“Shenhe... Sister, what are you holding? It smells so good! Yuanbao wants a bite, just one bite!”
Yuanbao stared intently, tears of shame welling up at the half-roasted rabbit leg in Shenhe’s hand.
“Feng Yi roasted the rabbit. If you like it, I’ll give it to you!”
Shenhe smiled gently. This porcelain doll-like child was too cute. She handed the half rabbit leg to Yuanbao.
Feng Yi hugged Yuanbao and, with Shenhe, they returned the way they came. By the time they left the volcanic passage, Yuanbao had finished the entire half rabbit leg.
Yuanbao’s little mouth was glistening with oil, a look of utter satisfaction on her face.
“Daddy, Yuanbao wants to eat this again!”
Yuanbao swung the rabbit bone in her hand and said to Feng Yi.
“You want to eat it? Daddy will roast one for you. See that rabbit ahead? Let’s see if you can catch it!”
Feng Yi pointed to a hopping rabbit in front of them and said to Yuanbao with a smile.
Yuanbao was not like ordinary children. Even though she looked like she was only four or five years old, her running speed was incredibly fast, much to Feng Yi’s surprise.
Feng Yi put Yuanbao down, letting her take action to get her own food.
“Bunnies are so cute, Yuanbao doesn’t have the heart to eat them!”
Yuanbao looked at the adorable little rabbit and said in a low voice.
But when she looked down and saw the rabbit bone in her hand, her thoughts changed.
“Bunnies are so cute, I’ll just take a bite!”
Yuanbao seemed to have made up her mind, deciding to just take one bite!
“Bunny, don’t run, let Yuanbao take a bite, okay?”
Yuanbao wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, locked onto a target, and chased after it.
“Shenhe, this child’s situation is like this, this and that, and so on…”
While Yuanbao was chasing rabbits, Feng Yi briefly explained Yuanbao’s background to Shenhe.
“Phoenix? A stillborn giant egg? Alchemy? It sounds so complicated, but this child seems to like you a lot, treating you as her daddy!”
Shenhe grasped a few key pieces of information from Feng Yi’s explanation.
Yuanbao’s mother was a Phoenix, a legendary immortal bird, and a good friend of the Liyue Adepti.
Speaking of which, because the Phoenix was good friends with her master, Cloud Retainer, this child seemed to have some sort of close relationship with her!
Furthermore, Feng Yi had used his life and alchemy to save this little life that was destined to perish, and had taken on the role of a father.
This responsible behavior earned Shenhe’s admiration; he was a kind-hearted and good man!
“Due to a coincidental connection through alchemy, this child Yuanbao and I have developed a certain resonance. Fate has brought us together, so I will accept it!”
Feng Yi and Shenhe walked side by side on the grassland, smiling knowingly at Yuanbao, who was engaging in a battle of wits with a rabbit in the distance.
The scene at this moment was like a family of three, enjoying their domestic bliss on this quiet and peaceful grassland.
This was Shenhe’s first time experiencing such a feeling, this warmth of family, which felt a bit luxurious to her.
Yet, she also felt as if it were a dream, like a bubble that could pop at any moment.
Shenhe was a descendant of a branch family of exorcists. For certain reasons, she was adopted by Cloud Retainer.
She had never experienced the warmth that only family could provide since childhood.
Shenhe suddenly wondered if, one day, if she were to marry and have children, would this scene reappear?
“Daddy, this fattest bunny is bullying Yuanbao, Yuanbao is going to kill it!”
Yuanbao, carrying a rabbit almost as large as herself, came before Feng Yi.
With the cutest tone, she uttered the fiercest words.
Yuanbao’s little face was dirty, stained with mud and grass, clearly having suffered some setbacks during the chase.
“Let Daddy avenge Yuanbao!”
Feng Yi smiled and took the rabbit from Yuanbao’s hand. He hefted it, and it was indeed not light.
Who would have thought that a little girl who appeared to be around four or five years old could single-handedly carry prey that weighed nearly as much as she did?
“Yuanbao, tell Daddy, why are you fixated on this rabbit?”
As Feng Yi prepared to roast it, he thought this was a good opportunity to teach Yuanbao about life, and so he began to guide her.
“Because it’s the fattest! It looks the most delicious!”
Yuanbao looked at the plump rabbit rotating in the flames and answered immediately.
“Then listen carefully, Yuanbao. Unless you have the absolute power to protect yourself, never try to show off or draw attention to yourself, or your fate will be like this rabbit’s, and you’ll be targeted by those who have ulterior motives!”
This was the principle of “The tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.”
Showing off felt great, but once you were targeted, you died quickly.
This was Feng Yi’s sincere advice. He was currently trying to conceal his abilities, or consider the River God domain as his trump card for survival.
The main reason was his fear of being targeted. Not to mention whether the Heavenly principles would intervene and destroy him, the value of the River God domain alone was enough to attract many unscrupulous individuals.
If he were to frequently use the River God domain, and be targeted by those people, ambushed, captured, and turned into a tool for producing gold and silver, what a tragic fate that would be!
This was Feng Yi’s first lesson to Yuanbao!
“Yuanbao understands!”
Yuanbao listened attentively, which greatly pleased Feng Yi.
Shenhe: Learned! Learned!
Master’s decision was so wise; Feng Yi indeed had many things worth learning from!
This way of combining education and entertainment was very interesting!
“Sister Shenhe, look how amazing Daddy is. If you were Yuanbao’s mother, you definitely wouldn’t lose out!”
Yuanbao seized the opportunity to actively promote her daddy, seeking a mother for herself.
“Cough cough!”
Yuanbao’s shocking statement directly choked Feng Yi, who was standing beside her.
How afraid was she that he wouldn’t find a partner!
“Yuanbao is still young. We’ll talk about these things when you’re older!”
Shenhe said with a wry smile. She really didn’t know how to answer. Although she didn’t dislike Feng Yi, and even had some good feelings for him, but…
But it was too early to discuss this matter now. Shenhe felt it was better to proceed step by step.
“Then Sister Shenhe can’t go back on her word! When Yuanbao grows up, you’ll be Yuanbao’s mother!”
Yuanbao extended her pinky finger to Shenhe for a pinky promise, successfully finding a wife for her daddy.
Shenhe treated it as a child’s playful remark and didn’t pay much attention. Instead, she took off her Silk Sea Cloud Brocade garment and gave it to Yuanbao as a gift.
After Shenhe took off her top, it was as if a seal had been lifted, perfectly revealing her figure.
Shenhe was now only wearing a thin layer of black silk. With the black slime on her chest no longer covered by the white brocade, they seemed on the verge of bursting out.
This was not the most shocking part. Feng Yi then discovered that Shenhe was not wearing panties, and the black silk deeply outlined the kiss mark on her thighs.
Through the obscuring layer of black silk, it was faintly visible, making Feng Yi exclaim that he couldn’t take it anymore.
Why hadn’t he noticed this before?!
“Daddy, why is your nose bleeding?”
Yuanbao asked with concern.
“Feng Yi, what’s wrong?”
Shenhe got up and moved closer to Feng Yi, using a handkerchief to wipe the blood from his nose.
“It’s nothing, I’ve been eating too much spicy food lately, got a bit too much internal heat!”