Chapter 369: Going to Heaven, Sword!!
"Baby, you're already in school. You're a big baby now. You have to sleep by yourself, okay?"
Xiang Yuanyuan talked to Xiao Duheng tirelessly.
Little Duheng just kept shaking his head without saying anything, and didn't let go.
"Be good, go back to sleep by yourself, and we'll go home together tomorrow. By then, mom and dad won't go out and will stay with you every day, okay?"
At this time, Du Ruo touched little Du Heng's head and spoke very seriously.
It has been several years since she last went out to travel. Although she has not traveled all over the country, at least she has visited some of the country's famous attractions. She also wants to go home and have a rest.
In fact, in the past few years, when she missed Du Heng in the middle of the night, she would ask Du Ruo to take her home to see him. However, she was afraid that the little guy would cry, so she did not come back to see him during the day.
“Really??”
Upon hearing Du Ruo say this, little Du Heng immediately raised his head from under the quilt and looked at Du Ruo. His eyes were very big and sparkling, twinkling in the dim night.
"Well, really, I'm not going to lie to you."
Du Ruo smiled and rubbed the little guy's head again.
"Yeah, dad is the best, mua~"
Little Du Heng crawled out from under the quilt, knelt on the bed, held Du Ruo's face in his hands, and gave her a big kiss.
"Okay, now you can go back to your room and sleep."
Xiang Yuanyuan patted Xiao Duheng's butt, feeling a little jealous.
"Okay~ Good night, Dad, good night, Mom~~"
After getting a positive answer, little Du Heng climbed down from the bed and ran out in her slippers. When she stood at the door, she said good night to the two of them, then closed the door and left.
"Hmph, I want a kiss too~"
Xiang Yuanyuan put her arms around Du Ruo's neck and were intimate with her for a long time before falling asleep.
……
After Xiang Yuanzhang's funeral, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan did not rush home, but stayed with little Du Heng for a few more days.
The father and mother were very happy, they really treated little Du Heng like a baby.
Especially Xiangfu, he would grant whatever she asked. Little Duheng had a lot of fun and was not afraid at all. She often went with Xiangfu to watch others catch mice in the sugarcane field. If Xiangfu had not been afraid that she would get hurt, she would have almost caught mice herself.
She also loves fried dried rat and can eat a lot at one time.
Li Qiyao was the same wherever she was. She led a very regular life every day: eating, practicing martial arts, and teaching little Duheng martial arts.
But things were different these days. After handing little Du Heng over to her grandparents, she was dragged by Xiang Yuanyuan to go shopping everywhere.
Buying cosmetics, all kinds of beautiful bags and clothes, doing skin care and manicures, it seems that she wants to help Li Qiyao regain her youth.
Apart from anything else, Xiang Yuanyuan's actions actually made Li Qiyao smile more often.
As for Du Ruo, he didn't go anywhere. He just moved a recliner, and then, like before, he closed his eyes and ignored everything outside.
It was not until Li Qiyao said that Xiao Duheng’s teacher had called them many times that the four of them set out to drive home.
In the following time, Du Ruo really did as he said and did not take Xiang Yuanyuan out anymore, but stayed at home.
But for little Du Heng... Mom and Dad are indeed at home and are really with her, but for some reason, she always feels that life is not as happy as before.
……
At the end of June, Du Heng climbed out of the bed in his small room, changed his clothes very quickly, folded the quilt, ventilated the room, and then went to the bathroom to wash up.
Sixteen-year-old Du Heng has grown into a graceful young lady. She is meters tall, with long hair, big eyes, fair skin, and looks very pure and beautiful.
The so-called 28-year-old age is the golden age for girls. They are young and beautiful. Although life at home was not luxurious, Du Heng had never lacked anything since she was a child.
Everything they eat and drink contains spiritual energy. Even the things they use, although not from well-known brands, are things that ordinary people cannot buy even if they have money. In such a family, Du Heng should not have any worries.
But she still couldn't help but have a headache. She always felt that she was just from an ordinary family, maybe even worse than an ordinary family.
After all, she was already used to the food and daily necessities, and she simply couldn't come to an accurate understanding of them.
