Chu Nian said, "I found someone to help me, and I believe she will be able to bring Lan Fei back soon."
Lou Qianzong, ever the curious child, asked, "You went to that place 'above'? What kind of place is it?"
Chu Nian smiled and said, "It's a sacred mountain. You and I used to live there."
Lou Qianzong frowned and asked, "You and me?"
Chu Nian nodded and said, "And Xiao Bai too."
Lou Qianzong: "What about Xiao Linzi?"
Chu Nian shook her head and said, "He's not here."
Lou Qianzong's face immediately turned cold, and he said, "Who are you trying to fool? Without Xiao Linzi, it's just me, you, and Xiao Bai. How is that possible?"
Chu Nian gave a helpless bitter smile, but that's just how it is. Back then, Xiao Linzi wasn't even born yet!
Lou Qianzong suddenly turned his gaze to the doorway of the room behind Chu Nian.
Chu Nian couldn't help but turn her head to look in the direction he was looking, only to see Lin Jingting standing there with a somewhat bitter and complicated expression.
Chu Nian waved and smiled, beckoning him, "Jingting, come and sit down." Seeing that Lin Jingting was still somewhat dazed, she added, "You are my disciple, born after me, that makes sense!"
"Hmm," Lin Jingting responded listlessly, walking over to sit beside her. His heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Because only now did he suddenly realize something: from beginning to end, he was the only one who was born into and raised in this world created by books. His birth originated from the creation of the pen knife.
Whether it's Nian Nian, whom he has always cherished, or Lou Ge Zong, whom he has always taken care of, or Xiao Bai, who follows him around, they are actually different from him.
Chu Nian asked, "Where's Xiao Bai?"
Lin Jingting suppressed the complex emotions in her heart and said, "He went to U City, probably to return the Mirror Demon to its rightful place."
Mentioning this, Lou Qianzong excitedly recounted to Chu Nian how Bai Ze had used the Mirror Demon to test the strength of Wang Xinrui's aura the day before. Chu Nian couldn't help but burst into laughter after hearing it.
Looking at them, Lin Jingting felt that he could never walk alongside them. Because they were true outsiders, people detached from the world created by the pen and the knife.
One day they will all have to leave!
But what about him? Can he escape this world?
Bai Ze once said that if he wanted to help Chu Nian break free from the shackles of this world, Lin Jingting himself had to truly comprehend the Dao.
Lin Jingting now understood why Bai Ze said that: Right now, it could be said that Chu Nian was bearing the grievances and resentments of these worlds; these grievances and resentments bound Chu Nian to these worlds, preventing her from breaking free. And if she wanted to free herself from the shackles of these worlds, only he, a native, could bear those shackles of this world.
She, Lou Qianzong, and Xiaobai didn't belong to this world; they were from another world. Now, they are forced to resolve the injustices and resentments of this world, and thus they are trapped here forever. Is this fair to them?
"Xiao Linzi, what are you daydreaming about?" Lou Qianzong asked, shaking his arm.
Chu Nian was a little worried. She felt that Lin Jingting had taken her conversation with Lou Qianzong to heart, and she wondered what the child was thinking about this time.
She said, "Jingting, your cultivation level has reached a very high point, but you still have a heavy heart."
“Oh,” Lin Jingting replied casually, “I know.”
Chu Nian advised, "You don't need to think too much. The purpose of living is to be happy. There's no need to worry about this and that all day long. It's exhausting."
Lin Jingting nodded and said "Mm".
The boy agreed readily, but judging from his expression, Chu Nian knew very well that he hadn't taken her words to heart.
Lin Jingting then inquired about Lan Fei.
Chu Nian then said, "He was taken to the underworld. I have already found someone to rescue him. Don't worry, he should be back in the next few days."
Lou Qianzong asked awkwardly, "May I ask where he'll be staying after he gets back?"
This apartment only has two rooms. Chu Nian lives in one, and the other is already crammed with the three of them!
Mentioning this, Chu Nian asked with a smile, "How's the villa you promised to give me coming along?"
Lou Qianzong immediately rolled his eyes at Lin Jingting with a helpless expression, remaining silent, but his face was quite ugly, with black lines all over his forehead.
Lin Jingting smiled and said, "Xiao Bai is busy with this right now, it should be settled soon."
Chu Nian nodded and said, "Actually, if it weren't for that Wang Xinrui taking my millions..."
"It's Lan Nian's few million, isn't it!" Lou Qianzong interrupted her, rolling his eyes as he was still sulking.
Chu Nian: "No matter which Nian it is, it's mine anyway. With those millions, we could have bought a bigger apartment by now."
Lin Jingting asked curiously, "Who are the people you mentioned who will bring back Lan Fei?"
Chu Nian smiled and said, "Guess!"
Lin Jingting hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Lan Nian?!"
Chu Nian nodded and praised, "My disciple is indeed the smartest."
Lin Jingting smiled helplessly: You're still talking to me like I'm a child!
Lou Qianzong asked incredulously, "Lan Nian? Is it the Lan Nian from the God Realm? How did you manage to get her to rescue Lan Fei?"
Whether he believed it or not, three days later, Lan Nian and Lan Fei knocked on the door of the apartment.
"I've brought him back to you safe and sound." Lan Nian picked up Lan Fei and threw him directly in front of Chu Nian. "I hope we never see each other again."
After saying that, she turned to leave, but Chu Nian called out to her, "Why are you in such a hurry? Sit down!"
Lan Nian's face was dark and cold as she said, "No need."
Chu Nian: "Then let's stay here!"
Lan Nian, who had already turned around and was about to leave, suddenly froze, turning her head to stare blankly at Chu Nian.
Chu Nian smiled brightly and said, "Stay here and take care of us while you're at it."
Lou Qianzong, sitting on the sofa, glanced at her speechlessly: Is this some kind of invitation to stay and be a servant?
Lin Jingting and Bai Ze, who were standing nearby, were already silently praying for Lan Nian in their hearts.
Lan Nian gritted her teeth and said, "Don't go too far!"
Chu Nian smiled brightly as always and said, "No way, isn't it only right that you stay and take care of us?"
Lan Nian questioned, "Wouldn't it be better if we never saw each other again?!"
Chu Nian: "I would like to, but I'm afraid this isn't something that you and I can decide alone."
That pen knife won't stay still; it might control Lan Nian and cause trouble again someday. You see, the pen knife's powerful magic is still sealed in the underworld, and that magic has already begun to control Chu Nian as she travels through reincarnations in these worlds. Clearly, the seal has loosened and is no longer secure.
Therefore, it would be better to keep Lan Nian under my watchful eye.
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