It hadn’t been long since Luo Xiao returned to S City when the new semester was about to begin. Luo Qian and Xu Yan were also about to start their college lives, but since their university was 4-5 hours away from where they lived, the daily commute was very inconvenient. At Luo Xiao’s persuasion, they finally decided to live on campus.
However, for Luo Xiao’s safety, in the end they went to ask Mr. Huo for help, hoping he could lend a hand there. Mr. Huo naturally had no objections, and for Ye Lan was couldn’t be any more happy.
That night, Ye Lan pulled Luo Xiao who had just finished dinner and opened the door to his bedroom. He pointed to the large 1.8 by 1 meter bed and said excitedly, “Xiao Xiao, look, my bed is big and comfortable. From today on, let’s sleep together~”
“……” Luo Xiao looked at the excited expression on his face and silently turned his head: Yezi, don’t you think your gaze is a bit too dazzling?
“Xiao Xiao, what do you think?” Ye Lan continued to ask without giving up.
“What do you mean!” Suddenly, Mr. Huo’s voice broke in, “This matter, this old man absolutely does not agree! We don’t lack rooms, why do you have to make my disciple and you squeeze into one bed to sleep?”
Ye Lan turned his head with a headache, and sure enough, he saw Mr. Huo standing behind him with a gloomy face and glaring at him angrily. “Grandpa Huo, can you not come out and cause trouble at this time?”
“What? You said I’m causing trouble?” Mr. Huo looked at him angrily, “This is my disciple, as his master, it’s only natural for me to take care of my disciple’s affairs!”
“But he’s the person I like!” Ye Lan suddenly confessed.
Luo Xiao turned his head in surprise and looked at Ye Lan. He didn’t expect to be confessed to at this time, the thin paper between the two of them would be torn apart at this time.
“You! You!” Mr. Huo also didn’t expect Ye Lan to say such words at this time. Originally, the two juniors hadn’t revealed it yet, and he could still endure it a little and watch the good show. But now that it’s all exposed, he’s so angry in his heart: By what right? This is his precious disciple, he won’t easily let anyone take him away, especially this little bastard!
“Xiao Xiao, you say, do you want your master or him!” Mr. Huo turned his head and stared intently at his precious disciple, “It’s okay, you can boldly and confidently say it out, master will stand up for you!”
Hearing this, Ye Lan also looked straight at Luo Xiao, “It’s okay, Xiao Xiao, you just say it, and you can make some people give up!”
Facing the burning eyes of the two people, Luo Xiao couldn’t help but twitch his mouth: When did these two become so childish?
“I’m going to sleep, good night, no need to see me off.” Luo Xiao directly slipped into the room, and before the two of them could react, he quickly closed and locked the door.
“…” Mr. Huo and Ye Lan were stunned for a while. Looking at the closed door in front of them, well, it seems that’s all for today.
“Mmm, sleep, sleep~” Mr. Huo turned around, humming a nameless little tune as he walked towards his own room, with a hint of gloat on his face: Hmph, let’s see if you can snatch my disciple!
Hearing the sound of a deliberately closed door, Ye Lan silently furrowed his brows and then spoke towards the door, “Xiao Xiao, this is my room after all. Could you open the door, let’s sleep together?”
“No, from today on, this is my room. Please turn right and walk forward, thank you!” Luo Xiao’s voice with a hint of amusement came from behind the door.
Ye Lan shook his head dotingly, “Okay, good night.” Then he turned and headed to the guest room.
Luo Xiao listened to the receding footstep and then lay down on the bed casually. Sigh! Sure enough, the big bed is so comfortable to sleep on. Of course, there’s also a certain person’s scent! Luo Xiao’s face flushed with a smile as he entered the dreamland.
As for Ye Lan, as he lay on the bed in the guest room, his heart was filled with a little sweetness. Just now, his Xiao Xiao didn’t obviously reject him. That being the case, does that mean they are…hehe…
When the morning sunlight shone through the curtains, Luo Xiao opened his blurry eyes and stared blankly around. Huh? This is not his room?
“Xiao Xiao, are you up? Breakfast is ready!” Ye Lan’s voice came clearly to his ears.
Oh, that’s right, this is Yezi’s room, Luo Xiao finally realized. Because he had a moment of confusion when he just woke up, which later led to Ye Lan taking advantage of him quite a few times in the future.
“Okay, I’ll be right down.” Luo Xiao shook his head, and after becoming fully awake, he responded loudly.
When he finished washing up and went downstairs to eat breakfast, as expected he saw the Mr. Huo and Ye Lan. The two of them were in a deadlock.
“Xiao Xiao, you’re up?” When Ye Lan saw Luo Xiao, his eyes brightened up noticeably. He stood up and pulled out a chair next to him while saying, “Xiao Xiao, come sit here, let me get you a bowl.”
“Hmph!” Mr. Huo was very dissatisfied with Ye Lan’s quick action and deliberately spoke out loud with implication, “Some people are just like that, the weasel paying New Year’s respects to the chicken. No matter what, they have evil intentions!”
“……” Master, your disciple is a person, not a chicken! Luo Xiao couldn’t help but complain inwardly.
Ye Lan just expressed: Being scolded doesn’t mean losing any flesh, just ignore it.
And so, Luo Xiao began his cohabitation life with Ye Lan. Well, it should be the three of them, including Old Mr. Huo, their pleasant shared life. Pleasant, perhaps? Hehe…
One day, two months later, when Luo Xiao and Ye Lan came home from school, they heard a familiar voice coming from inside before even entering. The two exchanged a glance and then walked in slowly.
As expected, it was people they knew.
“Grandpa Yu, Grandpa Ouyang, you’re here.” Luo Xiao took the initiative to greet them, and Ye Lan also greeted them.
