Waking Up in Shock While Deathly Ill: Turns Out the Clown Was Me

"Good, good, good, Cheng Xiao. I, Tang Hao, approve of you as my brother-in-law!"

"Being born in the same era as you truly is a kind of tragedy!"

"You are destined to be the monster who suppresses this era."

As the saying went, no fight, no friendship.

Although his little sister had been snatched away, she could not possibly stay little for the rest of her life.

Besides, once she grew up, she would definitely get married.

Rather than marrying someone else, she might as well become Qian Chengxiao's wife.

After all, they had not only witnessed Qian Chengxiao's monstrous talent firsthand—Tang Hao had personally experienced just how terrifying he was.

Moreover, Qian Chengxiao was a real man. Whenever he needed to step up, he never ran away or backed down. He was a responsible man, exactly to Tang Hao's liking.

Seeing Qian Chengxiao standing beside Tang Yuehua and gazing at her with utter adoration, Tang Hao strode over with a hearty laugh. He lightly patted Qian Chengxiao's shoulder. "Come on, brother-in-law. Let's go drink with Big Brother!"

As Tang Hao spoke, he slung an arm around Qian Chengxiao's shoulders and started to lead him out.

"Go, go, go!"

"Go, go, go~"

"Get lost!"

Seeing her Second Brother about to drag Qian Chengxiao away to drink, Tang Yuehua irritably pulled Tang Hao's big hand off Qian Chengxiao's shoulder.

Then she stood protectively in front of Qian Chengxiao and pushed Tang Hao toward the door, saying with blatant disdain as she did, "If you want to drink, go drink with Big Brother!"

"My Cheng Xiao isn't going!"

"How old is he? And you already want to drag him off drinking with Big Brother."

"Bad man, go, go, go! Hurry up and get out!"

"Don't lead my Cheng Xiao astray!"

As Tang Yuehua spoke, she even scrunched her cute little nose fiercely at Tang Hao.

"Oh?"

"Little sister, you're already protecting him this much?"

"Who said Cheng Xiao can't drink just because he's young? Back when your Big Brother and I were four or five, which one of us couldn't drink?"

Tang Yuehua rolled her eyes at Tang Hao and Tang Xiao upon hearing that. "Oh, really?"

"Then I wonder who it was that Father nearly beat until his legs broke?"

"I remember someone howling like a pig after Father beat him back then!"

"Little sister, you can't slander Big Brother and me like that!"

After Tang Yuehua began rattling off, one by one, the embarrassing stories about him and Tang Xiao in front of Qian Chengxiao, Tang Hao saw that she was still counting on her fingers.

Tang Hao hurriedly pulled Tang Yuehua aside and muttered in a low voice, "My little sister, stop talking already!"

"What do you think your Second Brother is taking your Tang Chengxiao out drinking for?"

"Isn't it all for your sake?"

At that, Tang Hao looked at Tang Yuehua with an expression of exasperated disappointment. "My little sister!"

"You're so muddleheaded!"

???

"Huh?"

Tang Yuehua, who had been pulled aside by Tang Hao, stared at him with her little face full of confusion.

If she had to describe her expression with a meme, it would have been the very first one in her meme collection—the Black Guy Question Mark.

"Second Brother, what are you even talking about?"

"Cheng Xiao is still so young, yet you and Big Brother want to drag him off drinking."

"That's obviously bad for Cheng Xiao. How is it for my sake?"

As Tang Yuehua spoke, her eyes stayed fixed on Tang Hao, wanting to read something from his expression.

Yet in the face of Tang Yuehua's gaze, Tang Hao showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, he earnestly said, "Little sister, it's not that I'm trying to say something unpleasant, nor am I trying to put you down!"

"Cheng Xiao's cultivation talent is so outstanding!"

"And he's so handsome that women like you all love him."

"Forget women—even we men like Cheng Xiao when we see him."

"I'm telling you, Second Brother, even though you're good to me, Cheng Xiao is mine. You can't steal him from me!"

The moment Tang Yuehua heard this, she stared at him with full vigilance.

If he dared say he wanted to steal Cheng Xiao from her, she would strangle him to death with these little hands!

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Tang Hao was rendered speechless when he heard Tang Yuehua's words and saw her staring at him with such intense wariness.

If Father had not been here, he would have wanted to give his little sister a knuckle rap.

"What nonsense are you thinking?"

"Your brother is a normal man!"

Tang Hao snapped out of the shock of Tang Yuehua's thunderous words and glared at her irritably.

"Then... then why did you say that just now..."

