Rebirth After Divorce

After finishing their morning study session, Luo Xiao and Mr. Huo went to the dining hall. They looked at the sumptuous feast on the table and at Ye Lan, who was eagerly seeking praise beside it. The master and disciple exchanged a glance and silently averted their eyes.

 

“Xiaoxiao, look, these are all dishes you love to eat!” Ye Lan leaned closer and pulled Luo Xiao to the table. “You see, there are no scallions, cilantro, or pickled peppers in these dishes. Also, the flavors are relatively mild. Quick, give them a try.”

 

Luo Xiao couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth as he looked at the chopsticks handed to him directly by Ye Lan. He wasn’t sure whether he should accept them or not.

 

“Cough.” Mr. Huo, who was beside them, suppressed a laugh and coughed. “Kid Ye, how about paying attention to this old man as well? Did you only notice Xiaoxiao and completely overlook an old man like me?”

 

Having spent some time with Mr. Huo, Ye Lan had long figured out his personality. In one word, he was a typical mischievous old man.

 

Ye Lan rolled his eyes directly and retorted, “Grandpa Huo, your taste has always been heavy. The dishes you like are being prepared by Aunt Li. These dishes are not suitable for your taste, so please don’t cause trouble.”

 

Upon hearing this, Mr. Huo immediately exploded with wide eyes, saying, “Kid Ye, do you know that your behavior right now is blatantly disrespectful to your elders? Your teacher should have taught you to respect the elderly, right?”

 

“But, Grandpa Huo, that phrase also includes ‘loving the young’,” Ye Lan skimmed his mouth and said, “If you don’t love the young, how can I respect the elderly?”

 

“Where did I not love the young?” Unconvinced, Mr. Huo protested.

 

“We won’t talk about the distant matters, just focus on these past few days. For instance, yesterday, I was already asleep, but you suddenly woke me up just because you wanted someone to accompany you for tea. But the problem is, that was already two o’clock in the morning!”

 

“Don’t you know that old people have poor sleep quality? It’s normal to suddenly wake up and want to have a cup of tea.”

 

“Alright, let’s forget about that incident, but why did you drag me out of bed at four in the morning?”

 

“Of course, it was to exercise with you.”

 

“Just for one day of exercise?”

 

“Well, that’s not just for one day,” Mr. Huo rubbed his nose. “That’s not me taking into account that you’re still a child who is on his growth period and needs plenty of sleep.”

 

“Hehehe,” Ye Lan said, feigning a wide smile.

 

“Hehehe.” Mr. Huo quickly diverted his line of sight. In his heart, he silently commented: He wouldn’t let Ye Lan know that his recent actions were done on purpose. As for the reason, it’s simple– how could he allow this kid to take away his excellent disciple in the future?

 

As it turned out, after the day when Mr. Huo calculated the hanging fate of Luo Xiao’s mother, he suddenly wanted to calculate Luo Xiao’s fate again. This calculation made Mr. Huo suspicious for the first time about whether his divination skills had become unreliable. However, after recasting the divination and seeing the same result, he had to accept it: The red phoenix flutters its wings, fate is tied for three lives. Near the waterside pavilion, the water flows continuously.

 

As soon as he thought that his one and only disciple, whom he had met with great difficulty in this life, would be taken away by another man, Mr. Huo’s heart was dripping with blood. In addition, according to the divination, his disciple was at the bottom, at the bottom! How could this be? As the next generation’s head of the Heavenly Secrets Sect, even if he found a same-sex partner, he must be the one at the top and not the other way around!

 

If Luo Xiao got to know what his master was thinking at the moment, he would certainly do something like ‘betray the master and destroy the ancestor’ without hesitation.

 

Looking at the guilty look on his master’s face, Luo Xiao realized that his own master was doing it intentionally. Though he didn’t know the reason, since there was no ill intent and it was all in good humor, he opened his mouth to say, “This dish tastes good.”

 

When Ye Lan heard Luo Xiao’s praise, he immediately put the matter with Mr. Huo to the back of his mind and tried to please him by saying, “Right? Xiaoxiao, give this dish a try. I peeled the potatoes myself.”

 

Luo Xiao used his chopsticks to pick up a piece and looked at the obvious bumps on it, choosing not to comment. Nevertheless, the taste was still good.

 

“And this one, I picked out the best dish from among them.” Ye Lan pointed his finger to the next bowl of food and spoke.

 

Feeling slightly worried, Mr. Huo didn’t bother to interrupt them. However, after observing their interaction, he smiled contentedly. Humph, wanting to be with my disciple isn’t that easy! Old Man Ye, just wait and see.

 

After enjoying their lunch, Luo Xiao put his hand on his bloated and full belly and then threw a quick look at the attentive Ye Lan beside him and quietly considered if he should go home for dinner in the future.

 

After a one-hour rest, Luo Xiao and Mr. Huo began their afternoon study session. Time passed quickly, and the study session soon ended. After politely declining Ye Lan’s offer to stay for dinner again and again, Luo Xiao ran towards his home with a slightly terrified look. Watching his fleeing figure, Ye Lan rubbed his chin and reflected on whether he had been too hasty in his actions.

