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Chapter 31
Everyone gathered in the dining room, and the meal officially began.
Because of the play house toys, Ye Bai’s dining utensils have also been upgraded tonight: In addition to the small set of tableware made for him in the kitchen, he has an extra formal small dining table (toy version), a small dining chair that is more comfortable to sit on, a set of plates and bowls that are very suitable for him to take, and even a drinking cup with a small straw inserted, a coffee cup with a small silver spoon, and even a small silver spoon.There are small dining pockets on the chest to prevent clothes from getting dirty, which can be said to be very complete!
The uncle chef of the Duke’s Mansion is getting more and more comfortable making Xiaohuaxian’s food. Ye Bai’s dinner tonight is a small bowl of fruit soup with nectar, sprinkled with tiny biscuit chips, and the staple food is soft puffsSmall snacks, once you bite down, the fragrant cream in the puffs will overflow, very sweet, Ye Baihuluhulu ate several puffs in one breath, super satisfied!
After eating, Huo Mingxi and Ye Bai took Huo Chengyuan to visit the little house they assembled.
The originally spacious hall room is now fully decorated with toy scenes and toy houses.At a glance, the "mansion complex" located in the center of the hall is the most eye-catching——
This large building complex is surrounded by verdant realistic grasslands and colorful flower gardens. Further inside, there are toy fountains, street lamps, benches, gravel paths, and various garden trees and shrubs.Wait; the courtyard entrance of the house has (for little Flower Immortal) a very grand carved gate and fence, with delicate elf statues on both sides; through the courtyard, you can enter the main house of the mansion, which has a living room, bedroom, kitchen, dining room, study room, entertainment room, cloakroom, dressing room, bathroom, open-air balcony, etc. There is also a large swimming pool (for a small Flower Immortal) in the backyard, which has been filled with clean water.Little Flower Immortal is willing to go down and have a good swim anytime.
With this luxurious building complex as the core, other toy-themed scenes are lined up in the hall from near to far: the east is a dreamy fairy-tale country, with a flower fairy kingdom theme amusement park, magic castle, cute pet zoo, etc.;To the west is the field of passion and speed, with different terrains and tracks, and a super large garage filled with toy cars of various styles and functions;Small islands, each island has its own unique amusement theme, such as fruit island, pirate island, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds island, etc.; on the pier by the sea, there are also various toy boats lined up, even largeThere are ships.
In the air of the hall, there are planets of various sizes floating, and the theme scenes such as "Mecha Base" and "Interstellar Fortress" are hung on the walls.Turn off the lights in the room, and the magnetic levitation planets will emit a beautiful blue light. If the "simulation program" is turned on, these planets will start to rotate slowly, gather and disperse, like a real cosmic galaxy suspended in the sky,Bright and mysterious.
"How is it?" Huo Mingxi turned on the light in the room, and smiled proudly at his brother, "Little Yezi and I have been busy all afternoon, and the results are not bad, right?"
Huo Chengyuan glanced at this colorful "toy world", and smiled.
"It's good, but it's missing one last thing."
Huo Mingxi & Ye Bai: "?"
Huo Chengyuan took out a platinum-gold metal plate from his chest pocket, which he specially ordered. After it was finished, it was kept in the bedside drawer in the bedroom. He took it out when he went back to the bedroom to change his clothes just now.
Huo Chengyuan walked to the gate of the "mansion" complex, and embedded the metal plate into the groove in the middle of the gate.There is a line of words engraved on the metal plate, which reflects the light of stars under the light——
"Little Leaf's Home"
Ye Bai couldn't understand these words, he blinked suspiciously, looked at Huo Chengyuan and Huo Mingxi, expecting their answers.But neither of these two people spoke, just looked at him with a smile, as if everything was in utter silence.
Ye Bai:?
The confused little Flower Immortal spread its little wings and flew to the metal plate.He reached out to touch the metal plate, carefully read the words on it, and firmly remembered them in his heart.
Although don't understand what is written on it, it should have a good meaning, Ye Bai thought.
