Chapter 47: Glutinous Rice Cake Ceremony
Zhuo Can was once a staunch atheist who believed that the world was built on material things.
Then he was drawn into another world.
Then he brought back a little fairy.
Now he felt that everything was unreal, just a fleeting ephemera constructed by a false will.
It may collapse at any time, and it can also be reconstructed at any time.
Overnight, Zhuo Can, a 24k straight man who had been single for 24 years, became a married man.
The change was so fast that even he couldn't adapt to it.
He actually has a boyfriend.
Zhuo Can wakes up drowsily when the alarm goes off at 7 o'clock every morning. When he takes out his phone to turn off the alarm, he sees a push message.
It was sent by Lu Song. It only had two words, "Good morning", followed by a [] emoticon made from a photo of Xiaomianli's live broadcast.
Zhuo Can's brain wasn't working very well when he first woke up, and he was still a mess. He replied respectfully with two words: "Got it."
Wash up, change clothes, eat breakfast, send the baby to the daycare center, and then take the subway to the company.
After becoming a dad, he was too busy to check his phone, and Zhuo Can had long forgotten about this matter.
When I arrived at the company and met Lu Song, I felt a little indescribable shy when greeting him.
However, Lu Song did not respond with the same embarrassment. Instead, he kept smiling at him, unable to suppress the corners of his mouth.
That smile went beyond just a greeting.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.
Zhuo Can went to the bathroom to check himself out. He looked normal. There was no rice on him, his hair wasn't sticking up, and the back of his clothes wasn't accidentally tucked into his waistband.
So what is the problem?
Confused, Zhuo Can reread the message.
【good morning[]】
【receive. 】
Zhuo Can realized belatedly that he had done something extremely stupid.
He was so sad. The servility of office workers towards their leaders was already deeply ingrained in their DNA, and even if they got the leader, it wouldn't change anything.
...These two words are definitely enough to keep Lu Songxiao busy for a whole year.
After the interlude, all that remains is endless, unknown sweetness.
Zhuo Can had just arrived at his workstation when he heard his colleagues gossiping:
"Hey, do you think Mr. Lu is in a particularly good mood today?"
"Yeah, I felt that too. He usually greets us with a smile, but today, oh my, that was—"
"A happy spring breeze."
"Yes, yes, that's the feeling!"
"Could it be that you're in love?"
"Lu Song is almost thirty, it's time to talk about marriage. I don't know what the other person is like, but he must be very good-looking."
"Ah, why is this happening? President Lu is my dream lover, wuwuwuwu..."
Zhuo Can seemed to be working seriously, but in fact his ears were almost standing up.
Does it look good? He glanced at himself reflected on the screen and thought… not bad.
I hope to be worthy of a handsome CEO.
A colleague caught sight of him and changed the subject: "Hey, sisters, don't just focus on the big boss. Don't you think our Manager Zhuo looks very happy today, too?"
"I've been wanting to say this for a long time. I've been restless all morning, constantly checking my phone. Who are you waiting for news from?"
"Oh wow, this allows for close-up gossip!"
"Is Zhuo-sir in love?"
"Hurry up, tell the truth!"
…
Zhuo Can was so coaxed that he had no choice but to swear that he really didn't have a girlfriend - Lu Song certainly didn't have one - and was forced to promise that when he had a girlfriend, he would bring her to them first for review.
Unfortunately, it won’t be possible for the time being.
The colleagues actually guessed it quite accurately. Both Mr. Lu and Manager Zhuo were indeed showing the silly smiles of people in love.
But even if they racked their brains, they couldn't connect the two protagonists in the incident together.
Now, Zhuo Can couldn't suppress the smile anymore.
But I can't tell anyone about it. I can only smile at the president when we pass by his office, and then when someone comes over the next second, pretend nothing happened and look away. It's flustered and sweet.
This is probably the excitement of office romance.
He certainly couldn't tell his colleagues, but once he left the company, he couldn't resist the urge to tell the whole world.
Zhuo Can thought that the news that he was with Lu Song would shock his friends, but the reality was the exact opposite.
After listening to him hesitating and stammering for a long time, Qi Rui just said "ah" calmly.
Zhuo Can: “That’s it?”
Qi Rui nodded: "Finally."
Zhuo Can: "No?"
Xiao Hui pursed her lips and smiled: "Let me tell you."
Zhuo Can: “???”
What are you all talking about? No, why do you seem to know the situation better than me?
Zhuo Can was very frustrated by the fact that someone else saw the preview before him.
He became more and more courageous and found Mianli with his last hope.
He squatted before Him, hugged his knees with his hands, and looked mysterious.
"Kamisama, I want to tell you a secret."
Mianli sat on the ground, fiddling with the teddy bear doll that Xiaohui had made for him.
The boy grabbed the bear's paw and shook it, signaling him to speak.
