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However, because of the canal, there are now two more lakes downstream. Those two lakes are connected to the canal, and the docks are also there, so it has become quite lively.
"Brother, look here." Xiaoye grabbed his hand and squeezed into the crowd.
There was a street performer selling fire tricks, using fire tongs to perform fire-eating, while a little girl beside him banged a gong, urging passersby not to miss it. Xiaoye watched with great excitement.
Fu Hai couldn't help but laugh and said, "You can understand such tricks at a glance, so why are you watching with such excitement?" For martial arts practitioners who have reached the rank, this kind of trick is just something to watch for fun.
If Xiaoye were willing to perform magic tricks, turning into skeletons one moment and beautiful girls the next, she'd guarantee to cause a sensation throughout the street and scare everyone away. "I just want to see!" Xiaoye said happily, clinging to his arm.
As they wandered along, Xiao Ye would watch every street performer's trick, including breaking large stones on their chests. Before they knew it, the moon had risen, and everywhere they passed was brightly lit.
"I'll take you somewhere." Fu Hai took her little hand and walked towards Yuehe.
Strolling along the banks of the Yuehe River, surrounded by shady willow trees, I saw many children already floating their hand-woven lanterns into the middle of the river. Gradually, the river surface became dotted with these lanterns, like a starry river.
The bright moonlight illuminated the area surrounding the rings of shaded trees.
Xiaoye said softly, "I really like the scene after waking up these two times. Every time I woke up before, the world was in chaos, and people were displaced and living in misery."
"Even if you go out to do good deeds, you can help this family but not that family. Sometimes, you help one family, and when you wake up again, only ten years or so later, the whole family is gone, the house is dilapidated, and the fields are barren."
"There is a cemetery, but no tombstones, so we don't know if it belongs to that family."
Fu Hai looked up: "When I was born, the world was already quite peaceful, so I don't have much of a feeling about those chaotic times." In fact, from his perspective as a transmigrator, this "peaceful and prosperous era" was already quite chaotic, but that was compared to another world. For the people of this world, this was already a once-in-a-century period of peace.
Xiao Ye chuckled and said, "Actually, you should call me Grandma, brother. I'm much older than you."
Fu Hai laughed, "You're mostly sleeping, aren't you? You only wake up to check things out every ten years or so? You've lived a hundred years for nothing." He patted her head, "Besides, you're so small, how can you be a grandmother?"
Xiaoye jumped up and down, trying to touch him in return: "Even so, I'm still older than you. You're the little kid!"
"That's not right!" Fu Hai protested. "If we're being honest, Xiao Ye, you shouldn't call me 'brother'. You should call me 'Duo Duo'." Xiao Ye pouted. "Why?"
“Think about it!” Fu Hai explained, “Your current body is the result of the yang essence I gave you, combined with your own yin essence and yin energy, after they have been harmonized and condensed together.”
"If we calculate it this way, does that mean that Xiaoye and I gave birth to Xiaoxiaoye?" Xiaoye's eyes widened, and she suddenly realized that she couldn't refute it.
Fu Hai had only had a sudden inspiration, but then he suddenly realized that what he said seemed to be true.
"Call me? If that's the case, then at least Xiaoye's body should be considered my daughter?" "No!" Xiaoye blushed instantly. "That's not how it works."
Fu Hai tried to hug her: "Why not? Cheng, Xiao Ye, let Daddy hug you." "I can't do that." Xiao Ye blushed and ran forward.
It's already strange that the brother and sister do that kind of thing every now and then.
They can no longer become father and daughter.
"Just tell me, am I right or wrong?" Fu Hai chased after her, "Where did I go wrong?" The two chased each other for a while before Fu Hai finally hugged her.
Xiao Ye suddenly remembered something and looked up, saying, "Brother! You said I... should call you Father. Is there anyone else who calls you Father?" Fu Hai hesitated for a moment. How could a girl's heart be so delicate and sensitive?
She quickly replied, "It's Yue Lan. When she was little, she didn't understand things and for a while she called me 'Dad.' She probably forgot about it now." Junior Sister, I'm sorry, please take the blame again.
"Oh!" Xiaoye thought that such an absurd thing happening to Yuelan seemed quite normal, so she didn't take it to heart.
They strolled along the river for quite a while. Fu Hai calculated the time, and continued walking and chatting until he brought Xiao Ye to Tianxiang Tower on Jinxiu Street.
