Chapter 15: Lang Yan

  The sunlight outside the cave passed through the paper-like household rules and shone in, revealing a rectangular faint light spot on the ground. Shi Yian rubbed his sore eyes, only to remember that he had promised Shi Xing and others to go to the hot spring. Although he was not in the mood for entertainment at all now, he still forced himself to change into casual clothes and prepare to gather at the entrance to avoid worrying them.

  He saw Yun Mo standing at the door of the south house when he went out, his hands were rolled up in his sleeves, and he nodded to himself without saying a word.

  Shi Yi'an knew that Yun Mo must have known he had run out at midnight, and might even know he went alone to the cave behind the ancestral temple. Yet Yun Mo never asked a single question, whether it was because he didn't care about worldly trivialities or deliberately gave him considerate silence, both made Shi Yi'an extremely grateful.

  When Shi Yi'an arrived at the door, he was a bit late. The other brothers of the Shi family had been waiting for a long time, and many things were understood without being said.

  From the time he finished the test until now, Shi Yi'an hasn't had a chance to get to know his older brother Shi Yi'bo properly. Shi Yi'bo looks like a mature and steady person, with eyes that resemble those of their uncle. He is absolutely a descendant of the same bloodline, there's no need for a paternity test. Shi Yi'bo stood there, raised his hand and greeted Shi Yi'an.

  Shi Yi was busy adjusting his clothes in front of the car window, completely unaware that Shi Yi An had come out. This guy couldn't stay still for a moment, he's just like a hyperactive child with lead poisoning. Shi Yi Xing sat on the stone pedestal, leaning against Bai Lang's chest, and said: "I divined an oracle last night and found that your guardian should be very powerful, so you shouldn't worry about the guardian."

  Shi Yi'an knew he was comforting himself and said a word of thanks.

  "Second brother, you've finally arrived. If you hadn't come, I would have been sprayed to death by the monster." Shi Yiqun said, glancing at Shi Yihan when he mentioned the word "monster". Before Shi Yan could respond, Shi Yiqun exclaimed: "Second brother, what's wrong with your hand?"

  Shi Yi'an raised his hand and saw that the wound he had cut open earlier was bleeding again, but he hadn't noticed it at all due to being preoccupied with thoughts.

  "Did you go to the back mountain last night?" Shi Yi Xing asked, after all, early in the morning, there was an inexplicable big mouth on his hand. Combining yesterday's events, it wasn't hard to guess what Shi Yi An did last night.

  It was so easy to be seen through by others, and Shi Yian didn't have anything good to hide anymore. Instead, he said calmly: "Yes, Grandfather is already so old, let him go one by one to help me summon, it's really too unfilial. I just didn't expect the wound was cut too deep. Since that's the case, then don't waste it."

  Shi Yi An walked up to the black wolf stone statue beside him, and dripped his own blood in front of it. The blood fell onto the stone steps and seeped into them, without leaving even a red stain behind. The stone wolf still lay there, languidly.

  Shi Yi'an turned his head, patted the black stone wolf's head with his hand, and smiled bitterly at others: "Do you see that? Even the gatekeeper doesn't want to give me face. It seems I..."

  The blood on the fingertips stained the stone wolf's brow, and the stone wolf's brow flashed red light, suddenly emitting dazzling light. Shi Yi'an felt that his eyes were pierced by the light and he couldn't open them, stumbling back two steps, covering his eyes with his hand.

  The light had barely dissipated when he heard a male voice say, "You look really weak."

  It turned out that his own guardian was a wolf that could speak, although the tone was very arrogant, but it was still quite cool. Shi Yian thought to himself secretly. The other three people besides Shi Yian were stunned, after all, these two stone statues had been placed at the gate for thousands of years and no one had ever heard that they could also guard.

  The light had not yet dissipated, and Shi Yian saw through the gaps in his fingers that the thing inside the light was at least 1.8 meters tall, and from its outline, it didn't look like a wolf either, but rather like a person? The other party walked down from the stage and stood in front of Shi Yian, he was more than half a head taller than Shi Yian, who was 1.78 meters tall, wearing a pure black ancient costume with dark patterns, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, long hair reaching his waist.

  Handsome? Suave? Elegant? No, no, no, Shi Yi An didn't want to use these words. He just wanted to shout out loud: "You're born looking like this, how are other men supposed to live?"

  The man looked up and down at Shi Yian, his eyes the same as those affected female guests in "Non-Verbal Cues Only", then seemingly not very satisfied, he puckered his lips, furrowed his brow and said: "Shi's family, indeed one generation is not as good as the previous one."

  Shi Yi'an silently spat out a mouthful of blood in her heart and turned to ask the other three: "I don't like this type, can I return it?"

