Recently, Shen Jianqing and Li Yuze seem to be acting a bit strange. I raised a foreleg and rubbed my brilliant head. Ah! If I’m not mistaken, they must have had a fight.
Because the moment Shen Jianqing got home, his expression was dark and sullen. When Li Yuze tried to speak to him, he replied only with cold, indifferent grunts. But don’t think I didn’t notice: the moment Li Yuze turned his back, Shen Jianqing’s gaze was firmly fixed on him! I’m very familiar with that look; it’s like a poisonous snake in the mountains staring at its prey, full of greed.
Ai, humans are so weird. Does Shen Jianqing want to eat Li Yuze too?
No, I need to come up with a plan.
Today’s weather is great; the sun is so hot it’s warming the ground. I can feel the scorching heat on my belly. I really like cold, damp weather, but Li Yuze doesn’t seem to. Whenever it’s sunny, he always goes out for a stroll.
“Hong Hong, let’s go for a walk.”
Sure enough. Li Yuze said, closing his glowing device, and extended his hand to me. Normally, I’d happily crawl onto him and find a comfortable spot in his sleeve to nap.
But the moment I started to move, I suddenly hesitated. An idea popped into my brilliant head. I controlled the urge to crawl onto his hand and just lie there limply.
“Hm? What’s wrong with you?” Li Yuze waited for a bit, seeing no movement from me. He frowned and leaned closer. “Are you sick?”
Ah! Yes! That’s it, sick! I quickly moved my right foreleg and tapped his palm.
Li Yuze grew worried and immediately took me out. I curled up in his warm palm, dozing comfortably.
Soon, I sensed the presence of my master, Shen Jianqing, not far away.
“Shen Jianqing, come out for a moment.” Li Yuze’s voice was anxious.
I peered out from between his fingers. Shen Jianqing was standing among a group of people, talking. The people were listening intently, and several of them were looking at him with strange expressions. Shen Jianqing’s face was gentle, but his eyes held the familiar coldness I’d grown accustomed to.
When Shen Jianqing heard Li Yuze’s voice, he immediately turned his head. In that instant, even though Shen Jianqing’s expression didn’t change, I felt an aura of joy and delight from him.
Ugh, what a spineless human.
Shen Jianqing put on an act. He abandoned the group of people and walked straight to Li Yuze, saying gruffly, “What’s wrong?”
Pfft, so dramatic.
Li Yuze said, “Hong Hong’s sick; quickly, take a look.”
“Sick?” I heard Shen Jianqing’s incredulous voice, tinged with a hint of amusement.
Li Yuze opened his palm, exposing me to the sunlight. I pretended to be weak, lifting my eyes to glance at Shen Jianqing. He looked down at me, raised an eyebrow slightly, and his eyes showed both understanding and a hint of mockery.
He knew I was faking it.
But then Shen Jianqing looked up at Li Yuze and said, “It’s quite serious, indeed; he has no strength left. If we delay any longer, he might die.”
He actually cursed me!
“Is it that serious?” Li Yuze quickly cupped me, alarmed. “How do we treat him? Do pet hospitals take little bugs?”
Shen Jianqing said, “Just leave him to me.”
Li Yuzhe finally let out a sigh of relief.
They took me back home. Shen Jianqing took me from Li Yuze, held me tightly in his warm palm, and went inside the room. I was placed in a container resembling a Gu container, and then, we just stared at each other.
“You just ate Wan Ying’s highly nourishing Gu insect, and you’re sick?”
Oh, his questioning, teasing tone was so annoying. I turned my back to him, showing him my rear.
But soon, I felt Shen Jianqing’s finger land on my back shell. He sighed, saying, “Ai, but Hong Hong, you’re still very well-behaved.”
Now that’s what I call a human sentence. I turned back around.
“You should rest well in here.” Shen Jianqing said, closing the lid of the Gu container.
Me: !
Shen Jianqing, you are utterly useless!
The surroundings suddenly went dark, and I could only hear sounds from outside.
Shen Jianqing said, “Yuze Ah-ge, let’s make up.”
Then came Li Yuze’s voice: “How’s Hong Hong?”
Haha, Li Yuzhe still cares about me.
“He’s fine; he probably just ate too much and got indigestion.”
“Then that’s good,” Li Yuze said without suspicion, then paused before adding, “I… I wasn’t actually mad.”
“But I was mad!” Shen Jianqing’s tone suddenly shifted.
Li Yuze said helplessly, “I just went to see my friend who runs the guesthouse, why are you angry?”
Shen Jianqing replied, “Why didn’t you tell me beforehand? You made me so worried.”
“Do I have to report everything to you? That would make us both exhausted.”
I heard the sound of clothes rubbing, and I guessed Shen Jianqing had embraced Li Yuze.
“I don’t mind being exhausted, Yuze Ah-ge, please pity me! I only have you now. I can’t go back to Shidi Mountain. I have nowhere else to go. I truly only have you…”
Shen Jianqing’s voice grew softer and softer, sounding incredibly wronged, even tinged with a sobbing tone that shocked this insect!
Good heavens, Shen Jianqing cried? I really wanted to go out and see… Wait, he clearly brought many strong men out of the village. What does “only Li Yuze” mean?
There was a rustling sound from outside, followed by Li Yuze’s breathless words: “Alright, I didn’t think about that… I’m sorry. If… if this can give you a sense of security… I can do it…”
His voice was finally drowned out by a sticky, wet-sounding panting. That very familiar, spring-like scent filled the air once more.
Ai! I leaned back in the darkness, thinking silently.
What will this household do without me?!
