Mistaking My Wife for a Spirit Pet - Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Her friend and wealth-gathering partner—Ning Wan.
Her original intention was to sell the talismans she had on her, but in the end, they were used on that sickly Miss from the Ancient Moon Pavilion.
What a sin.
Nan Zhi couldn’t help but mourn for her friend.
Her friend, who was just as poor as her, made the Ancient Moon Pavilion’s Young Miss bedridden. She was probably going to have to resort to a meat-for-debt payment.
So that’s how a “match made in heaven” came to be.
However, this wasn’t her friend’s fault.
Nan Zhi slowly looked at Miss Shen’s pale face, thinking that perhaps it wasn’t even Miss Shen’s fault either.
For some reason, Nan Zhi felt a little smug and wanted to laugh, and then—
Yu Shu pinched her waist, her eyes warning her.
At this moment, everyone was looking at them.
Yu Shu calmly handed over the Longevity Lock that the Ancient Moon Pavilion’s Pavilion Lord had ordered long ago, then led Nan Zhi away.
After leaving the Ancient Moon Pavilion, the two of them finally began their trip to the West Sea.
Outside the Ancient Moon Pavilion, or more accurately—at the city gates of Fengcheng.
Nan Zhi naturally walked to the teleportation array, her eyes filled with anticipation as she watched the Young City Lord slowly approach.
The Young City Lord walked straight past Nan Zhi without even looking at her.
Nan Zhi: ?
“Young City Lord?”
Yu Shu turned back, first furrowing her brows, then glaring. “Are you not leaving yet?”
Nan Zhi’s expression froze. She just quietly looked at Yu Shu, trying to awaken her conscience.
Even cattle and horses need to rest, let alone a dragon who has been flying for several days!
Yu Shu’s eyes paused. She suddenly realized something and said, “Nan Zhi, you want to use the teleportation array?”
Nan Zhi slowly forced a smile, thinking, You’re asking the obvious, but she nodded slightly.
“That’s a good idea.” Yu Shu nodded in agreement. After a second, her expression became conflicted. “But I didn’t bring any teleportation stones with me when I left.”
“…”
You did, Young City Lord.
“I did, Young City Lord.”
Despite this, Yu Shu still shook her head. A smile slowly appeared on her noble face, and she said with a dignified air, “Flying with the wind, pulling the clouds, and riding the wind… isn’t that a joyful experience?”
The Young City Lord was so malicious that she didn’t even bother to find a decent excuse. She was clearly doing it on purpose to torment her.
For some reason, Nan Zhi felt incredibly wronged.
For instance: Yu Shu’s dignified use of her as a mount and making a fool of her, and Yu Shu’s deception that made her run into the invisible shield in front of everyone.
Nan Zhi, who never lost her temper with people, felt her anger rise. She looked at the smiling Yu Shu, feeling more and more wronged.
Her lips opened and closed, trying to speak, but she remained silent.
Having known her for a few days and having clashed many times, Nan Zhi was clearly aware that she couldn’t win an argument against Yu Shu.
Thinking this, she decided to use Yu Shu’s own words, hoping to fight fire with fire and awaken Yu Shu’s conscience.
“Whatever the Young City Lord says, it is.”
“If the Young City Lord wants to bully me, go ahead and bully me…”
During this time, she secretly glanced at Yu Shu, hoping to see a hint of guilt in the Young City Lord.
But—
What’s with the curling lips?
Yu Shu raised an eyebrow and suddenly laughed.
As if she had heard the funniest joke, she lightly raised her chin and said nobly and aloofly:
“Nan Zhi.”
“Do I need to pick a special day to bully you?”
Nan Zhi: …
That stings. I shouldn’t have said those stupid words.
Nan Zhi was extremely regretful. She lowered her head and walked out of the city gates in defeat.
“Nan Zhi?” Yu Shu hadn’t expected this. She looked in surprise at Nan Zhi, who had walked past her.
A flash of azure light, and an azure dragon lay outside the city gates.
The azure dragon quietly looked at Yu Shu and spoke in a human voice, “Are you not going yet, Young City Lord?”
Yu Shu frowned and slowly walked toward her.
She crouched down in front of Nan Zhi, looked at her for a while, and asked softly, “Are you throwing a tantrum?”
“…”
I already feel stupid for repeating Yu Shu’s words. Now that Yu Shu has said “throwing a tantrum,” I feel even stupider.
Nan Zhi turned her head away, hiding the shame in her eyes, and denied it very quickly. “No!”
“Tsk.” The Young City Lord raised her hand and touched a dragon horn, her voice filled with laughter. “You are indeed throwing a tantrum.”
Nan Zhi: …
I’m hundreds of years old. Who still throws tantrums like Yu Shu?
Nan Zhi’s face flushed from being teased. Her tail slapped the ground in frustration, and she said intimidatingly, “Are you flying or not?”
For some reason, Yu Shu wanted to laugh even more. In fact, she did.
After laughing for a while, she touched Nan Zhi’s dragon horn again and said considerately:
“You don’t have to fly with the wind, Nan Zhi.”
“By the way, can you operate a flying boat?”
Seeing Nan Zhi’s blank expression, a cunning light appeared in Yu Shu’s eyes. She lowered her voice. “Then there’s nothing we can do~”
Nan Zhi was very unaccustomed to Yu Shu’s tone. She urged her stiffly, “Young City Lord, are you pulling the clouds and riding the wind or not?”
Yu Shu raised an eyebrow. Hearing that Nan Zhi’s tone had softened a lot, she sat on her with a clear conscience. After sitting down, she changed her tone again and said bossily, “Hurry up and go!”
