BW Chapter 179

At First Sight (2)

Xun Prefecture, Shangzhou, Chen City.

Ning Xiu was sprawling on the grass, digging holes together with Little Mushroom. His little hands and face were covered in mud, and his small robe was also stained with black and gray patches everywhere, looking quite pitiful.

Little Mushroom was bouncing vigorously on a patch of soil in front of him, signaling him to dig there.

“Here?” Ning Xiu started digging with great effort, muttering to himself as he dug, “This place is for Father to live~”

Then he dug another hole far away, “This place is for Mother to live~”

Finally, he dug a small hole next to each of the two big holes, “I~ will take turns living~ bringing Da Bao along~”

Little Mushroom, recently promoted to Ning Xiu’s new favorite, shook its cap satisfactorily and jumped into the small hole, signaling him to bury it.

Ning Xiu stuck his little bottom up again and buried it in the soil, asking in his childish voice, “Da Bao~ do you want to sleep?”

Da Bao shook its cap and went to sleep contentedly.

Ning Xiu poked Little Mushroom with his muddy little hand, and seeing it had no reaction, nodded somewhat disappointedly, “Alright then~ I’ll go find Brother Huanhuan to play~”

He got up from the ground, picked up his little shovel, and ran barefoot, splashing through puddles with his little feet, wanting to go to the front courtyard to find Cui Yuanbai.

It had just rained last night, and most of the flowers in the courtyard had fallen. Everywhere was filled with the moist scent of earth after rain, mixed with a faint floral fragrance. Ning Xiu wrinkled his little nose and ran a bit faster.

“Oh my~” His foot slipped, and he tumbled into a puddle along with his shovel. He turned his head to see no one around, thought for a moment, then got up by himself and continued running forward.

The Ning residence in Chen City wasn’t small, and for the current Ning Xiu, it was an extremely huge maze. Although he felt he had lived there for a very long time, sometimes he would still get lost inside.

Big Brother and Second Sister and Third Sister were always holding brushes and painting every day. Fang Fang also looked at paintings all day and refused to play with him. Brother Huanhuan and Little Black would only occasionally play with him.

Yellow Yellow slept all day, sleeping for so long that even when he pulled on Yellow Yellow’s big ears and shouted, he couldn’t wake him up.

Lazy doggy~

The two-year-old child who couldn’t fly through the sky and burrow underground to raid bird nests with Brother Huanhuan, who could transform into a blade at any time due to his short legs, sighed worriedly.

He really missed Head Teacher Song Song and Xixi and Big Brother from the Xie family~

He really missed Mu Mu~

He really missed Father and Mother~

Ning Xiu ran under the covered walkway. He had been very happy playing in the mud and digging holes with Da Bao just now, but now looking down at his little feet and clothes covered in mud, he became very disgusted.

Dirty~ don’t like it~

Father and Mother and brothers and sisters all knew spells. They could just touch his forehead and he would become clean~

“I~ can also do spells~” Ning Xiu raised his dirty, chubby little hand and slapped it onto his forehead.

Even after the frogs in the grass croaked three times, there was still no change on his body.

Ning Xiu felt somewhat dejected as he put down his little hand, carrying his shovel and running back and forth under the winding covered walkway.

He was lost~

He couldn’t shout – if Fang Fang caught him, he would be taken to the room to hold a brush and write characters~ then he couldn’t play anymore!

He was a good, obedient child, but sometimes he didn’t want to be so obedient~

Ning Xiu crawled into the grass and started looking for the little frog that had been croaking just now, “Ribbit~ come out~ ribbit~ let’s~ be good friends~”

Something soft and cool slid across his hand. Ning Xiu looked at the earthworm on the back of his hand, reached out to pick it up, “Ribbit?”

The earthworm remained unmoved.

Ning Xiu put the earthworm back in its original place and asked seriously, “Little worm~ have you seen ribbit?”

The earthworm wriggled and crawled away.

Ning Xiu quickly forgot about looking for the frog and was attracted by a butterfly that had landed on a flower. He flapped his arms wanting to fly with it. When the butterfly flew to a tree, he dropped his shovel and tried hard to climb up the tree.

