Chapter 8: My Sister
It was already evening when Bai Xuan returned to Bai's house, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Bai Shushu muttering and greeting him.
"Where did my brother go today? I went to ask my father, but my father didn't answer me, I must have greeted my father beforehand, brother. โ
After the incident in the afternoon, Bai Xuan was in a trance at this moment, not only because he was really angry, but also because he only had the power of the second-order soul now, and he didn't notice it when he was fighting, but now that he was relaxed, he was indescribably tired and powerless, and he didn't hear Bai Shushu speak.
Seeing that Bai Xuan didn't react, Bai Shushu frowned and said,
"Brother?"
"Well, it's a dream. โ
Bai Xuan turned his head a little confused, as if this was seeing Bai Shushu.
"My brother was so engrossed in what he was thinking, he didn't even notice that such a big living person was standing here. โ
Bai Xuan looked at the dream, and wanted to stop, but finally shook his head,
"Nothing?"
Bai Shushu saw that in the dim light, he still saw the scars on Bai Xuan's face.
"Sir, did anything happen today?"
Bai Shushu saw that Bai Xuan seemed to have something unspeakable, so he thought to himself and simply asked the hidden directly,
"With the old man here, what can happen, girl, you will have a hundred and twenty hearts. โ
The old voice turned into a wisp of green smoke and slowly emerged from the bracelet.
Bai Shushu looked at Bai Xuan's appearance, and was sure that something would happen, but seeing that Yin Wanwu said this, it was also reassuring, thinking that even if there was something, it would not be a big deal.
So the changeable mood turned cloudy and sunny in an instant, pulling Bai Xuandao,
"Brother, come on, father is waiting for you for dinner." โ
Bai Xuan said "um", and then pulled himself away from his dreams.
At the dinner table, there sat this family of three,
"Xuan'er, why are you so absent-minded?"
Bai Ao also saw that Bai Xuan was in a trance, and asked with concern.
Bai Xuan smiled faintly,
"It's not in the way, I'm afraid I'm a little tired today, which makes my father worried. โ
Bai Ao nodded, and didn't continue to ask, just let Bai Xuan rest earlier in the evening.
He knew that Bai Xuan went out to pick a gift for Bai Shushu today, of course he wouldn't say anything in front of Bai Shushu, but it was just that Bai Xuan had picked up a gift for most of the day, and people were inevitably a little tired.
Bai Shushu took a bite of food, sometimes peeking at Bai Ao from the corner of his eyes, and then at Bai Xuan, but he couldn't understand what they were doing without it.
After dinner, Bai Xuan also returned to the room early to rest.
"Brother, are you sleeping?"
Bai Xuan lay quietly on the bed, not even lighting the lamp in the room, and heard Bai Shushu knocking gently outside the door, but he was motionless on the bed and did not get up to open the door.
Seeing that there was no movement in the house, Bai Shushu at the door also hesitated and did not dare to push the door, looking at Fang Shixu, Bai Xuan would not go to bed so early on weekdays, thinking that he was afraid that he was really too tired today, so he didn't think much about it, so he went to find Bai Shan and Bai Qiu to play.
Hearing Bai Shushu's departing footsteps, a few wisps of green smoke slowly emitted from Bai Xuan's body,
"What? You shouldn't even call that girl, it's really not like your style. โ
Bai Xuan lay lazily on the bed, shook his head with a wry smile,
"My style?"
Yin Wanwu stroked the silver beard and smiled,
"The old man knows that you are worried about the little girl, to be honest, this girl is quite likable, not to mention your own sister, the old man naturally can't let her have something, otherwise if something happens to her, how can you have the heart to help the old man repay her wishes?"
Bai Xuan smiled faintly and shook his head,
"Sir, I misunderstood, I wasn't thinking about what I was dreaming of. โ
"Oh? that's strange, but what else makes you so sad?"
Yin Wanwu raised his eyebrows, which showed that he was a little surprised by Bai Xuan's answer.
Bai Xuan looked at the hidden nothingness and said slowly,
โๆๅฐฑๆฏๅจๆณๅ ็ๆๆไนไบ๏ผๅ ็ไธไฝๆไบๆ๏ผ่ฟๆไบๆๅๅคๅค้ฃไนๅค็ฅ่ฏ๏ผๅฐฑ็ฎไนๅๆฒกๆๅๅ ็่พพๆๅ่ฎฎ๏ผๆ็ฝ็ไนไธๆฏ้ฃ็งๅฟๆฉ่ดไนไนไบบ๏ผๆดไฝๅตๆๅๅ ็่ฟๆ้ฃ็ช็บฆๅฎๅขใ โ
Hearing Bai Xuan say this, Yin Wanwu showed a pleased smile and waved his hand,
"You kid has a heart, but you don't have to worry about it. โ
Bai Xuan had some doubts,
โๅฏ่ฟไธๆฏๅ ็ๆๆ็ๅๅ ไน๏ผ้พ้ๆจๅฐฑไธๆฅ๏ผโ
The hidden soul slowly moved out of Bai Xuan's body,
"It's urgent. โ
Yin Wanwu slowly floated in the room, and continued,
"First of all, the old man can't remember anything, if the old man doesn't remember, I'm afraid you can't think of it. โ
Bai Xuan pursed his lips, indeed, Yin Wanwu would have such a strong desire to leave his soul in the world because of something, how could Bai Xuan guess?
