Alright, alright, that's enough. Yu Daochen felt a bit helpless.
Qiangzi cleared his throat and picked up his chopsticks, taking a bite of a fried dough stick.
"Qiangzi, what are your plans from now on?" Yu Daochen asked, eating his fried dough stick.
Qiangzi was no longer a member of the Heavenly Master’s Mansion, so returning was unlikely. Moreover, the people from the Yan Shu Sect wouldn't let things go.
Qiangzi sighed and shook his head. "Now that Su has woken up, I plan to live in seclusion with her for a while. As for the Yan Shu Sect, although I don't know why they want me to join them, since I promised, they probably won't let it go if I don't show up."
Yu Daochen nodded, knowing that the Yan Shu Sect was capable of anything given their nature.
"If you come to work as a helper at the Midnight Spirit Shop, I'll handle the Yan Shu Sect matters for you," Yu Daochen said after some thought. With the reputation of the Midnight Spirit Shop, as long as Qiangzi was part of it, they wouldn't dare to cause trouble.
Qiangzi quickly shook his head. "Forget it, I don't want to be a salted fish like you."
Yu Daochen rolled his eyes. Although there wasn't much to do at the Midnight Spirit Shop usually, it was still a comfortable life.
Yu Daochen knew that Qiangzi didn't want to implicate him. "Fine, I won't force you. Rest here for a few more days before you leave."
Qiangzi waved his hand. "No, Su wants to go back to Yunnan, and I'm tired of the affairs of the martial world. I just want to spend my days with her."
Qiangzi looked at Su Qing as he spoke, and they exchanged a smile.
Yu Daochen looked at the two of them, speechless. This was going to kill the single dogs.
"Su Qing has just recovered, and your injuries aren't healed yet. The Zhen Bao Sect is also hunting you," Yu Daochen reminded him.
Qiangzi nodded. "This is precisely why I wanted to ask for your help."
With that, Qiangzi placed the Soul Guarding Bronze Charm and the Spirit Pearl on the table. "These things are useless now. I'd like to ask Master Yu to return the Soul Guarding Bronze Charm to the Zhen Bao Sect. If they feel it's still not enough, give them the Spirit Pearl as well. Consider it my apology. If they don't want the Spirit Pearl, Master Yu, you can keep it yourself."
Yu Daochen had just found it strange that the weather had suddenly turned cold; it turned out to be the Spirit Pearl.
Yu Daochen looked at the two treasures on the table and nodded, his mind already calculating. This Spirit Pearl was a treasure of the world, to just give it away, but once something entered Yu Daochen's mouth, there was no spitting it out.
After breakfast, Yu Daochen briefly said goodbye to Qiangzi. Qiangzi nodded, and then prepared to leave with Su Qing.
"Master Yu, if you encounter any difficulties, call me anytime. Don't try to bear it all alone," Qiangzi said, supporting Su Qing as he looked back at Yu Daochen.
Yu Daochen hummed and nodded. "Don't worry, I'll call you even if there's nothing wrong, you brat."
The two of them smiled at each other, and Qiangzi supported Su Qing as they left the Midnight Spirit Shop.
Yu Daochen stood at the entrance, watching them leave until they disappeared into the distance. "A chivalrous spirit and a tender heart, a beauty's smile can captivate a man. In this world, if there's anything that can make a man protect it for a lifetime, it's probably love."
"Brother Yu, should I pour this water?"
Yu Daochen turned his head and saw Xu Yaya about to pour out the Spirit Spring water that she and Qiangzi had brought back from the Greater Khingan Range.
Yu Daochen quickly stopped her. "No, no, no, this is Spirit Spring water."
Xu Yaya looked confused but didn't ask further. "Then what should we do with this Spirit Spring water now?"
Yu Daochen thought about it, feeling a bit uncertain. This was the first time he had obtained Spirit Spring water, and he didn't know if it had an expiration date.
"Daddy, if you don't need this Spirit Spring water, can you give it to me?" the dragon fish in the fish tank poked its head out.
"Does this Spirit Spring water help you?" Yu Daochen was a bit puzzled. To be honest, he didn't know what other effects Spirit Spring water had.
The dragon fish nodded its little head. "This Spirit Spring water is extremely beneficial for the cultivation of spirits and monsters."
Yu Daochen then remembered that the grey snake spirit had also mentioned that Spirit Spring water was helpful for monster cultivation.
If Spirit Spring water was helpful for monster cultivation, it should also be helpful for that guy. He should have brought more back. But then Yu Daochen shook his head, a scene appearing in his mind. Qin Muyu had said disdainfully, "Don't insult me with this trash." In Yu Daochen's eyes, he had never seen that guy cultivate.
"I remember there's a dry well over a meter deep in the backyard. How about I move you there?" Yu Daochen recalled that when he was digging a well for that guy before, he had missed the spot, leaving a dry well over a meter deep. It would be perfect for the little guy to live in, as staying in the fish tank at the front shop wasn't ideal. However, Yu Daochen then thought better of it and decided against it. That little guy was so afraid of the guy in the backyard that he probably wouldn't agree.
Unexpectedly, the dragon fish readily agreed. "Okay, okay, right there."
Yu Daochen was dumbfounded. What was going on? Had everything changed in the few days he was in the Greater Khingan Range?
"Alright, since you want to go there, I'll clean it up," Yu Daochen said, heading towards the backyard.
Arriving at the well in the backyard, Yu Daochen looked into the well and coughed. "I want to move that little guy to the dry well next to it."
"Okay." The familiar voice came from the well, unchanged from before, without many words.
Seeing that the guy had agreed, Yu Daochen began to clean up the dry well next to it.
"Right." The voice suddenly sounded again.
Yu Daochen turned his head, and after a long pause, the guy said, "Thank you."
Yu Daochen was stunned for a moment, but he couldn't help but want to laugh. To hear the word "thank you" from that guy in his lifetime was something.
"We're friends, aren't we?" Yu Daochen said with a faint smile, then began to clean the dry well.
The dry well wasn't very large, and it was cleaned up in about ten minutes. After finishing, Yu Daochen returned to the front shop to prepare to move the little guy.
"Brother Yu, since everything is fine, I'll go visit my dad. I haven't seen him for several days," Xu Yaya said.
Yu Daochen nodded. This little girl had been taking care of the unconscious Su Qing these past few days; she had indeed worked hard.
"Thank you for your trouble these past few days," Yu Daochen said with a smile.
Xu Yaya shook her head, a little annoyed. "Brother Yu, don't say that in the future."
Yu Daochen scratched the back of his head, feeling a bit embarrassed. Xu Yaya continued, "I'll come back tonight to cook for you."
Yu Daochen hummed. "Okay, be careful on your way."
Xu Yaya nodded and turned to leave the shop.
Yu Daochen took out his phone and was about to call Biao Tao, telling him to have the Zhen Bao Sect come to collect the Soul Guarding Bronze Charm.
"Daddy, can you give me the Spirit Pearl too?" The dragon fish's voice was very soft, as if it had heard Yu Daochen agree to Qiangzi's request and was afraid to speak up.
Yu Daochen was a bit confused. If the Spirit Pearl were placed in water, it would freeze. However, he suddenly realized that this little guy was born from himself and the Spirit Pearl. Yu Daochen felt embarrassed thinking about it. He, a person, had a living fish born from a treasure. What kind of logic was that?
"Since you want it, I'll give it to you." Yu Daochen agreed without hesitation. After all, she was his daughter, and he had to spoil her.
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