Time: In the hundred years when Jin mi first went to the Heavenly Realms & was Phoenix's book boy
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A0; "Ah?" I had fallen asleep while grinding the ink slab when I immediately opened my eyes wide at Phoenix's sudden question. I gave an impression full of energy as I looked at him but I saw that his brows were slightly furrowed as he looked at the lower right. Following his gaze, I saw a small book being squashed by one leg of the table, its weak & thin appearance radiated a pitiful feeling. Of course, it was a little familiar.
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A0; I suddenly remembered that I had tried khổng lồ transform the book table this morning & originally wanted lớn turn it into a turtle... But who knew that after I chanted the incantation, not only did the book table fail khổng lồ transform, it leaned on one side and became lame in one leg! Luckily, the limp was not too bad so I placed a few books under its leg such that it immediately returned to lớn its usual straight stable self. Who knew that Phoenix's eyes would be so sharp & he would immediately spot it from one glance......
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A0; A thief need not have a guilty heart. A guilty heart need not necessarily be a thief. So, I very boldly said, "Naturally, it's a book. It's more stable with it."
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A0; Phoenix looked at me with a raised brow và with a lift of his finger, the books flew out from below into his hands. I saw the brushes and ink slab immediately fell down from the book table as it slanted lớn one side - luckily my eyes and hands were fast and I quickly caught the table to stabilise it.
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A0; Although seeing this heavy book table was about to lớn break my slim wrist, the poisonous bird Phoenix did not care. He flipped one of the books & read out loud, "A Courtyard Full of Amorous Spirit?" His face darkened & he lifted his head to lớn look at me, flipping a few more pages in the book, his expression continued to become heavier... Finally, he slammed the book on the table & stood up, "You used such a book to tư vấn my table?"
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A0; Ah? What's wrong with the book? I lifted up my head và saw the page the abandoned book was opened to, ah, it was only a drawing. Why did you throw such a temper? Unless... He disdained the fact that the spring pictures* were not detailed enough? to give in lớn him, I added, "Second Highness, if you don't lượt thích this book, my room has many more for you to lớn choose from."
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A0; "Jin Mi!" Phoenix narrowed his eyes at me and actually lifted his hand lớn hit the table - it was lượt thích adding frost khổng lồ the snow, I felt a pang of pain in my wrist and finally could not hold onto the table. I heard a cacophony of sound and my toàn thân was also pulled along, & actually blearily fell into Phoenix's arms.
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A0; I moved and tried khổng lồ climb up, but who knew that the belt strap of my robe got hooked onto something on my body toàn thân and with one force, I heard the ripping sound of fabric. I had teared a hole at the waist of my robes.
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A0; "Ah....." I heard a sound from behind. I pathetically turned back - an attendant had brought a snowy beard old God at the door và both of them stared blankly back at Phoenix và me, then at the mess on the floor, an expression of wanting khổng lồ say something but could not as their feet were half raised across the entrance opening.
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A0; "Don't move," Phoenix commanded into my ear as his hands supported my waist và pressed me into his embrace.
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A0; The old God's moustache twitched and then twitched again, finally, it turned red. Lifting his head khổng lồ look at the sky, lowering his head to lớn see the spring books on the floor, he said, "Spring has arrived... Arrived..." Speaking incoherently as he turned his head and walked off.
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A0; In the midst of the spring wind, the pages full of amorous pictures were flying.
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A0; Phoenix and I looked at each other - small eyes to big eyes for a short moment. If the enemy did not move, I would not move. The wind brought the strands of hair that had fallen from his sides passed my nose, suddenly, I had an ominous feeling.
Heavy Sweetness Ash-Like Frost Epilogue
Epilogue 1 - When Jin mi was a Book Boy (Part 1)
Time: In the hundred years when Jin mày first went to the Heavenly Realms and was Phoenix"s book boy
"What is that?"
"Ah?" I had fallen asleep while grinding the ink slab when I immediately opened my eyes wide at Phoenix"s sudden question. I gave an impression full of energy as I looked at him but I saw that his brows were slightly furrowed as he looked at the lower right. Following his gaze, I saw a small book being squashed by one leg of the table, its weak & thin appearance radiated a pitiful feeling. Of course, it was a little familiar.
I suddenly remembered that I had tried lớn transform the book table this morning and originally wanted lớn turn it into a turtle... But who knew that after I chanted the incantation, not only did the book table fail to lớn transform, it leaned on one side and became lame in one leg! Luckily, the limp was not too bad so I placed a few books under its leg such that it immediately returned to lớn its usual straight stable self. Who knew that Phoenix"s eyes would be so sharp và he would immediately spot it from one glance......
