Chapter 146: Fruits Flying All Over the Sky

Looking at the fruit that somewhat resembled a strawberry, the bitter taste in my mouth made me not want to eat it at all.

Even if it was a spiritual fruit rich in auras, I suppose I would find it tasteless?

So I pushed it away: "I don't want to eat... I'll have it later."

"Take a bite."

Surprisingly, Wangchuan, who never forced me, pushed the fruit back.

I looked at him, barely gathering any enthusiasm, took it, and stared at it for a long time.

It didn't seem particularly special. I had heard him call it a chirpy fruit earlier; did it chirp when bitten?

I reluctantly took a small bite, and instantly, my mouth was filled with the rich, sweet flavor of lychee, accompanied by a genuine chirping sound! And it was bouncing around!

"Oh oh oh!" I couldn't help but cry out twice!

It wasn't like the popping candy that fizzed; it felt as lively as something running wild all over my mouth!

Before I could even react, I heard the little fruit in my hand murmur vaguely: "I love you."

"Huh?"

I pinched the little thing—its outer skin was a strawberry-like pink, while the inside was bouncy like lychee flesh—and it told me, I love you?

I took another bite, and this time I clearly felt the fruit darting around my mouth while hearing the one in my hand say: "I love you."

Blinking, I looked at Wangchuan, as if asking for an explanation.

Wangchuan smiled and explained, "The spiritual energy inside this little fruit is very delicate, so it records the last sentence it hears when picked."

I looked again, and incredulously grabbed another one that looked a bit larger, taking a small bite!

"I love you!"

Sure enough, the larger fruit had a much louder voice. Hearing the little fruit repeat such words, I suddenly felt a strong urge to laugh.

"The tone... sounds just like you."

I smiled, looking at this strange, toy-like thing.

Just as he had said, my bad mood drifted away quite a bit.

Wangchuan smiled without a word. After biting into two or three more fruits, I increasingly found that it really was just like what this guy said.

Although he had never said those words to me ordinarily, if he were to say them, this would probably be his exact tone, right?

"Hey," I nudged him with my elbow, asking indirectly, "Did you say it once for every single one you picked?"

However, Wangchuan was truly a fellow who didn't know how to lie. Without hiding anything, he answered directly.

"I didn't speak while picking them, just said it once at the very end."

I was stunned for a long while, suddenly feeling my chest burst with surprise: "You actually said you love me?"

"The chirp birds in the orchard said females like hearing this, especially human ones." He smiled, leaning close to my ear. "Do you like it?"

"Mm-mm-mm," I nodded hastily, holding the little fruit. "I like it."

"Well, there's another bag right here, you can listen slowly."

Without any graceful posture, he threw his long legs right up onto the table, leaning against me with a hint of fatigue.

Such a massive guy, yet he had the nerve to lean on me.

Besides, before we became 'this close,' his elegance went without saying; unlike now, so laid-back and completely casual!

Still, I found I liked it very much. After all, other people had never seen this side of him.

I glanced at the approximate number of fruits left inside. Oh my, there only seemed to be a hundred or so. If counted merely as fruits, that was quite a lot, but if listened to as declarations of love, might it not be enough?

I would have to eat them sparingly.

Using just these few fruits, Wangchuan smoothly bypassed the awkwardness I felt facing Xin'er, and we sat on the sofa eating fruit.

Wangchuan listened to the fruit repeating "I love you" over and over again without even blushing.

It was easy to guess that he put everything into practical actions; words like "I love you" probably served no other purpose to him than what that bird mentioned—coaxing girls.

Furthermore, he seemed entirely devoid of shame. Having been with him for so long, I had never seen him blush, so expecting him to be shy now was naturally out of the question.

I shook my head and continued eating, listening to the little fruit say sentence by sentence: "I love you."

The voice was tender and sweet. Although the tone was the same, I even began to imagine whether our baby, once born, would use the same tender cadence and domineering tone to say, "Mommy, I love you!"

Ah, just thinking about it made the whole world turn into cotton candy!

After eating for a while, Jiuyan pushed the door open, holding a small bottle filled with sparkling, crystalline souls.

Top-grade souls, ones that had committed practically no evil deeds.

