LPLFDA Chapter 54

“Did Big Dad say he was going to hit you?”

Li Sheng walked to the bedside. He didn’t rush to ask about the coin. First, he picked up the heartbroken little one.

Feng Yuan, both sad and angry, resisted being picked up.

But Li Sheng was strong. He managed to lift the uncooperative little one into his arms.

“All right, for one thing, we don’t get hit twice.”

Li Sheng said this, raising the little one in his hands.

After a few lifts high into the air, the little one, red-eyed and with golden beads having fallen, cracked a smile.

Li Sheng’s arms were extremely strong. Not only did he lift him high, but he even tossed the little one a few times.

Soon, the room was filled with the little one’s giggles.

Once Feng Yuan’s emotions were fully calmed, Li Sheng finally sat down holding him.

“Yuan Yuan, I have something to ask you.”

“Mm-hm, go ahead and ask!”

Feng Yuan’s little face was flushed. His small body leaned obediently against Li Sheng.

Li Sheng gently touched his face, choosing his words carefully, and asked, “Why did you insist on blowing up the tree and the pool? Can you tell me the reason?”

The question Li Sheng wanted to ask was exactly what Feng Qi was preparing to ask as well.

The gazes of the two adults simultaneously fell on Feng Yuan’s little face.

Feng Yuan blinked and replied, “There was a black, black mist.”

“The black, black mist was wrapping around Auntie. Yuan Yuan burned the mist away.”

“The tree and the pool—there were! So many!”

“Qin Xun said we should check underneath!”

“The roots!”

Feng Yuan explained, one sentence after another. His explanation was a little messy, but fortunately, both dads could understand him clearly.

“All right, we understand now.”

Li Sheng pinched Feng Yuan’s cheeks and told him, “Under the tree and the pool, there really was something.”

“But Yuan Yuan, next time you can’t do such dangerous things like burying explosives.”

“Grandpa doesn’t allow you to touch the tree or the pool. You can dig for things elsewhere, or hire someone to dig when Grandpa isn’t home.”

“You clearly had many safe and insured options, but you chose the most dangerous one.”

Li Sheng pointed out Feng Yuan’s mistake clearly and directly.

The little guy snuffled and rubbed against him.

Li Sheng handed the coins to Feng Qi, then pulled down Feng Yuan’s pants to look at the red bottom from the spanking.

Children’s skin was far too tender.

Feng Qi spanked through the fabric. But the chubby little bottom already bore the imprint of his hand.

“This is a Gu Diao. How could it appear in the Li family?”

“One of my dad’s friends designed the Feng Shui of our old house.”

“He’s called Brother Zhu, about the same age as my dad.”

“They, along with Uncle Yu, have been friends since they were young.”

Li Sheng was also familiar with Brother Zhu, the Feng Shui designer.

In his memory, the man had always been kind and gentle.

“Li Sheng, I need to go check the terrain over there. You stay here with Yuan Yuan.”

“Yuan Yuan wants to go, too!”

Feng Yuan promptly held out his hands, insisting on going along.

Feng Qi didn’t take him.

“Stay here and sleep obediently. Dad will be back soon.”

“No, I want to go with Sister!”

Feng Yuan insisted on going out. Not only did he want to go himself, but he also wanted to find his sister.

Feng Qi, exasperated by his fussing, finally told him to choose between going out or finding his sister.

Feng Yuan chose to find his sister.

He climbed up to the side of the bed and sat down, lifting his chubby little feet so Dad could put on his shoes.

Shoes on.

Feng Yuan didn’t want Li Sheng to accompany him either. He ran off on his own with quick little steps.

Seeing the little guy run off, Li Sheng looked at Feng Qi. “I’ll go with you.”

“No need.”

Feng Qi said it wasn’t necessary, but Li Sheng still held his hand and walked him out.

In the main hall.

Feng Yuan had already pulled his sister along, and they returned to Li Si’s room.

As soon as they got there.

Li Si pulled down Feng Yuan’s pants.

Having had his pants pulled down twice already, Feng Yuan: “……”

Sigh.

He didn’t even want to wear pants anymore.

Grandpa and Auntie hadn’t looked at his bottom yet. Maybe later they would want to see it too.

“Your dad is not at all what I imagined.”

In Li Si’s imagination, Feng Qi’s personality should have been very obedient.

But she hadn’t expected that the first time she met Feng Qi, it would be at a scene where Yuan Yuan was getting spanked.

“Dad loves Yuan Yuan, that’s why he spanked him.”

Feng Yuan lay on Li Si’s bed and said, “It’s because Yuan Yuan didn’t listen first.”

Li Si didn’t want to comment further on Feng Yuan’s relationship with his dad.

She pulled Feng Yuan’s pants back on.

“Are you going to sleep here tonight?”

“I want to sleep with Dad tonight.”

“Mm. Where’s your dad?”

“He went out.”

“Where to?”

The big and small pair didn’t talk much in the room before moving outside.

Li Si wanted to see what Feng Qi was doing in the courtyard.

The courtyard was brightly lit. The workers were still busy at their tasks.

