Forever 46

  They woke up at dinner time and were woken up by the little guy's prank.

  The little guy mischievously grabbed Du Sulin's long hair and wrapped it around his own body, playing happily.

  When Du Sulin was awakened by the pain, the little guy's neck was already entangled with long hair, and it was unclear whether it was Du Sulin's or Xiao Qingzhu's long hair.

  Xiao Qingzhu sighed helplessly beside him, and it was only then that Du Siling discovered that the person by his pillow had woken up at some point, propping himself up with one hand and smiling at her. His eyes were full of autumnal charm.

  Du Sulin's face turned red, and she glared at the little guy. Suddenly, the phrase "married couple" popped into her mind, and it was unclear whether it was intentional or just fate. The hair of the two people actually had a strand that was tied in a dead knot, with thousands of threads that couldn't be untangled.

  "It can't be helped, let's just leave it like this." Xiao Qingzhu exhaled a breath and put down the hand that had been untangling her hair.

  "So... " Duslin was taken aback, "Entwined?" But then she smiled, "Then so be it."

  I still remember a poem written like this: "Tying the knot as husband and wife, loving each other without any doubt."

  "Are you sure?" Xiao Qingzhu's eyes showed a hint of thought, "Hair tied together like this, it's just like a lock chain. No matter where you are, I'll always be by your side. Including when you go to the bathroom, all sorts of things." Xiao Qingzhu said.

  "Hmm..." Duslin stroked his chin, looking thoughtful, "It seems to be that kind of principle."

  "Do you know, I saw a movie that left a deep impression on me until now." Xiao Qingzhu brushed aside the long hair entwined with Du Siling's and sat up, resting her head on Du Siling's chest, tracing circles on his chest with her fingertips.

  "What movie?" Du Sulin reached out and grabbed Xiao Qingzhu's mischievous hand, asking.

  The little guy also learned from Xiao Qingzhu's example, wanting to rest his head on Du Siling's chest, but unfortunately he was too small, and in the end he actually crawled onto Du Siling's body.

  "Go take a look at what your uncle is doing." Du Si Lin grabbed the little girl's neck and lifted her up, saying to her.

  "Hmm." The little guy stared at Du Sulin with a pair of sparkling eyes, as if saying "I don't want to go".

  But this didn't work on Du Slin, Du Slin lightly tossed it, and the little guy moved in a parabolic motion in mid-air. To avoid falling to the ground, it transformed into a small, delicate crystal dragon swirling in mid-air. Suddenly, it opened its mouth and shot a bolt of lightning at Du Slin, who raised his hand to dissolve it and sent it back. The little guy was caught off guard, struck by its own lightning, and let out a whimper as it scurried away.

  "You always know how to bully the weak with your strength." Xiao Qingzhu bit down on the flower-shaped brooch on Du Siling's chest, pretending to be angry.

  "Ah——" Du Sulin took a cold breath, this wasn't exactly a place where one wouldn't feel pain, yet Xiao Qingzhu had actually slapped him.

  "You know it hurts now." Xiao Qingzhu smiled with satisfaction, and finally licked the flower bud again, with an unfinished expression.

  "You..." Du Sulin sighed helplessly, in heaven or on earth, the only person she couldn't afford to offend was Xiao Qingzhu.

  "What's wrong with me?" Xiao Qingzhu slightly raised her head, her chin resting on Du Siling's chest, her eyes curved like a crescent moon.

  "What's wrong? Which movie left a deep impression on you?" Du Siling abruptly changed the subject.

  "Eternity." Xiao Qingzhu smiled and lay down again. "In that movie, the male and female protagonists fell in love, but the man was the woman's husband's nephew. Later, his uncle chained them together with a lock chain. They were happy, thinking they could be together forever. But soon, conflicts arose between them. The man begged his uncle to unlock the chain, and they tried to escape, seeking liberation from life."

  "What's next?" Du Sulin asked.

  Finally, the uncle gave them a gun. The man originally wanted the woman to kill him, but the woman used the gun to commit suicide instead. The man's life was spent in suffering, going mad.

  "Hmm..." Duslin was deep in thought, and didn't speak for a long time.

