Zuo Xiaoduo, who was recalling his dream with blank eyes, slowly focused his scattered eyes, and then covered his head with a quilt in depression.
"Puppy..." The voice came again, with a long tone and a bit of joy, which proved that the owner of the voice was very happy at the moment.
But Zuo Xiaoduo was in a very unhappy mood.
Because the name "Puppy" was given to him. Anyone would probably not be happy being called "Puppy".
But Zuo Xiaoduo can't be angry now.
He didn't dare to get angry.
He didn't know how many names he already had.
Well, that's right, the one who is calling is my mother. Dare you be angry?
One hundred percent just helpless.
From the mouths of mother and father, ever since Zuo Xiaoduo began to have memories, he remembered that his name was like the sand of the vast Yangtze River and the stars of the endless galaxy, so spicy.
And the name depends entirely on the mood of the parents.
When you are in a happy mood, you can call it dog, puppy, kitten, pussy, balls, kiss... whatever comes to mind.
When you are in a normal mood, you call me Xiaoduo, and you are basically very serious.
When you are in a bad mood, especially when you provoke them, they will appear like little bastards, little bastards, little bastards, little melons, little red guys, little debt collectors, little conscienceless people... they are all there.
And it is called in dialects from various places.
Sometimes Zuo Xiaoduo wonders how knowledgeable his parents are. They know everything about the local dialects from south to north, east to west, and they use them specifically to scold him...
Titles are a barometer of one's guess about the mood of one's parents.
For example, if you call me puppy or dog now, it proves that your mother is in a happy mood. Since you are happy, you won't get angry easily, so it doesn't matter if you don't agree to her.
…
I had to guess from what name I was called whether I was going to be beaten... I was in so much trouble.
Zuo Xiaoduo lay on the bed and sighed silently.
It's okay to call them random names like "dog da" or "puppy da". The problem is that Zuo Xiaoduo is extremely dissatisfied with his current name!
Xiao Duo?
Listen, is this a magical name?
Not domineering at all!
For example, there is a classmate named Zhao Jianghu! How heroic? There is also a classmate named Li Changtian, who sounds awesome!
But my name is...
And, that day...
Dad drank too much and looked in a good mood, so Zuo Xiaoduo boldly asked: Why is my name Xiaoduo? Can you change it to a nicer name?
At that time, my father looked at me sideways, with disgust, and said categorically: "No!"
"Why?"
"No reason! Changing the name just won't work!"
"Then why is it called Xiaoduo? You can tell me, right?"
At that time, my father snorted, rolled his eyes, and said calmly: "Because your birth is a little redundant for your mother and me."
…
A little extra = a lot?!
Zuo Xiaoduo felt that his heart at that time was like the string of ellipses above.
I'm sorry, do you think my birth has ruined your world?
Am I so redundant?
Who wouldn’t be happy to have a bloodline inheritance? Especially since I’m the leader. How come I’m superfluous to you two?
At that time, Zuo Xiaoduo asked with tears in his eyes: "Do you just dislike me so much?"
Dad took a sip of wine and spoke slowly...
Well, a special note needs to be made here: Xiaoduo's father's temperament is very gentle, elegant and unrestrained, and he is handsome and upright. He looks like a handsome man in troubled times. He has no shortcomings except that he is a little lazy...
Dad said slowly: "I disliked it at first, but then your mother discovered that since she had you, she actually had an interesting toy... She found that having a child is quite fun, so she started playing with it... Slowly
, I don’t dislike it much anymore…”
Toy!
Hearing these two words, Zuo Xiaoduo was hit hard and immediately became autistic.
You two gave birth to a toy!
The mother next to her said plausibly: Isn’t a child just for playing? Just like the cat raised by your Aunt Li, or the dog raised by your Aunt Wang; no matter what it is, you have to have one to play with, right?
What you said makes sense.
I was speechless.
That night's conversation ended here.
Zuo Xiaoduo felt that he no longer had any interest in asking anything else, and returned to his room with a traumatized heart.
Zuo Xiaoduo felt that this was thanks to his big heart.
He felt that he might be too open-minded, but he didn't take such a serious blow to heart, and still managed to get through it heartlessly. And the most amazing thing was that after that night, he actually felt relieved -
-No, to be precise, he was relieved before that night was over.
