Chapter 20: Xiao Tian's Little Ruckus

  The rest of the way was much more stable, and after a day of touring mountains and rivers, crossing mountains and ridges, I finally saw the bald mountain in my dreams. The sun's rays were slanted on the top of the mountain, with large birds occasionally circling above the summit, giving it a unique style.

  Rose sister was a bit tired, and asked curiously: "You two brothers are going where? How much farther is it? Don't always say it's still ahead." My brother joked: "Hey, can't walk anymore? I remember that day you guys strolled for a whole day without getting tired, how come today you're tired after just half a day?" Rose sister of course wouldn't admit defeat, and argued strongly: "We weak women can't compare to you men, comparing with us would make you lose face!"

  Women are like this, can't argue and then pretend to be a vulnerable group, actually moving back the last bit of evidence that seems infallible. My brother could only look up at the sky with an expression of I'm admiring the view, as if he hadn't heard anything. Rose sister clenched her fist, with a triumphant expression.

  I raised my head and saw the mountain in my dream, excitedly shouting: "We're here, we've arrived, it's just behind that mountain up ahead." For a moment, everyone was invigorated. Yes, not just them, I was also excited, because I really wanted to know what had drawn me in in my dream.

  Just as everyone was getting excited, another interlude appeared. All of a sudden, a lazy voice said: "There seems to be something delicious around here." The Rose sisters looked left and right but didn't see anyone else, so they asked: "Did you guys just hear someone talking?" Before the brothers could respond, the lazy voice came out again: "Hmm, no, not nearby, but up ahead. And I feel like that thing has a huge attraction to me."

  This time, the sound was quickly discovered by the two Rose sisters who were being closely monitored. Their eyes were fixed on my brother's chest, and a white gold thumb-sized head popped out from somewhere, opened its sleepy eyes, blinked twice, shook its head, and immediately retreated back in. Little Tian hid in his arms thinking: "Oh no, those two pairs of eyes are too scary, they're like they want to eat people! Luckily I saw it early." He didn't know that with just one glance, he had already won the hearts of the two girls.

  As expected, the rose sisters fixed their gaze on us brothers, watching to see what we would say. My brother and I felt quite uneasy under this stare, so my brother said: "Gaoming, you explain it to them, you're more familiar with Xiao Tian."

  I coughed twice, and since it was really hard to explain, I could only say vaguely: "Just now you saw that uh, dragon, uh right, it's a dragon, just the person who spoke, his name is Long Xiang Jiutian, we all call him Little Heaven, he's my younger brother, I accidentally saved him outside, and since then he followed us brothers. Don't underestimate him, he's actually very formidable." Seeing that they had a crush on Little Heaven, I had to clarify the relationship between Little Heaven and me, so they could dispel this idea.

  As expected, when I said that, they were first skeptical, having never seen a dragon so small, and it looked more like a snake. After hearing how close we were, they let out a sigh of relief. However, their eyes soon lit up, and Rose spoke up: "Are you guys messing with me? He's really the Dragon God? But what's important is that he's your little brother, which means he's also my little brother, right? Okay, two good little brothers, show him to me quickly."

  She found a good reason, fortunately she didn't pursue the dragon god issue, just looking at this point was too easy, when the two brothers were about to obey, they heard a childish voice: "Two little witches, who is your brother? Have I seen you before? Are we familiar? I don't want to show it to you, your eyes are too scary." Little Tian's way of thinking was simple: just don't let her see, I've never seen such an eye expression before, if she sees it, at least I'll lose a layer of skin.

  The two brothers secretly laughed to themselves: Hehe, indeed the ignorant are fearless. They actually dared to say that our thorny rose is like this. No wonder, Little Tian has never seen outsiders besides us, so when he saw two strangers with infatuated eyes, he became fearful.

