Fantasy Farm

Chapter 102 - Returning Home

Edited by Zaki

It was already very late when Wu Xiaohang returned home, he spent some money and bought a pound of pork at the pot-stew shop downstairs. The business in the store was very good today, so the boss made him work a while longer. It’s just that there was no overtime pay for this kind of overtime work, but before leaving, you could get a hot box lunch in the kitchen. The contents of the lunch box was quite rich, including chicken, rice, and some vegetables. If it was just Wu Xiaohang, it would be more than enough for him. But now there was an extra mouth to feed at home, so he had to buy something else to bring back.

He went upstairs and saw that the yellow light was already on in his room. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his cheeks, smiled, took out the key from his pocket, and opened the door.

The room was very quiet, except for the light, there was only the slight sound of the electric fan shaking. The boy was half-lying on the table, as if he had fallen asleep, his hair was stained with warm light, making him look extra soft. As soon as Wu Xiaohang entered the room, he straightened up and rubbed his eyes in confusion: “You’re back.”

“Yeah.” Wu Xiaohang said, “I brought you delicious food, wait a moment, I’ll make some porridge.”

“No need.” The teenager’s voice was faintly sleepy as he said, “I’ve already made it.” He seemed a little embarrassed, his voice lowered, “It’s just that it’s the first time I cook, I don’t know if it’s good.”

“It must be delicious. Get up and wash your face.” Wu Xiaohang said, “Come over for dinner.”

The boy happily went to the toilet.

Wu Xiaohang went into the kitchen and set up the dishes.

The boy named Wu Ruhuo had been staying at Wu Xiaohang’s house for almost a month already. At first, Wu Xiaohang wanted to find his parents to send him back. Until one day, the boy left suddenly for three days. When he came back on the third day, his whole body was covered in scars.

Wu Xiaohang’s first thought was that Wu Ruhuo had been beaten, and he immediately wanted to call the police, but Wu Ruhuo rejected Wu Xiaohang’s proposal to call the police, saying sullenly that his parents did it.

“The police don’t care.” Wu Ruhuo said, “It’s a family matter, I don’t want to go back.”

Wu Xiaohang became angry after hearing this, rolled up his sleeves and wanted to ask Wu Ruhuo’s parents for an explanation, but after calming down, he found that he was not qualified to help Wu Ruhuo seek justice at all. To put it bluntly, he had no relationship with Wu Ruhuo, the police would not care, and he was not qualified to control him as an outsider.

“I don’t want to go back.” Wu Ruhuo’s beautiful eyes were full of tears, “I will be beaten to death at home.”

Wu Xiaohang’s heart softened. His parents had died early, and he grew up with his Grandmother since he was a child. He also grew up with his brother who was one year younger than him. The two were dependent on each other since childhood. But later, his younger brother died unexpectedly. Seeing Wu Ruhuo, he remembered his lovely younger brother. If his younger brother was still alive, he would definitely be reluctant to beat him, and if he saw that he was wronged, he would definitely try to help him.

While thinking, Wu Ruhuo was already sitting down in front of Wu Xiaohang, picked up the chopsticks, bit the head of the chopsticks with his teeth, and stared at the meat in front of him with bated eyes.

“Eat.” Wu Xiaohang smiled and put the bowl in front of Wu Ruhuo.

Although it was Wu Ruhuo’s first time making porridge, the technique was not bad, the porridge was neither thick nor thin, just right. The pork head meat was marinated with various seasonings and peppers, and it tasted very good. Wu Xiaohang especially liked the fried peanuts in it.

Wu Ruhuo and Wu Xiaohang had similar tastes, and they were full of interest in peanuts.

Wu Xiaohang asked, “Do you like it?”

Wu Ruhuo nodded and said, “I’ve never eaten such delicious food before.”

“Then what did you eat before?” Wu Xiaohang asked.

“Raw meat.” Wu Ruhuo replied casually.

“Raw meat, your family gave you raw meat?” Wu Xiaohang’s expression was full of incredulity.

Wu Ruhuo was stunned for a moment, then replied vaguely.

However, Wu Xiaohang became angry because of this. In his opinion, this was another proof that Wu Ruhuo was being abused by his family. No wonder the child was so thin when he first saw him, wearing inappropriate clothes, and almost being robbed.

