comeback [rebirth]

Originally, Cen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, he didn't realize what Yan Xuan had said for a moment, and after a while, he said "ah" in a low voice.

In an instant, he didn't know whether it was because of the steam from the hot water or the original heat remaining in the room. He only felt that the last remaining coolness had disappeared, and the air became more and more oppressive, tormenting his heart. .

At that moment, Cen Yuan didn't even know where to put his gaze, his eyeballs rolled around several times, he squeezed his earlobe uncomfortably, and then he managed to say: "I... I'm not afraid of the summer being too hot, What if... what if you get prickly heat from covering it?"

Yan Xuan closed his eyes, his expression was the same as usual, but the tips of his ears exposed to the air were slightly red.

"It will be Bailu soon," he said.

Summer is over.

Cen Yuan: "..."

He didn't know how to answer the words for a while, so he could only look around the room randomly, worried that if he stayed like this, he would have to run away, so he pointed to the direction of the door: "I just heard Xue uncle's voice."

"Yeah." Yan Xuan followed his words and replied, "He's making breakfast."

"Oh." Cen Yuan responded, "Then I'll go and see what to eat, I'm hungry after sleeping for so long."

After that, he opened the door and walked out as if fleeing.

"..." Yan Xuan looked at the back of him running away, silent and did not move, only his fingertips were tapping the table casually.

After a while, he lowered his head and smiled slightly.

Outside the house, the two children had already woken up, and they were chopping at each other with their wooden swords before breakfast was ready.

Cen Yuan joked, "How about getting up early to practice martial arts?"

The children stopped when they saw him, and the younger one ran towards him with a wooden sword in his mouth: "Ah! Look at the sword!"

"Hey!" Cen Yuan "fighted" him a few times with his bare hands, and finally managed to remove the wooden sword from his hand. With a flip of his wrist, he unceremoniously put the sword on top of the child's head, and tapped it lightly.

"Little." Cen Yuan called out his baby name, squatted down at the same time, and gestured the wooden sword in his hand twice, "The sword is not bad, did Daddy make it for you?"

"Yeah!" The kid named "Little" responded, pointing at Cen Yuan's back, "But I like that big brother's sword better."

Cen Yuan looked back, and saw that Yan Xuan was following him and also came out of the room, and what the child was pointing at was the Mingyu sword on Yan Xuan's waist.

"That's a sword that can only be used by a general." Cen Yuan turned around and said with a smile, "You can't use it yet."

Xiao Xiao blinked at him: "But my brother said yesterday that you were just pretending to be a family."

"That's right." Cen Yuan said with a serious face, "According to our rules, not everyone can pretend to be a great general, you have to have certain abilities and qualifications. No, that sword is a symbol of qualifications."

Xiao Xiao: "Then how can I be qualified?"

Hearing this, Cen Yuan thought for a while, then pointed to Yan Xuan: "Just defeat that big brother."

"But..." Xiao Xiao quietly glanced at Yan Xuan, "but that big brother can't even break a big stone in his chest."

Yan Xuan: "..."

Cen Yuan didn't expect that this little kid was still thinking about this, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud twice.

Looking at his smiling profile behind Yan Xuan, a ridiculous thought suddenly popped up in his mind——

If one day Cen Yuan really asks him to do such a ridiculous thing, maybe he will really do it.

It's just that although Cen Yuan likes to tease the little general, it's not to such an extent.He returned the wooden sword to Xiaoxiao: "Well then, when you grow up, go to Chang'an City and find a place called Changping Mansion, where a real general lives, let him teach You. At that time, don't talk about a big stone in your chest, it is not impossible to defeat that big brother."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and asked Yan Xuan, "Is there any problem?"

Yan Xuan looked at his crooked eyebrows and nodded, "En."

Xiao Xiao's eyes were almost bright, but he still worried: "But... what if the general that brother mentioned doesn't teach me?"

"Don't worry about it." Cen Yuan rubbed the child's chubby face, "That general is very nice. Seeing how cute you are, he will definitely not reject you."

"Really?" Xiao Xiao cheered, "Then when I grow up, I will definitely go!"

Before he finished speaking, his elder brother tugged him: "Xiao Xiao! Did you forget that when we grow up, we have to go to the fields to help daddy?"

"Of course I have to help with my father's work." Xiao Xiao held up the wooden sword, "But in the future, I must also be a great general who can defend my family and the country and devote myself to everything!"

"Breakfast is ready—" At this moment, Xue Cheng came out with a few dishes of side dishes, "Hey, you are still playing."

"Daddy—" Xiao Xiao immediately ran over, "Daddy, I'm going to be a general in the future—"

"Being a great general?" Xue Cheng smiled and touched his head, "Okay, from now on, I have to eat an extra steamed bun every day, so that I can have the strength to fight the enemy."

Xiao Xiao: "Good!"

After Xue Cheng coaxed the child, he turned to Cen Yuan and Yan Xuan: "Did you two sleep well last night?"

"Yeah." Unexpectedly, Yan Xuan spoke first, "It's just that the quilt is a bit stuffy."

Cen Yuan, who replaced the quilt all night: "..."

Where no one else could see, he secretly nudged Yan Xuan with his elbow.

"Ah." Xue Cheng said embarrassedly, "there are not many quilts at home, and the quilts I brought for you two last night were thicker, maybe it will be a bit boring."

Cen Yuan waved his hands quickly when he heard the words: "He's joking, we all slept well and didn't feel any discomfort."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and smiled at Yan Yan, with a knife in his eyes: "Really?"

"..." Yan Xuan glanced at him, "Yes."

"That's fine." Xue Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly pointed to the stool, and pushed the bowl of porridge in front of them, "Then I won't say much, the two of you are probably hungry too, let's eat first. It's just some simple food, It’s fine if you don’t dislike it.”

"will not."

With that said, Cen Yuan and Yan Xuan sat down on a bench side by side, and saw a bowl of white flour steamed buns and a few dishes of simple side dishes on the wooden table.

The three members of Xue's family sat across from them. Xiao Xiao was still bustling with his wooden sword while eating, and the other child was obediently eating steamed buns. There is no impatience on the face, only a smile from the heart without any concealment.

Cen Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he turned to look at Yan Xuan.

The morning sun that had just risen was spreading over the other person's face, every inch of it was filled with gentle heat, and just at this moment, Yan Xuan seemed to sense his gaze, and looked at him as well.

The moment the four eyes met, Cen Yuan suddenly felt that such simple food and close family members are the best interpretation of the three words "living".

It's just that for them now, such a day is obviously still a bit out of reach.

In the end, Zhongyuan's evening passed peacefully, but Cen Yuan didn't dare to take it lightly, and still told Lou Yuanbai to take care of him.As for the guarding situation in the palace, as long as he didn't say anything, Yan Xuan would not make changes for no reason.

He is still very relieved when the little general does things.

A stable life will not remain the same. Cen Yuan had already made an agreement with Yan Xuan. After Yan Xuan proposed to Emperor Ning to go to Jiangnan to investigate the conscription, he also found an excuse to go to Jiangnan together.

He just didn't expect that Emperor Ning would suddenly announce that he and Yan Xuan would enter the palace at the same time before he spoke a few days after Zhongyuan passed.