Chapter 371: Stay Here and Be Good

Gu Yutong heard the words, immediately jumped up with delight: "Really?!"

Qilin patted his chest and guaranteed: "Of course!"

"I also want to learn! Uncle also teaches me!" Mu Yumo broke free from Qiao Chu's hand, ran back and grabbed Qilin's arm.

Qiao Chu turned his head, still smiling at them.

Qilin: "I'll teach, I'll teach, you are all my dear nieces and nephews, uncle will naturally teach you all!"

"Thank you, uncle! No, thank you, master!" Gu Yutong immediately corrected himself.

Mu Yumo also took the initiative to change his address to master first.

Once they acknowledged this master, there was no regret; the two little sprites said happily.

Thus, the little ones paid their respects to Juechen Valley, becoming the closed-door disciples personally accepted by the current valley master as an exception.

After Mu Yuanzhi found out, they even offered the initiation wine; of course, the children offered tea.

Gu Rongjin: "You just kidnapped my adorable dragon and phoenix twins like that?"

"Speak nicely, what do you mean by kidnapping? They properly entered my school!" Qilin smiled, "These two disciples respect me as their master; they are the future hope of our Juechen Valley!"

"Stop! They won't be easy for your Juechen Valley, cut it out!" Gu Rongjin wouldn't allow it, "One wants to revive the Mu family, the other wants to glorify the Gu family!"

Qilin: "Reviving the Mu family is naturally important, the rest we'll forget."

Get lost, go on.

Mu Yuanzhi raised one hand to block one, "Stop, don't argue in front of the juniors, and don't be shameless!"

Only then did Qilin realize Qiao Chu was still there, and he immediately put on the stern demeanor of a master, unsmiling.

However, these past days he had already revealed his true colors in front of the disciples, and could no longer pretend.

A misstep; from now on it's better not to get close to Gu Rongjin, Gu Rongjin is harmful!

Gu Rongjin is fine anyway; he just follows the friendly fatherly route, approachable!

Qilin got back to the point: "How's the armor coming along?"

Mu Yuanzhi: "Step by step, the blacksmith you found is very skilled; turning iron doors into armor is easy for him, I estimate it won't take three days."

"Good, finish early so we can celebrate the New Year happily." Qilin said.

Speaking of New Year, the kids are the happiest—good food, drink, fun, and red envelopes; this year they're celebrating in the fresh-new Juechen Valley, needless to say how thrilled they are!

"Master, will we go down the mountain to play for New Year?" Gu Yutong asked.

"Of course, we'll go down the mountain together; down there it's lively, not at all inferior to Jingcheng, plus there are many programs Jingcheng doesn't have; it will surely make you reluctant to leave, wanting to come back year after year to celebrate New Year here!" Qilin laughed.

Mu Yumo, hearing that, became even more eager, wishing it were already the first day of the lunar new year!

At night, Qilin put up spring couplets, writing and posting them himself.

"Your calligraphy is superb; you can write at such a young age—did your mother teach you?" Qilin asked.

Mu Yumo finished the last stroke and said: "Father taught us; Mother said her calligraphy isn't good, so she told us to learn from Father."

Bullshit! Could Gu Rongjin's calligraphy compare to our senior sister's?" Qilin, who unconditionally defends his own senior sister, snorted disdainfully.

Gu Yutong shook his finger: "You can't say such dirty words, Master."

Qilin cleared his throat nonchalantly: "Keep writing, stop beating around the bush."

Gu Yutong covered his mouth and snickered; Mu Yumo whispered to his sister: "Master looks even more mischievous than us."

"Father said Master is also a child."

Qilin ground his back teeth: Gu Rongjin!

"Master, are we going to boil dumplings to eat on New Year's Eve?"

"Boil tangyuan."

"I want sweet ones too!"

"I want salty ones!"

"I want all kinds of sweet flavors!"

"I want sweet ones with all kinds of fillings!"

Mu Yuanzhi took one in each hand and pulled them close: "You two, stop clinging to your uncle all day; he's got a headache from your noise."

"No way, Uncle praises us for being smart and clever." Gu Yutong argued, pouting.

"Exactly, we're the sweet pastries that Uncle fights over!" Mu Yumo boasted.

Mu Yuanzhi smiled and poked their noses: "Not shy at all."

Qilin chimed in: "It's true, Senior Sister; they're your children, naturally the smartest and most capable in the world!"

"Your flattery I'm used to; it's boring." Mu Yuanzhi pretended to be dissatisfied.

"No way! This is true! From the heart! Senior Sister, you're beautiful, smart, and graceful; there's no second woman in the world who can match you; even if you're used to it, you can't pretend it doesn't exist." Qilin said solemnly.

Mu Yuanzhi's ears instantly turned red: "Enough, Qilin."

She shouldn't have teased him.

Qilin knew his senior sister sometimes has thin skin, so he restrained himself and changed the subject: "Let's go put up spring couplets!"

"Leave this to Rongjin." Mu Yuanzhi went to call Gu Rongjin: "Rongjin brother, come help put up spring couplets!"

From afar, Gu Rongjin sighed as he came over: "When you need me to do grunt work, you finally remember to call me brother? How long has it been since you last called me brother?"

"If you keep calling, it's worthless."

"You admit you're using that title, it's so heartbreaking waa waa waa..."

"A spoiled brat."

"It's only natural to act spoiled with one's wife." Gu Rongjin, hugging the spring couplets and his wife, said while acting spoiled.

"Laborer, hurry up and put up the spring couplets, stop dawdling." Qilin waved his hand.

"Go on, go on, don't order your master around, no respect."

Gu Rongjin complained verbally, but his body honestly went to do the hard labor, climbing up and down to put up all the spring couplets.

Qilin directed from the side, and finally he was satisfied.

Gu Rongjin, patting dust off his palm, asked, "What about the spring couplets elsewhere?"

"The spring couplets elsewhere have been taken care of," Qilin said.

Mu Yuanzhi: "Did Master Yuan Yan come back for the New Year?"

"Who knows? He's had no news; maybe he was eaten by a monster."

Qilin turned and went inside; when he came out, he released a pigeon, and Mu Yuanzhi guessed it must be a messenger pigeon.

In the following days, after finishing the spring couplets they put up window paper-cuts, hung orange potted plants, hung lanterns, and the New Year atmosphere grew stronger.

When New Year's Eve arrived, early that morning the blacksmith finished the task ahead of schedule and delivered the two sets of armor.

Stay here and wait for us obediently.

Qilin and Mu Yuanzhi said in unison to each other.

……

"Aren't I and Gu Rongjin supposed to go?" Qilin naturally thought so, after all, here he and Gu Rongjin have the highest martial arts, and besides, his senior sister's martial arts aren't that great.

Mu Yuanzhi: "But I'm not at ease letting Rongjin go."

"Don't make a fuss, senior sister; I've got Rongjin covered, nothing to fear!"

"What are you saying, little brat? Who taught you your martial arts?" Gu Rongjin patted Qilin on the head, then gently looked at Mu Yuanzhi and said, "Little Yuanzhi, leave it to us; you stay here waiting for us, and we'll be out soon."