Xu Feng grinned as he rubbed his sore stomach.
Bai Mo had only been at the Nanshan estate for a short mont, 30 minutes at most, but he had laughed so much already. What a good friend, a good friend who was clearly not listening to the updates he gave on his life when they made their way to the pavilion.
"You can call Feng Feng whenever you want. I prefer Feng’er, but I call you Momo, so I can withstand THAT cutesy nickna from you."
With that, Momo smiled brightly as Xu Feng continued. ’Cutesy,’ he could understand the aning of this world with context clues, but he should morize it for future use.
"I’m not trying to keep the good food away from you," Xu Feng smiled, "Xu Hu Zhe, Xu Si, and Xu San, three small animals went to Yilin to get so real animals for the estate, so no one is in my kitchen and I don’t have any ready made snacks to serve you."
"Xu? Who is Hu Zhe?"
And then, the flood gates were opened, and Xu Feng once again updated Bai Mo on what he considered trivial matters in the Nanshan estate. The three servants’ na change, and their addition to his household registration, and the fact they weren’t slaves anymore. He planned to treat them as family in the future.
The three had been in shock, and there was much crying involved. Xu Feng knew that this was a risky move for the ancients—freeing servants who were privy to family secrets—and for himself—Xu Feng had one too many secrets on his body—but wanted to trust Si, San, and Hu Zhe.
One day if sothing was wrong, he wanted to have people with no ulterior motives close at hand, people he could trust to care for him and his household, and in turn he would care for them, and make sure they married well.
He wasn’t too attached to the Xu surna, but now when he died, he wouldn’t be alone. He wouldn’t be a lonely ghost, Xu Hu Zhe should also be buried with him, and if Xu Si and Xu San wanted, they could be morialized together.
After this contract baby, if Xu Feng had another child in the future, that child would have a family they could rely on.
Sotis it seed as though Xu Feng made rash decisions, but most tis he had a very good reason for his actions. His change in status for the three new Xu’s was intentional, and he wanted it done as quickly as possible because of the Xuan family.
If he died in childbirth, he didn’t want the estate reverting back to Lady Xuan.
This was a petty reason, but if he died giving birth, the paynt for his life shouldn’t go back to the Xuan family. If he didn’t transmigrate to a third world, his soul couldn’t rest eating that.
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"Death!" Bai Mo was visibly distressed, not willing to entertain such a notion. "You will be prosperous and healthy. Your birth will be smooth, and you will bring prosperity to the Xuan house..."
Grinning at Bai Mo’s fuss, Xu Feng watched as his friend rose from his seat, clearly agitated and disinterested in the snacks.
"Okay, calm down Momo. I won’t speak such things again." Xu Feng couldn’t keep the small smile from his face, gentle and contemplative. "If anything does happen to , please take care of my family."
"The child?" Bai Mo answered unconsciously. Not that he needed a reason or a prompt to look after Xu Feng’s people.
"If there is a child, yes. If not, the three Xus. Those are the only..." Xu Feng paused montarily, before he added another na to the list. "The three Xus you know and one called Xu Zeng. Only them."
Bai Mo nodded seriously. ’Who is this Xu Zeng? One of Xu Feng’s relatives from his hotown?’
While he was curious, sothing told Bai Mo not to ask any more questions on this topic. He would rember the four nas.
"Now that my affairs are in order, what happened to you?" Xu Feng asked, "I haven’t seen you in 10 days. Now that the Xuicai exams are over you don’t value our friendship anymore."
Bai Mo looked wide eyes at first before he began looking a bit uncomfortable. Xu Feng there must be sothing up. The fox in front of him was getting more and more cunning every day, but he still had a pretty innocent side with it was just the two of them.
Especially since his attempt to change subjects was so obvious.
"So the new Xus are in Yilin town. Did they go with the Xuan young master and Xuan Jian?" It was unclear if Bai Mo actually cared where the two n were.
"Hmmm," Xu Feng briefly attempted to co up with an excuse for his husbands before deciding simplicity was the answer, "They are studying together."
"Studying?"
"Yup." Xu Feng rolled his eyes before Bai Mo continued to derail their conversation.
"I wanted to congratulate the Xuan young master for his hard work. I had been working overti for a whole day to erase the incident at the exam," Bai Mo cleared his throat. They both knew very well what incident was in question, "and in half the ti it was taken care of."
"Mhmm," Xu Feng narrowed his eyes at the ger who still wouldn’t look him in the eyes. There was sothing to hide here. "This is why you have to marry a rich and powerful man."
...
"Are you truly not going to tell what is bothering you?" Xu Feng wouldn’t push if Bai Mo really didn’t want to share, but if this had sothing to do with the Dragon Chrysanthemum tea, he wanted to share the burden with his friend. "Two heads are better than one."
"Two heads are better than one."
...
"Sigh," And with one heavy breath, another set of flood gates were opened and Bai Mo spilled the beans.
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