"I am Fu Hai from Dragon Claw Inn. I have made a reservation here," he said as he stepped forward. "Ah, please, Young Master Fu!" Immediately, someone came over and led them into the courtyard.
"Brother!" Xiaoye said, "Let's just walk around outside. Places like this are probably quite expensive, aren't they?"
"It's alright, it's just a holiday," Fu Hai said. "It's nice to watch the cloud lanterns over the Moon River from upstairs tonight. You probably haven't had many opportunities to see the cloud lanterns up close before, have you?"
Xiaoye whispered, "But..."
She knew that everyone was short of money because they were trying to raise the sect's tax money at the end of the year. These high-end scenic buildings were already expensive, and they were even more expensive during holidays.
"Since we're already here," Fu Hai said with a smile.
We arrived at the private room upstairs. It was a semi-private room, with only a railing on the side facing the river. Looking out, we could see the star-studded lake surface, where many cloud lanterns were already floating high into the sky.
"How is it? The view of the lights from here is pretty good, isn't it?" he said.
Xiaoye had to admit that looking at the flying lights and boat lights on the lake from this vantage point was indeed breathtaking, and the high price was justified.
"Xiao Ye, sit here and enjoy the lantern display!" Fu Hai gestured for her to sit down. "I'm going out for a bit." "Brother, where are you going?" Xiao Ye looked up at him.
"I won't tell you yet!" Fu Hai whispered in her ear with a smile, "You'll find out in a little while, there's a surprise."
He kissed her cheek, then smiled and left. Xiaoye waited there happily for the surprise.
Chapter 163 Who is bullying whom?
As soon as Fu Hai stepped onto the street, a boy popped out behind him and said, "Brother Fu."
Fu Hai looked at the little boy wearing patched clothes, especially the eye-catching double-foot patch on his right chest: "Little Bug! It really has been a long time. Why haven't I seen you all this time?"
The boy chuckled and said, "Brother Fu, your business isn't doing so well now, so we've all moved to the west side of the city." Fu Hai said, "That's true."
Xiao Chong pulled him aside and whispered, "Butterfly Maiden is waiting for you at the entrance of Autumn Wind Garden." Fu Hai understood: "Ling Yue sent you?"
Xiao Chong said, "She told Xiao Zhu Zi to wait at the south gate of the city. When she saw Butterfly Girl leaving the city, she was to stop her and prevent her from going to your inn."
"Then tell Butterfly Girl that you have come to the city on business, and ask Butterfly Girl to wait at Autumn Wind Garden first, and that you will be there soon. Then tell me to wait here for you to come out."
Fu Hai exclaimed "Ah!" and took out a copper coin to give to Xiao Chong.
The little bug ran off: "Sister Lingyue has already given it to us. Besides, Brother Fu, you've helped us so much before, so consider tonight's help expedited. Remember, Sister Lingyue told you to tell Butterfly Hero that we're the ones asking for your help."
Fu Hai had no choice but to put away the copper coins.
These children have an organization called the Little Dragon Gang. It sounds like a gang, but it's actually just a group of kids who run errands. Most of them are orphans from the Po Chai Tong (a local charity organization).
Fu Hai was surprised that Ling Yue had actually asked them to help.
As he hurried toward Qiufeng Garden, he thought to himself, "When Lingyue and Bodie came to the inn looking for me, Sister Xianrui was also in the lobby."
"So we had these children stop Butterfly Girl right at the city gate." They sped along like lightning, using the Flying Star Steps to leap across rooftops and walls, until they arrived at Autumn Wind Garden.
Autumn Wind Garden is a bit far from Moon River. It's a place where the city's literati and poets admire the autumn leaves and compose poems, so there aren't many people here at this time. When Fu Hai arrived, he immediately saw Butterfly Girl riding her brown horse, looking around.
"Sister Die!" Fu Hai rushed over. "Sorry to keep you waiting. Those kids needed my help with something, so I went over there for a bit." Murong Die smiled and said, "You really do like those little brats. But it's good to have you. These kids who used to steal small things, you can't catch them anyway."
Yes, but not quite.
“If you hadn’t helped them organize themselves and set up a small group specifically for running errands, they would probably still be doing those petty thefts.” Fu Hai said, “Actually, I didn’t do anything.”
He was thinking of the deliverymen and couriers from another world, and then he organized those children together. The most important thing was to give them a uniform "mark," which was a patch with two feet on their right chest.
Anyone looking for someone to run errands knows they're from the Little Dragon Gang as soon as they see a kid with those patches on their clothes.
