"What problem could there be? It just wants to follow you." Zhang Shuying tugged on the rope, pulling the wooden bucket up from the well with considerable efficiency.
I stroked my chin, trying to understand the connection, "Wants to follow me . . . and then spins silk into a cocoon?"
"After breaking out of the cocoon, it will evolve and become stronger, and its dependency on me won't be as strong." Zhang Shuying efficiently drew another bucket of water.
I was impressively confused, "It never did this before?"
"Not a chance; it used to be a lazy slob, never striving for better," Zhang Shuying said with disdain. "Meeting you made it responsible and ambitious, not bad.
I couldn't believe his attitude, "Your Life-bound Gu doesn't follow you but wants to follow me, and you think that's not bad??"
"When a child grows up, they don't always listen to their mother; what can I do?" Zhang Shuying glanced at me, carried two buckets of water into the kitchen, and poured them into the water tank.
I was embarrassed, "So, you're saying it's all my fault, I shouldn't have taken the initiative to get close to Xiao Yuanyuan."
"It has nothing to do with you; its nature . . . is not that easy to get along with. If you saw its true side, you'd probably be scared to death."
Zhang Shuying leaned against the water tank, pulled out a cigarette, and started smoking leisurely, "Gu insects are bloodthirsty and vicious; they're bugs not bound by human morals. Even I don't understand what it says; you're the only one who can talk to it. Do you know . . . what happened when I tamed it?"
"You were nearly tormented to death?" I guessed.
Zhang Shuying smiled wryly and looked at me approvingly, "Not bad logic. I was shitting bricks for almost a month, almost ascended to heaven, and it wasn't until the twenty-ninth day that I recovered. This damn bug's previous owner told me if it had been one more day, I was a goner."
"Uh . . . I didn't expect Xiao Yuanyuan to be so cute yet have a rebellious and untamable wild side." I chuckled dryly, feeling a mysterious warmth in my heart.
I like Xiao Yuanyuan even more now, don't I!!
Zhang Shuying squinted his eyes, "Heh, that's interesting. After hearing about its true nature, you weren't scared to death."
"If it had been before, I probably really would have been scared to death, but then I went through some things . . ."
I didn't expect to end up chatting with Zhang Shuying and then opening up, unintentionally speaking some heartfelt words, "My perspective has changed, no matter how Xiao Yuanyuan is with others, or what its nature is, it has never hurt me and has been so kind and reliant on me . . . I shouldn't dislike it, fear it, or even reject it because of that . . ."
Suddenly realizing I had said too much to Zhang Shuying, I quickly changed the subject and told him I needed to start preparing breakfast.
There was some flour left in the kitchen; the quality was such that if not eaten soon, it would spoil.
I planned to use baking soda to turn this flour into fried dough sticks and cakes.
In the cakes, I added a lot of minced vegetables and some chopped ham.
The texture should be quite nice when eaten.
Suddenly, Zhang Shuying leaned forward, gazing intensely at me, "Spiritual Eye Sister, in your eyes, am I even worse than a bug? You treat a bug better than you treat me."
"Do I even need to say it? You've held me captive, locked me up, won't let me go home, won't let me reunite with my boyfriend; how can I show you a good face?" I watched Zhang Shuying leaning against the stove, almost knocking Xiao Yuanyuan into the frying pan. I quickly saved it and cradled it in my hands.
On Zhang Shuying's handsome face, which was universally striking from every angle, dark clouds formed, "Stop using Yun Hao as your shield. I don't see you really liking him, at least there isn't a trace of love in the way you look at him. This guy is even a second-hand good who has been with Immortal Liu; he's worthless."
"What about you? Are you not second-hand goods?" I originally wanted to bite back, but after saying it, I wanted to slap myself.
I shouldn't respond to anything he says; whether Zhang Shuying is second-hand goods or not is none of my business. The only one I want to be with in this lifetime is Yu Longting . . .
I won't have thoughts for anyone besides Yu Longting.
Zhang Shuying cupped my chin, his pair of enchanting peach-blossom eyes inscrutable, "I'm very clean, and I can assure you that in this life, you will be the only one for me. Kick Yun Hao to the curb and be with me instead; it just so happens . . . the Lin Family . . . owes me a wife, why not you? Lin Huan would probably die of happiness knowing . . ."