LPLFDA Chapter 34

“That child…”

Yu Yi saw Feng Yuan, who was holding hands with Qin Xun.

Last time, he had only seen Feng Qi. Before he could see Feng Yuan, he left.

Right now, it was his first time seeing Feng Yuan.

“My son.”

Taking advantage of the fact that his older brother wasn’t around, Li Ting claimed Feng Yuan as his own son.

Unfortunately, though he said so, Yu Yi didn’t believe it.

“Li Sheng’s son?”

Yu Yi spoke, and even wanted to go over for a closer look: “These days, many people are spreading rumors that Li Sheng has a son.”

After Yu Yi heard the rumor, he went directly to ask Li Sheng.

Li Sheng admitted it.

But when Yu Yi wanted to see his son, he didn’t let him.

“Hey, come back.”

Li Ting pulled Yu Yi back, not letting him go over: “I already told you, that’s my son. It’s your first time meeting him, hurry up and give my son a meeting gift.”

Yu Yi tried to shake off his hand: “If I’m to give a meeting gift, I should at least see him first.”

He still hadn’t gotten a clear look at Feng Yuan’s little face.

Li Ting didn’t let go, holding onto him and stopping him: “Don’t make excuses. You give me the meeting gift first, then I’ll let you see my son.”

The two of them tugged back and forth, drawing quite a few people’s eyes.

Noticing the gazes from all around, Yu Yi’s back went cold. He felt a sense of danger.

“Xiao Ting, let go. I already have my treasure. Don’t be pulling and tugging at me like this. It’ll make people misunderstand, that’s not good.”

Li Ting: “???”

Li Ting finally let go of his hand, his face full of disgust: “Who’s pulling and tugging at you? Misunderstand? I think only someone blind would misunderstand.”

Even though Li Ting had clarified things, Yu Yi still took two steps back, deliberately keeping his distance from him.

Seeing Yu Yi acting like this, Li Ting couldn’t help but furrow his brows.

“Isn’t that treasure of yours someone you’re keeping with money? Why are you so afraid of him?”

The little lover Yu Yi was keeping had already become common gossip in their circle. They said this lover was outrageous. Not only extremely jealous but also very strict in controlling Yu Yi.

He had even put Yu Yi under a curfew.

Thinking of Yu Yi’s lover, Li Ting felt Yu Yi must have lost his mind.

To keep someone and end up like this was truly rare.

Li Ting’s words stepped right on Yu Yi’s landmine. Yu Yi cast him a cold glance, not being polite in return.

“Xiao Ting, you still have the face to talk about me? You and yours—aren’t your dealings just as exciting as mine? Hey, let me interview you for a bit. Did your spirit-summoning succeed?”

The two of them were stabbing daggers straight into each other’s hearts.

With this outcome, naturally, neither of them could come out unscathed.

Standing beside Li Ting, Su Miao, who couldn’t be seen by anyone else, didn’t dare to make a sound.

In the end, it was President Chen’s little sister-in-law who noticed the situation on their side and came over to persuade them.

“Today is a joyous occasion. Both of you should calm down a little.”

The little sister-in-law came to mediate, while Feng Yuan, who had first been stared at by Yu Yi, had long since run off without a trace.

“This hotel is really big.”

Feng Yuan’s chubby little hand was tightly held by Qin Xun, who was leading him along to find the way.

For this kind of hotel, Qin Xun was much more familiar than he was.

Feng Yuan looked around everywhere. All around were wedding decorations hanging.

In many places, photos of the bride and groom were also displayed.

In the photos, the bride looked young and beautiful.

Just from looking at the photos, Feng Yuan couldn’t see anything else.

Qin Xun was taking him to find the bride’s room.

The wedding ceremony wouldn’t begin until the afternoon, and it would continue into the evening. Guests could have dinner here at the banquet.

Being led along, Feng Yuan walked and asked, “Qin Xun, are your dad and mom married?”

Qin Xun gave a “mm”: “They are.”

Feng Yuan asked curiously: “What was their wedding like?”

Qin Xun: “…”

Qin Xun: “I don’t know.”

At that time, he hadn’t been born yet.

Seeing Qin Xun couldn’t answer, Feng Yuan blinked his eyes and shifted the topic back to himself.

