Chapter 230 - Spending Time With His Fiance (1/2)

Qiu Ling looked at the book and hurriedly stuffed it back into Jing Yi's hands. This was his chance! ”Ah, don't worry about that, my love. I'll teach you!”

Jing Yi observed Qiu Ling's sparkling eyes and had a bad premonition. He really wanted to learn how to read and write but he suddenly felt that he might want to find another teacher. His fiance had obviously planned something fishy.

Qiu Ling naturally saw his hesitation. He hurriedly grabbed his shoulders and tried to look serious. ”My love, think of it this way: I could just read this manual to you but what about later? When you're learning how to do that alchemy-thing you'll probably need to read, too. What will you do then?”

Jing Yi sighed. Qiu Ling was right. How could he become an Alchemist if he didn't even know how to read? Considering what they had seen when they looked around the Alchemy division earlier that was something he definitely had to know.

”Alright. Teach me.”

Qiu Ling nodded eagerly and took out a scroll of paper, some ink, and a brush and sat down to work. Jing Yi lifted his brows. His fiance seemed extremely motivated to work. Maybe he had worried without reason?

Qiu Ling wrote down three characters with great concentration before carefully blowing the ink dry and turning around to Jing Yi with the scroll in his hand. His expression clearly said 'Look! Aren't I the most awesome fiance you could ever find? I put in so much effort into this. Tell me I did great!'

Jing Yi smiled. ”Alright. What does it mean?”

Qiu Ling reciprocated his smile and pointed at the first character. ”This means 'I'. This one means 'love'.” Qiu Ling's finger proceeded to the next character and finally stopped at the third one. ”And the last one means 'you'.” Qiu Ling smiled happily and showed off the scroll.

Jing Yi put a hand to his brow and sighed. His misgivings really had come true.

Qiu Ling stood up and came over to sit next to Jing Yi. ”Why aren't you saying anything? Don't you think those three characters are pretty important? You'll definitely need them.”

Jing Yi only smiled. At the very least, Qiu Ling had written down three characters. It would probably be for the best if he just indulged him for a while and learned how to write these three characters first. It was better than nothing.

He stood up, went over to the table and sat down while picking up the brush. ”Let me have a look at that.” He nodded at the scroll in Qiu Ling's hands. His fiance came over obediently and put the scroll down in front of him while taking out another piece of paper.

Jing Yi dipped the tip of the brush into the ink and started copying the characters stroke by stroke. Halfway through, Qiu Ling sat down next to him and observed excitedly. Finally, Jing Yi put down the brush.

Qiu Ling immediately gripped his hands. ”You did well, my love. Now, how about we practice reading?”

Jing Yi nearly laughed out loud. He raised a hand and stroked Qiu Ling's cheek. ”No need to practice. I think I already know what this means.” He leaned forward and kissed Qiu Ling's lips. ”I love you”, he whispered.

Qiu Ling beamed. Teaching his beloved how to read and write didn't seem like such a bad idea. Now that he had gotten his way it was probably time to get serious, though. After all, it couldn't be that the son of heaven's mortal reincarnation was unable to read or write.