Seeing from her Second Brother's reaction that he harbored no ill intentions toward Qian Chengxiao, Tang Yuehua spoke in a pitiful, aggrieved voice.

However, her tone lacked conviction.

"I was making an analogy, understand? An analogy!"

"Who is Analogy? Why are you making him?"

"I..."

Seeing his little sister look at him with those innocent eyes and ask who Analogy was, Tang Hao was instantly choked up.

"Giving an example, understand?"

"Who is Example? Why are you giving him?"

"Little Lass, are you messing with your Second Brother?"

Just as Tang Hao was about to be speechless again, he caught the mischief flashing in Tang Yuehua's eyes and immediately realized what was going on. He looked at her irritably. "Enough, I'm not fooling around with you anymore!"

"Let's continue from before!"

"Your Second Brother taking Cheng Xiao drinking is entirely for your sake."

"Have you and Cheng Xiao made any further progress yet?"

"Um~"

"You brat, tell your Second Brother! I can help you win him over even more!"

"Don't you want to become even closer with Cheng Xiao? Don't you want him to be unable to leave you?"

"Mm!"

('')

"Then tell your Second Brother how far things have progressed between you two."

Upon hearing her Second Brother's question, Tang Yuehua's face immediately turned scarlet. She began stammering before Tang Hao. "W-we just sleep while hugging each other. After that, we hold hands and hug."

"And that's it?"

"Mm!"

"You haven't even kissed?"

"Ah~"

"Second Brother, what are you saying?"

"Father said kissing leads to babies!"

"Father told us he didn't want to hold grandchildren yet, so w-we never, never..."

Hearing Tang Hao's embarrassing words, Tang Yuehua covered her cheeks with both hands, too ashamed to face anyone.

"Ah~"

"Little sister!"

"Father was lying to you. Just kissing will never make a baby!"

"To have a baby, you have to cook raw rice into cooked rice."

"At your age, the two of you can't cook rice at all."

"So the reason your Second Brother came back today and took Cheng Xiao drinking was to get him drunk."

"Once he's drunk, we'll send him to your room. Then can't you do whatever you want?"

"Ah~"

"Second Brother, you're awful!"

"Remember to send him back..."

When Tang Yuehua heard Tang Hao's words, her heart immediately stirred.

An idiom chain: do whatever you want, do whatever you want.

Hehe~

Just thinking about it made her happy.

Still, she was too embarrassed in front of her Second Brother. So after saying that he should send him back, Tang Yuehua shyly ran into the house and began waiting.

Tang Hao watched his shyly departing little sister, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

Was that really shyness, or anticipation?

As for Qian Chengxiao, who stood beside Tang Xiao and Tang Tian, he was speaking with Tang Xiao, his brother-in-law.

Tang Xiao and Qian Chengxiao both watched Tang Yuehua run bashfully into her room, their faces displaying Black Guy Question Mark expressions.

What exactly had Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua whispered about off to the side to make Yuehua so embarrassed?

Tang Tian, who stood behind Tang Xiao and Qian Chengxiao, had heard every word exchanged between Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua.

At first, Tang Tian had been furious upon hearing the things that Tang Hao, that brat, said to Tang Yuehua.

But on second thought, Hao'er was right.

Cheng Xiao's cultivation talent was so exceptional, and all those Clear Sky Sect elders were watching him like hawks.

If his daughter and Cheng Xiao did not make more progress soon, things truly would not be good.

Thus, after thinking it through, Tang Tian did not use voice transmission to stop Tang Hao.

When Tang Hao walked up to Qian Chengxiao and prepared to drag him off drinking, Tang Tian gave him a knuckle rap.

"Brat, well done."

"Huh?"

Upon hearing his old man's words and seeing the approving look in his father's eyes, Tang Hao understood in an instant, then chuckled. "Hehe."

Tang Tian had figured it out when Tang Hao came over.

Hao'er was arrogant to the core. Today, he had been thoroughly beaten into submission by Qian Chengxiao and had accepted him from the bottom of his heart.

Moreover, Hao'er was normally never as unreliable in his speech as he had been today.

He had also seen Qian Chengxiao's potential, which was why he had actively guided his little sister to secure him as soon as possible.

Qian Chengxiao's eyes flickered slightly as he watched Tang Tian and Tang Hao, father and son.

Looks like something's going on.

Then, led by Tang Tian and Tang Hao, Qian Chengxiao arrived at their residence and began drinking deeply and eating meat in great mouthfuls.

"Brother-in-law, don't worry. Clear Sky Sect will avenge your grudge against Spirit Hall!"

"Once Big Brother and I become Title Douluo..."

