I wanted to try this challenge.
My weakness.
Tang Ya gently gathered him into her arms.
"This big sister's arms smell so good!"
So fragrant!
Cao Yu kept burrowing into Tang Ya's embrace.
Using this to test a handsome guy-which handsome guy couldn't withstand a test like this?
"Haha! Clan Head Cao, it seems your son really likes Xiaoya!"
"Hehe! Come, Clan Head Cao, let's talk inside and leave the children to play for now."
"All right."
"Little Ya, don't bully Young Master Cao."
Tang Yichuan reminded her.
"Don't worry, Dad. Little brother is so cute. How could I bully him?" Tang Ya waved playfully, then continued holding Cao Yu.
After they left, Tang Ya looked down at Cao Yu and gently stroked his back.
"Little brother, what's your name?"
"Yiya~ Yiya!"
"You can't talk yet?"
"Yiya~"
"Hehe, you're so cute."
Tang Ya couldn't resist pinching his chubby little cheeks.
He'll definitely be handsome when he grows up, won't he?
Tang Ya thought as she looked at Cao Yu's face.
Mwah~
She couldn't resist kissing his cheek.
Tang Ya looked a little smug.
Hmph! So what if you're handsome? I still got to kiss you.
With her plan successful, Tang Ya couldn't help smiling.
Cao Yu smiled happily, but on the surface, he put on an innocent act, looking utterly aggrieved.
With acting skills like his, he could at least win a Best Actor award.
Seeing him like this made Tang Ya even happier.
She couldn't resist giving him a few more kisses, until Cao Yu's face was almost swollen from them.
Only faint red marks remained, along with Tang Ya's saliva.
Being a child is actually pretty nice.
Cao Yu was delighted inside.
Several hours passed before Cao Xiang and his son left the Tang Sect.
Tang Ya still gazed at Cao Yu reluctantly.
"Dad, I still want to play with Little Yu!"
"Be good, Xiaoya. Uncle Cao and Xiaoyu have to go home," Tang Yichuan comforted her.
"But..." Watching Cao Yu about to leave, Tang Ya felt as though she had lost a treasure.
She felt so miserable that tears welled in her eyes.
Cao Xiang couldn't bear watching any longer.
He said loudly, "Miss Little Ya, if you miss Little Yu, you can come to the Cao Clan and play with him."
"We'll be off, then. Brother Tang, Miss Little Ya, goodbye!"
"Goodbye, Little Yu, Uncle Cao!"
She waved, and only after they disappeared from sight did Tang Ya reluctantly follow her father back into the Tang Sect.
I'll go play with Little Yu tomorrow!
Before she even returned to the Tang Sect, Tang Ya had made her decision.
After all, Little Yu was so cute. How could Tang Ya bear to let him play all alone?
They returned to the Cao residence.
There stood the Cao Clan's old patriarch, holding several large red carp, along with a few frogs.
Seeing Cao Yu return, the old patriarch said with a chuckle, "Little Yu, I'm making you something special today. See these? Little frogs. I'll make you some frog congee."
"Dad, how come you never made me any when I was little?" Cao Xiang gave the old patriarch a somewhat resentful look.
So biased!
"I didn't know how when you were little. I only learned all this recently."
The old patriarch gave a thoroughly perfunctory reply, teased Little Yu for a moment, then hurried toward the kitchen carrying everything.
Star Luo Empire, imperial palace.
Heavenly Water Douluo sat in the royal council hall, beside the reigning emperor of the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiawei.
"Your Majesty, according to our spy's report, the Cao Clan's head visited the Tang Sect today."
"And they seemed to get along very well, especially the Cao Clan's young master and the Tang Clan's young lady."
Xu Jiawei smiled after hearing this. "Is the Tang Sect's master getting that anxious too? It seems they really have reached the end of the road, with the mountains exhausted and the rivers run dry. Hehe."
"Your Majesty, should we hurry and make our move too? Otherwise, we won't have a chance."
Waving a hand, Xu Jiawei took a sip from the cup of wine he held and said softly, "Oh! Why are you getting so anxious too? We still have to ask my younger sister what she thinks."
Xu Tianshui leaned close to his ear and whispered, "I've already asked Xiao Jiujiu about this. She has no objections. I'll take her to meet the Cao Clan's young master first, and we can discuss whether this will work out afterward."
"That works too. Find some time over the next few days to take Jiujiu to the Cao Clan."
As the ruler of a nation, Xu Jiawei could issue an order that almost no clan would dare defy.
He could actually have made things simpler by directly bestowing a marriage upon the Cao Clan.
But Xu Jiujiu was his younger sister, and he didn't want to make Jiujiu do something she didn't want to do.
She wouldn't be happy that way.
Everything depended on Xu Jiujiu's own wishes. Whether they could build a good relationship with the Cao Clan would be left to fate.
Likewise, after learning of this matter.
The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect also erupted into an uproar.
Sect Master Ning looked furious.
"That old bastard Tang Yichuan really has no shame!"
"We agreed to compete fairly, yet he secretly had Clan Head Cao visit the Tang Sect!"
"A crafty old fox!"
The elders below spoke up.
"Sect Master, we should hurry and make our move too, or we won't have a chance!"
"Yes, Sect Master! If we don't act now, we won't have a chance!"
With a broad wave of his hand, Sect Master Ning declared loudly.
"As it happens, I was planning to take Ning Tian out to broaden her horizons these next few days. I'll take her to see the Cao Clan's young master first, then. We can discuss whether this will work out later."
"A wise decision, Sect Master!"
Over the next few days.
It was as though something strange had happened.
The Cao Clan was run off its feet every day.
Different guests came to visit the Cao Clan one after another.
Without exception, each had a cute, pretty little girl with them.
"Clan Head Cao, this is my daughter, Ning Tian."
"Well? Isn't she pretty?"
Sect Master Ning of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect held his daughter in his arms as he introduced her to Cao Xiang with a smile.
At this moment, Cheng Gang, Xu Tianshui, and several others were also gathered around Cao Xiang, and Xu Tianshui spoke up to make his introduction.
"This is my niece, Xu Jiujiu, who is also the Star Luo Empire's little princess."
"..."
The sight of so many people gave Cao Xiang a headache.
Cao Yu, however, couldn't have been happier inside.
Ning Tian of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Tang Ya of the Tang Sect, and Xu Jiujiu, princess of Star Luo-every one of them was a great beauty!
Cao Yu's gaze kept moving from one girl to another.
He couldn't bear to look away.
"Come, let the children play. Let's go have some tea."
"Thank you, Clan Head Cao."
"Come, everyone, follow me."
Before leaving, they all reminded the little girls to take good care of the little fellow, Cao Yu.
The little girls, of course, happily agreed.
As soon as the adults left.
Tang Ya immediately came over and scooped Cao Yu into her arms.
"Little Yu, did you miss me?"
"Yiya~ Yiya!"
"Little Yu, I missed you to death." Tang Ya showed no reserve at all. She thought the milky scent on Little Yu smelled far too good.
Cao Yu was happy to let her hold him too, and kept burrowing into her embrace.
Xu Jiujiu and Ning Tian watched enviously from the side.
Only after a moment did Xu Jiujiu finally give in and walk over to ask, "Big sister, could you let me hold him too?"
Tang Ya looked up at her. Xu Jiujiu's eyes were filled with longing.
There was no helping it. Who could blame them when Cao Yu was just too cute?
Little girls simply couldn't resist this sort of thing.
(End of chapter)