The Lover's Prattle

Demon Scum//6.2

Qingruo bought a courtyard not far away from the courthouse. Because she was living with Lin Zhao, she had no idea when the next time his body would suddenly change, so she did not buy any servants.

A small child wearing a bright suit and a headband cried coquettishly, "Sister~sister~!" His wide eyes were fluttering and his lips were pouting. Qingruo turned at the toddler's call and opened her arms, lowering her body to pick the child up.

The child waddled its way over: da, da, da.

"Umph!" Lin Zhao plunged into Qingruo's arms, and he raised his head, revealing his upset face to her. His head was almost the same size as his tiny body. Lin Zhao complained, "Sister, Lil Fattie said no one wants me and that I'm an urchin because I don't have a mommy or a daddy! He's mean, I don't want to play with him anymore!" Qingruo felt somewhat strange in this situation, but she still gave him a gentle smile and pet his head.

"No," she said. "Nuanyang has this sister; how could you not be wanted? If Nuanyang is an urchin, then I have to be one too!" Lin Zhao looked at her with wide eyes and then shook his head vigorously. He said in a serious tone, "Sister is not an urchin!"

Qingruo laughed, "Is Nuanyang one then?"

The small child shook his head once again, "No!"

Lin Zhao had already played with the neighbor's kids for a whole afternoon, and it was only just now that he had argued with the little fatty next door. Now he didn't want to play anymore, and instead latched onto Qingruo like glue.

Qingruo was currently sewing clothes for him, and the kid was laying in her arms, pulling at the loose threads. He would also occasionally try to conceal the mass of strings that he had pulled out.

The little guy, covered in mud, left her arms and rushed to the kitchen, "Sister! I want to eat chicken legs."

"Okay," she replied. Realizing that Qingruo was looking at his mud-covered hands, Lin Zhao hurriedly hid his hands behind his back. "I, I didn't play with any mud," he claimed weakly, eyes darting all around the kitchen.

Qingruo humored him, "En, sister believes you, our little Nuanyang is the most obedient!" The kid then hurried guiltily towards the courtyard to go wash his hands.
Lin Zhao's still had some problems with his knees because they hurt when it gets cold. As a little kid, as soon as he begins to feel uncomfortable, he latches onto Qingruo to complain. He stares at her with tears in his eyes and speaks with a childish and nasally voice, making Qingruo unable to refuse his requests. Even though Lin Zhao has become a literal child, he was still overbearing. When Lin Zhao slept, he required that Qingruo must sleep in the same bed as him.

Qingruo told him a bedtime story and then waited for him to fall asleep. Afterward, she went to the kitchen to get a hot compress for his knees. The child slept heavily, but he kept writhing around unconsciously due to the discomfort in his knees. Qingruo rubbed his back to calm him down somewhat. She poured some water and return to the room. She covered the moving child with the blanket again and cleared the hair away from his forehead. Lin Zhao's cute face held a trace of delicate laughter even in his sleep.

They were in the Chen Kingdom, not in the cultivation world. It was a different plane of existence where only ordinary mortals lived; there was no cultivation or spiritual energy. If one were to try to cultivate in this world, the heavens would punish them, whether it be directly or indirectly.

Lin Zhao that day tamed his body for an extremely long time; by the end, he was covered in blood, and a pool of blood formed underneath his body. Qingruo moved closer to support him, but by the time she had reached Lin Zhao, he had already changed into a child that looked to be five or six years old. She inspected his body from head to toe and could not detect the slightest bit of cultivation in the body; even his Qiankun bag could not be opened.

Qingruo held the small Lin Zhao on the clean side of the quilt, and then went outside to check their surroundings. Sure enough, although the forest was outside the cave, it was no longer the Demonic Forest. Her soul was unable to transverse across different realms, so it must have been Lin Zhao's cultivation practice that had brought them here. She remembered that the last sentence of his cultivation mentioned immortality. After thinking about it for a while, Qingruo decided to wait for Lin Zhao to wake up before deciding the next step.

Immediately after waking up, Lin Zhao began behaving like a true 6-year-old...

Unfortunately, now Qingruo had to decide by herself. Several pearls were already illuminated in the cave; the quality of the pearls was magnificent in the Chen Kingdom.
Qingruo took Lin Zhao to a slightly larger town, and after selling a night pearl, it was enough for them to live in the city for a while.

At this moment, Lin Zhao stretched his feet out and kicked the quilt again, so Qingruo gently pet his legs while pulling the quilt over him again. She bent over to kiss him on the forehead and lied down next to him. Just as she did so, a small and round body made its way into her arms. Still asleep, Lin Zhao smacked his lips and mumbled, "yummy." No one knew what he was referring to.

Qingruo slowly went to sleep to the sound of the child's continuous lip-smacking. In the future, Lin Zhao's face of when he remembers these cute actions of his will definitely be unparalleled.

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Ei, wheres sister?

Nuanyang wants sister.

Sister's hug-

Sister's kiss-

My favorite sister!

My favorite sister!

My favorite sister!

—— [Black Box]