Chapter 344: Chen Xingcai is Very Excited
"Father... Master..."
Chen Xingcai lowered her head, her voice as light as a feather falling to the ground. Her shoulders trembled slightly, and her slender fingers tightly gripped the hem of her clothes.
Her knuckles had turned pale from the excessive force, and even her sleeves were pinched into deep wrinkles.
Chen Chang'an's heart gave a "thud," and he immediately panicked. He walked quickly to his daughter, racking his brain to figure out how to explain this sudden truth.
His Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily, and fine beads of sweat even seeped from his temples.
"Xingcai, actually this matter..."
He had just opened his mouth when he suddenly heard a strange sound of laughter.
"Hehehe... hahaha... hihihi..."
Chen Xingcai's shoulders shook even more violently, but that was not because of sadness—she was holding back laughter! Fragmented laughter leaked out from between her tightly bit lips, like little bubbles about to burst.
The next second, she abruptly raised her head, her eyes shining as if they were full of stars:
"This is just wonderful!!"
Before Chen Chang'an could react, his daughter grabbed his arm in one motion. Chen Xingcai excitedly looked back and forth between him and Ji Hongli, her eyes flashing with the light of gossip:
"When did this happen! Tell me quickly, tell me quickly!"
She was like a cheerful little sparrow, bouncing in place, her skirt hem fluttering with her movements.
"This..."
Chen Chang'an was momentarily speechless and subconsciously looked toward Ji Hongli for help, his eyes screaming "save me."
Ji Hongli also rarely blushed, her fair cheeks dyed with a faint flush, and even the tips of her ears turned a cute pink. She coughed lightly, trying to maintain the dignity of a master:
"Xingcai, this matter..."
"Don't brush me off!"
Chen Xingcai relentlessly shook her father's arm, her eyes sparkling. "How did you two meet? Who confessed first? Was there any romantic story? Tell me quickly!"
She was like a curious little cat, her questions coming one after another, smashing over like a stream of cannon fire.
Chen Chang'an was questioned until he felt dizzy, and the veins at his temples throbbed. Finally unable to bear it any longer, he gave his daughter a knock on the forehead:
"Why is a kid asking so many questions!"
"Wuu..."
Chen Xingcai covered her forehead, looking at Ji Hongli with teary eyes, several tear drops still hanging on her long eyelashes about to fall.
Then suddenly she pounced forward, her whole person diving into Ji Hongli's embrace like a koala:
"Mother, Father is bullying me!"
This cry of "Mother" was sweet and soft, carrying a bit of a whining nasal tone.
This cry of "Mother" made Ji Hongli's entire body stiffen, and she froze completely.
She stood there at a loss, holding the suddenly acting-spoiled Chen Xingcai. The expression on her face was wonderful—full of surprise, helplessness, and a hidden joy that could not be concealed.
Chen Chang'an watched this scene dumbfounded, suddenly feeling that his worldview had suffered a shock. He was clearly the one being "interrogated," so how did he turn into the "bad guy" in the blink of an eye?
Meanwhile, Chen Xingcai, nestled in Ji Hongli's arms, was secretly winking at him, her face filled with the pride of "I won."
"Then..."
Chen Xingcai suddenly poked her head out from Ji Hongli's embrace, her eyes shining brightly as she scanned back and forth between the two people. The corner of her mouth curled up into a sly smile.
"Have you considered..."
She deliberately dragged out her tone, "giving me a little brother or sister?"
Ji Hongli's fair cheeks "whooshed" with a layer of flush, and even her ear tips became thoroughly red. She subconsciously turned her face away, her fingers unconsciously twisting her sleeves.
The usually dignified and elegant Ancestral Master looked like a shy young maiden at this moment, completely at a loss.
"Xingcai!"
Ji Hongli gave a light scold, her voice carrying a rare panic.
But Chen Xingcai was already cheering:
"That's great! Maybe I'll have a little brother or sister very soon!"
She excitedly spun in place, her skirt blooming like a flower. "I'm going to be a big sister!"
Chen Chang'an looked at his daughter's exhilarated appearance and felt it was stranger the more he looked. Why was this girl more excited than him, her own father?
But thinking about it again, being able to accept this fact so smoothly was already the best result.
He let out a long breath of relief, his gaze falling gently upon Chen Xingcai. Although she was not his biological daughter, he had long since truly regarded this eccentric and clever girl as his own flesh and blood in the bottom of his heart.
Watching her happy appearance, a warm current surged up in Chen Chang'an's heart.
"Alright, alright,"
Chen Chang'an rubbed his daughter's head, his tone full of doting affection. "This matter is still early, so don't be in a hurry to be happy."
Chen Xingcai stuck out her tongue and made a face:
"I don't care anyway; I'm going to start preparing clothes for the little baby!"
Saying this, she hopped over to Ji Hongli's side again and affectionately held her arm. "Master... no, Mother, do you like a boy or a girl?"
The flush on Ji Hongli's face deepened, and she gently poked Chen Xingcai's forehead:
"You child, why do you always ask..."
Before she finished speaking, she herself could not help but laugh out loud first.
But the next moment, the warm atmosphere inside the room was abruptly broken.
"Boom——!"
A deafening loud sound came from the distance, like a dull thunder exploding at the horizon. Immediately following this, the entire Immortal Spirit Valley began to shake violently.
The tea cups on the table collided "ding-ding-dang-dang," and the celadon teapot almost toppled over, spilling tea all over the table. The window muntins made an overloaded "creak" sound, as if they would break at any moment.
Dust from the roof fell rustling down, forming beams of light in the sunlight.
Chen Chang'an did not care at first, after all, earthquakes were not rare in the cultivation world. He casually waved his hand, and a gentle spiritual power spread out, stabilizing the shaking house.
"It's nothing, maybe it's an earth pulse fluctuation..."
He wanted to comfort his wife and daughter, but suddenly noticed Ji Hongli's unusually serious expression.
He saw that Ji Hongli's dark eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and a heavy light flickered in her beautiful eyes. Her fingers were rapidly calculating something.
Chen Chang'an's heart tightened, and he immediately began to calculate with his fingers.
The next instant, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he abruptly raised his head to look towards the direction of the Central State—
"Tianjing City... something has happened!"
His voice was low and heavy. The sky outside the house was still clear, but amidst the unseen, it seemed some terrible thing was happening ten thousand miles away...
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