A thief need not have a guilty heart. A guilty heart need not necessarily be a thief. So, I very boldly said, "Naturally, it"s a book. It"s more stable with it."
Phoenix looked at me with a raised brow and with a lift of his finger, the books flew out from below into his hands. I saw the brushes & ink slab immediately fell down from the book table as it slanted lớn one side - luckily my eyes and hands were fast & I quickly caught the table lớn stabilise it.
Although seeing this heavy book table was about to break my slim wrist, the poisonous bird Phoenix did not care. He flipped one of the books và read out loud, "A Courtyard Full of Amorous Spirit?" His face darkened và he lifted his head to lớn look at me, flipping a few more pages in the book, his expression continued khổng lồ become heavier... Finally, he slammed the book on the table and stood up, "You used such a book to support my table?"
Ah? What"s wrong with the book? I lifted up my head và saw the page the abandoned book was opened to, ah, it was only a drawing. Why did you throw such a temper? Unless... He disdained the fact that the spring pictures* were not detailed enough? to lớn give in to him, I added, "Second Highness, if you don"t lượt thích this book, my room has many more for you lớn choose from."
"Jin Mi!" Phoenix narrowed his eyes at me và actually lifted his hand khổng lồ hit the table - it was lượt thích adding frost lớn the snow, I felt a pang of pain in my wrist và finally could not hold onto the table. I heard a cacophony of sound và my body toàn thân was also pulled along, và actually blearily fell into Phoenix"s arms.
I moved and tried lớn climb up, but who knew that the belt strap of my robe got hooked onto something on my body toàn thân and with one force, I heard the ripping sound of fabric. I had teared a hole at the waist of my robes.
"Ah....." I heard a sound from behind. I pathetically turned back - an attendant had brought a snowy beard old God at the door và both of them stared blankly back at Phoenix & me, then at the mess on the floor, an expression of wanting to say something but could not as their feet were half raised across the entrance opening.
"Don"t move," Phoenix commanded into my ear as his hands supported my waist and pressed me into his embrace.
The old God"s moustache twitched và then twitched again, finally, it turned red. Lifting his head lớn look at the sky, lowering his head to lớn see the spring books on the floor, he said, "Spring has arrived... Arrived..." Speaking incoherently as he turned his head và walked off.
In the midst of the spring wind, the pages full of amorous pictures were flying.
Phoenix và I looked at each other - small eyes to big eyes for a short moment. If the enemy did not move, I would not move. The wind brought the strands of hair that had fallen from his sides passed my nose, suddenly, I had an ominous feeling.
As I saw Phoenix"s dark face come closer & closer lớn me, it was so terrifying I could not move... Who knew, finally, he raised his hand to pinch my hair and said coldly, "How long bởi you plan to lean on me?"
It shocked my back full of goosebumps. I hurriedly and randomly pressed my palm for tư vấn and stood up. After I stood straight, I saw that Phoenix"s brows were furrowed và his colouring was a little pale, "You.......!"
I? What did I bởi again? I gave him a bewildered look but saw that his face was black as he looked at my hands, he spat each word out by each word, "You -- Get -- Out!"
Of course, I did not expect a bird like him to be as kind và generous as us fruits, but I never thought he would be so aggrieved with me till this stage......
The second day, he transformed me into a pair of chopsticks. Khổng lồ be used to lớn hold food but not be able to lớn eat food - it is khổng lồ want khổng lồ cry but have no tears.
The third day, Chang"e from the Moon Palace brought her jade rabbit lớn visit. With a point of his finger, he changed me into a big fat radish! When the jade rabbit saw me, it immediately wanted lớn pounce over. Luckily, Chang"e hugged it tight or I would have definitely lost my life to lớn a rabbit. After having a stare battle with the jade rabbit for two hours, I finally realised why Old Carrot Immortal was so scared of rabbit. Rabbits were truly the fiercest beasts in this world!
The fourth day, the cursed Phoenix changed me again into a drum. Being held in his hand, he knocked me till I almost fainted then he let me go.
The fifth day, the sixth day, the seventh day, the eighth day... It was only until the eighth day that he let me off. To lớn act so ridiculously, I decided I would not bother with this bird anymore.
Later, when I happened to cross the sky bridge, I heard one immortal attendant secretly whispering to lớn another, "I heard that a few days ago, Second Highness & his book boy at his book table... Mutually cultivated... And actually broke one of the legs of the book table......"