  Xiao Qingzhu just looked at her like this, quietly waiting for her to speak up.

  "What are you doing?" It wasn't until Duslin came back to her senses that she realized Xiao Qingzhu had been staring at her all along.

  "See when you can stop spacing out." Xiao Qingzhu smiled, most people's eyes would lose focus when they were distracted, but Du Siling didn't. At that time, her eyes seemed like a clear spring, crystal clear to the bottom.

  "I was just wondering, is it more painful for the living or the dead." said Du Sulin.

  "What's the result?" Xiao Qingzhu asked with interest.

  "I don't know." Du Sulin replied truthfully, "Maybe it's all suffering. Maybe none of it is suffering, because they were once so happy, the living know that the dead will be waiting for her in another world."

  "I think the most painful thing is that two people who love each other can't be together." Xiao Qingzhu stood up, holding Du Siling's face, "Life is bound to have regrets, but it's not lacking in miracles. If you work hard and grasp it, it's a miracle; if you avoid it and dodge it, it's regret."

  Douslin nodded in agreement, her face gently rubbing against Xiao Qingzhu's palm. "Qingzhu, we've worked hard and caught it," she said.

  "Hmm." Xiao Qingzhu nodded. The room fell silent, so quiet that it seemed as if only the two people's heartbeats and breathing could be heard.

  "Hmm..." Not until the little guy flew in timidly, glanced at Du Si Lin, and landed directly beside Xiao Qing Zhu. Transforming into human form, he tugged on his corners.

  "Little one, doesn't your mom always bully you?" Xiao Qingzhu lovingly picked up the little one and rubbed her chubby little face.

  "Hmm." After being spoken to by Xiao Qingzhu, the little guy looked at him with tears in his eyes, as if he had a million grievances bottled up in his heart, with an expression that seemed to say "I'm so pitiful".

  "Alright, alright, from now on if she bullies you, I'll bully her." Xiao Qingzhu grasped the little guy's hand and waved his fist at Du Siling.

  The little guy took a glance at Du Slin, and nodded timidly. But Du Slin still saw the triumphant look in the little guy's eyes that had narrowed into a straight line.

  Du Sulin pouted, she didn't believe Xiao Qingzhu could bully her.

  "Have your uncles gotten up?" Xiao Qingzhu asked the little guy.

  "Hmm." The little guy nodded obediently, opened his big mouth, and muttered some incomprehensible words.

  "Is dinner ready?" Xiao Qingzhu understood what the little guy meant.

  The little guy nodded.

  "Dinner's ready, silly, hurry up and get dressed." Xiao Qingzhu turned her head to see Du Siling closing her eyes again, pretending to be dead, so she pinched her nose.

  "Alright, alright." Du Sulin grabbed Xiao Qingzhu's wrist and begged for mercy.

  While Xiao Qingzhu was not paying attention, he made a ghostly face at the little guy, and Du Siling got out of bed to dress slowly.

  On his body, there were only the remaining marks left by Xiao Qingzhu last night. At this moment, they had already turned into a deep purple color. Du Siling was helpless and found a scarf to wrap around his neck in thick circles. The little guy watching couldn't help but laugh.

  Grandma's culinary skills are excellent, thanks to her Buddhist faith. Everyone respects Grandma's beliefs, so the dinner table is filled with vegetarian dishes, which, although plain and unappetizing at first glance, surprisingly open up one's appetite.

  "Let me say a couple of words before dinner." Grandma smoothed out her clothes and stood up.

  Everyone put down their chopsticks and looked at Grandma. This serene and calm old lady always had a lot of wisdom to share. After all, age was on her side, just as the old saying goes, Grandma had eaten more salt than anyone else had eaten rice.

  "I know you all have some worries hidden in your hearts, but no matter how worried you are, meals still need to be eaten. Instead of frowning one by one and getting nothing done, why not put things aside for now, relax and enjoy a meal?" Grandma's smiling gaze swept across each person's face, like the warm sun on a winter day, driving away a hint of gloom from everyone's hearts.

  "Grandma is right." Murong Ruyu also stood up and agreed.