“My dad hasn’t gotten married either.”

“Qin Xun, when do you think my big dad and my dad will get married?”

Qin Xun had even less idea.

When it came to the matters between Uncle Li Sheng and Uncle Feng Qi, he was not as clear as Feng Yuan.

Looking at the beautiful wedding venue, at that moment, Feng Yuan not only wanted his two dads to get married, but he even wanted to get married himself.

“Weddings are really lively.”

Feng Yuan said this out of nowhere. The next sentence left Qin Xun completely dumbfounded.

He swung Qin Xun’s hand, his little milky voice soft and sweet: “Qin Xun, when we grow up, let’s get married too!”

“A wedding needs two people, and we just happen to be able to get married.”

Feng Yuan’s sudden marriage proposal left Qin Xun stunned for a long time.

Only much later, after Feng Yuan had already jumped to another topic, did Qin Xun suddenly speak, replying: “Okay.”

Feng Yuan: “Ah?”

Feng Yuan thought for a moment, then realized he was answering what he had just said.

Qin Xun’s response made Feng Yuan grin widely.

“Then, when we grow up, let’s get married!”

“Okay.”

“When will we finally grow up?”

“It’ll still be a long time.”

Qin Xun had also thought about the question of when one would be considered grown up.

He had looked up the answer online. It said that becoming an adult meant growing up.

Adulthood was at eighteen. Both he and Feng Yuan were still many years away from eighteen.

Hearing Qin Xun say it would be a long time, Feng Yuan didn’t lose heart.

He didn’t really understand how long “a long time” was. Anyway, he thought, if he just waited a while, then he’d be grown up.

From time to time, people passed by in the hotel corridor.

Qin Xun had Feng Yuan walk on the inside, while he walked on the outside.

Among the passing crowd, Feng Yuan also caught sight of someone who wanted to snatch away his big dad.

It was Zhao Jie.

Zhao Jie wore a purple long dress, her looks outstanding. She was saying something to someone, a faint smile hanging on her face.

Feng Yuan looked at her several times.

Following his gaze, Qin Xun also looked over.

“She’s a bridesmaid.”

Qin Xun immediately recognized her bridesmaid dress.

The woman marrying President Chen this time was also an actress from their circle.

Zhao Jie’s relationship with the bride seemed quite good.

With the bridesmaid here, the bride was surely nearby.

Patiently searching, Qin Xun really did find the bride’s room this time.

The bride’s room was already decorated, but people were frequently going in and out.

At the doorway, Feng Yuan poked his head around, peeking inside. He caught a faint, strange smell.

“Qin Xun.”

Just as Feng Yuan was still peeking, a child’s voice came from behind them.

Feng Yuan turned his head and saw a strange child standing behind them.

The child was dressed in a white little suit and wearing a bow tie. He looked rather refined.

“Chen Wen.”

Qin Xun recognized him. Holding Feng Yuan, he walked with Chen Wen to a corner.

“I saw the post you made.”

Qin Xun got straight to the point: “We’re here to help you.”

“Just you two?”

Chen Wen asked. His tone didn’t carry any mockery, only pure doubt.

He had indeed made that post, but he hadn’t expected that the ones coming to help would be two children even younger than himself.

“Mm, just us.”

Qin Xun said this, then explained his plan to Chen Wen: “Yuan Yuan and I will first go confirm whether your stepmother is human or not.”

“If she isn’t human, you’ll need to cooperate with us and drive everyone out. At that time, we’ll need to be alone with your stepmother.”

Put delicately, it was to be alone with her. Put bluntly, it was actually to let Feng Yuan properly spit fire.

“Alright… I’ll trust you this once.”

Chen Wen didn’t hold much hope for the two little ones in front of him. But right now, he had no better option.

He had told his dad about the strange behavior of his stepmother.

But after hearing it, his dad just laughed it off, not taking it seriously at all.

With Chen Wen around, Feng Yuan, who had just been peeking about sneakily, was now brought inside openly.

Inside the room.

The bride, Yan Yu, had already finished her makeup. Beside her, a bridesmaid was keeping her company.

Seeing a few children come in, Yan Yu smiled brightly and waved at them.

