CHAPTER 783: CHAPTER 780: XIAO YUE’S SECRET

Ever since the day of the annual meeting, Dou Dou’s gaze at Shen Siyuan has been rather odd.

She doesn’t speak, just stares at him from afar.

"What are you doing?" Shen Siyuan beckoned her over.

The little one tilted her body slightly and slowly moved in front of Shen Siyuan.

Once she was close enough, he asked, "What’s been going on these past few days? So strange?"

"You’re a big monster." Dou Dou pointed her little hand at Shen Siyuan.

"I think you’re the little monster." Shen Siyuan said helplessly.

"You ate the prince." Dou Dou said aggrievedly.

"What prince? What nonsense are you talking about?"

"The Frog Prince, you ate him pot by pot. Can you even digest it?" Dou Dou’s gaze moved to Shen Siyuan’s stomach.

Hearing this, Shen Siyuan finally understood what was going on and said with a wry smile, "Those are just frogs; they can’t turn into princes."

"Liar, my grandma said all frogs are princes. Just give them a kiss, and they’ll turn into princes." Dou Dou declared confidently.

Shen Siyuan felt exasperated upon hearing this. Just as he was considering catching a frog for her to kiss, Taozi walked over.

"Everything’s ready. We’re heading out."

"Where are you going? I want to go too."

Dou Dou immediately forgot about the Frog Prince and hurriedly said.

"We’re going to the Rainbow House, where Tang Tang used to stay."

It turned out today was Saturday and only a few days before the Spring Festival. So Shen Siyuan decided to take advantage of the free day to visit the Rainbow House and bring some New Year’s gifts for the children.

Initially, he hadn’t planned on this but saw Mao Sanmei preparing everything and thought to bring Tang Tang back home, so Shen Siyuan decided to join and see the kids. He hadn’t been to the Rainbow House for a long time.

As for the gifts, all were prepared by Taozi.

"Ready or not yet?"

Shen Siyuan called into the room, intending to hurry Ruan Hongzhuang, who was doing her makeup, but Tang Tang came rushing out from the adjacent room.

"Oh."

She raised her right hand high, her face beaming with happiness.

Knowing they were going to the Rainbow House today, she was exceptionally cheerful.

The little one was carrying a small water bottle and wearing a yellow sun hat, looking lively and adorable.

Mao Sanmei followed her, also dressing more appropriately today.

Seeing that Ruan Hongzhuang hadn’t moved yet, Shen Siyuan curiously asked Taozi, "What’s Hongzhuang doing? She’s already beautiful enough; why the makeup?"

Taozi rolled her eyes at him, "It’s all because of you."

"Why is it my fault?" Shen Siyuan was puzzled.

"We’ve all been sleeping poorly lately, all got dark circles, look at mine." Taozi pointed at her dark circles concealed by foundation.

Upon hearing this, Shen Siyuan gave a polite smile.

"You’re practically like a beast."

Taozi reached out wanting to pinch him but found she couldn’t pinch any flesh on him.

Ever since that day Shen Siyuan made great strides in the ’Great Arhat Eighteen Forms,’ his life seemed to have undergone some kind of leap. His food intake increased further, and what the ancients described as ’eating an ox a day’ didn’t seem like an exaggeration and became a reality, along with increased desires.

Eating an ox was because of the need for a large energy intake, so it could completely be replaced with high-energy foods, overcoming quantity with quality.

But desires are more difficult to handle, can’t just use quantity to replace quality, and the two women probably wouldn’t agree, so only Taozi and Ruan Hongzhuang had to bear the hardship.

However, for the two women, it wasn’t without benefits.

The foundation of their cultivation wasn’t nature’s spiritual energy but Shen Siyuan himself, belonging to a type of Dual Cultivation Technique that relied entirely on Shen Siyuan for activation.

So with Shen Siyuan’s life leaping ahead, they also benefited. If they were ordinary people and kept being cultivated like this, they would have probably dropped dead already.

As they were talking, Ruan Hongzhuang finally came out of the room.

Shen Siyuan watched her, noticing she was wearing non-prescription glasses. Ruan Hongzhuang actually had quite good vision and usually only wore glasses at work, sometimes sunglasses in everyday life.

"This is really a good idea." Taozi got up from the sofa, a little surprised.

"I feel like makeup makes my skin uncomfortable." Taozi poked her cheek.

Since practicing cultivation, their skin had become more delicate. They hardly used makeup anymore, so when they tried it again, it naturally felt uncomfortable.

"So I just took it all off."

Ruan Hongzhuang said, glaring at Shen Siyuan, blaming him for all this.

"All set, let’s head out." Shen Siyuan acted as if he didn’t see it and stood up.

Upon hearing this, Dou Dou led the way, running towards the door. Tang Tang saw this and hurriedly chased after, afraid she’d miss out.

"Wait, Dou Dou, where’s Xiao Yue?"

Shen Siyuan hadn’t seen Xiao Yue and felt a bit odd. These days Xiao Yue often ran out, and he wasn’t sure what she was up to.

"Hehe~"

At Shen Siyuan’s question, Dou Dou immediately flashed a mischievous smile.

She turned and ran back to Shen Siyuan, making Tang Tang a little confused—what’s going on? No more racing?

"I have a secret to tell you." Dou Dou whispered to Shen Siyuan.

Seeing her cautious manner, even Ruan Hongzhuang and Taozi became interested, perking their ears to listen, but Dou Dou was vigilant, immediately frowning at them.

"You’re not allowed to eavesdrop."

"Who wants to eavesdrop? We’re not interested." Taozi said.

Dou Dou still felt uneasy, suspiciously watching the two.

"What’s the secret, hurry up and tell me." Shen Siyuan, seeing her hesitance, urged her.

Dou Dou thought for a moment, then turned into her ghostly form, proudly saying, "This way, they can’t hear us. Am I smart?"

"Yes, you’re the smartest. What about Xiao Yue?"

Shen Siyuan concentrated, sensing that Xiao Yue was still in Bin Hai City, though he indeed had been paying little attention to her lately.

Of course, it was mainly because Xiao Yue was silent and often stayed in one spot for a long time, unlike Dou Dou and Duoduo, who frequently hovered under his watchful eyes.

"Sister Xiao Yue is visiting a young boy." Dou Dou said.

"A young boy? What young boy?" Shen Siyuan was taken aback.

"A young boy who’s about to die, and don’t tell Sister Xiao Yue that I told you. It’s her secret, and I followed her to find out. If she knows I told you, she’ll hit me..."

Shen Siyuan: ...

Now he wasn’t in the mood to listen to Dou Dou’s endless chatter, only contemplating whether to call Xiao Yue back for an explanation.

However, he finally decided to let it go. If Xiao Yue wanted to tell him, she’d do so willingly.

"What happened?" Taozi asked curiously.

"Oh, oh..."

Returning Tang Tang also appeared anxious, reaching out to poke Dou Dou’s ghostly butt. Though she turned into a ghost, in Tang Tang’s eyes, she could still see a peculiar human-like shape lingering.

With her experience, she could always catch Dou Dou.

PS: There’s more today~