"'Missy likes my chubby form, so Xiao Yuanyuan of course has to try hard to be like this,'" Xiao Yuanyuan twisted its bloated body in the palm of my hand, rolling around.
Suddenly, two pearly white, jade-like fingers pinched Xiao Yuanyuan's golden wings and lifted it up, "Oh? This is the very Silkworm Gu that voluntarily spun its cocoon."
"Let go of me, stinky snake, dead snake, bastard snake, don't you dare grab my wings, believe it or not, I'll bite you to death," Xiao Yuanyuan resisted fiercely, its body starting to emit a bit of golden light.
Attempting to break free from Yu Longting's demonic claws...
Yu Longting couldn't understand the Insect Language and raised an eyebrow to ask me, "What is this bug squeaking about?"
"It... it says that you're hurting it by grabbing its wings," I sympathetically conveyed Xiao Yuanyuan's message.
Yu Longting sneered, "Is that so? I thought it would want to bite me to death..."
Although Yu Longting's guess was completely right, I, of course, would never admit it.
"Xiao Yuanyuan, this is the Snake Lord, and he is my... boyfriend... To me, he is a very important person." I felt that it was more important to smooth things over between them, so I swallowed my saliva and introduced him to Xiao Yuanyuan.
Sure enough, Xiao Yuanyuan stopped struggling, its eyes like black beans fixed on Yu Longting, "So... He's my brother-in-law then..."
"Uh, you could say that," I said, rubbing my hands together.
Xiao Yuanyuan quickly changed its tune, "No wonder he's so handsome and dashing, as astonishing as a gliding swan, resembling a Snake Dragon, charming and debonair, possessing an overwhelming aura, with starry eyes and sword-like brows, the back of a tiger and the waist of a bear, a tall stature, standing on a Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud..."
I hadn't expected it, just a little bug.
And yet it has such a large vocabulary...
"Yu Longting, Xiao Yuanyuan is calling you brother-in-law and praising you for being handsome and dashing," I nudged Yu Longting with my elbow, blinking.
Although Yu Longting couldn't understand the Insect Language, he was very perceptive. It seemed he could read the flattery in Xiao Yuanyuan's chirping and smiled slightly, "Quite clever, this little thing. I'll reward you."
The charred Tree Infant, black and particularly disgusting to look at, was handed to Xiao Yuanyuan by Yu Longting.
At the moment Xiao Yuanyuan's wings were released, it clumsily fluttered a few times, flying doubtfully around the charcoal before asking, "Really for me to eat? This is a tree demon of the finest quality~"
"If your brother-in-law says it's for you to eat, just eat it, don't be shy," I told Xiao Yuanyuan.
Xiao Yuanyuan cheered and pounced on it, gobbling up the Tree Infant in no time.
Its chubby body swelled to twice its size and wobbled onto Yu Longting's shoulder, belching contentedly and lying down comfortably.
It seemed to really approve of Yu Longting, hence it willingly got close to him.
Typical of a snake, sly as ever.
I had a headache dealing with the charred Tree Infant, and Xiao Yuanyuan helped me by gobbling it up.
As a result, in the end, Xiao Yuanyuan even felt especially grateful to Yu Longting.
"Holy crap, what's the Golden Silkworm Gu up to? Even Yu Longting got its approval..." Zhang Shuying sat on the ground, dumbstruck and questioning life.
The Bearded Man expressed sympathy for him, "Third Master, your wife flew away, and even your Life-bound Gu was seduced away, can things get any worse for you?"
"Might be having bad luck this year," Uncle Zhong chimed in.
Zhang Shuying gave a cold smile and suddenly stood up before kicking each of the two in their butts, "I can't beat Yu Longting, and I can't touch the Golden Silkworm Gu, but can't I beat you two up?"
"Third Master, we were wrong," the Bearded Man and Uncle Zhong begged for mercy in unison.
Just then, a group of slaughterhouse workers with flashlights approached from a distance.
These few people had arranged to go out drinking together that evening, which is why there was not a soul in the slaughterhouse.
They were lucky to have escaped disaster.
Soon after, thunder rumbled in the sky, and a downpour began.
Everyone rushed into the slaughterhouse to take shelter from the rain, and the villagers took out their cellphones, calling their families to bring umbrellas.
Old Man Gu, the village chief, turned to us, those who had helped with the Tree Infant, and said, "Masters, with it being so late and the rain so heavy, why not come to my humble abode and spend the night?"