Along the way, they hadn’t seen any Mosquito-eating Plants, and Bai Junjun had thought her elder sister might have left them in Dai County. Now, seeing her old friends, Bai Lingyu couldn’t be happier!
The Mosquito-eating Plant seemed to recognize its Insect Catcher Official as well, twisting its waist joyously, its sepals opening and closing as if to complain about something.
Bai Junjun understood at a glance.
The Mosquito-eating Plant was saying, "Someone enslaves the plant, and doesn’t feed it enough."
Perhaps it was because they often infused it with Special Ability; the Mosquito-eating Plant appeared to have gained intelligence and become extremely anthropomorphic.
Unfortunately, Bai Lingyu failed to grasp the meaning of the Mosquito-eating Plant.
Seeing its extravagant swaying, she thought it was excited to see her and so she joyously planned to catch insects for it to eat.
However, only after diving into the garden did Bai Lingyu suddenly discover that there were no insects left!
"..." The Mosquito-eating Plant innocently opened and closed its sepals without making a sound.
Bai Lingyu, thinking the little plant was sad, quickly patted its head: "It’s alright, it’s alright. There are many dilapidated courtyards around, I’ll take you to find something to eat."
"!" The Mosquito-eating Plant twisted its little body with delight.
Bai Junjun helplessly grabbed Bai Lingyu by the collar, pulling back the little legs that were already stepping out.
"Where are you going tonight?"
Bai Lingyu blinked innocently, "I’m just going to find some food for the Mosquito-eating Plant, then I’ll come back."
Since they had to wait in line to bathe anyway, he might as well go play with the Mosquito-eating Plant for a while.
Bai Lingyu was purely bold because of the drink, forgetting his fears when he had a toy.
Previously afraid of the dark and unable to be alone, he now dared to run outside alone with a plant.
"Aren’t you scared anymore?" Li Wenli asked, amused.
"With the Mosquito-eating Plant here, I’m not scared," Bai Lingyu responded very naturally.
Although the Mosquito-eating Plant had somehow shrunk, in Bai Lingyu’s eyes, it was still that majestic Man-eating Grass from Fubo City.
That Man-eating Grass had suddenly emerged to save them from a desperate scenario during their fight with a giant python, even enduring a bite from a Flood Dragon that tore one of its sepals but still survived and was super reliable.
Bai Junjun watched Bai Lingyu, brimming with misplaced confidence, without knowing what to say. In the end, all he could do was to hold his forehead and say, "You’ve been out playing all day. Just queue up, take a bath, and go to sleep. The Mosquito-eating Plant can catch its own insects."
Li Wenli found the siblings’ interaction quite amusing.
He always enjoyed watching Captain Polar Bear handle domestic affairs; it was very entertaining.
Bai Junjun, unaware that he had become the object of everyone’s amusement, handled his brother and then turned to the Mosquito-eating Plant in his arms.
"You! You can only wander around this yard, don’t go out, got it?"
Bai Junjun’s warning to the Mosquito-eating Plant was mainly out of concern that it might not be aware of the dangers; it was fine to roam here, but if it went out, it might be unwittingly crushed underfoot by someone thinking it was a monster.
Yet at this moment, Bai Junjun dared not throw the creature back into Space, given that there were still some little bees inside.
According to that beekeeping book, the bee colony must be strong enough to produce honey, and at the moment their numbers, sparse and scattered, were insufficient for the Mosquito-eating Plant’s troubles, let alone for making honey.
So for the time being, the Mosquito-eating Plant was not eligible to return to Space.
After the warning, the Mosquito-eating Plant obediently nodded its head.
Seeing both the person and the plant subdued, Bai Junjun finally went contentedly to bathe.
Before long, in the middle of the night, Bai Junjun quietly retrieved Leviathan Skin from Space and put it on.
Although the Brocade Silk given by Yuwen Luan Fei was valuable, it was not durable.
They had gone to a cave today, and if not for the thorns being cautious, it would have been torn long ago.