The other immortal attendant was so shocked that his eyes were wide & his mouth agape. He gasped, "To be so bold & violent!"
I raised my head towards the sky, with the sun burning bright, lớn be so bold indeed.
*I wrote before in the main story that "春" means spring và also passion. The term "spring book" is an oblique way of saying "sex".
Epilogue 2: long Boat Festival/ When Jin mày Was A Book Boy (Part 2)
Time: In the hundred years when Jin mi first went to lớn the Heavenly Realms & was Phoenix"s book boy
We fruits also have backbones. Since Phoenix ignored my wishes và transformed me into a drum for eight days, I decided not to deal with him again. In the days where I no longer grind the ink slab for Phoenix, the sky appeared brighter, the water bluer, even the willow catkins that flew in the wind appeared cuter & more vibrant than before. When I was bored, I would watch the opera with the Moon God, hear him criticise the "spring books", the time flew by fast.
There was only one thing that was not good. Although the days in which I did not have lớn watch the mood of Phoenix"s face were perfect springtime, but I was no longer taught divine spells. My already low divine powers dropped even further than before, và thus I decided khổng lồ abandon the dark và follow the light và come under the tutelage of the Moon God. I asked the Moon God to lớn teach me some secrets to increasing my divine powers and he happily agreed.
The Moon God very formally placed several different sizes và thicknesses of sewing needles before me, và said, "To thread needles is one of the basics of divine meditation. Think about it - if you can"t even thread a sewing needle, how would you be able to properly use the heavy divine instruments? Thus, a good sewing needle is a necessary equipment for a successful god." Following which, the Moon God happily described all the sewing needles he treasured và kept, & very generously offered khổng lồ let me pick one needle và would teach me how lớn thread it with red thread immediately tonight.
I deeply did not understand - the Moon God"s eyesight was originally not good, but he would choose to thread the red threads in the pitch đen darkness of the night under the glow of a small lamp.
When I asked him, the Moon God"s eyes curved with his smile as he explained, "I feel more inspired by the night. The black night gives me a pair of black eyes, and I am fated to lớn use it lớn catch illicit affairs!"
However, divine powers were fated khổng lồ have nothing to bởi vì with threading needles & illicit affairs. I learnt khổng lồ thread red threads with the Moon God for a total of ten days - my divine powers did not increase even a little bit but my eyesight was really starting to go crazy, everytime I saw a place with a hole, it was lượt thích I was possessed & I tried to lớn think how I could thread a red thread through it.
Just as I was mulling over whether I should continue khổng lồ learn under the Moon God, I heard that in two days Phoenix"s palace would be having a celebration for the mortals" long Boat Festival*. It was to celebrate some person"s bravery for jumping into the river và rising to become a god. Phoenix had praised his literary skills and invited him khổng lồ his palace và thus asked his attendants lớn celebrate as per the mortal customs of the dragon Boat Festival.
This was nothing extraordinary but I heard that there will be rice dumplings during the rồng Boat Festival - the mortals" rice dumplings were made using banana leaves lớn wrap glutinous rice & fragrant meat or bean paste in a triangular shape, but the dumplings in the heavenly realms naturally could not be the same as the mortal dumplings thus Phoenix with a flip of his sleeve had declared, "We will wrap divine strength."
Divine strength! Shiny dazzling divine strength.
There were many different types of fillings for the dumplings in the mortal realms, there were lean meat, salted egg yolk, chestnut, apricot seed..... Naturally, the dumplings in the heavenly realms also had to be differentiated. The most modest dumpling would wrap one year"s worth of divine strength, but there would be numerous of them. As the years" worth of divine strength increased, the number of such dumplings would decrease. Finally, there was the Emperor Dumpling.
It contained five hundred years of divine strength.
Five hundred years of divine strength!
That was the total period of time when the Great Monkey God was pressed under the palm of Buddha Grandfather. If I could obtain this Emperor Dumpling, I could be spared so much difficult training. Thus, I immediately decided to lớn return lớn Phoenix"s palace to participate in the long Festival festival and grab the Emperor Dumpling.
The doors of the palace opened early on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. I mixed into the crowd và entered. There were several green dumplings on the table as rumored - but all of them looked the same, how would one be able to lớn ascertain the divine strength they contained?
Although I did not have the Great Monkey God"s eyes which could immediately discern the true nature of things with a glance, but what I lack in gifts, I made up for in diligence. I thought, I shall just keep eating, who knows if I will eat until I eat the five hundred years dumpling!
