Showing Zhu Zhuqing Dou Po (Please Collect! Please Invest!)

In the end, the two of them still slept separately that night.

After all, Jiang Qianhai was an adult using a child's body. Sleeping together with another little girl—no matter how he thought about it, it seemed somewhat perverted, didn't it?

As for Zhu Zhuqing's thoughts, they were simple enough. Jiang Qianhai was her Savior, and she was sleeping in his home, on his bed. Yet in the end, he had to sleep on the floor, so she felt rather guilty.

However, Jiang Qianhai coaxed her a little and persuaded her with the argument that men and women should not be physically intimate.

The next day, as soon as Zhu Zhuqing woke up, she looked under the bed. Only the mattress and a neatly folded quilt remained there, while Jiang Qianhai had disappeared.

"Where did he go?"

Zhu Zhuqing panicked, but quickly realized that this was his home. Jiang Qianhai had probably just gone out.

After getting up, Zhu Zhuqing tried folding the quilt. It looked pretty good. Just as she was about to leave the bedroom, she noticed a note beside her pillow.

"What's this?"

She picked up the note curiously.

Life Tips: 1. Remember to wash your face and brush your teeth after getting up! Toothbrush (attached, hand-drawn illustration), toothpaste (attached, hand-drawn illustration). Instructions for use are as follows:······

2. I left you breakfast in the kitchen. If you're hungry, you can heat it up. The Soul Power stove is operated as follows:······

3. ·····

Looking at the lines of writing, Zhu Zhuqing felt a long-lost sense of care.

"What is this feeling?" Zhu Zhuqing pressed her right hand against her heart, feeling an indescribable stirring there.

Following the instructions, she finished washing up.

As she ate the still-warm breakfast, Zhu Zhuqing's eyes gradually grew moist.

In this life, no one had ever cared about her like this.

Sniffling, Zhu Zhuqing remembered all the strange things in Jiang Qianhai's home after breakfast and sighed with emotion.

"I've never seen any of these before."

Looking at the empty house, Zhu Zhuqing thought for a moment and decided to go look for Jiang Qianhai. At the very least, having someone her age nearby was better than sitting around alone.

"I remember Jiang Qianhai said he was by the river outside the village." Zhu Zhuqing took out the note. "Let me see. First, I go this way, then this way and this way······ Mm, got it."

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When she reached the river, Zhu Zhuqing saw a figure sitting on a small stool in the distance.

Her steps unconsciously quickened.

"What are you doing?"

Jiang Qianhai immediately stopped Zhu Zhuqing as soon as she spoke.

"Shh! I just put out the bait. Don't scare the fish away!"

Seeing how serious Jiang Qianhai looked, Zhu Zhuqing nodded instinctively.

However, she watched from the side for half an hour, only to find Jiang Qianhai sitting there doing nothing.

"Are you catching fish?" Zhu Zhuqing lowered her voice. "Can I try?"

Jiang Qianhai gave a crooked smile. "Of course. But fishing is a technical skill. Don't be discouraged if you can't catch anything."

As he spoke, Jiang Qianhai handed the Fishing Rod to Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded lightly.

Yet less than a minute after Zhu Zhuqing sat down, the float on the water sank.

"Did I catch one?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at Jiang Qianhai. "What should I do?"

Jiang Qianhai's expression looked like a horrified panda head. He felt as if something had appeared on his face, while a "damn" seemed to be surging out from the corner of his mouth.

In the end, he expressionlessly taught Zhu Zhuqing how to pull the fish up.

His first greeting to the fish was a huge slap across the face. It seemed to be protesting, yet also filled with resentment.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Zhuqing poked Jiang Qianhai. "Why did you hit it?"

Jiang Qianhai sighed and finally told her that he had sat here for more than ten days and caught only one fish—the one she had caught.

Now Zhu Zhuqing understood. So that was why Jiang Qianhai had been so dejected. But she soon reacted.

"Was I caught the same way?"

Just imagining what she must have looked like being pulled up made Zhu Zhuqing feel utterly embarrassed.

She tried to return the Fishing Rod to Jiang Qianhai, but he refused.

"You'll fish today. I'll assist you."

Jiang Qianhai prepared the bait while Zhu Zhuqing only had to cast the line. In less than two minutes, she caught another fish.

Jiang Qianhai: (╬◣д◢)

Another huge slap across the face. Zhu Zhuqing couldn't help laughing at the sight.

Zhu Zhuqing's streak of catches never stopped for the entire day. By the time they returned home in the evening, the bucket holding the fish was already full.

Jiang Qianhai's expression, however, was one of existential doubt. He couldn't understand it at all.

Is my technique really that bad?

His thoughts gradually wandered from fishing to the origin of the universe.

Zhu Zhuqing followed beside him with light steps. Whenever she saw Jiang Qianhai looking like that, she couldn't help wanting to laugh.

That evening, Jiang Qianhai's parents also returned home from their own Fishing Pond. After learning what had happened that day, Old Jiang burst into laughter and openly mocked him to his face.

Jiang Qianhai was in the wrong and could only "accidentally" expose the fact that his father had been hiding private money.

Jiang Qianhai immediately felt much better.

After dinner, he would occasionally walk past his father, who was kneeling on a washboard, with his hands behind his back. Combined with the expression on his face and the occasional "tsk-tsk," the mockery was devastatingly effective!

Zhu Zhuqing watched everything, finding it amusing while also envying the harmonious relationship in their family.

If only my family could be like this. How wonderful that would be.

That night, Jiang Qianhai cleaned the fish he had caught and hung them up to dry. He also took down several fish that had already dried and roasted them together with Zhu Zhuqing.

"Has your family always been like this?" Zhu Zhuqing stared at the fire. "It looks like you have such a good relationship with your Parents."

"Do you want to know why?" Jiang Qianhai handed Zhu Zhuqing a roasted fish. "Actually, it's nothing special. Our family is just an ordinary one. We don't have much pressure in life or any grand ambitions, and we aren't burdened by anything. That's why we can find and enjoy the pleasures in life."

"In fact, to us, all troubles can be attributed to insufficient strength."

"Insufficient strength?" Zhu Zhuqing tilted her little head. "Soul Power?"

Jiang Qianhai smiled and shook his head. "Tell me, if the Gods of the God Realm gave an order, would anyone in the Lower Realm dare disobey?"

"No, right?"

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head. Those were Gods. Who would dare disobey them?

However, she seemed to understand what Jiang Qianhai meant.

"But that's far too difficult."

"Difficult? Not really. When I say that one needs sufficient strength, I only mean enough to live a happy life." Jiang Qianhai extended his right hand. A pale flame then appeared in his palm.

He flicked his hand toward the fire. In the next moment, the bonfire, along with the flames burning within it, was frozen in place.

"It can even freeze flames······" Zhu Zhuqing poked the flame with a wooden stick. "It's really frozen!"

"What's that? Your Martial Soul?"

"Number eleven on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, Bone Spirit Cold Fire." Jiang Qianhai clenched his right hand, and the Bone Spirit Cold Fire turned into white smoke and went out. "If you want to know more, you can read this book."

Jiang Qianhai then tossed over a book. Zhu Zhuqing caught it and immediately saw the four large characters on the cover.

"Battle Through the Heavens"

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