The three of them had just sat down when a middle-aged lady walked over from the cashier, holding a pen and a notepad in her hands. She greeted them and asked, “Fan, Lan, the usual?”
“Yep, thanks boss,” Cheng Man Fan and Lei Si Lan replied in unison.
Cheung Tsz Yuen turned the menu and saw that the shop’s coffee choices were very interesting. However, she wasn’t here to try out the coffee today. She pointed at the menu and said, “One Malaysian-style yuenyueng coffee, please. Thank you.”
“Alright, no problem,” the boss took away the menu and went back to the cashier to put in their orders.
While they were waiting for the coffee, Cheung Tsz Yuen took out a bound set of documents and put it on the table. She pushed it in front of Cheng Man Fan with her pale hands. The title on the very first page of the documents read: I was Fourteen when I was Killed By a Clown, but I was Reincarnated in a Different World with a Holy Ring (1st edition).
Cheng Man Fan took the documents into his hands and started reading its contents very carefully. It was very quiet for a moment, but Cheung Tsz yuen and Lei Si Lan didn’t feel awkward at all. They looked down at their phones, occasionally looking up and each other and making small talk.
Cheung Tsz Yuen noticed that the relationship between the two people was quite interesting, so she suddenly asked, “Miss Lei, your relationship with Mr. Cheng is…?”
Lei Si Lan didn’t expect such a forward question. She blushed shyly and started twirling her dress without giving an answer. Cheng Man Fan was completely absorbed in reading the proposal and wasn’t listening to their conversation.
Cheung Tsz Yuen didn’t press the question either. She was wondering what she should say to move on to a different topic when the boss came over and placed three cups of coffee on the table. Cheung Tsz Yuen immediately asked the two of them what they had ordered.
Cheng Man Fan had ordered a Roman iced coffee. A lemon peel was added to the coffee, adding a refreshing hint of sour and sweet to the strong coffee scent. In truth, this coffee was best enjoyed in summer, but Cheng Man Fan liked its refreshing and unique taste. It helped him wake up in the mornings. That was why the boss specially prepared this coffee for Cheng Man Fan, even though it was supposed to be a summer special.
On the other hand, Lei Si Lan had ordered a café con miel, Spanish honey coffee. The taste of honey, warm milk, cinnamon and other ingredients mixed together gave the drink a warm and smooth taste. It always gave her the energy to go through her day.
Cheung Tsz Yuen took a sip of her own Malaysian-style yuenyeng coffee. Apart from the additional smoothness from the custard, it tasted very much like Hong Kong-style yuenyeung coffee.
Cheng Man Fan suddenly passed the documents back to Cheung Tsz Yuen and smiled, “Very glad to be working with you!”
Cheung Tsz Yuen suddenly smiled and clapped her hands. Lei Si Lan gave Cheng Man Fan an excited hug, happy that his book could be published.
Cheng Man Fan suddenly felt dizzy. The world started spinning. He closed his eyes for a brief moment.297Please respect copyright.PENANAkfD45rPj2a
“Si Lan, you want to play a game with me?”
“Sure.”
“Say ‘yes’ ten times.”
“Yes, yes, yes…”
“Are you a normal person?”
“No.”
“Alright, say ‘yes’ ten times again.”
“Yes, yes, yes…”
“Will you be my girlfriend?”
Lei Si Lan smiled. She grabbed Cheng Man Fan by his cheeks and said softly, “I love you, Cheng Man Fan.”
She stood on her tiptoes…297Please respect copyright.PENANAouY6fMCOMi
“You search and search and find nothing…”
The iPhone alarm rang once more. Cheng Man Fan opened his eyes and saw Lei Si Lan deep in slumber, hugging his arm. He suddenly felt nauseous. He put a hand over his forehead and only recovered after a while.
Just now, I was…
“Mm, morning,” Lei Si Lan said. She had been woken up by his movements. She stretched lazily and said, “Could we have rice noodles later?”
“Idiot,” Wun Fan said as he flicked her on the nose and pressed his forehead against hers, “Morning.”
The two of them went to the main road after freshening up and found her favorite rice noodle shop. Cheng Man Fan was able to order not long after they sat down, “Could I have a bowl of pork and fish slice rice noodles with leek? Extra, extra spicy!”
