“Mommy, daddy, aren’t you going to sleep?”
Shuyao lay in the middle of the small bed, obediently covered with a quilt, and looked at the two people beside her with blinking eyes.
Ren Bin and Yu Xian looked at each other, both blushing a bit.
The final decision was………..the three of them would sleep together.
Yu Xian was so embarrassed by her daughter’s few words.
The little girl didn’t know what strange adult knowledge the two old people had instilled in her.
Every time she spoke, it made Yu Xian blush.
Originally, when she met Ren Bin again, she was a bit shy, let alone sleeping in the same bed with him.
Not to mention doing embarrassing things.
That time was only done under the influence of the drug from the Hehuan Sect.
She hardly had any memory of it.
But Shuyao was unexpectedly stubborn.
Despite Yu Xian’s several explanations……………she just wouldn’t listen and insisted on sleeping alone.
It ended up in the current situation.
“We have to sleep.”
Ren Bin took a long breath to calm himself down, then extinguished the candle on the bedside table.
“Good night.”
He lay down, his hands slightly awkwardly folded on his stomach.
The bed was a bit small.
Two people sleeping side by side might just fit, but three people were a bit crowded.
“Mommy smells so good.”
The little girl in his arms squirmed a bit, turned over, and reached out to hug Yu Xian’s waist.
Ren Bin followed the sound and looked over.
In the dim moonlight, Shuyao buried her head in Yu Xian’s chest, and her breathing gradually became peaceful.
Perhaps because of the little girl’s movement just now, Yu Xian’s thin clothes also became a bit disheveled.
A patch of white that couldn’t be covered even by darkness was revealed at the collar.
Ren Bin:!!!
In his memory, Yu Xian was always wearing a slightly loose robe, covering every inch of her skin tightly, with no chance to appreciate.
She is truly the female lead of the script………he silently sighed in his heart.
Just a glimpse of the spring scenery made him inexplicably dry-mouthed and thirsty.
So big?
Ren Bin thought to himself.
After all, the robe concealed her figure, and only the faint and graceful curves could be seen in daily life.
Ren Bin couldn’t help but take a few more glances.
When he raised his head, he happened to meet Yu Xian’s embarrassed and angry gaze.
“Is it beautiful?”
Yu Xian lowered her voice, her tone cold, as if she was a bit resentful.
The sleeping Shuyao in her arms had fallen asleep at some point, breathing evenly and quietly, with her little face pressed against her mother’s skin.
Ren Bin shifted his gaze a bit guiltily, trying to avoid the question.
“I’m asking you.”
Yu Xian narrowed her eyes, persistently pursuing the question.
“I… it’s beautiful.”
On the same bed, Ren Bin had nowhere to hide, and there was no topic to divert the attention.
He had no choice but to answer in a stammering manner.
“……”
Yu Xian blushed and cursed softly, but her tone became much gentler.
“Ahem, I’m going to sleep first. You should also rest early.”
Ren Bin closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.
“I’m not going to rest. After Shuyao falls asleep, I’ll go to practice nearby.”
Yu Xian’s face turned red.
Shuyao’s small figure was hidden in the arms of the two, as if it didn’t exist.
They only needed to raise their heads slightly to see each other’s faces.
She could hear Ren Bin’s faint breathing, and her cheeks could even feel his breath.
How could she possibly sleep!
For cultivators like her and Ren Bin, sleep was just a pastime to fight boredom.
“Are you going to sleep?”
“Mm.”
Ren Bin responded.
What else would he do if not sleep?
Would he just daydream through the entire winter night?
“Are you not going to practice?”
Yu Xian asked with a frown.
“Haven’t you practiced in these six years?”
She could sense that Ren Bin’s cultivation had not changed at all in the past six years.
He was still at the peak of Liao Xu, and even his aura remained unchanged.
Although the peak of Liao Xu is a major barrier in the cultivation journey, it is not surprising to be stuck at this level for decades.