When Feng Yuan and Li Si arrived, the adults didn’t notice them.

Soon, they saw Feng Qi and Li Sheng.

Feng Qi was crouched in the pool, his palms pressing against the broken stones at the bottom. His eyes were closed. It was unclear what he was sensing.

“Is your dad a chicken, too?”

Li Si looked at Feng Qi not far away and couldn’t help but speak out.

Feng Yuan: “?”

Feng Yuan’s eyes widened. “What do you mean, chicken!”

He patted himself with his little hands, his baby voice booming as he defended both himself and his dad.

“I’m not a chicken, and neither is Dad!”

“We’re phoenixes!”

“My dad is a super powerful big phoenix, and I—I’ll grow up to be a super powerful little phoenix, too!”

Feng Yuan had declared both his and his dad’s identities.

Li Si, however, remained somewhat doubtful.

“Phoenix?”

She discreetly studied Feng Yuan. In her mind, an image of a fluffy, round little chick appeared.

“I’ve read books… and the phoenix in the books—”

She didn’t finish the sentence, but Feng Yuan already understood what she meant.

He tilted his little face up, his big, shiny black eyes full of seriousness.

“When Yuan Yuan grows up, he’ll be slimmer, and then he’ll be a majestic phoenix!”

Feng Yuan knew that his current chubby little self didn’t look like the phoenix in the pictures.

But Dad said that when he grew up, he would become that kind of phoenix!

The siblings were still talking about phoenixes when Feng Qi, not far away, had already made a discovery.

“There’s the aura of a Gu Diao.”

Feng Qi’s expression darkened. “Could it be… it’s not dead?”

That shouldn’t be possible.

Back then, the three man-eating beasts—the Gu Diao, the Luo Zhi, and the Zhen—had all been beheaded by him. Their bodies had been incinerated by the true phoenix fire, leaving only bones.

The remaining bones had also been sealed by Feng Qi in the World of Mountains and Seas.

Beasts can run.

But these bones, long devoid of life, shouldn’t be able to move.

Sniffing the lingering aura in the ground, Feng Qi grew increasingly uneasy.

“I need to go back to the World of Mountains and Seas.”

Feng Qi said, “I need to check whether the bones of the Gu Diao, the Luo Zhi, and the Zhen are still there.”

“And also, the Qiong Qi, the Zhu Yan… I need to speed up and find them.”

If he didn’t reclaim these beasts in the World of Mountains and Seas soon, he wouldn’t be at peace even in death.

“All right, don’t rush.”

Li Sheng comforted Feng Qi, “I’ll go with you. We’ll definitely find all the beasts you’re looking for.”

The couple’s words were overheard perfectly by Feng Yuan, who had been tiptoeing closer and closer.

His mouth reacted faster than his brain.

He started coaxing his dad: “Yuan Yuan will help Daddy find the fierce beasts, too.”

He had memorized all the man-eating beasts in the World of Mountains and Seas since he was little!

As soon as he said this, Feng Qi and Li Sheng both turned their heads at the same time.

Feng Yuan: “……”

Caught red-handed, the little one froze.

“Yuan Yuan.”

Feng Qi looked at him following along, a little helpless. “Wasn’t I telling you to stay in the room?”

Feng Yuan had followed anyway. Feng Qi didn’t make him leave.

Father and son huddled together.

Feng Qi decided to teach him how to sense the Gu Diao’s aura.

“The Gu Diao is very fierce. Yuan Yuan, if you smell this, move far away immediately, understand?”

“Mm! Yuan Yuan knows.”

Feng Yuan nodded obediently. He pressed his little chubby hands onto the ground, imitating his dad, trying to sense the Gu Diao.

Father and son were at work.

Li Si looked at Li Sheng beside her and, for a rare moment, felt a bit interested in chatting with this second uncle.

She tapped him. When he looked over, she asked, “Did you hypnotize Yuan Yuan’s dad?”

Li Sheng: “What?”

Li Si: “It’s a kind of new hypnosis. The hypnotist can brainwash the person being hypnotized, making them fall in love with the hypnotist.”

Li Si: “Did you do that?”

Her tone was calm, almost like a statement of fact.

And the calmer she was, the more it annoyed Li Sheng.

“Li Si, do you think I need to brainwash someone to make them be with me?”

“If it’s not Yuan Yuan’s dad, I don’t think you need to.”

Li Si said something a little awkward.

But the implied meaning was clear: if the person Li Sheng wanted to be with was Yuan Yuan’s dad, then yes, Li Sheng would need the ability to brainwash someone.

Li Sheng didn’t want to talk to his little niece anymore.

He gave her a cool, sideways glance and said, “Yuan Yuan’s dad doesn’t need me to hypnotize him. He’ll be with me anyway.”

Li Sheng had long realized—

He perfectly fit Feng Qi’s aesthetic.

Even though Feng Qi had no memories related to him, looking at Li Sheng’s face, it was obvious he would be moved.

At first, the reason he could get close to Feng Qi so smoothly was largely thanks to his face.

“Heh.”

Li Si didn’t really believe it. The way she looked at Li Sheng was like she was staring at someone far too confident—so confident that he lacked any self-awareness.

