Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 504: The Baby Turns to Ash and Wants to Cry Without Tears (2)
"You, are you talking about your freakish centipede?"
"Yep, yep, exactly, that’s my pride and joy," Yueyue nodded vehemently.
Qiqi glanced sideways at a forty-five-degree angle, blinked, and recalled that the centipede seemed to have appeared when Yueyue had just learned to walk. Curious about its many legs, she had toddled up to Aunt Baihe, pointing at the centipede on the ground, and chanted in single syllables, "Aunt, catch, catch." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Aunt Baihe thought the little Princess was just curious, so she caught it in a small bottle. Little Yueyue cherished it in her arms, but the centipede was pregnant. It just so happened that their mother was going to train in space, taking her sister and herself with her. Unexpectedly, her sister brought the small bottle into space too. Perhaps due to the change of environment, once in space, the centipede laid a bunch of eggs. By the time Yueyue uncorked the bottle, the centipede had almost finished eating its eggs. Smelling the fresh air, it crawled out of the bottle, only to be spotted by the sharp-eyed Feng Xuxu, who killed the centipede with a thrown flower. Upon questioning, they learned that Aunt Baihe caught it to amuse the little Princess. Before Feng Xuxu could get angry, Little Yueyue was already crying, clutching at her mother’s skirt, begging her to stay with her treasure. Feng Xuxu had no choice but to promise her daughter that she’d catch another one when she was a little older. Things seemed fine, but not long after, a tiny centipede crawled out of the bottle. Feng Xuxu caught sight of it and intended to kill it quietly, but Yueyue protected it fiercely. Feng Xuxu, feeling helpless, removed the centipede’s jaws so that, even if it bit Little Yueyue, the poison would not be a threat.
When Dugu Chen found out, he punished Baihe severely, then began making medicine in the space, occasionally administering it to Yueyue and Qiqi. From that half-year on, Yueyue and Qiqi’s bodies became immune to all poisons, and with the aid of Spiritual Spring Water, they were not afraid of any poison. Their blood also became an antidote. When they were a year and a half old, seeing how smart the children were and how quickly they learned, Dugu Chen gave them each a little Marrow Cleansing Pill and started teaching them martial arts for half an hour every night in space. In just six months’ time, Qiqi’s Qinggong became very good, while Yueyue, interested in her mother’s ability to pluck leaves and make medicine, was even more fascinated by pharmacology and from then on never looked back.
"Hehe, big brother, aren’t you just jealous of my treasure!" Seeing her brother silent and indifferent, with his eyes still gazing askew and his thoughts adrift, Little Yueyue couldn’t contain herself, thinking her brother was envious of her.
Qiqi’s mind snapped back to reality, raising an eyebrow, he asked his self-absorbed sister, "Isn’t your treasure crying out for help? Why don’t you take it out and have a look!"
"It’s up there!" she said, her large eyes gazing at her brother.
"What? You... you put it on dad’s bed?" Qiqi’s eyes widened in disbelief as he asked his sister, who looked clueless.
Yueyue nodded gently, her small hand quickly covering her brother’s mouth, "Are you trying to get us killed, shouting like that? My heart can’t take your surprises. I put the centipede there to check on dad and mom, that’s why."
Qiqi felt like crying but had no tears, cursing himself for being soft-hearted and actually believing his devilish little sister. Now they were in for it, with dad surely waiting on the bed to catch them both in the act. He glanced at his sister, "You might as well start crying now, I’m pretty certain your treasure has turned to ash."
Looking at her brother’s state, it was clear he was just sour because he couldn’t have grapes, "Pfft, you’re just jealous, envious, and full of hate. I understand."
"Jealous? Envious? You might as well save it," he said mockingly, glancing at his sister. His small frame slumped back weakly as he wondered, how on earth he was going to avoid being caught by dad.
