Thump...
Wan Yunting sat bare-chested on the headboard, while Ruan Xingwen, pulling the quilt, snuggled against his firm chest like a young girl. Wan Yunting exhaled smoke, filling the air and masking a peculiar scent...
Ruan Xingwen didn't mind him smoking. She tilted her head slightly, her phoenix eyes gazing at his defined jawline and the short, stubbly beard that hadn't been shaved for two days. Satisfied, her pretty face was charming and alluring. "Mo Yi said she wants you to be her stepfather!"
Wan Yunting's expression stiffened. He looked down at the gentle and alluring Ruan Xingwen in his arms and chuckled, "Sister Xingwen, you mustn't scare me..."
"Pfft."
Seeing his nervous reaction made Ruan Xingwen laugh. She touched the man's strong chest with her jade hand. "I'm just joking with you, Sister. I know you have a girlfriend now, so don't worry, I won't disturb your life."
Although she said this, Ruan Xingwen still felt a little disappointed. But she also understood that it was impossible for her to claim Wan Yunting for herself. As long as he could think of her once in a while and come to comfort her, it would be enough.
Wan Yunting nodded while smoking, his large hand embracing Ruan Xingwen, saying nothing more.
They were all adults, and some things didn't need to be said too clearly. They all understood...
After finishing a cigarette and seeing it was already ten o'clock in the evening, Wan Yunting finally let go of Ruan Xingwen. "It's getting late, I need to go back."
"Okay, I'll see you out..."
The two got out of bed. After tidying up, Ruan Xingwen saw him downstairs. Just then, the nanny, Auntie, returned with her daughter Song Mo Yi. Wan Yunting smiled and patted her little head, said goodbye, and rode his bike home.
"Mom, did Teacher Wan agree to be my stepfather?"
Song Mo Yi and Ruan Xingwen stood at the doorstep, watching Wan Yunting ride his motorcycle away. The little girl tilted her head and asked curiously.
Ruan Xingwen looked down at her daughter and smiled gently, "Teacher Wan has a girlfriend."
"Oh, okay."
Song Mo Yi pouted, showing a little disappointed expression.
Ruan Xingwen sighed softly, still feeling a bit disappointed...
Wan Yunting rode his motorcycle directly back to his home on Mount Shengtang. He found Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang sitting on the sofa in the living room downstairs, their heads drooping as they listlessly watched television. The moment they saw Wan Yunting enter, Li Zihang jumped up excitedly, "Junior Brother Wan, you're finally back! Did you bring any food...?"
Looking at Li Zihang, whose eyes were shining green like a starving ghost, and even Xu Lingwei's eyes were fixed on him, Wan Yunting looked stunned and said, "Don't tell me you haven't eaten yet."
"Ah, we haven't eaten."
Li Zihang cried out in distress when he saw that Wan Yunting hadn't brought dinner back. "There isn't even a biscuit in your house, let alone vegetables in the kitchen. There's nothing to eat outside, we're starving to death."
...Wan Yunting was speechless. "Can't you order takeout?"
"No."
Li Zihang plopped down on the sofa, shaking his head with his senior sister Xu Lingwei, and patting his rumbling stomach.
"Sigh..."
Wan Yunting helplessly patted his head. Thinking that his senior sister and brother had come down from Wuliang Dao Guan, they probably couldn't adapt to the current societal lifestyle. He sighed and said, "Bear with me for half an hour. I'll order takeout for you now. What do you want to eat..."
"Is there roast goose? I want roast goose..."
Forty minutes later, the delivery guy walked in with two large bags of takeout. Li Zihang and Xu Lingwei took them and eagerly opened them to devour.
Wan Yunting sat to the side, finding it amusing to watch his senior sister and brother wolfing down their food.
But he also blamed himself. If he had hired a nanny at home, his senior sister and brother wouldn't be in such a predicament.
At this moment, Fang Yanxi called to ask about him. Wan Yunting chatted with her for half an hour, while Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang, the senior sister and brother, had finished eating and were comfortably leaning on the sofa, burping contentedly.