Because when Huo Chengyuan placed the metal plate, his eyes were very gentle. When he and Xi Xi looked at him, their smiles were also gentle, like a warm breeze, blowing very comfortably.
Ye Bai looked at it, couldn't help bending his eyes, and smiled sweetly.
In this way, Ye Bai's life in the Duke's mansion was fixed and stable.
Every morning, he would learn oral English and writing with Ms. Ke Lin for an hour and a half. After mastering all phonemes, Ms. Ke Lin began to teach him basic vocabulary and phrases. Ye Bai knew that the most important thing to practice oral English is to have the courage to open his mouth.So when he communicated with Huo Chengyuan and the others in daily life, he moved his mouth whenever he could, and only used body language to assist him if he couldn't communicate well.
Relying on his good memory and good study habits of the old knowledge system, Ye Bai's learning progress is fast. Although he is far from being proficient, Ye Bai is very patient. He believes that as long as he persists, he will be able to read fluently one dayThe text here can communicate smoothly with the humans in this world.
After studying in the morning every morning, Ye Bai usually takes advantage of the sunshine to go out to the small garden with Huo Mingxi to play for a while.If Huo Mingxi couldn't accompany him because of something, he would send his servants to take care of Xiao Huaxian.Everyone in the Duke's Mansion liked this cute and well-behaved little flower fairy very much. Everyone rushed to do the task of taking care of it outside, and there was a quarrel in the chat group, and finally had to be decided by drawing lots.
Because of frequent outings, Ye Bai also has regular playmates in the garden - besides those beautiful big butterflies, he also met a group of little bees and little ladybugs.Ye Bai guessed that it might be because Xiaohuaxian has the blood of an elf. These new friends like him very much. If one day he doesn't go to the small garden, they will fly to the Duke's mansion together to look for him, as if they came from thousands of miles to visit him.A group of friends and relatives of old friends.
After lunch at noon, Ye Bai usually takes a nap in the glass castle. After waking up, he will open the literacy app on his phone, play literacy games for a while, and consolidate the knowledge points he learned during the day.
When the review is almost done, Ye Bai will go to his toy paradise and play with his favorite little toys for a while.Recently, Ye Bai's new favorite is a very cool combat helicopter. Except that it can't fire real shells, it has all the functions that a helicopter should have. It also has a walkie-talkie that can communicate with people on the ground.
Huo Chengyuan and the others don't really understand why the flying little Flower Immortal likes to use human flying tools, but as long as Xiao Yezi likes it, they will also feel very happy.Ye Bai likes to sing loudly "Shu Ke Shu Ke Shu Ke, I am Shu Ke who pilots the plane!" when flying a toy helicopter, ha ha ha, this is the original world meme and childhood dream that only he himself understands..
Huo Mingxi especially likes to take photos and videos of Ye Bai playing with various small toys. Every day, she will pick out the satisfactory works taken that day and post them on Ye Bai's Starblog account.
After a period of accumulation, the number of followers of Ye Bai's Starblog account has exceeded one million.Everyone loves cute little elves. If it weren't for the fact that the little Flower Immortal race is so bad-tempered and difficult to domesticate, they might have already topped the list of the most popular pets in the Grimm Empire.And "Little Leaf", the little Flower Immortal, is cute and well-behaved, and it almost satisfies everyone's best fantasies and expectations for the little Flower Immortal——
It can live in a small and exquisite dollhouse, use tableware to enjoy food like humans, lie on a soft bed, cover the quilt and go to sleep; it can also use mobile phones and tablet optical computers to watch videos and play games on them, or open the drawing book on a whim, and do some impromptu graffiti; it even has its own private garage, where you can drive toy cars around the streets of the amusement park, or drive a sailing boat in the vast "sea"Sail away...
But the most enviable thing is its interaction with its partner, Duke Huo Chengyuan.
