3 Accepting a Master (2/2)

”Father called me Fen'er.”

”Oh? So, you want me to call you Fen'er, too?”

Yun Bei Fen nodded. If he got himself a second father, then naturally his second father should do the same as his first father. His father was supposed to call him Fen'er!

Baili Chao smiled. ”Alright. Then go bring the cup back into the kitchen, Fen'er. You can come out again after that.”

”Mn!” The boy nodded and hurried back into the kitchen. Finally, he had a father again. He wouldn't be alone anymore.

Yun Bei Fen put the cup down with a smile before running outside again. He stopped next to Baili Chao and hurriedly clasped his hand. ”Father!”

Baili Chao coughed. It seemed he had been promoted from grandfather to father now. ”Actually, you ought to call me master.”

Yun Bei Fen blinked in confusion. ”But you said you'd be my second father from now on. I never called my father master.”

”That …” That was a dumb move of me to explain it like that. ”Ah, never mind. Just call me however you want. But you have to do me one favor.”

”Sure.”

”When we arrive at the Teng Yong Sect and other people are around then you really have to call me master.”

”Why that?” Yun Bei Fen who had just been alright with promising whatever his second father wanted didn't like this idea too much. He finally had a new father. Why couldn't he call him that?

”Well …” Baili Chao sighed. He had taken his other disciples in when they were a little older and already understood what it meant to be a cultivator. How was he supposed to explain this?

Feeling quite embarrassed he just made up a convenient lie. ”You got yourself a second father. Wouldn't the other children be really jealous if they new? As a good child, you should be considerate of their circumstances. So, it's still better to call me master when they are around.”

Yun Bei Fen nodded. What his new father said seemed really logical. ”But only when other children are around.”

”Uh …” Baili Chao felt cold sweat bead his brow. Wouldn't he become a laughing stock if the other elders found out he took in a disciple that refused to call him master? And the sect master … Ugh. He didn't even want to think about it. That shameless guy would probably point to his face and laugh at him. While everyone else was watching no less. He definitely couldn't let that happen!

”Well, you see the old men in our Teng Yong Sect are terribly chatty. If they heard you call me father they would certainly tell the children. So, no, as long as we're in the Teng Yong Sect you absolutely have to call me master.”

”But only if somebody else is around, right?” Yun Bei Fen wouldn't give up so fast. He tugged at his new father's hand and looked at him pitifully. He didn't want to always have to call him master.

”Ahem …” Baili Chao coughed. How was he supposed to reject this cute little fellow? ”Well, yes, as long as nobody else is around.”

Yun Bei Fen's face immediately lit up. ”Thank you, father!” He hugged the old man and finally even managed to be lifted up onto his arms.

Baili Chao could only sigh. He deeply felt that he would probably overindulge this little disciple of his. He could only hope that Yun Bei Fen would still turn out decent and not rely on his backing to bully others later on how many other disciples did.

Well, considering that this little one was still young he could still right everything he had done wrong until now. Mn, this child would certainly turn out well. After all, just the fact that he had accepted him as his master showed that he had good eyes.