Extra Chapter 8 Reunion
"Dad, I went to give Master a Mid-Autumn Festival gift. Where is the gift?" Mu Zhenzhu shouted into the room and saw Fang Zhu coming out of the room. "Why? Were you sent to the study room again last night..."
Fang Zhu was extremely angry. He looked at the little monster who was only as tall as his knees and said, "Don't talk nonsense. She worked overtime last night!"
Mu Zhenzhu: "Ah, yes, yes..."
Fang Zhu: "If you say that again, I'll kill you."
Mu Zhenzhu: "Do you dare? I will tell my master."
Fang Zhu: “…”
Good, good, it’s great to have a great master.
Mu Zhenzhu started working for Tan Xiao when she was just one month old. She also ate Tan Xiao's food and learned all her skills from Tan Xiao. Now that she has transformed, she only works five days a week and rests two days a week. No wonder she is not afraid of him anymore.
He handed the gift to Mu Zhenzhu angrily. They were all river seafood, taller than Mu Zhenzhu herself.
Fang Zhu helped tie the bundle around Mu Zhenzhu's waist and watched her leave. Her head was blocked by the fish head as she left.
Mu Zhenzhu walked all the way to her master's house. Many people showed pity on their faces when they saw this child who had to work at such a young age.
"Kid, where are you going? Do you want me to get it for you?" Someone spoke to Mu Zhenzhu.
Mu Zhenzhu looked at the other person warily. She would never talk to a stranger... The next second, she ran away carrying dozens of kilograms of food at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.
Passerby: “…”
What kind of super-powerful child is this?
When they got closer to the Tan family, Mu Zhenzhu saw from afar someone standing at the door, looking around, as if peering through the crack in the door.
Today was a festival, so it was not surprising to see monsters picking up leftovers or delivering gifts at the door, so Mu Zhenzhu was not alert. She saw the door open from a distance, and her master's face appeared. She said to the other party, "Who are you looking for?"
The man immediately turned his back and said, "…You've come to the wrong place."
Tan Xiao had a hint of doubt on his face, but the man had already strode away. He saw Mu Zhenzhu again, "Zhenzhu is here."
"Master, who is that?" Mu Zhenzhu only saw the man's profile, and she felt that he seemed vaguely familiar, wondering if she had seen him somewhere before.
"I don't know. He said he went to the wrong place." Tan Xiao saw that Mu Zhenzhu was carrying a lot of things and quickly helped her unload them.
When Mu Zhenzhu walked in, she saw that the place was very lively. There were three dragons and snakes, a sphinx squatting on a stool, and gummy bears flying all over the floor.
Tan Xiao took the ingredients and went to the kitchen, "Please sit down for a while."
The Huabiao dragon with scoliosis was doing posture correction exercises with the evil dragon. It was originally very curved, but now it is much better. I believe it will recover sooner or later. He was still muttering, "...I've said it before, I just want to repay the spiritual master. What's wrong with offering some bedroom skills? The spiritual master has many concubines, so I should learn some."
Xionggui chuckled: "You heard it wrong. I just said that we are all the spiritual master's people, not the harem."
Tan Xiao immediately covered Mu Zhenzhu's ears. Mu Zhenzhu saw that they had been talking nonsense for a long time. A Jin, who was dressed in a suit and tie, looked extremely painful. He said to them, "You, you are going to be locked up."
As soon as he said this, he was criticized: "Pretending to be pure, huh?"
Mu Zhenzhu pulled Tan Xiao's hand away and said righteously, "Don't make trouble here, my master will be back soon."
You can tell without even looking that Kong Xuan is definitely not there.
She called Tan Xiao her master, and Kong Xuan her external master. Because in many places, male wizards are also called master's father, it is not appropriate to call them masters in this way, and they are distinguished by internal and external.
Everyone doesn't care at all if they listen to a little brat's threats.
"It's so funny, who's afraid? I'm a dragon."
"Don't be so shameless..."
"What is the relationship between me and Lingzi? Why would I be afraid of the person in his room?"
At this time, Jiao Guangquan had pushed open the door, and he was going with Kong Xuan to develop the latest photo album.