  The two brothers actually had no objection to letting them see Xiao Tian, but they suddenly had a playful heart and said with the current: "You also heard that Xiao Tian doesn't want you to look at him, we all respect Xiao Tian's choice and won't force him. If you want to see him, try harder yourself." Unexpectedly, Mei Gui wasn't angry at all, but rather her eyes sparkled with temptation as she said: "Xiao Tian, didn't you just want to eat something delicious? Come out, come to sister's place, sister will give you lots of delicious food." As she spoke, she took out food from the spatial ring, and the aroma began to spread. The two brothers didn't say anything, but rather calmly watched everything unfold.

  After a while, there was indeed movement. The little head that had just flashed out of my brother's arms came out again, but this time with drool coming out. However, he didn't go to eat, but instead looked at the two of us with his head, and I couldn't help but laugh and scold: "You little guy, all you know is to be greedy for food, aren't you afraid that one day you'll be kidnapped by someone else? Hehe"

  My brother pulled him out with one hand, scolding in his mouth: "Really no strength, this little temptation can't be resisted, how can you become a vessel in the future." Then he handed Xiaotian to me, and winked at me, saying: "Still return it to you, look at what kind of unimpressive appearance he has." I took over Xiaotian, who was already tearful, stretched out his two front paws tightly hugging my middle finger, afraid that I would throw him away.

  I couldn't help but feel that my brother's move was really high, thoroughly preventing the possibility of the little guy being kidnapped by others. In fact, this is unnecessary, at this time Little Tian felt very wronged in his heart, he thought: I'm just greedy for food, do I have to be said so badly? Moreover, in this world, only my brother's family can give me a sense of intimacy, what if they don't want me?

  Rose took a look and thought it was impossible to hold Xiao Tian in her palm, so she could only watch with envy, and continued to tempt: "Xiao Tian, don't be afraid, they don't want you, I want you, and look, I have so many delicious things here, as long as you come over, sister will give them to you." This time Xiao Tian just swallowed his saliva, didn't move, and still held onto my middle finger.

  Xiao Mei saw that her sister's method didn't seem to work, so she tried a different approach and ran in front of me, coquettishly saying: "Little brother, look at how cute Xiao Tian is! I really like him, can I touch him?" I had never dealt with this kind of situation before, my heart started racing, I felt dizzy and my eyes blurred. Then I heard the term "little brother" which was a nickname that came from deep within her heart, and for a moment, I lost my composure. Rose secretly gave Xiao Mei a thumbs up, seeing me lose my composure, she took advantage of the opportunity to grab Xiao Tian, wanting to hold him in her hands and play with him. But unexpectedly, Xiao Tian suddenly disappeared from sight, and his two small hands grabbed onto my fingers instead. Xiao Tian thought to himself: "If it weren't for the fact that you guys seem to have some kind of relationship with brother, I would definitely teach you a lesson."

  They grabbed me, and I was suddenly wide awake. One look at my two fingers being held, and I felt a wave of embarrassment. My sisters thought they had caught something, but when they looked again, it was clear that they had only caught one of my fingers. They were startled and withdrew their hands. My brother burst out laughing on the side, making them feel somewhat uncomfortable. I said, "Okay, okay, bro, stop laughing." Turning to them, I said, "I know you like Little Tian so much, but he's intelligent and emotional. Let me tell you a secret: not only does Little Tian love good food, but also all kinds of rare treasures. Once you get to know him better, he'll accept your gifts." I subtly told them that they could win Little Tian over with rare treasures, and they happily acknowledged it.

  Then I took out a piece of meat from my bag and called out, "Xiao Tian, come eat!" Xiao Tian appeared in my hands at lightning speed, his two front paws holding the meat as he ate away. I smiled warmly, watching his adorable eating expression. Rose quietly handed over some delicious food, and I smiled as I took it from her hand, giving it all to Xiao Tian to eat. After Xiao Tian quickly finished, we headed towards the bare mountain.

  Under my leadership, we arrived at the edge of a cave that only allowed one person to pass through. At this time, there was only a thin line of sunset glow left on the horizon. Crows cawed, and the north wind howled, making it somewhat chilly. From time to time, strange cries echoed from within the cave, which everyone had never heard before, adding to the eerie and terrifying atmosphere.

  The exam is over, I'll set off home tomorrow, and strive to make more progress for myself... back on the 23rd of February to continue...