Chapter 278: Xue Luoluo (1/2)

“A name, huh?” Xue Wei contemplated for some time while rubbing the child’s head. He felt tender affection towards this kid as if he was looking at his own younger self, someone who was being looked down upon and isolated from the crowd. Had it not been for Shen Mu and Xiao Lei, then he too would have been all alone.

The small girl looked at Xue Wei with a great expectation in her eyes. It was clear that she really wanted a name, and Xue Wei could not help but smile in agreement.

“Then we will give you a name.” Xue Wei could not help but feel his heart soften, and he did not want to disappoint her. Unfortunately, he was rather bad at coming up with names.

“How about ‘Xiaoxiao?’ She is so tiny after all,” Lin Xiao said, his eyes looking at the child with curiosity, but when she heard the name, she wrinkled her nose and shook her head.

“I think we should name her ‘The Other Brat’,” Hei Gou said while looking at Bai Tianyi, indicating that the first brat was indeed him.

Fortunately, Bai Tianyi had not noticed the glance, and instead, he stared at the child, deep in thought.

“I want Big Brother to give me a name!” The girl exclaimed after a bit of time, not patient enough to listen to more suggestions.

“Then what about Luoluo?” Xue Wei asked gently. “You can have my last name. I am your big brother after all,” he continued, and smiled at the child who then nodded her head adorably. She was pleased with the name that her big brother had specially chosen for her.

Xue Wei looked at the kid and put her down on the ground before he took her hand into his and led her back into their house, having ultimately decided against going to the central square where the rest of the academy was meeting.

“Are you hungry?” he asked her gently. The girl nodded her head at first before she then changed her mind and shook it. “I am not hungry as such,” she explained, “but I have not eaten anything in many many many years. I want to eat something delicious!”

Xue Wei could not help but chuckle when seeing this ancient-turned-child show off her childish side, and he quickly ordered Mo Er to go fetch some food at the restaurant for them.

It was already early morning, and the sun was starting to rise in the sky. Usually, those who went to the restaurant at this time would be ordering breakfast, but Mo Er was told to order a wide range of dishes that he then brought back with him.

Points had previously been an issue for them, however after working with the Gu and Yuan families, points were no longer a rarity for them, and thus they could easily exchange their points for some amazing food to feed their new comrade.

Mo Er rushed back to the courtyard, where he found that the small girl had taken a bath and changed her clothes. She now looked like a small doll; her features were adorable, with a set of dimples on her cheeks and her eyes sparkling with excitement.

Her hair had been messy and dirty before, but now it was black and smooth like silk, her eyes reminded him of a doe, so adorable but also filled with life.

She was clothed in a small red dress that made her seem as if she was a noble-born daughter and someone who was favoured by the gods. The dress had been provided by Lin Xiao. The guy had everything hidden in his storage treasure, including children’s clothes, women’s clothes, masks that allowed one to become female and so on. Anything for escaping and masking oneself seemed to be hidden within his storage ring.

The soul was ancient, but her mind and body were still only that of a five-year-old child. She was so proud when she walked out of the bathroom, having bathed herself and dressed, and when she saw the satisfied expression on Xue Wei’s face, she became even more proud.

This was the feeling of having a family. There were no impure or uncomfortable thoughts; this was the purest kind of family love she could remember, a kind of love that Luoluo had lacked for a crushingly large number of years. Now that she finally had it, she delighted in greedily absorbing all the care that Xue Wei was pouring on her and making the most of it.

“Let us go and eat,” Xue Wei said, but Luoluo was not willing to walk. She stood in front of Xue Wei and spread her arms out to him, gesturing for him to pick her up.

Powerless against her adorable but needy behavior, Xue Wei chuckled and bent over, picked her up, and carried her to the dining room where the others were waiting for them.

When Mo Er arrived with the dishes, everyone was eagerly waiting for him. He had purchased so much food that there was no way that they could ever finish it, but no one told him off for it; instead, they praised him.

After not eating for so many years, they all wanted to spoil Luoluo by allowing her to eat exactly what she fancied. Having bought such a huge variety of different dishes, it truly allowed her to savor whatever she pleased.

Her big eyes widened even further when she saw the food. She flared her nostrils when she caught the intoxicating scent, so she could smell more of the delicious food, and her mouth gaped slightly, drool starting to form at the corner of her lips, threatening to fall.

Her eyes were focused on the wide array of dishes, from spring rolls filled with fresh and colorful local herbs to a huge bowl of magnificently bronzed sweet-and-sour Scorch Boar, and even some valuable Spirit Fruits as they had the points to indulge now; it was a truly overwhelming sight that caused her eyes to cloud with a mixture of emotions. In one way, she wished to devour it all until her stomach threatened to explode, but at the same time, she was worried and scared. What if this kindness and warmth she was feeling now suddenly vanished? What was she going to do then?

Xue Wei seemed to sense what was going on in her mind so looked towards her with a gentle expression on his face, and disarmingly told the worried kid, “We are family,” opening his arms out and gesturing towards his trusted companions as well. “We will not abandon you even if we have to do something dangerous. But you have to listen to Big Brother when Big Brother says things,” Xue Wei continued, before placing a fragrant plate of fat Wontons between them. She quickly nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice and swiped the first Wonton off the plate, greedily sinking her teeth into it and having the subtle yet calming flavor of the Ice Lotus Shrimp filling flood her hungry mouth with serenity and happiness.