We eat rice at home, and the vegetables are grown by my grandparents. Although we have meat every day, the most common way to cook it is stewing it because my father likes it. And there is also dried fish that we always eat.
So she never thought she was special since she was a child. As for why she had a headache, there was a reason for it.
After Du Heng finished washing up, she readjusted the position of the tiger tooth necklace on her chest in front of the mirror, and then took a look at the bracelet woven with tiger whiskers on her hand.
Her home is quite special, perhaps because it is located at the foot of Mount Huangshan, her home has the most kinds of animals, even a very big tiger.
However, when she thought of Aunt Qiqi, who was very powerful at home, it didn't seem strange to have a tiger at home. As for her parents... she no longer counted on them.
"Come on, Du Heng. You must do well in today's exam."
Du Heng clenched his fists, cheered himself up, then put on his schoolbag, picked up the sword box on the bedside, walked out of the room, and prepared to go downstairs to school to take the exam.
She opened the door and found that the door of the room opposite was open. That was her favorite Aunt Qiqi's room. There was only a black cat on the bed, curled up on the quilt and sleeping.
"As expected, Aunt Qiqi loves me the most. She must have gone to make breakfast for me."
Du Heng muttered something, then walked to the second floor with a smile on his face.
Arriving on the second floor, Du Heng walked straight past the entrance of her parents' room and headed towards the balcony without even looking inside. She knew that her parents must have gotten up long ago.
"..."
When she came to the balcony, she was speechless.
On the balcony, the first person she saw was her mother, who was sitting at the coffee table, drinking slowly from a cup.
What was placed on the coffee table was not tea, but a row of very exquisite ceramic jars.
She knew that the jars did not contain tea or drinks, but wine.
Yes, it was all wine, and the cup her mother was holding at the moment also contained wine. Her mother started drinking on the balcony early in the morning.
"Hey, Hengheng is up now. How are you? Do you want a drink to perk you up?"
When Xiang Yuanyuan saw Du Heng, she raised the wine glass in her hand and made a joke.
"No thanks, Mom. You should drink less. Drinking too much can damage your liver."
Du Heng forced a smile on her face and rejected the advice given by this unreliable mother.
Which nice person drinks so early in the morning?
"Okay, okay."
Xiang Yuanyuan raised the wine glass with a smile on his face, then tilted his head back and drank the whole glass of wine directly into his stomach.
After drinking, Xiang Yuanyuan's smile became even wider, and even his eyes narrowed with laughter. It was obvious that he was enjoying the pleasure of drinking.
In fact, Xiang Yuanyuan had no intention of drinking originally. After giving birth to Du Heng and after the breastfeeding period, she would occasionally drink a little, but in moderation.
Because at that time she wanted to get pregnant again, but the result was obvious. She and Du Ruo went out to travel for several years and tried all kinds of positions, but they just couldn't get pregnant again.
She simply gave up hope of having a second child, and then drinking became part of her agenda again.
Moreover, she became even worse, because she practiced martial arts and had a very high level of skill, and with Du Ruo around, she had no burden at all drinking, and even drank more than before.
"Alas...my dad doesn't care about you, really...forget it, I'm going downstairs to have breakfast."
When Du Heng saw Xiang Yuanyuan's appearance, he sighed and looked at the recliner beside him.
Her father was lying on a recliner at this moment, looking like he was soundly asleep, which made her swallow back the words she was about to complain about.
With a mother who drinks from morning to night and a father who never wakes up, how could such a family not give her a headache?
After saying hello, she went downstairs directly. Out of sight, out of mind. Every time she said something, her mother would just reply with "OK", and her father would occasionally wave his hand to indicate that he heard her, but... he never changed. She had gotten used to it.
"Hengheng, wake up. Come and eat. These are all your favorite dishes. They just cooled down."
As soon as I came down from upstairs, Li Qiyao brought a cup of soy milk and put it on the table, along with steamed dumplings and a bowl of lean meat porridge.
"Thank you Aunt Qiqi, Aunt Qiqi is the best to me."
As soon as she saw Li Qiyao, Du Heng's face was immediately filled with smiles. She had always suspected that Li Qiyao was her mother, but she had no evidence.
"Well, eat quickly. I'll serve it to your parents so they can have some too."
