Douluo: Soul Shadow King.

Chapter 168 That's all I want to do
As they walked towards the village, the loess road made both of their clothes covered with dust, but since they were going home, who cared about that?
Since leaving Chengjia Village, Cheng Xiao has been practicing, not for anything else, just to let his grandfather live a good life after he grows up. If nothing else, at least he doesn't have to work too hard for money.

Although he is not from this world, he is not uneducated. He remembers who is good to him and who is not.

He is an adult, but adults are also human beings. He has not been toyed with by fate for five hundred years like a certain immortal, nor has he been ridiculed and envied so much.

All he can do is make himself stronger and make life better for those around him.

After walking slowly along a loess road, Cheng Xiao turned left. After a while, he stopped in front of an earthen house. The house was not simple, but it was not much better either.

Cheng Xiao looked at the familiar house in a daze, and the corners of his mouth curled up. He could already imagine the old man's surprise when he saw him. He immediately turned his head and said to the person next to him: "This is my home, let's go."

Hearing this, Ye Lingling smiled and nodded.

His former home was right in front of him, and Cheng Xiao couldn't suppress his excitement. The door was open and white smoke was floating inside. It seemed that someone was cooking.

I walked quickly into the house. Everything inside seemed to be unchanged. The old man was cooking dinner in front of the stove. When he saw someone suddenly come in, he looked over in confusion.

"Xiao... Xiao Xiao?" Although he hadn't seen his grandson for many years, Old Man Cheng still recognized at a glance that the young man in front of him was his grandson!

Hearing this, Cheng Xiao's heart surged. He subconsciously rubbed his sore eyes and forced a sour smile, "Grandpa, it's me. I'm back."

"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back." A trembling voice came from Old Man Cheng's mouth, and he hurried forward to greet him.

He stretched out his old hand and gently touched Cheng Xiao's face. Old Cheng's eyes revealed distress, and he murmured, "Child, you have lost weight. Is it too hard outside?"

"It's not bitter, not at all." Tears welled up in Cheng Xiao's eyes and he choked up when he spoke.

At this moment, Old Man Cheng suddenly noticed that there was a beautiful girl standing behind Cheng Xiao. He was slightly startled and asked in confusion: "Xiao Xiao, who is this?"

"Hello Grandpa, I'm Cheng Xiao's friend, my name is Ye Lingling." Ye Lingling smiled before Cheng Xiao spoke.

"Ye Lingling, it sounds like a good name." Old Man Cheng smiled from the bottom of his heart and asked, "You just returned to the village, you must be starving, right?"

"Xiaoxiao, take Lingling inside and wait for a while. Grandpa will cook for you."

After saying that, Old Man Cheng pulled the two of them into the house, and he sat down in front of the stove skillfully and began to prepare cooking.

"Grandpa, I'm not a child anymore. Let me help you." Seeing this, Cheng Xiao smiled bitterly and prepared to go forward to help. However, Old Man Cheng refused to let Cheng Xiao help. In the thinking of the older generation.

It must be very hard for the child to travel thousands of miles home to see him, so in order to let Cheng Xiao have a good rest, Old Man Cheng refused Cheng Xiao's help. In his opinion, he is not old yet and does not need his grandson to help him.

Cheng Xiao was also very helpless about this, but even if he was not allowed to help, he still stood by and lent a hand to prevent his grandfather from getting too tired.

Soon, the old and the young prepared a table full of dishes. Although they were all home-cooked dishes, they were still delicious.

I have to say that Old Man Cheng’s cooking skills are excellent. Even ordinary home-cooked dishes are extremely delicious.

The three of them ate and talked, laughing happily, but the aroma of the dishes made the greedy shadow soldiers eager to try it.

During the meal, Cheng Xiao also told Old Man Cheng about his cultivation in recent years, as well as what he encountered and what interesting things happened. Of course, it did not include those things that bothered the old man.

Hearing Cheng Xiao say that he had reached the realm of Soul Sect, Old Man Cheng was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling, "You little brat, you really made your grandfather proud."