Zhuo Can lowered his voice, as if revealing some big secret: "Lulu and I are together."
He usually either calls him Mr. Lu or calls him by his name. "Lulu" is Mian Liqi's nickname.
…Why do I feel a little shy using the nickname given by children?
The expected surprised little fairy did not appear.
The calm little fairy shook his bear paw again: "Oh."
Then he lowered his head and continued playing with his toys.
Zhuo Can thought that the child might not know what "together" meant, so his reaction was so indifferent.
He explained it in a flurry.
Mianli waved her hands: "You two are just in love. Lili knows!"
Zhuo Can: “…Hello.”
You're so young, but you know too much.
"Cancan and Lulu," Mianli held the teddy bear in his left hand and gestured with his right hand, pointing at himself and then at the adults, "They are Lili and Jiajia."
Zhuo Can nodded.
Then I felt like something was wrong.
Can your relationship with that little brat Tao Yingjia be compared in this way?
*
As his relationship with Tao Yingjia grew better and better, going to the daycare center became what Mianli looked forward to most every day.
Many times, Zhuo Can looked at the little boy who got off the car and ran into the classroom, and felt an indescribable sadness.
Mianli also went to school happily carrying her newly bought schoolbag.
Although the book is not needed at all, what child doesn't like schoolbags? He wants to show this to Jiajia.
I waited and waited, but Tao Yingjia never showed up.
Not only Tao Yingjia, but Tao Mian also didn't come.
He was too embarrassed to ask Teacher Min directly, so he just followed the teacher like a tail.
With his hands behind his back and his head lowered, his little feet were drawing circles on the ground.
Looks like he has a lot on his mind.
Teacher Min turned around and almost bumped into Him.
She noticed that the cutest kid in the class was in a bad mood, with long eyelashes covering his sad eyes and the corners of his mouth drooping, which made adults feel heartbroken.
Teacher Min bent down and touched the child's soft cheek: "Lili, what's wrong?"
Mianli blinked her big watery eyes: "Where's Jiajia?"
He added, "My little sister isn't here either."
Little sister is the name Tao Yingjia calls Tao Mian, and now it is also "borrowed" by Mianli.
Teacher Min suddenly realized that he was worried about his little playmate.
"Jia Jia is sick today and is resting at home. So is her sister." She comforted him, "Just be patient. They will come back after Jia Jia recovers."
Mianli seemed to accept this explanation, but he still couldn't cheer up.
When Zhuo Can came to pick him up in the evening, Teacher Min specifically told him about this.
Zhuo Can rode his bike to the fork in the road leading to home and suddenly stopped.
The baby in the basket was still sad, looking up at him.
Since Mian Li said that Jia Jia is as important to him as Lu Song is to himself (no, Zhuo Can thought, it’s completely different!), then put yourself in Lu Song’s shoes. If Lu Song was sick and didn’t go to work all day or send a message or anything, you would be worried too.
It’s easy to understand Mianli’s current mood.
Zhuo Can pinched his face: "Our little Tangdou, do you want to go see Jiajia?"
Little Sugar Bean's eyes lit up.
An hour later, Zhuo Can, carrying milk and other gifts, and Mian Li, holding flowers, came to Tao's house.
As soon as the doorbell rang, Mother Tao, who had been waiting for a long time, opened the door enthusiastically: "Welcome, welcome - Oh, come on, what else do you want to bring!"
After some polite refusal, Mother Tao accepted it with a smile.
Mr. Tao came out of the kitchen wearing an apron: "Mr. Zhuo and Xiaoli are here. Please take a seat. Dinner will be ready soon."
Tao Mian crawled over in the baby playpen and saw the familiar little brother. He waved his chubby arms and babbled to try to get Mianli's attention.
But Mianli had no time to look at her now.
Zhuo Can came to the rescue and followed Dad Tao to play with the baby.
Mother Tao went to Tao Yingjia's room with the sleeping gift: "Jiajia, are you awake?"
Before her mother knocked on the door, little Jia Jia, who was feeling sick to her stomach, was leaning on the bed watching cartoons on her iPad.
Holding a cup with a straw in his hand, he drank milk slowly.
His younger sister was fed with a bottle, and he sipped the milk from the straw, feeling as if he were a baby too.
I'm used to being a big brother most of the time, so it's nice to be a baby occasionally.
When his mother knocked on the door, the boy, who was usually as sensible as a little adult, wanted to act like a spoiled child to his mother: "Wake up, Mom."
My mother pushed the door open and smiled slightly: "Look, who's here?"
She moved sideways to let a small, soft, white ball come in.
Tao Yingjia opened his arms and tried to hug her, but then froze in place.
"Hey—Lili?"
He opened his eyes wide, thinking he was hallucinating.