Li Qiyao watched Du Heng sit down, and then took a plate of dried fish and a basket of buns from the kitchen. She knew at a glance that they were her mother's side dishes and her father's breakfast.
"Aunt Qiqi, tell me the truth, do you owe my family a lot of money?"
Du Heng picked up a steamed bun and took a bite, then curiously asked Li Qiyao who was about to go upstairs. She was really curious why Aunt Qiqi had to be so busy, taking care of her and her parents.
"What nonsense are you talking about, kid?"
Li Qiyao just rolled her eyes at her and went upstairs.
When Li Qiyao came down again, Du Heng had already finished her breakfast. "I'm full, so I'll go to school first."
After Du Heng finished eating, he put the dishes into the kitchen, picked up the sword box on the table, said hello to Li Qiyao, and walked out.
"Well, do well in your exams. After the exams, you will have a holiday and auntie will take you to the beach."
Li Qiyao was now preparing to start her daily practice of meditation, but she still did not forget to remind Du Heng. As for doing well in the exam, it was just a casual remark. Du Heng had always been the one with the best grades in both academic and martial arts classes since he was a child.
If it weren't for the fact that he was under eighteen years old and couldn't take the exam, the sixteen-year-old Du Heng would definitely have entered the rank.
But these are not important. She heard that Du Heng has a plan. When he turns 18, he will directly take the examination for the qualification of a sixth-grade warrior and enter the highest martial arts school for further study with the best results.
"Well, okay~"
Du Heng was very happy that Li Qiyao still cared about her and remembered that she had an exam today.
"Mom and Dad, I'm going to school~~"
Du Heng, who was in a good mood, looked up and shouted to his parents on the balcony when he walked into the yard.
"Well, remember to bring me some starch sausage when you get home from school."
At this time, Du Ruo, who had already woken up and was eating buns, spoke.
"Dad~~ I have an exam today!!"
The smile on Du Heng's face disappeared in an instant. What a shame her parents were. They didn't care about her studies at all and even asked her to bring home some starch sausage after school. She didn't know what was so delicious about that sausage.
"Oh, are we going to have a holiday? Then bring two, and bring one for your mom as well. We will have a holiday after the exams, and we won't be able to eat for a long time."
Du Ruo on the balcony didn’t care about exams at all, it seemed that starch sausage was more important.
“╭(╯^╰)╮Hmph!!!”
Du Heng got angry and slammed the gate shut.
"Remember, when you buy sausages, run quickly, or you'll catch a cold~~"
Du Ruo's voice came.
"Know it!!!"
Du Heng's impatient voice came. At this moment, she just wanted to leave quickly. She even used her lightness skills and ran towards the town at an extremely fast speed.
"You~~"
Xiang Yuanyuan witnessed everything that just happened and gave Du Ruo a displeased look.
It was obvious that Du Ruo cared about Du Heng the most. When Du Heng went to school, Du Ruo would control his mind to go over and check on her from time to time, but he had never actually been to school once.
"My daughter has grown up. Time flies."
Du Ruo put the bun into his mouth and ate it in one bite, then looked in the direction where Du Heng left and sighed.
In fact, it’s not their fault. Du Ruo himself is not sure about the future. He doesn’t know what will happen after he becomes an immortal.
They had no choice but to let Du Heng not be so dependent on them since she was young, so that if something unexpected happened, or if they needed to become immortals or gods and were unable to take care of Du Heng, she would still be able to take care of herself.
"Well, yes, it's a bit of a pity..."
Xiang Yuanyuan also looked in the direction where Du Heng left. She felt a little regretful that from beginning to end, she had not been able to give Du Ruo a son. This was something she had always cared about.
"Wife~"
Just when Xiang Yuanyuan was being generous, Du Ruo suddenly spoke.
"what?"
Xiang Yuanyuan responded casually, then picked up the wine and poured herself another glass of wine.
"I'm going to Tianmen."
Du Ruo looked towards the direction of Huangshan. The spiritual energy in Tianmen was extremely abundant again. It was time for him to go out and absorb some.
Not only that, this time when he went up, he wanted to open another gate behind the gate.
As early as nearly ten years ago, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth had reached a certain level of density, and spiritual stones began to form in many veins of the earth.
