Chapter 298: A New Draw, and This Skill...

"Brother, I want a big red envelope for the New Year."

"According to tradition, since I'm not married yet, I'm still considered a child. I should be receiving red envelopes, not giving them."

"I don't care, I just want one."

Inside the room, Bai Yi lay on her stomach on Ning Fei's bed, her legs kicking in the air as she acted spoiled.

"Alright," Ning Fei said with a nod as he sat nearby, teasing the three little black cats.

Hearing Ning Fei agree, Bai Yi giggled.

Later, after Bai Yi left, Ning Fei muttered to himself, "For her red envelope, what would be a good gift?"

"Giving money is a bit too tacky. I should give her something she actually needs."

"How about a bowl of breast enhancement soup?"

Hearing his words, Little Fox let out a soft whine from the side, as if trying to stop Ning Fei's train of thought.

Xiao Feng landed on the shelf and chirped twice, as if to say, "Dense, dense."

Of course, Ning Fei was just joking. However, he still needed to prepare a nice gift for Bai Yi.

"System, I want a Diamond Draw Ten-Pull!"

Ever since Ning Fei discovered the Kunlun Heavenly Palace, his Popularity Points had been increasing incredibly fast, so doing a Diamond Draw Ten-Pull wasn't an issue at all.

"Ding! Host has selected a Diamond Draw Ten-Pull. Drawing now..."

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the following items:"

"Body Strengthening Pill (Top-Grade) x5: Tremendously increases physical attributes. Limit: 100."

"Avian Feed (Top-Grade) x5: Tremendously increases the physical fitness of avian creatures, and slightly improves their intelligence."

"Beast Feed (Top-Grade) x5: Tremendously increases the physical fitness of beasts, and slightly improves their intelligence."

"Mystic Ice Bracelet x1: A mysterious jade bracelet of special quality. It is cool to the touch and has the effect of enhancing the wearer's temperament."

"Brown Stone Bracelet x1: A mysterious bracelet of special quality. It has the effect of preserving health and detoxifying the body."

"Exquisite Teaware x1: A teapot and teacups made from special purple clay. It can enhance the aroma of the tea and the taste of the tea water."

"Zhenlong Teaware x1: A teapot and teacups from an unknown world. It can enhance the aroma and taste of tea, while slightly increasing spiritual power (effective only for the Host)."

"Flat Peach x1: A sweet-tasting fruit from an unknown world. Eating it has the effect of improving cognitive and agility abilities."

"Flight Fruit: A fruit that improves the flight capabilities of avian creatures. Only effective on avians."

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the following tool:"

"Suppression Card: A card that can suppress animals within an area, forcing them to remain motionless. The casting distance cannot exceed 50 meters, and the duration cannot exceed 1 minute."

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the following skill:"

"Lactation Technique: Exactly as the name implies, a miraculous craft that makes certain things larger."

As the System draw ended, dark lines formed on Ning Fei's face.

The Ten-Pull still followed the rule of drawing ten times and getting one free.

But this Lactation Technique, what the hell was that?!

Ning Fei felt his mouth twitch uncontrollably.

However, it wasn't up to him to decide what skills he drew.

Aside from this Lactation Technique, which had no immediate use, the rest of the items were quite good.

"I'll give the Mystic Ice Bracelet to Bai Yi. It looks like something a girl would wear."

"The Brown Stone Bracelet is half yellow and half white, looking like the colors have blended together. It suits middle-aged aesthetics perfectly, so I'll give it to my master's wife."

"Master loves drinking tea, so I'll give him the Exquisite Teaware. That leaves the Zhenlong Teaware perfectly for myself."

"Perfect."

This draw was quite useful. Since coming to his master's wife's house for so many days, Ning Fei hadn't given the family any gifts yet. This draw perfectly solved that problem.

As for the Flight Fruit, the only one Ning Fei could give it to was Little Fei.

Ning Fei walked out into the yard.

He happened to see Little Dog and Little Fei chasing and playing with each other.

Little Fei's running speed could barely keep up anymore; after all, it was limited by its species' genetics.

"Little Fei, come here!"

Ning Fei called out.

Hearing Ning Fei's voice, both Little Fei and Little Dog ran over.

Ning Fei took out the Flight Fruit and fed it to Little Fei. Seeing food, Little Dog jumped up to snatch it but was pushed down by Ning Fei.

