Chapter 95 - 33.3 - Showing your 'ability' to your sister

At dinner, that night, both Li Xinwen and Sun Xiao was once again asked how the martial art school was by Li Jinghua. But before they could answer, Mother Li ends up telling Li Jinghua everything they told her. Li Xinwen silently signalled Li Jinghua to just play along, using his eyes to gesture to the stairs as if saying: 'I will tell you later, upstairs.'

Li Jinghua, who had experienced life during the apocalypse where, during some mission requires sneaking around, naturally noticed the look that Li Xinwen gave her. Nodding her head, she played along while trying to appease their mother.

"Mom, just let this matter go, ah! How about this... in a few months, Ah 'Xiao will have his summer break! How about we all go for a vacation?" Li Xinwen suggested. "I know mom is only jealous that Ah 'Wen played with Ah 'Xiao so, this time, we all go!" he added with a big grin.

"Who is jealous, ah? And what vacation? Your mother is already this old. Where can she go?" Mother Li replied.

"Wherever mom wants. Ah 'Wen can bring you there," Li Xinwen said with a big smile. "Hua- jie should also take some time off! Let's just go. Who knows, 'in the future, we might not have any chance to do this'."

Li Xinwen knew how to pick his word well. As soon as Li Jinghua heard it, her expression changed slightly before she calmed herself. Understanding her brother's meaning, she turned to old, Mother Li.

"Mom, let's go, ba. How long has it been since we went on vacation?" Li Jinghua asked. "If mom is worried, we don't have to go far. Summer will be too hot so how about we go up north where the weather is cooler?"

Seeing that his two adopted sibling seems to want to go on vacation together, Sun Xiao was also filled with excitement at the thought. He looked at Mother Li, his eyes contain a silent plea. "Mom, let's go?"

"See? Even Ah 'Xiao wants to go. It's a free vacation, mom. Everything, your son will pay!"

Being sieged on all sides, Mother Li can only sigh defeatedly and nods her head in agreement. "Alright. Then we'll go for a summer vacation."

"Great! Then leave choosing the place to me!" Li Jinghua smiled before she winked at Li Xinwen.

"Alright. Since that's decided, let's continue to eat. Be sure not to waste anything," Li Xinwen said with small laughter.

After dinner, the two brothers decided to do the dishes while Li Jinghua accompanied their mother watching some night drama for a while. Once the two brothers came out after doing the dishes, they too joined as they sat down on the sofa. The drama that they were watching is a palace drama, filled with palace intrigue and schemes. Li Xinwen wasn't that interested but Mother Li seemed to be enjoying the drama. So much that whenever she saw something, she would try to 'communicate' with the character in the drama.

The normal length of a single episode is about forty minutes. Add to that few minutes of advertis.e.m.e.nt in between, they end up watching the tv for an hour. Once the hour was up, it was already 9:30 PM.

"Mom, you should rest now for the night," Li Jinghua said to the older woman.

"Oh, is it already 9:30? Time sure flies," Mother Li replied. "Alright, I will go and rest for the night. All of you should too. Ah 'Xiao especially since he has a school in the morning," Mother Li said as she stood up.

Li Jinghua also stood up and helped her mother to her room. Li Xinwen and Sun Xiao patiently waited for Li Jinghua to return, and once she did, the three tacitly went upstairs silently. In the second living room upstairs, Li Jinghua sat down and looked at her two brothers.

"Alright. Mom is now asleep. You can tell me everything that happened today."

"En. We indeed went to Mr Min's school, and we also met with his grandfather," Li Xinwen began. "But because of certain circ.u.mstances, we didn't study under him."

"What?! Why?" Li Jinghua asked. " Ah 'Wen, you promised me that you will learn martial arts."

"Hua- jie , of course, I will still learn. It is just that the martial arts that Mr Min has are not compatible with both me and Ah 'Xiao," Li Xinwen replied. "We didn't come back home empty-handed though. Here, I'll show you," as Li Xinwen said this, he lightly waved his hand over to the chandelier above them, sending a very weak gust of winds over. The crystal hanging on the chandelier jingled for a few seconds before coming to a halt once more.

Seeing this, Li Jinghua felt slightly assured. But she still narrowed her eyes at Li Xinwen. By the look alone, Li Xinwen knew that he needed to explain more to his sister so he only let out a smile.

"Hua- jie , this wind may seem harmless at first but once I properly trained to control it, let alone a single wind blade, I'm confident enough to conjure a gale filled with wind blades," Li Xinwen said.

"Then... train hard, alright? What about Ah 'Xiao? Did he also gain anything?"

"Naturally! Ah 'Xiao, go and show Hua- jie. "

At this, Sun Xiao simply looked back at Li Xinwen in a confused manner. "Xin- gege ... I don't know what I should do?"

It was only then did Li Xinwen remembered that he had yet to teach Sun Xiao how to properly use his spiritual energy. 'Ah... that was my blunder. Because of what happened to Xue Rui, I forgot all about it,' Li Xinwen sighed and this sigh was heard by Li Jinghua.

