Earth.
Having returned from the Immortal Domain once again, Xu Lai was actively preparing for the wedding, while Ruan Tang helped purchase so necessities online. Her younger sister, Ruan Lan, wanted to help but was shooed away by her elder sister and brother-in-law. It wasn’t for no reason; they were simply afraid Ruan Lan would hold them back. Frustrated, she gave up on helping and returned to her research on formations.
The more she studied the Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation, the more astonished she beca. Although her current mastery of formations wasn’t high, Ruan Lan vaguely felt this Great Array was no less formidable than the Starlight Array, and perhaps even slightly superior. But because it was so obscure and profound, Ruan Lan simply couldn’t comprehend it. This was evident from her matches against the Patriarch of the Star Origin Sect. Since they were both terrible players who allowed each other to take back moves, they were evenly matched. She was just as stumped by the study of array patterns.
"Brother-in-law, who created this formation? Can you give his contact information? I have so questions for him."
"Brother-in-law, this person is definitely a genius. I want to learn a thing or two from him."
"Brother-in-law, is the person a man or a woman? If it’s a man, I’ll marry him; if it’s a woman, I’ll take her as my wife."
"Brother-in-law~"
"Brother-in-law?"
"..."
That Monday night, Xu Lai was in the corner of the living room building blocks with his daughter. Unable to bear the incessant pestering, he blurted out, "I picked it up off the side of the road."
Ruan Lan was furious. "How could a formation of such divine creation be picked up off the side of the road?"
Suddenly, as if realizing sothing, she whispered, "Stinky brother-in-law, are you just jealous? Are you afraid I’ll fall for another man, so you won’t tell who he is?"
A dark line ford on Xu Lai’s forehead. "Huh?"
"Otherwise, why won’t you tell his real identity? I know the Starlight Array, and he knows the Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation. We’re a perfect match made in heaven," Ruan Lan analyzed. "But you covet my beauty and intelligence. Since you can’t have , you don’t want any other man to have either."
Xu Lai was silent for a long ti. Finally, he patted Ruan Lan’s shoulder, his tone complex. "Go wash up and get so sleep. You’ll have it all in your dreams. Oh, right. When you go to school tomorrow, stop by the infirmary. I’ll ask Dr. Lin Qiu to examine your brain."
SMACK!
Ruan Lan slapped away Xu Lai’s hand and muttered in displeasure, "Stinky brother-in-law, I’m going to tell my sister you’re harboring improper thoughts about !"
Xu Lai was so vexed his teeth ached. "It was created by a man nad Qingfeng!"
"Ah?" Yiyi’s little hands, holding the building blocks, seed unsure where to go. She hesitated for a long while before whispering, "Daddy, is that the Venerable Qingfeng from the stories you tell ?"
"That’s right," Xu Lai nodded.
"Tell about him." Ruan Lan was now truly interested, but Xu Lai had no intention of indulging her and remained silent.
Ruan Lan had no choice but to pester her niece with questions.
Upon hearing of Venerable Qingfeng’s various deeds, Ruan Lan slamd the table and exclaid in amazent, "Excellent! Worthy of being my suitor, to call upon the Nine-Colored Thunder Tribulation and successfully turn the tables to slay ninety-three thousand people!"
Xu Lai was flabbergasted and retorted, "Since when did Venerable Qingfeng pursue you?"
"If we ever t, he would definitely pursue madly. You clueless brother-in-law, you just don’t understand my charm." Ruan Lan put her hands on her hips and declared, "Besides, what business is it of yours if I’m talking about Venerable Qingfeng with my niece? See? This just proves you’re still hung up on !"
I’m afraid you’re the one who’s hung up on .
Xu Lai sighed. Fine, whatever. As long as his delusional little sister-in-law was happy, that was all that mattered. After all, they were talking about Qingfeng; it had nothing to do with him, Xu Lai.
So, Xu Lai happily returned to his room, snuggled up with his wife Ruan Tang on the bed, and comfortably drifted off to sleep. Of course, before sleeping, he spent half an hour drawing little turtles on her, provoking a fit of delicate complaints from Ruan Tang.
Under the bright moon and sparse stars, Ruan Tang nestled in Xu Lai’s arms and asked languidly, "Xu Lai, when are we going to register our marriage?"
"It’s up to you." Although Xu Lai wasn’t a native of Earth, he had possessed an identification card for a long ti, which The Seventh Divine General had arranged for him during their first visit.
"After the wedding, then."
"Alright." Xu Lai nodded. "By the way, don’t we have very few guests...?"
With only ten days left until the end of February, Xu Lai and Ruan Tang hadn’t sent out many wedding invitations, mostly just to a few friends. As for relatives, neither Xu Lai nor Ruan Tang had invited any. Xu Lai was an orphan, and besides her parents who had emigrated and were currently on vacation, Ruan Tang didn’t have many relatives to invite either.
Her uncle’s family?
Ruan Tang didn’t know they had already passed away, and even if they were alive, she wouldn’t have invited them. Beyond that, there were no other relatives. So, Xu Lai did a quick calculation. Aside from the employees of Above the White Clouds, there were fewer than five tables’ worth of guests!
"Fewer people is better," Ruan Tang said, stretching lazily. "That way it’ll be less nerve-wracking."
Xu Lai gave her a strange look. "You get nervous?"
"Just a little."
"That makes sense." Xu Lai nodded in understanding. "Anyone would be a bit nervous for their first marriage."
"First ti..." Ruan Tang’s smile was strained. "Mr. Xu, you aren’t thinking of having a next ti, are you?"
Xu Lai said seriously, "If you don’t mind—"
Before he could finish, Ruan Tang pinched his waist hard. "What did you say!"
"I said, if you don’t mind, we can get married again every ten thousand years. I’ll help you relive this feeling of happiness," Xu Lai said.
"Who can live for ten thousand years?" Ruan Tang shot him a playful glare. "Let’s go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow."
Nestled in Xu Lai’s arms like a kitten, Ruan Tang murmured, "If there’s a second ti, I’ll castrate you."
"There won’t be," Xu Lai replied, feeling incredibly guilty.
***
「The next day.」
Xu Lai arrived at the school. In the infirmary, Liu Nanwei was, as always, delivering raunchy jokes. Zhou Feng was blushing furiously, and even Xu Lai was left sowhat speechless by how over-the-line they were.
"Dr. Liu, I rember you used to be so cold. How have you... beco a completely different person?" Zhou Feng finally couldn’t take it anymore and changed the subject.
Liu Nanwei just grinned without saying a word.
She had initially beco the school doctor out of spite. Her family, the Liu Family, had disapproved of her marriage to her boyfriend, Li Mi. Back then, she felt the world was a cold place, devoid of warmth, so she naturally wouldn’t smile at strangers. Simply doing her job each day was enough.
Later on, however, for so unknown reason, her family suddenly agreed to the marriage and even began praising Li Mi endlessly. With her worries gone and having entered the hall of marriage with her first love, it was impossible for Liu Nanwei not to be happy. Gradually, the real Liu Nanwei awakened.
Liu Nanwei had always felt that her string of bad luck had turned around after Xu Lai arrived, and she attributed all her recent good fortune to him.
"By the way, Director Xu, Mr. Li gave sothing a couple of days ago to pass on to you," Zhou Feng suddenly recalled, taking a transparent glass bottle from his drawer.
The bottle was about the height of a soda can and was filled with an ethereal blue liquid. It looked sothing like sand, but also like water. Its srizing flow was captivating, making it nearly impossible to look away.
Xu Lai looked at it, slightly surprised. "This is..."
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