After they finished eating the pork head meat, they watched TV under the fan. After a tiring day, Wu Xiaohang took a shower after eating, and soon fell asleep. His eyes slowly closed, his breathing evened out, and just fell asleep. The teenager sitting beside him, who had been very quiet, turned his head and gazed at Wu Xiaohang with a meaningful look, his black eyes gradually suffused with a palpitating blood red, but it was only fleeting, and soon receded from his eyes.

The human world was really interesting, especially the people here, they seemed so fragile, but they still thought about how to protect others.

Wu Ruhuo smiled, he pressed the remote control in his hand, the TV screen in front of him went dark, and the whole room was plunged into darkness.

Ever since the Spring God was killed, Bai Yuehu got quite busy.

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He would leave early and return late every day, and would go out in the morning after returning from the field and eating breakfast. Lu Qingjiu was worried about his meals, and would give him enough pocket money every day, but Bai Yuehu still expressed that he preferred the dishes made by Lu Qingjiu himself. So Lu Qingjiu thought of a way, and prepared a thermal food casserole for him. After adding hot soup to the bottom of the casserole, it could keep the temperature of the food inside.

In this way, even though Bai Yuehu was out every day, he could still eat hot home made meals.

However, although Bai Yuehu became busy, the frequency of Zhulong’s crimes began to decrease rapidly, from two or three times a week to half a month without any movement. This might be a good thing for the police, but for Bai Yuehu and the others, this was bad news, because it would be more difficult to catch the Zhulong.

Fortunately, Bai Yuehu’s intensive search has yielded results again. They found the trace of the Zhulong and fought with it.

If one must know, Zhulong was not Bai Yuehu’s opponent, but considering the surrounding residential areas, Bai Yuehu still let Zhulong run away. He could choose to change back to his original form and swallow Zhulong, but doing so, there may be humans next to him who might get swallowed along with the Zhulong. In desperation, Bai Yuehu had no choice but to give up. Fortunately, he still seriously injured Zhulong, but the seriously injured Zhulong disappeared without a trace, and did not commit any crimes for more than ten consecutive days.

At this time, it was the middle of August, and the death anniversary of Lu Qingjiu’s parents  was approaching. According to the usual practice, he wanted to go home to pay respects to his parents’ graves, and also meet the Old Tree that he hadn’t seen for a long time.

Bai Yuehu insisted on going back with Lu Qingjiu, although Lu Qingjiu said that he could do it alone, but his attitude was very firm, and finally Lu Qingjiu agreed.

There were three days in the planned itinerary, and Lu Qingjiu prepared food for Yin Xun in advance that could be eaten after heating. He fried a large pot of meatballs and put them in the refrigerator. He also stewed meat and chicken, so Yin Xun could eat properly.

Sitting in the minivan that changed its appearance, Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu started on the road.

This was the first time that Bai Yuehu had traveled to other provinces by means of transportation. When Lu Qingjiu inquired, Bai Yuehu mentioned that he rarely left Shuifu Village. Even if he did, he would go back at night. This time, going back to the city with Lu Qingjiu could be considered as his first long trip out. Lu Qingjiu saw a trace of anticipation on the other party’s face.

After driving for more than ten hours, Lu Qingjiu returned to the city where he used to work.

Knowing that he was coming back, Zhu Miaomiao warmly invited him to live in her house, but because Bai Yuehu was there, Lu Qingjiu still chose to live in a hotel. He opened the room, put his luggage, and took Bai Yuehu out.

Different from the downtown area, this place was closer to the coast, and the economy was more developed, with tall buildings and busy traffic.

The weather was really hot at the moment, Lu Qingjiu bought a big vanilla-flavored cone for Bai Yuehu at the roadside and watched him happily eating it.

“What do you want to eat tonight?” Lu Qingjiu said, “The seafood here is quite famous, why don’t we eat seafood pot.”

Bai Yuehu ate the cone and said it was fine.

It must be said that the tall and handsome young man with a cold expression was still very attractive to eat cones on the street. The atmosphere here was open, and Lu Qingjiu had already noticed that many people around him had pulled out their mobile phones to take a photo. He was inexplicably unhappy about this. He dragged Bai Yuehu away from the street, and sat down at a random milk tea shop.

Bai Yuehu didn’t know what Lu Qingjiu was thinking, but he followed Lu Qingjiu obediently.