"Is something wrong with Ah 'Xiao?" Li Jinghua asked worriedly. "Well, if Ah 'Xiao can't learn martial arts, he can only wait for his ability to show itself. He is a dual system ability user so as long as we protect him during the early stages of the apocalypse, it will be fine. Once his ability has awakened, he can join the fight with us."

"It's not that Ah 'Xiao cannot learn. In fact, Ah 'Xiao has a body that is very compatible for learning martial arts. Hold on, Hua- jie , let me help him first," Li Xinwen chuckled before he leaned towards Sun Xiao and whispered to the boy's ear. " Ah 'Xiao, do as Ge says. Try to feel your spiritual energy from your dantian. Then slowly guide them over to your chest, then to your shoulder, arm, and all the way to your palm."

Li Xinwen's voice was very close to his ear and Sun Xiao felt his heart race. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm his heart. Once he is calm, he slowly opened his eyes again and started to guide the spiritual energy in him. He still remembered the feeling of when he first came in contact with spiritual energy so he tried to replicate what he did before when he absorbed them. This time, he guides the energy to the place where Li Xinwen mentioned, all the way to his palm. He raised his hand and opened his palm.

"Very good. Ah 'Xiao is a fast learner," Li Xinwen could sense that spiritual energy has gathered on Sun Xiao's palm. "Now this is the most challenging part. How should I do this..." Li Xinwen pondered for a while before coming with an idea. " Ah 'Xiao, how does your palm feels right now?"

"Warm..." Sun Xiao answered. "Xin- gege is that normal...?" he asked worriedly.

"En. That is normal. Now, Ge wants to eat roasted chicken. Ah 'Xiao, other than chicken, what else do you think Ge will need?" Li Xinwen asked. "Do you think you can help Ge get it?"

"Help you get fire?" just as the word left Sun Xiao's lips, flames erupted from his hand and Sun Xiao jumped in panic. "Aaaah!! My hand!" Sun Xiao waved his hand but of course, the flame that was conjured by his spiritual energy won't be diminished just from that.

Li Jinghua also sported a look of fear when she saw Sun Xiao's hand was on fire. And with how scared Sun Xiao was, all Li Jinghua could think of was to look for something to extinguish the fire with. Seeing that there was nothing, she quickly tried to conjure a ball of water on her palm but before she could do anything, Li Xinwen had jumped forward.

"Hua- jie , wait for a second! Ah 'Xiao, calm down!" Li Xinwen also noticed the panicked and scared expression on Sun Xiao's face so he quickly stood behind the young boy and held him in place. "Don't move your arm like that. Listen to me and relax," Li Xinwen said in a gentle, soothing voice. " Ah 'Xiao, it's not hot, right?" Li Xinwen asked, referring to the flame on Sun Xiao's arm.

Sun Xiao's eyes were tearful but when he heard what Li Xinwen said, he took several deep breaths to calm himself down and only then did he realize that the flame didn't hurt him at all. "Ah, it... didn't hurt," Sun Xiao finally said.

"En. These flames are part of you, Ah 'Xiao. They won't hurt you," Li Xinwen assured the boy. "To make them disappear, just disperse the spiritual energy around it," Li Xinwen instructed.

Sun Xiao did as he was told and the flame finally disappeared. The panic and fear on Sun Xiao's face were replaced with awe and the boy then looked up to his brother. "Xin- gege , that was..."

"As expected of Ah 'Xiao, ah! Even the first flame he conjured is better than my measly winds," Li Xinwen said with a burst of laughter as he rubs Sun Xiao's head. "En. My little brother is really the best. As long as you learn properly, you'll be strong."

Sun Xiao who heard this, beamed up after being praised. Then, he looked over at Li Jinghua who still had a stupefied look. "Hua- jie , Hua- jie ! With this, do you think I can protect you, Xin- gege and mom in the apocalypse?" Sun Xiao asked excitedly.

"That..." Li Jinghua has yet to process what just happened and then, he saw Li Xinwen giving her a wink. Only then she realizes that what happened earlier wasn't just a figment of her imagination. "Of course! If you can practice that and make it into a projectile weapon, you can burn zombies before they can reach us," Li Jinghua answered with a smile before she hugged Sun Xiao close. "Your sister agrees with your brother's statement. Ah 'Xiao is the best!"

Sun Xiao only laughed happily and hugged Li Jinghua back. "Thank you, Hua- jie !" Sun Xiao replied.

"Alright, I guess Hua- jie should feel much better now. Ah 'Xiao, go back to your room and change your shirt, ah. You've burned your sleeve. Just throw them away later," Li Xinwen said as he pointed at Sun Xiao's shirt. "Also, you have school tomorrow. Go and have an early sleep so you can wake up later."

"Okay. Good night, Hua- jie , Xin- gege !" Sun Xiao said before he went back to his room.