I Alone Am Immortal: My Rebirth and Leisurely Cultivation

Chapter 258 He needs a kiss to wake up
"When the swallows arrive, it's the New Year; when the pear blossoms fall, it's Qingming Festival."

Mei Mengqian stood in the sun, staring at the eaves of the doorway, and said to Jiang Yingzhu, who was catching butterflies in the courtyard, and Hua Junshu, who was picking vegetables:

"Senior, Zhuzhu, look at the door! Swallows are building a nest!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yingzhu and Hua Junshu were immediately drawn to the door and turned to look at the eaves.

There were two protruding cylindrical pillars at the two corners of the eaves, about the size of a bowl, protruding about ten centimeters. They didn't know what they were for.

But other houses had them, and Li Yan didn't remove them when he renovated.

Now, on the small pillar on the right, a swallow is standing, seemingly tidying up something.

Mei Mengqian took two steps cautiously, and then she could see clearly that it was something like Konoha.

Soon after, another swallow flew over, carrying something in its beak.

Wow, they're really building a nest, and a pair at that!

Jiang Yingzhu let go of the butterfly in her hand, came to the door and looked at it with great interest, then took out her phone and started taking pictures.

"Brothers, look! I've found a hideout!"

Mei Mengqian stepped back slightly to avoid getting caught up in Zhuzhu Douyin's video.

Hua Junshu was the same; she looked at the swallows on the door, her eyes filled with memories.

“When I was a child in my hometown, there were swallows nesting there, but the eaves of the mud-brick houses were very low, and children liked to knock on them, so gradually there were no more swallow nests.”

Nodding slightly, Mei Mengqian asked curiously, "Why are those children being hit? Is it so they can eat bird's nest?"

Upon hearing this, before Hua Junshu and Jiang Yingzhu could speak, the swallows on the eaves chirped twice, as if they were cursing.

Then one of them flew away, as if to collect materials.

Hua Junshu shook his head, "This kind of bird's nest is probably not the kind that can be eaten. Anyway, those kids aren't after it for food."

"You kids over there are so mean to destroy other people's homes just to play around."

Jiang Yingzhu frowned, ending the filming. "Bird's nest isn't fun, honeycomb is!"

"Ah!" Mei Mengqian exclaimed in surprise, "That's too dangerous!"

"If there's any danger, just take a long torch and burn it directly."

Jiang Yingzhu said arrogantly, "When I was a child, bees built nests in my hometown, which affected people's access. We definitely had to kill them."

"Emmm, so it was forced after all."

"Don't listen to his nonsense. That's a beehive under my door. The person who burned it was my grandfather."

Li Yan was pruning several potted plants on the second-floor balcony.

“I was young then, and adults would never let children handle such things.”

"If you don't speak, no one will think you are mute."

Jiang Yingzhu's dissatisfied voice came over, but Li Yan smiled and said, "Dad is happy to."

"go away!"

While the two were bickering, Mei Mengqian noticed that the swallow on the doorpost was also turning its head to look at them.

Just then, a tiny calico cat poked its head out from the second-floor balcony and immediately fixed its gaze on the onlooker, Yanzi.

The swallow shuddered, wanting to leave, but it couldn't bear to abandon the nest that was already half-built.

Mei Mengqian found it funny.

"There's always something to conquer."

As soon as she finished speaking, the argument around her disappeared. Mei Mengqian turned around and saw that Zhu Zhu and Li Yan were both looking at her.

"I...I didn't say you guys."

“I know, you’re talking about Yanzi.” Jiang Yingzhu put her arm around her shoulder. “Come on, Mengmeng, let’s go see a movie. I haven’t seen the movie I saved up for last time, ‘The Village Corpse.’”

"Oh," Mei Mengqian opened her mouth, but could only agree, as she was a little afraid of watching horror movies.

But I was also curious to watch it, and after watching it, I was terrified!

But it's okay to watch it. I've been going to bed late these past few days, and watching movies can help me sleep.

Mei Mengqian thought to herself silently.

Unlike most people, when she can't sleep, she imagines that there are ghosts watching her from the window next to her, or from the corner.

As long as she doesn't sleep and keeps her eyes open, she won't be discovered.

Then, as she thought about it, she fell asleep and didn't have nightmares.

Li Yan glanced at the two of them and continued cutting flowers.

Incidentally, he also caught Laba, who was about to pounce on the swallows.