  A meal, with joy and harmony, everything else is temporarily buried.

  At the same time, in an unknown place, there was a villa. The traditional European style was extremely out of harmony with several black birds of unknown species on the high branches behind the villa.

  "Yun Xing, your little niece is getting more and more formidable lately." The speaker was a middle-aged man, who at this moment wore a smile on his face, holding a cup of red tea in his hand, exuding an aura of calmness. His facial features couldn't be described as delicate, nor could they be said to be stern.

  "Your praise is indeed rare." The woman standing beside him with her hands behind her back, had a high bun on top of her head, and that air of elegance and refinement was naturally emitted, who else could it be but Du Kongyang?

  "Heh heh." The middle-aged man chuckled a few times, "I think that in any case, she will be a unique legend of the Du family."

  "Hao Tian, don't be too smug." Du Kongyang said coldly, and she naturally understood the implication of Hao Tian's words.

  One and only, in terms of talent, Du Sulin is unparalleled. In terms of experience, he was born with his soul stolen, combined with the dragon's soul, and now has become a zombie. It's not an exaggeration to say that he's unprecedented and unmatched. And being one and only also means that Du Sulin is the last heir of the Du family. The Du family will come to an end with Du Sulin's generation, so naturally no one can surpass him.

  "I have the capital to be proud of." Peng Haotian raised his chin with some pride, "You'd better mind your own business." Following his line of sight, in the sea of flowers, a slender figure appeared and disappeared.

  "Hmph, someone who can even lay hands on their only blood relative, I don't know what else to say." Du Kongyang coldly smiled and strode towards the flower sea, no longer speaking.

  "Hmph." Peng Haotian smiled slightly and stopped talking. Not long after, the old servant whispered in his ear, he furrowed his brow and strode upstairs like a shooting star, knocking on a door. His originally cold expression changed at this moment.

  "Lu Fei, open the door for Dad." Peng Haotian's tone was surprisingly gentle, looking like a kind father.

  "What do you want to do?" Peng Luo Fei opened the door, leaning against the door frame with no intention of letting Peng Hao Tian enter. The room was filled with swirling smoke, like a paradise on earth.

  "This sentence should I ask you!" Peng Haotian's tone instantly rose several decibels as soon as he saw the messy situation in the house, "Not even eating rice, smoking all day in the room, what do you want to do?"

  "I'm not in the room, where did I go?" Peng Luofei sneered with a smile, "Haven't you already arranged for a Peng Luofei?"

  "You...!" Peng Haotian was momentarily speechless, "Everything I've done, wasn't it all for you?!"

  "If you really care about me, then don't interfere with my relationship with Qing Zhu." Peng Luo Fei lit another cigarette and glanced at Peng Hao Tian, his eyes revealing a provocative expression.

  "You still smoke..." Peng Haotian snatched the cigarette from between Peng Luofei's fingers, threw it to the ground and stepped on it.

  "That's all I have to say, if you don't agree then leave." Peng Luo Fei said indifferently and took a few steps back, closing the door.

  Peng Haotian was left standing alone in front of the door, sighing.

  Du Sulin's guess was correct, he was indeed Wu Huagu. With a flick of his wrist, he could kill someone without even using any effort. He viewed people's lives as worthless, but when it came to Peng Luofei, he was helpless. This was perhaps the unspoken pain of being a father.

  Inside the room, various books were scattered all over the place, smoke was swirling around, and on the floor there were either cigarette butts or ash. Bottles of liquor were piled up in a mess, with even shards of broken glass scattered about. Peng Luo Fei threw herself onto the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling with a somewhat wooden expression. She thought of that woman with bright eyes and white teeth, whose smile could create a pair of crescent moons, making one forget everything.

  "Qīng zhú, duì bù qǐ." tā dāi dāi de dào.

  Translation: "Bamboo, I'm sorry," she said blankly.

  The exam is coming soon, so there are a lot of things going on lately. Hmm... After logging in, I suddenly found that this article has been on the top of the list all along.

  Then... Xiaobao is very disappointing... no update.

  My heart is racing with fear

  Tomorrow is the microbiology exam, I'll go back to work after sending this message TT