Nan Zhi secretly rolled her eyes. Her gaze fell on the sky. With a “swoosh,” she shot straight into the sky, carrying Yu Shu above the clouds.
A gentle breeze came. She unconsciously closed her eyes, gliding between the wind and clouds.
At this moment—
“Buzz buzz buzz.”
Nan Zhi: ?
Nan Zhi looked back in disbelief. Seeing the artifact and the movements in Yu Shu’s hand, she almost laughed from anger.
This little tiger, the Young City Lord, is hot and cold. I thought she would calm down once I gave in to her.
But she’s still playing this kind of thrilling game in mid-air?!
Does she have a death wish?!
Nan Zhi was provoked and even a little scared. She almost roared, “What are you doing!”
The Young City Lord’s movements paused, and she silently put her hand down.
She pursed her lips. Her already soft and beautiful face looked even more innocent. Her voice was clear and soft. “Actually, I just wanted to ask… why didn’t you take this artifact yesterday?”
“…”
Nan Zhi was silent for a second and then suddenly laughed.
She was both angry and amused.
“What would I do with your artifact?”
The Young City Lord’s delicate eyebrows furrowed. Her almond-shaped eyes were full of confusion. “It was made for you. Why wouldn’t you take it?”
“I…” Nan Zhi was suddenly stunned. After she processed Yu Shu’s words, she belatedly asked, “Made for me?”
“I made it so you would feel less pain. What else would it be for?”
Nan Zhi couldn’t help but look back. The Young City Lord’s face didn’t seem to be faking it, and her voice was very sincere.
Her heart suddenly skipped a beat. She was a little flattered.
It’s hard to find an artifact refiner in Yulin City, let alone Yu Shu, who is the number one artifact refiner in the Nine Provinces?
The waiting list to ask Yu Shu to refine an artifact is a thousand years long.
For some reason, all the dissatisfaction she had toward this Young City Lord disappeared. Of course, if Yu Shu tormented her again in the future, it would definitely come back. But now—
“Young City Lord, I will definitely do my best on this trip!”
It was an expected response. Yu Shu nodded in satisfaction.
“That’s for the best. But there’s something else I think you should know.”
She lightly patted the dragon scales beneath her, trying to say the words she had been struggling with for a long time while Nan Zhi was being emotional and gullible.
“The Mermaid Flower is an essential material for refining the Phoenix Zither.” Yu Shu paused for a second and then said, “It’s your fiancée’s request.”
“So don’t think about anything else.” Seeing that Nan Zhi was listening intently, Yu Shu’s face flushed slightly, and she added, “A dragon and a phoenix symbolize good fortune better than a dragon and a tiger fighting.”
“What fiancée?”
Yu Shu’s expression was subtle. She spoke again. “Feng Zhiwei.”
“…” Nan Zhi, who had only heard the first half, was slightly stunned. Her voice was confused. “The engagement was called off decades ago. Haven’t you heard, Young City Lord?”
Her engagement with Feng Zhiwei had been called off decades ago.
Feng Zhiwei had forcefully pulled out her protective dragon scales. The two clans, fearing that the couple would become resentful, had called off the engagement.
“You called off the engagement…”
Yu Shu’s fingertips subconsciously lightly stroked the azure scales. For some reason, she now felt that this dragon’s character wasn’t too bad, and she looked much more pleasing to the eye.
Thankfully, the explanation was timely. Otherwise, she would have wanted to torment Nan Zhi more.
“But you…”
But even though Nan Zhi and Feng Zhiwei had called off their engagement, it was still a fact that she had taken advantage of her and trespassed into her room yesterday.
These things still needed to be punished.
“But even though you called off the engagement…” Yu Shu’s fingertips pressed against the azure dragon scales beneath her. Her face was very red, and the heat made her eyes blink.
She wanted to speak, but her throat felt too hot. In the end, she gritted her teeth and said quickly, “A dragon and a tiger fighting doesn’t sound good.”
The wind blew and filled her ears. Nan Zhi didn’t understand at all. “Young City Lord, what are you talking about?”
Yu Shu: …
Yu Shu’s face turned even redder. She secretly cursed Nan Zhi for asking the obvious, deliberately embarrassing her.
“Young City Lord?”
“I didn’t say anything!” Yu Shu, out of shame and anger, patted Nan Zhi and urged her in a nasty tone, “Hurry up and fly!”
“…”
The tables had turned. This time, it was Nan Zhi who was silent.
She didn’t understand what Yu Shu meant by “a dragon and a phoenix symbolize good fortune” and “a dragon and a tiger fighting.” She had only asked once, and the Young City Lord had become nasty again.
If it were a normal day, she might have just endured it. But now…
The Young City Lord is beautiful and kind, she cares about her subordinates, and she even refined a powerful artifact to relieve my abdominal pain. What is there to be angry about?
Nan Zhi’s eyes fell on the distance.
“Swoosh—”
She flew very, very fast, which suited Yu Shu’s wishes.
The strong wind came, blowing away the heat in her head. She patted the dragon beneath her intermittently, her mood exceptionally subtle.
She had thought that Nan Zhi’s character was bad for coming to provoke her while her engagement with Feng Zhiwei was still in place.
But now she knew that their engagement had been called off decades ago. Now, it was not out of the question for Nan Zhi to pursue true love.
In that case…
Yu Shu’s eyes lowered, falling on the dragon beneath her.
Forget it, I won’t think about it anymore.
I’m not interested in Nan Zhi, and a relationship between a dragon and a tiger wouldn’t have a good ending anyway.