novelhk Chapter 88 Water House
Chapter 88 Water House
The Moon-Treading Piglet held the plate with its two short paws, biting off a piece with each bite. It quickly finished the plate, let out a cheerful whistle, and snuggled into Yan Shuzhou's arms.
"He's quite perceptive," Tu Hao mused, stroking his chin.
Miao Yin glanced at him and tossed him the bite stopper: "Put it on when you're done eating."
Tu Hao: "..."
I was so angry I wanted to bite my teeth, but after dawdling for ages, I finally put it on.
Yan Shuzhou's gaze swept between the two of them before he asked, "Sister, what is this? Why do we have to wear it?"
“This is a bite stopper; he promised I could wear it for three days,” Miao Yin said.
So why make this promise in the first place? What have you been doing these past few days?
Yan Shuzhou thought to himself sullenly.
But since Miao Yin didn't say anything, he didn't dare to ask, and swallowed his questions with his eyes lowered.
"Well……"
The sound was so faint that it was almost inaudible coming from the other side.
Miao Yin got up and walked over there.
Ji Yuanzhou, who had been unconscious for a day and a night, woke up. He lay on the cold floor, staring blankly at the ceiling.
...Where is this place? Why is he here?
"you're awake."
A familiar voice rang out from above. Even faster than the memory in his mind, his body reacted. Ji Yuanzhou trembled and tried to get up as if in a jolt, but his injured and exhausted body was too weak to move. He could only move his arm before he couldn't move anymore.
He looked up and saw only a woman's blurry face.
The man waved to him, then seemed to remember something, squatted down, and put something cool on his face.
As the fog cleared, the world suddenly became clear, and he saw the merciful-looking demon from his nightmare, staring at him with a half-smile.
Ji Yuanzhou's breathing suddenly became rapid.
"Cough cough...you...this is..." His eyes darted around nervously, trying to gather more information to ease his inner panic.
"Welcome to my manor. This will be your home from now on."
Miao Yin waved to Yan Shuzhou: "Xiao Zhou, come here."
Yan Shuzhou obediently walked over and squatted down beside her.
"Let me introduce you. This is Yan Shuzhou, my younger brother. Xiaozhou, this is Ji Yuanzhou, a lightning-type ability user. He's injured, so you'll be responsible for taking care of him for a while and helping him recover."
Yan Shuzhou nodded: "Okay, I understand."
"What..." Ji Yuanzhou's mind hadn't quite processed it yet.
His memory was still stuck on the life-or-death moment by the window, but when he opened his eyes, he found himself in a completely unfamiliar place, running a fever and looking dazed.
"Take him to the room on the second floor first, the one next to yours. Then cook him some porridge, give him some anti-inflammatory medicine and fever reducer, so he doesn't get brain damage from the fever," Miao Yin said.
"it is good."
When Yan Shuzhou saw the bandages on Ji Yuanzhou's chest and arms, he realized that the other man might have broken his bones. He moved more gently, trying not to put pressure on the injured areas, and took Ji Yuanzhou upstairs.
Now that one thing is done, it's time to go check on those two little ones.
"Shall we go and see the other two tenants in my manor?" Miao Yin asked.
"Are there still people in your manor?" Tu Hao asked.
Why weren't they here when we were eating?
“They live outside, let me show you around.”
Tu Hao had a feeling something was wrong, but she was still pulled away.
Miao Yin led him to the water hut. When she opened the door, she saw a bunch of pink and white nine-tasseled rabbits running around on the floor.
They hurriedly hid in corners and behind stool legs, covering their eyes and trying to hide themselves.
The Great Demon King is back!
"Is this Yan Shuzhou's summoned creature?" Tu Hao asked with some curiosity.
"Yes, they are called Nine-Tails Rabbits. They usually do housework. Be careful when you go in and out, don't step on them and kill them, Xiaozhou will be heartbroken."
"Tsk, I see. So where are your two tenants?" Tu Hao didn't see anyone here.
Miao Yin knocked on the glass cabinet: "Here."
Tu Hao went closer and saw an ugly thing that looked like a baby and a small spider with eight legs, each separated in a glass case, their cold eyes staring at them menacingly.
"What is this thing?" He frowned and said with obvious disgust.
No wonder his danger warning kept ringing; he thought it was the white snake wandering around nearby. Turns out it was these two ghostly things.
"Let me give you some additional knowledge," Miao Yin said, pointing to the demonic fetus.
"This is a demonic fetus. After the apocalypse, its mother became deformed, but because she was pregnant, everything in her body was absorbed by the fetus. Unaware of its mother's condition, it lived like a normal fetus until the mother could no longer bear it. Then it bit the mother to death, crawled out, and wreaked havoc. Now I have captured it from outside."
Upon hearing Miao Yin's words, Tu Hao quickly realized the seriousness of the matter, and his expression immediately changed.
Is this true for all pregnant women?
“Mostly.”
"...Humanity is really not far from extinction." Tu Hao said with a hint of self-deprecation, then looked at the spider.
"And what about it? Is it also a demonic fetus?"
“Good question,” Miao Yin said. “I don’t know what’s going on with it either. It came out of the stomach of a spider-mutant I killed. It’s very clever, at least as intelligent as a child.”
"Is there something you don't know? Why don't you use your precognitive abilities to take a look?"
"I can foresee how I'll kill it. Do you want to know?"
“…Not interested.” Tu Hao placed his hand on the glass, watching the little spider’s drooling gaze follow his hand.
"You haven't fed them, have you? They look like they're starving."
"They haven't eaten for a month, have they? Guess how long it will take for them to starve to the point of banging on the glass?" Miao Yin said maliciously.
"...You're scarier than the mutants. So, which of these two is more powerful?"
Miao Yin thought for a moment: "The difference shouldn't be too big. I can remove the boards and let them have a contest. We'll each place a bet. If you win, I'll let you take off the bite stopper. If you lose, you'll have to wear the collar for another week. How about that?"
"You won't lose anything regardless of winning or losing, right?" Tu Hao's lips twitched.
Miao Yin winked playfully: "But you can take off the bite stopper, isn't that good?"
"No, I won't gamble, I won't play along." He'll only wear it for a day at most, why make things unpleasant for himself?
Miao Yin raised her hand, and suddenly a gun appeared in her hand, the cold muzzle pressed against Tu Hao's forehead.
"bet?"
Tu Hao took a deep breath to calm himself down after flying up.
"bet."