After ordering two cups of milk tea, Lu Qingjiu propped his chin and joked with Bai Yuehu, “I am quite jealous when I see others looking at you.”

Bai Yuehu bit off most of the cone in one bite, and white cream smeared at the corner of his lips. After hearing that, his black eyes stared at Lu Qingjiu, and after a while, he said softly: “Then hide me from others. ”

Lu Qingjiu laughed, and leaned over to lick the cream off the corner of Bai Yuehu’s lips. Because of his action, a gasp could be heard all around, Lu Qingjiu did not care, waiting until the milk tea came up, before leaving leisurely with Bai Yuehu.

After declaring his ownership of Bai Yuehu, Lu Qingjiu’s mood improved a lot, and even the covetous eyes of those around Bai Yuehu were not so glaring anymore. This was probably the bad aspect of big cities. No one was very restrained. When seeing someone you like, the first reaction was to ask for WeChat. After all, the place was so big, if you don’t get the contact information, maybe this would be the last time they would see each other.

Dinner was seafood pot, and Lu Qingjiu ordered the biggest one. Because of Bai Yuehu’s outstanding looks and huge appetite, he was constantly asked for WeChat during the meal. In the end, in desperation, Lu Qingjiu could only ask the restaurant to transfer them to a more private room.

In the private room, it was finally calm, and Bai Yuehu could enjoy his food.

Lu Qingjiu sat next to the glass, watching the people coming and going outside the restaurant. After night fell, the neon lights in the city became a river of lights, illuminating the skyline, and the vehicles on the road flowed continuously. In summer, for many people, the night was not the end of the day but the beginning.

This seafood pot was very light, and the dipping condiment was just soy sauce. One could taste the original taste of seafood, and because it was quite fresh, it tasted good. It’s just that Lu Qingjiu ate a lot of snacks with Bai Yuehu in the afternoon and was not hungry at all for a while, so he put down his chopsticks after tasting a little.

Bai Yuehu didn’t have this trouble. He focused all his attention on the food in front of him, prawns that were almost as big as the palm of his hand, octopus that was still twisting and curling up when it was put into the pot, mussels and clams that opened their shells as soon as they were boiled, as well as abalone that had plump and elastic meat, in a word, every kind of seafood in there was very tasty, and Bai Yuehu enjoyed eating them.

Lu Qingjiu said: “After eating later, let’s go to the night market.”

“Okay.” Bai Yuehu agreed.

Lu Qingjiu smiled and said: “There are quite a lot of specialties here, but it’s a pity that Yin Xun can’t leave Shuifu for too long, otherwise it would be nice for our family to take a trip.”

Bai Yuehu was noncommittal about this, obviously he was still very good at protecting his food, and was full of hostility towards anyone who might share food with him, except Lu Qingjiu.

At the end of the seafood pot, Bai Yuehu didn’t even let go of the soup in it. In the end, the whole pot was as clean as if it had been washed. The waiters who came in to clean up were all stunned. They didn’t want to understand how they did it.

Lu Qingjiu ignored the waiter’s surprised expression, walked straight to the front desk to pay the bill, and then the two left the restaurant and headed towards the night market.

After the sun went down, the temperature also began to drop gradually, but the ground was still steaming with heat. After arriving at the night market, Lu Qingjiu took out his wallet and let Bai Yuehu eat whatever he liked. The oysters here were a specialty, and they cost 10 yuan a pair at the roadside stalls. They were all very fresh which came in garlicky, steamed, and raw, itching having a different taste.

Lu Qingjiu ordered 100 yuan worth of oysters for Bai Yuehu directly, and was served more than 30 pieces, they then went to the side to buy two coconuts, plugged in a straw and drank it.

Bai Yuehu ate the oysters contentedly, while Lu Qingjiu looked at him beside him: “Do you want to see the sea?”

Bai Yuehu said: “Sea?”

“En, the sea in the human world.” Lu Qingjiu said, “it’s a little different from the sea in the Other World.”

Bai Yuehu said: “Okay.”

The night market was not far from the beach, and it took only ten minutes to walk there. The beach was quite lively at the moment. The weather was hot these days, and there was no rain. The beach was full of citizens who came here to swim or just enjoy the cool breeze. However, Bai Yuehu and Lu Qingjiu came a little later, most of the people had already gone home, and only a small number were still on the beach.

