Chapter 65.1
By the end, Bai Yuehu was already swimming in darkness so dark that you couldn’t see your hands in front of you . Lu Qingjiu couldn’t see anything, only able to feel Bai Yuehu swimming below him . Probably out of worry that he would be afraid, for the remaining part of the journey, Bai Yuehu was constantly chatting with Lu Qingjiu, until they reached a giant platform . That platform was emanating a cool light in little starry specks, like a vast sky full of stars . Only if you looked closer, would you realise that those lights were coming from a few very strange-looking fish . The appearances of these fish could only be described with the word “bizarre” . Thinking of something, Lu Qingjiu couldn’t help but laugh .
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Bai Yuehu asked what he was laughing about .
“I once saw a line, someone asking why all the deep-sea fish looked so ugly,” Lu Qingjiu said, “Someone replied that since no one could see them anyways, they just grew however they wanted . ”
Bai Yuehu was silent for a moment, before saying, “I also grew up in the deep sea . ”
Lu Qingjiu, “……”
Bai Yuehu, “My entire family grew up in the deep sea . ”
Lu Qingjiu started coughing violently . His face turned red . “Don’t misunderstand, I didn’t mean that you look ugly . ”
Bai Yuehu didn’t speak . After placing Lu Qingjiu onto the platform, he dispersed the black fog, returning to human form .
Because of the light provided by the fish, Lu Qingjiu could just barely see the scenery on the platform . This was a very neat boulder, as if it had been specially polished . Far away, there was a huge cave . The cave was also emitting a bright light, making it especially dazzling in the dark water .
Leading Lu Qingjiu along, Bai Yuehu walked towards the cave . He briefly introduced this place, saying that he used to live here, it could be considered what humans called a home .
This being his first time coming to the place where Bai Yuehu lived as a guest, Lu Qingjiu was brimming with curiosity . He really couldn’t imagine what kind of birthday gift Bai Yuehu was going to give him .
The two continued to walk onwards, entering the cave . After entering, Lu Qingjiu saw that there were many bright pearls inlaid in the walls of the cave . These pearls radiated a bright light in the dark cave, illuminating the entire cave like daylight .
This cave was extremely big, to the point where Lu Qingjiu couldn’t even see where the ceiling ended . Thinking about it, the Bai Yuehu who lived here would definitely have an original form that couldn’t be considered small by any means .
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There were many tiny forking paths in the cave, but there was only one main path . This main path was decorated extremely simply . Other than the occasional decorations hanging on the walls, there was practically no trace that anyone had lived here . But soon, they reached a huge room . In the centre of the room was a black stone plate . The stone plate was round, occupying a big half of the room .
Bai Yuehu said, “This is my bedroom . ”
“Is that your bed?” Lu Qingjiu pointed at the stone plate .
Bai Yuehu nodded . He had Lu Qingjiu wait by the entrance, while he himself walked over to the stone plate . Because there weren’t any night luminous pearls in the bedroom, Lu Qingjiu couldn’t see where Bai Yuehu had went very clearly . However, he returned very quickly . After returning, he grabbed Lu Qingjiu’s hand in an extremely natural movement and said, “Come here . ”
Lu Qingjiu let out an okay, and was led onwards by Bai Yuehu, holding his hand .
Djl Tefte rjlv, “Pa’r j ilaaif vjgx jtfjv . Mbiibk wf, ribkis . ”
Oe Hlcuple rwlifv jcv rjlv, “Sc . ”
Ktfs kjixfv jgbecv atf rabcf qijaf, jcv fcafgfv j tbif lc atf yjmx bo atf yfvgbbw . Coafg qjrrlcu atgbeut atf tbif, Oe Hlcuple rffwfv ab tjnf jgglnfv ja j ajii, rqjmlber gbbw . Ktf fcalgf gbbw kjr vjgx, wjxlcu tlw ecjyif ab rff jcsatlcu .