“En, Xiao Xiao, Ye kid, you’re back from school?” Old Man Ouyang smiled and nodded at them.
“En, yes.” Luo Xiao put down his backpack and turned around puzzledly to look at them. “Grandpas, is there something you’ve come for this time?”
Mr. Huo pointed to the document on the table, “You take a look.”
Ye Lan and Luo Xiao directly picked it up and read it. After putting it down, their faces were clearly puzzled: “Master, isn’t this the land I asked you to help me purchase last time? What’s wrong, is there a problem?”
“Well, originally there wasn’t any problem, but now there is.” Mr. Huo awkwardly touched his nose. It was really uncomfortable that the matter his beloved disciple had entrusted him with had a problem.
“Huh?” Luo Xiao didn’t understand. The piece of land he bought was supposed to be the commercial center area of S City in the future. He hadn’t heard of any problems with it in his previous life.
“Cough, it’s like this.” Old Man Yu coughed, “That is, one of my subordinates was chasing a suspect, but unexpectedly lost the person. By the time he found it, that guy had already taken up residence on the land you bought.”
“Taken up residence?” Luo Xiao didn’t understand the meaning of this word. What did it mean to “take up residence”?
“It’s like this.” Old Man Ouyang began to explain, “The one they were chasing was a recently emerged ghost baby. Although its strength is not very strong, it has the ability to summon its own kind, so it’s not easy to catch it. This time, they almost caught it, but it cleverly escaped again. By the time they found its trace again, it had already established a nest on the land you own, and gathered many ghost babies there.”
“Ah?” Luo Xiao was truly surprised, “So what’s the situation now?”
Old Man Ouyang was silent for a moment and then spoke: “Well, we have someone look at the feng shui of your land, and originally it was a good and auspicious place that could attract wealth. But because of the sudden intrusion of the ghost baby, the auspicious land has turned into an evil place. We must definitely get rid of that ghost baby, so we will certainly disrupt the feng shui of your land. Our visit here today is first to greet you, and second to see if you need any compensation.”
“Compensation?” Luo Xiao was a bit curious. “May I ask what kind of compensation?”
“Hmm, yes.” Old Man Ouyang took a piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it to Luo Xiao. “Take a look, there are a few places here. Although the area is not as large as your current land, we will still compensate you according to the equivalent area.”
Luo Xiao took the paper, opened it, and his heart immediately burst with joy: Haha, it looks like he’s going to make a big profit this time!
Indeed, the area on the paper was not as large as the land he had just bought, but the future value was much higher than the land he had bought! If he had had enough money back then, he would have definitely bought the places on this paper.
But why was it so good this time? Luo Xiao’s face showed obvious confusion. “Grandpa Ouyang, are you sure you want to use these places to compensate me?”
“Yes, that’s right. What’s wrong, don’t you like the places?” Old Man Ouyang frowned. “Could it be that the guy didn’t give me good places?”
After saying that, Old Man Ouyang took the paper and looked at it. After seeing it, he immediately slapped the table angrily: “I knew it, that old guy is so kind to say I can choose freely, but he actually gave me these crappy places! Xiao Xiao, I’m sorry! Grandpa Ouyang will go back and replace the places for you, okay?”
Well, although these places are now completely desolate, in ten years they will be places where every inch of land is worth a fortune!
“Uh, no need, Grandpa Ouyang, these places are great, I’m very satisfied.” Luo Xiao immediately stepped forward and said with a smile.
But in Old Man Ouyang’s eyes, that was Luo Xiao compromising and forcing a smile.
“It’s okay, Xiao Xiao, don’t worry, your Grandpa Ouyang won’t let you suffer a loss!” Old Man Ouyang assured him firmly.
“……” Grandpa Ouyang, I really haven’t suffered any loss!
Luo Xiao stepped forward and looked at Old Man Ouyang seriously: “Grandpa Ouyang, I know you’re doing this for my own good, but I really have chosen well from these.”
“But……” Old Man Ouyang still felt a little guilty.
Old Man Yu on the side took the paper in Old Man Ouyang’s hand and glanced at it, also slightly frowning. “Alright, Ouyang, since Xiao Xiao likes these, and you feel a bit guilty, why don’t you call that guy and compensate all the places on this paper to Xiao Xiao?”
After hearing this, Old Man Ouyang thought for a moment. “Hmm, that works. Xiao Xiao, how about this, are you alright with it?”
At this moment, Luo Xiao could not express the joy in his heart with words, so he nodded vigorously: “Okay!”
“Sigh, in the end, it’s still Grandpa Ouyang who owes you an apology!” Old Man Ouyang sighed, then turned and said, “Hmph, that old guy!”
After that, Old Man Ouyang and Old Man Yu sat for a while and then left. After waving goodbye to them excitedly, Luo Xiao hugged the paper Old Man Ouyang had left behind and smiled like an idiot.
Mr. Huo looked at his silly and happy belived disciple, shook his head helplessly for the first time and sighed: Why is he so stupid? He was actually the one who suffered a loss, but he was so happy as if he had received a great windfall!
“Stop smiling, your saliva is dripping down.” Ye Lan looked at him with a doting look and couldn’t help but remind him.
Luo Xiao raised his hand to wipe it, but then immediately realized it. Although he was teased, he couldn’t stop the excitement in his heart. He stepped forward and grabbed Ye Lan’s right hand, waving the paper in front of him and laughing heartily: “Yezi, don’t worry, I’ll support you in the future!”
“Oh? Support me?” Ye Lan’s eyes flashed. “Okay, that’s what you said!”
Luo Xiao looked at the obvious arc at the corner of Ye Lan’s lips and immediately reacted. Indeed, being too excited would make one say nonsense! Can he now pretend that he didn’t say that sentence?
Lucien On ABRWF Chapter 34.1