I Have a Golden Crow

Chapter 1068: Under the Wind Peach Tree

Sure, here is the translation:In the familiar kitchen, at the familiar dining table.

Li Hong was having a homemade dinner with her two children, feeling even more familiar with the unchanged seating arrangement.

"Here, Xiaoyu." Li Hong offered Du Yu a braised pork rib, "Eat more."

"That’s enough, Teacher Li, I can’t eat anymore." Du Yu picked up his bowl to receive the food, quickly speaking.

There were already quite a few bones on his table, and he had been eating for a while now.

Li Hong smiled and said, "Didn’t you say you were still one centimeter short? Eat more, and you’ll grow taller. You’re only twenty; there’s still hope."

"That’s right, that’s right." Li Mengnan also picked up a rib, "Hurry up and grow taller; if you don’t, I’ll catch up to you."

The girl picked up the tempting braised rib and took a small bite, her lips stained with golden oil.

It indeed looked delicious.

Li Hong turned to look at her daughter, saying, "Eat less, you’re so tall, how will you get married in the future?"

"Huh?" Li Mengnan blinked, "Mom, I’m only 20 years old! I just started my junior year, marry who?"

"Have you been to school?" Li Hong smiled at her daughter, "Haven’t you been working for a long time?"

Li Mengnan: "..."

Du Yu quickly said, "No worries, Teacher Li, although we didn’t study like other students at the Demon Spirit Academy every day.

We have Master Qingqing specifically training us, we haven’t missed anything we should learn.

With Master Qing guiding us, we won’t stray."

"I know Ms. Yang, I heard she’s your director now." Li Hong looked at Du Yu, her face grateful, "Xiaoyu, the teacher is very thankful to you for finding such a master for Mengnan."

"Oh come on, Mom!" Li Mengnan objected, "You’ve been thanking Du Yu all through this meal; it’s too formal."

Li Hong sighed lightly in her heart, no matter how many words of gratitude she said, they were never enough...

Ever since the two children embarked on the path of Demon Taming, Li Hong couldn’t help them any longer.

Before Du Yu left home, Li Hong had privately spoken with Du Yu to ask him to take care of her carefree daughter.

Who would have thought that over the past two years, Du Yu’s progress would be astonishing.

Achievements, fame, honor, strength.

Unmatched.

These were just the tip of the iceberg he showed to society.

Such a young talent always remembered the kindness of the Li Family and her advice when leaving home.

Du Yu’s attention to her daughter left Li Hong wide-eyed and even a bit at a loss.

Li Hong understood well that her daughter, as a Paper Crane Disciple, held great talent, as recognized by society.

But among so many Paper Crane Disciples in Great Xia, there were numerous children from prestigious families, those with resources, connections, and everything.

Li Mengnan, however, was just an ordinary girl from a regular family.

How was it that her daughter’s strength always stood out from the crowd, her achievements always at the top, and even won first place in Ancient Wilderness City?

Looking down the list of achievements, which of those Paper Crane Disciples wasn’t from a Demon Tamer Family?

Why did her daughter manage to join the prominent Qing Master Sect?

And how did she manage to enter the Great Xia Bookstore·Twenty-Ninth Bureau?

Her daughter even possessed powerful magical artifacts, and even her own world...

Two words: Du Yu.

Li Hong wasn’t clear on how Du Yu reached such heights, but she knew well how her daughter reached this point.

"I’m full!" Li Mengnan licked her lips, "What about you, Du Yu?"

Since Teacher Li Hong had eaten early, Du Yu nodded, "I’m full too. You two head inside, I’ll clean up."

Li Hong was about to refuse, but Li Mengnan laughed, "Let him do it. In our family, Du Yu always cleans the table and washes the dishes."

Li Hong was helpless, smiling at her daughter.

This was true. When Du Yu was taken in by the kind homeroom teacher, having no way to repay, he could only do what he could.

Du Yu picked up the plates, saying, "Mengnan, take the teacher for a walk in the Peach Blossom Realm; I’ll have everything cleaned up when you return."

On the way here, Li Mengnan mentioned that her mother loved the Wind Peach Tree forest.

"Good idea!" Li Mengnan’s eyes lit up, casually drawing out an alms staff.

"Ding~"

The staff gently touched the ground, and the two instantly disappeared from the kitchen.

"You child." Li Hong watched her carefree daughter, "Still so impulsive, we hadn’t even changed our shoes."

"Hehe." Li Mengnan laughed, casually summoning the Wind Witch.

Although Li Hong was an ordinary person, living in this world, she wasn’t surprised by Demon Pets.

However, the Wind Witch was truly large.

Even with the knitted smiley face, it always gave a slightly eerie feeling.

Li Mengnan wasted no time, directly draping a cloak over her mother: "Wind Witch, move gently."

"Whoosh~" The long tail gently swayed, responding to its master.

For ordinary people, the mountain path wasn’t easy to navigate.

"Ah..." Li Hong sighed, reaching this point, she indeed couldn’t control her daughter anymore.

"Why sigh." Li Mengnan linked her arm with her mother’s, "Come on, let’s go see the Wind Peach Tree."

In this Peach Blossom Spring belonging only to her daughter, Li Hong asked, "How’s your relationship with Xiaoyu?"