Hey, I am just a toy... a toy, just a toy...
Who in this world is not someone else’s toy?
But, can I change my name?
…
"Dog!"
A roar sounded at the door, and my mother pushed the door open angrily: "You didn't hear me?! Are you deaf?"
Zuo Xiaoduo suddenly jumped up from the bed, with a flattering look on his face: "I heard it, I heard it, I'm just about to go and help you with the work... Come on, come on..."
At the door, a tall, slim and pretty woman could be called a stunning beauty. This beautiful woman, who looked to be only in her mid-twenties, was none other than Zuo Xiaoduo's mother.
biological mother!
When most people see Zuo's mother for the first time, they will inevitably be filled with admiration and imagination. The beauty in front of them looks so gentle and virtuous. She must be the legendary good-tempered wife and loving mother with outstanding talents.
But only Zuo Xiaoduo himself knows how terrifying and terrifying this gentle and virtuous wife and mother is when she treats her biological son in the eyes of outsiders.
Zuo Xiaoduo has lived in the shadow of his mother for seventeen years. Now it has developed to the point where he reflexively stands at attention when he hears his mother's roar.
As soon as that gentle and virtuous beautiful face straightened up, Zuo Xiaoduo felt his butt throbbing - because it was definitely accompanied by a delicious meal of fried pork with bamboo shoots.
There will be no mercy at all.
Most people's families basically have a strict father and a loving mother; but in Zuo Xiaoduo's family, it's just the opposite: a strict mother and a loving father.
A loving father... is actually not very kind, or it would be more appropriate to say he is indifferent and heartless; but a strict mother, this is really strict!
Zuo Xiaoduo actually couldn't understand that so many years had passed without leaving any trace on his mother's face.
Still so young and beautiful.
Of course, the same goes for my old man, who looks about twenty-six or seventy-nine; he is definitely not more than thirty years old anyway. Yushu is graceful and elegant in the wind, which makes people feel good at first sight, thinking that he is some kind of literati.
A learned person.
But in fact……
hehe.
…
"Help me work?" My mother's face was full of doubt: "How can you be so filial, my dear?"
Zuo Xiaoduo jumped up like a dog and squeezed his mother's shoulders diligently: "Oh, my mother works so hard every day. My son couldn't bear to see it. I'll rub it for you..."
Wu Yuting squinted her eyes, enjoying her son's massage, and said comfortably: "Want money? No! Let me tell you Zuo Xiaoduo, your pocket money this month has been spent in advance, and it is even more than the limit."
Zuo Xiaoduo stopped immediately and said in a tearful tone: "You are really my biological mother... It's so amazing, I haven't spoken yet..."
Wu Yuting rolled her eyes, feeling like a young girl, curled her lips and said: "You came out of my belly, can I not know what you are thinking?"
Zuo Xiaoduo was dejected.
"Don't even think about asking your father for it!"
Zuo Xiaoduo is like mourning his heir.
"Don't even think about asking for it from your sister Xiaonian! The monthly allowance of three hundred star dollars can be used by someone else's family for a month. Fortunately for you, you paid for this month in advance last month. Zuo Xiaoduo
, tell me yourself, how much money did our family spend on your weird dream? How many times have we gone through it with you? Do you still want to continue to go through it?"
Zuo Xiaoduo was completely devastated, and for a moment he felt hopeless. He begged:
"Mom! I have something serious to do! I really have something serious to do!!"
Wu Yuting sneered: "As a seventeen-year-old who can sleep fourteen hours a day...how can he do anything serious?"
Zuo Xiaoduo burst into tears and covered his heart: "Mom, I feel like I've been hurt..."
"Do you still have a heart?"
Wu Yuting snorted coldly and turned away: "Hurry up and help me choose vegetables. Your dad and your sister Xiaonian will be back soon... Your dad has to take a nap after eating, and your sister Xiaonian has to meditate and practice after eating.
We are ready to attack the Yin and Yang Realm... It is not good to not get enough rest at this point... Hurry up, if you delay any longer, I will break your legs!"
The mother-in-law snorted loudly: "Two pieces!!"
Zuo Xiaoduo remained silent...and hurriedly followed with his tail between his legs.
