Hong Kong variety show: Beauty and Bones

Chapter 476 Moths Drowning in Fire 3

After saying that, Ah Xiu gripped the broom tightly in her hand, but her gaze involuntarily fell on her senior brothers and sisters.

"Alright then, we'll be going now!"

Watching their figures, one tall and one short, gradually disappear into the distance, Ah Xiu couldn't help but feel a surge of envy.

She thought that being able to be with the person she liked every day, doing everything together, must feel so sweet.

Ah Xiu couldn't help but think of the Taoist techniques her master had taught her. Perhaps when she learned more Taoist techniques, she could find a Taoist partner to accompany her for life?

……

Achu accepted a task from Shu Ning: to review Shu Ning's translation of Shakespeare.

In front of Shu Ning, A Chu took on all the responsibility, while A Jian stood by and made sarcastic remarks. Can you understand what was going on?

"As long as you're not illiterate, what don't you understand?" Achu said dismissively.

As it turns out, even if someone isn't illiterate, they still can't get into reading books!

Ah Chu felt dizzy and lightheaded watching it, and all she wanted to do was sleep!

In order to be treated differently by Shu Ning, A Chu persevered.

But those words all turned into circles, spinning around, telling him to go to sleep, to sleep...

Ah Chu's eyes were about to close when Ah Xiu ran over, stood beside him, and asked, "Senior brother, what are you doing?"

"Hey, why are you appearing out of nowhere?" Achu was startled awake and complained irritably when she saw it was Axiu.

"I noticed you were holding a book but hadn't opened it, so I wanted to remind you!" Ah Xiu pouted as she wiped the table with a rag.

"Hey, it's clean enough, no need to wipe it!" Ah Chu was getting even more annoyed by Ah Xiu swaying back and forth in front of her.

Ah Xiu said "Oh," threw the rag on the table, and sat down in the chair next to Ah Chu.

Seeing that she wasn't leaving, Ah Chu felt embarrassed to doze off in front of her and impatiently urged, "Can't you do something else?"

"It's nothing!" Ah Xiu didn't understand Ah Chu's meaning and answered honestly.

Looking at Ah Xiu's dazed expression and then at the book in her hand, Ah Chu had an idea.

"Hey, Ah Xiu, your senior brother has a task for you: finish reading this book and then tell me what it's about!"

As he spoke, he handed the book to Ah Xiu.

Ah Xiu took it, flipped through it a couple of times, and asked, "Have you read the whole thing?"

That's a lot!

"Yeah, don't tell me you can't read!"

"Of course I know how to read!" Ah Xiu retorted, her father had taught her to read, hadn't he?

"Can you understand it?" Achu asked with some concern.

"I can understand it as long as I can read!" Ah Xiu answered confidently.

Hearing Ah Xiu's words, Ah Chu couldn't help but touch her nose. Just because you can understand something doesn't mean you can actually absorb it!

"I'm leaving it to you. Don't let me down!"

"By the way, senior brother, why are you reading this book?" Ah Xiu came back to her senses, not understanding how she had become the one reading the book.

Ah Chu touched his nose and coaxed, "Your senior brother is doing this for your own good, to broaden your horizons! This is a famous foreign book, it's very powerful. After reading it, you'll understand a lot of things!"

Ah Xiu nodded, half understanding, and promised, "Thank you, Senior Brother, I will watch carefully!"

"Hehe, that's good, that's good!" Achu felt a little guilty. Axiu was too easy to fool, which made his conscience hurt.

Never mind, I'm going out to have fun!

Ah Xiu, who stayed in the Taoist temple, was engrossed in reading Romeo and Juliet!

That's a really weird name!

……

When Mao Xiaofang was teaching Xiao Hai the Daoist method, he didn't see A Xiu, which was a bit strange.

"Xiao Hai, where did Ah Xiu go?"

Ah Xiu has a high talent for cultivation, higher than Xiao Hai and more hardworking than Ah Chu. Mao Xiao Fang is keen to take Ah Xiu as his disciple.