In the news released by Little Flower Immortal, Huo Chengyuan's appearance frequency is actually not high, and there are very few scenes showing his face.The Duke usually appears in the form of a background board, such as a hand holding the little Flower Immortal, a shoulder for the little Flower Immortal to rest on, and a finger rubbing the little Flower Immortal's head.These "silent" backgrounds, on the contrary, make people feel the silent warmth and harmony of moistening things, and because of enough blank space, it triggers more beautiful reveries and brain supplements.
Thus, a ridiculous marriage that was originally the laughing stock of the entire empire unknowingly gathered a large group of confectioners. They happily picked candy from every picture, and created spontaneously when food was not enough.Colleagues, making it lively and bustling, even outsiders have heard a little bit about it.
And what made "Huo Ye" CP completely popular on the star network was a short video posted by "The Duke's Little Flower Immortal" one day.
The background of the video seems to be in a certain garden, the little Flower Immortal in a cute elf outfit flies in the wind, and falls lightly into Huo Chengyuan's outstretched palm.It raised its head, smiled sweetly at the man in front of it, and then opened its small mouth——
"A—Yuan—"
The sweet and soft voice drifted far away in the wind. Mr. Duke, who seldom smiled in public, stared at the cute elf in his palm. The corners of his perennially tense mouth curved into a shallow arc, and his eyes were full of joy.Tenderness and pampering.
An hour after this Starblog was posted, it reached the top of the trending searches. CP fans were so excited that tears filled their eyes, and passers-by were also greatly shocked. The question about Huo Chengyuan's "unstable negative mental power" was brought up again.More and more people have questioned the previously widely circulated remarks——
If Huo Chengyuan's mental power is really unstable, even uncontrollable, how could the sensitive and delicate little Flower Immortal be so close to him?How could he raise that little Flower Immortal so well?
In the villa of the Del family.
"I really underestimated that Huo!"
Duke Del slammed the phone to the ground, and the video of the little Flower Immortal calling out Huo Chengyuan's name was still playing on the broken screen. Duke Del was trembling with anger, his pupils were bloodshot, and his expression was extremely ferocious.
A slender white hand stroked Duke Upper Del's back, gently helping him soothe his anger.
"It's just a deliberately staged video. I don't know how many times it has been processed. At most, it will deceive those stupid civilians. Why are you so angry, Mr. Duke?"
With the beautiful woman at his side, her gentle comfort and soft words of persuasion eased Duke Del's soaring anger.He took a deep breath, sat back on the soft chair without saying a word, and continued to sulk.
"In my opinion, this is actually a good thing. It shows that Huo Chengyuan is really at the end of his rope. That's why he pinched his nose and pushed out his 'disgraceful partner', intending to engage in wife diplomacy to save his reputation that has fallen to the bottom."The woman smiled, leaned over to pick up the broken mobile phone, and put it back on the table.
"And you also know, Lord Duke, no matter how much Huo Chengyuan tosses, after the military court opens, there will be only one ending for him."
Hearing this, Duke Del's face finally looked better, but there was still a gloomy look between his brows.
In fact, he understands the truth. He knows that Huo Chengyuan has no future to speak of. The forces supported by the Huo family were defeated in the monarchy struggle. From the moment the new emperor ascended the throne, these old forces are doomed to be liquidated and wiped out.As the leading sheep of the past, the Huo family would fall as high as they climbed back then.
In fact, Duke Del is very happy to see Huo Chengyuan's distressed look of dying and refusing to give up, but unfortunately, this time the Huo family's card is Xiaohuaxian.
——It was a bastard that he had randomly caught from the wild, a handy weapon that was supposed to give the opponent a fatal blow.
This was originally the proud work of Duke Del: he spent great efforts to persuade the new majesty, and bestowed on Huo Chengyuan that absurd and shameful marriage contract. In his prediction, the past achievements of the Huo family would be covered up by the ugliness of the group memory.After a setback, when the Huo family completely lost their prestige and the support of the people, they became fish on the chopping board, and could only be eaten by those in power, without the power to resist.
But now, with my careful design, the pot of dirty water that I poured over not only failed to have the desired effect, but became a useful pawn for Huo Chengyuan to turn around the predicament. Even His Majesty didn't see the farce he wanted to see, pissed off at myself...