"Mom, just leave it all alone, I'll do it, I'll take care of it all!"
…
While picking vegetables, Zuo Xiaoduo sighed and rolled his eyes wildly.
Is there any way to get some... er, no, coax some money out of my mother's hands? It doesn't need much, just three thousand, no, two thousand is also okay, but one thousand and five is really not possible...
That’s okay too!
Let’s really experiment, is this weird dream of mine real? Does that world really exist?
Is this really a dream?
Had I really been a charlatan in that world for so many years... uh, a fortune teller?
"Money...you are the eternal resentment in my heart..."
Three hundred per month is really not enough.
…
noon.
The aroma of vegetables overflows in the living room.
There was a creak at the door, and a voice said: "It smells so good! It looks like I need to drink something today." Then a middle-aged man in his thirties walked in.
He is tall and tall, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, handsome and unrestrained, with black hair; his well-fitting clothes make his figure look like a jade tree standing in the wind; black leather shoes, and a calm and gentle face.
It was Zuo Xiaoduo's father, Zuo Changlu.
Zuo Chang Road is known as a long road under your feet.
"Xiao Nian hasn't come back yet?"
Zuo Changlu asked in a routine manner. In fact, he knew in his heart that his daughter would come back about a quarter of an hour later than him every day. Everyone's concept of time is extremely accurate, and there would be almost no mistakes. If you miss this time, you will basically not come back.
have eaten.
After saying that, he sat down at the dining table and said with a smile: "Ting'er, I found that thing for Xiao Nian."
Wu Yuting wiped her hands and walked out, and said in surprise: "I found it? How much did it cost?"
"A few dollars." Zuo Changlu smiled: "Don't worry about it."
Zuo Xiaoduo's eyes suddenly lit up like light bulbs: Money?!
"Oh." Wu Yuting smiled softly: "Okay, I'll be happy when Xiao Nian comes back."
Zuo Xiaoduo was serving soup in the kitchen, listening with his ears pricked, and the corners of his mouth pouted: I bought a gift for my sister again, I don’t know if I have any... If I have some, I will convert them into money...
"What are you happy about?" A quiet voice came quietly, and there was a soft sound at the door, as if she was changing slippers; then, a girl in a blue dress walked in.
She has a tall and delicate body, almost 1.7 meters tall, a little thin, but slim and fit, with long silky hair, a quiet face, and a pair of beautiful eyes like two small crystal clear pools...
The whole person is like a lotus with pure water, untainted by worldly things.
Anyone who sees this girl at a glance will suddenly feel like this: This girl is so clean and pure! And then his heart is suddenly filled with surprise!
This girl seems to be born with a temperament that makes everyone who sees her feel calm and peaceful in their hearts. Faced with such beauty of the sky and the country, they can't even think of blasphemy, they can only simply appreciate it!
It is Zuo Xiaoduo's sister, Zuo Xiaonian.
"Daddy is back early." Zuo Xiaonian's peaceful face warmed up. He looked around and asked, "Isn't the dog at home?"
Zuo Xiaoduo roared angrily in the kitchen: "Don't call me dog!"
Zuo Xiaonian smiled. This smile gave her a bit of girlish charm, and her whole body suddenly became lively. She rolled her eyes and said, "How can you call you a dog? Dog! Little dog."
!Ha ha……"
Zuo Xiaoduo rushed out with a rice spoon, but Wu Yuting grabbed his ears: "You want to rebel!"
"It hurts, it hurts..." Zuo Xiaoduo tilted his head and twisted his face: "Mom! Your partiality is too obvious! I am also your son! My biological son!"
Zuo Xiaoduo could never understand his mother's ear-twisting technique.
How did my mother practice this? No matter how fast she was, as long as she passed by her or she wanted to twist her ears, she would never fail!
As soon as you reach out, you can twist it and turn it around!
"Eccentricity? Humph, I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding about partiality."
Wu Yuting snorted coldly.
Isn't this considered partiality? Zuo Xiaoduo tilted his head and watched Zuo Xiaonian twisting his ears towards him, and then made a face...
This kind of girlish movement can only appear in one's own home, and can never be seen by outsiders.
…
"Xiao Nian," Zuo Changlu said calmly while eating his meal: "How do you control your impact on the Yin and Yang Realm this time?"
