I Have Many Life Tokens - Chapter 39

Chapter 39: Use It on Whom? On Me?

“Come on, Daddy will teach Niannian. Niannian read with Daddy, okay.”

“Uh-huh.”

In front of the stone table at Twin Pearl Peak, Jiang Lin sat on the stone bench, holding the little dragon girl named Jiang Niannian. Niannian’s little tail was wagging around in Jiang Lin’s arms, and her big bright eyes looked adorable when serious.

That was right. The little dragon girl was named Jiang Niannian.

Originally, Jiang Lin named her Jiang Niandie[1] or Jiang Xidie[2] as a reminder so that one day in the future, when this little girl in his arms wanted to spew a mouthful of dragon breath and kill him, she would be able to remember how good her dad was.

But on second thought, while these names were good, they also had pitfalls.

You see, with Niandie, Xidie, and all that, in case one day the little dragon girl remembered that her real father was killed by him some unknown number of past lives ago, wouldn’t that name make her even more determined to spew a mouthful of dragon breath to kill him?

So, he settled on Jiang Niannian, a good name that didn’t imply anything specific, but also hid his kindness of raising the little dragon girl step by step in hopes that she wouldn’t forget this.

Even if she killed him, once or twice would be enough. There was no need to kill him 1,000 times; that would be too tiring, wouldn’t it?

Now, Jiang Lin was even displaying his gentle side to get along with Little Nianmian, teaching her to become a three-good girl who wouldn’t be bound by her old grudges and to try to move on!

And what Little Niannian was holding in her hand was a collection of poems that Jiang Lin had spent an hour copying from his previous life, titled, Don’t Forget To Be Grateful.

“In front and behind the hills is green grass… Going out all day, my door stays closed…”

“In front and behind the hills is green grass… Going out all day, my door stays closed…”

“Every thought of flesh and blood on the shores of heaven… I can only gaze at how the children and grandfathers enjoy their time together…”

“Every thought of flesh and blood on the shores of heaven… I can only gaze at how the children and grandfathers enjoy their time together…

“Daddy, what does this poem mean?”

“It means that an old man who lives alone in an empty house is unbearably lonely and misses his loved ones, so he has to go out all day and go to the countryside to see how other old people enjoy their time with their loved ones; it’s also to tell Little Niannian that she must treat Daddy well in the future, and when Daddy gets old, don’t let Daddy be alone.”

“No, Daddy won’t be alone. Niannian will always be with Daddy.”

The little dragon girl turned her little head, looking extremely serious.

Looking at Little Niannian’s eyes, Jiang Lin felt his heart melt. It was good to have a daughter… although the girl might burn him to death…

“Well, Little Niannian is the best. Come on, let’s keep reading.

“The threads in the hands of a loving mother… knitting the clothes of her traveling son…”

“The threads in the hands of a loving mother… knitting the clothes of her traveling son…”

“Well, that’s good, keep it up. Closer, closer the stitches, as parting is near; he might be late to return, I fear.”

“Closer, closer the stitches, as parting is near; he might be late to return, I fear…”

Jiang Lin read a verse, and then Little Niannian read a verse. On Twin Pearl Peak where only two people were present, Jiang Lin’s slightly obscene voice and Little Niannian’s innocent, sweet, and soft voice slowly drifted, accompanied by the sound of cranes and the sound of a brother who seemed to be practicing poorly, hammering a tree on neighboring peak…

After a poem, Little Niannian turned her head in Jiang Lin’s arms to look at her daddy. “Daddy, what does this poem mean?”

“It means that Little Niannian should know the kindness of her mother, and that she will watch over Little Niannian wherever she is, and, of course, so will Daddy.”

“Mm…” Little Niannian lowered her little head, and her fat little tail drooped down.

“What’s wrong?”

“Daddy, I miss the mamas.”