"When did you go to Wuliang Dao Guan?" Wan Yunting, feeling bored, curiously asked the two seniors and juniors.
"My master adopted me since I was a child, and I grew up in Wuliang Dao Guan," Li Zihang said.
Seeing this, Wan Yunting thought he was truly going to become his junior brother. But seeing Xu Lingwei's indifferent expression, as if she didn't want to talk, he realized something.
Li Zihang knew his senior sister's experiences well. He leaned over and said to Wan Yunting, "Junior Brother Wan, this is Senior Sister's unresolved issue. Don't ask too much, be careful she gets angry."
"Unresolved issue?"
Wan Yunting's expression stiffened. He looked at Xu Lingwei, naturally unaware of her unfortunate experiences.
"Junior Brother, what's your martial arts realm now?" Li Zihang quickly changed the subject and asked.
"Late stage of Huajin!" Wan Yunting said with a smile.
"What, late stage of Huajin?"
Li Zihang immediately jumped up, his eyes wide with disbelief as he looked at Wan Yunting, asking excitedly, "Then when did you start learning kung fu from Uncle-Master Gongsun?"
"About seven years ago."
Wan Yunting said leisurely, holding the remote control and changing channels.
But when Li Zihang and Xu Lingwei heard that he only started learning kung fu seven years ago and was already at the late stage of Huajin, Li Zihang's jaw almost dropped.
Xu Lingwei raised an eyebrow, her eyes fixed on Wan Yunting, seemingly disbelieving, but she knew his strength was at the late stage of Huajin.
"You're kidding me. It only took seven years to reach the late stage of internal energy Huajin? Why don't you say you're a peerless genius?" Li Zihang rolled his eyes at him, looking unconvinced.
Wan Yunting turned his head and glanced sideways at his senior sister and brother, smiling, "My master said I'm a once-in-a-millennium martial arts prodigy, so I learn things very quickly."
"Hmph."
Li Zihang was unconvinced and pointed at his senior sister beside him. "My master also said my senior sister is a once-in-eight-hundred-years peerless genius, but she's only at the early stage of Huajin now. You definitely practiced for more than seven years, it must have been over ten years."
Wan Yunting laughed and said, "I'm a thousand years, she's a hundred years. A difference of two hundred years, I'm bound to be a bit better than her."
Xu Lingwei asked indifferently, "How did your master die?"
Wan Yunting smiled and said, "He returned to nature, ascended to heaven."
Xu Lingwei nodded and said, "Can you take us to our master's grave tomorrow so we can pay our respects and account for it to our master?"
"Alright, I'll take you tomorrow afternoon."
After speaking, Wan Yunting got up and smiled, "It's getting late, you should get some rest too..."
The next morning, Wan Yunting got up early. He intended to go to the lawn in the backyard to practice his punches when he saw that Xu Lingwei had already woken up at some point. She was sitting cross-legged on the lawn, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Hearing the movement, she opened her eyes slightly and finished her practice, exhaling a turbid breath. Wan Yunting walked closer and smiled, "If you're going to meditate, it's best to do it at the mountaintop."
Xu Lingwei got up and nodded. "I'll go up there tomorrow morning."
Wan Yunting nodded with a smile and said no more. He assumed his stance, preparing to practice the Five Elements Palm...
Beside him, Xu Lingwei also prepared to practice her swordplay. But upon seeing him practicing the Five Elements Palm, she immediately raised an eyebrow in surprise and said, "Five Elements Palm?"
Wan Yunting paused, turned his head to look at her, and continued practicing, smiling, "Haven't you learned it?"
Xu Lingwei shook her head and said, "The Five Elements Palm is an advanced martial art of our Wuliang Dao Guan. Only senior disciples like my martial brothers are qualified to learn it. I don't know it yet. How did you learn it? Did Uncle-Master Gongsun teach you?"
"No."
Wan Yunting's hands didn't stop. He smiled and said, "I learned it from Senior Yue Xin."
"Yue Xin?"
Xu Lingwei frowned. If she hadn't heard her master mention him, the younger generation disciples wouldn't know Senior Yue Xin...