“Xiao Wen, are these your friends? Here, let me give you a few red envelopes.”

Yan Yu took out several red envelopes.

Feng Yuan stared at the red envelopes, his little feet stepping forward.

He walked up to Yan Yu, his pair of dark, glossy eyes staring unblinkingly at her.

Yan Yu also looked at him with a smile: “Such a beautiful little one, what’s your name?”

“My name is Yuan Yuan.”

Feng Yuan said his name.

After he finished speaking, his steps retreated slightly.

That subtle movement let Qin Xun know that he had noticed something.

Qin Xun’s yin-yang eyes could see ghosts as well as discern demons.

He, too, saw that this bride was not human at all.

Chen Wen had been right.

The bride stank.

Beneath that delicate, beautiful shell of hers, a foul odor was seeping out.

Children’s sense of smell was sensitive. They were always quick to catch a scent.

Though the bride had put on perfume, perfume could fool adults, but it couldn’t fool children.

After confirming her identity, Feng Yuan didn’t reach out to take the red envelope.

He didn’t want it, but the bride insisted on giving it to him.

“Here, I’ll give you an extra one. You can use it to buy candy.”

Just as Chen Wen had said, the bride really liked children. This time, she didn’t hug Chen Wen. She wanted to hug Feng Yuan.

Her fondness for Feng Yuan was completely undisguised.

Feng Yuan stepped back two paces, but still got hugged once.

She had only hugged him for a moment before Qin Xun pulled Feng Yuan out of her arms.

Chen Wen also stepped in front of Feng Yuan.

He took all the red envelopes from Yan Yu’s hands.

“Auntie, thank you for the red envelopes. I’ll share them with them.”

Chen Wen said this, then led Feng Yuan and Qin Xun out of the room.

Once they were outside.

Chen Wen gave all the red envelopes to Feng Yuan.

Feng Yuan hadn’t wanted to accept a monster’s red envelopes.

But Chen Wen said, “That’s all money my dad spent.”

Feng Yuan: “…”

Hearing that, Feng Yuan’s chubby little hand took the red envelopes. In a sweet voice, he said Thank you.

They returned to the staircase at the corner, where no one was around.

With the red envelopes stuffed in his pocket, Feng Yuan tilted his little face upward and, in his soft childish voice, gave his judgment: “It’s a demon, a skin demon. Yuan Yuan might not be able to beat it.”

As soon as Feng Yuan mentioned “skin demon”, Qin Xun began explaining to Chen Wen.

“Your stepmother’s skin isn’t her own skin. It probably belongs to someone else.”

“Underneath that skin is her real body, and her real body stinks.”

Chen Wen was stunned.

He had suspected that his stepmother wasn’t human, but actually hearing it confirmed made his heart pound nervously: “Are you sure? She… she really is a demon?”

Chen Wen had only started living with this stepmother not long ago, when the wedding date was approaching.

During that time.

He had discovered many strange things.

Originally, he hadn’t been superstitious, but after experiencing all of this, he went from firmly not believing to half-believing, and finally to complete conviction.

Now, even though he asked Qin Xun if they were certain, in his heart, he had already accepted it.

“Yuan Yuan’s judgment won’t be wrong.”

Qin Xun trusted Feng Yuan unconditionally. He said, “You’re actually lucky. A skin demon has to change skins regularly. The skin of children is the most tender.”

And it was also the skin a skin demon liked the most.

Hearing this, Chen Wen couldn’t help but shiver.

“Qin Xun, do you two have a way? A way to deal with her?”

Chen Wen had already resigned himself to the fact that his father was finding him a stepmother.

It wasn’t that he wanted to fiercely oppose his father’s new romance.

He just wished that if his father was going to find him a stepmother, he could at least find a normal person.

“You don’t need to worry. We came here exactly to deal with her.”

Qin Xun wasn’t the type who loved doing good deeds.

Bringing Feng Yuan here to deal with the skin demon wasn’t for Chen Wen’s sake either.

It was only to help Feng Yuan level up.

Feng Yuan leaned against the wall, his chubby little hand picking at the plaster.

On his small face, hesitation was obvious.

This skin demon looked like it had lived for a very long time. Its hands were already stained with human lives.

