"Of course I'm serious. How childish would I have to be to joke around with a kid?"
Yu Longting touched the slightly swollen, soft little belly of the tiny Ginseng.
The tiny Ginseng clenched its small chubby hand, delivering a flurry of kitty punches to him.
Unfortunately, its arms were too short to reach and it cried even harder, "Wuu wuu wuu, young master... four... Big Bad Snake..."
I was completely dumbfounded, never realizing before that Yu Longting had a mean streak for bullying little kids, "You are very childish indeed! Yu, three, years old!"
"Ever wondered why he's still so chubby even after living in Barbarian Village, surviving meal to meal?"
Yu Longting gave me a look that said I'd surely regret later.
Gradually, I softened by the little guy's crying, "Xiao Shenshen is naturally baby fat, not fat at all."
"Naturally? He wasn't this chubby before. Now he's just a tubby, definitely overnourished," Yu Longting raised an eyebrow, his eyes rolling with a layer of extreme cold frost.
This didn't sound like a joke; Yu Longting was not his brother Yu Rongling—it wasn't like him to be so insensitive when joking.
Unless... he was really serious...
I vaguely sensed that Yu Longting was genuinely angry with the tiny Ginseng, "He hasn't... couldn't have... digested the Elixir you made for me and that's why he's developed baby fat?"
"Don't worry, if it's cooked, part of the Elixir can be extracted out."
Yu Longting offered me reassurance, just as he caught a glimpse of steam wafting out from the room, "Is there steam in your room?"
Such keen observation; now he knows there's a ready pot in the room, no need to go to the kitchen to boil water.
"There are Sticky Bean Bags steaming inside; just happens to have a pot," knowing I couldn't hide it from Yu Longting, I admitted straightforwardly, "You handing Xiao Shenshen over to me? Should I... handle it...?"
"Sure, wife, you won't go soft and let him go, will you?" At Yu Longting's question, he hit right where it hurt.
I guiltily gathered the tiny Ginseng into my arms and shrank back slightly, "He's just too cute, I can't bring myself to do it."
Busted, caught red-handed.
Actually, if it weren't for this matter concerning whether I could love Yu Longting or not,
It wouldn't be hard to talk about; I could have just been direct with Yu Longting.
I just fear his sensitive mind might overthink, feeling that I don't take the matter of loving him or not very seriously.
"No longer wish to retrieve Love Soul?" Yu Longting's eyes, heavy with a bewitching vapor, narrowed slightly, "But, if you want to keep him, that's also fine..." This content belongs to novｅlfire.net
Before Yu Longting finished speaking, I cried out painfully, "Ouch!"
The web between my thumb and index finger was fiercely bitten by the tiny Ginseng in a burst of anger, and the pain made my whole body go limp.
The strength in my entire arm dissipated at once, and the little guy darted past like a fleeting shadow.
In the blink of an eye, he was gone.
Yu Longting's killing intent suddenly surged as he drew a long sword from his sleeve.
I hurriedly embraced him from behind, "Don't take it out on a child, you even said sparing his life was fine."
"He hurt you," Yu Longting declared with murderous intent.
This was truly embarrassing.
With great difficulty, Yu Longting had taken pity, willing to lose the Elixir just to spare Ginseng's life.
And yet, the unruly child bit me.
I held him even tighter, "The bite of a Ginseng can't be that bad. It was just that the initial pain was a bit sharp, but really... it didn't even break the skin."
"Let me see," Yu Longting said solemnly.
I coughed lightly, "Cough, let me hold you for a while, your waist is so slim."
"Su Wan, I'm not going to kill him. You don't need to stall for time to save his life. Let go of me," Yu Longting, now out of temper, threw away the sword in his hand.
Reluctantly, I let go of Yu Longting's waist and presented my hand that had been bitten, "Look, the bite marks are shallow, probably will disappear after a while."