"My brother... is he really even my brother?" Yu Rongling roared in frustration as if the whole world owed him something.
Hearing this wail, I was somewhat annoyed, "How is your brother helping me considered adding fuel to tyranny? Stop talking nonsense."
"Sister-in-law, even if you lack common sense, you must have seen 'The Legend of the New White Lady' at least," Yu Rongling actually started to cry pitifully, his eyes red, looking like a bullied little thing.
I was startled by his pitiful expression, "I have, I have, Baby Rongling, dear, are you scared of centipedes?"
"Since you've seen it, you know full well that snakes are terrified of centipedes... and you... you actually want to raise it as your Life-bound Gu..." Yu Rongling glared at me furiously as if I was the biggest villain in the world.
It was simply too bizarre; our roles seemed to have completely switched.
In the past, I was the weak one he looked down upon, my life hanging by a thread.
Now, he seemed to have become the fragile one.
I wanted to raise the gu but didn't want to scare Yu Rongling. My eyes darted around, searching for a solution, "Look, it might have dripped a drop of Yu Longting's blood, but it's still in the hibernation stage. You can't possibly be afraid of a hibernating bug, right? It... it won't wake up so soon..."
"So, sister-in-law, you still want to keep it!" Yu Rongling crossed his arms, his face showing an expression of exasperation as if it was either the bug or him, "why do you always have to be against me? You know what snakes fear, and you keep raising them; first, it was cats and geese, and now... you won't even spare centipedes..."
"Uh..." It seemed he was right. Hearing his tear-inducing accusations, I felt guilty, "Baby Rongling, don't worry, when you are around, I will definitely keep it well hidden, and not let you be even slightly... troubled..."
Just then, the centipede on my shoulder shook its head.
It had two pairs of extremely transparent wings on its back that would be invisible unless looked at closely.
They trembled a few times, as if it had sensed something about the outside world.
"Xiao Honghong, are you waking up?" I was somewhat excited, recalling earlier in the dormitory.
Yu Longting had dripped blood onto the Centipede Gu, but it had shown no reaction.
I was quite disappointed at the time, hearing Yu Longting say his connection with the Centipede Gu was shallow, so it was normal for the Centipede Gu to wake up slowly.
I hadn't seen any response from the Centipede Gu for a while, but then I heard a teeth-clattering sound, and I looked up helplessly at Yu Rongling.
Yu Rongling was so frightened that his teeth clattered, "Such an ugly centipede, and you give it such a cute, pleasing name, what are you trying to do? And you, a girl, aren't you scared of centipedes?"
"I used to be really scared, but now I've even accepted you, what else is there to be afraid of?" I teased Yu Rongling verbally while I actually reached for the Matchbox, planning to put Xiao Honghong back inside.
Yu Rongling was nearly in tears, "Sister-in-law is the big villain!! Comparing me with the Centipede Gu~ The centipede is much scarier than me~ waah..."
"Alright, the centipede is scarier than you. Isn't it already put away?" I saw Yu Rongling was on the verge of throwing a tantrum on the floor, so I quickly put the Centipede Gu back into the box.
Just then, my phone rang, showing my mother's number, I answered, "Hello?"
"Come back to Lin Family immediately, don't ask why, it's an order," Lin Huan's voice spoke from the phone.