To Rise Again In The Apocalypse

Li Xinwen continued to bring Sun Xiao around, shopping for books and other random stuff such as clothes, hats and even stationery but most of all, Li Xinwen indulged himself in buying chocolate. When they left the shopping mall, both of them have hands full of bags, but most of them were on Sun Xiao's hold. They didn't realize how time flew while they were inside so when Li Xinwen looked up, he was surprised that the sky had an orange tint on it. "We should go home. Mom will get worried," Li Xinwen said before he freed one of his hand and took out his phone.

He called for a taxi and luckily for them, there is one nearby so they didn't have to wait long. After a half an hour drive, they finally arrived at the entrance of Li residence. As if he got used to it, Sun Xiao paid for the fare before they got out of the car. Seeing this, Li Xinwen couldn't help that he has achieved his goal. 'If this continues... I hope that future I see from Li Jinghua's memories won't happen to him,' Li Xinwen said as he lifts up and pats Sun Xiao's head. "Good job. You've worked hard today," Li Xinwen said.

Sun Xiao looked up at him and when he saw how Li Xinwen looked proud, he blushed a deep shade of red. Fortunately, the sky is now dark so he hoped that his older brother won't notice it. They opened the gate and walked over to their house. When they entered, their nose were assaulted by the various aroma of foods.

"..." Li Xinwen who are on a strict soft food diet felt that meal time is his worse nightmare. He can only watch, but cannot eat. Though the family do try to be considerate by preparing less food that he can't eat, it still doesn't make him feel any better. 'I wish one month can pass quickly, ah!'

" Ah 'Wen, Ah 'Xiao, welcome home," Mother Li smiled when she saw her two sons came home. "I heard from Hua- er you guys went shopping for clothes," as she said this, her eyes went to the bags on both Li Xinwen and Sun Xiao's hand. "Looks like you both bought a lot. Go on and put them in your rooms, then come and have dinner," Mother Li said before she went back into the kitchen.

"Xin- gege just stay here. I'll help you bring your stuff upstairs!" Sun Xiao offered. " Gege is still recovering after all," he said as he took the bags from Li Xinwen and then he went upstairs. He first went into Li Xinwen's room and placed his elder brother's stuff on the recamier sofa. He was about to leave when his eyes caught sight of a jian on the bed. His heart started to race from excitement. The decoration on the sheath compelled him to touch it. He walked closer to the bed and was just about to go over and touch the jian when he heard Li Xinwen's voice.

" Ah 'Xiao, what are you doing?" 

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Li Xinwen at first, wanted to wait patiently for Sun Xiao downstairs but then, he felt someone had entered the barrier he set around his bed. He went upstairs and went into his room only to see Sun Xiao over his bed, trying to grab Shuang Ren. "Ah'Xiao, what are you doing?" Li Xinwen asked but there was no anger in his tone, just feeling amused.

Hearing Li Xinwen's voice, Sun Xiao immediately stood up straight and turned to Li Xinwen. "Xin -gege ! I... I'm sorry... it's just umm..." Sun Xiao stuttered, head down, staring at the floor.

"Do you like the jian?" Li Xinwen asked in a gentle tone. He had just managed to get Sun Xiao to regain some confidence, if the younger boy returned to his state before, it would be bad. At the question, Sun Xiao just nods his head and walked over to the boy. "You can't have this one," Li Xinwen told him. "But I have another one. If you learn martial art properly, ge will give them to you," he added. "Now, go on along and put your stuff in your room. Mom is already waiting," Li Xinwen reminded the boy that they are supposed to have dinner.

Once Sun Xiao left, Li Xinwen shook his head and looked over at Shuang Ren. 'Lanyu, I'm sending my jian over to you. Be sure to keep it safe,' Li Xinwen said in his mind before he sends the jian into the pocket dimension. After a while, he decided to reward Lanyu, except he doesn't know what to give the little spirit. 'Lanyu, have you tried chocolate?' Li Xinwen asked.

[Lanyu: Chocolate? No, I haven't, master. Is it good? Are those one of the food that the mortal here made?]

Hearing this question, Li Xinwen decided to just hand over one pack of chocolate. In those pack is 26 pieces of chocolate bar. 'Those are chocolates. Try eating them. If you like it, I'll buy more for you. By the way, how is the search of the cultivation manual going?'

[Lanyu: ...]

'Lanyu?' Li Xinwen called out again when there was no answer. 'You have exactly ten breath to answer before I go in there,' he threatened the small spirit.

[Lanyu: Master! Please forgive Lanyu!! It's the cats! The cats won't let Lanyu do his work!]

'Just feed them and leave them to play! Why are you playing with them for?'

[Lanyu: I'm sorry, master...]

Li Xinwen let out a heavy sigh and shook his head. 'Just give me whatever you have now.'

As he told Lanyu this, he felt a kind of connection in his mind and he quickly took out the books that Lanyu had prepared so far. All of them are something that were created for those with Yang constitution. He placed them on his table and planned to look through it later after dinner so he could find which one is the most suitable for Sun Xiao.

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Mini theatre:

Within the pocket dimension, Lanyu happily plays around with the cats after he had gotten over his fear of them.

Lanyu: Aiya! Why are you guys so cute, ah!

Lanyu: Hey! Don't go and excrete near the house!!

Lanyu: So fluffy! Can you be my bed?

Li Xinwen: Lanyu, how is the search going?

Lanyu who were distracted for the whole time: ... Oh no! How should I answer?!