Rebirth After Divorce

Luo Xiao began working his part-time job that would only last for a few days at ‘A Grocery Store’, and Luo Yong didn’t suspect any of his actions. The day of the New Year was nearing, and Luo Yong had thoughts of taking Luo Xiao home on the day of New Year the day after tomorrow. As they still have to buy some souvenirs and some other special things from this place, today became Luo Xiao’s last day of working inside the ‘A Grocery Store’.

 

Despite the fact that he only worked in this shop for a total of ten days, including the day today, Luo Xiao could say that he really had a good time there. Not many customers entered the shop, so Luo Xiao would always spend time with a book in his hand. While he was flipping through ‘Bagua’, he tried one of the formations written there inside the house, and got a mouse to use as an experiment subject. It’s just that he never imagined that it would turn out successful.

 

Letting out a sigh inside, he had a strong urge to express his gratitude. He didn’t expect that after his rebirth, he would be given the chance to stumble at the thing he thought nonsense before. From his perspective, tales talking about immortals cultivating in novels were all false.

 

When the time ticked off at the end of his working hours, Yu Xiao approached the old man, also named Mr. Huo, before saying with a trace of unwillingness, “Grandpa Huo, I can’t come over starting tomorrow. My uncle will take me home for New Year the day after tomorrow, and we will go buy things tomorrow, so…”

 

“Okay.” When he heard his words, Mr. Huo became a little surprised. If Luo Xiao hadn’t said it, he would have forgotten that it was only a few days away before Chinese New Year. As such, after thinking briefly, he replied, “Alright, I see. Right, you go and write down your home address.”

 

“Eh?” Although a little baffled, Luo Xi still pulled out a pen and wrote down his home address on paper.

 

Mr. Luo received the piece of paper and threw a look at it, and turned joyful secretly. He didn’t expect that this kid lived in this place. Just as he expected, the meeting of this kid with him was fated to happen!

 

“Little kid, I noticed these days that you especially paid great attention to the book ‘Bagua’, are you interested in it?” Mr. Huo opened his mouth to inquire carefully.

 

“Well, I think it’s amazing,” Luo Xiao said, using a child’s tone.

 

“Amazing?” Mr. Huo subconsciously raised his eyebrows, “How can you say it’s amazing? For this old man, it’s not at all entertaining.”

 

Staying with the old man for several days, Luo Xiao knew that there was something strange about Mr. Huo. In addition, he had a feeling that the book ‘Bagua’ was placed intentionally onto the shelf by the old man. There was no way that he wouldn’t notice how the old man gave him a few glimpses every now and then while he was flipping through the book.

 

“To be honest, I…” Luo Xiao paused and continued to say, “The more I read it, the more I feel that the magical formation inside is very magical, so I went home and gave it a try.”

 

“Oh? Then what happened?” Still composed, Mr. Huo asked.

 

The picture of the mouse’s amusing appearance that was captured by him as an experimental subject flashed in his mind, and he spoke with a faint smile, “In the end, the mouse was so exhausted that it didn’t have any intention of moving.”

 

“Oh?” The man’s eyes brightened visibly, “Really?”

 

“En, yes.”

 

“Okay, okay, okay!” The old man chuckled happily and stretched out his hand to pat his shoulder.

 

With a crunched face, Luo Xiao rubbed his aching shoulder at the moment and couldn’t help but sigh. This old man was already so old, yet he never imagined that there would be so much force hidden inside his hand.

 

The more Mr. Huo looked at Luo Xiao, the more he felt satisfied. His heart couldn’t help but be delighted. He didn’t expect that he would meet a talented heir like him in his whole life.

 

Huo Tianling was the old man’s real name, and he was the 198th generation head of the Tianji Sect. The history of the Tianji Sect can traced back to the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties.

 

Rumor has it that the sect was developed by the Taoist Immortal. Divination and fortune-telling were the sect’s specialty, and it had always been beside the emperor to assure that the country would flourish. It was a pity that when the Wu Zetian’s period1The former empress of the China, goes by the name Wu Zetian’s period. The de facto ruler of the Tang dynasty was ushered in, Her Majesty the Empress of Heaven became furious when the head of the sect at that time told her the results of the divination, and directly exterminated the Tianji Sect.

 

Starting from that moment onwards, the Tianji Sect withdrew from the outside world, and it was not until the last hundred years that it slowly showed up in front of the people again.

 

Of course, only the top officials of the states and some big families with deep backgrounds were aware of their existence.

 

And the book ‘Bagua’ turned out to be the most basic requirement for the disciples of the Tianji Sect to get accepted and be allowed to begin their cultivation path. Only those disciples who had the ability to perform set up the formation were allowed to be part of the Tianji Sect, and not everyone could do it. Only those who have spiritual power in them can do it.

 

In Luo Xi’s case, he mistakenly acquired a spiritual power due to the immortal peach tree, and it was also because of this that he could complete the formation smoothly. But Luo Xiao didn’t know it.

 

After letting out a happy laugh, Mr. Huo turned to look fondly,”Little kid, do you want to be my heir?”

 

Luo Xiao didn’t expect that the old man would say such things, but after being taken aback for a while, he nodded his head pleasantly. Sure enough, his guess turned out to be true. Mr. Huo was indeed not just a normal person.

 

“Master, please accept this disciple’s respect.” Luo Xiao bent his knees on the ground and kowtowed thrice to the direction of the old man.

