Invincible Dad

Xu Lai was silent and contemplative, while Yun Xi whispered, "Brother-in-law, I came in such a hurry this time, but I brought you a small gift."

As she spoke, she pulled a large handful of White Rabbit Creamy Candies from her clothes.

Xu Lai was speechless. So, the candy Ruan Lan had wasn't bought; she got it from this little rabbit demon.

"Is this what all you demons give as gifts?"

Xu Lai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. A White Rabbit eating White Rabbit candy... Born from the same root; why the rush to turn on your own kind?

Yun Xi stood up silently. This time, instead of lifting her shirt to show her stomach, her knees went weak as she started to kneel. If Xu Lai hadn't moved quickly to grab her arms, she would have already been on the ground.

She would have knelt!

Yun Xi said weakly, "I am willing to be your servant. I only ask that you allow my parents to live in East Sea City."

Although she hadn't completed the kneel, her half-kneeling posture, coupled with the word 'servant,' instantly drew the gazes of many nearby passengers, especially the men. Their eyes blazed with fire, as if Xu Lai were some sleazy uncle luring an innocent young woman.

"Alright, I agree," Xu Lai said, his head starting to ache. "Just sit down properly next to me."

"Thank you, Master."

Yun Xi was almost in tears of joy.

Changbai Mountain is one of the three great Dragon Veins of Hua Country and is inhabited by countless demons. For the three rabbit spirits to have survived until now was remarkably lucky. For the sake of her parents' peaceful twilight years, Yun Xi was willing to accept any fate, even servitude.

"...Drop the 'Master.' I have no interest in keeping servants," Xu Lai said sternly. If Ruan Tang heard this, he'd definitely be sleeping on the sofa tonight.

"Then, Ma—"

"Hm?" Xu Lai arched an eyebrow.

"Then what do you need me to do, Brother-in-law?" As Yun Xi spoke, she lowered her head, her small hands nervously twisting the hem of her clothes.

In Changbai Mountain, many weaker demons chose to attach themselves to stronger ones to survive. For a demon like a rabbit spirit, who possessed striking beauty but virtually zero combat strength, life wasn't much better even if they served a powerful demon lord. In the black markets of the human world, wealthy patrons paid high prices for transformed demons of exquisite beauty. Many Great Demons would sell them for Spirit Stones or other resources.

The human world was no kinder than the world of demons; in fact, its darkness was often more pervasive. That was why even after the Martial Dao Association had rejected her application to settle in East Sea City, Yun Xi hadn't dared to approach Xu Lai directly. Instead, she had first sought out Ruan Lan to learn about Xu Lai's character. Only after confirming that he was a benevolent human Grandmaster did she dare to follow him onto the subway.

Whatever the cost, she would bear it. It was far better than her family of three being slaughtered or sold off to live as a stranger's canary in a cage, doomed to a miserable, sunless existence.

"Just live your life well. That's enough," Xu Lai said. He had no particular designs on this wild rabbit girl.

Yun Xi's eyes reddened again.

Xu Lai quickly interjected, "Don't kneel, and don't show your stomach!"

"Thank you, Brother-in-law," Yun Xi choked out. "Lan Lan didn't lie. You really are a good person."

Xu Lai wasn't necessarily a good person. He was just afraid this little demon would do something even more outrageous. If someone recorded it and posted it online for Ruan Tang to see, he would be finished. The most crucial part was that Yun Xi had only been here a day, yet she knew he got off work at five in the afternoon and that he hadn't driven...

There's no way Ruan Lan didn't tell her about this. Xu Lai wouldn't believe it for a second.

He was only helping as a favor to his sister-in-law.

Soon, they arrived at the kindergarten.

Xu Lai picked up Yiyi. The little girl blinked her big eyes, looking at Yun Xi before saying plaintively, "Daddy, I don't want a new mommy."

"This is your Little Aunt's classmate," Xu Lai said speechlessly.