As soon as they saw it, they knew it was Kong Xuan behind it. All the monsters in the yard immediately shortened their heads, dragons and snakes coiled up, and the saccharins also quickly formed a formation and all dodged to the sides.
Mu Zhenzhu: “…”
Aren't you guys very stubborn?
When Kong Xuan came in, he saw a room full of monsters. According to his usual habit, he would definitely scold them all and say that they were begging for food. However, his expression was quite good today.
Sure enough, the next moment Kong Xuan said, "Jiao Guangquan, please pass the photo album around to everyone."
Jiao Guangquan immediately opened a photo album, which recorded Tan Xiao and Kong Xuan's battles, daily life, and even meetings in the company.
Everyone praised him very tactfully.
And although it was said to be a couple's album, it was inevitable that many people's figures appeared in it. For example, Mu Zhenzhu jumped up and said, "Oh, it's me! It's me!"
Xiong Kui: "Look, see if we are in the same frame with Lingzi..."
When it was time to eat, Tan Xiao turned on the TV and called Tan Chunying who was out performing a ritual. He learned that she would be back soon. "My mother said that everyone should just start eating. Come on, eat. This is the fresh fish Fang Zhu sent."
We chatted and ate here. The TV series ended on the screen and the Nanchu News started playing.
"Today is a good day for family reunion. Let's wait for Teacher Tan to come back and have dinner together." Xiong Gui said attentively.
At this time, the news also broadcast a clip:
"…Just this afternoon, a tourist at the Nanchu Folk Museum reported that the Taiyin bow on display in the museum seemed to have 'disappeared' and there was no information about its loan. Our reporter quickly contacted the museum, but there has been no response yet. Let's take a look at the video shot by the tourist."
Tan Xiao paused, "!"
Everyone's eyes fell on Tan Xiao's figure, dumbfounded, "Lingzi, your father was robbed?"
Tan Xiao: "..."
What are you talking about!
Tan Xiao stood up immediately: "It may not have been stolen, maybe it woke up and escaped from the museum!"
Everyone suddenly realized that, oh yes, Tan Xiao's father had been sleeping in the museum for a long time. In recent years, he had been saying that there were signs of waking up, but he never woke up. He didn't expect to disappear . Everyone's first thought was that it was stolen.
The incident happened suddenly and it was the tourists who discovered it first and contacted the TV station directly. Even the 404 Office and the donor Tan Xiao had not yet reacted.
In the video, tourists surrounded the empty exhibition stand. "The Taiyin bow was clearly still there in the video I saw this morning, but it was gone when we came. I asked the staff, and they said it was there at first, so I could check and see if I had come to the wrong place. But when they saw it themselves, they were really gone, and they panicked, saying it might have been taken back for maintenance. I think the museum management is very chaotic. If it was stolen, how could they not react for a long time?"
Tan Xiao's heart beat faster, and from what the tourist said it seemed like his father had woken up.
"Wait, it's been several hours since this afternoon. After your dad woke up, he didn't look for your mom or you. Where did he disappear to?" Kong Xuan frowned.
Tan Xiao was so concerned that he was confused, but he finally reacted. Yes, he had just called Tan Chunying, and it didn't seem like he knew about this. Why did his father choose to "disappear" after waking up?
"I slept for so long, maybe I lost my memory..."
"That's very possible. Besides, the Taiyin Bow is originally a bad luck item. It may not be washed away even after washing it for so long."
"What if it's Lingzi's father who's causing trouble? How are we going to deal with him?"
…
Tan Xiao listened to their discussion and felt more and more depressed: "No matter what, this is a high-risk demon tribe. We must find it as soon as possible."
"What high-risk demon tribe?" Tan Chunying had returned, still wearing performance makeup, and asked while untying her braids.
Everyone looked at each other.
Tan Xiao said, "I just saw the news. My dad may have escaped from the museum a few hours ago. His whereabouts are unknown now."
Tan Chunying paused and asked cautiously, "Are you sure?"
She obviously thought that it was a bit strange that he had been missing for several hours...
