporadic and vague fragments in Sui Sui's mind.
However, Sui Sui still felt very uncomfortable and unhappy.
"Brother, hug me!"
So Suisui stretched out his short little hand towards his brother.
A hint of smile appeared in Jiang Mingyan's sharp phoenix eyes. He indulgently followed the little guy's wishes and held the round little body in his arms: "Why are you acting like a spoiled child as soon as you wake up?"
Suisui nestled in her brother's arms without saying a word.
Jiang Mingyan then carried the little fat boy and slowly walked around the cave: "Sui Sui slept soundly last night, and this morning he was snoring and I couldn't wake him up. Sen*night* tidy up*"
"We said goodbye to Changsun Lianwen and the others this morning at the outermost edge of the Dusk Mountains, and then my brother carried Suisui home."
Suisui leaned his chubby face against his brother's chest, and his little fat belly squeezed out a little flesh from the gap.
As he listened to his brother's gentle voice, the indescribable emotions in his heart gradually calmed down.
"Sui Sui is dreaming." Finally, the little fat boy spoke softly.
Jiang Mingyan laughed, walked back to the crib, and put Sui Sui on the bed: "What did you dream about, Sui Sui?"
The little fat boy puffed up his cheeks unhappily: "Sui Sui wanted to bring back a small tree for his brother, but the small tree turned into a dot of light and disappeared!"
"Really? Xiaoshu is bad. Suisui won't like Xiaoshu anymore from now on, okay?" Jiang Mingyan asked gently while putting foot clothes on Suisui.
"No, no!" Sui Sui shook his head quickly, his hair swaying left and right with the movement: "Hello, Xiaoshu!"
"Well, let's continue to love the little tree."
"Yeah!" Sui Sui nodded with satisfaction.
"Besides this, what else did Suisui dream about?" Jiang Mingyan brought a basin of warm water, wet a handkerchief, and gently wiped the soft face of the chubby boy.
Sui Sui obediently raised her head to let her brother wipe her face, a hint of confusion in her dark round eyes: "Sui Sui also had a dream..."
"A dragon making trouble in the sky!" After much thought, Sui Sui finally came up with something. He couldn't help but look at his brother with his bright round eyes, looking expectantly: "Brother, what does it mean to be like a dragon making trouble in the sky?"
"A dragon is making trouble?" Jiang Mingyan wiped the little guy's soft face clean, put away the handkerchief, and was also a little confused: "Why is the dragon making trouble?"
Sui Sui shook his head, his eyes bright and clear: "Sui Sui doesn't know~"
"Brother doesn't know either." Jiang Mingyan sighed helplessly, "Brother can't go into Sui Sui's dream to take a look."
"Why can't I go?" Sui Sui jumped out of the small bed and said dissatisfiedly: "Sui Sui, open the door for me, I'll go~"
Jiang Mingyan rubbed Sui Sui's fluffy hair, picked up the tidied little ball, and said with a smile: "Okay, brother will wait for Sui Sui to open the door."
"That's right~" Sui Sui whined and clung to her brother, acting like a clingy kitten.
However, just after the little fat cat rubbed his brother a few times, he suddenly seemed to remember something and stopped abruptly.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Mingyan couldn't help but feel a little puzzled: "What did Sui Sui remember?"
"Brother is wearing black clothes today!" Sui Sui pouted.
Jiang Mingyan looked even more puzzled: "What's wrong with the black clothes?"
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