Otherwise, how could the doll he was thinking about just now suddenly come to his room, beside his bed, hand him a bouquet of flowers filled with chocolate balls and toffees, and jump into his prepared arms.
I also whispered, Jiajia, I miss you so much.
*
Later, Lu Song drove over to pick them up.
Mianli fell asleep before getting in the car. Lu Song bent down and carefully placed him in the child seat in the back seat and fastened his seat belt, for fear of disturbing the god's sweet dream.
Lu Song lowered his voice and asked, "Isn't that child sick? How can he still play with Lili so hard?"
"That's not a joke." Zhuo Can shook his head. "He's using his 'magic' to heal Jia Jia."
Lu Song was surprised: "It has this effect?"
In the past, curing a minor stomachache would be a simple matter for Mian Li with a wave of his hand.
But now his divine power has weakened - if Zhuo Can observed correctly, the bracelet with the water pattern has been sealed - it has become much more difficult to drive away his little friend's illness.
Simply put, when there was no blockade before, the endless power provided by the light bracelet was used.
What is being consumed now is Himself.
The little god was briefly lost for a few days after the birthday party, but soon recovered his former innocence and liveliness.
Zhuo Can intuitively felt that something must have changed—most likely related to the disappearance of the divine power—and Mian Li was clear about the cause and effect of the previous events.
But He would not tell him.
Children have their own secrets, their own privacy, and things they don't want to say out loud, and he can respect that. He also grows up from that age.
But Zhuo Can also really hopes that He can be happy, eat, drink and have fun every day, and not be hurt.
...But who would dare to harm the gods?
Zhuo Can turned sideways to turn off the air conditioning vents in the back row, sat back, and saw a hint of blue in Lu Song's eyes.
Despite the dark night, his fatigue was evident.
Zhuo Can remembered that he had rushed over from the company and asked distressedly, "Were you still busy before you came here?"
Lu Song nodded: "Yes, I was in a meeting just now."
The grassroots employees leave late every day, and the senior management also has to work overtime, like a competition to see whose office lights are turned off the latest.
Zhuo Can still felt somewhat guilty about having the big boss make this trip in person, even though the big boss was his boyfriend: "Is it over?"
"No, I asked Mr. Jiang to help me keep an eye on it." Lu Song started the car. "He didn't need to work overtime. Xiao Yang from the finance department would have been fine at the meeting. But he heard I was coming to pick you up, so he stayed. I have to buy him something to thank him next time."
Zhuo Can said yes.
Although his heart skipped a beat when it came to Jiang Xiao.
In fact, after the confession outside the wooden house that night, he realized that his previous feeling that Jiang Xiao was hostile to him was due to his subconscious hysteria of caring too much about Lu Song.
In short, jealous.
Zhuo Can felt embarrassed for his previous misunderstanding of Jiang Xiao and Lu Song's relationship and did not find time to apologize.
He touched his nose: "Well, that's right, before, I thought you and Mr. Jiang... Anyway..."
It's really hard to say.
However, Lu Song did not let him continue, and interrupted his stumbling softly: "I know."
Zhuo Can: “???”
Lu Song smiled, his achievements and reputation well hidden. "I just took advantage of this. It's a, uh, provocation, right? If you hadn't been angry that day, I wouldn't have been 100% sure. Thank you very much for your 'stinginess'."
Zhuo Can: “…”
Zhuo Can raised his eyebrows: "If it's not 100%, then how much do you think you have?"
Lu Song smiled proudly: "Ninety percent. I am confident that you must have feelings for me too."
Okay, dating is full of tricks.
The car carrying the hastily repacked but extremely harmonious new family of three drove silently into the quiet moonlight.
Zhuo Can also felt a little sleepy, and his voice became smaller and smaller: "Where is the wooden house?"
He escaped at the last moment and was busy afterwards, so he hasn't taken a good look at it yet.
"You can go whenever you want. Buy it and it's a gift for you."
Zhuo Can waved his hands repeatedly: "It's too expensive, I can't accept it."
"Then buy it from me."
"Huh? How much does it cost?"
"One kiss is enough."
…
They didn't speak anymore, and fell into a comfortable silence accompanied by the soft music.
The street lights lit up one after another, and the bright yellow light occasionally flashed through the darkness of the carriage.
Mianli, who should have fallen asleep in the child seat in the back row, opened his eyes in the flickering light and quietly looked at the adult's back.
*
The next day, Tao's father and mother reciprocated the favor and sent Tao Yingjia, who had recovered from his illness, to accompany them to sleep and play.
In addition to the two children, Qi Rui also put the cats here.
Mianli was talking to the cats in a babble, and Tao Yingjia could only understand one side of the conversation and was very anxious.
"Can you really understand cat language?" Jia Jia didn't quite believe it.
"Lili, of course!"
"I don't believe it unless you prove it to me."
"How do you prove it?"