The sea at night was ferocious, the setting sun in the distance was about to fall into the horizon, and the sea water slammed on the beach under the gravitational force of the moon. The sea, which was originally beautiful blue under the sun, was now reflecting a black tint, like a lurking beast, ready to tear apart its prey at any time.

“It’s much darker than the sea at your place.” Lu Qingjiu said slowly, “It will be more beautiful in the daytime.”

Bai Yuehu turned his head and glanced at Lu Qingjiu: “Do you like this place?”

Lu Qingjiu said: “I like it.”

After leaving Shuifu Village, he grew up here, so he naturally liked it. It could be said that this was his second hometown. If it wasn’t for his parents’ accident, he would not choose to return to Shuifu Village to find the truth.

Bai Yuehu fell silent, only the crashing of the waves could be heard by the two of them.

“Let’s go back.” Lu Qingjiu said, “It’s a bit late.”

Bai Yuehu nodded.

The two started walking back.

Along the way, Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu talked about some things from his childhood, some happened in Shuifu Village, and some happened here. He said that when he left Shuifu Village, he was still very unhappy because he couldn’t bear to part with his Grandma.

“I know.” Bai Yuehu said, “I know you cried when you left.” He said slowly, “Yin Xun even chased after the train in which you left for a long time, wanting to give you game coins.”

Lu Qingjiu: “You know all about it?”

Bai Yuehu nodded.

Lu Qingjiu thought for a while: “So in fact, you have been by my side since I was born.”

Bai Yuehu hummed softly.

Lu Qingjiu: “Then why haven’t I seen you?”

Bai Yuehu said: “Because your Grandma didn’t want you to repeat her mistakes.” He sighed softly, “She didn’t want you to be a Guardian.”

Lu Qingjiu was dumbfounded.

Indeed, back then when his parents passed away suddenly, Lu Qingjiu wanted to go back to Shuifu Village to be with his Grandma, but was driven away by her. His Grandma told him to finish his studies well and wait after he finished before thinking about other things. He also thought about bringing Grandma near the school, but she didn’t agree, she said that Shuifu was her root, and she couldn’t leave it for too long. Ever since he was a child, Lu Qingjiu had never seen Bai Yuehu, nor had he heard his name. Thinking about it now, maybe his Grandmother didn’t intend to let him have contact with Bai Yuehu in the first place, because the only ones who came into contact with the Dragon Clan were the Guardians.

“So are you happy in Shuifu Village?” Bai Yuehu asked.

“Naturally happy.” Lu Qingjiu laughed, “I’m not a person who likes to force myself.”

Bai Yuehu lowered his eyes.

When the two arrived at the hotel, Lu Qingjiu went to take a shower to wash off the sweat and dust from his body. After he finished washing, he saw Bai Yuehu sitting by the window, looking distracted. The hotel they booked was in a good location, and the night view of the entire city could be seen from the window. Whether it was the beautiful neon lights, or the buildings exuding various lights and the traffic passing through the water, they were all beautiful scenery of the city.

“It’s so beautiful.” Bai Yuehu’s fingers touched the smooth glass, and he didn’t look back.

“How beautiful is it?” Lu Qingjiu walked to Bai Yuehu’s side.

Bai Yuehu said: “I rarely come to the city.” Even when I came, I didn’t live in a hotel.

Lu Qingjiu couldn’t hear the disappointment in Bai Yuehu’s tone. He stretched out his hand, cupped Bai Yuehu’s face, and looked at his beautiful eyes and said seriously: “Not as beautiful as your eyes.” He lowered his head and kissed Bai Yuehu’s eyelashes, “You know, I like lying in the yard with you the most at night.”

Bai Yuehu murmured softly, with a hint of doubt.

“Because at that time, your eyes are always full of stars.” Lu Qingjiu said, “As if you are the whole galaxy.” He embraced Bai Yuehu, “I won’t leave you, I won’t go anywhere, this isn’t my favorite place, I only like you, and I only like Shuifu Village with you.”

Bai Yuehu’s eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he said: “Really?”

Lu Qingjiu smiled and said, “Of course it’s true.”

Bai Yuehu said: “Shuifu Village is very boring.”

Lu Qingjiu said: “The places where you stay for a long time are boring, but if you have someone you like, you won’t feel bored anymore.”

Bai Yuehu stopped talking, and the two became entangled together.