"Secondly, even if you think about it, with your current strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult to move an inch out of this White Emperor City. โ
Although Bai Xuan was a little unconvinced, what he didn't say was also the truth.
He grew up in White Emperor City since he was a child, except for these villages and towns in White Emperor City, Bai Xuan really hasn't gone out, the outside world is very dangerous, this world of the weak and the strong, with his current strength, if he encounters some problems, it is estimated that he doesn't know how to die.
"What does the gentleman think?"
Even if Bai Xuan felt that everything was right, he was still a little faintly emotional.
Yin Wanwu glanced at Bai Xuan, who was slightly anxious,
"If you want to become stronger, you must first hold your breath!"
Bai Xuan knew that Yin Wan Wuwu had seen through himself, so he lowered his head a little ashamedly.
"But you don't have to worry too much, now that the old man's soul is in you, the old man will definitely teach you well. Besides, if you keep doing this, wait until the old man's soul recovers a little, and then you need more soul power, at that time, I am afraid that if you suck it up, you may not be able to keep the old man's soul. โ
Bai Xuan nodded, thinking that if Yin Wan Wu could really teach himself, then even if it was not for Yin Wan Wu, for the future of the Bai family, Bai Xuan would have to do his best.
"Sir, when are we going to start?"
"Don't worry, you still have the girl's awakened soul and birthday to arrange, you can do it with peace of mind these days, don't think about other things, when these things are done, the old man will naturally teach you well." โ
Yin Wanwu thought about Bai Xuan's extreme emotions in today's Fang Market, and knew that he must not put too much pressure on Bai Xuan at this point in time.
Bai Xuan thought to himself that it would be okay, if he didn't agree at that time, he could teach him and Su Su together.
There is nothing to hide, Bai Xuan suddenly felt that he was not as nervous about Bai Shushu's awakening of the soul as before, Bai Xuan's spirit relaxed, and the fatigue of this day suddenly came to his heart, Bai Xuan plunged into the quilt, and fell asleep,
Yin Wanwu looked at Bai Xuan's childlike behavior, and he also laughed and turned into green smoke and dissipated.
When he got up the next morning, Bai Xuan recalled the conversation with Yin Wanwu last night, and suddenly felt refreshed and in a good mood.
When I opened the door, I saw the morning dew sprinkled on the leaves in front of the door, accompanied by the slight warm breeze in the early morning, the dew trembled slightly, and I unconsciously opened my hands, closed my eyes, and felt the soft and warm sunlight sprinkled comfortably on my body.
"Brother Xuan, what are you doing?"
Just when Bai Xuan was immersed in the peaceful artistic conception of heaven and earth, a childish voice suddenly appeared out of nowhere and startled him, Bai Xuan opened his eyes suddenly, looking at his somewhat exaggerated movements, and Bai Qiu's strange eyes, coughed lightly with a little embarrassment,
"Ahem... It turned out to be Bai Qiu, I was in... I'm in..."
Bai Xuanzhi didn't know how to explain it,
"Ah, I'm absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, which is also a kind of cultivating soul power!"
Bai Xuan suddenly thought that Bai Qiu hadn't awakened his soul heart anyway, and he didn't know how to cultivate his soul power, so he talked nonsense to Bai Qiu seriously.
Bai Qiuruo nodded suddenly in realization, and rubbed his chin with his fingers thoughtfully, looking like an old adult. Bai Xuan thought to himself, don't wait for Bai Qiu to go back and tell the second elder, then he will be scolded again, so he hurriedly changed the topic,
"Well, by the way, what are you doing here?"
Bai Qiu was interrupted by Bai Xuan, so he didn't take Fang Cai's matter too seriously, just replied,
"Oh, I'm here to play with Sister Susu, and Shanshan is still waiting at the door. โ
"Shan'er is here too, why don't you come in?" Bai Xuan just wanted to get up and go outside the door to greet him, Bai Qiu continued,
"The three elders took it, saying that they were afraid that they would be deceived by me again, and they would not let anyone go until they saw Sister Shu. โ
When Bai Xuan heard the "Three Elders", he stopped without taking two steps, to be honest, Bai Xuan was the most annoying to these elders on weekdays, his father was polite to the elders, Bai Xuan was used to being comfortable, so for these elders, Bai Xuan was not very willing to see them.
