Fantasy Farm

Chapter Ch64.2 - For everyone

translator: baumkuchen

In the end, the four people who had each merged their bodies with a bathroom formed a group chat and began messaging.

Yin Xun asked Lu Qingjiu why he didn’t tell them about there being a problem with the food earlier. Lu Qingjiu said that wasn’t all this his sincere goodwill? Yin Xun, this shameless thing, said, “Yeah, yeah, this was our goodwill, so it’s fine if only you ate it, we could stand by the side and watch.”

Lu Qingjiu, “You might die from the force of my punch.”

Zhu Miaomiao started whining, saying that she was going to get dehydrated from how much diarrhea she was producing, as well as that she’d clearly watched as Yin Xun cooked with her own two eyes, there was nothing wrong with the ingredients, so why did she have diarrhea?

Yin Xun, “Maybe because this was a meal full of love.”

Zhu Miaomiao, “But your love makes other people’s butts hurt so much.”

Yin Xun, “……” You’re a lady, can you not say such easily misleading words?

Bai Yuehu was also in the chatroom, but he was completely unaffected, so he remained silent, until in the end, when everyone was just about done chatting, he sent a fake smile emoji to the group, making Yin Xun shudder.

Cooking in the morning, eating in the afternoon, and chatting in the toilet in the afternoon, this day had actually been packed full of activity. Only when the sun was about to set did everyone gather in the courtyard once more, but they were all strewn about on the ground, looking like their bodies had been hollowed out.

“I don’t think I can go on,” Zhu Miaomiao, “I only have an empty husk left.”

Yin Xun, “Don’t think too much, you still have so much meat on your body.”

Zhu Miaomiao, “……Please shut up.”

Lu Qingjiu laid on the chair next to Bai Yuehu, feeling like he only had his skin left as well. The worst part was that his legs felt as if they’d been electrocuted, he couldn’t feel a single thing even when he slapped them.

“What are we eating tonight?” Zhu Miaomiao asked weakly.

Lu Qingjiu, “You can still eat?”

Zhu Miaomiao, “Aren’t you a little hungry? Buhuan, are you hungry?”

Jiang Buhuan didn’t speak. He was collapsed on the chair next to them, like a dried out corpse. That afternoon, as he was squatting on the toilet, he’d even thought that he was going to die like this, who knew that he’d actually managed to tough it out…… In response to Zhu Miaomiao, he used the last of his strength to spit two words, “Not hungry.”

Zhu Miaomiao let out a disappointed expression. She really was a little hungry. But no one in this house had the energy to cook, so she could only turn and grab some snacks to stave off her hunger. Lu Qingjiu was really impressed by her stomach, right now he felt his stomach convulse in pain if he even just looked at food.

This lunch Yin Xun had made was so powerful.

That night, Zhu Miaomiao gave the birthday present she’d prepared to Lu Qingjiu. It was a very expensive mechanical watch. Thinking it was too valuable, Lu Qingjiu originally wanted to refuse it, but Zhu Miaomiao had a look on her face that read if Lu Qingjiu didn’t accept it, he didn’t see her as a friend, so in the end, he could only accept it, and then reach out his hands and pull Zhu Miaomiao into a hug.

After losing so many relatives, in Lu Qingjiu’s eyes, Zhu Miaomiao was already like family to him. This lady was considerate and enthusiastic, and placed her friends in high importance. Lu Qingjiu was very thankful to have met her. Of course, his good fortune wasn’t limited to meeting Zhu Miaomiao, there was also every person and animal in this house.

The next-door Li Xiaoyu, the Xiao Hei, Xiao Hua and little fox Su Xi in this house, even the qinyuan in the inner courtyard sent Lu Qingjiu birthday presents. These presents were all very interesting, and their sincerity could be easily seen. As Lu Qingjiu accepted them one by one, he smiled and thanked them.

Lu Qingjiu really liked Shuifu village. Even though he knew that this village was a little different from how he’d thought it was, he was still full of love for this place.