That night, they went to bed very late, causing Lu Qingjiu to almost not get out of bed the next day.

Today the plan was to visit his parent’s grave early. Lu Qingjiu lay on the bed with back pain and said that he was going to die. Bai Yuehu’s hands touched the contours of Lu Qingjiu’s ears, his voice was gentle, deep and sexy, he said Lu Qingjiu, I won’t allow you to die, I have a way to definitely bring you back to life.

Lu Qingjiu keenly sensed something, and scrambled out of bed regardless of the pain in his body. If he was tossed about again, he probably wouldn’t even think about going anywhere today.

Bai Yuehu laughed at Lu Qingjiu’s frightened appearance, and Lu Qingjiu said angrily: “Still have the nerve to laugh, if I can’t walk today, I’ll stick to you and let you carry me.”

Bai Yuehu was very indifferent: “I’m willing to carry you even if you can walk.”

Lu Qingjiu: “….” Forget it, don’t bother with this shameless fox spirit.

He limped to take a shower and had a hotel buffet breakfast with Bai Yuehu before slowly getting on the minivan. Fortunately, the minivan didn’t need to be driven and wouldn’t have an accident, otherwise Lu Qingjiu really didn’t dare to drive today.

The cemetery was in the suburbs, and it took at least an hour to get there. Lu Qingjiu almost fell asleep in the driver’s seat. Bai Yuehu was very considerate and kept quiet all the way, and only woke up Lu Qingjiu softly when they were approaching the cemetery.

Lu Qingjiu yawned, rubbed his eyes and woke up. Seeing that the minivan had already parked in the parking space, he ordered Bai Yuehu to buy paper money, incense candles and a beautiful bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.

They walked on the bluestone slab pathway that had tall pines and cypresses on both sides. The solemn atmosphere here made the smiles on the faces of Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu disappear, replaced by serious expressions.

He quickly found the tombstone. He hadn’t been here for a year, and some moss and weeds had accumulated on the tombstone. Lu Qingjiu took out the prepared wet towel and cleaned the tombstone little by little.

Bai Yuehu squatted beside him, and helped Lu Qingjiu light the incense candles.

After wiping the tombstone, Lu Qingjiu talked to his parents for a while while burning the money paper, saying that he came back to see them and that he had a good time, so they should not worry about him. When he mentioned Bai Yuehu, he said very frankly that Bai Yuehu was his boyfriend and he liked him very much.

Bai Yuehu continued to burn paper money beside him quietly like a good little daughter-in-law.

“He’s so cute.” Lu Qingjiu said, “I like him very much, Dad, Mom, if there’s anything you’re not used to down there, remember to entrust it to me.” When he said this, he remembered that the Zhulong seemed to be in charge of the Netherworld, so did that mean that there were hells and ghosts in the world?

So he looked at Bai Yuehu, who was in tune with his mind, and immediately understood the question he wanted to ask, shaking his head and stating that the Netherworld was a very broad concept. There was yang and then there was yin, and that it was more like a world that was the opposite of yang. And not all creatures had souls, it also depended on luck, if you were lucky, you would be reincarnated, if you were not lucky, you would be a livestock in your next life.

After hearing this, Lu Qingjiu was in a mixed mood, he didn’t really want to accept that his parents might become pigs and be killed for meat in their next life.

Fortunately, Bai Yuehu probably sensed Lu Qingjiu’s mood at this time, and explained that Lu Qingjiu’s mother had half of the dragon blood, and people with this blood should be able to travel freely in the Netherworld even if they die without any hindrance. There was no need to worry about being bullied.

Only then did Lu Qingjiu feel relieved.

After burning the paper money, Lu Qingjiu said that at noon today, Zhu Miaomiao invited them to eat. He wanted to go to the park to see the Old Tree near the company. Bai Yuehu also wanted to take a look at the tree spirit that Lu Qingjiu had been mentioning all the time, so the two of them drove towards the company.

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The author has something to say: Lu Qingjiu: Parents, this is my boyfriend Bai Yuehu.

Bai Yuehu is well-behaved: Hello, parents, I am Bai Yuehu.

Lu Qingjiu: He is a dragon

Bai Yuehu: That’s right, I’m just a vixen from the countryside.

Lu Qingjiu: -_-

Ela ~ Thank you Dreamgazer3 for the Kofi <3.