"Then why is she with you, Daddy?"

"We ran into each other on the subway."

"Oh." Yiyi looked even more worried. "Daddy and Mommy also met by chance back then."

"..."

What could Xu Lai even say? Instead, he called out, "Tan Chang, come out."

He hadn't seen much of Tan Chang recently. Ever since his epiphany and breakthrough to the peak of the Eighth Grade, he had remained hidden in the shadows. Tan Chang emerged from behind a tree. The confidence and wisdom that once filled his eyes had been replaced by a more restrained demeanor. "What is it?"

"Her." Xu Lai pointed at Yun Xi. "Go help her get a residence permit, and then help her get settled."

Tan Chang was a bit confused, but when he saw her heart-rending beauty, he thought he understood.

Concealing a beauty in a golden house?

But how Xu Lai conducted his love life was none of Tan Chang's business, nor did he want it to be. He simply nodded and said, "Come with me."

Xu Lai let out a sigh. Seeing the complicated look in Tan Chang's eyes, he knew the man was reading too much into the situation again, but he didn't bother to correct him. He could think whatever he wanted.

"Yiyi, didn't I tell you yesterday I'd catch a Kunpeng for you? The food's already at home. Let's go home and have a barbecue."

Yesterday, while holding Ruan Tang and stargazing on the mountaintop, Xu Lai had sent a voice transmission to Taotie, asking him to catch a couple of Kunpengs for a feast. As it happened, the Kunpeng clan had recently been colluding with the suppressed Black Dragon Clan. The First Divine General, his blood boiling with excitement, had soared into the sky and slaughtered over a dozen of them. He then selected the two fattest, most delicious-looking ones and had The Seventh Divine General clean and prepare them before placing them in the Haitang Court kitchen.

"A Kunpeng!?"

Yun Xi, who hadn't gotten far, trembled. Was it the one from Changbai Mountain?

She began to walk even faster, praying fervently in her heart. Rabbit meat doesn't taste good. Please, please don't eat rabbit.

At that moment, the window of a black minivan parked by the roadside rolled down, revealing Su Daiyi and Old Jiang Ba. The two of them didn't get out of the car. They knew Yiyi was the apple of Xu Lai's eye and neither wanted nor dared to interrupt his time alone with his daughter.

However, Xu Lai waved them over.

Seeing his gesture, Su Daiyi and Old Jiang Ba hurried toward him.

"Thank you, Auntie Su and Grandpa Jiang, for the presents you sent last time," Xu Yiyi said sweetly. The hairpin Su Daiyi had given her was still in her hair.

A smile blossomed on Su Daiyi's face. "I'm glad you like it."

"Go on, go play with Qian Xiao for a while," Xu Lai said with a nod of his chin.

"Okay."

As Yiyi ran back into the kindergarten, Old Jiang Ba and Su Daiyi bowed in unison. "Thank you, Sir, for yesterday." Their voices were thick with suppressed excitement.

They were no fools. They knew that if it weren't for the 'business cards' Xu Lai had given them, they would have died at the hands of the blood pool monster.

Following their thanks, Su Daiyi and Old Jiang Ba each produced a check, offering them with both hands.

Xu Lai didn't even look at the numbers, simply smiling. "They were gifts. There's no need to be so formal."

Old Jiang Ba looked alarmed. "Are you sure it's alright to give us such valuable magic artifacts? On the market, they'd be worth at least fifty million... No, people would pay over a hundred million for one!"

The older one gets, the more one fears death. This was especially true for wealthy men in their sixties, like Old Jiang Ba and Wan Yuanshan. Otherwise, they wouldn't have spent so much money buying magic artifacts from Dongfang Xun. Whether for life preservation or longevity, they wanted to buy every type they could find. At their level, money was just a number; time and life were what was truly precious.

"It's nothing," Xu Lai said, unconcerned. He could carve several hundred of those small Heavenly Thunder summoning formations onto paper in a minute.