Mistaking My Wife for a Spirit Pet - Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Yu Shu was suddenly stunned, completely in disbelief.

The memories of the past torment and humiliation were still fresh, and this hateful dragon actually wanted to go to court…

And to settle the bill for the Illusionary Feather Spirit Grass worth a hundred spirit stones?

But now, the enemy was strong and she was weak. Nan Zhi had her hands folded behind her head, unable to move or struggle.

Yu Shu trembled with anger, glaring at Nan Zhi through gritted teeth.

A dragon, a hateful and detestable dragon, with a hint of a blush on her beautiful face, looking guilty…?

If that were the case, it would be easy to handle.

In a blink of an eye, Yu Shu’s eyes turned red.

Her voice trembled.

“You’ve gone too far.”

Her almond-shaped eyes, like clear autumn water, were filled with a mist of tears that clung to her eyelashes, on the verge of falling.

Nan Zhi’s expression froze. She instinctively lightened her grip.

“For just a hundred spirit stones, is it okay for you to bully me like this?”

As she spoke, tears fell from her beautiful eyes.

Nan Zhi was speechless, her scalp tingling.

She couldn’t stand it when people cried. When her niece, who was still a child, cried, she would just cast a muting spell on her. But this time, she was in the wrong, so how could she do that?

She looked flustered and stammered:

“Hey, don’t…”

Don’t close your eyes and look like you’re so heartbroken that you’ve given up on life.

Nan Zhi’s throat tightened, and she was speechless.

At this moment, her mind was a whirlwind. Yu Shu’s expression made it seem like she had committed a thousand mistakes, and was deserving of death.

What should I do?

The person beneath her had a red nose. Even though her eyes were closed, her eyelashes were still wet, and tears were still falling.

Nan Zhi’s fair face instantly flushed.

She clumsily untied the ropes and stammered an apology:

“I… I’m sorry. Please don’t cry, okay?”

Yu Shu’s eyes were still red, and her tears flowed like a string of pearls.

While crying, she threw a handful of Illusionary Feather Spirit Grass at Nan Zhi from her storage bag. Her soft voice was filled with accusation. “It was only a hundred spirit stones. Just because I ate the Illusionary Feather Spirit Grass, I deserve to be kissed and touched by you?”

Nan Zhi was hit squarely. She had a stiff smile on her face.

In her heart, she thought, I deserve to die.

Feeling guilty, she was now restless. Nan Zhi truly regretted teasing a little tiger to her heart’s content a few days ago.

But her feeling of guilt only lasted for a blink of an eye.

In a blink, Yu Shu, who had been freed from her restraints, threw four or five ropes at Nan Zhi. They were even stranger than the previous one.

The situation was reversed. Nan Zhi was shocked and flabbergasted.

“You…”

The corners of Yu Shu’s eyes were still a little red, but her expression was completely different from the pitiful, tearful one from before.

“What is it?”

“Are you looking at me like that because you’re not convinced?”

She raised an eyebrow, used her index finger to press on Nan Zhi’s shoulder, and said sweetly, “But you’ve bullied me for so long. Shouldn’t you be taught a lesson?”

Nan Zhi’s shoulder blades hurt. In the end, she resignedly lay on the ground and thought, This person has a lot of powerful artifacts.

“Then what do you want?”

As Yu Shu said, she had indeed been bullied for a long time.

But Nan Zhi only had one life. What did Yu Shu want?

“Let me think…” Yu Shu furrowed her delicate brows. Her pale fingers gently stroked the wound on Nan Zhi’s neck and she asked softly, “What do you think?”

“You’ve bullied me for so long. What do you want to do?”

Nan Zhi listened carefully. Her eyes were blank as she seriously thought about it.

“Have you thought of something?”

Nan Zhi slowly looked up, and their eyes met.

A hint of a burning sensation was in her beautiful eyes, and the curve of her lips was a sign of impending danger.

Her first impression of the person in front of her was “noble and precious,” and she was even taking out artifacts one after another to deal with her as if they were free. Moreover, the tiger bloodline was rare, and the White Tiger Clan was even rarer. There were only two places in the Nine Provinces, one was Yulin City, and the other was Floating World Mountain.

After some thought, Nan Zhi asked, “May I ask if you are from the Yulin City lineage, Fellow Daoist?”

When she said that, Yu Shu raised an eyebrow and let out a light laugh.

“Yulin City’s Yu Shu.”

She wasn’t surprised that Nan Zhi had guessed. She pressed her fingertip harder on Nan Zhi’s wound and said, word by word:

“Nan Zhi, you’d better think carefully. If I tell my father about this, Yulin City will go to the Dragon Clan to have a talk.”

“…”

Yulin City’s Yu Shu.

Although she had never met her, she had long heard her name.

As Nan Zhi’s scalp tingled, her back also started to feel cold.

This matter would be difficult to resolve. If it wasn’t resolved properly, the Dragon and Tiger Clans, who had just calmed down, would start fighting again.

The resentment between the two clans was so deep that even a glance on the street could lead to a fight, let alone the fact that she had bullied Yu Shu for so long.

She pursed her lips and thought calmly. In the end, she slowly spoke.

“How about I let you do what you want with me?”

“Young City Lord.”