 

As the next heir to inherit the Ye family’s patriarch position, Ye Lan had been taught by Old Mr. Ye to be decisive in doing things since he was young, particularly when it came to a person he was interested in. He was supposed to move quickly, or else he would regret it if the person he liked got together with another person.

 

After all, Old Mr. Ye was a living example there. Old Mr. Ye decisively pursued and won over Old Mrs. Ye, and they lived happily together.

 

Ye Lan believed that as an outstanding heir, he had to inherit this trait. Although he couldn’t clearly say whether he was truly attracted to Luo Xiao at the moment, there was a voice telling him deep down that he must seize this opportunity and not let this person slip away, otherwise he would definitely regret it. Especially as he spent more time with Luo Xiao, this feeling became more and more apparent.

 

Back to Luo Xiao’s side, after going home and having dinner, he entered his room, locked the door, and attentively looked through his space panel. After not looking at it for a few days, he noticed some differences. There were only four messages displayed on it, and Luo Xiao opened the first one: “100 points of Chaos Essence found.”

 

Chaos Essence?  Luo Xiao tilted his head with a puzzled expression. What is that?

 

Not understanding, Luo Xiao shrugged his shoulders and decided to continue reading. He opened the second message: “20 points of Chaos Essence are required to remove the seal on the sealed coins. Do you want to remove it? Confirm within the time limit, default cancel after expiration.”

 

So that’s how it was. Luo Xiao nodded, finally understanding why the coin he took out this time was in an unsealed condition.

 

Then he opened the third message: “Do you want to use the remaining 80 points of Chaos Essence for the growth of a peach tree? Confirm within the time limit, default confirmation after expiration.”

 

It looked like the fourth message was about the peach tree’s growth. Luo Xiao tapped on it and indeed found the information: “Peach tree has successfully grown. It requires 150 points of Chaos Essence for the next growth.”

 

Huh? Successfully grown? Luo Xiao carefully examined the peach tree in his space after its growth and noticed that it had indeed grown a few branches. Luo Xi reached out and tapped one, and suddenly he discovered that the surroundings had become quiet. After trying it a few more times, he was finally sure that it was like a domain space, where the absolute existence inside was him. Although the range of this domain was only one square meter now, Luo Xiao was still excited about it.

 

After all, the appearance of this domain space provided him with an important guarantee for his personal safety. More so after his master told him that he was like a sweet cake in the eyes of others, no one could harm him. It was truly like receiving a pillow when feeling sleepy—a beautiful thing!

 

After the excitement subsided, Luo Xiao recalled that he hadn’t resolved the issue of the so-called Chaos Essence. He didn’t even have an idea when this thing appeared in his space.

 

After carefully organizing the things in his place, Luo Xiao discovered that those strange stones that couldn’t be identified when he found them in the treasure were nowhere to be seen. A speculation came to his mind that most likely these stones might be the so-called Chaos Essence. But elements like pure wood and pure fire were always in a gaseous state, and he had never heard of them being in a solid form.

 

Puzzled, Luo Xiao decided to inquire about it when he went to study with his master next week and found out exactly what it was all about.

 

The next day was Monday, the school day. When Luo Xiao woke up, he found that his eyes were twitching uncontrollably for some inexplicable reason. According to the old saying, “Left eye twitching brings disaster, right eye twitching brings wealth.” Furthermore, he had a vague sense of foreboding that something bad might happen.

 

Suppressing the twitching left eyelid, Luo Xiao headed to school with a heavy heart. Despite his worries, the morning passed peacefully without any incidents. However, in the afternoon of the last class, their classroom door was forcefully kicked open from the outside.

 

Seeing the fierce woman walk in with a menacing aura, Luo Xiao’s foreboding sense intensified unknowingly.

 

“Smack!” Without saying a word, the woman who kicked the door went straight to their Chinese teacher and raised her hand to slap her. All the students on the scene were taken aback by this sudden event, and before they could come back to their senses, the woman continued to deliver several more slaps to the Chinese teacher.

 

In the next second, she viciously cursed, “You shameless woman! Are you treating me as a sick cat? How dare you try to seduce my husband? Are you tired of living?”

 

“I didn’t,” the Chinese teacher said, covering both sides of her swollen face and said with a sobbing tone.

 

“You didn’t?” The woman glared, “I’m not blind. Hmph, that whoever person in your class, after his mother divorced her husband, she even set up a shop to do business without any shame, flirting shamelessly there, like coming out to sell themselves. Having a student like that, how good of a teacher can you be? It’s true that teachers have students that have the same character as them!”

 

As soon as Luo Xiao heard this, he clenched his fist tightly. He knew that this woman was pointing at his family. He was aware that in this era, two women running businesses together with alone themselves would face many difficulties. However, he didn’t expect someone to have such a negative view of his mother behind her back.

 

Just as he wanted to speak up to refute, a voice one step ahead of him rang, “You old hag! What did you just say?”