In the evening, Yun Yao stewed a large pot of ginseng chicken soup for Yun Che, who ate more than half of it without saying a word since he hadn't eaten much for the past two days, and the remaining half went into Xing Feng's and Chenchen's bellies. During the dinner, Yun Yao asked if the wedding would be held as scheduled two days later. Yun Che and Xing Feng both said yes. In the past two days, because of the big moves of Chaoyang and Peak, the senior officials of the base were flexing their muscles. They should take this opportunity to tell them that Chaoyang and Peak was perfectly good and no one would stand a chance in undermining it.
Now that it had been decided that the wedding would be held as scheduled, Yun Yao and the others had to get busy again. Because of Yun Che's disappearance in the past two days, no one had been in the mood to make any clothes. Now he had returned safe and sound, and even brought back the good news of pregnancy, they had to work overtime to sew the other set of wedding suits. The others had agreed that they would not go on any quest for these two days. Instead, they would help with the arrangement and decoration during the day and went on with their cultivation at night. From this experience, they once again fully realized their shortcomings. At present, apart from Yun Che, only Leng Yehan, Zhou Zeyu, Zhan Yafei, Shen Rui and several others who possessed single attribute superfunction had broken through into the fifth level, and the others with two or more attributes like Xing Feng were still stuck in level 4. They had to reach level 5 as fast as possible.
"Stay still, or don't blame me if I cut your face."
In the Jade Pool of the Space, half of Xing Feng's face was covered with foam, and Yun Che was shaving him with an old-fashioned razor.
"Um."
It was awkward for him to speak with his mouth covered with foam, so Xing Feng just responded in a faint murmur.
"Welcome home!"
Xing Feng let go of him, panting, and said the two words hoarsely against his forehead, the words he had never had a chance to say.
"Ha, ha…"
Yun Che smiled and tightened his arms, leaning close to Xing Feng's body. "Isn't it too late to welcome me now?"
He had been back for almost a day. However, it could not be denied that the short two words warmed his heart immediately. Home, something he had never had in his previous life, finally he had got it by his own effort and ability in this.
"Sorry, it took me two days to find you."
With his head buried deep in Yun Che's neck, Xing Feng's voice was still hoarse. Yun Che didn't speak this time, but smiled happily. He knew that Xing Feng was still scared. To put himself in Xing Feng's shoes, if it had been Xing Feng who had been kidnapped, he would have been just as scared, wouldn't he? Everyone had the chance to meet the right person in their life, but whether they could know each other, love each other and share life together depended on fate and their own efforts. They missed out on each other the previous life, and finally grasped each other's hand in this life. Neither he nor he would easily let go of each other's hand.
"Don't let me lose you again."
After a long while, Xing Feng loosened his hold a bit, and held Yun Che's cheek in his palm. He was really scared this time, and just because of this crisis, he realized thoroughly how important Yun Che was to him.
"I won't."
Yun Che smiled and nodded. He didn't thought there was a second person who possessed such weird superfunctions like face-shifting. Xing Feng leaned forward and pecked on his lips, "We should get out now. It's not good for the baby to bathe for too long."
This was their first child, and he was looking forward to his birth.
"Fine, fine, don't start that topic, it gives me headache!"
"Splash…"
Yun Che thumped his shoulder in disgust, and walked out of the pool with a splash. The Jade Pool was no longer in the open air since there were too many people in the Space. They had built a wooden house to enclose it. Usually when someone was inside, a sign would be placed outside, and then no one would break in.
"Uncle!"
When they returned to the house, it was almost half an hour later. The others were cultivating in their respective rooms, while only Heiyu, Chenchen and Yun Cheng were playing outside. At the sight of his uncle, Chenchen immediately abandoned his little uncle and Heiyu and rushed towards him. When he was about to run into him, Chenchen suddenly slowed down, walked step by step to him and held Yun Che's hand. "Uncle, when will my little brother come out?" he asked.
He really wanted his uncle to hold him, but his mother had told him no. He had to wait until the little brother got out of his uncle's belly, otherwise, both uncle and little brother would be uncomfortable. He didn't want them to be uncomfortable.
