Seeing his round hair bun was shaken loose, I finally let go: “You’re not cute at all as a child.”
Kong Kong said flatly: “No matter how cute, it can’t hide the fact that I’m already a thousand years old.”
I laughed, though it wasn’t a joke, yet I inexplicably wanted to laugh.
“Ga.”
I glanced at Ya Ya spinning in circles at my feet, scooping it up in one hand. Feeling its lightness, my expression changed, and I cried: “Woo woo woo, Ya Ya, how did you get so thin? Kong Kong, Ya Ya needs to eat five meals a day, and it loves fish.”
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Kong Kong, expressionless, extended his hand: “Please pay the lodging and meal fees.”
“Woo woo woo, Kong Kong, you’re so cruel. A Gong never charges me these fees. When A Gong returns, I’ll definitely tell her you’re bullying me.”
“Ah ah ah ah ah!”
Hehe. Seeing Kong Kong run away in a hurry, I sniffled and held Ya Ya, staring blankly outside.
Time passed, and after three months, feeling like I was growing mold, I rushed home on the day of my release, bringing a small stool to wait for the Task Master.
Sure enough, just as dawn broke and the morning sun rose, the Task Master’s iron-faced expression appeared. I quickly waved: “Task Master.”
Reborn Beauty (Part Three)
Although Jiang Hu and I were doing tasks in the same era, the places we went were different. Upon reaching the human realm, we separated.
Floating Cloud slowly led the way, passing through streams, leaping over mountains. Miasma lingered on the mountain, choking me. I couldn’t help pinching Floating Cloud: “Hey, didn’t you take the wrong path?”
“No. As Jiang Hu said, Liu Banxia jumped off a cliff, so naturally, we’d be at the bottom of a cliff where even birds don’t lay eggs.”
I was about to slap it but stopped. When doing tasks, I used to get lost, so Gou Hun gave me Floating Cloud. Later when we separated, he didn’t take it back, and I didn’t return it.
Although he gave it to me, after nearly a thousand years together, returning it now would seem like we had no connection.
I lay on Floating Cloud and asked: “Floating Cloud, between me and Gou Hun, who would you choose?”
