Dragon God's Childhood Friend

Tianluo Planet, Ziluo City, outside the family residential compound of the Ancient Soul Beast Research Institute.

Dawn had just broken, and morning dew fell from the eaves with a patter onto the ground.

"Xuanyu, remember to come home for dinner before dark."

"Mm-hmm, I know, Mom." A child in a T-shirt smiled and waved at the young woman by the door, then slowly ran toward the flowerbed.

He was very cute, always smiling, and his eyelashes were even longer than those of girls his age.

Suddenly, his foot went soft, as if he had stepped on something, and with a cry of surprise, he fell onto the concrete path. The pain from his bottom made his eyes redden at once.

"Hey, I'm clearly the one who should be hurting. What are you crying for?"

Just then, a pained voice came from beside him.

Lan Xuanyu looked up and saw a little boy in loose, pale-white clothes sitting against the edge of the flowerbed.

The little boy rubbed the gray footprint on his right leg. Beside him was a palm-sized water cup, and he watched Lan Xuanyu faintly with half-narrowed eyes.

Lan Xuanyu scratched his head in embarrassment, opened his mouth, and said in a milky voice, "I'm sorry. I was in too much of a hurry and didn't see the road."

At this point, he blinked his big eyes and looked at the little boy, who had fine features, was fair and delicate enough to be called exquisitely pretty, and was even taller than him. Curious, he asked, "I've never seen you before."

"My name is Lin Yuan."

"Mm-hmm, my name is Lan Xuanyu. Brother Lin Yuan, I'm sorry..." Lan Xuanyu smiled.

"Oh, Lan Xuanyu, huh..."

The little boy held his head and had just been about to narrow his eyes again when a thunderclap suddenly flashed through his mind.

Wait, Lan Xuanyu?

The little Dragon God known as the Demon Pill?

What kind of luck did he have? How long had he even lived here, and he had already run into the little Dragon God?

Looking at the little boy who was somewhat at a loss because he had stepped on him, Lin Yuan's mind fell into a storm of thoughts.

Why had Lan Xuanyu been called the Demon Pill in the original work?

It was because the things Lan Xuanyu did in the middle and later stages had always been controversial!

Fragments of the original work flashed through Lin Yuan's mind in an instant.

Kidnapping the team leader, snatching away a Tang Sect warship, using a scheme to make the enemy's children into bait and drawing their father over to kill them...

However, although what he did was controversial, it had to be said that being Lan Xuanyu's teammate in the original work was genuinely great.

No need to use your brain, no need to exert yourself, just lie back all the way into the God Dragon Realm—or was it the Dragon God Realm?

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes halfway. Just as he was recalling all this, a lollipop suddenly appeared in front of him, and immediately after, a voice full of apology rang by his ear.

"Brother Lin Yuan, I'm really sorry. I didn't see. How about I rub it for you?"

Looking at Lan Xuanyu, who had at some point sat down beside him, he secretly sighed in regret.

What a pity. Such a good little Dragon God later became the much-criticized Demon Pill.

But... seeing how polite he was now meant there was still hope for the future.

Lin Yuan considered himself not to be someone who particularly liked children.

He had been that way in his previous life too. Most bratty kids had no sense of boundaries.

He still remembered how, in his previous life, his wall of figurines had been seized by a relative's child after the kid cried, threw a tantrum, and made threats...

Besides, ever since he had transmigrated into this world from his mother's womb, he had received no system, no golden finger at all.

Wouldn't it be better to secure a safety net for himself and build a good relationship with the little Dragon God?

Mm, I'm willing to call it the God-Raising Plan.

Thinking this, Lin Yuan gave up on correcting Lan Xuanyu calling him Brother Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan nodded at Lan Xuanyu.

"Be more careful in the future." Suddenly, Lin Yuan changed tack and said with a solemn air like a child deity, "But since you're calling me big brother, I'll reluctantly take you in as my little brother. If anyone bullies you in the future, tell me."

Lin Yuan wrote him a bad check without the slightest blush or quickening of his heart.

"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm."

Lan Xuanyu nodded quickly.

After that, Lin Yuan continued to hug his thermos cup, half-narrowing his eyes as he basked in the sun.

After who knew how long, Lin Yuan took a sip of water and looked at Lan Xuanyu, who had entered the flowerbed and still had not come out after a long while.

"You've been squatting there for ages. What are you looking for?"

"Clovers."