 

“Good! Good! Good!” Mr. Huo became even more satisfied when he saw what he had done. When Luo Xiao was done kowtowing, the old man bent down his waist and pulled him, “Stand up, listen to master. Master will let you know things about the sect. Our sect is called Tianji Sect, and I am the 198th head. Our sect…”

 

Luo Xiao listened to his master’s words, and his initial feeling was: Surprisingly, he would become the head of a sect one day, even though this sect currently only had him together with his master as its members.

 

After parting from his master, Luo Xiao went back to the house carrying some books that his master instructed him to read. Actually, he also went to ask his master how they should contact him in the future, if he needed to go to the City S or what, but when he saw his master’s expression of “hermits have their tricks”, Luo Xiao kept his mouth and didn’t continue to ask any more questions.

 

The next day, Luo Xiao and his little uncle began their shopping trip. Luo Xiao looked at the big and small bags in the car and couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Unexpectedly, his little uncle’s ability to shop was not all the worse when compared to a woman!

 

“Mom, we’re back!” Two hours of bumpy journey passed, and Luo Xiao quickly noticed his mother’s figure waiting for them at the entrance of the station.

 

Luo Xiao didn’t realize that he missed his mother so much until he saw her again. He ignored his little uncle whose hands were full of small and big bags, and rushed directly to Luo Qian’s direction and his bag towed. He threw himself into her arms, sniffing the familiar scent and warm breath, he said, “Mom, mom, I miss you so much!”

 

“Yes, mom also misses you!” Luo Qian set her eyes on her son nestling in her arms at the moment, and the anxiousness staying inside her eyes for ten days disappeared completely. “Xiaoxiao, did you behave while staying at City S with your little uncle?”

 

“Yes, I’m very well-behaved there. Mom, let me tell you, City S really looks a lot better compared to our town, the…”

 

Luo Xiao lifted his head and couldn’t wait to tell his mother what he experienced there. After all, in his previous life, his mother never divorced Yu Jun. She needed to work hard every day, and she didn’t have the chance to relax at all and leave this small town to visit some good scenery located in other places. When he thought of this, a sour feeling spread in his heart. In this life, he promised that he would take his mother out, and the two of them would travel and enjoy the beauty of life.

 

“Hey, I say, have you mother and son really forgotten that I am here?” The two of them were still having a warm talk when a voice tainted with a trace of injustice sounded from their backs. The mother and son turned to look at the source of the voice, and it looked like they had really forgotten Luo Yong’s existence.

 

“Little brother, come here. Second sister will help you carry some bags.” Luo Qian threw a look at the dozen of small and big bags hanging on his body, and felt a little sorry in her heart. She then proceeded to walk to him and stretched out her hands to help him carry the other bags.

 

Luo Yong looked at his own body, then raised his right hand and spoke to Luo Qian, “Second sister, let me carry these heavy ones. You can help carry the light ones in my hand.” Luo Xiao also stepped forward to carry some things. The three of them chatted happily as they went back home.

 

“Dad, mom, Xiaoxiao and I are back.” Luo Yong yelled the moment his feet stepped inside the house.

 

“You are back?” Both Grandpa Luo and Grandma Luo heard the voice and hurried out of the house. When the two saw the things the three were carrying, they immediately stepped forward to help, “Come back if you want to come back. Why did you buy so many things when coming back?”

 

“Mom, it’s not easy to go there. Besides, it was still on before the Chinese New Year and the prices outside were relatively cheap, so I bought some things back.” Luo Xiao placed the things on the floor and directly slumped himself on the chair beside him, “Yeah, finally home!”

 

“Xiaoxiao, come to grandma’s side. Look, you’ve lost a lot of weight!” Grandma Luo looked at Luo Xiao with concern, “Does your little uncle take good a care of you?”

 

“Mom, look what you said, how could I not take a good care of Xiaoxiao? Right, Xiaoxiao?” Luo Yong opened his mouth with a smile.

 

“It’s true, uncle took good care of me.”

 

“Right, mom, come and see the gifs I brought back for you. Let me see where I put them all.” After saying that, Luo Yong lifted his hands and started rummaging through the things he bought back.

 

“Here, dad, this is the radio I especially brought for you. You don’t have to go to Uncle Li’s house anymore to listen to his radio after so much trouble. As for you mom, I bought a sewing box for you. Second sister, you and eldest sister, together with third sister and eldest sister-in-law, each have a silk scarf. Then this is the watch for eldest brother and brother-in-law.”

 

Because he intended to give everyone each gifts, Luo Yong directly used all the money he earned working at the City S. Anyway, money can be earned after working again, but the happiness of family members receiving gifts at this moment can’t be bought by money.

 

Dinner arrived, and all the family members who received gifts all had happy smiles on their faces. Seeing this, Luo Yong’s was filled with warmth. As for Luo Xiao, he had his back against the chair and was holding the rice bowl. He looked at their joyous expressions, and made up his mind in his heart: He would treat these family members even better in the future!

 

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The author has something to say:

Today is Christmas Eve. Thorn is here to wish all my friends a happy Christmas Eve~ Also, tomorrow is Christmas, and our protagonist Gong will also appear to meet you tomorrow~

 

1The former empress of the China, goes by the name Wu Zetian’s period. The de facto ruler of the Tang dynasty