Half a day passed. Huo Yuhao had almost recovered to the state of a six-year-old. He had also grown a little taller. Fortunately, with his simulation soul skill, he didn't let the Huang Bin couple see any clues.
At this time, it was already close to evening. Many guests had come to Huang Bin's small restaurant. Huo Yuhao, with nothing to do, might as well have volunteered to help carry the plates.
In his past life, Huo Yuhao had worked at nearby restaurants during his holidays no small number of times. He was quite handy with this job. Plus his current cute appearance, he immediately attracted the attention of many female customers.
"Boss Huang, is this your son? I've never seen him before," a regular customer looked at the short-armed, short-legged Huo Yuhao running around and couldn't help but like him from the bottom of his heart, asking with a smile.
"Just adopted. Isn't he pretty?" Lihua bent down to wipe the sweat from Huo Yuhao's forehead, couldn't help but give him a kiss on his smooth little cheek, and replied.
"Little fellow, come, come, let sister have a look," another regular customer clearly couldn't hold back anymore. She walked directly in front of Huo Yuhao and squatted down, her eyes almost shining with light.
"Hello, Auntie!" Huo Yuhao said with a sweet smile, shamelessly pouncing into this pretty young lady's arms.
"Aiya! So cute!"
Huo Yuhao continued his "Tao zhi Hao" behavior, at the same time silently making a decision in his heart: In the future, I must get myself a body-shrinking soul skill!
"Mom, Dad, I'm back," just then, a clear voice sounded at the entrance of the shop.
"Aiyo, my little baby Orange!"
Huo Yuhao hurriedly turned his head to look. He saw a sweet-looking girl quickly pounce towards Lihua and was immediately picked up by her.
The young girl had a head of long black hair, looking to be about eight or nine years old. Her pair of lively large eyes were as brilliant as gemstones. Her skin was excessively good. On her pink and tender skin, not a single pore could be seen. It was as if water could be squeezed out with a single pinch. Her fair and tender skin, even in the slightly dim restaurant, still had a crystal-clear texture. The moisturized beauty was something he had never seen on other girls. The junior soul master academy's school uniform she wore perfectly brought out her sweetness. Perhaps she was not as beautiful as Zhongli Yu or Bibi Dong, but that lazy, somewhat naturally dazed temperament was also very easy to catch one's eye.
Among the girls Huo Yuhao had seen, the most beautiful was undoubtedly Bibi Dong in his spiritual sea. But the one with the best skin was definitely the Orange before him. Although she was not as beautiful as Bibi Dong and there was also a gap compared to Zhongli Yu, she was at least a beauty of Ma Xiaotao's level. Ma Xiaotao had the best figure, while she had the best skin.
In the original novel, she, who had lost both her parents due to the war, was extremely good at disguising herself. When she was studying at the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineering Academy, she had hidden her strength and was a naive and beautiful young girl in the eyes of others.
The original Orange was actually intelligent, shrewd, and talented, not inferior to Huo Yuhao, and had great military talent. She was ruthless towards her enemies. When faced with a crisis, she could stand up and had considerable command talent, with the style of a great general. This could be seen from the fact that Orange had led her army for only three years and had destroyed the Heaven Soul Empire and the Dou Ling Empire, and had almost flattened the Star Luo Empire to unify the two continents of Douluo and Sun Moon.
The future Orange was good at scheming. For the purpose of revenge, she would resort to any means, even throwing herself at the Crown Prince, participating in the continental war under his support, and tearing up her agreement with the original Huo Gua. And overall, because she was affected by the war, her personality tended towards the dark side, resolute and crazy. She could also be said to be a replica of Bibi Dong from the Desolate Ancient Tang Gate period.
What impressed Huo Yuhao the most was that Orange should have been his first love, a beautiful figure that could not be erased from his memory even after being brainwashed by the Tang Buddha thousands of times.
The difference between Orange and Bibi Dong was that she was the first woman to give birth to a son for Huo Yuhao by borrowing his seed.
Huo Yuhao's thoughts spun rapidly. He suddenly wanted to thank Shi Xing. If not for him sending him to this place from many years ago, he would not have had the chance to redeem her, let alone have the extreme difficulty of taking this military genius for his own use.
Perhaps Huo Yuhao could use Kotoamatsukami to directly twist her will, but he did not wish to do so.
According to the plot, not long after, Huang Bin would be taken away by the empire's conscription and would never come back from the war with the Star Luo Empire.
And about three years later, when Orange was twelve, Lihua would fall seriously ill due to excessive grief and also leave her.
After her parents' death, Orange had wandered outside and had run into Xu Tianran. At that time, Xu Tianran was not yet crippled. He had taken her in and had cultivated her to enter the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy to study. When Xu Tianran was attacked during a palace coup, Orange, in order to protect him, had been stabbed twice in the back and had almost died, thus obtaining his great trust.
When she was nineteen, she had met the most unforgettable man in her life, Huo Yuhao. Subsequently, because Wang Dong'er had hidden the fact that Huo Yuhao had no lover, she had dejectedly dropped out of school to join the army, and from then on had been ruthless and focused on her wish for revenge. After that, the Sun Moon Empire had launched a war, and she had led the army to become the marshal of the Sun Moon Empire.