Lan Xuanyu shook the clover in his hand and said, "Mom said if you find one, you'll have good luck. This way, Big Brother, you'll stop hurting soon."

Lin Yuan: ...

Lin Yuan looked at him for three seconds, at the solemn childishness on his face, then shifted his gaze away and looked up at the sky.

"...Looking for that thing isn't as comfortable as sleeping."

Lan Xuanyu was stunned for quite a while. At their age, children were full of energy, so he had not expected this sworn big brother of his to be such a salted fish.

He suddenly laughed. "Brother, you're so boring."

"Mm."

Lan Xuanyu was not angry either. For some reason, he could sense that Lin Yuan always had some inexplicable aura about him that drew him in.

Lan Xuanyu always felt Lin Yuan was interesting. He stood up, patted off his pants, ran over beside Lin Yuan, and plopped down.

Lin Yuan shifted a little to the side.

"Brother, where are your uncle and auntie? You've been here since morning. Are uncle and auntie okay with that?"

Lan Xuanyu asked curiously.

"They're gone." Lin Yuan's eyes were half-lidded.

"Huh?"

Lan Xuanyu froze, his mouth opening and closing, not knowing how to speak.

Only after a while did he say in a muffled voice, "Then are you all alone?"

"Mm. I'm used to it."

The atmosphere instantly fell silent.

Lan Xuanyu wanted to comfort him, but at his age, what could he possibly think of? He only put himself in Lin Yuan's place for a moment and already felt especially, especially sad.

After who knew how long, Lin Yuan looked at Lan Xuanyu's reddened eyes and his restless, fidgeting look. Thinking of the common childhood weakness of being unable to endure loneliness, he said, "Are you bored?"

"Mm-hm."

Lan Xuanyu nodded and forced out a smile.

"Brother, let's go play."

"No."

Lin Yuan refused at once. What was there to play with a little brat? Was he supposed to play house or something?

Before Lan Xuanyu could be disappointed, Lin Yuan spoke again.

"Then I'll tell you a story."

"Oh, a story!"

Lan Xuanyu's eyes instantly lit up.

Immediately after, Lin Yuan artistically reworked a web novel he had read in his previous life, Battle Through the Heavens, and narrated it in the tone of a child.

For things like breaking off an engagement, which Lan Xuanyu still could not understand, he changed it into a child from a relative's family trying to steal their parents' love.

Although the logic was a little explosive, it could not stand in the way of how satisfying it was!

Coaxing a little brat was still child's play.

Lan Xuanyu listened with rapt attention.

He would clench his fists because Xiao Yan was looked down on, and his bright eyes would bloom because of Xiao Xun'er's arrival.

"Big Brother Xiao Yan is so amazing! I'm definitely going to become someone like Big Brother Xiao Yan!" Lan Xuanyu raised both hands, his cheeks flushed red with excitement.

Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

That was right. In the future, he had to become Xiao Yan!

As for Demon Pill or whatever, hurry up and crawl away!

After who knew how long, the faint aroma of food drifted over from the distance, and Lin Yuan's story came to an abrupt stop as well.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind them.

"Xuanyu, come home for lunch!"

Hearing that voice, Lan Xuanyu finally raised his head and looked at the sky.

Without realizing it, the sun had already reached the middle of the sky.

"Got it, Mom!" Xuanyu turned around and answered loudly, then looked at Lin Yuan.

"You should go home for lunch. Go on. I'll still be here waiting for you this afternoon."

Lin Yuan shifted into a comfortable position and lay down, his eyes half-lidded.

"What about you, Brother?"

"I'm not hungry," Lin Yuan said.

"Liar. How could you not be hungry!"

Lan Xuanyu suddenly spoke up.

Brother Lin Yuan had lost his parents when he was little, so he must not have eaten for a very long time, right?

Lan Xuanyu thought of what Nan Cheng—his mother—had said about how hard life was for orphans, and before he knew it, his eyes had turned red.

Brother Lin Yuan must have had such a hard time all these years, right?

Just look at how thin he was...

"Why are you crying?" Lin Yuan was a little baffled. Everything had been perfectly fine, so why was he suddenly crying?

All of a sudden, Lin Yuan felt himself being pulled to his feet.

"Brother Lin Yuan, come home with me for dinner."

"No, I'm not hungry... Damn it, don't run so fast!"

Without another word, Lan Xuanyu grabbed Lin Yuan's hand and hurried home.