Chapter 118: Chapter 118 Little Taotie Receives a Reward
Hearing this, Tao Mo puffed up like a proud peacock in full bloom, boasting triumphantly, “Indeed! My granddaughter is the spitting image of me! Those old fogeys even said she looked like me, which is why she turned out ugly! Utter nonsense, look, Heaven has proved it, she’s not my real granddaughter! My granddaughter is Little Taotie, cute and beautiful, nobody has a granddaughter as lovely as mine!”
The home assistant desperately tried to signal him with his eyes, squinting and winking until his eyes were almost cramping, but the old man didn’t get it at all and kept on bragging.
“Ahem!” The home assistant couldn’t help it and coughed loudly.
Tao Mo snapped to his senses, his old eyes widening, his pupils nearly having an earthquake.
His lips trembling, he said, “You…you now…pretend you heard nothing, can you?”
“Ha! Old man, do you think that’s possible?” Qin Xin smiled slyly, like a Cheshire cat, very dangerous.
The ancients did not deceive me, those who smile gleefully are up to no good!
The calmed-down old man also gradually figured it out, Qin Xin had deliberately baited him, had long seen through his poor acting, like a fattened fish on the hook—how stupid, he had blurted out everything about himself!
“Now, will you honestly explain your identity and intentions?”
There was nothing Tao Mo could do but to offer a wry smile, “Can I not?”
“You don’t have to, but my older brother and I won’t let you get close to our sister.”
“So, old man, what have you decided to do?”
“I…I will talk. Isn’t that okay?”
While Tao Mo started his story from the beginning, Little Taotie was swimming freely in the water. After searching for a while, she finally spotted a tiny, orange Clownfish!
She swam over cautiously, not daring to make big movements, for fear of scaring it away.
As she approached the Clownfish and got closer to the coral, Tao Ti was surprised to find a group of Clownfish hiding behind it!
She firmly remembered what the handsome diving instructor had told her; she was not to touch it.
To make sure Little Taotie remembered, the handsome instructor solemnly repeated before she went into the water, “Actually, Clownfish are not poisonous, but they live in symbiosis with sea anemones, which are somewhat toxic, so try not to touch the Clownfish directly.”
At the time, Little Taotie was quite puzzled, her little face scrunched up with worry as she asked, “Won’t the Clownfish get poisoned?”
“Although sea anemones are toxic, Clownfish are resistant to their toxicity, so they’re not harmed. Besides, they grow better in an environment with sea anemones.”
Tao Ti looked at the coral-like thing before her and guessed that it must be a sea anemone.
Sea anemones are toxic!
A little scared of the sea anemones, Little Taotie slowly swam away, not looking at the Clownfish anymore.
Diving actually consumes a lot of stamina, and Little Taotie felt tired, so she swam to the shore.
During her dive, in order to give her enough freedom to fully enjoy the pleasure of diving, the handsome instructor followed from a moderate distance, even occasionally hiding behind the coral clusters like a Hidden Guard, protecting her.
It was only when she surfaced that she realized her big brother had also come ashore.
“Big brother, were you following me the whole time?”
The handsome instructor laughed heartily, “Yes, I had to protect Little Taotie from getting hurt! Little Taotie did very well, not touching the Clownfish. I’ll give you a little reward!”
“Reward?” Tao Ti’s eyes sparkled with anticipation.
“Wait here for me.” The handsome instructor ran off.
A splash of water later, Tao Ti looked over and called out joyfully, “Big brother!”
Cheng Guodong removed his mask, gasping for breath, swept his wet hair back, flashing a bright white smile, and asked, “Do you like diving?”
“I love it! Absolutely love it!”
Underwater, Cheng Guodong had been following Tao Ti from the start, but lacking the stamina, he had to surface midway to take a deep breath. When he dived back in, he could no longer find her.
The handsome instructor came running over, holding a transparent bag in his hand.
The bag was filled with water and two tiny, orange Clownfish swam back and forth.
“Look, this is your reward!”