Rebirth: My Brother Can Only Be Mine

"Brother, tell me, why do they change when it rains?" Lin Huaijin, who was making a fire in front of the kitchen stove, was full of confusion.

"I don't know, maybe there's something wrong with the rain." Lin Qing skinned and gutted the rabbit and cut it into pieces.

"But we were caught in the rain and nothing changed." Lin Huaijin looked at the steam rising from the pot and continued to wonder.

"Maybe, it's because of our different physiques. After all, we just arrived here." Lin Qing poured the chopped rabbit meat into the pot. While the meat was blanching, he began to cut ginger slices. After cutting the ginger slices, he threw them directly into the pot to cook together. He also cut some onions, garlic and peppers for later use.

"Brother, you are so great. You cut vegetables so fast." Lin Huaijin was attracted by the chopping sound. He saw a pair of white and slender fingers on the chopping board handling the ingredients flexibly. The left hand held the green onion, and the knife in the right hand fell quickly. He finished cutting in a few breaths.

"Aunt Xiu taught me."

"Aunt Xiu looks a little serious."

"Maybe, but Aunt Xiu is actually very gentle. She also taught me many things."

"I also ate the cakes that Aunt Xiu made for my brother last time. Aunt Xiu is very kind to my brother."

"Yes, she is like a mother." Lin Qing took out the rabbit meat, washed the pot and poured in oil, then stir-fried the onion, ginger, garlic, etc., then put in the rabbit meat, added some other ingredients as side dishes, and covered the pot.

He turned back to clean up the things on the chopping board. After washing and organizing everything, he sat side by side with Lin Huaijin on the bench in front of the stove. The two chatted while waiting for the meat to cook.

"Brother, when do you think the rain will stop?"

"I don't know. We can only wait. Let's eat first. After dinner, I will change your medicine again."

"Ok."

"Are you still sleepy? Do you want to go to bed for a while? I'll call you when you're ready."

"No, I want to make a fire." Lin Huaijin's eyelids were twitching, but he was still stubborn.

"Okay, then you take a nap first. It doesn't count as sleeping." Lin Qing stretched out his right hand and rested Lin Huaijin's head on his shoulder.

Lin Huaijin leaned on his shoulder and soon fell asleep. Maybe he felt discomfort in his shoulder, so he hugged Lin Qing's waist spontaneously, with his forehead against Lin Qing's neck, and slept more soundly.

Until I was attracted by the fragrance and gradually woke up, I felt a coolness on my cheeks.

Lin Huaijin raised his head and saw a puddle of water on Lin Qing's collar.

Lin Huaijin felt ashamed for a rare time. After all, he was a man in his thirties, and drooling on his twelve-year-old brother's clothes was really a test of his self-esteem.

Lin Huaijin's cheeks turned slightly red, and she was too shy to look at her brother.

Only a light laugh was heard, Lin Huaijin raised his head, Lin Qing's mouth corners slightly raised, with a beautiful curve at the end of his eyes, and his handsome face was as clear as the moon under the candlelight.

Lin Huaijin suddenly understood the meaning of the word clear.

Clear and dust-free, the still moon is untainted.

Lin Qing saw that his brother's cheeks were slightly red, and his round black eyes were staring at him eagerly, as if he was both embarrassed and angry.

Lin Qing had no choice but to suppress the corners of his mouth and said, "Now that things have come to this, let's eat first." After saying the last word, he couldn't suppress his smile and laughed out loud.

"Brother, don't laugh at me!"

"Okay, I didn't laugh." Lin Qing pressed the corners of his mouth and said seriously.

"No, you smiled."

"Have a meal."

Lin Huaijin's right hand was frostbitten, and he enjoyed the treatment of being fed by his brother again after a long time.

"Brother, you haven't fed me for a long time."

"No, didn't you feed him breakfast when we were in the sect last month?"

"That happened last month. It's been a long time."

"Then Xiao Jin has been waiting for me to feed her these days."

"In that case, I forgive you."

"Thank you, Xiaojin." Lin Qing spoke in a tone like coaxing a child, even though he was not that old either.

Lin Huaijin thought, forget it, since my brother is so nice, I will just let him coax me.

......

The next morning, when I got up and opened the door, I saw that Yue Lingluo had recovered and was sitting on the doorstep in a daze.

The drizzle fell on the ground, the grass was bent and then bounced up, the flowers drooped and closed their petals, the raindrops were like a girl dancing, graceful and floating in the air.

"You two finally woke up. I was so bored on the rainy day. No one wanted to play with me and I couldn't go out to play. Daddy got wet too and couldn't come out to accompany me." Yue Lingluo pouted and muttered in dissatisfaction.

Lin Huaijin: "Why did you turn into a vine yesterday?" Although his brother told him not to ask, Lin Huaijin couldn't help but be curious.

Yue Lingluo: "Because it's raining~ Our people will return to their original form when it rains~"

Lin Huaijin: "True form? Your true form is a vine?"

Yue Lingluo: "Yes, you are father's apprentice now. You will know it in the future anyway. I'll tell you~" Yue Lingluo spread her hands and talked boredly.

"The fate of our Lin clan is that we will age faster after the age of 45, and eventually end our lives and return to our original forms as trees. Look at those, they are all the clan members I knew before." Yue Lingluo said, pointing to the trees at the edge of the Moon Goddess Forest.

Talking about the fate of the Lin clan is as plain as talking about flowers and plants before.

"I am twelve years old, but my father is already forty years old. I want to find a way."

"Sister, she was the previous saint, but she disappeared when she was fifteen. I searched for her for two years throughout the secret realm, and only got a little information from a yellow bird. She left with five monks. She disappeared next to a thousand-year-old tree in the southeast of the secret realm. So if you have a way to get out, remember to take me with you. I want to ask sister if you have found a way outside."

"Look, that's daddy. He must have been so absorbed in picking herbs that he didn't have time to come back and got caught in the rain." Yue Lingluo said, pointing to a big tree behind the courtyard.

"But don't worry, the rain here is a gift from the gods. It can increase our magic power. It's no big deal. We can increase our magic power by drinking more rain water~"

Lin Huaijin: "Now that you have recovered, do you still drink rain water?"

Yue Lingluo: "Drink it. After I finish explaining this to you, I will go to continue my training. This rain will probably last for quite some time, so we can't waste it~"

Yue Lingluo held her chin up and said seriously, as if to say that if you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you'd be a bastard.

"Can you take me to hang on my daddy's tree later?"

"I want to practice with Daddy~"

Lin Huaijin nodded, and Lin Qing turned back to get the umbrella he used when going out yesterday.

Yue Lingluo: "Brother Xiaojin, is your hand okay?"

Lin Huaijin: "Not yet, but my brother has applied medicine to me, it's okay."

Yue Lingluo: "Okay, but unfortunately Daddy is too tall, I can't move him over to let him recover, otherwise I'll let him heal you first and then drink some water."

Lin Huaijin: "It's okay, it's just a minor injury."

Yue Lingluo: "Little brother Jin, don't forget to memorize your lessons. Be careful when the rain stops or Daddy will test you on the complete list of medicinal herbs."

After saying that, he stood up, stomped back to his room, and soon brought out five or six books. "You should look at these first. We don't know when the rain will stop."

Lin Huaijin: "How long does this rain usually last?"

Yue Lingluo: "I don't know. We live by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It's okay if we don't eat or drink for a few years. It's okay if it rains for a few years."

Lin Huaijin: "It won't really rain for several years, right?"

Yue Lingluo: "It's hard to say, just memorize the book obediently~"