However, there were too many gods, immortal attendants và immortal goddesses, I only managed lớn grab twenty dumplings. Still, this was much more than what most have grabbed. With great satisfaction, I carried the dumplings & went to lớn the back garden of the palace khổng lồ eat them in peace.
I ate one year of divine strength in the first dumpling. Although it was only one year, I thought the taste was really not bad, soft & sticky with a fragrant scent, it was worthwhile lớn eat it even if there was no divine strength in it.
I also ate one year of divine strength in the second dumpling. This caused my heart lớn be a little uncomfortable, but there were still eighteen chances right?
The third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth... With a bloated stomach & gritted teeth, I ate the final one......
The heavens were unfair! From the first to lớn the twentieth, all of them were the same - so even though I ate until I was almost choking, I only gained twenty years of divine strength.
My heart was unwilling và I carried a stomach full of dissatisfaction back to lớn the main palace. All the immortals have departed. I tried to lớn find out which lucky little god had received the Emperor Dumpling but only received the news that no immortal had received it, only that the Little Red Boy, son of the Demon Bull King had received a dumpling of one hundred years of divine strength.
In that moment, I could not be bothered to be jealous of the Little Red Boy, my heart immediately calculated - based on this analysis, the Emperor Dumpling was still uneaten, thus I still had a chance! I tried khổng lồ find out where the rest of the dumplings were.
I was met with a disdainful response, all of the dumplings were long gone. Good things were naturally eaten, who would take it and not eat it?
That was when I found out that the Second Highness did not eat it. He only asked his attendant lớn place it in his study.
There is no dead path for a person with a willing heart!
I saw that Phoenix"s study radiated a light glow & hesitatingly knocked on the door.
"Come in," Phoenix"s cold voice with the fragrant smell of dumplings floated through.
I pushed the door xuất hiện with anticipation and immediately saw a complete dumpling on the table. My heart rose higher in excitement và thought that Phoenix did not look like such an eye sore as before. Of course, if he would give me this dumpling, he would really be the most perfect male in all of the six realms.
"Jin ngươi greets his Fire Highness," I obediently bowed.
In the misty fiery glow, Phoenix lightly lifted the ends of his long narrow eyes, seeing it was me he lowered his gaze và continued to look through his books. After a while, he slowly opened his golden mouth,"I heard that you have entered the tutelage of my Uncle."
"How can that be? His Fire Highness must have heard wrongly. To lớn have his Fire Highness personally teach Jin ngươi is my life"s blessing, how can I enter the tutelage of another?" I very seriously denied this matter.
"Ah," Phoenix lifted his head to look at me, softly gave out one word & then silence.
I very naturally and familiarly started khổng lồ grind the ink slab, if I did not display my loyalty now, when could I?
"Tonight, I am only reading và have no need for the ink," He held the scroll with one hand and leaned languidly on the chair back. I did not know if it was my mistaken perception but I thought I saw his thin lips lightly curving.
I gently placed down the ink slab and listened lớn him speak, "The night is dark and my stomach is a little hungry. When don"t you use the spell I taught you before to lớn warm this dumpling so I can eat it."
I panicked và immediately told him, "The mortals" dumplings are very awful khổng lồ eat. There is a strange smell from the banana leaf wrapping, the glutinous rice is too soft and vastly less nice lớn eat than the normal rice. A rice must have backbone, what kind of rice is soft rice! Plus, this dumpling is too big, you will choke if you eat it late at night."
Phoenix narrowed his eyes, his dimples appearing and disappearing, "Based on your words, I really want to lớn find out what this dumpling taste like. How awful it must be for you lớn be so pained."
Seeing his hand reach out for this dumpling, without even thinking, I hurriedly stretched my hand and placed it on top of his hand khổng lồ stop him, "If your Fire Highness is hungry, I will immediately go to the kitchen và personally made a plate of hibiscus pastry** for you. I guarantee that it will be hundred times more delicious than his dumpling, & you won"t choke when you eat it, ok?"
I looked at him steadfastly with hope, but who would have thought not only did this bird not answer, his face had a dazed expression và I couldn"t tell what he was thinking. I followed his gaze và realised that he was looking at the back of my hand. In my worry that he would not agree, I flipped my hand & both my hands wrapped his hand in my palms, I gave him a shining look of loyalty & asked again, "What does your Fire Highness think?"