Before, Ah Xiu was very interested in Taoist magic. After Mao Xiaofang demonstrated it once, Ah Xiu was able to imitate it and practice it continuously.

But what's going on these past two days?

"Oh, she's reading a book!" Xiao Hai had seen Ah Xiu with a book in her hand before. She read it morning and night, and except for eating, sleeping and going to the toilet, she was always holding the book.

Mao Xiaofang nodded with satisfaction, thinking that Ah Xiu was reading a book about Taoist magic.

When it was time for dinner, Ah Xiu came to the kitchen to start a fire, while Xiao Hai washed vegetables and cooked.

"Senior brother, why did Juliet commit suicide after Romeo faked his death, and then when Romeo woke up and saw Juliet dead, he really died?"

Ah Xiu couldn't understand why Romeo, who didn't want to die, faked his death, but then actually died.

Xiao Hai understood immediately, "Ah Xiu, this couple loved each other very deeply. They couldn't accept each other leaving them, so they committed suicide together!"

"Die for love?" Ah Xiu frowned. "Why would you die for love?"

"Because of love!" Xiao Hai said with emotion, looking at Ah Xiu's pretty face.

"What is love?" Ah Xiu asked.

"Love," Xiao Hai didn't know how to explain it to A Xiu, so he thought for a moment and said, "It's like a senior brother and sister, you cling to me, I accompany you, we know each other and can't be separated!"

"I don't understand!" Ah Xiu shook her head. It's good that her senior brothers and sisters are together, but what does that have to do with Romeo and Juliet's suicide?

"Yes, if there's someone you miss when you can't see her, you're more anxious than she is when something happens to her, you're happier than she is when she laughs, and you're sadder than she is when she cries!" Xiao Hai felt a sweet warmth in his heart as he looked at A Xiu's bewildered expression.

"Ah, I understand!" Ah Xiu smiled with delight. "I have love too!"

Xiao Hai panicked upon hearing this and pressed, "Who have you fallen in love with?"

"My father!" Ah Xiu said, clasping her hands together. "I miss him when I can't see him, and I feel very sad when he's not around. Isn't that love?"

Xiao Hai breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be his senior uncle!

“Ah Xiu, what you feel for your master is not love, but the affection between father and daughter!” Ren Yinyin said with a smile as she walked into the kitchen.

“But Xiao Hai said…” Ah Xiu was confused.

"Love is when, besides your family, there's someone you want to be family with, someone you always think about, miss, and want to be with you forever!" Shi Shaojian said, following behind Ren Yinyin.

He was looking at Ren Yinyin as he said this.

Ren Yinyin glared at him without even checking the time and place.

Seeing the two exchanging flirtatious glances, Xiao Hai couldn't help but turn his head away. "Senior brothers and sisters, you've really gone too far."

But it's still unrequited love on my part!

Seeing her senior brothers and sisters glaring at her while smiling gently, Ah Xiu felt a slight numbness in her arm for some reason.

She rolled up her sleeves and saw that her arms were covered in goosebumps!

"So, senior brothers and sisters, will you also commit suicide for love like Romeo and Juliet?"

"You're such a jinx!" Shi Shaojian snapped back to reality, giving Ah Xiu a disapproving glare.

Ren Yinyin smiled and shook her head, "When love runs deep, it's naturally hard to accept the other person leaving this world!"

"Wouldn't it be too lonely and desolate to be left all alone in the world?" Shi Shaojian replied, looking at Ren Yinyin with deep affection.

"Ahem, um, senior brothers and sisters, the food is ready, please take it out!" Xiao Hai couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted the sweet nothings between the two, handing them a plate of food in each hand.

After the two left, Ah Xiu asked Xiao Hai thoughtfully, "Senior brother, do you have someone you like?"

Is there love between you two?

Xiao Hai is numb. Why can't we escape the topic of love today?

"I have someone I like, but unfortunately, she doesn't like me!"

"Then, is there love between you two?" Ah Xiu didn't understand. What's called when one person likes another but the other doesn't?