027 A Spirit Beast’s Territorial Awareness
Yu Yourong didn’t drink much of the second cup of milk tea Qin Ren bought.
Because her appetite was really small. She had already said she was full, so forcing her to drink another cup of milk tea was indeed a bit difficult. Qin Ren had no choice but to take over.
Slurp, slurp—
He borrowed a certain Pixiu’s whale-like method of drinking Coke, and the milk tea was gone in a few breaths.
“Go ahead.”
Qin Ren pulled out the straw and pushed the remaining pile of pearls in front of Yu Yourong.
Yu Yourong picked it up, shook it, and then brought her mouth to it.
This time, Qin Ren watched with particular care and clarity. A long tongue extended from between her rosy lips, soft and pink, glistening with a moist sheen. The texture of the tongue’s surface was extremely fine, appearing to the naked eye to have the smooth texture of strawberry jelly.
Judging from the height of the milk tea cup, Qin Ren estimated the overall length to be about twelve or thirteen centimeters, and that didn’t even include the part inside her mouth.
But even such a long tongue was not as thick and clumsy as Qin Ren had imagined. The width ratio of the base and tip of the tongue was just right. When it extended, it didn’t give off a particularly strange feeling, but was cute with a hint of allure, a very curious sensation.
Sliide~
The tip of the tongue reached the bottom of the cup. Yu Yourong easily curled and wrapped it, and five or six pearls were swept into her mouth.
Sliide~
Another curl, and the cup was empty.
With so many pearls in her mouth, Yu Yourong’s cheeks puffed out like a hamster’s. She chewed slowly for a good while before swallowing.
“Alright, as expected of the snake clan!”
Qin Ren gave her a thumbs-up. Although in Yu Yourong’s eyes, his praise was somewhat ambiguous, she still said a soft “thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
While exploring the mysteries of the JK’s tongue, Qin Ren didn’t forget a more important question.
“What do you plan to do after you find Luo Yao?”
Yu Yourong didn’t answer directly, but instead asked Qin Ren a question.
“Who is Luo Yao?”
“?”
Qin Ren was stunned.
“The Pixiu.”
“The Pixiu…”
Yu Yourong nodded and pondered for a moment, then understood.
“The Pixiu originally has no name. ‘Luo Yao’ should be a place name on the Myriad Demon Continent, her ancestral land of birth.”
“You mean, she’s using her birthplace as her name?”
“Mhm.”
Yu Yourong nodded, then seemed even more puzzled.
“Did the Pixiu tell you her name is Luo Yao?”
“Yeah.”
“She can talk?”
“?”
Qin Ren was stunned again.
“Of course she can. She talks every day, even in her dreams. She’s always bouncing around, calling ‘Qin Ren, Qin Ren’… Oh right, I haven’t introduced myself. I’m Qin Ren, Qin Ren is me.”
After hearing this, Yu Yourong fell into thought for more than ten seconds. Finally, after cross-referencing with Qin Ren, she found out that Luo Yao had always been in her true form in the Flowing Cloud Sect. Logically, she should have had several more decades before reaching the form-transformation stage. But it was probably due to the influence of the lightning tribulation during her transmigration that she transformed ahead of time.
“So you mean, you’ve never even seen your Guardian Spirit Beast’s human form?”
“Guardian Spirit Beast…”
Yu Yourong’s lips moved as if in some doubt, but she still nodded in acknowledgement.
“I haven’t.”
…
The topic had already strayed. Qin Ren still hadn’t found out what Yu Yourong planned to do after finding Luo Yao, but he saw her little head already drooping, her eyelids getting heavy.
“I say, you haven’t eaten in 7 days. You haven’t slept in 7 days either, have you?”
“I could have… gone ten years without sleeping…”
Yu Yourong yawned. As she spoke, her whole body slumped forward, swaying. Her head was about to slam into the tabletop. Just as she was about to “smash her head on the table,” Qin Ren quickly put his hand under her forehead.