"It’s good." Li Mengnan casually responded.

Looking at the maple tree branches hanging low, the girl smiled and patted the leaves, greeting them.

"Nannan, don’t play dumb with me."

Li Mengnan blushed slightly and whispered, "Just like that."

It seemed that in times and places Du Yu didn’t know about, the mother and daughter had already talked about him many times.

Li Hong gently said, "Xiaoyu has a good nature..."

Li Mengnan muttered softly, "Now you’re agreeing with my dad."

Li Hong chuckled and scolded, "What are you mumbling about? Speak up if you have something to say."

Li Mengnan flinched, as if remembering the times her mom mercilessly scolded her in class for mischief.

Li Hong: "Say it, I told you to talk but now you’re not talking?"

Ah~ it’s so familiar!

One sentence takes you back to the high school classroom.

Li Mengnan wrapped her arms around her mother’s, and said softly, "Mom, we’re all Demon Tamers, busy with cultivation and taking care of Demon Pets every day."

As she spoke, Li Mengnan uncharacteristically felt a bit melancholy.

The girl took a deep breath: "I’m doing a bit better, spending more time in cultivation. Du Yu is taking task after task, moving from one battlefield to another.

Third sister, such a brave, strong girl, is still holding back.

If anything gets said, what if... well, the future is still so long, so very long..."

Third sister?

Li Hong knew who her daughter was talking about, Lin Shiwei.

Miss Lin is also a disciple under Master Qing and is a colleague of her daughter’s in the Twenty-Ninth Bureau. Her family is a well-known Demon Taming Clan in Ancient Pine Tower City.

But her daughter’s words puzzled Li Hong a bit.

What does it mean by "Third sister is still holding back"?

Since you’ve noticed, why don’t you feel any sense of crisis?

Although her daughter usually seems carefree, Li Hong didn’t believe her daughter would be so naive.

After all, the premise of her daughter’s words is that she had already noticed something.

Or perhaps...

As she thought on, Li Hong was startled.

Are there sensitive matters you’re communicating privately with Miss Lin?

You two are...?

"Mom." The usually carefree Li Mengnan said earnestly, "We’re not ordinary people, our world is different.

This time I met an old woman during the assessment."

Li Hong calmed her mind, listening to her daughter’s words.

Li Mengnan: "Among the Seven Saints of Great Xia, Elder Feng is over 130 years old, yet looks like a man of thirty.

However, this time I met an old woman who is also one of the Seven Saints of Great Xia, known as Heaven and Earth in the rhymes, but she looks 80 or 90.

Can you imagine how old she is?"

Li Hong silently shook her head.

Li Mengnan also shook her head, sighed, and said, "I don’t know either, but this old woman must have lived for a very long time, perhaps even witnessing the rise and fall of Great Xia.

The historical events recorded in books from hundreds of years ago, this elder might have personally experienced them."

Listening to these fantastical words, Li Hong couldn’t help but feel secretly alarmed.

Even Demon Tamers find such things astounding, let alone ordinary people.

Li Mengnan: "We are Demon Tamers, mom. We can’t be viewed with ordinary perspectives.

Just to stay with him... it’s quite good."

"You’ve grown up, Nannan." Li Hong gazed towards the peach forest, "A lot of what you say, mom doesn’t understand, but I know the tasks you undertake are dangerous. Your dad and I are also gradually aging.

I believe with Xiaoyu always protecting you, we can have peace of mind."

"Mom will live for a long time yet!" Li Mengnan hurriedly said, "Last time you lectured me for a whole class without even drinking a sip of water, you’re in great health!"

Li Hong chuckled and said, "Go away."

"Hehe~" Li Mengnan smiled and reached the edge of the Ten-Mile Wind Peach Forest, "He takes good care of me now, always has."

The usually clumsy girl, at this moment, her bright eyes were full of spirit.

She murmured softly, "I’ve been taming demons for two years now. Senior Brother Fu once told me that what I’ve experienced in these two years is equivalent to a lifetime for other Demon Tamers.

Mom, I’ve seen a lot, and I’ve felt a lot.

I know what I want, and I know what to do."

The girl secretly added in her heart: At least, I know how to handle this matter.

"Ah..." Li Hong sighed deeply, slowly walking into the peach forest, "Alright."

Pale pink or white peach petals fluttered down, landing on the mother and daughter’s heads, turning into specks of energy that dispersed with the wind.

The beautiful rain of peach blossoms made Li Mengnan’s eyes daze.

But the ever-adoring Li Hong of these mystical Demonic Plants had no heart for admiration.

Holding back repeatedly, Li Hong finally opened her mouth and said, "You mentioned earlier that Miss Lin has been holding back..."

"Ah~ Mom!" Li Mengnan protested, "Don’t worry about my affairs."

"Okay, okay, I won’t, I won’t."

"It’s settled then!" Li Mengnan extended her fair hand, palm open in mid-air.

A person’s Demon Taming Dao is their philosophy of existence, the stronger a Demon Tamer’s power, the more deeply rooted their Dao becomes.

And with such a Demon Taming Dao... how could he leave easily?

The girl caught a fluttering peach petal, grasping it in her hand as her fingers closed around it.

Hmph, there’s no escaping.