Gu Mengmeng chuckled. This was the first time she had woken up—not to Elvis’ gentle greetings—but to the grumpy complaints of a little shit whom she had not seen for a winter.
She opened her mouth as Elvis brought over a cup of water for her to moisten her throat.
The corners of Gu Mengmeng’s lips curled up after she drank some water. “Yes, I was going to leave you behind and go have fun on my own. So what, are you going to bite me?”
Wabei gritted his teeth and glared at her with bulging eyes. “I came such a long way to find you, to hear that you were actually going to ditch me and go have fun by yourself? Gu Mengmeng, you have no conscience!”
“Tsk, a cold-blooded animal like you talking to me about conscience? Did a donkey kick you in the head?” Gu Mengmeng remained unrepentant and unreasonable.
Wabei stiffened his neck fiercely. “I don’t care. I want to follow. You must bring me along wherever you go. Otherwise… I will break the legs of your little wolf and slutty fox!”
Gu Mengmeng reached out one slender leg. “So what if you can beat my men? Break my legs if you dare.”
“But I can’t defeat you!” Wabei admitted rather self-righteously.
Gu Mengmeng was nearly crying from laughing so hard at Wabei’s antics. She wiped the corners of her eyes. “We are going to the desert this time, you know? No water, dry, hot. This type of environment is not suitable for you. You will suffer dearly.”
Wabei rolled his eyes as he smiled scornfully. “Where do you think I was before Snakel brought me to the Snake King valley? Mmm?”
Gu Mengmeng was stunned. “Don’t tell me… your old home is also the Mecca Desert?”
“Also?” Wabei picked up the important word.
Gu Mengmeng pointed at Auretin, who was sitting at the entrance in a daze as he waited for the next meal. “Him too.”
Wabei snorted. “I have not returned for over 800 years, and didn’t realize that just about anyone can enter that place now.”
Wabei’s image improved much in Gu Mengmeng’s eyes. She fluttered her eyes, as if fawning at him. “Wabei, do you know Bi An? Are the two of you on good terms?”
Wabei pushed Gu Mengmeng aside with disdain. “Talk to me properly. You are being very disgusting like that.”
Gu Mengmeng’s expression shifted instantly. She gave Wabei a dismissive shove, before putting on an exaggerated pout. “Hubby, do I look adorable like that…”
Elvis blushed so deeply that even the tips of his ears had turned red. His throat tightened and his fingers trembled from the heavy pounding of his heart. He held Gu Mengmeng’s shoulder and said in a low voice, “Apart from Lea and I, you are not allowed to make that face at anyone else… I will go crazy. Do you understand? Mmm?”
Gu Mengmeng felt very satisfied and jumped into Elvis’ embrace for a big hug. She then spoke in a high-pitched, Lolita-like voice, “Hubby, you are so bad. You know just how to humor me…”
“Thump, thump…” The sound of Elvis’ pounding heart was deafening.
Mmm, Gu Mengmeng felt that since becoming partners, she seldom acted cute like this in front of Elvis now.
Because Elvis and Lea doted on her so much that she felt no threat at all. She knew that even if she was not cute or demure, not beautiful or even kind—those two would still be by her side forever. Hence, she had slowly shed all pretense. It had been a long time since she had done any of those little antics that would move a guy’s heart…
