Chapter 676: Chapter 8 The Shiyu Family eting_2
Shiyu Linwu played a festive accompanint, while Shiyu Lianyi had his face covered in black lines.
“Congratulations, Ling San, but your brother is more interested in your real life…”
“Speaking of that, brother!” Shiyu Lingsan said with a bright smile, “I’ve recently realized that as an Impermanence Law Enforcer, it’s fine not to participate in ordinary social activities~ Takeout can handle the three als, I can just ask the Spirit Temple to clean up the house, and the allowance from the Martial Arts Association is more than I could ever spend! Right now, I’m comfortably squatting at ho—”
Shiyu Lianyi smiled and turned to the side, “Spirit Temple, after the eting is over, arrange a job for your Sister Ling San, with a minimum of 4 days of work per week.”
“Understood,” said the projection of the Shiyu Spirit Temple beside Ling San.
“Her bank account will also be under your managent, don’t let her have access to money for the ti being.”
“It’s simple.”
Shiyu Lingsan scread and plunged to the side, blocked by the projection of the Spirit Temple playing chess with one hand.
“No, brother, I don’t want to work!”
“Either go to work or go to school, but you can’t just stay ho playing gas all day.”
“But, but…” As Lingsan searched for an excuse, a lightbulb went off, “Right, Sister Ling doesn’t need to work either!”
“Your Sister Ling here is a Creator Realm Mage, the money from a single job is enough for to spend for who knows how long,” Shiyu Ling said as she threw a cookie into her mouth, looking sideways, “Besides, even if I did nothing, there’d be n willing to support for life. Do you have that?”
“Gah-! Aba-!”
“Sister Ling San, you can’t fight,” said Shiyu Lingsan.
Shiyu Shiqi gripped the couch with deep resentnt, “Sister, Shiqi can take care of you too…”
“Take care of yourself first, little middle schooler.”
Shiyu Ling tossed a piece of popcorn, which Shiqi caught in her mouth happily.
Deciding to ignore the sibling squabble, Shiyu Lianyi hurried to move on to the next family mber, “Spirit Temple, what about you?”
“Recently, I’ve been designing a new Divination Array with Zuiyan and Chuyun Feiyi,” said the Spirit Temple with goggles flashing, “After the departure of Huojin God, the divination abilities of Zero Island aren’t as sharp as before, so the protective Arrays need to be readjusted. Zhongyi, can you help remotely if you have the ti?”
“I’d be glad to, Spirit Temple Sister,” nodded Shiyu Zhongyi, “Repairing the national defense Array… It’s like food delivery, offering remote maintenance services!”
A chill inducing silence fell once again. Shiyu Shiqi shuddered. The goggles of the Spirit Temple flashed, displaying three big “Xs.”
“Sorry, it doesn’t seem funny.”
“Telling jokes is so hard…”
“Zhongyi, you’d better start by learning when it’s appropriate to tell a joke. Plus, your facial expression must be different when telling a joke, can’t just have the sa face as usual.”
“Thank you for the advice.”
Although your attitude towards learning is comndable, is it really okay to learn humor from the Spirit Temple? After all, she’s the second coldest character in the family to you!
Shiyu Lianyi tried hard to suppress the urge to interject, turning to look at his fifth brother across the table, “Linwu, what about you?”
Shiyu Linwu whistled and propped his foot on the table, proudly announcing, “The big guy here has officially joined an underground organization! t so real good brothers! My new song is hugely popular in the organization, I go to the maid bar for performance instruction at fixed tis every week! Yah-hoo! This is the legendary life of the music artist, Shiyu Linwu, and my new chapter begins this sumr!”
“Oh.” “As expected.” “That’s just like Linwu.” “The Heavenly Evil Spirit is still the sa old…”
The Shiyu family listened to this outrageous update without any surprise, because Linwu had always been this way. While everyone was against Shiyu Genmi, he was buddy-buddying with the archenemy about his new song, when everyone discussed how to take down the underground faster, he was holding concerts at the gang’s headquarters, and when everyone joined forces to prepare for external enemies, he twirled an appointnt letter saying he was off on a secret mission abroad…
When soone turns their life into a synonym for the absurd, the bizarre becos the everyday for him.
“But the big guy has really run into a not-so-small problem,” Linwu tugged at his long hair, “My old band ‘Ax Mad River’ has officially debuted on Zero Island, and it’s not suitable to use the sa na for the new band! A rock band without a na has no soul, not having a na is driving nuts!”
