I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

"That's true."

Nian glanced at Bai Zhou, who was spending time with the children, then covered her mouth and asked Xi, "Do you have any drawings of Xiao Bai when he was little?"

She really wanted to see Little White Day!

"...Why don't you just tell him to change?"

Xi looked at her speechlessly, puzzled by her self-inflicted trouble.

"Huh? This can change?"

Nian only knew that Baiyue could turn into a big and handsome dragon, but he didn't know that he could turn into a little guy.

"Wow, if that's the case, I feel like I could make the whole movie by myself without any outside help."

Nian had a new idea for exploitation, but it was extinguished by Xi as soon as he uttered it.

"Stop dreaming. Ah Xi is here to play along with your nonsense, not to suffer with you."

"I was just saying."

She was just thinking about it; if she actually did it, she would be the first one to feel sorry for her.

"But I feel like next time he goes out, one of us will have to go with him and keep an eye on him."

Thinking about how he had told them about finding a good seedling after returning from the daytime, he chewed on the chicken claw, the bones of which crunched loudly.

"This time we managed to subdue a demon king, who knows what might happen next time..."

Nian made a gesture, which earned him a pair of eye rolls from Xi.

"What do you mean by following him? I think you're the one who wants to cheat on him."

Xi knew her older sister's temperament all too well.

"How about I let you come along the first time?"

"can."

"Waaah! Weren't you resisting just now? How dare you deceive your innocent and kind older sister!"

Nian protested with a muffled groan.

"You said it yourself, I didn't force you."

Xi carefully put the painting away, glanced at Nian, and let out a comfortable sigh.

"By the way, Xi, the end of the year is approaching. We'll probably have another small get-together soon."

Did you receive the message?

Xi shook her head.

"No? You didn't forget because you're busy, did you?"

"How busy can he be? He spends all day with a teapot, rubbing walnuts, leisurely like any other retired old man in the neighborhood."

After thinking for a moment, Xi said, "Maybe they couldn't find you or me, so they didn't send a message."

"How could that be? He knew I was with Xiaobai."

Nian frowned, looking puzzled.

"Are you talking about the party, sister?"

The daytime approached.

"Hmm. Where's Xiao Huijie?"

Nian nodded, then moved aside to make room for him.

"I'm off to study. Next year I'll be taking the imperial examinations... um, I'll be going to university, so I'm putting in extra effort now."

Bai Zhou sat down and continued the previous topic, saying, "Not long ago, my twelfth brother wrote to me about the gathering."

"Short guy? What did he say to you?"

Nian raised an eyebrow and asked curiously.

This scumbag brother didn't even tell his older sister, but instead told his brother-in-law!

Xi also looked over curiously.

Clearly, both of them were unhappy about their brother's secret communications.

"It's nothing. Twelfth Brother asked me if I wanted to go with you guys."

Although he knew they weren't treating him like an outsider, he still felt a little strange going to a family gathering.

"...Little White, let's go together!"

As if she had thought of something interesting, Nian grabbed Bai Zhou's hand and pleaded in a coquettish tone.

"(￢_￢)"

Looking at Nian's affected manner and combining it with her previous words, Xi roughly guessed what she was thinking.

"Why did Ah Xi reply that he's short?"

"Hmm... I'll think about it."

During the day, I also want to chat with all the immortals.

Apart from a few he had only met a few times, the rest of the immortals were familiar with him. In addition, given the previous incident of entering his dream, he wouldn't be speechless when he went there.

"Hmm, Little White, don't hesitate, come with us!"

"If everyone doesn't mind..."

"Xiao Bai is such a good person, how could anyone mind?"

Having experienced the dream, the immortals who were able to protect themselves would only treat him well; how could they possibly speak ill of him?

"If anyone dares to speak out of turn, we will not let him off the hook."

Xi placed her hand on Bai Zhou's hand and spoke up to vouch for him.

“Then, sister, sir, let’s go back to the capital together on the 25th of this month.”

"The capital city?"

Nian frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"Brother, you really know how to pick a place. Holding a banquet right in the Shenjun Temple is quite something."

"Let me tell you, Xiaobai, you'd better keep an eye on those guys. They're terrible drinkers. I don't want to end up like the next day when the people find a drunken madman lying on the statue of the God, disheveled and fast asleep."

"Especially that one writer. When he gets drunk, he scribbles and writes all over the house."

Xi also chimed in, complaining to Bai Zhou about the awful behavior of a certain person she didn't get along with.

"Mr. Magic Pen..."

Bai Zhou glanced at Xi, who was completely oblivious to her own shortcomings, and silently nodded.

Oh, my husband is drunk and all he does is hug and cuddle with me, so it's alright.

"Hehe, when we go with Xiaobai, they'll be so envious and jealous. I can't wait to see their expressions."

When talking about pleasant things, Nian couldn't help but relax, chatting and laughing as she thought about the future.

Xi was thinking about how to gracefully and swiftly defeat the writer in front of the little guy. There was also something else… she wanted to try a new hot pot and see if ice cream would melt in it.

During the day, he considers what to give the little ones as New Year's gifts.

The three chatted and laughed, and the day passed by just like that.

Return to the Eighty Seas

[Yan Kingdom, Ministry of Rites]

"This is bad! This is terrible! This is a huge disaster!"

The official in charge of overseeing the review of the Yan Kingdom's envoys to various countries saw the belated letter and immediately pressed the alarm.

"Guards! Guards!"

The official's desperate shouts alerted the guards patrolling outside.

"Minister Wang! What has happened? Has a thief broken in?"

"No, it's not."

He quickly copied the letter down, then stuffed it into the guard's arms and ordered him, "I will go to see His Majesty now, and you must go to the Divine Lord Temple to ask the Divine Lord to take charge of the situation!"

"Without the divine ruler, this matter could potentially overturn the world!"

"Here!"

Seeing his anxious and serious demeanor, the guard immediately straightened his expression, carefully put the letter into his pocket, and then picked up his sword and ran towards the Divine Lord Guanyu on the other side of the city.

"This is bad, this is bad."

The official put the letter away, straightened his clothes, and strode towards the dragon palace to meet the real dragon.

……

"Ah Xi, what's wrong?"

Xi put the peeled orange into her mouth, savoring its sweet and sour taste, while asking Bai Zhou, who seemed to be lost in thought, a question.

"Nothing serious, just that the seafood in the sea is causing trouble again. There aren't many defenses along the coast, so I need to go and check it out in case the waves... Hmm, I got a letter from Shen Du, so I need to go there first."

After explaining everything that evening, Bai Zhou stood up and prepared to go out.

"Ah Xi, wait a minute."

Xi got up and called Bai Zhou to stop, then went back to her room to get a scroll of painting and handed it to him.

“I know Ah Xi is very impressive, but there are so many sea fish that it’s not appropriate for you to go alone. There are some ink monsters in this painting. If someone is needed to guard the coast, we can use them. Although they are all unruly creatures, at least we won’t have to draw blood.”

With the New Year approaching, seeing blood is always considered unlucky.

"Yes, thank you, sir."

Bai Zhou took the painting, then embraced Xi and gently kissed her lips.