“I can’t climb anymore~” Ning Xiu hugged the thin tree trunk and waved at the butterfly flying in the sky, “Then you~ come play with me again next time~”

He turned to look at the ground and frowned worriedly, “Oh my~ it’s too high~”

If he kept looking down, he would fall~

Ning Xiu clung to the thin tree trunk with a troubled expression. A beautiful blue butterfly gently landed on the tip of his nose and fluttered its wings lightly.

He stared with wide, surprised eyes, looking at the butterfly’s wings with bright eyes. He unconsciously held his breath, but his nose couldn’t help itching, and finally he couldn’t control himself and let out a little sneeze.

The butterfly fluttered its wings and flew away.

Ning Xiu blinked, “So pretty~”

“What are you doing?” someone asked him.

“I’m~ making friends with the butterfly~” Ning Xiu hadn’t recovered from the beautiful butterfly yet, “The most~ most beautiful butterfly~”

“The butterfly flew away, why are you still clinging to the tree?” someone asked again.

Only then did Ning Xiu remember his “dangerous and difficult” situation, saying worriedly, “I climbed~ too high~ jumping down will hurt~”

Without waiting for anyone to ask, he muttered to himself again. “Can’t let Fang Fang see me~ also can’t call Father~”

“Why?” That voice carried laughter.

“Fang Fang will catch me to study~ tell Father~ Father will spank my bottom~” Ning Xiu became more worried as he thought about it, “Clothes are also dirty~ if Mother gets angry he won’t give me candy~”

He wrinkled his little brows, deep in thought, “I need to~ think of a solution myself~”

“So have you thought of one?”

“Not yet~” Ning Xiu lay dejectedly on the tree branch, then suddenly his little body was suspended in air as someone lifted him up and put him on the ground.

Ning Xiu turned around in surprise and saw Father and Mother standing in front of him, looking at him.

“Ah ya~” Ning Xiu blinked, saying happily and obediently, “Father! Mother! You’re back!”

“Oh my, where did this little mud monkey come from?” Ning Buwei bent down to examine him carefully, “Why does it look a bit like Ning Xiu.”

Chu Jun said, “You must have mistaken someone else.”

Ning Xiu hurriedly said, “You didn’t mistake~ I am Ning Xiu~”

Seeing his father keep laughing there, Ning Xiu anxiously jumped up and grabbed Ning Buwei’s big hand, making him look at himself properly, saying in his childish voice, “Father~ look carefully~ it’s Ning Xiu~”

“If you keep teasing him, he’ll cry.” Chu Jun squatted down and cast a small cleansing spell on Ning Xiu.

The little mud monkey immediately became clean and adorable again.

Ning Xiu looked left and right, and after confirming there wasn’t a speck of mud on his body, smiled sweetly at Chu Jun, “Mother~ love Mother the most~ Mother is even prettier than the beautiful butterfly~”

“Hey, you little rascal.” Ning Buwei pinched his cheeks, “Didn’t you say you loved me the most before?”

“But Father~ couldn’t even recognize Ning Xiu~” Ning Xiu said seriously. “I can only wait until tomorrow to love Father the most~ today I can only love Mother the most~”

Chu Jun laughed, and Ning Buwei glanced at him, “Tsk, only you know how to be the good guy.”

Chu Jun supported his waist, and Ning Buwei immediately shivered, hoisted his son up and prepared to run, “Son, to make you love me the most, Father has decided to sleep with you tonight.”

Ning Xiu, carried on the shoulder, looked delighted, “Really? Father will sleep with me!”

“Of course, I keep my word, I can accompany you for as long as you want.” Ning Buwei let him ride on his neck.

Ning Xiu cheered happily, “Then today I also love Father the most!”

Chu Jun stood up and saw Ning Buwei turn around to give him a smug smile, then walk forward with Ning Xiu.

Perhaps underestimating his son’s height, there was a “bang” sound, and Ning Xiu’s forehead hit a protruding tree branch.

Chu Jun’s hand to block the branch had only extended halfway.

Ning Buwei froze, and Ning Xiu, who had bumped his little head, also sat dazedly on Ning Buwei’s shoulders, neither crying nor making a fuss.

