Come On, Master, Step On Me Hard

Qiu Xiaozhu, who was standing to the side, also felt slightly embarrassed.

Sorry, nephew, you know how bad your aunt's cooking is.

"Senior Brother Ye, you've come at the right time. My master and I can't possibly finish all this food."

After Tang Yu placed the dishes she was carrying on the table, there were exactly ten dishes.

After taking off her apron, Tang Yu picked up a lobster and put it in Ye Qiu's bowl, smiling.

"Come, come, Senior Brother Ye, don't be shy, make yourself at home and eat whatever you like."

"Thanks."

Ye Qiu gave a stiff thank you, his mood suddenly becoming very complicated.

What the hell is going on?

"Master, let me peel some shrimp for you. You like Little Long, so I made a big bowl of them especially for you."

Tang Yu smiled and started peeling Little Long for Qiu Xiaozhu. After peeling them, she dipped them in the broth and placed them in front of Qiu Xiaozhu.

"Thank you, apprentice."

Qiu Xiaozhu smiled sweetly, happily enjoying the large table of delicious food.

"Eat up, Senior Brother Ye! Don't be so reserved. Just make yourself at home. Don't stand on ceremony with me and Master."

Tang Yu would frequently serve Ye Qiu a large piece of food with his chopsticks, as if he were the male head of the household.

In this strange atmosphere.

Ye Qiu couldn't help but think of a song.

I should have been under the car, not inside, to see how sweet you two were.

After finishing the meal like an outsider, I felt utterly uninterested.

Feeling bored, Ye Qiu left under the pretext of cultivation, without even mentioning to Qiu Xiaozhu that he had broken through to the next realm.

He could tell that his aunt was in a particularly good mood and probably had no interest in talking to him at all.

"Damn it, what happened while I was in seclusion?"

A cloud of doubt hung over Ye Qiu, leaving him somewhat bewildered. How had he become an outsider in this family?

After Ye Qiu left, Qiu Xiaozhu had almost finished eating.

"Master, this is the last shrimp."

After peeling the last shrimp, Tang Yu put it into Qiu Xiaozhu's bowl.

"Okay, okay, you eat too, I've had enough."

Qiu Xiaozhu smiled helplessly, picked up a piece of food for Tang Yu, and said, "Thank you for your hard work today."

"How could celebrating Master's birthday be hard? If Master likes it, I'd do it every day."

Tang Yu had just finished answering with a smile when she realized she had forgotten to take the cake out.

Of course, he didn't do it on purpose because he didn't want Ye Qiu to eat the cake; he's not the kind of petty person.

After running to the kitchen and bringing out the pig-shaped cake, Tang Yu lit a candle on it.

"Master, according to our customs, you can make a wish on your birthday, and it often comes true."

Qiu Xiaozhu wasn't angry when she saw it was a pig-shaped cake.

She already knew, and didn't feel there was anything to be angry about; the little pig on the cake was quite cute.

"Really?"

She stared at Tang Yu with wide, adorable eyes and asked.

"Really, but I can't say it out loud, otherwise it won't come true. If Master doesn't have any wishes he wants to make, you can help me make one."

Tang Yu smiled intoxicatingly.

"Then I'll make one for you."

Qiu Xiaozhu blinked and smiled. She was very happy and content, and didn't really have any wishes she wanted to make.

Let me think about it.

Tang Yu mimicked Qiu Xiaozhu's wink and said happily, "Then let's wish that Master's most beloved disciple can celebrate her birthday with her every year."

"Shameless."

Qiu Xiaozhu gently punched Tang Yu, but still closed her eyes and made a wish.

After making her wish, she blew out the candles, looked at Tang Yu, and asked, "Is this all?"

"There's one more step to go."

"What step?"

Tang Yu reached out and covered Qiu Xiaozhu's eyes, then smacked her face.

What are you doing?!

Once she came to her senses, Qiu Xiaozhu immediately widened her eyes and stared at Tang Yu like a flustered, beautiful girl.

That wretched disciple! How dare he talk back like that!

"Master, please don't be angry. This is a custom from my hometown. When celebrating a family member's birthday, after they make a wish, you should kiss them as a blessing, and then the birthday person should kiss them back to show that they are sharing happiness with the other person."