As soon as he turned around, he greeted Bai Qiudao,
"Come on, come on, I'll take you to find your dreams. โ
Bai Qiu said "um" and put his hands behind his head,
Lazily followed behind Bai Xuan.
Speaking of Bai Qiu, this kid is also a weirdo.
Since childhood, his parents died because of the "curse of the Bai family", and then he was brought up by the second elder of his grandfather, Bai Qiu's biggest characteristic is that he has a wide heart, and he sees his parents' affairs and curses more than anyone else, although he is only thirteen years old, he can't help but be a little naughty and childish.
In Bai Qiu's opinion, he only wanted to live his own life, and he could smile faintly and sink into the bottom of his heart for other things, that is, this attitude of being a little indifferent to everything really almost didn't make the second elder angry to death. Bai Xuan walked to the door of Bai Shushu's boudoir, and glanced at Bai Qiu behind him, just about to step forward and knock on the door, but was stopped by Bai Qiu and said with a smile
"Brother Xuan, how about we make a bet?"
Bai Xuan was slightly stunned and said,
"Bet?"
Bai Qiu's eyes turned around,
"Yes, when we see Sister Shushu in a while, we will say a word alone, if anyone can get her to say 'I don't know', it will be the winner, how about it?"
Bai Xuan muttered softly, "I don't know", turned around and smiled,
"What about winning or losing?"
Bai Qiu scratched the tip of his nose with his fingers and said,
"The loser must honestly answer the winner's question, is it possible?"
When Bai Xuan heard this, this was not a difficult matter, and he agreed with a smile.
In this way, Bai Xuan stepped forward and knocked on the door.
"Squeak", I saw Bai Shu's sleepy eyes open the door a crack,
Through the crack in the door, Bai Shushu saw Bai Xuan's smiling face facing him,
"Brother, why are you? I thought my father had sent someone to call for breakfast. โ
He yawned as he spoke, and rubbed his sleepy eyes vigorously.
"Do you know what a special day it is?"
Bai Xuan smiled secretly in his heart, such a simple bet, Bai Qiu was sure to lose.
But how did Bai Shushu really frown, and said thoughtfully,
"What day, isn't it the birthday of an elder?"
Where did Bai Xuan expect that Bai Shushu was going to guess blindly even though he didn't know, but he was stopped by Bai Qiu just when he wanted to speak, and his eyes rolled as if he was signaling to Bai Xuan, a question has passed, and now it's time for him.
Bai Xuan sighed, shook his head helplessly, and motioned for Bai Qiu to ask, Bai Shushu didn't know what these two meant, and said strangely,
"What are you guys doing here?"
Bai Qiu smiled,
"You don't have to worry about this, you and I can still make a bet yesterday?"
Bai Shushu sneered,
"Count naturally, but don't try to get a word out of me. โ
Bai Qiu laughed and said,
"Naturally, I won't talk about it, I'll just ask you openly. โ
Hearing that Bai Shushu actually had a bet with Bai Qiu, Bai Xuan frowned slightly, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in this Bai Qiu gourd.
I only heard Bai Qiu continue to ask,
"What was the gift the patriarch gave you for your birthday last year?"
Bai Shushu smiled and said,
"I thought you were going to make some tricks, and I was not stupid to tell you. โ
Then he leaned his face closer to Bai Qiu, and said with a smile, word by word,
"I, no, know, way!"
As soon as the four words came out, Bai Xuan suddenly realized,
"Oops" screamed, and shook his head in distress at Bai Shusu.
At this time, Bai Shushu was even more stunned, only to see Bai Qiu turn his head to look at Bai Xuandao proudly,
"Brother Xuan, have I ever made a bet with you?"
Bai Xuan smiled bitterly,
"Count, that's it. Don't ask, I answer you, my father gave you a night pearl, it is said that my father specially bought it from someone from other places, although it is not priceless, but it is a rare thing. โ
How did Bai Shushu know that Bai Xuan was so honest about the gift, and suddenly complained a little angrily,
"Brother, do you know that Bai Qiu made a bet with me that if I could guess the birthday gift that my father gave me last year, I would give it to him, how can you tell him like this!"
Bai Xuan had a bitter stomach, sighed and said,
"You and I fell for this kid's serial scheme, so Bai Qiu made a bet with me,
If someone can lead you to say the word 'I don't know', they need to answer a question honestly. โ
Bai Shushu connected what happened just now, patted his head, and regretted.
