“Alright.”
It was just one simple word but it held the gravity of a sworn promise.
Ian didn’t know where Gu Mengmeng stood in his own heart. Was she the Messenger of the Beast Deity, a highly-revered figure by the entire Eagle-owl tribe? Or was she a friend worthy of his help?
He only knew that Gu Mengmeng held a very special position. Regardless of how they treated each other usually, just one word from her and he would obey and follow her without any qualms.
Since things were already settled, Ian didn’t linger on. He held Mandy’s shoulder and said, “Let’s head back first. We shouldn’t delay their mealtime.”
Mandy stared at the meat inside Gu Mengmeng’s pot with some yearning.
She had wanted to eat a bit more this morning, but only managed a small helping as she had to go back to help Gu Mengmeng persuade Ian.
Now…
That pot might not even be enough to fill the tummies of both Lea and Elvis. She felt it would be really impolite of her to stay on and bum a free meal off them.
She stood up and followed Ian out. But she paused after a couple of steps to turn and look at Gu Mengmeng. She called out in a small voice. “Gu Mengmeng.”
“Mmm?” Gu Mengmeng gazed up at Mandy.
Mandy just beamed and waved. “I am leaving now, goodbye…”
“Okay…” Gu Mengmeng was bewildered.
She then overheard Mandy whispering excitedly to Ian. “Did you see that? I called the Great Messenger by her name and she answered me…”
Gu Mengmeng was totally dumbfounded…
After Ian and Mandy left, Lea took over the bowl and chopsticks from Gu Mengmeng’s hands. He put down the chopsticks and took up a small spoon to personally feed her one spoonful at a time.
With one swift motion, Elvis lifted Gu Mengmeng onto his lap.
This stance…
Something deviant was in the air!
Lea grinned at Gu Mengmeng. “Mengmeng, do you think we will be adding someone new to our family soon?”
Gu Mengmeng instinctively rubbed her own tummy. “Not that soon. I haven’t retrieved the Love of the Sky yet, and you two already intend to make me pregnant?”
Elvis took hold of the hand which Gu Mengmeng was rubbing her tummy with. “Stop acting blur. Children have never been considered family members.”
“Why?!” Gu Mengmeng smacked the table in anger. Why were the children she bore not considered a part of the family?! Was there still any justice left in this world?!
Elvis chuckled and stroked her head soothingly. “Because they will become the partners of other females after they come of age, and will form their own family. They can’t stay in our home forever. So children are not considered family members.”
Gu Mengmeng thought about it. Mmm… she treasured her sons but was not that perverted as to forbid them from marrying. To bind them by her side for the rest of her life as old bachelors.
Sigh, when one reared a pig, it would always end up being food for someone else. The earlier she learned to accept this, the better it would be…
Gu Mengmeng nodded with a touch of melancholy. “Oh, so our family only comprises you, me and Lea then.”
Lea raised his brows at Gu Mengmeng’s disappointment. But his expression didn’t change as he continued to smile amicably. “Yes, just us three. A bit thin, right?”
Gu Mengmeng instinctively nodded. She had thought her family was rather big and grand. It included her, Elvis, Lea, Hede and his brothers, as well as even more little foxes and wolves in the future…
But now it seemed that all the children she bore would never be considered part of the family. So depressing.
“So, do you intend to take in a few Vulture tribe members to expand our family? Mmm?”