“…”

“This… Little Niannian, Daddy’s going to tell you something.” Jiang Lin put his hands under Little Nianniann’s armpits, and turned the little girl to sit on his lap. “In reality, Little Niannian, they are not Little Niannian’s mama, and they might be angry if Little Niannian calls them mama.”

The little dragon girl’s big bright eyes blinked. “Why are they not Little Niannian’s mamas? Why will the mamas be angry? Is it because Little Niannian is not good?”

“No, no. It’s mostly Daddy’s problem… How… do I say this… It’s a little hard to say… When Niannian gets a little older, she’ll understand.”

“Oh… Niannian understands.”

“Hmm?”

The little dragon girl stood on Jiang Lin’s lap with her arms crossed, her little tail and little finger pointing together at Jiang Lin. “Is it that Daddy likes other girls, so the mamas are angry?”

“??? Niannian, don’t speak carelessly.”

“Niannian didn’t speak carelessly. Daddy always looks down at that big sister without realizing it. Daddy must have bad, bad thoughts!”

“…”

“But Daddy, it doesn’t matter. As long as Daddy admits his mistakes to the mamas, the mamas will definitely forgive Daddy.” Little Niannian gently pulled over Jiang Lin’s palm and hugged it, and her innocent eyes instantly made Jiang Lin feel guilty…

“Niannian, who taught you all this?”

“It was Sister Fang who told Niannian.”

“Fangruo!”

Jiang Lin’s forehead twitched. At that time, he had only gone to Fang Chaoqun to discuss something, and asked her to look after Niannian for an hour. How could she teach children badly?

“Niannian, let’s forget about it for now. Let’s go shopping, shall we? Daddy will buy you sugar-coated fruits.”

“Yes, yes. Daddy is the best.”

Hearing that there were sugar-coated fruits to be eaten, Little Niannian’s eyes instantly lit up like freshly polished gems.

“Okay, let’s go.”

Jiang Lin, who had successfully changed the topic, directly went to the central town of the Sun and Moon Sect with an aura transforming horse, just in time to inquire about the Loner Demon Sect himself. After all, that long-term mission of the system still had to be completed.

And if he overthrew the Loner Demon Church, then Miss Xiao would certainly be grateful to him, and by then his system task would not only be completed, Miss Xiao would also owe him a favor. If Miss Xiao was really trying to kill him, they also wouldn’t lay hands on him. It was simply killing two birds with one stone.

Little Niannian’s eyes glowed with happiness as she came to the bustling bazaar at the Sun Moon Sect center for the first time.

“Old Wang, give me a sugar-coated fruit stick. Don’t put poison in it, all right. It’s for the child.”

“Yo? The child?” The brother addressed as Old Wang looked at the delicate little girl in Jiang Lin’s arms. “Kid, you sure can do it. I thought you were hardcore and into monkey demons. I didn’t think you’d do it to the flood dragons too!”

“F*ck you.”

After taking the sugar-coated fruits on a stick from Old Wang, and giving him a low-grade spirit stone, Jiang Lin tasted it, and handed it to Little Niannian after feeling that nothing was wrong with it.

Continuing on to the Hall of Information, various familiar faces came up as they walked.

“Old Jiang, I want to buy an undergarment!

“Buy what! Can’t you see I have a child with me? Jeez… come to me at night.”

“Old Jiang, your master bought a bottle of No Traces of Spring Breeze from me, don’t put it on credit.”

“F*ck you. My master would buy something like that, for whom? For me?”

“Old Jiang! Do you want to fake accidents tonight?”

“No, I’m going on a quest after two days of rest.”

“Brother Jiang, something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened!”

Just as Jiang Lin turned down one person after another, Fang Chaoqun came running over panting.

“Brother Fang, why are you in such a hurry? Oh, right, someone wants to buy an undergarment. Exchange is still at the usual place…”

“No, Brother Jiang!”

“No, what?”

“Those people! Those sects have come to fight you one on one…”

“Huh?”

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