A few of them lingered outside for quite a while.

Finally, when Feng Qi carried Feng Yuan back, the little guy’s head was drooping bit by bit.

He was sleepy.

Feng Qi carried the little one, who had fallen asleep in his arms, into the bedroom.

The three of them hadn’t slept together like this for many days.

Li Sheng hugged the big one, then the little one. He was running out of space to hug everyone.

“Feng Qi.”

Li Sheng’s strong, solid arms wrapped around Feng Qi’s waist.

He nuzzled against Feng Qi’s ear, like a clingy big dog.

“When I used to sleep here, I never imagined that one day there would be someone else on this bed.”

Feng Qi: “……”

Feng Qi: “Then should I take Yuan Yuan and leave?”

Li Sheng suddenly hugged him tighter. “That’s not what I mean. I just… I feel so happy right now that it makes me a little anxious.”

Li Sheng had a strange intuition about himself.

His instinct told him—

His life wouldn’t always go smoothly, wouldn’t always be perfect.

And right now, it was too perfect.

This kind of perfection made him feel faintly uneasy.

Hearing him reveal his inner thoughts, Feng Qi couldn’t help but let his eyelids twitch.

He replied vaguely, “Don’t be anxious, and don’t overthink it. We can just live like this for now. I think it’s pretty good.”

As for the future… he was doing his best to live in it.

That night, Feng Yuan, sleeping between his two dads, slept quite well, too.

He tossed and turned in bed, staying close to both dads before falling asleep. By the time he was asleep, his little chubby feet had kicked up onto big dad’s face.

When Li Sheng woke up, he even bit at the little chubby feet.

The plump little feet—one bite, and he got kicked.

Feng Yuan kicked big dad. In doing so, he woke himself up, too.

He groggily sat up, eyes still half-closed. His baby voice sounded soft and sleepy.

“What time is it? Yuan Yuan has training.”

“Seven ten.”

Li Sheng also got up.

He picked up his son, who was sitting on the bed rubbing his eyes, and took him to wash up.

By the time washing was done, clothes changed, and shoes on, Feng Yuan was fully awake and alert.

When he was about to leave, Feng Qi had just woken up.

Feng Qi had been a little tired yesterday, so he’d slept deeply through the night and hadn’t woken up early.

Feng Yuan, wearing a new little dinosaur backpack, stood by the bed, pouting, planting kisses on Feng Qi’s face.

“Dad, Yuan Yuan’s leaving. When you wake up, remember to eat your breakfast.”

“Yuan Yuan will come back early to see you.”

Feng Yuan smacked kisses on his dad’s face, leaving it all wet with saliva.

Li Sheng, by contrast, got only two kisses—one on the left cheek, one on the right.

After kissing both dads, Feng Yuan still had Grandpa and Auntie to kiss.

Early in the morning, Feng Yuan’s “kissing duties” kept him very busy.

By the time they returned from home to the base.

Feng Yuan saw Li Wang and even asked his brother if he wanted to go home together tomorrow.

Feng Yuan had been training for several days straight, and now he could finally rest!

At the base, training wasn’t one of those things that lasted ten days, half a month, or several months without a break.

The kids who came to train still needed a balance of work and rest!

Li Wang hadn’t originally planned to go back.

Besides training, he had a ton of other things to do.

But seeing Feng Yuan looking at him with hopeful eyes, he paused for a few seconds and said, “Mm.”

For two days in a row, Feng Yuan had seen his dad at home. His little face was glowing with happiness.

When the rest day came.

Feng Qi and Li Sheng didn’t stay with Feng Yuan. The two of them were going to Li Heng’s friend Brother Zhu’s house.

They went to Brother Zhu’s.

Brother Zhu had been invited by Yu Lian to a gathering.

Yu Lian’s wife was holding an art exhibition. She had given Brother Zhu, who loved painting, quite a few artworks.

So when Madam Yu held this rare exhibition, Brother Zhu would definitely go.

Li Heng would be going, too.

When Feng Yuan saw the adults leaving, and Grandpa was about to go as well, he stretched out his little hands and decisively hugged Grandpa’s leg.

“Grandpa, take Yuan Yuan, too!”

“Yuan Yuan wants to go out and play!”

Feng Yuan just couldn’t hold back.

His cousins weren’t willing to join. His brother was busy with something at the computer, and his sister had gone to the beast park to feed the animals.

Bored at home, Feng Yuan clung to Grandpa.

Li Heng lowered his gaze and looked at his little grandson clinging to his leg, his eyes flickering slightly.

For Madam Yu’s art exhibition, there was a small chance that Feng Yuan’s grandmother might go.

He remembered what she had said before leaving—

She had given birth to many children.

Yet she had never experienced a warm, happy parent-child relationship.

She said she was a failed mother and also a failed grandmother.

Her children and grandchildren all seemed to be born with emotional defects.

She felt very exhausted.

Even to this day, recalling her words made Li Heng’s heart ache.

He bent down and picked up his chubby little grandson who was sitting at his feet.

“All right, Grandpa will take Yuan Yuan out.”

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