Mirror World

For a month, Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen were exposed to the sun. Their faces were dark and shiny as if they were covered with black mud, but the reward was that they had perfect control over their own mirror spirits. They no longer wasted a lot of mirror spirits because they could not control the usage well.

Tang Huan, Tang Qingwen and Li Yanxiu were walking on the crowded street.

"Junior brother, why didn't the fox follow you today?" Li Yanxiu asked.

Tang Qingwen looked up at the sky and said slowly, "Well, it seems that Master Uncle asked him to go build a house."

"Ah?" Li Yanxiu was puzzled.

"My dad asked the fox to build a house? No way, with her temper, how could she listen to my dad and build a house?"

Tang Qingwen held his forehead and sighed, "Um... well... the last time she forcibly took me away, she transformed into a monster and knocked down a lot of buildings. Fortunately, at that time people knew that a monster had appeared in the city, so they all ran out to watch the show, and there were no casualties."

"But she was able to build the house obediently because my uncle helped her find me, so in return, she went to build the house."

"Oh! I see." Li Yanxiu nodded in understanding.

Tang Huan turned his head and asked, "But Xiaowen, I really want to know whether you have ever liked Hu Ge or been attracted to him?"

When Tang Qingwen heard Tang Huan ask this, he seemed very normal and had no psychological fluctuations.

"Like...not really." Tang Qingwen shook his head.

“But I did have a crush on him once.”

Tang Huan and Li Yanxiu's eyes lit up and they leaned forward.

"Hey! When did it happen, Xiaowen?"

"What does it mean that my junior brother is moved but doesn't like it?"

Tang Qingwen recalled for a moment.

"It was when we first met, she suddenly held my hand. When I looked back at her, we both stared into each other's eyes in surprise. I was attracted by her enchanting beauty at that time. That was when my heart was moved."

"But! After I found out she was a monster and tried to take me away by force, and injured the two of you, I began to hate her very much."

Tang Huan looked a little disappointed. "Well... I hope you can like Hu Ge, then I won't have to worry about protecting you in the future."

"Master brother, even if junior brother doesn't like her now, isn't the fox still protecting junior brother?" Li Yanxiu asked doubtfully.

"That's different. Hu Ge loves Xiao Wen to the point of madness. If one day she finds out that Xiao Wen is a man she can never get or Xiao Wen falls in love with another woman, then Hu Ge will probably kill Xiao Wen and keep the body by her side forever. That's what I'm worried about."

Li Yanxiu's eyes twitched. "Master brother, you really think about it comprehensively."

"No, brother. I just don't like Hu Ge now. But after spending more than a month with her, I found that I don't hate Hu Ge as much as before. If she continues to follow me like this... it's hard for me to say that I won't like Hu Ge. Or if she leaves me all of a sudden... I won't be used to it either." Tang Qingwen said with a smile.

Tang Huan touched Tang Qingwen's head.

"Heh... since you know that you will fall in love with Hu Ge sooner or later, why don't you fall in love with him now?"

Tang Qingwen's face twisted a little.

(ー_ー)!!

"Um... well... last time when I was shopping on the street, the shop owner mistook Hu Ge for my mother..." (ー_ー)!!

Tang Huan: (?w?)

Li Yanxiu: (￣▽￣)~

"Haha...that's right. Looking at the age and height difference between you two, you do look a bit like mother and son." Li Yanxiu said jokingly.

Tang Qingwen: ?_?

……

The three of them came to a drugstore, which was filled with three large cabinets. Each cabinet had about a hundred small drawers, on which were written all kinds of rare and precious items.

The three of them walked in and saw an old man with a white beard preparing medicine for a couple at the counter.

The white-bearded old man's gaze drifted towards Tang Huan and the other two.

"Please take a seat, my three distinguished guests. I am still preparing medicine for you two. Please wait a moment." The white-bearded old man greeted politely first.

"Okay, Doctor Chen, the three of us will take a rest and wait." Li Yanxiu then looked at the couple.

The man carried a mummy on his back, while the woman carried a cow skull on her back.

The more Li Yanxiu looked, the more he felt that the backs of the two people were a little familiar. Then Li Yanxiu walked closer and looked at their profiles. Li Yanxiu's eyes were instantly filled with surprise.

"Brother Jie! Sister Fukino!"

When the couple heard someone calling them, they turned to look at Li Yanxiu with a look of disbelief on their faces.

Jie: "Little crybaby!"

Fu Ye: "Xiao Xiao Xiao..."

The three of them hugged each other instantly.

Li Yanxiu: "Brother Jie! Sister Fuye!"

Li Yanxiu was so excited, thrilled and happy inside. Looking at Li Yanxiu's happy smile, he couldn't help but shed tears that had been hidden for many years due to his longing.

Funo: "Little crybaby brother... I didn't expect that we would meet again after 8 years." The woman carrying the cow skull on her back said this, and tears unconsciously flowed from her eyes with excitement.

Jie: "Little crybaby, it's really... so good to see you again! So good!"

Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen stared at the three people in a daze, looking fascinated by their long-awaited reunion.

The white-bearded old man walked slowly to Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen with the medicinal herbs in his hand and handed them over.

"My two nobles, please check if this is the medicine you want to buy."

Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen looked at the white-bearded old man in surprise.

"Senior Doctor, we haven't said anything yet, how do you know what we want to buy?"

The white-bearded old man narrowed his wrinkled eyelids and smiled amiably: "Haha...ha, I know from your expressions that you two are spiritual-level magic killers, and you have just mastered the mirror spirit not long ago. You bought these herbs in order to advance in martial arts."

Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen glanced at each other's faces.

"Uh...Xiao Wen, it's true that you are obviously dark."

"Brother! You're almost a race changer, and you still have the nerve to say that to me."

The two of them unconsciously looked at Li Yanxiu, who was still reminiscing about the past with the couple.

Fuye: "Little crybaby, how have you been these years? Have you eaten well? Have you slept warmly? Have you made good friends? Have you listened to your parents?"

Jie: "You little crybaby, you have grown so big! Look, you are taller than me."

What Jie and Fuye said to Li Yanxiu was just like what an old father or mother says to their child.

Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen looked at the reunion of the three people and inexplicably felt a strange sense of happiness and sadness, but after a while, Tang Huan and Tang Qingwen looked at each other and their expressions became sad again.

Tang Huan tried hard to hide his inner sadness, forced himself to put on a bright smile, and stroked his brother's head.

"Xiao Wen, no matter what happens in the world in the future, I will always be your brother to protect you and be with you! You also have to work hard to grow up!"

Tang Qingwen raised his eyes high, tears welled up in his eyes unconsciously. Tang Qingwen lowered his head in fear to avoid his brother's gaze, but... he still couldn't stop the tears from the longing in his heart, and he threw himself into his brother's arms.

Tang Qingwen sobbed. "Brother! We agreed that no matter what happens in the future, you must stay by my side. I need you... I will protect you, too."