Chapter 163: Trekking Through Mountains and Rivers
Bai Yu chuckled. He had to admit, Da Ming, Er Ming, and Xiao Wu truly had a deep bond.
“Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of Xiao Tu Zi. But speaking of it, compared to Xiao Wu, you’re more like the eldest.”
Da Ming blinked, letting out a wry smile. He was helpless too. Xiao Wu was impulsive and reckless, and Er Ming was incredibly dense. If he didn’t step up, well, all three of them would be lacking in intelligence.
“Your Excellency is joking. Xiao Wu is just more playful.”
Bai Yu clicked his tongue, saying helplessly,
“I told you, no need to call me ‘Your Excellency.’ Gu Yuena and I are friends, and as for you… forget it, whatever. Call me whatever you like.”
Da Ming’s eyes flickered. That person is called Gu Yuena? With such a powerful bloodline, is she related to the legendary Beast God?
Da Ming wanted to ask Bai Yu several times but ultimately held back. He understood a principle: when one is not qualified, knowing too much is not a good thing.
In the time that followed, Bai Yu and Da Ming chatted while carving spirit power routes. At noon, Er Ming brought back a pile of wild fruits, which served as their lunch. They were quite sweet, actually.
After Bai Yu finished recording, he bid farewell to Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming. It wasn’t until evening that he activated the mark Gu Yuena had left, returning to Heaven Dou City.
“I say, Xiao Tu Zi, do you really need to be so gloomy? Zhuqing and Rongrong aren’t going to eat you. What are you so afraid of?”
After Bai Yu and Xiao Wu left Gu Yuena’s small courtyard, Xiao Wu’s face crumpled into a frown, clearly worried about her good sisters’ reactions.
Hearing Bai Yu’s teasing, Xiao Wu turned her head and rolled her eyes at him. Was she scared? She was worried that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing would get angry and ignore her from now on.
“I’m not afraid of what they’ll do to me. I’m just worried… Oh, you wouldn’t understand even if I told you. Go away!”
Bai Yu had a half-smile on his face, thinking to himself, “So, Xiao Tu Zi, you have your troubled moments too, huh?”
Bai Yu naturally knew what Xiao Wu was worried about. Xiao Wu thought he didn’t understand, but Bai Yu simply hadn’t explained it in detail to her.
Because Bai Yu knew that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had long considered Xiao Wu one of their own.
So, even if Xiao Wu had ‘stolen their home,’ at most, they would just tease her; they wouldn’t genuinely get angry with her.
After all, Bai Yu had never hidden his covetousness for Xiao Wu’s long legs, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong also knew that Xiao Wu couldn’t escape him at all.
However, watching Xiao Wu worry needlessly, Bai Yu found it quite amusing, so he didn’t tell her that there was no need to worry.
“So what are you planning to do? Hide it from Zhuqing and Rongrong?”
Xiao Wu sighed and waved her hand at Bai Yu.
“No, I’ll just tell them directly. At least then I can claim ignorance; otherwise, if they find out later, wouldn’t I be even more screwed?”
Bai Yu and Xiao Wu chatted idly like this, one with a smile on his face, the other with a worried expression, as they returned to Shrek.
“Xiao Tu Zi, do you need me to go with you to find Zhuqing and Rongrong?”
Hearing Bai Yu’s question, Xiao Wu immediately shook her head, refusing with extreme firmness.
“No, you do whatever you want. I don’t need you. I’ll handle it!”
How could she let Bai Yu go? Wouldn’t that just add fuel to the fire? Xiao Wu had read so many storybooks; did he really think she read them for nothing?
Her going with Bai Yu would be no different from Little San bringing someone else’s husband to show off to the legitimate wife!
Seeing Xiao Wu’s resolute expression, Bai Yu shrugged, thinking to himself, “Looks like I won’t get to see the show. How disappointing!”
He then bid farewell to Xiao Wu, intending to go back to his own villa to rest.
“Ah Yin, why are you the only one here? Where’s Ling Yuan? Why isn’t she here?”
After Bai Yu entered the house, he found only Ah Yin inside, sprawled over a table reading a book, with a plate of nuts beside her. It was clear that her mood had become increasingly pleasant recently.
“Bai Yu, you’re back. Ling Yuan went to Dean Liu’s place. I heard she went to drink with Dean Liu.”
Ah Yin saw Bai Yu, immediately stood up and walked over, scanning him up and down. Only after confirming he wasn’t injured did she answer Bai Yu’s question.
At this moment, Bai Yu’s eyes were wide with disbelief. “What’s wrong with these two women? I never noticed either of them liked to drink before. How did they awaken their inner alcoholics after meeting each other?”
He then shook his head. He wouldn’t bother with them. If they liked to drink, let them drink. Anyway, with their physiques, drinking ordinary alcohol like water was no big deal.
“Ah Yin, it’s just the two of us right now. I’ve been traveling back and forth to the Star Dou Great Forest by spatial teleportation, and I haven’t experienced trekking through mountains and rivers yet. Shouldn’t you let me experience it?”
Ah Yin’s eyes held a hint of confusion. Trekking through mountains and rivers? How could she let Bai Yu experience that? She didn’t have mountains… hmm?
After realizing what he meant, Ah Yin’s small face instantly flushed red. She rolled her eyes at Bai Yu and turned to run out.
As she ran, she cursed inwardly, “This scoundrel, where did he learn such indecent words? He has no shame!”
With a smile in his eyes, Bai Yu stopped the fleeing Ah Yin, scooped her up in his arms, and walked towards the bedroom.
“We’re an old married couple, what’s there to be shy about? But I like it; this side of you is more charming!”
Ah Yin struggled several times to no avail, finally burying her face in Bai Yu’s chest and raising her hand to pinch his waist hard.
But Bai Yu didn’t mind. Every time he was with Ah Yin, he always felt a special kind of pleasure. Getting pinched a bit was a small matter!
The subsequent process could roughly be described as going from struggling, to acquiescing, to being indifferent, and finally, to holding Bai Yu and shouting loudly.
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Compared to Bai Yu’s happiness, Xiao Wu was having a tough time. She felt as if she was undergoing a final judgment, standing stiffly with her head bowed before Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
Looking at the extremely awkward Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged glances, a smile appearing on both their faces.
They had long anticipated Xiao Wu giving in to Bai Yu. After all, that guy was both flirtatious and incredibly charming; whoever he set his sights on would be hard-pressed to escape his grasp.
The only thing that surprised them was that Xiao Wu had actually managed to “take down” Bai Yu. However, this was also a good thing, proving that Bai Yu had come to his senses and no longer cared about the so-called age issue.
This meant that they, too, could go and “take down” Bai Yu. Although they didn’t mind waiting, it was better not to wait if they didn’t have to.
However, despite thinking this, Ning Rongrong had no intention of letting Xiao Wu get away with taking the lead so easily.
Her “little devil” nature told her that she absolutely had to use this opportunity to tease Xiao Tu Zi.
“Tsk, Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, I didn’t expect you to be the real expert! We treated you like a sister, but you treated us like fools!”
“Earlier at the hotel, Dugu Yan’s sister, Ye Lingling, tried to backstab her, and we caught her. ”
“We even laughed at her back then, but who would have thought that Zhuqing and I would have this day too, and that the backstabbing would even succeed.”