"Let's not talk about me anymore, let's discuss what to do next." Bai Zanhe lowered her gaze to my belly, "I've restored your hairstyle to look just like your friend's, but this face and this belly of yours, the High Priest and his people will notice immediately once they arrive, and then... who knows what they'll do to you."
"Once the red bridal veil is on, it'll cover our faces," I replied.
I picked up the bright red veil from the coffin where Xiao Li had just lain, draping it over the top of my head, "As for the belly issue, I must ask the little one inside."
"You mean to say your belly can shrink on its own?" Bai Zanhe, usually so repressed, now even managed to joke with me, finding humor amidst the bitterness.
I touched my rounded belly, "Almost, Dumpling, mommy's going to tie you up; you won't get hurt, will you?"
"Nope, Dumpling is very tough," a tender child-like voice came from my belly, Dumpling then touched where my belly was, seemingly comforting me to rest assured. Google seaʀᴄh NoveIＦire.net
Bai Zanhe stammered in shock, "Did... did I... hallucinate? I heard a child's voice."
"Don't be scared, it's my baby talking," I said, knowing Bai Zanhe would be frightened, and laughed.
A layer of red silk was spread at the bottom of the coffin. I tore into it to bind my belly. I tied it very tightly, still a bit worried for Dumpling, "Dumpling, are you uncomfortable? If you are, you must tell Mommy, and Mommy will loosen it a bit."
"Mommy, don't worry, Dumpling can handle it. Daddy bullies you so much, and I didn't... eh..." After hearing Dumpling's innocent and kind words, my face turned red, and I instantly diverted the Spiritual Power in my Qi Sea to silence his tiny mouth.
Yu Longting, that big flirt, always driving. He must have corrupted Dumpling!
When he comes back from the Serpent Domain, I'm definitely going to beat him up!
Bai Zanhe was almost completely speechless, stuttering after a long while, "Your belly... after being bound, does look smaller, not noticeable as pregnant unless observed closely. However, the nails from the coffin were pulled out and even if nailed back, the marks can be seen."
"Then let's not restore it, Sister Zanhe, with me here, leave everything to me."
"Alright, I'll listen to you."
"Come, let's sit down and rest for a bit."
As dawn was breaking, noisy footsteps came from the underground mortuary.
The burly man leading the group barked, "How did you get out of the coffins?"
Me and Bai Zanhe, dressed in dark red bridal gowns with veils on our heads, sat side by side on a coffin.
Hearing the man's voice and feeling the hostile and frigid demeanor of the approaching group.
Bai Zanhe instinctively tightened her grip, holding my hand more firmly.
Her palm was sweaty; she was clearly very scared of these people.
"It was too stuffy inside the coffin, nearly suffocated us to death. Granny Long couldn't bear to leave us in there," I replied boldly yet respectfully, my heart pounding.
Just don't foolishly lift my veil, or my cover's definitely blown.
The man showed no sign of doubting my words, his voice took a turn, "Granny Long found you?"
"What happened?" The discordant voice of the High Priest, sounding like sawing wood and apparently just arrived, asked as he elongated the question.
The burly man reported, "High Priest, Granny Long discovered that there were live people in the coffins. To prevent them from suffocating, she let them out last night."
"Long Xiangkui really detests the Falling Cave Girls. Many tribes had to forsake them before, just because that old hag meddled," the High Priest said displeasingly, apparently both resentful and fearful of Granny Long.
The burly man's voice grew stern as he inquired, "Then what should we do? Granny Long won't take action to save them, will she? If they run away, it could anger Lord Dragon God."