  Before others could respond, the man suddenly said two words: "Lang Xian".

  Shi Yi'an was taken aback for a moment before realizing that the other person was referring to his own name, and politely replied: "Nice to meet you, my name is Shi Yi'an."

  Upon hearing Shi Yian's affirmative response, the man nodded slightly and stepped into the Shi family's gate.

  Shizuki Hiro's reaction was delayed for a moment before he said very seriously: "Actually, you two still had the chance to lift the contract before you mentioned your names."

  Damn it...

  Shi Yi An Yu Guang suddenly saw Lang Ou had already walked far away, and immediately chased after him into the courtyard.

  "Second brother." Shī Yì Qún shouted, but no one responded. He turned his head to look for big brother Shī Yì Bó, who had already driven the car away. The only person left was Shī Yì Xíng, whom he grabbed and asked: "Are we still going to the hot springs?"

  "Get lost, go find your grandfather." Shi Yi glared at him and said.

  After Shi Yi An left, Shi Yi Xing didn't move. He looked at the only white marble statue left at the door and felt a mix of emotions - sometimes calm, sometimes nervous. In fact, he had long given up on guarding it, but now the last opportunity was in front of him. If he didn't try, he wouldn't be able to let go.

  Shi Yi reached out with her hand and bit down on the wolf's forehead, her fingers trembling as she stroked its white fur.

  Lang Yan's tall legs and quick steps led him into the main hall of the Shi family home. Many ghostly servants on the road saw Lang Yan, first stunned, then bowed their heads in respect. Shi Yi'an knew that many of these ghostly servants had been working for the Shi family for hundreds or thousands of years. The descendants of the Shi family grew up under their care, and some were a bit arrogant. However, this arrogance vanished instantly when they saw Lang Yan.

  Lang Yan didn't even notice these ghostly servants, or rather, in his mind, they were just like the flowers and plants by the roadside, completely unworthy of attention. He found a seat in the main hall and sat down, waiting for others to come out and "receive" him. Shi Yue saw that his own guardians were all seated, while he was still standing, feeling somewhat unbalanced, so he found a spot relatively far from Lang Yan and sat down.

  The old man, although quite advanced in years, had legs that were still quite agile and arrived hastily at the hall. When he saw Lang Xian, he looked puzzled for a moment before turning his head to look at Shi Yi An.

  "This is my newly baked guardian, hot and fresh, right here. It's that black stone wolf at the entrance."

  The old master coughed twice and emphasized in his spare time: "That is a stone statue of Kong Zhong."

  "Oh, it's just the stone at the entrance that has changed into a void." Shi Yi said helplessly.

  The old man also seemed to have figured out the origin of this young man, and politely said: "My master's child is now entrusted to you, please take care of him."

  Lang Xiang put down the tea bowl and placed it on the side table, saying: "I will take care of him until he dies."

  This sentence doesn't sound like a promise, but rather a threat. Damn it, who needs you to take care of me until I die? How do I feel that if you take care of me, I'll die even faster...

  Completely opposite to Shi Yi's complicated feelings, the old man sat in the main seat, looking at Lang Xian with a smile like Maitreya Buddha, having a kind of mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law and getting more and more delighted. Now this situation is just like the Shi family has an unmarried old maid over 40 years old, originally the whole family had given up, but unexpectedly, there's a rich handsome man coming to propose.

  At this time, the old man would still pick on this high-rich-handsome guy, not tall enough, rich enough, handsome enough? Of course not. The old man wished he could just wrap him up and send Shi Yi'an directly to Lang Yan, then find a roll of tape with "buy one get one free" written on it and bind the two together tightly.

  Disregarding the old man's gaze, he sat steadily on the stool and drank tea.

  Young uncle sat beside Shi Yi An and raised an eyebrow, saying: "Your guardian is quite formidable."

  Shi Yi made a painful and desperate gesture, collapsing onto the table weakly and saying: "Little uncle save me, I don't want this kind of protection."

  "You can rest assured, with him around, even if you were to win first prize in a death-defying stunt competition, you'd still live to enjoy your twilight years." The young uncle put down his tea cup and left the hall.

  “……”

  Someone else's guardian, when not in use, would simply wave their hand and recall it. This coffin-faced person sat in the main hall drinking tea for an entire morning, showing no intention of disappearing whatsoever. Shi Yi'an did nothing but accompany him in the main hall for the whole morning, feeling utterly exhausted. To refresh himself, he downed a bellyful of Lushan Yunwu tea, and as soon as he did, his stomach started churning with water.

  Liang Yu suddenly moved and opened his mouth. Shi Yi'an thought he had some instructions, so he immediately straightened up and looked at him.

  Lang suddenly asked with a serious face and proper tone: "When will dinner be served?"