Thud—
With a muffled sound, Qin Ren grimaced, his knuckles aching.
Under these circumstances, classmate Yu Yourong slowly closed her eyes, conveniently used Qin Ren’s forearm as a pillow, shifted her head, and then her breathing became even and sweet.
“…”
As a corporate slave, Qin Ren was well aware of the feeling of “sleepiness comes like a mountain collapsing, and goes like silk being pulled.” But he couldn’t just watch her sleep here.
“Hey, wake up!”
Qin Ren poked her cheek. She was clearly of the snake clan, but her face wasn’t cool like Luo Yao’s. It was warm, smooth, tender, and elastic, like milk pudding.
“Wake up!”
“Mmm…”
Yu Yourong’s eyes fluttered open. Qin Ren was a little disappointed. He was just thinking how comfortable it was and wanted to poke a few more times.
“Can you still move?”
Yu Yourong nodded, then closed her eyes again.
“…”
There was no other way. Qin Ren propped her up and carried her on his back.
She was surprisingly light.
A light body, and the surname Yu.
Why is this snake clan girl so cat-like…
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Two soft, fluffy mounds pressed against his back, strands of falling hair brushed against his face, and from time to time, a fragrant breath would puff by his ear…
As Qin Ren carried Yu Yourong on his back, he had a constant sense of unreality, as if he had really abducted a JK and brought her home.
“Qin Ren, Qin Ren, you’re back… eh?”
As soon as he entered the house, a certain little lady, as usual, ran to the door holding her pillow to greet Qin Ren. But when she saw what was on his back, she froze, her mood visibly dropping.
“Qin Ren, you’ve changed.”
“Cut it out with your melodramatic lines. First, see if you recognize her.”
Luo Yao didn’t need to look to recognize her.
“It’s a random woman.”
“…”
This was why children are so easily influenced by adults. If Qin Ren remembered correctly, Luo Yao must have learned the term “random woman” from her phone call with Gu Qing.
Qin Ren placed Yu Yourong on the sofa, then beckoned for Luo Yao to come over.
“Hmph…” Luo Yao didn’t go over. She hugged her pillow and turned her back to him.
“I’ll count to three.”
Count then. Qin Ren had turned bad. He was starting to bring other women home, and it wasn’t even his sister. This made the High Immortal feel very disappointed and heartbroken. She decided not to talk to him for a whole minute.
“One.”
“…”
“Two.”
“…”
A minute is sixty counts. Luo Yao would wait until Qin Ren counted to sixty before turning around.
“If you don’t come over, I’ll sleep with her tonight instead of you.”
Luo Yao turned around and threw a pillow at Qin Ren.
“This eminence is here! Quickly spit!”
“Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey.”
Qin Ren spat perfunctorily, then had Luo Yao take a good look at Yu Yourong on the sofa.
“She says she’s from your Flowing Cloud Sect. Do you know her?”
“…”
Luo Yao looked for a while, then answered in a muffled, sullen voice.
“I do. Yu Yourong.”
“She’s a disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sect, right?”
“She is. And the head disciple.”
“Huh?”
This was quite a surprise to Qin Ren. He had heard Luo Yao talk about the Myriad Demon Continent before. Besides “some person” and “some mortal,” the ones she mentioned most were the head disciple and the Sect Master. He never expected that the one he met today would be one of them.
“Mmm…”
Yu Yourong on the sofa shifted slightly, sleeping soundly. Qin Ren didn’t disturb her. He was about to take Luo Yao back to the room to sleep, but Luo Yao demanded that he throw Yu Yourong on the floor first.
“Why?”
“Because the sofa is this eminence’s territory.”
Qin Ren was amused. He pinched her soft little cheek.
“Since when did it become your territory?”
“It just is. It’s this eminence’s and yours…”
Luo Yao grumbled unhappily, then suddenly lifted her little dress.
“Qin Ren, this eminence needs to pee.”
“Go ahead.”
“Right here.”
“Don’t you dare mark your territory, you little animal!”