That night, Lu Qingjiu’s body finally recovered. After such a day of struggle, he’d originally planned on going to be a little earlier, but was stopped by Bai Yuehu.

“I have something I want to talk to you about.” Bai Yuehu went to Lu Qingjiu’s bedroom and knocked on the door.

“What’s wrong?” Lu Qingjiu asked.

Bai Yuehu said, “I still haven’t given you my birthday present.”

Lu Qingjiu said, “Birthday present……?” He actually hadn’t expected Bai Yuehu to have prepared a birthday present for him. For a moment, he was quite pleasantly surprised. “What is it?”

Bai Yuehu didn’t speak, simply waving Lu Qingjiu over.

Lu Qingjiu followed Bai Yuehu out. The two of them left the house, heading up the mountain.

The spring night was rather cool, but it couldn’t be considered cold. The breeze brushed past his face, making it tickle slightly and making one unable to hold back a smile. The sky was very clear. Even though the moon wasn’t out, the sky was filled with stars. The noisy insects in the grass next to the path added a certain mood to the night.

Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu walked along the path. Bai Yuehu didn’t say where they were going, and Lu Qingjiu didn’t ask. The two were tacitly silent, but the atmosphere wasn’t awkward. As they walked deeper into the woods, compared to how it was in the day, the surrounding scenery looked utterly unfamiliar. Bai Yuehu, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, then turned and reached out a hand to Lu Qingjiu. “Come.”

Lu Qingjiu took his hand.

A black fog rose up from around them, engulfing Bai Yuehu. Following that, Lu Qingjiu felt a tug from Bai Yuehu, leading him to sit on a cold and hard thing. It was just that the thing was surrounded by black fog, making it impossible for him to see what it looked like. However, when Lu Qingjiu reached out to touch the thing below him, he found that it was covered in smooth scales. The scales were extremely hard, feeling a little like stone.

This was probably Bai Yuehu’s original form. As Lu Qingjiu thought this, a smile appeared in his eyes. The giant beast surrounded by black fog slowly rose up into the sky with Lu Qingjiu on his back. The scenery on the ground became smaller and smaller, and the lights became like fireflies. He was in the sky, side by side with stars.

Bai Yuehu began to fly around in the sky. He didn’t have wings, but he flew very steadily. A transparent barrier formed around Lu Qingjiu, helping to block him from the cold wind and low temperature in the sky. Looking down, he found that the landscape had turned strange. The familiar village had disappeared, replacing it, a white sea of clouds.

In the sea of clouds, clusters of light flashed. Only after looking closer did he find that those clusters of light were fish swimming through the sea of clouds, as well as some other animals Lu Qingjiu couldn’t recognise. Bai Yuehu started to descend, flying towards the sea of clouds. Lu Qingjiu was originally a little scared that he’d slide off, but found that he didn’t feel any weightlessness, still steadily seated on Bai Yuehu’s back.

As they got closer and closer to the sea of clouds, the strange creatures around them increased. There were fish with six bodies, there were birds as beautiful as phoenixes, there was even that giant cow they’d seen before.

This was another world, one Lu Qingjiu had never seen. He stroked the giant beast below him, feeling something ferment in his heart, until he finally couldn’t keep himself from bending down and pressing his face against Bai Yuehu’s back.

The scales on his back could neither be considered warm or soft, but in that moment, Lu Qingjiu felt as if they were even more charming that furry fox tails, even making him feel the momentary urge to kiss them

Bai Yuehu seemed to have felt Lu Qingjiu’s movement, his body stiffening slightly, but then, because of Lu Qingjiu’s gentle actions, he slowly relaxed.