"Not quite sure yet." Tan Xiao said, and he immediately called the museum. The museum said anxiously that it was really missing. They checked the surveillance internally and found that the Taiyin Bow suddenly disappeared in the video. It seemed that someone must have used high-tech means.
"It could also be a traditional method..." Tan Xiao murmured in an almost inaudible voice, "Thank you, I understand. Report it to the police as soon as possible."
He asked the museum to report the case so that the case could enter the investigation process of the 404 Office as soon as possible. A replica would be used as a replacement, and the real body of the Taiyin Bow, that is, his father, would have to be found by them.
"Your father is not an ordinary monster. You'd better notify the whole city to impose martial law." Tan Chunying said solemnly.
Tan Xiao was also startled, "I know."
Tan Xiao arranged everything quickly, but he didn't expect that before he could be happy that his father was finally waking up, he had to be on guard and rehearse in his mind how to deal with his father.
Tan Xiao filled in his father's name in the report information section: Tao Hu, followed by a high-risk warning.
Tao means peach, which is very straightforward and means peach wood bow. This was the name given by Tan Chunying back then.
"Are you ready? Let's go and capture your father alive." The evil dragon shouted tactlessly.
Although the evil dragon was the bowstring and Mu Zhenzhu was the marble, she couldn't help but pull the dragon's whiskers hard, "Can you speak?"
Nie Long said aggrievedly: "Didn't I say that he is a filial son?"
"What do you know?" Mu Zhenzhu was sensible. "If Mr. Tao is not in his right mind, then it is filial piety to subdue him. Otherwise, he will hurt his wife and children because of his confusion, and then he will regret it."
"I understand, Xian." The evil dragon nodded and shrank the coil around the bow - because of its current position, many people called it Red Dragon Xian.
Tan Xiao changed his boots, put on wrist guards, and went out. He saw a bright moon rising in the sky, but in the blink of an eye it was covered by thick clouds, as if hinting at something.
Kong Xuan came over and stood side by side with him. The two looked at each other. Kong Xuan seemed to know what Tan Xiao was thinking. He held his hand and squeezed it, comforting him, "I'll be gentle."
Tan Xiao: “…………Thank you.”
He shook a hexagram, which showed the southeast, where there were thick vegetation, so he got in the car and drove southeast. Everyone in the car was guessing what Tao Hu meant. Xiong Kui shook his head and said, "I'm afraid he went to the mountains. Could it be that his memory was blurred and he saw everything around him was so unfamiliar that he fled to the mountains to feel more at ease?"
Tan Xiao said, "That's impossible. Don't judge others by your own standards. My dad grew up in the city and I heard he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't watch TV."
Male Viper: “…”
The car left the city and the houses around it became sparse, with mountains on both sides.
Tan Xiao saw from the mirror that Tan Chunying was in a daze. She must be very sad. After so many years, she finally waited for bad news.
"Wait," Tan Chunying suddenly stopped, "Does this place look familiar to you?"
Tan Xiao looked around. As long as he was not allowed to look at people, he would be familiar with them. "Isn't this a graveyard?"
Moreover, it is the place where his grandparents are buried. He comes here every year to send lanterns and sweep the graves. How could he not recognize them?
"Wait, is he here?" Tan Xiao suddenly felt a little happy. "If so, does it mean that he still remembers the Tan family, so he came to look for his 'old friend'?"
You know, the Taiyin Bow has been passed down from generation to generation in the Tan family. It is possible that after Tao Hu woke up, he did not look for Tan Chunying and Tan Xiao, but came to the cemetery to visit his grandparents. That was also a show of affection for raising him.
Tan Chunying looked at Tan Xiao strangely for a few times, but didn't say anything. "Let's go up and take a look first."
It is not the time for worship now, and it is night already, so there are not many people on the mountain.
For the sake of caution, Tan Xiao and his party first set up a formation at the foot of the mountain to prevent any accidents, and then went up the mountain. As they got closer to the bottom of the tomb, Tan Xiao became more and more moved, as if he had a premonition that Tao Hu must be at the bottom of the Tan family tomb.
He and Tan Chunying couldn't help but hold each other's hands tightly...
