3066 Anecdote - Sharing Peaches (2/2)

As an invaluable handyman, Fan Qianshi perfected his cooking skills in order to please Gu Xijiu's greedy stomach. Knowing what she liked, he learned to make many different cuisines using peaches. He made soup with peaches, wine with peaches, and even preserved the peaches as snacks.

Recognizing that her only disciple was dead, she suddenly lost all her appetite even though the peaches looked tempting. Someone reached out to her and took away the peach from her hand.

Shocked, Gu Xijiu turned to her side and saw Di Fuyi sitting on another branch with a peach in his hand. ”Are you craving for peaches? The taste of these are not good at all. They are even hard to swallow. You will not like it,” Di Fuyi said.

Intrigued, Gu Xijiu answered, ”You have not even tasted it yet. How do you know that it does not taste good?”

She plucked a big one that bloomed in full pink and continued, ”These peaches look so good, don't they? I am telling you that these peaches are good. I have tasted them before, and they are just as good as the ones from the Upper Bound.”

Di Fuyi's expression was hard to study as he replied, ”Baby, what you think is not what you know. Give it a try.”

Gu Xijiu gave it a quick wash before taking a deep bite into its flesh. Unfortunately, all she tasted was disappointment. The peach looked tempting, but its taste was unexpectedly bitter and sour.

Nonetheless, she could not spit it out, as Di Fuyi was there to observe her. With the urge to prove her point, she decided to swallow the peach, even though it tasted really bad.

”Is it good?” Di Fuyi tried to guess from her expression.

Gu Xijiu insisted, ”Not bad.”

Amused, Di Fuyi then answered with a smile, ”Good to know. I know that you like to eat peaches. In that case, you should finish the whole fruit.”

Gu Xijiu hesitated. ”All good things should be shared between us. It is better to be happy together. Here, have half of it.” She then split the peach into two halves and handed the first half to Di Fuyi. ”Have a taste of it,” she urged in enthusiasm.

Di Fuyi gave her a quick look before accepting her offer. He took the first bite and swallowed it without any hesitation. He then continued to take the second and third bite.

Gu Xijiu started to question if his taste buds had failed to function. Worried that the peaches might be poisoned, she quickly took the fruit from him and tossed it away, together with her half. ”Stop eating it. What if the fruit was poisoned?”

Di Fuyi wrapped his arms around her waist and happily said, ”I will accept everything that is given to me by my beloved wife, even if it is poisoned.”

Gu Xijiu was at a loss for words. His presence had taken away all of her sorrow. Nevertheless, she could not help but look at him with judgment for a moment. ”As the Master of the Heavenly Law, shouldn't you be less flirtatious?”

Di Fuyi caressed her hair and replied, ”No matter who I have become, I will always be your man. I do not care who you really are, a God of Creation, or even just a normal immortal, you have always been, and will always be, my woman. There is no changing it.”

Pampered, Gu Xijiu buried her head into his chest. Ever since they recovered their real identities, there had not been many chances for them to talk as there were many things that required their immediate attention. Finally, they had some time to be alone.

Apparently, Di Fuyi was still the same man. The change of his identity did not bring about the change in his attitude.

Meanwhile, Gu Xijiu continued to examine the peaches and asked, ”How did you know that these peaches tasted bad? Have you tried them before?”

Casually, Di Fuyi leaned against the tree but still had his arms around her. ”Silly, this place is close to a village with many children. If the peaches tasted so good, why would there be any left at all? Those kids would have finished them.”

He was right, as usual.

Gu Xijiu would have figured it out herself if she had not been so preoccupied with the loss of her disciple. ”I briefly remember that the peaches here taste good.”

Di Fuyi calmly explained, ”Some things may seem beautiful in your memory, but what happens, in reality, may not turn out to be the same. Things change, so there is no need for you to keep thinking about it.”

Enlightened, Gu Xijiu knew that Di Fuyi was trying to give her an understanding of the situation. In fact, he was right. She put herself through a struggle by only remembering the good parts of the story when something was forever lost. She forgot that there were also some bad parts of the same story, too.

She looked at him, only to catch his eyes looking back straight at her. The look in his eyes was intense, as if he was studying her.

”Why are you looking at me like that?” She felt herself blushing scarlet.

”Baby, you are so, so beautiful.” Captivated by her beauty, Di Fuyi gently traced her soft lips with his fingers before leaning in for a passionate kiss.

They had been together long enough for Gu Xijiu to know what he was thinking. Her heart thumped at his attempt, but she had to push him away. ”Don't you unleash your inner beast here in public.”

Although they were in the woods, there was a village that was really close by. They could not be sure that there would not be any visitors.

Di Fuyi laughed out loud. ”Of course, let's go somewhere else!” He then lifted her up.

Amused, even her ears started to blush. ”That is not what I meant,” she said while squeezing his robes in a gentle protest.

”This is exactly what I mean.” Di Fuyi whispered. ”Xijiu, let's have a son, shall we?”