There was a light shining out from beneath the sea of clouds. In the beginning, the light was weak, but with Bai Yuehu’s descent, it became more and more dazzling, and the clouds around him began to slowly fade, giving Lu Qingjiu a clear look at the blue sky behind the clouds. Under that sky, was a clear ocean. The sea water was different from anything Lu Qingjiu had seen before, the bright blue of the sky, and all kinds of fish and other creatures could be seen within it. They swam through the sea and the sky, as if the entire world had merged into one.

The sea water was very clear. Even far away, he could see the sand and coral on the sea floor. Bai Yuehu’s body was still surrounded by black fog. The creatures around them seemed to be quite afraid of him. As long as they saw him, they would skirt to the surroundings to avoid him. Bai Yuehu didn’t care at all about the other animals, directly jumping down from the sky, plunging into the blue water.

Lu Qingjiu was taken aback, but soon found that he was surrounded by a transparent bubble. In the bubble, not only could he breathe, he could also see the ocean scenery, which threw Lu Qingjiu into a daze.

“Afraid?” Bai Yuehu’s voice sounded.

Only then did Lu Qingjiu come back to himself, smiling and saying, “I’m not afraid.”

Bai Yuehu’s voice was filled with a rare gentleness, as he explained, seemingly afraid of Lu Qingjiu becoming worried, “It won’t drown you. We’ll be there in a bit.”

Lu Qingjiu said, “It’s fine, this place is beautiful, I really like it.”

Bai Yuehu said, “You like it?”

“I like it,” Lu Qingjiu said, “Did you used to live here before?”

After a moment of silence, Bai Yuehu let out a soft “en”.

“Do your people live here too?” Lu Qingjiu was actually very curious about Bai Yuehu’s past. At the moment, he was utterly shocked by the scenery in Bai Yuehu’s hometown, so he couldn’t help but ask a few more questions.

“Yes,” Bai Yuehu said, slow, “There used to be a lot, but there’s only very few now.”

Lu Qingjiu asked, “Very few?”

Bai Yuehu, “En.” But he didn’t explain why, rather changing the subject and beginning to introduce Lu Qingjiu to the strange creatures around them.

A lot of the creatures here weren’t even recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Some were ferocious, some beautiful. They swam about in the blue water, making it seem like a strange yet beautiful dream. Bai Yuehu was the dream’s envoy, bringing Lu Qingjiu to this place.

After entering the ocean, Bai Yuehu began to go deeper and deeper. He seemed to be swimming towards a deep abyss. As he dove, the creatures around them began to become fewer in number, and the light began to dim.

The deep ocean was a place where the sun couldn’t reach. The surroundings became quiet, with only the soft sound of water flowing past in a current.

Lu Qingjiu was a little tired from sitting, so he lay down on Bai Yuehu, his face pressed to Bai Yuehu’s cold black scales. He asked, curious, “How deep is this place?”

Bai Yuehu replied, seeming a little uncomfortable, his tone becoming awkward, “Very deep.”

Lu Qingjiu asked, “How deep is very deep?”

Bai Yuehu said, “It’s a place that’s connected to the core of the earth.

Lu Qingjiu was a little curious, “My birthday present is there?”

“En,” Bai Yuehu said, “It’s there.” He originally could have chosen to given the object directly to Lu Qingjiu, but after thinking about it, he chose to bring Lu Qingjiu here to personally take it. A strange emotion had guided his heart. He’d inexplicably wanted Lu Qingjiu to see the world that he lived in, to see his most beloved hometown.

“Alright.” Lu Qingjiu smiled. He reached out and stroked his scales. “I’m already looking forward to it.”

Bai Yuehu let out a soft “en”. His long tail slid freely through the water, making a muffled sound of swishing water. The darkening of the light told Lu Qingjiu that they were going even deeper, but in this moment, Lu Qingjiu wasn’t afraid.

The author has something to say:

Bai Yuehu: I want to give you a surprise.

Lu Qingjiu: what?

Bai Yuehu: I’m going to let you touch the most important part of my body.

Lu Qingjiu: Oh, you’re taking off your pants to let me touch your tail? Hey—— Wait??