"Hmm..." Tao Yingjia thought for a moment and pointed at the tabby cat licking her fur. "Let it spin in a circle."
Taotao, who was struck by an unexpected disaster: "..."
After going through the stage of confrontation, the two children now have a good relationship, but quarrels are inevitable.
Although in most cases, Tao Yingjia would give up first.
At this time, Mian Li naturally wants to show himself.
"Taotao!" the little fairy called it.
The cat pretended not to hear and wanted to escape very much.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The little fairy saw its escape route and rushed over to hug it.
The cub and the kitten are of similar weight, and it is difficult to hold them without divine power.
Mianli said "Hey yo, hey yo" as he carried the cat to Tao Yingjia.
"Taotao!" His eyes were filled with anticipation, innocent and sweet. "Spin in circles~!"
The tabby cat really, really doesn't want to pay attention to these little brats.
But it had already figured out the routine of getting along with the little fairy. If it didn't agree immediately, it would be persuaded by soft and hard methods until it agreed.
It would be better to surrender now and suffer less.
Mian Xiaoli is the little darling of the whole family - what else can we do except spoil him.
Taotao accepted her fate and circled her tail several times like a puppy.
Mian Li clapped his hands and giggled, "Great! Great!"
Zhizhi, who was watching the show nearby, was surprised to see her little brother, who looked down on everything and was aloof and world-weary, willing to go to such lengths to coax a "human" cub.
Xiaomianli is really an incredibly charming cat.
"That's great..." Tao Yingjia's admiration was filled with longing, "I want to talk to them too."
He has loved small animals, especially cats, since he was a child, but unfortunately his parents did not allow him to keep pets.
After letting Taotao go, Mianli listened to Tao Yingjia's words and seemed to be lost in thought.
"Lili will help you."
He said this, closing his eyes and holding his breath.
Tao Yingjia watched in surprise as the doll's feet left the ground and began to fly lightly.
A very faint light emanated from His body, condensing into flowing lines like musical scores.
Tao Yingjia felt as if someone gently pulled his ear, and then he saw the light flying into his ear.
He shrank subconsciously, but the light did not hurt, but was warm.
The ragdoll cat tilted its head back: "Xiao Lili, what are you doing, meow?"
Tao Yingjia's eyes widened as he looked at the cat in disbelief: "I, I, I, I can understand what you are saying!"
Zhizhi: "?"
Mianli swayed and floated back to the ground - before she landed on the ground, she was picked up by Tao Yingjia again.
"How did you do that? How did you do that!" He picked up Mian Li and spun her around. "Thank you!"
Mianli rarely missed the opportunity to boast, "Lili is of course the most awesome one," and her eyes curved into crescents from smiling.
In fact, the little strength he had left was used as little as possible.
If it wasn't necessary, He lived like a human being.
The last few times I used it seemed to be for Jiajia.
He is willing to help Jiajia recover from her stomachache and cheer her up from her depression.
In fact, why bother to use it sparingly?
The Father God asked Him to say goodbye, and when the deadline arrived, the Father God or His messenger would bring Him back to the temple, and the seal would be lifted.
After it was released, the endless power naturally returned.
Thinking of this, the little god couldn't help feeling sad.
What’s the point of having divine power without Jiajia and Cancan?
Tao Yingjia chased the two cats around the house, trying to talk to them, which annoyed the cats very much.
Mianli sat on the ground watching them play, his hands and feet feeling a little weak.
Jia Jia is so happy because of Him.
The little god thought of Zhuo Can and Lu Song.
They looked at each other with eyes full of adoration;
The tender moments they spent with Him made Him feel at home for the first time in His life;
And Qi Rui, Xiao Hui, Teacher Min, Tao Mian...
In just a few months, He had gotten to know so many stupid humans whom He had originally looked down upon.
If He returned to the other world, He would never see them again.
Will lose all, everyone's (and the cat's) love.
After the caramel cookies, building blocks, teddy bears, and love disappeared, all He had was the empty temple and the cold and indifferent back of God the Father.
Mianli shuddered, hugged his own small body, and became a sad glutinous rice cake.
……don't want.
He did not want to return to cold loneliness.
A thought that had already appeared before became more and more firm.
Mianli suddenly stood up and announced in a loud voice: "Lili is not leaving!"
Over there, the cats with their fur flying all over the place suddenly stopped and turned to look at Him: "?"
The young god had never been so determined.
"Lili is going to find someone to help."
He paused, correcting his wording.
"No, no, not a—'person'."
The author has something to say:
Ding ding! Lili's various ghost and god fan groups are about to go online——
Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the weekend, will be filled with thousands of words!
The following plots are all fantasy-themed, and there will be less daily scenes.
Thank you for your comments, dear friends. Lili Baby will occasionally send red envelopes to the sisters and aunts who visit him frequently~
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