“It doesn’t matter that much.” “Ax Mad River Model II.” “Ax Mad Marine.” “Ax Mad River mk2.”
“You guys are really brushing off!”
Shiyu Zhongyi thoughtfully considered for a mont, then raised his hand to suggest, “How about the Lonely Band?”
“Bro, that’s too bland…”
“Brother Linwu’s superpower is to remain unnoticed by others; a person with no presence must be very lonely, right?”
Shiyu Linwu was rather moved for a bit and countered, “But rock bands are group efforts!”
Shiyu Zhongyi explained, “Thinking the way Brother Linwu does, describing a collaborative band as lonely…”
“Is the embodint of rebellious thought, yeah! You really get !!”
Linwu and Zhongyi high-fived, Shiyu Lianyi felt the deep bonds of family affection and continued to inquire about the status of the junior family mbers.
Ti flew by, and after the family mbers outside Cangdu had shared their updates, the minute hand had already completed a full revolution and a half.
Among them were those who explored the far-flung islands, those who were surviving in the polar circles, and those working as Ranger assistants in the United States… Shiyu Lianyi had listened to an hour and a half of his younger siblings’ colorful lives and couldn’t help but marvel at the vastness of the world. He talked for a good while before concluding his international mission and turned his attention back to the two mbers who hadn’t yet given their updates.
“Shiqi, Zhongyi, what about you guys?”
“Shiqi recently started junior high.”
“Everyone knows that you’re in school, but what big brother wants to know is how’s your school life going.”
Shiyu Shiqi proudly said, “Shiqi ranked 7th in the entire class in the final exams! And made one good friend in the class too!”
…After such a long ti in school and only one friend. Is this kid really okay?
Shiyu Ling leaned in with interest, “You made a friend? Is it a boy or a girl?”
“It’s a weak boy because he sits next to Shiqi and that’s why he beca Shiqi’s friend. Shiqi would often make him go buy things for Shiqi, and in turn, Shiqi would let him copy howork. Having this one friend is very convenient, so Shiqi won’t make other friends~”
“Oh~~~”
The adults in the Shiyu family nodded in unison, each smiling more warmly than the next, making the hairs on little Shiqi’s back stand on end.
“Sister, your smile looks so strange!”
“Nothing, nothing! So, Shiyu Zhongyi, how about you?”
Shiyu Zhongyi imdiately answered, “I’ve been studying jokes lately.”
“We all know that already.”
“Besides that, it’s usual… research, work, doing things that satisfy .” Shiyu Zhongyi thought and added, “I occasionally act together with mbers from the Wing of Death and Miss Yun Yinglang. Does that count as making friends?”
“It does,” Shiyu Lianyi said, “Those who are willing to spend ti with you are your friends.”
“Brother Lianyi, you have no objections to this?”
Shiyu Lianyi smiled, “I absolutely detest John Garcia. But that’s no reason for to stop you from socializing normally. What family mbers should do is support each other, not control each other’s lives, right?”
Shiyu Lianyi’s remarks t with a chorus of approval from many Shiuyus, and Shiyu Linwu, seizing on the montum, proposed a coup to replace the family head, which was violently vetoed by the current head, Shiyu Ling. Thus, the family gathering ca to a close amidst the clamoring of Shiuyus.
Ten minutes later, Mr. Shiyu, after seeing off all the family mbers from his ho, lay exhausted on the sofa.
Kardesia poked her boyfriend’s face, “Dear, you look like Sun Ce after a setback.”
“In so ways, I understand Sun Ce’s thinking,” Shiyu Lianyi weakly said, “Sotis people around you can leave you… feeling completely drained.”
“At least they all really respect you~”
Leaning against his girlfriend, Shiyu Lianyi sighed complicatedly, “Family, huh… am I a good brother?”
“You can be absolutely sure when it cos to taking care of people,” Kardesia tapped his nose, “You’re a top-class man that I personally grood!”
“Ha ha, you’re right.” Shiyu Lianyi got up from the sofa, “What would you like for dinner tonight, lady Kardesia?”
“I want curry rice! And lamb chops!”
“Understood, leave it to .”
As always, Shiyu Lianyi reveled in his own happiness.
The other mbers of the Shiyu family were, in this city, in this world, pursuing their own lives too.
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