Chapter 1892 First of all, let me clarify: He's not my godfather!

From that moment on, Gu Zihan stopped disliking Lin Jichen and started calling him "Brother Lin" very familiarly.

Especially when they were about to cross the icy abyss, Lin Jichen carried him and Mu Lingbing, using his body to shield them from the pursuit of the poisonous thorns and bloodthirsty bats in the abyss.

This deeply moved Gu Zihan and Mu Lingbing.

From that moment on, Gu Zihan felt a deep sense of fatherly love from Lin Jichen!

This was the kind of fatherly love and care that only existed in books; he had never experienced it until he met Lin Jichen.

From that time on, Gu Zihan became extremely dependent on Lin Jichen.

Later, he traveled through the void turbulence to China and lived with Lin Jichen. To be honest, he was extremely happy every day.

Not only does she have Lin Jichen by her side, but she can also see her beloved Niu Naitang every day.

That was the little girl he met in China. She had two shallow dimples when she smiled, just like a fairy from a storybook.

During that period, he lived like he was in a honey pot every day, so happy that he almost forgot that he was the young master of the Fa Sect. He even thought occasionally: It doesn't seem so bad to just stay in China with Brother Lin like this.

He truly hoped things could stay this way. As for his mother, back then he really didn't want to... he'd almost forgotten he even had a mother...

After returning to the Fa Sect, he kept hoping to visit Lin Jichen at the Sword Sect, and he also tried his best to match his mother with Lin Jichen.

It's fair to say that Gu Zihan was incredibly dedicated to promoting her mother to Lin Jichen!

"Brother Lin, my mother has slept with you, you can't abandon her. Although she's a bit old and has a bad temper, but..."

"Gu! Zi! Han!"

No sooner had she said that than Gu Zihan’s ear was pinched hard by a warm hand.

Behind him, Gu Qingcheng's face turned bright red, like a ripe tomato, her eyes blazing with anger, and she gritted her teeth.

"I think you're asking for it, aren't you!"

With that, she flipped her wrist, and an old bamboo stick appeared out of thin air in her hand—she was an old actress.

That was the thing Gu Zihan feared most since childhood. Whenever he made a mistake as a child, this bamboo stick would fall on his bottom and make him cry for half a day.

Upon seeing the bamboo strips, Gu Zihan instantly turned pale with fright, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and flailed her arms and legs, pleading for help from Lin Jichen.

"Brother Lin, help! My mother is going to hit me! I promise I'll never say another word like that again!"

Lin Jichen rolled his eyes helplessly, reached out and snatched Gu Zihan from Gu Qingcheng's hands, protecting her behind him.

"Your son has just woken up and his mind is not stable yet. What if something happens to him if you hit him now?"

Gu Qingcheng stood with her hands on her hips, her chest heaving, and scolded, "He dares to talk about me like that! Children should be punished for being disobedient! Didn't you hear what nonsense he was spouting?"

"Children speak without thinking, children speak without thinking."

Lin Jichen patted Gu Zihan on the back to comfort him, then turned to Gu Qingcheng and spoke to her gently.

"Why are you, an adult, arguing with a child? Forget it."

But Gu Qingcheng refused to give up and used the bamboo stick to hit Gu Zihan's buttocks behind Lin Jichen.

Lin Jichen reacted quickly, blocking the bamboo stick with his hand. He frowned and glared at it, saying, "If you hit me again, I won't be polite!"

"I'm hitting my own son, what right do you have to stop me?"

Gu Qingcheng retorted angrily, her tone tinged with embarrassment and annoyance. This brat had completely disgraced her!

“I can’t control how you beat your son, but this is my Sword Sect’s territory, not your Law Sect’s territory where you can do whatever you want.”

Lin Jichen stood his ground: "I will not allow you to make a move here."

Gu Qingcheng frowned and said irritably, "If you keep spoiling him like this, how am I supposed to discipline him in the future? He'll be spoiled rotten sooner or later!"

“Disciplining children doesn’t necessarily require hitting them.”

Lin Jichen retorted, "Besides, you were calling me 'my good son' just a second ago, and now you're turning around and want to hit me? Is that how a mother should act?"

"How I act as a mother is none of your business! You're not his father!" Gu Qingcheng blurted out.

"Back in the Dharma Sect, you were crying and begging me to be your godfather, have you forgotten?" Lin Jichen raised an eyebrow to remind him.

"But you didn't agree!" Gu Qingcheng's voice weakened, but her cheeks turned even redder.

The two of them started bickering back and forth, neither willing to give in, just like a couple having a tiff.

Yun Lanyi, who was standing next to her, felt a headache coming on and rolled her eyes.

These two are hopeless; they can argue so intensely even in front of outsiders.

She couldn't stand it any longer, so she turned around and left, secretly planning to go and complain to Nangong Yue and the others.

Master Xuan Kong stood to the side with his hands clasped together, feeling like a superfluous decoration. He coughed twice and said, "This old monk has other matters to attend to, so I will take my leave first..."

Unfortunately, the two were so engrossed in their argument that they didn't notice him at all.

Master Xuan Kong sighed helplessly, hunched over, shook his head, and slowly left.

When Lin Jichen and Gu Qingcheng finally stopped arguing until their throats were dry and caught their breath, they realized that only the three of them were left there.

"Oh dear!" Gu Qingcheng slapped her thigh in annoyance, "I haven't properly thanked Master Xuankong yet! It's all your fault for arguing with me!"

She grabbed Gu Zihan's arm and said, "Son, hurry, let's catch up and thank them in person!"

"I'm not going!"

Gu Zihan clung tightly to Lin Jichen's leg, shaking her head and pleading, "Mother, please stay too! Let's live together in the Sword Sect, okay? I promise you I'll cultivate diligently from now on and never be naughty again!"

"You brat!" Gu Qingcheng was both angry and amused, and reached out to pinch his face.

"You're the young master of the Dharma Sect, what kind of behavior is it to stay in the Sword Sect all day! Get out of here right now!"

He wouldn't listen to anything she said and forcibly grabbed Gu Zihan's arm, trying to pull her outside.

As she reached the door, Gu Qingcheng suddenly stopped and turned to look at Lin Jichen.

She hesitated for a moment, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes, her cheeks flushed, and her voice dropped several decibels.

"Thank you... thank you for being so good to my son. If you ever need anything in the future, just tell me, and I, Gu Qingcheng, will go through fire and water for you."

Lin Jichen waved his hand dismissively, saying, "Alright, let's go back quickly. Let's get past Zhu Jiuyin first, then we can talk about the future."

Gu Qingcheng bit her lower lip, as if she had made a huge decision, and suddenly raised her head, looking at him with bright eyes.

"Alright! Once we've dealt with Zhujiuyin, I'll ask you to be Gu Zihan's father. Just to be clear, not his godfather."

After saying that, she turned and ran away guiltily, her cheeks burning, as if she had done something wrong. Her skirt fluttered and she disappeared in an instant.

Lin Jichen stood there stunned, taking a full half minute to process what he had just said.

He pointed in the direction she had left, muttering to himself, "She said... she wants me to be Gu Zihan's dad? Not even a godfather? Then... then she wants me to be her stepfather? Holy crap! Is she trying to seduce me???"

The wind blowing through the canyon carried a chill, but it couldn't dispel the shock and inexplicable tremor on his face.

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