Bai Qiu looked at Bai Shu proudly and said,
"Yes, yes, Brother Xuan is still smart, but it seems that I am superior, and I will keep it for you that night. โ
Bai Shushu pursed his lips, rushed into the room angrily, took out a box and stuffed it in Bai Qiu's hand, and continued,
"Take it, I will definitely find a way to win the beads back, you are so good to keep it, if you dare to sell it secretly, I will never spare you!"
Bai Qiu carefully opened the box, only to see that the box was indeed a crystal clear night pearl, gently caressing it with a trace of cold water, and said in amazement,
"Hehe, it's really a rare thing, don't worry, all the money I won from Sister Su Shu is the spoils of war, how can I be willing to sell it." โ
Looking at Bai Qiu's smug appearance, Bai Shushu was angry in his heart, and pushed Bai Qiu out of the door angrily, and even Bai Xuan was blasted out, and then he closed the door with a "bang" and sulked alone.
In fact, Bai Xuan was not angry about this matter, he knew that Bai Qiu was extremely smart, even if he was his way, and he knew that Bai Qiu was just raising up to deliberately trick Bai Shu, and Bai Qiu, the pearl of the night, would never really sell it, so he smiled bitterly,
"So Shan'er's affair is also nonsense from you, right?"
Bai Qiu smiled slightly, stuck out his tongue and said,
"That's not it, it's just that the matter of the three elders is indeed made up by me. โ
Bai Xuan smiled, shook his head and said,
"You, you, like to play tricks on Su Shan'er all day long, why don't you see you using this ingenuity on the right path?"
Bai Qiu was stunned for a moment, and laughed out loud,
"Brother Xuan, when did you become like this to your grandfather?"
Only then did Bai Xuan feel that Fang Cai's words were indeed a little strange from his mouth,
Before he had time to explain, Bai Qiu had already run away with a smile, saying as he ran,
"Brother Xuan, I'll come to play with Sister Su Shu later, I have to go and show Bai Shan this baby first, I must be envious of her, hahahaha!"
Looking at Bai Qiu's dissolved back, Bai Xuan let out a long sigh and said to himself,
"If the children of the Bai family can be as carefree as Bai Qiu, it would be a blessing. โ
The children of the Bai family have been under tremendous pressure for generations, not only the "curse of the Bai family", but also the gossip about Lincheng and Linzhen, as if Sun Shaojie's generation is not a special case.
With a person like Bai Qiu, it is not a good thing that the Bai family can forget these troubles for a short time and go crazy with him.
Thinking like this, Bai Xuan shook his head, and was about to go to find Bai Shushu, but he thought that Bai Shushu must be sulking at the moment, at this juncture, whoever provokes her is unlucky, it is better not to wade into this troubled water, so he turned around and left with a wry smile.
In the next month or so, in order to give Bai Shushu a perfect birthday, Bai Xuan ran around, personally supervising everything, from the selection of ingredients, to the tasting of dishes, processes, flower decorations, and the procurement of salutes, in short, everything that Bai Xuan could think of was prepared for Bai Shushu, and during this period, he had to hide it from Bai Shushu, otherwise there would be no surprises at that time.
Bai Shushu was very angry with Bai Qiu last time, so in the past month or so, often with Bai Shan, the two of them pondered how to tease Bai Qiu all day long, and it was just time for Bai Xuan to prepare, and Bai Qiu was also slightly apologetic, so he tossed with them.
And just like that, the days passed.
Finally, it was Bai Shushu's fifteenth birthday.
Early in the morning, Bai Xuan was waiting at the door of Bai Shu's room, and there were three elders, Bai Ao, Bai Qiu and Bai Shan.
Speaking of which, Bai Xuan awakened his soul heart back then, but there was no such pomp, if it weren't for Bai Xuan's soul power storm, not only did he not die, but he was also able to stabilize his soul power and place hope on the Bai family, Bai Shushu's awakened soul heart is probably the same as Bai Xuan's before, and it has been controversial.
But now, this Bai Xuan's own sister, Bai Shushu, is carrying the expectations of countless people in the Bai family.
"Squeak"
Bai Shushu's door slowly opened, and I saw Bai Shushu wearing a pink and white plum orchid bamboo dark silk dress, a honey-colored large-sleeved phoenix skirt mopping the floor, and a white flower gauze dress. The long cloud-like hair hangs down on the chest, the waist is tied with a pink and orange half-moon water wave belt, and a pair of snow-white soft-soled satin shoes are worn on the feet.
When the door was opened, the audience was stunned and surprised, which was suddenly amazing.
Even Bai Xuan suddenly felt that the younger sister who had been sticking to her all day seemed to have suddenly grown up on this day.