"You can't swat at them, you know? You can swat at butterflies instead."

Little Laba meowed, then squatted down at his feet without moving. She stopped looking at the swallows and instead watched him cut flowers.

She's a bit clingy.

Below, Hua Junshu looked up and asked, "When are you and Zhuzhu going back?"

"Zhuzhu will be back tomorrow, and I'll be back the same day."

"Why are you so late? Aren't you going to be late?"

Li Yan finished trimming the last potted plant and glanced at her.

"No." Noticing this glance, Hua Junshu's heart skipped a beat, as if by telepathy. She had just thought of a certain possibility when Li Yan spoke.

"Senior, do you need me to accompany you to visit your elders? I have time."

Hua Junshu felt a surge of warm current welling up in his heart and nodded.

"Ah."

After agreeing, she realized the significance of such an agreement and immediately dared not look up.

A day passed quickly, and on Monday morning, Li Yan explained his arrangements, to which Jiang Yingzhu nodded.

"Okay, you go with your senior, but don't do anything silly. Anyway, I'm going to the grave in the afternoon. I'll be with my grandparents in the morning."

"Hmph, if you hadn't insisted on coming along, I could have gone to see Mom all by myself first thing this morning!"

In fact, they had not made any arrangements to visit her mother's grave together.

In previous years, Li Yan's parents didn't have time to go back, so they skipped visiting the graves.

Li Yan estimated that she went to Xiaodongshan to pay respects to her mother very early in the morning, before dawn.

Then we found my great-grandfather's grave on the mountain and went there to wait for the elders to come.

"I'm going back this afternoon to prepare some things."

Li Yan nodded, gathering his thoughts, and looked at her, asking:

"Do you want to be the first to visit your aunt's grave?"

"what happened?"

"If you'd like, I'll go with whatever time you prefer."

"Come on, don't make this awkward, you're sick!"

Jiang Yingzhu rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "I'm not like I used to be. I can't get up that early anymore."

Li Yan also felt that, given their relationship, doing all this was indeed tiresome.

So that afternoon, Jiang Yingzhu took a taxi back to her hometown.

As expected, Li Yan received a call from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Li, who were in Spain.

"Hey, my dear father, have you finally remembered your child in Kyushu?"

"What is it? Tomorrow is Qingming Festival; go back and sweep the graves."

"I know, it would have been better not to say anything. By the way, be careful to come back if you cause a death, as it's not easy to change your nationality now."

"you"

Before Lao Li could speak, Li Yan hung up.

I've already helped you sweep your grave, why do you still want to listen to my nagging? I can't be bothered.

April 1st, Qingming Festival.

The morning star shone brightly in the sky outside, and Hua Junshu had already woken up.

After washing up, she looked at Li Yan's door, hesitating whether to wake him up.

Thinking that she had gotten up so early so as not to delay his return, she still went to knock on the door.

The door opened, and a little creature slipped out first.

Hua Junshu spotted Li Yan sleeping on the bed at a glance.

She then remembered that Li Yan's door had always been ajar for his convenience when entering and leaving on Laba Festival.

After hesitating for a moment, Hua Junshu went inside.

He came to his bedside and looked at Li Yan's sleeping face. His skin was smooth, his eyebrows were thick, and his nose was straight.

The rhythm of each breath brings a sense of peace.

She watched for an unknown amount of time before feeling a pat on her calf and seeing the calico cat. Only then did she realize what was happening and call out twice.

"Li Yan, Li Yan, wake up."

Li Yan lay motionless on the bed.

Hua Junshu frowned. Why was he sleeping so soundly? Did he really have to wait until eight o'clock to wake up?

"Woke up!"

She reached out and nudged his arm, but he didn't move.

Laba looked at the human with curiosity and jumped onto Li Yan's chest for a closer look.

"Why isn't he awake?" Hua Junshu muttered to himself, wondering if he had gone to bed too late, or perhaps he should wait a while.

"I need a kiss to wake up."

A voice suddenly came, and Hua Junshu, who was still thinking, subconsciously tried to bend down.

As Li Yan's face grew larger and larger in front of her, she suddenly snapped back to reality, only to find strands of hair falling onto Li Yan's face.

"Mingming is awake."

A blush spread across Hana Junshu's fair skin, blooming like a flower and covering his entire face.

She turned around quickly and walked out.

(End of this chapter)