Chu Jun quickly lifted him from Ning Buwei’s shoulders and touched the place where he had just bumped, “Does it hurt?”

Ning Buwei looked at the red mark on his forehead with some regret, applied spiritual energy to it, and seeing his son still sitting dazedly in Chu Jun’s arms, not even crying, waved his hand in front of him, “Ning Xiu? Oh no, did he get knocked silly?”

Chu Jun poked his little face, “Ning Xiu?”

“Ai~ ya~” Ning Xiu slowly touched his forehead, “Just now~ I saw so many little stars~”

Ning Buwei and Chu Jun sighed with relief, both amused and helpless.

Ning Xiu buried his head in Chu Jun’s embrace and quietly negotiated with him, “Head hurts~ Mother~ can you also sleep with me tonight?”

“Alright.” Chu Jun pinched his little face.

Ning Xiu’s eyes brightened, “Today~ also don’t want Fang Fang to teach writing, okay?”

Sitting in the room playing with brushes was really not fun at all~

Fang Fang also wouldn’t let him eat candy~ wouldn’t let him take off his shoes~ wouldn’t let him do many many interesting things~

Chu Jun’s eyebrows moved slightly.

“Oh, so you snuck out.” Ning Buwei narrowed his eyes.

Ning Xiu guiltily hiccupped, hugged Chu Jun’s neck tightly, and said softly, “Sorry~ I was wrong~”

But in the end, he was still delivered to Fang Fang by his angry father.

Ning Xiu pouted, unhappy~

Fang Fang and Father were whispering~

Father turned around~

Father glared at him~

Father walked toward him~

Ning Buwei extended one hand in front of him and said seriously, “Give me all the candy.”

Ning Xiu blinked, and his little hands behind his back dug and dug in his small bell, then grabbed a handful and put it in Ning Buwei’s palm.

“Is there more?” Ning Buwei narrowed his eyes.

Ning Xiu wrinkled his little brows and thought, then dug and dug again, grabbed two more handfuls and put them in Ning Buwei’s hands.

Ning Buwei: “…………”

There really was more.

Ning Buwei stuffed all the various candies into his storage ring, tapped Ning Xiu’s little nose, “Even though you’re now a Golden Core cultivator, if you eat too much candy in the future, you’ll never be able to fly again, and you’ll become a little fatty that no one wants as a dao companion.”

Ning Xiu was shocked, “Can’t fly anymore?”

Ning Buwei nodded gravely.

Ning Xiu looked at Chu Jun beside him, “Can’t fly like Father and Mother?”

Chu Jun nodded against his conscience.

Ning Xiu hung his little head and obediently handed over all the candy hidden in his sleeves, in the inner pockets of his clothes, in his front, in his trouser legs and little boots to Ning Buwei.

Ning Buwei held the pile of candy in shock. “I was wondering why you little guy got so heavy, you’re quite good at hiding things.”

Ning Xiu smiled embarrassedly.

After more than five hundred years, Ning Buwei finally experienced firsthand the helpless yet shocked look that Hao Zheng had given him back then when he kept pulling out explosive talismans from his body.

Ning Buwei had a vaguely ominous premonition.

If he didn’t discipline this little guy now, when he grew up, he might become Hao Zheng’s next nightmare at Wanxuan Academy.

Just as he was about to put on a stern face, his neck was hugged by the little child. Ning Xiu softly kissed his cheek and stuffed a sweet candy into his mouth.

“Father~ giving you the most delicious candy~ don’t be angry~” Ning Xiu said in his childish voice. “I know I was wrong~”

Ning Buwei, who immediately lost his temper: “…………”

Walking on the road, Ning Buwei crunched the candy in his mouth loudly.

He was quite certain that although he had been naughty and mischievous as a child, whenever he encountered people, he was like a stuffy jar, and would never coax people so obediently and sweetly.

He turned to look at Chu Jun meaningfully. Chu Jun smiled warmly at him and stuffed a small handful of rosewood into his hands, saying sincerely, “I didn’t think it through. I won’t give him candy randomly next time. Don’t be angry.”

Ning Buwei squeezed the considerable amount of rosewood in his hand, then glanced at his several storage rings that had somehow been stuffed full of various treasures…

Very good, now he knew the answer.