If, if His Majesty saw the new trend of public opinion on the Internet, how would he feel?Will you vent your anger on yourself?If he also falls out of favor, what will happen to him waiting for him?
The more Duke Del thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the original anger was drowned out by the cold sweat that broke out.The mistress who was by his side smiled slightly when he finished talking about the worries in his heart.
"Your Majesty was angry because he didn't see the wedding farce, which shows how much he hates Huo Chengyuan. If you want to win His Majesty's favor, you only need to let him see what you want to see."
"You mean... let Huo Chengyuan embarrass himself in public again?" Duke Del frowned, hesitantly said, "But with Huo Chengyuan's current public image, if he uses power to frame and suppress him, more people will sympathize with him;His majesty may not be satisfied with the small fights and the humiliation of the wedding ceremony."
The woman shook the feather fan in her hand, and said with a charming smile: "There is no need to frame and suppress him, just take down his most proud reliancethat little Flower Immortal."
Seeing Duke Del's puzzled face, the woman continued in a soft voice: "The little Flower Immortal named Xiaoye is just more obedient and obedient. Those ignorant commoners who have little knowledge find it novel and interesting, so they praise it. But itTo put it bluntly, it’s still a wild species, looking around the imperial capital, isn’t it easy to find a few little Flower Immortals that are more cute and cute than it?”
Duke Del was stunned, and his eyes lit up instantly: Yes, although the obedient and well-behaved little Flower Immortal is rare, it is definitely not uncommon among a certain type of breeding population, and this type of population is the nobles of the imperial capital!
In the circle of aristocrats who are keen to show off and compare, little Flower Immortal, a vase pet that looks exquisite and beautiful, but requires a lot of effort to domesticate to produce fruit, is actually very popular—the more difficult it is to raise, the more it shows the importance of raising itThis is a symbol of the wealth and strength of the nobles. They spend a lot of resources to collect and domesticate the boutique little Flower Immortals, which are by no means comparable to the mediocre little Flower Immortals from ordinary pet shops on the street.
In Duke Del's view, the little Flower Immortal that has been carefully domesticated by spending a lot of resources is not the same species as the wild little Flower Immortal - a noble cat with pure bloodlines and elegant behavior is the same as a rough wild cat that fights and turns over trash cans on the street?Everyone gets grades, let alone Little Flower Immortal!
The wild little Flower Immortal of Huo Chengyuan's family is highly sought after. It is nothing more than the fact that the common people have never seen what a real noble little Flower Immortal looks like. If they saw it, they would still admire the little Flower Immortal named XiaoyeAre you ready?
"Several nobles I know are very disdainful of Huo Chengyuan's behavior of showing off the little Flower Immortal on the star network. After all, they all think that the little Flower Immortal they raise is the best, and the wild one of the Huo family is just lucky.It's just becoming popular." The woman laughed out loud, "If we hold a special banquet and invite them to show their carefully raised noble little Flower Immortal in front of the camera, and kill Huo Chengyuan's limelight, I think they will be very happy."
Duke Del nodded again and again: "If Huo Chengyuan and his little Flower Immortal are to be present together, no matter how special that little beast from the wild is, it cannot compare to the little noble Flower Immortal that other nobles have carefully raised for many years.Competing in Taiwan, the pros and cons of each other can be clearly compared with each other.”
The woman praised repeatedly, and even came up with a more subtle and poisonous plan: "Make it a live broadcast, and then do some tricks to make the courtship of that little leaf come earlier, and then everyone will see: what kind of deep love between husband and wife?What kind of interracial love is all false, that 'Mrs. Huo' is in love, and still has to chase after other little Flower Immortals, hahaha, I am very much looking forward to what expression Huo Chengyuan will show at that time."
Duke Del laughed happily: "Yeah, how happy they are showing their love now, when the whole network broadcasts 'being greened live', they will be ridiculed so hard, the owner will be green-hatted on the spot, and the fans will collapse on the spot.It's very exciting to think about it, hahahaha..."
Amidst the happy laughter of the two, a new plan was born.