“Lu Qingjiu . ” Bai Yuehu unexpectedly stopped, moved close to Lu Qingjiu’s ear and whispered, “Happy birthday . ”
As his words fell, a gentle light appeared before him . Lu Qingjiu saw a gigantic white skeleton . No, it wasn’t a skeleton, it was a white dragon horn . The dragon horn was pure white and translucent, like jade, shining white a dazzling brilliance . It almost took up the entire room . Standing before it, the human Lu Qingjiu was almost as tiny as an ant .
Lu Qingjiu stared at the dragon horn, his attention completely attracted by its brilliance . He couldn’t help but walk closer and reach out his hand to gently touch it . The dragon horn felt extremely hard, like a stone . Lu Qingjiu could’t get enough of touching it, to the point that he even wanted to rub his cheek against it .
Bai Yuehu said, “Do you like it?”
“Of course I like it . ” Lu Qingjiu smiled . “Where did you get it from . ”
Bai Yuehu said, “It’s my…… It’s something I picked up . ”
Lu Qingjiu said, “You picked it up?”
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“Yes,” Bai Yuehu said, “When every dragon matures, they will replace their horn from their youth . This is it . ”
Surprise appeared on Lu Qingjiu’s face . “This is just the horn of a young dragon?” This dragon horn was already shocking enough . Just standing next to it, he was already able to imagine that dragon’s magnificent aura .
“Yes,” Bai Yuehu said, “An adult dragon’s horn is twice as big as this one . ”
Lu Qingjiu couldn’t imagine it . Standing next to this dragon horn, he couldn’t even fully wrap his arms around it . If it was an adult dragon…… It would be how “magnificent” should be .
Lu Qingjiu asked, “Then this should be something really special, right?”
Bai Yuehu said, “En . ”
Lu Qingjiu said, “Then giving it to me…… Is it okay?” He naturally wouldn’t really think that Bai Yuehu had picked this dragon horn up from somewhere . Clearly, the owner of this young dragon’s horn was Bai Yuehu . It was just that his family’s fox spirit seemed a little embarrassed, and had found an excuse to gloss it over for Lu Qingjiu .
“It’s fine . ” Bai Yuehu averted his gaze in a rare move for him, breaking eye contact with Lu Qingjiu . “I can make the decision . ”
Lu Qingjiu smiled . “Thank you . This birthday present, I like it very much . ” He had never received such a special birthday present before .
With how big this dragon horn was, Lu Qingjiu originally thought that Bai Yuehu had just brought him here to see it . Even though he said that he was giving it to hin, he couldn’t take it with him anyways . Who knew that after he said that, Bai Yuehu would press a hand to the dragon horn, and after that, the dragon horn would begin to shrink rapidly, finally stopping when it was the size of a thumb .
Seeing this, Lu Qingjiu was stunned, but Bai Yuehu had already pulled out a thin chain from his pocket in a natural movement, punched a hole directly in the horn, then stringing it onto the chain . Following that, he looked at Lu Qingjiu, then said in a gentle voice, “I’ll put it on for you?”
Lu Qingjiu nodded .
Bai Yuehu reached out, and placed the chain around his neck . When Lu Qingjiu looked down, he could see that shrunken dragon horn . If not for him having seen the original form of the dragon horn, it would have been really hard for him to imagine that such a huge thing was actually hanging around his neck . It was no wonder that Bai Yuehu had had to bring him here to see it for himself . If he’d just shrunk it to give to him, and he hadn’t gotten to see the dragon horn’s original magnificence, it would indeed be a bit of a pity .
Lu Qingjiu reached out his hand and lightly stroked the shrunken dragon horn, a smile in his eyes .
After putting it on Lu Qingjiu, a satisfied expression appeared on Bai Yuehu’s face . The person before him finally had his scent, he no longer needed to worry about other things coveting him .
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Only after giving him his present, then swimming in the sea with Lu Qingjiu for a while did Bai Yuehu bring Lu Qingjiu back to their home . At this point, it was already late at night . Only after checking the time did Lu Qingjiu realise that it was already 3 am .
