Invincible Dad-Chapter 735: The Supreme Emperor, Please Exercise Restraint_1

Auntie is a devil!

Xu Yiyi opened her tearful, blurry eyes, her expression pitiful as she looked toward the living room.

However, it was only then that Xu Yiyi realized her parents, who should have come to her rescue, were nowhere to be found.

The plea for help caught in her throat once again.

"I sent your parents back to their room to sleep," Ruan Lan said with a sly smile. "My dear niece, stop looking. Even if you look until dawn, no one is coming to save you."

"..."

Xu Yiyi gave up resisting and said weakly, "Auntie, can we start with Chinese language studies?"

"Sure."

Ruan Lan nodded. "Come, let Auntie see which Chinese language workbooks are suitable to start on right now."

From that moment, Xu Yiyi fell into a fear dominated by her studies.

Luckily, she had a good reason to skip her lessons the next day—it was Qian Xiao's birthday!

Many children were invited, and as their leader, Xu Yiyi was naturally among them.

At the party, when the birthday boy found out that his big sister Yiyi was suffering under the evil clutches of Aunt Ruan Lan, he slammed his hands on the table and shot to his feet.

"How dare that Ruan Lan be so outrageous! Don't worry, Sister Yiyi, I'll go demand justice for you right now!"

An hour later, Qian Xiao returned.

He strode back as if walking on air, his nose held so high it almost touched the sky—the very picture of a triumphant return.

"You succeeded?" Xu Yiyi asked, startled. She had only been venting to Qian Xiao and never expected such a pleasant surprise.

"Of course," Qian Xiao said proudly. "Aunt Ruan Lan said she would buy me a ton of workbooks too."

"?"

A large question mark appeared over Xu Yiyi's head.

"She's too fierce. As soon as I entered, she threw out a Starlight Array. I... I couldn't withstand it..." Qian Xiao's proud expression completely crumbled.

He paused, then said with renewed vigor, "But I have good news."

"What?" Xu Yiyi looked at him with anticipation.

"Although Aunt Ruan Lan said she won't tutor me, my mom has already hired Teacher Miao to be my private tutor," Qian Xiao said solemnly. "My grades won't fall too far behind yours, Sister Yiyi."

"..."

That really was good news.

Xu Yiyi said morosely, "Qian Xiao, you might as well just make a wish and eat your cake."

"Mmm-hmm!"

On that beautiful, sunny afternoon, Qian Xiao was still unaware of the hell that awaited him.

The boy's heart swelled with self-satisfaction, moved by his own spirit of "sharing the good times and the bad with his Big Sis."

It was just that whenever he recalled this day in the future, Qian Xiao would beat his chest and stomp his feet in regret, lamenting that he had fallen for Aunt Ruan Lan's trick.

When he had stormed in to demand an explanation, Ruan Lan had terrified him with a casually conjured Starlight Array.

She didn't even use verbal threats, just smiled and asked Qian Xiao to sit down for a chat.

It was this brief five-minute conversation that lured him onto her pirate ship.

"Yiyi likes smart boys. She doesn't tell anyone else her troubles, but she confides in you."

"Use your brain. Think about it, slowly and carefully. Why is that?"

"How many stories begin with a chance encounter, completely unexpected? And how many end with two lovers separated, like flowers blooming in different corners of the world?"

"Childhood sweethearts forced to break up because they went to different colleges... you must have heard stories like that, right?"

"So, young man... how about some tutoring?"

Tutoring. The word had a deep meaning. It seemed to be something no man could ever escape.

As children, they were fed all sorts of nutritious food by their parents to help them grow. After starting a family, they needed even more nutritional supplements.

Although Qian Xiao had just turned six, he couldn't escape this custom and fell for the "scheme."

***

「A few days passed in a flash.」

Compared to the scorching summer, the temperature in East Sea City had dropped by the end of October, settling at a comfortable level that was neither too cold nor too hot.

「Monday morning.」

Xu Lai opened his eyes and saw Ruan Tang sleeping soundly in his arms. A gentle look filled his eyes.

He turned onto his side, gently kissed his wife's cheek, and then got dressed and went downstairs.

Early in the morning, the clear sound of recitation echoed from the backyard. It was Xu Yiyi.

She was standing by the edge of the Spiritual Energy hot spring, a pained expression on her face as she memorized ancient poetry.

Ruan Lan, meanwhile, was lounging on a rattan chair, having brewed a pot of fragrant tea. She sipped it while rocking back and forth. Add a palm-leaf fan and a radio, and she would look just like an old man sunning himself at a village entrance.

"Daddy!"

Xu Yiyi dropped her copy of *Three Hundred Tang Poems*, her little face brimming with happiness as she ran over.

"How many have you memorized?" Xu Lai asked with a smile, patting his daughter's head.

Xu Yiyi tilted her head up, her expression begging for praise. "I've memorized them all."

"Memorized them all?" Ruan Lan chuckled. "My dear niece, stumbling through them doesn't count. You need to understand their meaning and the stories behind the poems and the poets."

"Take this one, 'Qingping Music: Morning Rise in the Painted Hall.' Do you know the circumstances under which Li Bai wrote it?"

"..."

Xu Yiyi stammered, unable to come up with an answer.

It was Xu Lai who spoke up. "He wrote it while drunk, in a snow-covered thatched cottage on a mountain peak."

"That was Li Bai, the Immortal Poet," Ruan Lan said, casting a sidelong glance at him. "A legendary man whose words could paint the splendor of half the Tang Dynasty. You speak as if you've not only met him but know him well."

Ignoring his sister-in-law's theatrics, Xu Lai patted Yiyi's head and asked, "What do you want for breakfast?"

"Rainbow noodles!" Yiyi said, swallowing her saliva.

"I'll take one too... no, make that two bowls," Ruan Lan spoke up. "Good things come in pairs. Brother-in-law, please don't give me three or four bowls; I can't eat that much."

"That's a lie. There's no food Auntie can't finish," Xu Yiyi muttered.

"Ahem!" Ruan Lan choked. "What nonsense are you spouting? Your auntie has a very small appetite. Right, brother-in-law?"

Xu Lai chose to ignore her.

While making breakfast for his wife and daughter, a Divine Sense transmission sounded in Xu Lai's ear. It was from the Second Divine General, Baize.

"Supreme Emperor, I've heard that Snowflower has settled on Earth?"

Baize's tone was casual, hardly sounding like a question.

"How does the Tenth Divine General tell you everything?"

"She and I have no secrets," Baize said lazily. "There's nothing she can't tell me."

Xu Lai sensed something and raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell me you and the Tenth Divine General..."

Logically, any woman would be furious or at least annoyed to be suspected of such a thing.

But Divine General Baize wasn't.

She spoke with a hint of regret, "So the Supreme Emperor isn't thinking about the billions of citizens in the Immortal Domain, but is preoccupied with gossip about women."

She'd turned the tables on me!

Xu Lai explained, "You know I'm not that kind of person."

"This general does not know. The Supreme Emperor should conduct himself with dignity."

"..."

Xu Lai said helplessly, "Fine, tell me. Why are you asking about Snowflower?"

"I've asked the Pill Emperor to refine a cauldron of elixirs from an ancient recipe, which requires a single leaf from the Snowflower," Baize stated calmly. "I had planned to substitute it with a leaf of Holy Medicine, but coincidentally... the Tenth Divine General just happened to have news for me."

"I can give you a leaf from the Snowflower," Xu Lai said with a frown. "But what kind of elixir are you refining? You're even having the Tenth Divine General help you instead of refining it yourself?"