Because when a skin demon takes skin, it usually strips it while the person is still alive. Only then is the skin fresh enough.

Feng Yuan had never had the experience of burning such a powerful, evil demon to death.

Last time, when Su Miao had taken him along to exorcise evil, all he’d managed to do was force the filth out of Luo Lei’s body.

The greatest credit had actually gone to Su Miao.

Qin Xun saw all of Feng Yuan’s hesitation.

Without making a fuss, he quietly held Feng Yuan’s chubby little hand.

Then he gave Chen Wen instructions: “Can you think of a way to get your stepmother to stay alone in the room?”

“Yes.”

When it came to his and his father’s lives, Chen Wen had no choice but to come up with a way.

Perhaps when people were in danger, their minds worked sharply.

Chen Wen stood there thinking for a moment. It seemed he really had come up with something.

He turned and left: “You two wait here. Once I’ve arranged it, I’ll call you.”

“Mm.”

Qin Xun didn’t follow. He and Feng Yuan stayed where they were, watching Chen Wen leave.

After about ten minutes.

Chen Wen came back, his expression heavy.

“I’ve already cleared the room. Right now, she’s the only one inside. Qin Xun, I just have one request…”

“What is it?”

“When she’s dealt with, can you record a short video for me? I want to show my dad. Or… at the very end, I’ll bring my dad to see for himself.”

“If he doesn’t see it with his own eyes, he’ll never believe it.”

At this request, Qin Xun frowned, paused for a few seconds, then agreed.

“Bring your dad to watch then. But you two must watch secretly, without making a sound.”

“And you must promise that your father won’t leak out what happens in that room.”

Even though no one would actually believe it if it were leaked.

Qin Xun still gave a reminder.

Seeing Qin Xun relent, Chen Wen let out a breath of relief, as though a heavy weight had been lifted.

“Thank you! I’ll go bring my dad to watch right now. We’ll be careful and only peek secretly.”

With everything settled, Qin Xun didn’t waste any more time.

Holding Feng Yuan’s hand, he strode toward the room.

Meanwhile, Li Ting had also slipped away from the banquet crowd and was heading toward Feng Yuan’s side.

Beside him, Su Miao quietly followed along.

Li Ting couldn’t see Su Miao, but after Feng Yuan had told him that Su Miao was right next to him, his heart had already calmed.

As he walked, he muttered to himself.

“Do you think Yuan Yuan can succeed this time?”

“He’s still so little. I should be the one taking care of him, but now, it’s turned into him helping me.”

Su Miao silently suggested, “If you don’t want little fat Yuan to help, then go find his dad.”

Little fat Yuan’s dad was, after all, a battle-hardened great phoenix.

It was just that, as for the great phoenix, Su Miao had a natural fear of him and didn’t dare to seek him out.

Su Miao’s words, Li Ting couldn’t hear.

But for some reason, even though his ears couldn’t hear them, in his mind, Li Ting guessed exactly what Su Miao had said.

He let out a cold snort.

“Going to find Feng Qi is no different from bowing my head to Li Sheng.”

He didn’t want to bow his head to Li Sheng.

That was one reason.

But there was another.

He didn’t dare order Feng Qi around.

Feng Qi’s sickly appearance always made him feel that if he asked him for help, the man might very well die in the process.

He could see clearly that Li Sheng truly cared about Feng Qi.

If Feng Qi were gone, not only would Li Sheng go mad, but his own Yuan Yuan would also be heartbroken.

He didn’t dare take that risk.

Between the two options of Feng Qi and Feng Yuan, Li Ting instinctively felt that the new little one was safer.

Besides, he had already told Feng Yuan in advance: “If you can’t win, then run.”

They wouldn’t stubbornly hold out. When it was time to yield, they would yield!

While Li Ting was still striding quickly to find his little cub, his cub was already inside the room, switching into battle mode.

A fluffy little chubby chick suddenly appeared.

The little chubby chick’s gaze was sharp, its black-bean eyes brimming with fighting spirit.

For the sake of leveling up, for the sake of becoming stronger, for the sake of keeping his little uncle and little aunt from being separated—he was going all out!

“Chirp!”

The crisp chirp resounded through the room as the battle chick flapped his short, stubby wings and charged forward bravely.

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