Tang Yu quickly explained with a sincere expression.

[Anyway, that's how it is in my family, well, it started with my generation.]

[My master and I are like family, so there's nothing wrong with what he's doing.]

"..."

After hearing Tang Yu's thoughts.

Qiu Xiaozhu was speechless. This guy was clearly taking advantage of her inexperience; how could he fool a country bumpkin like that?

"Never mind... never mind, I don't quite understand the customs in your area, so let's just skip the wedding."

Qiu Xiaozhu didn't know why she suddenly started stammering.

Anyway, she definitely doesn't want to kiss him back.

How embarrassing!

"Alright, as long as Master isn't angry."

Tang Yu looked regretful; her master was really not easy to fool.

After finishing the cake, Qiu Xiaozhu rested in the rocking chair, clutching her round belly.

She spends all her time eating and drinking with her apprentice, and she feels like she's turning into a little pig.

Putting everything else aside, she had gained two or three pounds, which annoyed her, and she wondered if she should consider exercising to lose weight after a while.

After Tang Yu finished tidying up like a stay-at-home husband, he brought out a long bench and placed it next to Qiu Xiaozhu's rocking chair.

After lying down, he skillfully rested his head on Qiu Xiaozhu's lap.

Qiu Xiaozhu sighed and said earnestly, "My disciple..."

"What's wrong, Master?"

"We have a custom here that you shouldn't hit children on their birthdays. Be a good boy, okay?"

"It's alright, I'm not a child anymore, but I still don't recommend Master hit me, lest the pain I feel cause Master heartache."

"..."

He probably felt that beating someone up on his birthday was inappropriate.

Qiu Xiaozhu thought for a moment, then, with a mischievous grin, placed one of her delicate, white feet, encased in white stockings, on Tang Yu's face and asked, "Are you going to get lost or not?"

"A true man cannot be swayed by poverty or humbled by power; I will not leave!"

Tang Yu said firmly.

[Come on, Master, what's a few stomps?]

[How could I, a dignified seven-foot man, fear such a move?]

[If you're so capable, stomp on me for half an hour, starting from my face and working your way down. I'll use this opportunity to temper my Dao heart!]

"Wow, that's brave!"

Qiu Xiaozhu clicked her tongue twice. "Trying to hone your Dao heart on me? Who's afraid of who?"

She grumbled and stomped on Tang Yu's body randomly, like stomping on sauerkraut.

Tang Yu, though inwardly furious, remained calm and composed, holding out for half an hour.

Finally, Qiu Xiaozhu got so annoyed that she kicked Tang Yu off the bench.

After getting down from the ground, Tang Yu, looking refreshed, smugly lowered his gun.

"Master, next time step on both legs together, that will help your cultivation!"

"What kind of person are you?!"

Qiu Xiaozhu had an expression that said, "I don't understand, but I'm deeply shocked."

This apprentice seems to have some kind of problem???

"Oh, right, Master, I have another birthday present for you."

Having received a sufficient reward, Tang, a criminal whose filial piety had turned sour, rubbed his hands together and chuckled.

What gift?

"You'll find out once you come with me."

"So mysterious?"

Qiu Xiaozhu got up from the rocking chair.

After following Tang Yu outside, they discovered that this guy had built a semi-open bamboo hut at the very back of the valley at some point.

When she pushed open the bamboo house door, she discovered that there was a hot spring inside.

The hot spring water is drawn down from the mountain behind the house using bamboo pipes.

There were also two osmanthus trees growing next to the hot spring, which meant that this guy had deliberately chosen to dig the hot spring next to the osmanthus trees.

In this way, the spring water is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus, and the osmanthus flowers falling into the hot spring also add a touch of floral fragrance to the water.

"This... when did you dig this up?"

Qiu Xiaozhu was shocked. When did this guy do it secretly?

"I started preparing a few days ago. I started working on it last night after my master went to sleep, and I just finished this morning."

Tang Yu chuckled.

Why go to all this trouble?

Qiu Xiaozhu was a little embarrassed; why were they even offering her a hot spring bath?

"Because I noticed that it's not very convenient for my master to take a bath every night."

"...???"