"Mom." Kong Xuan suddenly poked his head out from behind and stared at their hands.
Tan Chunying's emotion was interrupted, and she said impatiently, "Go to the left."
Kong Xuan: "I'm always on the right, you go ahead."
"..." Tan Chunying let go silently and stood to the left of Tan Xiao.
Tan Xiao wanted to continue holding hands, but was slapped on the hand by Tan Chunying. It was really a sin and it had nothing to do with him.
Under the light of the flashlight, the path ahead is bright.
From a distance, Tan Xiao could see a man standing on the stone fence beside the cemetery, with his back facing the room, standing tall. It seemed that even the light was suppressed by his side. His aura was so heavy that people dared not look at him directly. He was worthy of being a weapon that could subdue demons throughout the ages.
When Tan Xiao heard that Tan Chunying's breathing was a little disordered, he became more certain that this was Tao Hu.
When they were dozens of meters away, Tan Xiao wanted to go further, but the man waved his sleeves and a gust of wind came, cutting a ravine in front of him, blocking Tan Xiao's steps forward.
Tan Xiao's heart sank. What did this mean? Or did he not quite remember?
He wanted to speak, but found himself choking up. It was hard to accept that the first meeting between father and son was in such a cold form. Looking at Tan Chunying again, she didn't choke up, but just stared at the other person, maybe she was also infatuated.
Mu Zhenzhu was anxious and asked loudly: "Grandpa, do you still remember the Tan family?"
The back figure shook.
Tan Xiao gave rise to hope, does he still remember?
But soon, Tao Hu snorted, extremely coldly.
The murderous aura contained in it made the monsters unable to help but raise their hands, wanting to defend themselves at any time. After all, this was their natural enemy. But this situation angered Tao Hu even more, and the pressure was even lower for a while.
Tan Xiao stood in front of Mu Zhenzhu, gritted his teeth, and said to Tan Chunying: "Mom, then I will..."
"Wait." Tan Chunying said. As soon as her voice sounded, Tao Hu's body shook, which made people suspicious. It didn't look like he was unrecognizable.
Tan Chunying said firmly: "Turn around."
Tao Hu probably didn't want to turn around immediately, but he was used to obeying orders, so he turned around immediately. As soon as he showed his face, everyone knew that this was Tan Xiao's father. Tan Xiao looked half like his father and half like his mother.
Tan Xiao also carefully identified the man. He looked majestic, but his eyes were full of tears and his face was stained with tears. When he saw them, he said to Tan Chunying in a hoarse voice, "I came to complain to my parents, and you brought a group of shameless monsters to protest against me."
Tan Chunying: "..."
Tan Xiao: "..."
Monsters: “……???”
What? How can you slander someone's innocence?
Tao Hu wiped away his tears and used magic to restore his red eyes. He looked murderous again, but everyone had already seen it clearly just now, and now they were even more speechless.
Tan Chunying exhaled and murmured, "I said something was wrong... Did you come to see me or go home this afternoon?"
When she performs outside, she is surrounded by mostly actors, and at home there are a bunch of monsters. It sounds like Tao Hu has some misunderstanding.
After Tan Chunying said this, Tan Xiao and the others suddenly remembered that these guys were talking nonsense in the yard in the afternoon, saying something about the spiritual master's harem, but the "spiritual master" referred to Tan Xiao, not Tan Chunying.
Tan Xiao suddenly realized, "Wait, that man at the door this afternoon was you?!"
Tao Hu also looked at Tan Xiao, "Ah, it was you this afternoon?"
Others: “…………”
You two, father and son, are so amazing.
The monsters couldn't help but despair. If Tao Hu showed his face in the afternoon, anyone who saw him, as long as it wasn't his own son, would immediately understand that he was Tan Xiao's relative and resolve the misunderstanding!
It’s because both the father and son are face-blind, and they are used to hiding their presence in the city to avoid exposing their identities.
Oh, what's going on? It turns out that he had met his father in the afternoon. He almost forgot the details of the first meeting and didn't pay any attention to it at that time. Tan Xiao also hurriedly explained: "Dad, I am Tan Xiao. You made a mistake in the afternoon. They said that the spiritual master with the harem was me, not mom!"
