The Winner Of Life

"Big Brother, look, I made a snow castle too." Xue'er called me excitedly.

I moved my eyes from the snowman and looked at her newly built castle. I couldn't help but laugh. It looked awful. Well, she was new to this.

She blushed and said embarrassingly "sorry, mine is not as beautiful as yours."

I walked towards her and ruffled her hair and said "it's okay. You just started to learn. You will make a big and beautiful snow castle one day."

This was enough to make her day. She nodded her head seriously. 'She will do her best and make me proud' that's what she said with her eyes.

I smiled at her cute action. After spending a night here and answering her non-stop questions, she has become quite easy around me.

And this morning I made a snow castle and showed her which opened a new door to her. She then started to make one by herself.

"Xue'er, let's have a snowball fight." I suggested it again.

"Fight? I don't like fighting. But what is this snowball fight?" She denied and asked curiously

"Don't worry. It's not actually fighting. Wait, let me show you." I grinned and made a snowball and threw it at her. Of course, there was no force behind it, and I made sure the snowball stayed soft all the time.

Before she could dodge it, the ball hit her face, and a snowball burst and covered her hair. She looked at this with her eyes wide open. She was surprised but it turned into excitement and then her eyes started to sparkle which almost blinded me.

"It's fun. Let me try, too." She also made a snowball and threw it at me, but I dodged it easily. It didn't stop her from making more balls and throwing them at me.

Another minute later, ball after ball was thrown at each other side. I made a snow wall to block her attack. She also understood the use of the building, so she made a few walls too, but she was slower.

Her laughter echoed in the whole place. It was the complete opposite of the time I came here. This made me happy.

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"Big Brother, thank you. I enjoyed the game a lot." Xue'er thanked me as she laid on the ground and looked at the afternoon sky.

"You are welcome. We can play another time. I will bring more people next time. You can befriend them."

"Will your friends like me?" She asked worriedly

"Xue'er is so cute and lovely, anyone will like her." I replied

"What happened here?" Suddenly, a voice came from the entrance of the mountain.

Xue'er recognises the voice, and her liveliness was already gone, replaced with worry and panic. She looked at her side and noticed that she was alone.

She sighed in relief that she was alone. But this also made her sad. She looked at the sky but no one was there. She thought that she would have to stay all alone again.

"Xue'er, what happened here? Why is there so much snow, and who made those buildings?" Again the same voice said.

"I made them, father." She said softly while looking down.

This entire person was unnecessarily white, with not the slightest of wrinkles. He had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and with his majestic heroic air, it seemed that he was at most forty years of age.

He was Feng Hengkong, the current leader of the Phoenix clan and also the father of Feng Xue'er.

Hengkong's eyes softened when he heard that his daughter made them. He looked at them closely and said "wow! They looked very beautiful."

Xue'er lifts her head and looks at her father. Seeing that he wasn't angry made her relax.

If there was one thing good about him, he was that he truly cared for Xue'er. If not, he would have died a few hundred times by now.

Hengkong found it odd that there was snowing only here. But then again, he brushed it off as sudden climate change wasn't uncommon in the cultivation world.

He stayed for a while and left after talking with Xue'er.

After he left, I came out of the mirror world and stood behind Xue'er. Feeling my presence again, she turned around happily.

"Where did you hide? Even my father couldn't find you." She asked curiously

"I will tell you later. Before that, I have a gift for you." I said to her and took out another smartphone. It was red.

She looked at the phone with confusion and curiosity. "What is this?"

I gave her the phone, which scanned her and did the security checkup.

When the phone screen lit up, it surprised her. "Relax, let me show you how to use it."

I then explained her basics and showed her the use of the phone. I opened an account for her and added her to our group chat.

"Who is this?"

"Did Arjun give someone a smartphone?"

"I think so, mother."

"Xue'er? Who is she?"

It was like a new world opened to her. She looked at the messages and then me back and forth few times.

"Go ahead, you can replay by texting or voice message." I nodded at her.

"Hello."

She sent a small text.

"Hmm? Hello, you must be Xue'er. Are you with Arjun?"

"Umm! Yes, Big Brother gave me this phone."

"He sure did. He only knows how to play around without practising."

"Yeah yeah, still beat your ass all the time."

"That's because you cheat with your Axe. Next time, I will use a sword, too."

"Yeah yeah, we will see."

Xue'er read the text and giggled. She then saw me using another same device like her, but it's black.

"Big brother, who are they? Are they sealed inside the device?" She again started to ask questions after question.

So it took me another hour to explain to her and calm down her curiosity.

"So I can talk with whoever has this phone from far away?"

"Yes"

"Yeah, I won't be alone anymore."

She then took a few pictures with me, which was again a new and great experience for her.

"I will cherish this device. Thank you for the gift." She said smilingly.