No wonder Jiuyan had been gone for so long; she must have been picking them one by one while making sure the souls didn't try to run away.

"Thanks for your hard work." Wangchuan stood up, took the small bottle without ceremony, popped the lid, and tossed a few souls straight to Xin'er.

Xin'er had been staring fixedly at those souls ever since Jiuyan walked in. Seeing the souls fly toward her, she opened her mouth and swallowed them straight into her belly!

As for me, I tried not to think too much about anything else and just pretended she was eating biscuits.

Otherwise, if Wangchuan had to support Xin'er like this for the rest of her life, it wouldn't do; she couldn't remain a little beast forever.

As I pondered, I suddenly felt a bit mischievous.

"Master!" I called out to him.

The moment he turned his head back, he heard me crunch down on a fruit with a crisp sound.

I purposely chose a large one, and the sound it made was quite loud, perfectly connecting with my previous words.

"I love you!"

Before I knew it, it had turned into a tool for expressing romantic affection.

Wangchuan shook his head helplessly, while Jiuyan wore an expression of sheer awkwardness. Having followed Wangchuan for so long, she certainly knew that voice belonged to him, right?

Even as a demon, she knew this was a chirpy fruit that could speak, didn't she?

Having way too much fun, I called out again: "Master!" And right after Wangchuan responded with a hum, I bit into another fruit.

Jiuyan's complexion grew increasingly strange. Women are creatures who hold grudges, especially women who are currently in a bad mood.

I couldn't throw a tantrum at his younger sister, and I couldn't throw a tantrum at my man, but ruffling the feathers of a woman who was eyeing 'my' man was fair game, right?

Finally, after playing around countless times, Wangchuan let out a helpless, gentle laugh.

"Do you find it amusing to make me say 'I love you' to myself countless times?"

As soon as these words left his mouth, Jiuyan became entirely certain that those words had indeed been spoken by Wangchuan, and her little fingertips trembled slightly.

"Of course it's amusing." What was even more amusing was watching Jiuyan's displeasure, which helped soothe my own mood.

Until the day that cat stopped clinging to Wangchuan, stopped standing by while we ate, and stopped staying in the living room while we made love, I would consider myself victorious.

After Xin'er had consumed a large number of souls, Wangchuan saw that there were still quite a few left, so he snapped the lid shut.

Seeing the lid closed, Xin'er let out a couple of whimpering cries.

"You can't eat too many, or you'll burst to death."

Though he offered a kindly explanation, Wangchuan didn't even glance back, flopping right back onto the sofa and lazily shifting back into his elongated form.

"You look so tired today." I stroked his cheek.

"Yeah, from chasing fruit."

"Chasing?" I looked curiously at the small fruit in my hand.

He grabbed the fruit and pointed to its tail end. "Look and see if something's missing here."

I looked closely. It did seem as though something had been plucked off.

"There used to be wings right there. These fruits fly all over the sky during the day, soaking up the sun and absorbing spiritual energy, and only drop back onto the trees at night. I was afraid you couldn't wait, so I just went up and caught them directly. Sigh, at my age, having to fly around like a little fruit..."

"Pfft." I couldn't help laughing. Such strange little fruits! Still, I wondered what it looked like when Wangchuan was leaping up and down trying to catch them?

Imagining the scene in my mind made it even funnier. There probably were noisy little birds hovering around cheering him on, too, right?

"What are you laughing at?" Wangchuan raised an eyebrow and poked my forehead. "It's a good thing I came back early."

"Yes, yes, yes, it's a good thing you came back early." I hugged him and let out a long sigh.

The thoughts that had been lingering in my mind were still there, actually.

But I ask you, who else could possibly make this old fellow fly all over the place just to catch fruit?

Even if it was for the sake of the little cub, I got to enjoy the benefits too.

Now the only thing I hoped for was that Xin'er could recover quickly, turn back into a human, and then we could figure out the next steps...

The following few days became the most grueling period of time for me.

Every day I watched Xin'er eat souls, eagerly anticipating changes in her the next day!

Until a week later, while Xin'er was eating souls, she suddenly let out a strange cry! And then she collapsed, rolling onto the ground!

At the same time, high above the fissure, the very same explosive sound as the previous few times echoed once more!