Zuo Xiaonian straightened up subconsciously and said respectfully: "It should be no problem. I will break through in the Star Power Room of the Martial Academy when the time comes. The Star Power is sufficient, and I have prepared a lot of elixirs, as well as the Star Beast's inner elixir.
I have a few spare ones, and the place is heavily guarded, and the instructors from the martial arts school are doing their best to protect it, and there are also a few people from my master who are protecting it, so everything will be fine."
Zuo Changlu hummed and said, "Just know it yourself." As he said that, he took out a small delicate box from his pocket, put it on the table, pushed it forward, and said, "Take it,
If you can use it, don’t be stingy; if you don’t need it, keep it for yourself.”
Zuo Xiaonian hummed, took the box and opened it. Suddenly he exclaimed and covered his mouth. His eyes were full of incredible shock: "Mingyuan Pill?! Father, this... this..."
He was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
Zuo Xiaoduo was also shocked, and looked with bright eyes. He saw a pill in the box. One side was pure black, emitting a faint light, and the other side was pure white, emitting a sparkling white light. The pill was placed in the box quietly.
It is motionless, but the colors one black and one white seem to be flowing naturally and constantly rotating.
It’s the holy medicine for warriors, the Life-Yuan Pill!
For warriors in the Danyuan stage, taking one pill will instantly replenish all their life energy! Therefore, there has always been a saying that "one pill can save one's life".
It is suitable for Zuo Xiaonian to attack the yin and yang world, which is the critical point of life and death. It is normal for ordinary warriors to attack the yin and yang world and run out of gas. Why is it called the yin and yang world? If you rush over, you will live.
If you can't get through, you will die.
That’s why it’s called the Yin and Yang Realm.
And Zuo Xiaonian has this pill, which means he has an extra life.
Zuo Changlu smiled lightly: "Take it!"
"This..." Zuo Xiaonian's face gradually calmed down, he held the box in his hand and asked softly: "This Life Essence Pill costs one million. Dad, where did you get so much money? Besides...this
Even if you have money, things have a price but no market. The black market has already fetched five million, and a lot of people are waiting. How did you get it? If the price is too high, we don't want it."
one million.
Zuo Xiaoduo was startled.
One million star yuan coins!
Enough for the whole family to live comfortably for a lifetime... The old man just... spent it?
There was a hint of anxiety on Zuo Xiaonian's beautiful face: "I'm really sure, there's no need for this."
Zuo Changlu said flatly: "If you are told to take it, just take it! Is the money at home something you should worry about?"
The voice was very stern.
Zuo Xiaonian's eyes turned red, and she grabbed the Ming Yuan Dan with her slender fingers, trembling slightly. After a long time, she whispered: "Yes. My daughter is wrong."
Zuo Changlu's voice slowed down: "That's right! Xiao Nian, you have a bright future. After the Yin and Yang Realm, you will rush into the Dan Yuan Stage, and then all the major realms... Your mother and I can't help you.
There are too many, but she is my daughter after all. We can help you go as far as we can. When you are really helpless, you can go on your own. Before that, don’t worry too much. Do you understand?"
"I may not be able to afford other money, but the money to buy my daughter's life must be afforded no matter what."
Zuo Xiaonian was silent for a moment and said: "Dad, if I can successfully break through the Dan Yuan this time, I will be satisfied and don't want to go any further... This road is really tiring! I feel like I can't stand it. I won't be able to bear it this time."
After the breakthrough, when Xiaoduo turns 20, I want to marry Xiaoduo at that time..."
Zuo Xiaoduo's eyes widened in shock.
Then I heard my father and mother shouting coldly at the same time: "Nonsense!"
He put down his chopsticks, sat up straight, and said solemnly: "You, Zuo Xiaonian, are my daughter. Although you are not my biological daughter, your mother and I raised you from your infancy, and you are no different from your biological daughter."
."
"You are our daughter! Not our child bride!"
"When you were eight or nine years old, your mother talked nonsense, saying that it would be great if you married Xiaoduo and the family would never be separated... That was just a joke made by your mother. Unexpectedly, you have remembered it until now."
"But..." Zuo Changlu said slowly, but in a tone that left no room for doubt: "You don't need to say this kind of thing again in the future!"