"No, it's a love letter my wife wrote to me, why should I return it?"
"It's just a broken wooden plaque, give it back to me."
"Dream on. Never in this life. I want to cherish it forever, and put it in the ancestral hall for our children to see. Look, this is the love letter your mother wrote to your father back then. What do you think, isn't your father amazing?"
Tian Suanzi waved the wooden plaque in his hand. The plaque read: "If you've arrived, wait for me here, I'll be back."
"Oh, how can you bully people like this?"
"I just love bullying Nascent Soul experts. I'm telling you, you're my bodyguard from now on. If anyone bullies me, you go and beat them up, understand?"
"Who usually bullies you the most?"
"Wan Lei."
"...Can I beat him?"
"He's a bully. We'll stay away from him from now on."
"Speaking of Wan Lei, what were you thinking, actually having those two come to rob me? Do you think, with their reputation, I wouldn't recognize them?"
"Uh... I actually just wanted them to stop you first, nothing else. I was afraid you'd run away if I came after you."
"So you found a bully to stop me? What if he had actually robbed me? Don't be friends with him anymore, he's a bad person."
After all, Young Master Lei's reputation in the Central Region could no longer be described as just bad; it was notorious.
"Actually, Wan Lei isn't a bad person, nor is he that ruthless. Most of the time, I think he's too soft-hearted. It was only after I met him, Sui Xiaohang, and Qi Manyao that I finally made friends. He's quite loyal. If he recognizes someone as a friend and they need help, he'll go all out. If someone provokes him, or even tries to kill him, as long as it's not a deep-seated hatred, he'll just defeat them and rob them. Of course, if someone provokes Fang Xiaoyu, they're as good as dead. To Wan Lei, Fang Xiaoyu is his life."
"And what am I to you?"
"You are more important than my life."
"Pah. By the way, what's the deal with that Qi Manyao? When we were at the Feng family's... my home, I saw my grand-niece's lively expression instantly turn gloomy when she mentioned Wan Lei's name. It looked like a love triangle."
"You're absolutely right. I watched Wan Lei and Qi Manyao progress step by step. Back then, we met at the Thunder Refining Pool..."
"Oh, so you mean, if Fang Xiaoyu hadn't appeared, Wan Lei would definitely have ended up with Qi Manyao? Fang Xiaoyu is the mistress. And Wan Lei is a real scumbag, even worse than you."
"Pah, pah, pah! I'm not a scumbag. My heart belongs only to you. Wan Lei isn't a scumbag either; his heart belongs only to Fang Xiaoyu. If he were even a little bit of a scumbag, if he had any ulterior motives, he would have taken Qi Manyao long ago. A while ago, I heard from Sui Xiaohang that Qi Manyao was tricked and seriously injured. In a fit of rage, Wan Lei killed twenty Nascent Soul enemies, and even then, he didn't take the opportunity to make a move on Qi Manyao. The fact that Fang Xiaoyu can tolerate Qi Manyao's existence shows how much she trusts Wan Lei's character."
"Keep bragging. When you talk about Wan Lei, you only have good things to say. Wan Lei is more of a scumbag than you, and Qi Manyao is more pitiful than me."
"Is that so? You're about to be even more pitiful."
"Mmm..."
The night was deep, and the wind blew through the snow.
The next morning, they woke up to even heavier snow.
"Oh, this terrible weather, it just keeps snowing, when will it ever end?"
The little Taoist nun rubbed her sleepy eyes, glanced at the snow outside, and mumbled her complaint. It wasn't that she had forgotten who had caused the snow; it was purely habitual. Over the years, she had complained countless times.
"The hibiscus tent is warm for the spring night, the spring night is too short, and the sun rises high. I really don't want to get up, it's too comfortable."
"Who's forcing you to get up?"
"I have to get up, there are important things to do."
"What important things could you possibly have?"
"To attend the banquet! I contributed money, so how can I not eat? We can't let Wan Lei devour everything. I heard the banquet lasts for three days, and it's still not too late to go today."
"...Pathetic."
"And the free Drunken Immortal Brew is unlimited."
"Let's go."
The little Taoist nun got dressed faster than Tian Suanzi, which thwarted Tian Suanzi's plan to do some morning exercises.
The two walked out of the bamboo house, and a magic array appeared beneath the little Taoist nun's feet.
"You've also learned formations?"
"I know many things, and there are many things you don't know."
"Then why don't you spar with Wan Lei sometime and see whose formation skills are better? That kid brags every day, it's time to put him in his place."
"Forget it. I heard his formations are comparable to the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Formation Pavilion. My half-baked skills can't compare to that."
The figures of the two disappeared from their original spot and reappeared where they had started.
The two flew towards South Mansion City together. Upon arriving at Sui Xiaohang's house, they entered the formation and saw a table of people already at the banquet. Wan Lei, Fang Xiaoyu, Sui Xiaohang, Feng Silu, Qi Manyao, Ba Ernu, and Gouzi were all present.
"Yo, Tian Suanzi is here, let me tell you a funny story..."
"Shut up, you're not allowed to say it."
"I insist! Yesterday, Young Master Lei was eating at the children's table, and then he was kicked out because he ate too much, hahahahaha..."
"Okay, that's very Wan Lei." Tian Suanzi chuckled.
"Of course... Hey, stop right there, why are you holding my wife's aunt's hand?" Sui Xiaohang noticed something was wrong at this moment.
Tian Suanzi walked up to Sui Xiaohang and slapped him on the head. "How dare you speak to your uncle that way."
"I... You bastard, Tian Suanzi, you damn scumbag! You only met my wife's aunt yesterday and you've already taken her down? You son of a bitch, let go, release her, and let me teach you a lesson."
"Who do you think you are? You're not allowed to be disrespectful to elders." Tian Suanzi, now promoted to elder status, was extremely smug.