Chapter 34: Tang Xiao Returns Home
In a luxurious mansion in the city of Wuhun,
Su Mo headed to the study after coaxing two-year-old Qian Renxue to sleep. After sitting down, he slowly opened the latest letters received that day and began to browse through them.
As he read, Su Mo couldn't help but smirk in amusement.
Haha! Funny—Tang Xiao confessed to Ah Yin, but she rejected him. After that, Ah Yin ended up with Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao returned to the Haotian Sect heartbroken?
Exactly! Among these letters, one detailed the current situation of Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Ah Yin.
In fact, ever since Tang Hao and Tang Xiao rose to fame, Bibi Dong had been secretly sending people to monitor the Tang brothers.
In a way, Su Mo also witnessed the friendship, mutual understanding, and sworn brotherhood between Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
But when it came to Ah Yin, Su Mo felt a bit down.
Because in his past life, if someone like him had time-traveled to this period in the Douluo Continent, very few wouldn't have tried to steal Ah Yin away from Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.
If it were possible, Su Mo truly would want to do that.
But unfortunately, Su Mo's golden finger (cheat ability) wasn't that powerful.
So far, Su Mo's cultivation was only at the Soul Emperor level, and he was only twelve years old. It was far too difficult to snatch Ah Yin away from Tang Hao and Tang Xiao!
If Su Mo's golden finger were just a bit stronger, or if he had time-traveled into a powerful character like Qian Xunji, he wouldn't have minded stealing Ah Yin and giving the Tang brothers a pair of green hats.
But luckily, since Ah Yin didn't look particularly good in the previous life's Douluo animation, Su Mo wasn't overly interested in her. Although...
If he used the memory bonus from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes to add opportunities and carefully craft a scenario, he might actually be able to steal Ah Yin. But considering that without Ah Yin, Tang Hao wouldn't be able to seriously injure Qian Xunji later, and Bibi Dong wouldn't get the chance to kill Qian Xunji and ascend to power...
Su Mo thought it over and decided not to use the memory bonus on Ah Yin.
In fact, from another point of view—she's still wife material! With his Death Scythe Martial Spirit, which can control souls, maybe he could still take Ah Yin away.
If he gets another chance to add or modify something, he'll take Ah Yin in one hand and Xiao Wu in the other, and do a double NTR in front of Tang Hao and Tang San. Now that would be fun!
Time flew by until night. As the Saintess of the Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong had indeed been working there all day and finally returned.
"Dong'er-jie, you're back!"
When Su Mo saw Bibi Dong return, he stopped bothering Qian Renxue at once, embraced her, and quickly walked out of the hallway to greet the happily approaching Bibi Dong.
"Mama!"
Seeing Bibi Dong, the little two-year-old loli Qian Renxue also became very excited, opened her arms, and asked for a hug.
"Xiao Mo, Xue'er!"
Seeing Su Mo approach with Qian Renxue in his arms, Bibi Dong finally showed a sweet smile on her already beautiful and mature face.
"Xiao Mo, you've taken care of Xue'er all day—now it's my turn."
Just as she was about to take Qian Renxue, Su Mo didn't let go and held on to her.
"Dong'er-jie, don't worry. You've been busy all day, you must be exhausted. Eat first, then take a bath, rest a bit, and you can take care of Xue'er later."
He knew that Bibi Dong had already begun working at the Spirit Hall, but he also understood that she didn't want to delay her cultivation and also wanted to get closer to Qian Renxue, so Su Mo advised her gently.
Bibi Dong listened to Su Mo's suggestion.
After eating and bathing,
Bibi Dong took Qian Renxue and, while playing with the little two-year-old, couldn't help but ask if there was any news in today's letters about Tang Hao and his brother.
Su Mo replied, "Yes, there is!"
"Oh? And how are they doing?"
Bibi Dong stopped playing with Qian Renxue's hand, turned her head, looked at Su Mo, and asked.
"Tang Xiao confessed to Ah Yin, but she rejected him and said she liked Tang Hao. Then she got together with Tang Hao, and it looks like Tang Xiao is preparing to return to the Haotian Sect."
Su Mo pretended to be nonchalant.
"Is Tang Xiao getting ready to return to the Haotian Sect?"
Bibi Dong sank into deep thought after hearing Su Mo's words.
From her memories of her past life, it seemed that after Tang Xiao left, Tang Hao had indeed gotten together with Ah Yin, the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Grass soul beast.
Ah Yin became pregnant shortly after, and was later discovered by the Spirit Hall and pursued by Qian Xunji and his men. Unfortunately, Ah Yin wasn't captured, but instead sacrificed herself to Tang Hao, allowing him to break through to Title Douluo and seriously injure Qian Xunji.
In her past life, she hadn't known exactly what happened—after all, her situation was quite special at the time.
But one thing was clear: this was the opportunity she had been waiting for—to kill Qian Xunji!
"Mama, Mama! I wanna swing! Push me, please!"
As Bibi Dong was thinking, little loli Qian Renxue clung to Bibi Dong's arm, shook it, and looked pitifully at her, begging to go on the swing.
This snapped her out of her thoughts. She kissed Qian Renxue affectionately and repeated, "Alright, alright, alright!"
Then, she summoned her martial spirit and used soul power to condense spider silk and form a swing in the room. She placed Qian Renxue on it and began pushing her gently back and forth.
"Xiao Mo, remember to respond tomorrow. Since Tang Xiao has left and returned to the Haotian Sect, don't worry about him anymore. Focus on Tang Hao and Ah Yin."
While playing with Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong gave her analysis and advice to Su Mo.
"Got it, Dong'er-jie, I understand."
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Meanwhile, due to his failed confession and being romantically defeated by his younger brother Tang Hao, Tang Xiao was extremely depressed and uncomfortable. He no longer wanted to stay behind and decided to return to the Haotian Sect.
After several days of travel, Tang Xiao finally arrived back at the sect.
"Young master, you've returned!"
At the Haotian Sect, when a steward saw Tang Xiao return, he immediately greeted him. But not seeing Tang Hao, he asked in confusion:
"By the way, young master, why don't I see the second young master?"
"Ah Hao is still out there. I came back first for something."
Hearing his brother Tang Hao mentioned, Tang Xiao forced a small smile and replied:
"I see. But young master, you've been away from the sect for a long time, and the master has been thinking about you. Now that you're back, make sure to go see him!"
The steward didn't think too much and simply nodded, reminding Tang Xiao to visit Sect Master Tang Zhen before leaving.
Shortly after returning, before Tang Xiao could take the initiative to go to him, Sect Master Tang Zhen learned of his return and had someone summon him.
"Father!"
Called to a study loft, Tang Xiao couldn't help but bow his head and greet his father, who was busy working on sect affairs.
"You're back. Why didn't Hao'er return with you?"
Tang Zhen didn't pay much attention to Tang Xiao's greeting and asked casually while continuing his work.
"He… he met a girlfriend out there. It wasn't convenient for me to stay, so I came back first..."
When asked about his brother, Tang Xiao tried to brush it off, but after thinking about it, he felt he couldn't hide it, so he replied somewhat mockingly.
"A girlfriend?"
Tang Zhen, who had been calm at first, frowned when he heard that Tang Hao had a girlfriend outside, and stopped writing.
(End of Chapter)