Yu Longting was leisurely walking up from behind me, showing no urgency for Dumpling, his face etched with an intriguing expression, "Golden Lotus Seven Star Step, my dear wife, what other surprises do you have that I don't know about?"
"What, Golden Lotus Seven Star Step?" Confused, I blinked at Yu Longting, "Could it be the steps I just took? I learned that by stealthily observing my master, Zhang Zidao."
"Learned by stealth? That old man only knows the Heavy Lotus Seven Star Step, and even if he taught you, you would need at least ten years of diligent study to master it." Yu Longting came up in front of me, looking at my disheveled hair.
He pulled out a deep red hair tie from his sleeve and tied up my waist-length hair.
Whether it's the Golden Lotus Seven Star Step or the Heavy Lotus Seven Star Step, neither brings as much joy as finding Little Dumpling.
I planted a kiss on Little Dumpling's cheek, "Yu Longting, you haven't held Dumpling yet, have you? Why not give it a try? Otherwise, you'll have to wait another month and a half."
"Mama." Little Dumpling, seeming nervous about being held by his father, clung tightly to my neck.
He appeared reluctant and unwilling to leave my embrace.
Yu Longting raised an eyebrow, "Get it straight, you're holding my wife, and I haven't even settled things with you yet, but you have the audacity to be jealous of me?"
"Hey, why are you being so harsh to the child? He's in his Primordial Spirit state and can't take a scare! Are you even his real dad??" I was upset to see Yu Longting being so harsh on my Dumpling and angrily stepped on Yu Longting's snake tail...
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"Uh... Daddy, hug hug." Little Dumpling's eyes spun, likely not wanting his parents to argue over him, and cutely stretched out his little arms toward Yu Longting.
Yu Longting was caught off guard for a full three seconds before his wildness subsided, replaced by tenderness.
He extended his long arm and enveloped the tiny Little Dumpling into his broad chest, "Scared after being kidnapped, weren't you?"
"I'm not scared, I'm a man." Little Dumpling paused, then declared in a milky voice.
Yu Longting's lips curved, "You may not be scared, but your mother and I were scared half to death."
Little Dumpling's eyes were bright and shining, brighter than the stars.
Just then, the woman in the slanted-collared shirt kneeling on the ground, enduring the excruciating pain from the Demon-Breaking Power, slowly pulled out the Begonia Hairpin from her palm.
She threw the hairpin to the ground and turned to flee.
I called out in a low voice, "Not good, Yu Longting, the Black Snake is getting away."
"My dear wife, you underestimate your man. Who can escape in front of me?" Countless black snakes crawled out of Yu Longting's sleeve and swarmed toward her.
They clung to the woman's body like leeches, immobilizing her on the spot.
She diffused a cloud of black energy around her, entangling the black snakes, "You're just asking for trouble. I've already returned your snakelets, no need to cling so desperately."
That black energy turned out to be the infamous Demonic Qi, which instantly infected several black snakes.
After being infected, the black snakes expanded several times in size, and horns grew on their heads.
They turned and attacked Yu Longting.
"Don't you think your Demonic Qi, which infects others, is kind of impressive?" Yu Longting asked me for a cloth strip, "My dear, didn't I see you embroidering a Binding Cloth Strip this morning?"
"Yes, but that cloth strip, it's probably not very strong." I handed the cloth strip to Yu Longting, not entirely certain in my reply.
The cloth strip was something I made on a whim with some extra fabric.
It took me only three minutes, effective just for ordinary people.
It was meant for self-defense on average days...
Using it to bind the Black Snake, I figured it would snap instantly and turn to pieces.
Yu Longting gestured, and the black snakes attacking him merged into one, twining together like a rope with that cloth strip, two becoming one.
Then, that cloth strip, bearing hundreds of restraints, bound the woman's entire body, and no matter how violently she struggled, she couldn't break free from the bonds...
"Yu Longting, this woman's face… she…"