I did not know if it was the flickering of the flames, or it was my spoilt eyesight from threading too many needles, I actually thought that Phoenix"s cheeks had a rush of light colouring. But, he looked at his hand that was wrapped in my palms, avoided my gaze and his voice seemed unnatural as he lightly agreed, "Ok."
What a beautiful voice from heaven!
I pushed away his hand and quickly carried the Emperor Dumpling out of the door, "I shall remove this dumpling. Fire Highness just wait a moment & the hibiscus pastry will be immediately delivered."
I was so worried he would regret it that after I walked out of the door, I started lớn run with the Emperor Dumpling.
Heaven has not forsaken a person with a willing heart! I forced the dumpling down my throat. Indeed, it had five hundred years of divine strength! I was so happy, my dreams that night had the sweet fragrance of glutinous rice.
Of course, the saying that "Happiness breeds Sadness" is not without merit, for I was so happy that night that I completely forgot about Phoenix"s hibiscus pastry......
It was only a small plate of hibiscus pastry but that small-hearted bird bore a grudge & punished me khổng lồ make hibiscus pastry for a whole year! Plus, he won"t eat it in the morning or in the afternoon, thus I couldn"t sleep properly for a whole year! Often having to lớn make the hibiscus pastry in the middle of the night.
And, whenever Phoenix eats the hibiscus pastry, he would eat it with an especially heavy & serious expression, truly despicable and detestable! The gaze from his phoenix eyes as he looked into my eyes especially cause me to grit my teeth with hate!
Phoenix called this "using merits to lớn make out for my fault".
But, because of the Emperor Dumpling, I decided not to be as small-hearted as the bird.
* On the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the Chinese celebrates Dragon Boat Festival which commemorates the suicide of a great poet, quan liêu Yu, into the river. He was exiled and accused of treason. The locals respected quan tiền Yu so much that they rushed out in boats to rescue his body toàn thân and this was the start of the dragon boat races. They also threw balls of rice in the river to stop the fishes from eating his body toàn thân and this was the origin of the rice dumplings. Thus, during the long Boat Festival, the Chinese will eat rice dumplings and participate in dragon boat races.
** The significance of the hibiscus pastry makes more sense now in Chapter 24.1!
Epilogue 3
While Phoenix is still a bit moody, he always grants my every wish. No matter how much lingli I shamelessly ask for, he will give it khổng lồ me without a single complaint. Sometimes, after receiving so much lingli, I ask myself, “Do I really like linglithat much? What vày I want to do with so much lingli? Since I’m neither a soldier, nor hold political power, having so much lingli is truly a waste.”
One day, I awake in the middle of the night, having suddenly figured it out. I concluded that actually, my asking Phoenix so shamelessly for lingli is just a way for me to prove that Phoenix actually loves me; that he loves me as much as thelingli he gives me – an infinite amount of love. After that, something happened lớn prove my conclusion.
That day, I took our baby khổng lồ fish in the River of Forgetfulness. Umm… let’s just treat it as fishing (After hearing from the Demon Realm’s First Highness that there are many souls of beautiful ladies at the bottom of the River, I thought that it would be quite good if we could fish a pretty lady mermaid to be my son’s child bride).
After half a day, we still had not managed khổng lồ catch a single fish. However, we caught sight of another type of fish <1>.
I suddenly caught wind of a strong xianqi. I raised my head & saw a group of immortals riding the clouds across the River. The trắng clothing of their leader billowed in the wind, his carriage elegant – who else could it be but the Heavenly Emperor himself? Just as I was thinking of whether I can pretend not lớn have seen anything, he looked down và met my gaze. He stared for a moment before turning lớn speak with the other immortals. He then flew down khổng lồ land beside the two of us.
He looked at me và I looked at him, both of us not knowing where lớn start; the atmosphere was a little awkward. Finally, he opened his mouth but did not speak khổng lồ me. Instead, he bent down và touched Tang Yue’s chubby cheek, smiled và asked, “What are you doing here?”
Tang Yue blinked his eyes và answered, “Fishing for a wife.”
His Majesty stilled for a moment before laughing, “Surely this must be your mother’s idea.” He then asked, “What is your name?”
Tang Yue is at times just lượt thích his father (having inherited his arrogance at a young age), and will sometimes refuse to lớn answer when questioned. He fares just slightly better than his father in that unlike his father, he will not embarrass the other person by blatantly ignoring him. He will just change the topic. In this case, he fiddled with his hook and asked, “Why don’t you join us fishing?”