"Ha, ha…why, you want to see your brother now?"
Yun Che exchanged a look with Xing Feng, smiling, and then looked down at Chenchen. He had heard that he had been jealous earlier, and thought that he would not like this little brother.
"Yes, mom said that the little brother is Chenchen's younger brother, and Chenchen is the older brother, so he must protect his younger brother, just like uncle protects Chenchen."
He seemed to have forgotten his intention of asking that question, and nodded and said seriously that he would protect his brother like his uncle did to him in the future.
"Ha, ha…what if it is a little sister? Chenchen won't protect her?"
Yun Che held Chenchen's hand and led him to the stone bench near them. When he was about to sit down, Heiyu suddenly rushed over. "Please, can you be more careful? Still thinking of yourself as who you were and gonna sit down just like that? Let Xing put a soft cushion first."
"Er…"
Yun Che was rendered speechless. Did they have to be so cautious? Had Heiyu really been a midwife in his previous life? It was really hard for him to get used to Heiyu like this. He would rather him be irritating like before.
On the contrary, Xing Feng quite agreed with Heiyu's words, and he really took out a soft cushion from the Space and placed it on the stone bench, and dragged the speechless Yun Che to sit down. Standing between Yun Che's legs, Chenchen looked up and said, "I'll protect her, too. I am a big brother."
"So will I, brother, protect my nephew."
After Leng Yehan's explanation, Yun Cheng also knew that there was a child like Chenchen in his brother's belly, who was his nephew and would call him uncle. He would protect him like he did to his brother and sister and Chenchen.
"Ha…Can I say that I'm scared by you guys saying that?"
Yun Che laughed helplessly. Why did he feel that suddenly people all over the world were going around the little thing in his belly? The problem was, the more they cared about that little one, the more difficult it would be for him, the father-to-be. If possible, he really wanted to beg them not to care it too much, because he didn't want to lose his freedom.
"Um…"
Failing to understand what he meant, Yun Cheng and Chenchen tilted their heads in doubt at the same time. Xing Feng smiled, "Don't listen to Che's nonsense, you are doing well. We will protect the little baby together."
"Yeah!"
The two nodded vigorously, and Heiyu stood on the stone table in the appearance of a puppy, and said, "Master, how about you stay here in the Space until the baby is born."
Here, he was the only god, and no one could hurt him.
"Piss off!"
Yun Che, who had worried about losing his freedom, gave Heiyu a dirty look. "It's only been two months. Don't keep staring at my belly. What's the matter with this?"
Yun Che shook his hand, and the qilin's horn appeared in his hand instantly. He had found it when he had first entered the Space with it that the qilin's horn didn't seem to suppress other people's superfunctions in the Space like it did outside. And when it had been in the hands of that dwarf, it hadn't affected the gangsters, but why had all the people and beasts on their side been suppressed when he had used it to deal with Three earlier?
"This is the qilin's horn? Ah…"
It was not the first time Xing Feng had seen it. He had seen it once during the day, but he hadn't knew the power of it until later. When he stretched out his hand to touch it, he seemed to get a shock by something, and his whole arm went numb; he couldn't help but gasp out of pain.
"What's the matter?"
Yun Che quickly put down the horn and pulled Xing Feng's hand. It seemed that there was nothing unusual, but why did he look so painful?
"I don't know, I got a little electricity shock."
It seemed to be electricity, wasn't it? Xing Feng was not very sure; it just stung, and his fingers were still a little numb.
"Electricity? No. Cheng, you try it,."
"Oh."
Yun Che was puzzled. Yun Cheng stretched out his hand in fear, and Xing Feng, Yun Che, even Chenchen were all holding their breath and watched without blinking.
"Ah…Brother, it bites!"
Just like Xing Feng, Yun Cheng's fingers prickled badly as soon as he touched the qilin's horn, and he quickly retracted his hand and jumped away. Yun Che and Xing Feng's eyes widened, both of them looking at him in disbelief. It was not because he suffered the same thing as Xing Feng had, but because he actually felt pain!