“Tsk,” Lei Si Lan was upset. She slapped his arm and said, “You can’t eat that spicy.”
She pointed at his oversensitive skin to make a point.
“Then, just extra spicy, please.”
“No.”
“Just spicy.”
“No!”
“If I can’t even have it mildly spicy, then I won’t have it at all,” Cheng Man Fan immediately put on an angry face. However, Lei Si Lan simply smiled and said, “You should have ordered it mildly spicy from the start.”297Please respect copyright.PENANANaq9Bsxyrk
“Cheng Man Fan, do you take Lei Si Lan as your lawful and wedded wife…?”
“I do.”
“Lei Si Lan, do you…?”
“I do.”297Please respect copyright.PENANA1jGlG85FDP
“Cheng Man Fan, could you please take a look at our kid’s homework? Don’t just think only about your stories.”
“Lei Si Lan, could you go to sleep earlier?”297Please respect copyright.PENANA27U5iuYemT
Cheng Man Fan was old now and the couple had moved to a different home. The two of them drove onto a mountain and found a bench to sit on. They leaned against each other as they admired the setting sun. A calf walked across the plain, two little crows standing on its back.
No human on the back of the calf, only two crows and the setting sun in half.
Fan had walked his entire life with Siu Lan by his side.
He enjoyed this long and leisurely life. It was simple and fulfilling.
Siu Lan?297Please respect copyright.PENANAk6RKwK5BRD
Inside the room, the great elder was surprised by Old Lei’s full name.
“Tai Lei Hiu?”
The great elder scratched his head. He had no impression of this surname. It should not be a major clan of a nearby country, but no ordinary clan would dare to use ‘Tai’ or the character for Emperor as their name. As such, the great elder couldn’t figure out Old Lei’s identity. However, his tone became even more respectful, “Sir Tai, we…”
“I’m older than the three of you put together. Call me Old Lei, just like Wun Fan does,” Old Lei closed his eyes as he rested. He absorbed the wandering aether in the air to replenish the energy he had expended.
It wasn’t much, but it was better than nothing.
The great elder looked at Old Lei, who looked about the same age as himself. For a moment, he found it difficult to call this man ‘Old Lei’. However, out of consideration for Wun Fan’s situation, he decided to just set aside his ego.
“Mr. Old Lei,” the great elder said, playing a little trick with words to save a little face, “May I know what happened with our Wun Fan.”
Wun Ching Yeung and the third elder perked up their ears and raised their eyebrows when they heard where the conversation was going. They were interested and listened intently to Old Lei.
Old Lei didn’t mind telling them. He started explaining, “I am a spirit entity. One night, I ran into Wun Fan and found him to my liking. Thus, I accepted him as my disciple. I noticed he had a strange disease, so I used my powers to open up his meridians and help him back onto the path of a martial artist.”
“He obtained a Pill of Meridian Fortification tonight. I have heard of this pill and know of its gentle medicinal properties. As such, I didn’t pay extra attention to him when he consumed it. Who would’ve thought that kid would be so bold as to drive all the remaining medicinal power into his Wind Mansion Point to temper it? He finished tempering the pressure point without preparation and caused the Seven Lightning Dominons to appear.”
“Judging from the strength of the lightning clouds and the nature of the aura tribulation, he most definitely has an exotic martial soul.”
Inferior martial souls were usually just bundles of energy that provided their owners with a little extra power; mediocre martial souls were usually weapons or elemental energy; excellent martial souls, on the other hand, possessed special powers.
Meanwhile, exotic martial souls had power that defied the heavens themselves. Naturally, they would have to face the wrath of the heavens when they came to be. The heavens could not tolerate their existence. They would unleash three dangerous tribulations to exterminate it: the lightning tribulation, the aura tribulation and the inner demon tribulation.
Since Wun Fan had survived the Seven Lightning Dominions and the aura tribulation of the black dragon, he now had to deal with the final inner demon tribulation! If he could not make it past the inner demon tribulation, you would forever be trapped in the endless dream created by your inner demon, forever being deceived by that false and illusory realm.
Sadness and joy and a thousand emotions drift like illusions, a dream that lasts an eternity and forever more. 297Please respect copyright.PENANA8CTvHwwExW