With his help, the orphans, who were essentially unemployed, formed a small group dedicated to running errands and even established certain rules. The government was quite happy to see this happen.
“Come on up!” Murong Die reached out her hand to him. “I’ll sit in the back.”
“Sit in the front.” Meng Rongdie bent down, grabbed his shoulder, and pulled him to sit in the front.
Fu Hai was forced to sit in the front, while Butterfly Girl came up to him from behind and grabbed the reins. Her full breasts pressed against his back, and she laughed softly as they left Qiufeng Garden.
Fu Hai noticed that the girl, Butterfly, did not go to the busiest part of the Moon River that night, but instead rode in a quiet alley.
She couldn't help but think, "Lingyue is indeed clever. Although we're supposed to be strolling around and looking at the lanterns together, Sister Die, as a government official who's been maintaining order during the festival these past few days, is probably already fed up with crowded and noisy places."
"Besides, too many people can easily lead to conflict. Many people know her, and if someone comes looking for her, will she intervene or not? So tonight, she really just wants to find a quiet place to be with me."
As we passed through a dark alley, across rows of buildings, we heard the screams of many girls coming from the other side. Fu Hai said, "That's over there."
Murong Die said, "Ignore them!"
She loosened the rope, touched him from behind, and chuckled softly, "I'll take you to a nice place."
Fu Haixin chimed in, "Sister Die, I also have a place I want to take you to." He was afraid of being taken too far, even outside the city, and not being able to get back in time.
Murong Die said, "I'll listen to my sister tonight, I've already made arrangements." Fu Hai said, "No! Die'er has to listen to me tonight."
"You've really become addicted to being a dad, haven't you?" Murong Die hugged him and gently poked his head. "I'll let you play around during 'that' time, but you can't do that outside."
Fu Hai chuckled: "Who gets more and more excited every time?"
"Why are you so disobedient? Tell your sister where you want to take me." If it's not a long time, it's not impossible to listen to him.
"Why don't you tell me first, Butterfly, where are you planning to take me? If it's not too far, that's fine too. I feel like you're nice to everyone, but you just like to bully your sister Butterfly?"
"Butterfly, who was bullying whom in the beginning? The two of them were chatting and laughing, flirting and teasing each other."
The horse rode through the alley, and Murong Die asked, "Which way are you going?" Fu Hai replied, "Left."
Mu Rongdie said, "That's fine too!" and gently pulled the thin rope to the left.
After walking for a while, they reached a three-way intersection. Murong Die asked, "And now?"
"Let's go further!" "Alright!"
The two rode their horses forward, chatting as they went.
Fu Hai realized that Miss Die had truly listened to him the whole way, going wherever he told her to go, which put his mind at ease. "Sister Die, thank you. Next time, you'll be in charge."
Unbeknownst to them, the surroundings became even quieter, with high walls on both sides and a magnificent gate in front. "There's only the Brocade Pavilion ahead," Meng Rongdie giggled. "Fu Lang, is this where you brought me?" "This..."
"You silly thing, I thought you were going to take me to some nice place, but you couldn't wait and you've already booked the room." Murong Die teased him with a smile, "Are you being silly? You still dare to say that your matchmaker sister is bullying you, but it's clearly you who's always being indecent and thinking about bullying your matchmaker sister."
Fu Hai could only let her tease him. They had originally agreed to go shopping, but he ended up bringing the matchmaker to a hotel room, so Sister Die couldn't help but laugh at him.
The two dismounted in front of the brocade pavilion. Murong Die was still teasing him: "Fu Lang, are you really that carefree? If I don't keep you company tonight, how will you get through this long night? Young man, you should control yourself a bit."
As they were speaking, a maid from the embassy came out to greet them.
Fu Hai said: "The room I booked at Dragon Claw Inn in advance..."
"Ah! I'm here, everything's already arranged! Butterfly Girl, you've arrived too. The room you booked has been arranged, and even the large bathtub you mentioned has been prepared for you."
Chapter 164 The Butterfly Maiden Wants to Turn the Tide
Fu Hai turned to look at Butterfly Girl.
So, all this time you were planning to bring me here too?
The maid said, "The room you booked at Dragon Claw Inn is in the Willow Moon Pavilion in the west wing. Young Master Fu, when will the guest you mentioned arrive?"
“They’ve arrived!” Fu Haiting said to Butterfly Girl. “We booked for her too, but we didn’t expect her to have booked beforehand. So she booked... two rooms by herself.”