Lu Yuan took out a Human Level Middle Grade Elixir from the Seven-Star Wind Pill Furnace. The medicinal fragrance was rich and mellow, worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Just one wasn’t enough. After a short rest, Lu Yuan continued with his Alchemy.

Meanwhile, Su Liyan was in her room, dangling a large chicken leg in front of Xiaotian.

Xiaotian’s eyes gleamed, and drool dripped from the corner of his mouth. He stared intently at the large chicken leg in Su Liyan’s hand.

Su Liyan asked, "Xiaotian, you’re no ordinary Brother Pingtou. You can speak the human tongue. Fess up, what are you scheming?"

Xiaotian wiped the drool from his mouth with his front paw and said, "Pretty lady, what bad intentions could I have? I can imitate all sorts of languages, so of course I can imitate the speech of the Human Race."

"HISS HISS HISS... HISS HISS HISS..." Xiaotian started speaking in the language of snakes.

Su Liyan whacked Xiaotian on the head with the large chicken leg. He must have said something quite nasty in snake-tongue.

Xiaotian clutched his head, saying aggrievedly, "Hiss hiss... hiss..."

"Hiss!" Su Liyan responded.

Xiaotian was stunned for a good while by the pretty lady’s "Hiss!"

"Hehehe, I knew you could speak snake-tongue too," Xiaotian said, scratching his belly.

Su Liyan said nonchalantly, "What’s so strange about that? It’s etched into my genes. Of course I know it."

Xiaotian stood up and puffed out his chest. "I’m different. I can quickly learn the language of any living creature."

Su Liyan gave the large chicken leg to Xiaotian and said coldly, "You’d better behave yourself. Otherwise, I’ll really have to show you what I’m capable of."

Su Liyan made a small fist, threatening Xiaotian.

That little fist didn’t scare Xiaotian at all. Cradling the large chicken leg, he readily agreed, "Of course. As long as there’s food, I won’t cause any trouble. I’ll be as good as gold."

RING RING RING...

The large, brick-like mobile phone sitting on the bedside table began to ring.

Su Liyan got up to get the phone. The caller ID showed her mother’s number.

"Mom, how is everything at home?" Su Liyan asked first.

Su Liyan’s mother replied, "Good, good, everything’s wonderful. It’s just that my little granddaughter is quite the handful. Isn’t that right, little Bengbeng?"

"Grandma, I wanna talk to Mommy," Bengbeng said, jumping up and down, trying to snatch the phone from her grandmother’s hand.

Su Liyan said, "Bengbeng, you have to listen to Grandma at home, okay? When I come back, I’ll bring a little friend for you, how does that sound?"

Holding the brick phone with both hands, Su Liyan glanced over at Xiaotian, who was happily gnawing away.

Xiaotian was completely focused on his meal, paying no attention to who Su Liyan was talking to.

Su Liyan’s mother couldn’t handle Bengbeng constantly tugging at her pants, so she handed the brick phone to her.

Bengbeng took the phone with both hands, pressing her tender little face against the large device. "Mommy, what little friend?" she chirped.

After giving the phone to Bengbeng, Su Liyan’s mother stood to the side, hitched up her pants, and retightened the red cord around her waist, tying a knot to keep them from falling down.

In this era, there were no belts; people just used cords to hold up their pants.

Su Liyan said, "A Brother Pingtou."

"A brother? Mommy, did you and Daddy have a baby brother for me while you were away?" Bengbeng’s speech was quite fluent now.

Bengbeng’s words made Xiaotian burst out laughing. He mocked, "Your daughter doesn’t seem too bright."

Su Liyan covered the receiver, kicked Xiaotian, and said fiercely, "What the hell do you know? My Bengbeng is only six months old."

After hearing that, Xiaotian fell silent. ’Speaking at six months old? That’s just unnatural.’

Su Liyan then switched to an extremely gentle tone, chatting idly with her daughter and mother.

Xiaotian mumbled under his breath, in a voice he thought only he could hear, "Hmph. Such a fickle woman! So fierce with me."

WHOOSH!

Su Liyan grabbed Xiaotian and threw him out the door, straight into the pond in the courtyard.

SPLASH! He hit the water like a diver in a belly-flop competition, sending a spray several meters high.

Lu Yuan, cupping a handful of Human Level Middle Grade Elixirs, excitedly walked toward Su Liyan’s room.

Walking under the eaves of the corridor, Lu Yuan saw Xiaotian flailing in the water and used his Inner Strength to lift him out.

Lu Yuan walked over and asked, "Xiaotian, how did you end up in the water?"

Xiaotian put on a pitiful expression and said, "Big Bro, the pretty lady threw me into the pond."

"Did you say something you shouldn’t have and make my wifey angry?" Lu Yuan asked. He knew his wife’s temperament all too well; she wouldn’t throw Xiaotian into the pond for no reason.

Xiaotian didn’t dare lie to Lu Yuan. "Mhm," he admitted.

"Deserved."

Lu Yuan tossed out the single word and walked into the room.

Xiaotian stood by the pond, shaking his body to get the water off.

"Wifey, look at this handful of Elixirs I made," Lu Yuan boasted to Su Liyan.

Su Liyan, having just finished her call, picked up one of the Elixirs from Lu Yuan’s hand. She sniffed it and praised, "Darling, you’re amazing! You even know Alchemy. I’m completely in awe of you."

Lu Yuan placed the Elixirs on the table and said, "I’m amazing in more ways than one, aren’t I?"

Forced slightly onto her tiptoes, Su Liyan let out a soft, "Oh~"

Just then, one of Lu Yuan’s large hands pushed against Su Liyan’s pert bottom, lifting her up.

"Darling, you’re so naughty~" Su Liyan cooed, leaning against Lu Yuan.

"Hehehe." Xiaotian was licking his paws, enjoying the show.

Lu Yuan sent out a gust of wind that blew Xiaotian out of the room, then casually shut the door.

Lu Yuan gazed deeply into Su Liyan’s eyes and said, "Wifey, he’s so annoying."