Tao Hu: "What!"
He looked at Tan Xiao in shock. After all, this sentence contained too much information. It turned out that his son had grown up so big, and they had actually met in the afternoon... uh, and it turned out that the harem didn't belong to his wife at all, but to his son!
But as soon as Tao Hu shouted, he heard someone on the other side with a voice louder than his.
Kong Xuan: “What???!”
Tan Xiao: "..."
Kong Xuan glanced at the group of people around him, their lives were in danger.
Tan Xiao quickly waved his hands: "No, no, that was Huabiaolong who misunderstood Xionggui's words and thought there was a harem, but in fact they were all lackeys... The misunderstanding has been resolved."
Ouch, what a mess.
Tao Hu pointed at Kong Xuan very sharply: "Who are you?"
Kong Xuan said proudly: "Dad, I am your son's boyfriend, Kong Xuan."
Tao Hu could no longer hold back and looked at Kong Xuan with a dark face. It was already hard for him to accept that his son had grown up when he woke up, and now he heard that his son actually had a boyfriend... He was an old-fashioned person!
Tao Hu's face was gloomy, and he was about to question Kong Xuan's origins, but he heard a shout: "Come down!"
He quickly jumped down from the fence, "Ah, wife."
He was both worried and aggrieved. "I didn't know I made a mistake, so I came to cry at the grave. And that little thing just now actually called me grandpa. How mean he is."
It made him think he had grown old from sleeping.
Mu Zhenzhu: “…”
Tan Chunying knew that he had a fragile heart. She wanted to scold him like she did before but couldn't bring herself to do it. So she pulled him over and hugged him, keeping silent.
Tao Hu quickly opened his hands and pulled Tan Xiao over, "Xiaobao!"
The family of three hugged each other, and everything was said without words.
When Kong Xuan saw this, he also came over and hugged Tan Xiao from behind.
Tao Hu: “…”
Kong Xuan: “…”
The two looked at each other quietly, and both felt that the other was the tactless relative who had interfered.
“Crack!”
This probably didn't stop Jiao Guangquan from being moved to tears. When the flash went off, he snapped a family photo with mixed feelings. "Master, this must be fate. There's only one page left in the album, which is just enough for this photo."
The evil dragon also murmured: "Okay, okay, but capture him alive."
"...Okay." Kong Xuan patted Tan Xiao on the back.
Tan Xiao raised his head. The bright moon in the sky had already emerged from the clouds, as round as a silver plate. "Dad, Mom, Kong Xuan, it's time for us to go home."
"Okay, let's go back and celebrate the festival." Tan Chunying held their hands. This was the first time they celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival together. They had missed it many times before, but they would never miss it again.
"What? Is he living in our house too?" Tao Hu muttered, "I've been in the Tan family for thousands of years and have never heard of such a thing."
Kong Xuan: "My mother decided our fate almost five thousand years ago."
Tao Hu: “…”
The little monsters walked behind the family of three and said in unison: "Have you ever thought that this is also a Taiyin bow, and it has slept for so long, won't he eat all the food later?"
"Oh, what should we do? Even though we are employees, we were almost killed today. Shouldn't we calm down?"
"That's as it should be, then..."
Tan Xiao stepped on the stone steps and saw the group of monsters suddenly run past them, leaving behind silhouettes of a group of dancing demons in the night. He couldn't help laughing and suddenly had an idea: "Let's go back and take a bigger family photo."
When Tao Hu saw the smile on his face as he looked at Kong Xuan, he felt relieved. He took his wife's hand and quickened his pace, walking in front of them.
Kong Xuan kissed Tan Xiao's hair and said, "I'll do as you say."
He glanced ahead and whispered, "Let's move faster, or else Xiong Ku will take first place! It will be a disgrace to our school sports meet results!"
Tan Xiao: "..."
Wait, when did the game start?
Before Tan Xiao could recall, Kong Xuan had already carried him up: "No, hahahaha, run slower!"
The bright light of the full moon illuminates the figures chasing each other in the mountains, and the night is bright forever.