After finishing the meal, Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling cleaned up the dishes together, then took out Dugu Bo's emerald green pill from the soul guide and said with a smile: "Grandpa, this pill was given to me by my friend. After you take it, it should extend your lifespan by five years."

"Five years of life?" Hearing this, Old Man Cheng was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands, and scolded with a smile: "Your grandfather has already stepped half a foot into the coffin. Even if I live five more years, it won't change anything." "Grandpa doesn't want anything. As long as you are well, come back to visit more often when you have time."

"Grandpa Cheng, you should accept it." Facing this warm-hearted elder, Ye Lingling stepped forward and stuffed the pill from Cheng Xiao's hand into the old man Cheng's hand, smiling and saying, "No matter what, Cheng Xiao is still waiting for you to accompany him more."

"Grandpa, Lingling is right. Haven't you been waiting for me to get married and have children? You have to live a few more years, otherwise you won't be able to see your grandson." Cheng Xiao said with a smile.

"Okay." Hearing this, Old Man Cheng no longer refused and took the pill handed over by Ye Lingling.

Then, he took the pill according to Cheng Xiao's request.

The pill melted in his mouth, and Old Man Cheng suddenly felt that his body seemed to have become a lot younger, as if he had returned to a few years ago when he was taking care of Cheng Xiao and had endless energy.

Seeing Old Man Cheng take the pill, Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling smiled with satisfaction.

"It's so late, Xiaoxiao, you and Lingling should sleep in the big house. It's spacious here. I'll sleep in the small house." Taking a look at the sky which was already getting dark, Old Man Cheng took out clean bedding for the two of them and spread them on the kang.

Because they were at the foot of the mountain, the nights were quite cold. Although Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling were soul masters and not afraid of the cold, Old Man Cheng, who was worried about the children, still heated a kang for them.

"Grandpa, you should live in the big house. The small house is so cold." Looking at the busy old man Cheng, Cheng Xiao suggested.

"Yes, grandpa, let Cheng Xiao and I live in the small house. We are soul masters and are not particularly afraid of the cold." Ye Lingling said, worried about old man Cheng's health.

"Alas, you two kids, you are really nothing." Old Man Cheng shook his head helplessly, and then said: "Then you can live in the hut. I will burn firewood for you later, so you can stay warmer."

As he was talking, Old Man Cheng went out to chop wood.

Seeing this, Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling looked at each other, smiled at the same time, and then came to the cabin with bedding and made the arrangements.

It is called a small house only because no one lives there all year round, the room is a bit cold, and the space is a little smaller than the big house.

After lighting the kang in the hut, Old Man Cheng reminded the two of them not to catch a cold at night, and then went back to the house to sleep.

At this time, Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling were lying on a kang together. Because the kang was not big, there was only a gap between the bedding between the two of them.

Feeling the warmth from the kang, Cheng Xiao looked at the shabby ceiling and said apologetically, "Lingling, I'm sorry."

"What are you sorry for?" Ye Lingling turned her head and looked at Cheng Xiao's profile, chuckling softly, "Are you afraid that I'll dislike you because of the poor place I live in?"

"That's about right." Cheng Xiao touched his nose, turned around, looked at Ye Lingling and said, "After all, you've lived in the academy for so long, and suddenly you live in such a bad place, I think any normal person would dislike it, right?"

"It's okay. I think it's pretty good." Ye Lingling said with a sweet smile.

"Really? You're not trying to comfort me?" Cheng Xiao said with a smile.

"I'm not comforting you." Ye Lingling turned her face away and said, "I just think that you are very tired. Born in a place like this, it must be difficult for you to even go to the Soul Master Academy."

“It’s hard to imagine how much hard work it took for you to get to where you are today.”

"Maybe, but right now, all I want is for the people I care about and the people who care about me to live a good life, that's all."

"Yes, if it's you, I believe it will happen."

(End of this chapter)