Free Web NovelThe evening breeze was gentle, and the summer twilight stretched everything long and far, making time in Autumn Water Pavilion seem to slow down.
Once upon a time in Qinghe County, there were countless summer nights just like this.
Gu Xueqin served everyone food, observing Li Mo and Ying Bing not far away.
Her son's brows still held the childishness and liveliness of his youth, and as he listened to Old Li talk about his marriage to his wife back in the day, he would sometimes get playful and secretly nudge the leg of the person beside him.
Xiao Bing'er, with her bare face, still looked so dignified and noble, yet she was secretly stepping on Li Mo's foot.
The two youngsters had grown up, and yet it was as if they hadn't.
"How many years ago was it that Dalong first brought me home to meet my parents? It feels like just yesterday."
Gu Xueqin was momentarily lost in thought.
Then she suddenly heard Li Dalong, holding a wine cup, his cheeks flushed, say:
"The first time I met my father-in-law, it was also during a meal. At that time, I had just injured my head and shaved off all my hair."
"That doesn't look like a proper person," Zhennan King tutted.
Li Dalong nodded: "Yes, there was nothing I could do, so I could only pull out some yellow mane from a yellow-maned horse and stick it on my head."
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Li Mo leaned back slightly, feeling a sense of relief, as if he had {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} survived a disaster and was grateful to his grandfather for not killing him.
"What happened next?"
Ying Bing propped her chin on her hand; this was the first time she had heard her parents' love story too.
"As soon as your grandfather saw me, he got so angry that he slammed his rice bowl on the table."
"Ah?"
"Don't worry, aren't you standing here perfectly fine? I told him I was a Qingyuan Sect Disciple, and then he scooped his rice back up," Li Dalong recalled the scene of his father-in-law slamming the bowl, laughing.
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Li Mo suddenly realized something was off.
"That's right, so as soon as your grandfather heard that, he slammed his rice bowl on the table again."
Li Dalong sighed: "He's just impatient; he never lets me finish speaking. It was only when I told him I was returning to my hometown to succeed as county magistrate that he scooped his rice back up. In the end, I was the one who ate that slammed rice."
As he spoke, he lowered his voice and chuckled: "Actually, I hadn't even become one yet at that time. It was your mother's idea, and I acted as if it were real. Later, after a few drinks with your grandfather, he even wanted to become sworn brothers with me."
Zhennan King: "..."
He finally understood where Li Mo's Genius thinking and performative personality came from.
It turned out he inherited the best traits from both his parents!
"You still have the nerve to badmouth my dad; he always knew what was going on in his heart."
Gu Xueqin rolled her eyes at her husband: "You're getting off topic. Weren't we talking about getting married?"
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Li Dalong rubbed the back of his head.
Li Mo reminded him: "Bowing to Heaven and Earth. You were talking about bowing to Heaven and Earth."
"Oh, right, right, right. I should demonstrate this to you; there are many customs involved."
With that, Li Dalong took Gu Xueqin's hand.
"First bow to Heaven and Earth!" Zhennan King blurted out naturally.
Well, he had become the master of ceremonies.
Since he already was, he might as well see it through.
"Second bow to the honored parents!"
Li Dalong pulled his wife. With the atmosphere reaching this point, he felt a resurgence of his youth, his heart filled with the joy of marrying his beloved.
I'm getting younger and younger... Thinking this, he laughed heartily and pulled his wife down to bow.
"I approve of this marriage!"
Xiao Li, the honored parent, looked serious and earnest.
Li Dalong: "?"
He silently took off his Seven Wolves. As long as his son wasn't married, he was still a child. He hadn't learned that a man has his principles, but he knew a thing or two about a father's fault if his son isn't taught.
Li Mo sensed something was wrong and took off running.
"You little brat, stop right there!"
"Aren't I just making up for the regrets you and I have?"
Li Mo's movement technique wasn't his strong suit, but it was still beyond what his Inner Breath Peak father could compare to. He didn't actually intend to run, otherwise Old Li wouldn't even catch his exhaust.
"Regrets of the Inverted Heavenly Constellations?" Old Li brandished the Seven Wolves.