This girl, who also had a miserable life story, had lived for revenge her whole life, until she went mad. Until the end, her final spiritual sustenance was the child born by borrowing Huo Yuhao's seed, Xu Yunhan, who was also Huo Yunhan and Dai Yunhan.
If Huo Yuhao were to walk a different path from the original story, he had to build his own power on this continent and cut off the faith of all living beings in the great God-King Tang.
If Bibi Dong could make plans for his country and manage its political affairs, then the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect behind Ning Tian and Wu Feng should be the guardian sect that invested in his country's power. The rebel army behind Xie Huanyue would serve as the main military force. At that time, he would need a supreme commander who could lead the army to dominate the continent.
To talk about the most outstanding one in terms of military ability during the Desolate Ancient Tang Gate period, it was naturally none other than Orange. Don't be fooled by Dai Hao's single-minded devotion to the people and the country. In the end, wasn't he still beaten by Orange until he cried out?
It wasn't until after Huo Yuhao became a god and left the continent that after many years of recuperation, with no more obstacles from the Sun Moon Empire, Orange had assisted her son from behind the scenes to unify the continent, which was the Douluo Federation during the later Dragon King Legend period.
Just as Huo Yuhao was thinking this, Lihua took his small hand and brought him before Orange. "Orange, look, isn't this little brother cute?"
"His name is Huo Yuhao. From now on, we are a family."
Receiving the acknowledgment of who would very likely be his future mother-in-law, Huo Yuhao rarely shyly lowered his head. But he didn't expect this Orange to immediately pout and say coquettishly, "Mom, Dad, isn't having me, this one child, enough? Where did you get him from?"
Huo Yuhao exclaimed, well now, this girl's black-bellied nature started from a young age, didn't it? Of course, this was only manifested in the competition for her parents' love.
But he had lived two lives. How could he not be a match for a mere nine-year-old little girl?
Huo Yuhao lowered his head and put on a tearful look. "I'm sorry, Sister Orange. I won't disturb your family's life. I'll leave tomorrow."
"Hey, you child!" Lihua hurriedly took the wronged-looking Huo Yuhao into her arms. They had already decided to adopt this beautiful child. Naturally, they would not go back on their word. "This is your future home. You and Orange are both my children."
"Can I?" Huo Yuhao put on a look as if he were about to cry, which made Lihua and the regular customers at the side feel heartbroken.
"Of course, you can," Lihua hurriedly coaxed.
"Yuhao, where are your father and mother?" Little Orange puffed out her cheeks, clearly still a little resistant to this little boy who was about to share her parents' love.
"Father left, he doesn't want me and mother anymore. Mother was a maid and was beaten to death by bad people, wuwu..." Huo Yuhao had no choice but to use the excuse he had used with the Huang Bin couple again. Because this was his real experience, he had no psychological burden.
"Then you're so pitiful, little brother. Don't cry, don't cry," Little Orange had never experienced darkness. She was ultimately kind-hearted. She raised her hand and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Huo Yuhao's eyes.
Children are very easily empathetic. For Little Orange to go from initial resistance to accepting and sympathizing with Huo Yuhao only took the time of one performance.
It was a pity that this fantasy world didn't have an Oscar for Best Actor. Otherwise, Huo Yuhao would surely have won the championship.
After dinner, because the Huang Bin couple needed to look after the shop and take care of business, Little Orange volunteered to take this cheap little brother to the seaside to play.
Huo Yuhao held her small hand. Orange's palm skin was soft, tender, and smooth, very comfortable to hold.
"Yuhao will also undergo a martial soul awakening in another year. Your eyes are so beautiful. In the future, your martial soul will definitely be your eyes!" Little Orange playfully stared at his eyes, pulling him as she skipped along. The youth and vitality of a young girl were on full display.
How are you so smart? Huo Yuhao couldn't help but touch his nose and marvel upon hearing this.
"Is Sister Orange also a soul master?" Huo Yuhao asked knowingly.
"Of course! My martial soul is just like my name, it's also an Orange!" Little Orange flipped her right hand, and accompanied by a slight surge of soul power, a fist-sized orange appeared in her palm.
"Little Yuhao, have a taste. Just treat it as a post-dinner fruit."
"Thank you, sister," Huo Yuhao obediently took the orange and weighed it in his palm. The things produced by most food-system soul masters could be eaten directly. This orange was naturally no exception.
The two children strolled on the beach, talking and laughing, with an indescribable sense of harmony.
Night fell, and the bright, clear moonlight poured down on the seaside. The entire beach glowed with a lustrous white light, attracting many townspeople who had finished their tea and meals to come for a walk.
Little Orange took Little Huo Yuhao to find a reef to sit on, letting the evening breeze gently caress their small faces.
"I say, Yuhao, what kind of adult do you want to be when you grow up?"
The night wind blew up the young girl's hair. Her tender, pretty face was even more crystal clear under the moonlight, like an elf who did not know the ways of the world. Her every frown and smile tugged at the young boy's heart.
Huo Yuhao looked at her face, slightly dazed. After a long while, as if he had made some decision, he turned his head to look at the brilliant starry sky.
"I want to become... an ally of justice."
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Author's Note: The next few chapters will all be about the protagonist's story with Little Orange. It can be considered spending a huge amount of text to describe this character. When the author was reading the original novel back then, he liked her very much. Now, writing about her can be considered a personal rescue of her at the hands of the protagonist.
TLNote: Little Orange is Ju Zi if you still don't know