"I'm dead, so I don't breathe or have a heartbeat."
Congcong withdrew her little hand that was gently touching my belly and asked with some sense of inferiority, "Do you... really think... I'm beautiful?"
Little Dumpling earnestly said, "Little kids who tell lies won't grow tall. Sister, you're just too skinny and haven't filled out yet."
"Then how do you know... that I'll become beautiful once I fill out?" Congcong's gaze became fixed.
Little Dumpling chuckled and said matter-of-factly, "I have the Spiritual Eye, I can see your soul."
With a "smack," Congcong actually leaned in and kissed my belly, "Little brother, you're the first person in this world to call me beautiful. Thank you."
Little Dumpling was stunned for a few seconds, "You... you... you kissed me."
"What's wrong with kissing you? A girl kisses you and you think you're losing out?" I could feel Little Dumpling's shyness inside my belly, so I teased him on purpose.
Little Dumpling bashfully asked me, "Mommy, can I be friends with this young lady? The lifelong kind?"
"Why are you asking me? You're not trying to be friends with me." I decisively dodged the responsibility.
Just as Little Dumpling was gathering courage to speak, he got kissed by Congcong again, "We're friends now, Dumpling! My name is Congcong."
"Sister Yinman, if it weren't for slightly skewed values, I'd want Congcong to be my daughter-in-law." I joked intentionally to lighten the mood.
Bai Yinman did not feel offended but instead gently lowered her eyes and sighed softly, "Actually, they are quite compatible, it's a pity though, they are from two different worlds."
You never know, Sister Yinman.
If there's fate, it's truly possible there might be a chance in the future...
The premise is they have to like each other!!
Wait, what's wrong with my brain, I'm already thinking about arranging a marriage for Little Dumpling!!
Eyeing someone else's daughter.
It's downright feudal, old-fashioned, and vulgar!!
I immediately cast out this improper thought from my mind and said to Bai Yinman, "I'm leaving, Sister Yinman. Call me if you need anything."
Before I left Yun Hao's cottage, I had carried several of Hu Jiao's hairs with me, and just before departure, I inserted these strands of hair into a cloth puppet using a special technique.
An incantation for finding people was embroidered on the cloth puppet with the hair, and the moment it touched the ground, it emitted a red light and then came vividly to life.
Twisting its cloth body, it stood on the ground.
Endowed with Hu Jiao's characteristics, the cloth puppet sensed my approaching breath.
Frightened, it shrank back, "What… what are you going to do..."
"Are you in City B?" I bent down to ask.
The cloth puppet timidly nodded.
I was certain, as long as Hu Jiao was in City B, that would be enough, "Lead the way."
"Yes… yes… Master." The cloth puppet trembled and ran ahead.
I stroked my chin and followed behind the cloth puppet, "Strange, a cloth puppet with Hu Jiao's scent, why is it so scared of me?"
Seeing the cloth puppet trying to dart into the woods, I picked it up.
Suspended in the air, its legs kicked in terror, "Help, what are you going to do to me?"
I brought the cloth puppet into the vehicle arranged by Yun Hao, sat in the passenger seat, and shared the motorhome with the Snake Servant sent to protect me. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novᴇlfire.net
After sitting down, I casually tossed the cloth puppet into the front seat, "Driver, follow this cloth puppet's guidance."
"Yes, Miss Wan." The Snake Servant driver nodded at me and drove seriously.
The Patchwork Man trembled non-stop, inching away from me as little as possible as if I were some terrifying Great Demon King, while still fearfully giving directions, "Go straight… After leaving the woods, head southeast…"
"Hey, can you tell me why you're so afraid of me?"