"You lacked your father-in-law's approval, and I missed my parents' wedding ceremony. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"
"Heh! So, by that logic, I should thank you?"
The father and son chased each other around the large banyan tree in the courtyard.
He fled, he pursued!
In the end, Li Mo 'accidentally' got caught and was held down for a beating with bamboo shoots.
With a body like a Mystic Weapon and the first volume of Heaven and Earth Dharma Form at Major Achievement, if he didn't provide his own sound effects, Old Li could hit until he was exhausted and still wouldn't vent any Qi.
"I'll be leaving first. When you've filled out the imperial edict, have someone deliver it to me, and I'll take your family to Dijin together..."
Zhennan King felt he was superfluous, cleared his throat, and stood up.
Watching the two chasing each other, Gu Xueqin was used to it. She looked at Ying Bing beside her and said helplessly:
"Xiao Bing'er, as women, sometimes we not only have to be wives, but occasionally, we also have to be mothers."
"I know, Aunt Gu. He's a childish ghost," Ying Bing nodded.
Gu Xueqin put a piece of vegetable on her plate and smiled: "Don't think your Uncle Li is always so serious; he actually loves it when I call him by his nickname, 'Dalongbao'."
"Li Mo never let me call him by a nickname, but he likes to call me 'Jiejie'," Ying Bing said softly, eating the baby bok choy Gu Xueqin had given her.
The twilight faded, and the stars and moon had climbed above the treetops at some unknown time.
Li Mo voluntarily took on the responsibility of cleaning the kitchen and washing dishes, staying up very late.
He poked his head out of the kitchen and, only after seeing his parents' room lights go out, chuckled.
"I agreed to bathe with Ice Cube; she should have changed into her bathrobes by now."
"If she happens to be changing... *cough*, I am a gentleman, and that would only be a coincidence."
Xiao Li cleared his throat and went to Ice Cube's room.
However, just as he raised his hand to push, the door creaked open by itself.
Ying Bing tilted her head and smiled unexpectedly:
"Why are you here?"
"I came to call you for a bath. I wanted to knock and ask if you were ready, and then you opened the door."
Li Mo had the look of a righteous gentleman, full of integrity.
But under Ice Cube's narrowed gaze, he couldn't help but let his eyes drift elsewhere.
"That's quite a coincidence then. Let's go."
Ying Bing seemed to genuinely think it was a coincidence. She extended her hand, let him lead her, and went to the entrance of the Mist Flower Undying Spring.
As she went down, she glanced at Li family parents' room. Seeing no lights on, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ice Cube, did you change into your bathrobe?"
Li Mo asked, knowing the answer.
Ying Bing nodded: "Yes, I did. I also wore a liner under the bathrobe so it's not easy to reveal anything in the water, and I'm not afraid of encountering bad people."
"Really? Where are there bad people in this Autumn Water Pavilion...?"
Xiao Li was a little disappointed.
Who was she guarding against? Even a gentleman?
Before, when they shared a room, she never wore a liner under her bathrobe when bathing.
He knew that kind of liner; it wouldn't become transparent in water, practically a full-proof defense, so nothing good could be seen.
"Better safe than sorry. Don't you believe me? I can show you."
Ying Bing looked down at her collar.
"Cough, it's improper to look. I don't think that's necessary."
Li Mo looked at the gurgling hot spring, feeling the warmth, and immediately lost his curiosity. He looked straight ahead, as if he truly were a gentleman.
At that moment, Ice Cube's surprised voice came from beside his ear:
"Oh, I seem to have forgotten to wear the liner."
"Hmm? Really?!"
Li, the gentleman, turned his head in zero frames.
However, in the hazy mist under the moonlight, Ying Bing's narrowed eyes were like crescent moons, sparkling with amusement.
Xiao Li thought to himself that he had fallen for the wicked Ice Cube's trick again. He lowered his head, thinking of his hometown, and said nonchalantly:
"My neck is just a bit stiff; I'm just turning it. Absolutely nothing..."
But Ying Bing leaned close to his ear, her soft voice echoing, making the tickle in his ear reach his heart:
"It seems... I really didn't wear it."
!
Xiao Li suddenly looked up.
Oh no.
He hadn't fallen for the wicked Ice Cube's trick earlier, but now he had!
