Tianning was already used to this.
During the day, everyone would subconsciously act spoiled, shameless, and push their luck with their senior brother, but they would become much more obedient when they saw him at night, like mice seeing a cat. However, Tian Ning was an exception.
Even knowing that he would switch to his second personality, Tianning still shoved the pancake she had made, which was bigger than her face, into Fu Hongming's hand: "Senior Brother, try it, it has strawberry jam inside!"
That evening, the senior brother silently took a bite: "..."
It had a very strange texture; he hadn't expected that a sweet filling could be inside a pancake. But after chewing it a few more times, it wasn't unacceptable.
The eldest brother continued chewing tonight~
Seeing that he liked it, Tianning added other different flavors for him.
"..."
"Remember to leave some for your senior brother during the day," Tianning instructed. "Even if you like it a lot, don't eat it all. You have to share it."
"..."
I didn't like it that much.
As the saying goes, every creature has its nemesis, and it turned out that the eldest disciple was unusually obedient to Tianning at night. After finishing his meal, he took over from the eldest disciple he had eaten during the day. It's unclear whether he ate until he was half full or until he was full before switching to the other disciple. Judging from how much the eldest disciple had eaten during the day, he probably left room in his stomach.
Long Aotian then brought over his new dish and asked Fu Hongming, "Oh, actually I've always wanted to ask, Senior Brother, is this something you were born with?"
After all, this was how the eldest brother was when they first met. Long Aotian had also asked Jiang Xi and Shi Qinxin, and they both said that the eldest brother was like this when he was brought back by the master.
Tianning really wanted to say, if the eldest brother could switch personalities in a second, wouldn't the fourth brother have to run around carrying his plate non-stop?
Fortunately, neither of the two senior brothers was that cruel.
“It wasn’t innate,” Fu Hongming said after trying several sweet treats. Although he didn’t show it on his face, he clearly found it hard to accept. Finally, he took a scallion pancake from Jiang Xi’s bowl and said, “He appeared when he was very young.”
It was rare to see the eldest brother willing to talk about the past, and while the others kept talking, they listened intently.
"I wonder what my second and third junior brothers are like in the human realm? In my memory, my hometown was suffering from famine when I was young. People couldn't get enough to eat, children cried incessantly from hunger, and many people starved to death. Some mothers even fed their infants with their own blood. But it was all in vain. Later, I don't know when, it turned into cannibalism..."
Fu Hongming was still young at that time, but there were quite a few children in his family.
The first to be eaten was the eldest brother, who had a congenital disability. It's hard to imagine that in that man's hands, killing his own child was as simple as slaughtering a pig for the New Year. The meat was stewed in a pot, cooked, and served in a bowl. Even if your stomach was growling with hunger, the most delicious smell couldn't suppress the disgust!
Later, it was the second sister who was so frightened that she tried to sneak away under the cover of night...
Witnessing his older siblings being eaten, fear gripped Fu Hongming's nerves. He was the fifth child, and soon, very soon... it would be his turn!
In that environment, Fu Hongming desperately wanted to disappear; he didn't want to become meat on a man's plate! Who could replace him? Who could take his place? He didn't want to be here!
He doesn't want to face these things!
No! No! No!
Someone...save him.
Finally, one day, under those emotional circumstances, the man reached out his hands to himself.
Little Fu Hongming felt his mind go blank, and he didn't know when he had completely lost consciousness. When he opened his eyes again, the man's body was lying on the ground. He was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and the wood-chopping knife in his hand also fell to the ground with a sound as he let go.
The mother and her young siblings huddled together, staring at Fu Hongming in horror.
"He appeared."
Fu Hongming subconsciously touched his heart and said, "During my most difficult days."
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