The first light of dawn glimmered.
The morning sun streamed through the window.
Before she even opened her eyes, a rich aroma of meat drifted in on the morning breeze.
Holding her son, Yan Lingyun twitched her nose. When she opened her eyes, someone had already brought breakfast right up to her.
"Oh! Meat-stuffed flatbread? Where's mine? Where's mine?"
Before Yan Lingyun could speak, Lian Shuang came racing in.
Lian Youming dodged his little sister's outstretched hand and said disdainfully, "Shoo, shoo. Yours is downstairs. Go get it yourself. This is the deluxe special edition I made for your sister-in-law... Here, try it. I started stewing the meat last night!"
"Now you've got a wife, you've forgotten your sister. I despise you!"
Lian Shuang turned away with a huff and raced downstairs again.
"Wait!"
Smelling the food and seeing the man before her, Yan Lingyun was overjoyed too, and hurried off to wash up.
Lian Youming sat by the bed, smiling to himself. But when he turned, he found Little Stone watching him. Instead of flailing and bouncing around as usual, the boy crawled over.
"Daddy!"
Who would have thought that after so little time apart, he could already talk?
"Eat... meat!"
Then he stared longingly at the meat in the bowl.
Lian Youming looked at what the boy clutched tightly in his hand: the Twenty-One-Eye Dzi Bead.
This bead was a sacred treasure of the Buddhist School, blessed with the mental power of generations of eminent monks. It could soothe the mind, awaken intelligence, and nourish the spirit.
People who had awakened their innate wisdom no longer seemed particularly unusual to Lian Youming now.
As long as Little Stone wore this bead, he might awaken his intelligence early with time. His father could even guide him with his own