At 3 a.m., the landmines in front of the station

This kind of thing might be a bottleneck for you, but for the Empress Dowager, it's just a matter of lifting a finger; she can achieve it with a simple gesture. You understand?

"Oh...so you mean I should make realistic wishes to increase the chances of them coming true, right?"

"Yes, yes. I'll give you a demonstration, completely open and transparent, so you can see my skills, hehe."

"it is good!"

"~"

Yuan Xiao rolled up his sleeves, rubbed his hands together, sat down in the cat's seat, clasped his hands together, and scrunched up his face.

He looked very serious.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

Several breaths passed, and An Qing thought she was about to express some extraordinary wish.

Who knew that the first thing he said would be—

"I want A-Che to hit me."

"........."

"May the Empress Dowager show me her power and let me find the right way to get a beating from her. Oh right, a beating that's affectionate, a beating that's full of love, a beating that's just right, preferably a pinch."

【…】

An Qing thought that the child might be sick.

The condition is serious.

But the severity seems to go beyond that...

"May the Empress Dowager bless me again, so that I may learn his true teachings, become his most beloved little disciple, and become his tool, to be used madly and forcefully by him, kicked, swung with his arms, pinched with his fingers, and so on..."

"X"

An Qing couldn't hear anymore.

Because she had no idea what Yuan Xiao usually looked at while hiding under the covers.

If Gu Zhi only watched mainstream movies about men and women being imprisoned for ten days,

So Yuan Xiao only watched angst-themed adult films and read novels.

Everyone has different preferences, and Yuan Xiao is clearly the one who has gone to extremes.

"May the Empress Dowager bless me one last time, and let A-Che be my master for life."

"You'll never leave me for a lifetime, you'll never hate me for a lifetime, you'll never push me away for a lifetime, we'll stay together for a lifetime, and have a litter of newborns... cough, cough cough cough, ouch, I choked."

The little bird seemed to finally realize that its wish was in the public eye.

We cannot be too blatant or do whatever we want.

An Qing had already perked up her cat ears and was about to breathe on them.

Yuan Xiao immediately tried to smooth things over, saying, "What are you doing! I told you, I was just demonstrating! You can't be a sore loser! Besides, this is fair competition, I didn't cheat! Right? You have to be reasonable!"

"..."

OK OK.

"Let's be reasonable."

Even close sisters should keep clear accounts.

"Alright, you make your promise, I'll make mine, and we won't hold each other back. Let's see who makes their promise first."

"!"

Yuan Xiao found it amusing.

"A competition to see who achieves it first? That's interesting."

She narrowed her bird-like eyes and said, "Then you have to reveal your wish and share it with me, so I'll know whether you actually fulfilled it or cheated."

"..."

An Qing clicked her tongue, thinking to herself, "So that's what they were waiting for me to do."

He nodded in agreement and used his 16th skill, "Turning a Major Issue into a Minor One":

"OK, I want him to go on a date with me alone, sleep naked, and then... that's it. That's all."

"Is that really it?"

Yuan Xiao was a little skeptical, and a suspicious look appeared on her face.

"Yes, really."

An Qing did not intend to reveal the matter of the "novel".

Because this is considered an information gap, and it's one of our trump cards.

Even when facing birds, they are not truly people you can talk to about anything.

This needs to be noted.

"OK then."

Yuan Xiao didn't take it too seriously; after listening, he outlined the details of the competition and said:

"Your two wishes sound simpler than mine, and mine would take a lifetime to decide. So let's just pick one and see who gets a date with him first."

In this regard, I'll let you have your way, after all, you've already accomplished it before, and it was much easier for you than for me..."

"How is it easier than for you! Do you think going on a date with him is something I can do whenever I want?"

"Or what?"

"..."

An Qing was helpless. She wanted to say that the past is the past and the present is the present. We can't treat the past as the present because human relationships are not all about progress and no regression.

However, it was enough to leave it at that. In any case, if the "Ancient Buddha" could grant even one wish, even if He possessed divine power, He would be willing to return to fulfill His vow next time.

“His followers are probably just the two of us now. If He really has power, He certainly wouldn’t keep it to himself.”

"That is."

"Let's go, tidy up this place, and wait for good news."

"Uh-huh."

The two women watched as the incense burned out, then took all the trash with them and left the courtyard.

Su Che was watching the car from a short distance away.

His expression was rather strange.

Yuan Xiao walked up and asked, "Ah Che, Ah Che, are we done? What are you looking at?"

"nothing."

Su Che said, "I feel like our car is shaking. Maybe it's just my imagination."

To avoid letting the children see anything amiss, he cautiously sent Gu Zhi a text message beforehand, saying, "We're almost back. Is everything alright in the car?"

That short sentence brought the unusual situation inside the car to an end.

Because the windows were covered with tinted film, it was possible to see from the inside out, but not from the outside in, so no one knew what was happening in the driver's seat.

Only when the three of them returned to the car and opened the door did they realize something was wrong, seeing Gu Zhi lying languidly in the passenger seat, her clothes disheveled.

She looked up and asked,

"Does going back mean I'll have to drive? Or should we go somewhere else and stay a while longer?"

"Um……"

Su Che dismissed his suspicion and asked the two little ones behind him for their opinions: "Do you want to play in the village for a while, or go straight back to the city and I'll take you out for a big meal?"

"No! I want to wander around here for a bit!"

Yuan Xiao raised her little hand, "We can eat delicious food every day in the city, but we rarely get to visit the countryside. Why don't we wander around and enjoy the scenery!"

I think the air here is much better, and there's no smell of gasoline from the streets!

"You're right."

Su Che nodded and turned his gaze to An Qing.

An Qing also expressed her willingness to stay.

"Okay, let's drive back to the village, find a house and chat with them to see if we can borrow their stove to cook a farm-style meal. Of course, we'll have to pay for it."

"Good good!"

The proposal was passed unanimously.

Su Che smiled, started the car, and turned it around.

For some reason, he always felt a strange sense of familiarity upon arriving here.

The surrounding environment and the elderly people in the village all felt incredibly familiar to him.

Strangely, ever since I can remember, I've been absolutely certain that after the age of five, I've basically never left the Tianhai urban area.

Not to mention, they have no sentimental attachment to this rural area with so few people.

"That's strange..."

He muttered to himself, "Could it be that my mom took me to a similar place when I was a child?"

He couldn't be sure.

-

It was nine o'clock in the morning.

It was the time of year when the sun was at its strongest in the countryside.

Almost all of the day's work begins around this time.

People could be seen moving around in every household, and some courtyards even had their gates open, letting out flocks of chickens, ducks, and geese.

Su Che drove slowly forward. The appearance of motor vehicles in the village attracted the attention of the villagers, with a 100% head-turning rate.