"Whether I or Big Brother becomes the Clear Sky Sect Master, we'll take you to Spirit Hall and chop off the head of Chihiro Ji, the Spirit Hall Pope who killed your parents!"

"We'll avenge you!"

As Tang Hao spoke, he wrapped an arm around Qian Chengxiao's shoulders, his face full of righteous indignation.

"That's right, brother-in-law. From now on, the three of us are brothers. Your grudge is our grudge!"

"So what if it's Spirit Hall? As long as the three of us work together, we will definitely destroy Spirit Hall!"

Tang Xiao, seated on Qian Chengxiao's other side, spoke as well.

Hearing the brothers' words, Qian Chengxiao, seated between Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, was moved to tears. "Big Brother, Second Brother, you are Cheng Xiao's own brothers!"

"Big Brother, Second Brother, I will avenge my own grudge!"

"During my time in Clear Sky Sect, I have also learned how powerful Spirit Hall is!"

"I absolutely cannot drag Clear Sky Sect down because of my own grudge!"

"Father and Mother died at Chihiro Ji's hands. Once I become a Title Douluo, I will turn Spirit Hall upside down!"

"If I do not avenge this grudge, I swear I am not human!"

As he spoke, his tear-filled eyes brimmed with fury and killing intent.

"Cheng Xiao, what are you saying?"

"Since you've acknowledged us as your Big Brother and Second Brother, isn't your grudge our grudge?"

"Do your Big Brother and Second Brother look like cowards?"

"Don't ever say that again!"

"From now on, Spirit Hall is our enemy!"

"Mm!"

Qian Chengxiao, seated between Tang Hao and Tang Xiao with their arms around his shoulders, nodded heavily.

Damn, isn't this just acting? Who can't act?

They keep talking about avenging me, saying Spirit Hall this and Adoptive Father that.

Those two are clearly afraid I'll forget who my enemy is, so they keep reminding me.

Qian Chengxiao, held by the shoulders by Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, was inwardly full of disdain.

Tang Hao and Tang Xiao kept drinking with Qian Chengxiao until midnight. After the brothers took turns forcing drinks on him, Qian Chengxiao finally collapsed drunkenly onto the table.

"Got him!"

Seeing the drunk Qian Chengxiao, a gleam of satisfaction flashed through Tang Hao's eyes.

"You little brat, no matter how great your cultivation talent is, haven't you still been drunk under my hand?"

With that thought, Tang Hao carried Qian Chengxiao on his back and headed toward Tang Yuehua's courtyard.

"Little Hao, what are you doing?"

Tang Xiao watched Tang Hao carry Qian Chengxiao away. Completely unaware of the conversation between Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua, he was utterly bewildered.

After all, he had no idea that the place where Qian Chengxiao stayed in the Clear Sky Sect was Tang Yuehua's room.

So, seeing Tang Hao carry Qian Chengxiao toward Tang Yuehua's courtyard, he was extremely curious about what Tang Hao was doing.

"What am I doing? Of course I'm taking this brat Cheng Xiao to Younger Sister's room!"

"What?!"

"Are you insane?!"

Tang Xiao was utterly shocked upon hearing Tang Hao's words. "If Father finds out about this, he'll skin you alive."

"Cheng Xiao and Yuehua are still so young, yet you're letting them live together?"

"Although Father has arranged a marriage contract for them, that's for the future!"

"You're sending Cheng Xiao to Little Sister's room now. What will happen to Little Sister?"

"How is Little Sister supposed to face anyone in the sect?"

As he spoke, Tang Xiao rose angrily and strode over to Tang Hao.

"Big Brother, I asked Little Sister about it long ago."

"Ever since Cheng Xiao entered the Clear Sky Sect, he's always slept with Little Sister."

"This isn't something Father merely tacitly approved of. It's something Father agrees with!"

"Huh?"

Tang Xiao, who had been furious just moments ago, had thought his Younger Brother had suddenly lost his mind to do something like this.

But after hearing Tang Hao's explanation, Tang Xiao stood there before him, completely dumbfounded.

Carrying Qian Chengxiao on his back, Tang Hao laughed at the sight of his stunned Big Brother.

Then, ignoring his still-dazed Big Brother, he carried Qian Chengxiao toward Little Sister's residence.

After all, Little Sister was still waiting to do as she pleased.

Tang Xiao stared blankly at Tang Hao's retreating figure as he carried Qian Chengxiao toward his Little Sister Tang Yuehua's residence, his gaze vacant.

Fuck, so in the end, I was the clown.

Just when you think things can't get any more shocking, you realize the clown was yourself all along.