166 Too Much to Handle? (2/2)

Unfortunately, it turned out soon that his disciple didn't need any time for familiarization or something of the like. He took to living on the Fu Yun Peak like a duck to water. And he very naturally showed Ziju An just what his father had meant when he said he was afraid the boy might be too much for him to handle.

”Wife!” Dou Fang Hai opened the door with a bang and jumped at Ziju An, pulling him out of his meditation. ”Wife, wife! Come look!”

Ziju An smiled wryly. Never mind that he couldn't break his disciple of calling him 'wife' or 'pretty sister' he also hadn't managed to have the child understand that there was no need to come bothering him for every pretty stone he found or every rare insect he discovered even though he had told him over and over again.

He sighed and got up to follow his disciple. ”You're not supposed to call me your wife.”

”But you're going to be my wife.”

Ziju An sighed again and just followed his disciple. This time it seemed like he hadn't been playing around close to the house and had instead run to the foot of the peak where a path led toward the other peaks.

Dou Fang Hai didn't drag his master down the whole way, though and instead stopped halfway down. ”Wife —”

”You're not supposed to call me wife.”

”Pretty sister, look there!” Dou Fang Hai for once decided that he should concede a bit to get what he really wanted and pointed to a clearing in front of a large building where several hundred people had gathered. ”Something seems to be going on. Should we have a look at what they're doing?” Dou Fang Hai looked up at his master, his eyes sparkling with curiosity.

Ziju An sighed and ruffled his disciple's hair indulgently. ”We don't even have to look. I can tell you what they're doing. They're assembling before taking the admission test.”

”Admission test?” Dou Fang Hai had no idea what that was supposed to be. A test sounded exciting though. ”So can we go take a look?”

”Mn, if you want to.”

Faced with his disciple's enthusiasm Ziju An couldn't help but promise. He couldn't imagine that this would lead to any problems. Well, he hadn't really experienced yet what a handful Dou Fang Hai could be.]