"Oh." Roland nodded, then suddenly remembered something and looked at Qiao Qiu, "Wait, were there stars last night?"
"Of course there are. There are stars every day, but they are covered up and we can't see them," Qiao Qiu said. "Last night, Ru Feng used his magic to disperse the clouds in the sky, which allowed the stars to appear."
"My brother-in-law is so good to my older sister," Roland said with a smile.
Qiao Qiu playfully pinched her nose. "Silly girl, doesn't Dong Yu treat you well?"
"Big sister, I'm not a little girl anymore," Roland said somewhat shyly.
Qiao Qiu laughed. "In my eyes, you'll always be a little girl. Don't try to change the subject; answer what your older sister is saying."
Roland nodded with his head down, "He is naturally good to his younger sister."
Qiao Qiu smiled and said, "I think so too."
"Hmm?" Roland looked up at her, his eyes sparkling.
"Being with you, I have no regrets. I didn't let you do manual labor, turning you from a scholar into a farmer, working hard without complaint, but he never uttered a single complaint. After all this time, his feelings for you have remained unchanged. How could these older women not see that? He has a sincere heart, which is very rare." These words can be said to be Qiao Qiu's greatest affirmation of Dong Yu.
Roland's eyes welled up with tears. "Sometimes I feel like I've wronged him the most, but I don't know how to make it up to him. Big sister, when you conjured up the book, it was like a godsend to me."
Qiao Qiu was slightly taken aback. She hadn't thought that much about it when she conjured it up.
Roland looked at her gratefully. "Elder sister, I have nothing else. For Dong Yu, I only have this one heart."
Qiao Qiu raised an eyebrow. "Who said you don't have any others? Your family is still here."
Upon hearing this, Roland chuckled.
Qiao Qiu also laughed.
Holding the lollipop, Xiao Dongyuan, unaware of what was going on, also started grinning foolishly.
When Ji Rufeng and the others got up, half of the morning had already passed.
After brushing her teeth and washing her face, she ate breakfast under her uncle's bright, pleading gaze, and was then helplessly dragged into the study for a new round of instruction.
This scene was incredibly satisfying for Ji Rufeng.
Qiao Qiu and Luo Lan were laughing so hard they were doubled over. This uncle and nephew pair was truly... wonderful.
Roland may not know, but Qiao Qiu does. Looking back over five thousand years, what doesn't the ring know? Her erudition surpasses even hers and Ji Rufeng's; she's practically an encyclopedia.
The current situation is that he's like an encyclopedia-like novice reciting the Three Character Classic and the Thousand Family Poems. Qiao Qiu doesn't know how he can tolerate it. For him, it's like kindergarten-level teaching.
Suddenly, the barrier rippled slightly again.
Qiao Qiu's expression froze instantly, and she looked at Ji Rufeng with a deep gaze, "Big brother, um, can your thing be a little more reliable?"
"..." Ji Rufeng was slightly embarrassed, but he didn't show it. Instead, he looked up at the sky and said, "Yes, you're right. It really should be renovated."
As he spoke, he waved his hand.
The few deities who had just entered were immediately turned into a rain of dust.
With another wave of his hand, Ji Rufeng sent the dust to other places.
At that moment, a flash of golden light appeared, and a small object appeared in his hand, something that looked like a small bell.
Qiao Qiu rested her chin on her hand, blinking as she looked at it. The thing looked unfamiliar, and she couldn't recognize what it was, but intuitively, she knew it must be an ancient artifact.
I don't know where this guy got it from, but it looks pretty good.
Ji Rufeng tossed it upwards, and the golden bell instantly grew larger before crashing down, covering the area above.
A flash of golden light, and it vanished without a trace.
Qiao Qiu raised an eyebrow. "Hey, husband, does this count as us drawing a line in the sand and imprisoning ourselves?"
Ji Rufeng walked up to her and said, "It wasn't us who painted it; it was the world that painted it for us."
Qiao Qiu laughed.
Yes, if it weren't for the relentless curse, why would they have chosen to live in such a remote place, making this the only place in the world where they could find peace and security?
"That's true."
...
Qiao Qiu didn't know what this golden bell was, nor did she ask, but since she got the golden bell, she hadn't sensed any danger.
Life in the mountains may seem boring, but it's actually quite interesting.
For example, Ji Rufeng would teach Dong Yu how to catch certain wild animals.
Moreover, Ji Rufeng greatly improved Dong Yu's physique. Although he could not become an immortal, his martial arts skills were quite good.
Roland loved weaving, so Qiao Qiu set up a separate weaving and embroidery room for her so she could embroider and make clothes in peace.
As for Dong Yuan, the ring noticed that he showed signs of learning magic, so it added another restriction to his body, making it useless for him to learn.
As long as the restriction is not broken, he has no chance of becoming an immortal.
Qiao Qiu, on the other hand, still enjoys fishing. Whenever she has free time, she will take her ring and run to the lakeside.
Of course, Dong Yuan was also taken along.
The water's edge is normally a very dangerous place for children, but with Qiao Qiu and the Ring, two divine beings, how could they possibly miss a child?
The ring took Dong Yuan to play by the water, and a barrier was set up by the water. As long as Dong Yuan went beyond a certain range, he would be blocked.
Naturally, I was drawn back by the ring.
Ring still loves crayfish, but in the dead of winter, crayfish are hard to find, making it quite difficult for him to catch them.
He ran out of energy after a few more tries.
He thought for a moment, then used his magic on the waters to create the scene of spring returning to the earth.
Qiao Qiu looked at him and laughed, "Are you trying to help crayfish reproduce?"
The ring started counting on its fingers, "Yeah, if I help them warm up, they should reproduce quickly, right? Hmm, in two or three months at most, they'll appear in large numbers."
Qiao Qiu sighed softly, "The ring, do you think we can wait until then?"
He put the ring down on his hand and put it behind his back. "That's hard to say. It might happen, it might not. It all depends on how long the higher-ups can tolerate us."
Qiao Qiu picked up a crayfish and said, "These days, the Heavenly Gods are breeding grounds like crayfish, spreading across the world at a rapid pace. We've probably killed less than 100,000 in the past year or so, haven't we?"
The ring couldn't help but chuckle, "Master, are you kidding me? The number of small fish and shrimp that come every day is at most seventy or eighty thousand, definitely not one hundred thousand."
"But the number of gods is almost a billion." Qiao Qiu squinted. The ants rushing out of the encircling fire circle acted in a swarm, sacrificing the lives of the outermost ants to protect those inside. Were the gods, appearing in such large numbers, also imitating the ants?
The ring counted on its fingers and its face darkened. "It's not that it's almost a billion, it's that it already has a billion."
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