3067 Anecdote 2 (2/2)
”I have decided. From now on, I will call you the little star. I will visit you every day to call you by your nickname so that you can get used to it. I am sure you will like it,” Di Xuyue announced her decision.
The stone appeared to stop spinning as if it had fallen into quiet contemplation.
Di Xuyue talked on for a while before noticing that the spinning had come to a stop. Panicked, she leaned forward to get a better look. ”Little star, why aren't you spinning anymore?”
She was worried that something might happen to it, so she tried to study and see if there was anything wrong, but she could not find anything. She could not help but point her finger at the stone and gave it a gentle poke.
To her utter surprise, a few cracks started to form on the surface of the stone. Certainly, Di Xuyue felt a surge of anxiety. With a dumbfounded look on her face, she quickly called out loud for help. ”Father! Mother! Come right here!”
Di Fuyi and Gu Xijiu both arrived in the blink of an eye. Together, they witnessed a miracle.
Under the stars, the stone opened up like a bud that was bursting forth. Every petal was in the shape of a pentagonal star. Layer by layer, the petals arranged themselves neatly on the wooden table before revealing the baby that had been secured within the layers for years.
Gu Xijiu held her breath until the very last moment of the revelation. At last, her heart was filled with immense joy.
The baby boy looked so beautiful with his exquisite features and looked to be about six months old. His body was covered in a tiny piece of clothing of royal blue, and his pitch-black hair was complete and soft.
He opened his eyes, revealing his crystal clear eyes that glistened under the starlight. He took a quick look at Di Fuyi, Gu Xijiu, and Di Xuyue before reaching out his tiny hands to his parents to ask for a hug. ”Mother! Father!” As a newborn, he could already talk.
His sweet smile melted Gu Xijiu's heart. Eagerly, she stepped forward to hug him. ”Hao-Er!” When she called out his name, she could not help but feel a little sad, like she had finally found what she had been missing for so long. She felt as though she did not want to let go of him ever again.
Di Fuyi seemed relieved as well. He hugged the boy closely to examine his potential. Obviously, the boy was born with extraordinary spiritual power, which made him a quality successor to continue Di Fuyi's work in the future.
”Little one, you have finally revealed yourself.”
He then pinched the boy's arms and legs to determine his fitness before developing training plans to unleash the boy's potential.
Di Hao was shocked to see the calculative look in his father's eyes. Without further hesitation, he reached out to his mother for help as he found his father quite intimidating.
He was only a newborn, and yet his father was already planning to train him. Honestly, he was not ready to be a successor to such a powerful man. He was just a boy at the moment.
”Mother! Father! Let me hold him. Let me hold him!” Di Xuyue circled Gu Xijiu in excitement. She was eager to hug her little brother.
Gu Xijiu did not want to disappoint her, so after informing her of some precautions, she then passed the baby boy to her.
Excitedly, Di Xuyue stared right at the baby's big, bright eyes. ”My baby brother, you are so soft!” Eagerly, she then proposed, ”Brother, shall we take a walk around the sky?”
Before she asked for her parents' permission, she was already flying with her baby brother into the sky. After rounds of training, she could already keep her balance well. Steadily, her dress danced in the winds, while she glided in the air.
Worried that her baby brother might be uncomfortable in the winds, she set up a wizardry barrier to turn the gusts into mild breezes to make the flying experience a pleasant one for him.
”Baby brother, what do you think about my flying skills?” Di Xuyue excitedly asked.
”Good, but not as good as mine,” Di Hao answered.
Di Xuyue raised her eyebrow at him in disbelief. ”You are a newborn. How can you learn to fly right away?”
”What if I can really fly?”
”If you can fly, I will refer to you as my big brother.”
With a smile, Di Hao let go of her arms and found himself standing on a cloud. Swiftly, he then grasped Di Xuyue by her wrist and led her higher into the sky.
Di Xuyue gaped at him, not believing that he could already fly on his own. ”You!?!?”
”Come, Xuyue. Don't forget to refer to me as your big brother.”
Di Xuyue said something else instead, ”Little star!”
”Not this one! Xuyue, my flying is better than yours, so you must do as promised. Come. Call me your big brother.”
Di Xuyue was quite reluctant to call a newborn baby her big brother. She could not do it. However, she did not want to break her promise as well, so instead, she changed the topic.
She took a look and saw a happening market that was situated right ahead. Perplexed, she asked, ”Where are you taking me?”
”I am getting you a set of nine rings.”