The appearance of spirit stones meant that the spiritual energy had begun to basically meet the minimum requirements for deification.
But if he conferred a deity at that time, or cut down too many spirit stones, it would be like killing the goose that lays the eggs, so he waited for nearly another ten years.
The time is almost right now, but it doesn’t mean we can start to deify ourselves.
Instead, we need to start making some preparations. At least we need to find out whether there are any gods behind the portal behind the Heavenly Gate and the specific situation over there.
Now Du Ruo is confident that he can deal with some emergencies, so he doesn't plan to drag it on any longer. He at least wants to find out the situation in the heaven first.
"Oh, then will you come back for lunch?"
Xiang Yuanyuan didn't care much about it. Over the years, Du Ruo's visit to the space behind Tianmen was just like going out to buy vegetables. There was nothing surprising at all.
"Not sure. This time, I might go and take a look at the former heaven. If everything goes well, I will be back soon."
Du Ruo couldn't be completely sure. After all, it was an unknown area and he had no idea what was going on there.
"Heaven, will it be dangerous?"
When Xiang Yuanyuan heard this, she quickly put down the wine glass in her hand and was no longer in the mood to drink. The first thing she felt after hearing this was not yearning or curiosity, but only worry.
"Don't worry, it shouldn't be a big problem. The reason I'm going now is because I'm somewhat confident now."
Du Ruo looked at Xiang Yuanyuan and patted her hand to comfort her:
"Besides, it's time to go and see him. It's not a good idea to keep putting it off. You also want to see your grandfather again, right?"
Du Ruo had already made plans to go to heaven.
It's not just because of Xiang Yuanyuan's grandfather, but more because of human nature.
This is just like fishing. You put down the bait, but you can't keep the fish from eating it. Du Ruo has been using this theory of deification for sixteen or seventeen years.
Even though Du Ruo has been promising people good things, he has been doing this for so many years. No matter how good the good things are, they cannot satisfy people's hunger. It is time to let people have a taste of the good things.
If you just keep making empty promises, then this approach will lose its effect.
The most important thing is that the whole society is becoming more and more impetuous, affected by various aspects and various foreign war threats.
Now is the time for Du Ruo to give these people some motivation.
And...if a war really breaks out, with the existence of God, at least it can protect a lot of people.
"Then go ahead, we'll wait for you at home~"
Xiang Yuanyuan held Du Ruo's hand with her backhand, raised her head, looked straight into Du Ruo's eyes, her tone full of determination.
“You must come back!!”
Xiang Yuanyuan's tone was full of determination.
"okay."
Du Ruo stood up and was about to leave, but after thinking for a moment, he turned to look at Xiang Yuanyuan:
"If, I mean if, if there is a danger that I cannot handle, I will close the Heavenly Gate again."
After Du Ruo finished saying this, he took a step forward and disappeared from the balcony.
Only Xiang Yuanyuan was left sitting on the stool, staring at the wine bottle on the coffee table in a daze.
"Hoo~ Qiqi!!!"
Xiang Yuanyuan sat on the stool in a daze for a while. Suddenly, she let out a long breath and shouted loudly.
"What's wrong, Yuanyuan? Where's Brother Du? Is there an accident?"
Li Qiyao was originally meditating and practicing Qi on the first floor. After hearing Xiang Yuanyuan's loud shout, she didn't care about anything else and interrupted her practice. She rushed out of the practice room, jumped into the air in the yard, and jumped directly onto the second-floor balcony.
She glanced at the recliner and didn't see any familiar figure. Then she saw that Yuanyuan looked a little strange, so she asked quickly.
"Qiqi, take good care of Hengheng at home. If we don't come back, don't come looking for us. Take good care of Hengheng!! I'll ask Tiger Vanguard to come back and look after the house later."
Xiang Yuanyuan did not answer Li Qiyao's question, but stood up and grabbed a jar of wine on the table.
"sword!!!"
After Xiang Yuanyuan stood up with the jar of wine, she did not move and just uttered something in a low voice.
“Whoosh~~”
As Xiang Yuanyuan shouted, the long sword made of the best alloy more than ten years ago was unsheathed and flew in front of Xiang Yuanyuan. The handle was like a decoration on the wall of the collection room on the second floor.
(End of this chapter)
