“Daughter, you have come back.” Yeah, this conversation should have been with an apron-wearing old man bearing two plates of hot dumplings, and not this smiling youthful-looking chap in a white outfit.
Gu Mengmeng no longer had the energy to complain about this father-daughter designation. She was the one who had run off her mouth and used his name all over for her own benefit.
“Lonely old man, I want to ask you about something.” Gu Mengmeng was afraid she might forget about this matter after watching the television series. Hence, she wanted to ask about this first. “Did Wang Xiaoxin know how to cast spells? Like in “The Legend and the Hero”?”
The Beast Deity chuckled and shook his head indulgently. “She does not.”
Gu Mengmeng said, “Oh? But Fei Rui said the Kiss of the Ocean is in some Forbidden Abyss and is under some spell of hers…”
The Beast Deity maintained his benevolent smile. “Wang Xiaoxin did not cast the spell on the Forbidden Abyss. I did.”
“Pfft…”Gu Mengmeng really felt like spitting in his face, but controlled herself as she needed to ask a favor from him. “How to break the spell? I want to enter to retrieve the Kiss of the Ocean.”
The Beast Deity replied, “There’s no need to break the spell. You can just enter directly.”
Gu Mengmeng said, “Really?”
The Beast Deity continued. “The spell is only effective against tribes in the ocean. It is useless against other tribes.
Gu Mengmeng looked skeptically at the Beast Deity. “Are you kidding me?”
The Beast Deity put on a serious face. “Deities cannot lie. I had initially cast the spell to prevent the treasure from appearing on earth. It will trigger chaos and no one would be able to handle the resulting consequences. That was why I forbid the ocean tribes to take it out of the sea. And this Forbidden Abyss is situated deep in the ocean and no one except the ocean tribes have the ability to reach it. As a result, the spell was cast with only the ocean tribes in mind.
Gu Mengmeng grinned and linked her arm around the Beast Deity’s arm. “Daddy, will you help me?”
The Beast Deity looked at Gu Mengmeng and paused before speaking. “You call me Daddy only when you need something. Otherwise you call me a lonely old man… tsk, where did you learn such curry favoring skills?”
Gu Mengmeng smiled with a naughty expression. “Daddy, all daughters are like that. They will only be good girls when they need more pocket money. You will learn to accept the reality of it.”
The Beast Deity thought for a moment before sighing in resignation. “Alright, good girl. Watch this television series with me and I will give you some pocket money.”
Gu Mengmeng nodded and sat down happily. “That’s great, Dad.”
The white fog emptied out with a wave of the Beast Deity’s hand. Gu Mengmeng felt like a deity sitting leisurely upon a white cloud and observing the world below. She watched with interest at the romantic idol series starring Snake and her other self.
Yeah, Snake was in charge of the romance and the idol part. She could only contribute to the drama part.
The bell signaling the start of class had just rung. The professors were all taking attendance.
Gu Mengmeng sat at the far-most corner of the room. This was a self-study class and about 200 students were gathered in that room. The previous incident at the courtyard had left her heart in a flurry and she wanted to find a quiet corner to calm herself down.
But someone was obviously unwilling to let her have her wish.
A slender figure leaned against the doorway, as the sunlight lengthened his shadow. He zeroed in on that huddled figure. Green eyes carrying a trace of teasing and plenty of doting instantly picked her out of the sea of nearly 200 students.
Gu Mengmeng was staring in a daze at the figure standing in the doorway, separated by a whole roomful of murmuring heads. She forgot to avert her eyes and forgot that the teacher was currently taking attendance…