Bai Yuehu let Lu Qingjiu down in the courtyard . The two exchanged their “goodnights” and each returned to their own rooms .
As Lu Qingjiu lay in bed, he couldn’t quite fall asleep . In his arms, he hugged the wooden box his grandmother had left behind for him, as well as that heavily scarred dragon scale that had been inside .
This dragon scale, should probably belong to his grandmother’s lover . He just didn’t know how his grandmother had felt when she decided to keep this scale .
There were a lot of things on Lu Qingjiu’s mind . Only after a long time did he fuzzily drift off to sleep .
The next day, Lu Qingjiu had a rare lie-in . He’d went to bed too late yesterday, resulting in him only getting up at noon . When he walked over to the living room, he saw the rest of the family sitting in the living room eating instant noodles .
“Why didn’t you guys cook?” Lu Qingjiu asked .
“We thought that instant noodles would be safer,” was Zhu Miaomiao’s anguished response . “After all, if I were to keep having diarrhea, I might have to visit the hospital’s anorectal department . ”
Lu QIngjiu, “……”
“But after having diarrhea for a day, all the pimples on my face have disappeared,” Zhu Miaomiao said, “Could it be that the food Yin Xun makes has a detoxifying and beautifying effect?”
Yin Xun said, “Do you still want to eat some? I can make more if you want . ”
“No thanks, no thanks, I’ve already expelled everything . ” Zhu Miaomiao waved him off . As a woman, after all, she soon noticed the new object hanging around Lu Qingjiu’s neck . “Hey, why’s there a new necklace around your neck? Who gave it to you? How was it made? It’s so pretty . ”
Lu Qingjiu said, “It was Yuehu . ”
“Wa, there’s a problem with the two of you . ” There was an evil smile on Zhu Miaomiao’s face .
When Yin Xun saw the dragon horn, his eyes immediately grew wide . He clearly recognised what it was . HIs face was filled with disbelief, and his mouth hung open for a really long time, but he still couldn’t muster the compuse to close it .
“What problem?” Lu Qingjiu asked .
Zhu Miaomiao said, “Hahaha I know, but I’m not going to tell you . ”
After they messed around for a while, Lu Qingjiu went into the kitchen to cook . He still hadn’t had breakfast, and after having diarrhea for a full day yesterday, his stomach was rumbling, and he was already starving slightly .
In order to get something to eat sooner, Lu Qingjiu made some simple fried rice, wanting to pad his stomach with something first .
Even though fried rice was simple, you couldn’t skimp on the flavour . Ham sausages, shrimp, eggs, not one of them could be skipped . After dicing them, he fried them together with the rice . If he’d left the food overnight, it would taste even betten, but in their family, there had never been any leftovers .
Lu Qingjiu fried up a big pot, then had Yin Xun milk the cow for some milk . Everyone gathered to have lunch .
After eating, Lu Qingjiu, who still hadn’t quite woken up, went back to sleep . Only when it was past 3 pm, when the sun was high in the sky, did he slowly climb out of bed .
Yawning, he walked into the living room, and saw Bai Yuehu sitting on the sofa alone, watching TV .
Lu Qingjiu poured himself a cup of water, then sat down next to Bai Yuehu and asked, “What are you watching?”
“I’m just watching casually,” Bai Yuehu said .
Lu Qingjiu looked up, and found that Bai Yuehu was watching Animal Planet . Animal Planet was currently playing a documentary about foxes . Of course, unlike the fox spirits, the foxes in the documentary all had beautiful orange-red fur, even though it did look pretty .
A family of foxes was living in a huge garbage heap . The fox father and the fox mother lived with their adorable fox babies, looking very happy . Bai Yuehu sat on the sofa, watching extremely attentively .
After watching it with Bai Yuehu for a while, Lu Qingjiu jokingly asked, “Is there anything different about how you live?”
Bai Yuehu said, “There’s nothing different . ” After saying that, he was silent for a moment, before amending, “They’re even poorer than I am . ”
When Lu Qingjiu heard this, he almost spat out the water in his mouth .