Little Fei ate the fruit. It looked just like it was eating regular feed, and nothing else seemed out of the ordinary.

Ning Fei rubbed Little Dog's head, his gaze fixed on Little Fei.

"Little Fei, take a flight."

Ning Fei encouraged.

Upon hearing Ning Fei's words, Little Fei suddenly accelerated, flapping its wings and taking into the air.

However, the scene of it soaring high into the sky that Ning Fei had expected did not occur.

Little Fei could still only fly as high as the roof.

Ning Fei mused, "It seems the fruit doesn't take effect that quickly."

Still, Little Fei clearly seemed to be flying much more joyfully.

At that moment, Little Dog let out two soft barks at Ning Fei.

Ning Fei understood what it meant. His expression froze, and he lightly patted Little Dog's head, saying, "You want to fly too?"

"You're asking for too much. A rooster flying into the sky, I can still explain."

"But if a countryside dog starts flying, both of us will be taken away for research."

As the end of the year gradually approached, Kuncheng became more and more bustling.

One major event, in particular, made the people here extremely happy.

Because the air quality had met the standards for several consecutive years, Kuncheng had lifted the ban on fireworks this year.

This meant that citizens could set off fireworks outside Kuncheng's Second Ring Road, provided they were careful about safety.

People said that this was what a real New Year felt like.

It was true that setting off fireworks polluted the environment, but if one couldn't even hear the sound of fireworks on New Year's Eve, how could it be called celebrating the New Year?

Bai Yuanche also went out and bought a lot of fireworks.

Even before night fell, Bai Yi had already set off quite a few.

Little Dog was particularly afraid of fireworks. The moment they went off, it immediately ran back into the room in fright.

Seeing this, Ning Fei went straight to the market and bought several earmuffs.

One for Little Dog, one for Little Fox, one for each of the three little black birds, and he also found a few toy earmuffs for the three other birds. This way, none of them would be scared.

By the time New Year's Eve arrived, the lights were brilliantly illuminated.

Ning Fei also went into the kitchen to help cook the New Year's Eve dinner, which turned out to be exceptionally lavish.

Ning Fei gifted the Brown Stone Bracelet and the Exquisite Teaware to his master and master's wife.

He gave Bai Yi the Mystic Ice Bracelet.

Bai Yi was delighted when she received the bracelet. She had fair skin and slender wrists, and wearing the bracelet enhanced her elegant temperament even more.

Naturally, dumplings were a must for the New Year's Eve dinner.

They had a tradition when eating dumplings: they would wash a brand-new ten-cent coin thoroughly and wrap it inside one of the dumplings.

Whoever ate the dumpling with the coin would be considered "blessed" the next day and would have great fortune.

Most of the time, this was just something adults did to amuse the kids.

When Ning Fei picked up a dumpling with his chopsticks, he felt that he had grabbed the one with the coin. Without a second thought, he placed it into Bai Yi's bowl.

Bai Yi giggled and said, "Brother, you're the best."

At night.

Ning Fei and Bai Yi sat on the roof, getting ready to watch the fireworks.

The roof of the countryside villa's courtyard wasn't very high, and Kuncheng wasn't large. Since the suburbs were very close to the city center, they could see everything clearly.

Draped in a heavy coat, Bai Yi leaned against Ning Fei's shoulder.

The little guys from Qingfeng Temple had all come up.

Those that could fly flew up, and those that could climb climbed up. Even the three little black birds knew how to scale the wall now. The only exception was Little Dog, whom Ning Fei had to carry up.

Little Dog looked deeply wounded.

Just moments ago, when all the other little guys climbed up the wall, Little Dog couldn't make it and threw a barking fit down below.

Fortunately, Ning Fei had hauled it up.

After coming up, Little Dog didn't dare to move recklessly, choosing instead to simply lean against Ning Fei's side.

"Dogs are naturally afraid of heights. Why did you insist on coming up?"

Ning Fei grumbled helplessly.

The scene, however, was quite beautiful.

Bai Yi realized that after just over a dozen days together, she had developed a deep infatuation with Ning Fei.

A brother like this was simply a gift from heaven.

Then, at midnight, fireworks exploded across the sky above the city.

A myriad of brilliant lights illuminated the night sky.

Looking into the distance, Ning Fei lost himself in thought.

Bai Yi looked up. From this angle, she could perfectly see Ning Fei's profile. Illuminated by the glow of the fireworks, a glimmer danced in his eyes, making them look even more profound.