However, for Ren Bin, who hasn’t changed his aura at all, it is too strange.
It has been a full six years!
So many changes can happen in six years.
For example, Yu Xian herself broke through from the late stage of Liao Xu to the peak.
Even if a cultivator’s cultivation does not progress in six years, their aura will change with their own experiences and understanding of cultivation.
But Ren Bin has not changed at all!
This is simply impossible, unless he has not practiced at all in these six years.
“Hmm? Did you find out?”
Ren Bin forced a smile, his voice a bit bitter.
“I am a sword cultivator, after all…… Without my sword intent, I naturally can’t practice.”
“In these six years, I’ve tried all kinds of methods and practiced other paths, but none of them worked.”
“Inevitably, all of them got stuck at the level where the sword intent reached and couldn’t take another step forward.”
He shook his head: “I can clearly feel that if I can’t surpass the level of sword intent, I might be stuck at the Liao Xu level for the rest of my life.”
Ren Bin sighed deeply.
Seeing Yu Xian’s somewhat gloomy expression, he waved his hand and said with a smile:
“Let’s talk about the future later. Maybe one day in the future, I suddenly enlighten in one of the paths and then break through?”
“My life is still long ahead of me, I can still live for a few hundred more years.”
“……!”
Before Yu Xian could speak, Ren Bin interrupted her with a smile.
“It’s okay, Yu Xian, there are plenty of opportunities.”
“I don’t plan to stop at this level…… I am also a genius who is highly expected by others.”
“Moreover, now we have little Shuyao,” Ren Bin lowered his head and looked at the daughter in his arms.”
“Even for the sake of my family, I shouldn’t stop here.”
The little girl was sleeping soundly.
Perhaps she felt a bit stuffy, she frowned and pushed her mother’s chest with her hand.
Finally, she turned over and hid in Ren Bin’s arms.
Ren Bin gently held the little girl and covered her with the quilt properly.
“I never expected that I would actually become a father one day.”
His eyes were full of gentleness, “I once thought that I would probably live alone for the rest of my life.My two apprentices have their own dreams, and I can’t keep them by my side forever.”
Just like his fellow disciples on the same peak, they have already…each has their own wonderful dreams in life.
Yu Xian bit her lip, and suddenly felt a bit anxious in her heart:
“Has senior brother ever thought about…………….finding another partner?”
“How could I,” Ren Bin chuckled lightly, “I have very high standards.”
“After having seen a fairy like you, how could there be room in my heart for any other woman?”
“De……” He suddenly realized that he had said something rather sweet, and quickly closed his mouth.
He had inadvertently spoken his true feelings.
The script can change the plot, but not his inner emotions.
And he had fallen in love with Yu Xian ten years ago, and he was hopelessly in love with her.
So every time the script was performed, he had to hesitate, for fear of truly hurting the love of his heart.
The other party fell silent.
After a while, Ren Bin looked up tentatively and happened to see Yu Xian’s blushing face, her eyes full of embarrassment and anger.
“……7.”
She buried her face in the pillow, not letting Ren Bin see her face anymore.
“Sorry, I said something that embarrassed you.”
“Don’t mind………………””How could I not mind!”
Yu Xian’s voice, rarely, carried an emotional tone.
Ren Bin immediately felt at a loss, even the hand holding Shuyao tightened a bit.
The little girl’s eyebrows furrowed, and her breathing became a bit rapid.
After several seconds, Ren Bin finally relaxed and asked cautiously: “………………… What’s wrong, Yu Xian?”
“I’m fine.”
In just a few seconds, Yu Xian had calmed down, but the red on her cheeks had not yet faded.
“……”
“From now on, don’t say such things when there are other people around.”
“Okay,” Ren Bin nodded.
“And senior brother………………”
Yu Xian bit her lip, and after several seconds, she almost spoke:
“I actually knew about it from the beginning.”
Ren Bin’s heart tightened, “That thing in the past?”
“The night…………… that night.”
“Actually……………… I deliberately pretended not to know.”