I was afraid he would hurt himself on the hook, so I rushed to lớn take the rod away from him. I instructed him, “Call Bó Bó(uncle)”.
“Bŭ bŭ.” Tang Yue looked up at His Majesty.
I suddenly realised that when Old Carrot first visited us, he was still little & could not speak well. I was afraid he could not pronounce Old Carrot’s name, so I taught him to hotline Old Carrot “Bŭ bŭ” from “hú luó bŭ”. Now, my son has confused bó bó (ie “uncle”) with bŭ bŭ (from the word “carrot”).
Xiao Yu Xian Guan, who probably did not know that my son has equated him with Old Carrot in his heart, only stretch his hand out khổng lồ rub the đứng đầu of Tang Yue’s head before looking at me và asking, “Are you happy now?”
After that, he smiled a small smiled và answered himself, “You surely must be happy.”
I opened my mouth, but did not know how to reply. In the end, we stood together by the River for a while, looking at the clouds and water; the clouds were very far and the waters, very clear.
After a while, I finally said khổng lồ him, “You must also be happy.”
He smiled a little smile, và without replying, flew away on a cloud. I thought, he must also be happy. What he has always wanted was ultimate sovereign power, the position of the Heavenly Emperor. Now that he has obtained that position, and the two Realms having sworn never lớn wage war against each other again would only further strengthen his position as the Heavenly Emperor, he no longer has any worries.
I kept the fishing rods và took Tang Yue’s hand, “Let’s go home.”
Tang Yue looked at me questioningly, “But we haven’t managed khổng lồ catch a wife yet.”
I pinched his cheek & said, “We fish like Jiang Tai Gong, that is, let he who is willing take the hook <2>.”
Tang Yue looked half confused. I bent down & whispered my secret of many years into his ear, “In the past, your father is the one who willingly bit a straight hook and reeled himself in!”
I dragged my son’s hand but before we took two steps, we saw Phoenix rushing urgently towards us on a dark cloud, as if a crisis may erupt with each step. When he saw Tang Yue và myself, his toàn thân seemed to lớn tense up. His momentary fragility caused my heart khổng lồ hurt a little.
That night, he did not sleep well. He tossed and turned twice before he sat up khổng lồ look at me. After a moment, he asked me, “Is there something you want to lớn tell me?”
“No.”
Phoenix’s eyelid twitched. I rethought carefully, “Really, no.”
He looked angry & asked me brusquely, “Why aren’t you asking me for lingli?”
I was surprised. So the reason why he could not sleep tonight is because I haven’t asked for lingli? But even in the past, I have not asked him everyday for lingli. But seeing his angry face, I thought I should just agree with what he wanted. After thinking for a while, I asked him for 500 years of lingli.
After he transferred the lingli to me, he promptly lay down and fell asleep.
I lay down for half the night & finally realised we both have the same problem. I kept asking him for lingli to prove that he loves me. He waits for me to lớn ask him for lingli to prove that I love him. One goes khổng lồ commit robbery while taking a bucket of gold with her, the other is willing to always xuất hiện his purse to lớn be robbed.
Love can sometimes be so simple. The mortals have a common saying which is apropos here: “One is willing lớn hit và the other is willing to lớn be hit!”
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<1> This is a pun on the Heavenly Emperor’s former title, Xiao Yu Xian Guan, which has the character ‘yu’ meaning fish. Jin mi still sometimes refers to him as such after he ascended the Heavenly Throne.
<2> 姜太公钓鱼—愿者上钩. This is a very popular idiom refers khổng lồ Jiang Zi
Ya, a strategist & advisor who was instrumental in assisting King Wen và King Wu in overthrowing the Shang Dynasty. He is a major character in the Chinese classic, Creation of the Gods or also known as Feng Shen Bang.
It is said that JZY would fish by hanging a straight hook 3 feet above the water. A fisherman said to lớn him that he would not be able khổng lồ catch any fish if he used a straight hook. JZY replied that he is not there to catch fish, but lớn catch a king: “Fish, if you are desperate to live, come & gulp down the hook by yourself.” This story eventually reached the ears of King Wen, who was looking for talented man lớn serve him. King Wen sent emissaries lớn invite JZY to join him, but was refused. King Wen finally went in person, bearing many gifts, to meet JZY. After that meeting, JZY agreed lớn serve King Wen.
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The idiom is often used lớn describe a willing victim or someone who does something regardless of the result. Also, it is also used in the context that in some things, one should not “fish” by crooked means (hence the straight hook rather than the traditional curved hook).