Yu Shu tilted her head and gently patted Nan Zhi’s face.

“Then let it be as you said.”

“Nan Zhi.”

…

“It’s here.”

“…”

Yu Shu gave Nan Zhi a light, cold, and arrogant look.

Nan Zhi was a little skeptical of her life. She had originally come to the secret realm to make money, so how did it turn into her working for Yu Shu for free?

An endless green field, a vast expanse of confusing grass.

When a breeze blew, Nan Zhi almost wanted to laugh.

But before she could, the Young City Lord’s gaze drifted over.

Nan Zhi looked up at the sky dumbfounded. After a long while, she lifted her skirt, rolled up her sleeves, and resignedly bent down.

A cold glint, and a hand with a sickle went down.

She neatly cut a bunch of confusing grass. She had to admit, the confusing grass was prickly. Just a light touch made her fingertips ache.

With the scorching sun overhead, the little dragon, who was the pride of the dragon race, was expressionlessly cutting grass in the secret realm, dripping with sweat.

After a while, Nan Zhi held her back and stared blankly at the two baskets of confusing grass and the endless sea of grass.

Two small sparrows flew over from a distance and chirped from a branch.

“Chirp chirp.”

Poor thing, poor thing!

“Chirp chirp chirp.”

The poor dragon race has been reduced to cutting grass for money!

They were Gui Mountain Sparrows. This clan had been in conflict with the Dragon Clan for over a thousand years due to a misunderstanding.

Nan Zhi closed her eyes and silently chanted the Purity Incantation several times.

She had expected to go through mountains of knives and seas of fire, but instead, she was cutting grass in a secret realm and being mocked.

Nan Zhi took a deep breath.

If she had known that the little white tiger was someone she couldn’t afford to provoke, she would have kept her distance.

Unfortunately, there were no “ifs.”

And now, to avoid any more trouble, Nan Zhi resignedly bent down again.

The resentment between the Dragon and Tiger Clans ran deep. Any small thing could lead to a world-shattering fight. As the daughter of the clan leader who always had to clean up the mess, Nan Zhi was constantly affected.

Every time the two clans fought, they would lose spirit stones. For this reason, the Dragon Clan owed the Phoenix Clan five entire spiritual mountains.

One of these spiritual mountains was a debt incurred from the last fight between the Dragon and Tiger Clans, which her father had to clean up.

What was even more ridiculous was that the reason for the last great war between the Dragon and Tiger Clans was incredibly absurd. The truth was, Nan Zhi’s cousin, Nan Yao, was playing near Floating World Mountain. He and the Tiger Clan’s young lord looked at each other and immediately disliked one another, so they started fighting in the street.

The street fight between the two of them escalated into a brawl between the two clans, which deeply reflected the profound resentment between them.

So, Nan Yao was exiled to the border of the Nine Provinces to mine, and she… had to endure for a moment to have peace and retreat a step to have a wider sky.

With the scorching sun overhead, Nan Zhi helplessly cut one handful after another, and sweat dripped down her cheeks.

Why is it like this?

She raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her jaw, and her gaze drifted to Yu Shu—

A patch of white was strangely out of place under a tree in the distance. It was Yu Shu, napping against the tree.

“…”

For some reason, Nan Zhi didn’t want to cut any more. Looking at the sleeping Yu Shu was more unbearable than killing her.

“Clang.”

The sickle hit the ground. Nan Zhi quietly approached.

The only tree in the valley had lush leaves, providing shade for the person who was lightly sleeping.

Nan Zhi’s gaze landed on Yu Shu’s face. Her flawless face had a hint of a blush on her lips, and her shallow breaths were clearly audible.

She grinned, picked up a wiggling green worm, and stared intently at the sleeping Yu Shu.

“Nan Zhi…”

The scent of the sea lingered at her nose. Yu Shu slowly opened her eyes, and the sight she saw was—

Nan Zhi’s long eyelashes were trembling, her face was flushed, and she was leaning toward her.

What was Nan Zhi doing?

With such a move, was she trying to kiss me?

Hateful, to try and dual cultivate with me while I’m sleeping!

Thinking of this, Yu Shu’s sleepiness disappeared. Her eyes were filled with fiery sparks. She said, word for word, “What are you doing?”

Nan Zhi: …?

Her smile instantly froze. She silently turned the green worm in her palm into dust. After a light blink, she said very naturally, “I didn’t do anything.”

Still up to her old tricks!

Yu Shu’s anger reached its peak because of Nan Zhi’s words. She lashed out, and her hands wrapped around Nan Zhi’s neck.

She lowered her voice, and her tone was dangerous. “Do you dare say that again?”

Nan Zhi was pulled down by Yu Shu’s force. Fearing that she would fall on Yu Shu, she placed her hands on either side of her.

Regarding the dangerous statement, she argued, “I didn’t do anything.”

Still up to her old tricks, full of lies.

Yu Shu’s hands slowly tightened, gripping Nan Zhi’s neck. “You’re finished, Nan Zhi.”

Nan Zhi: …

She was pulled down by Yu Shu’s force, almost touching her nose to hers and breathing the same air.

For some reason, Nan Zhi felt a warmth in her ears. She turned her head away, no longer looking at Yu Shu’s tearful eyes, and said in a low voice:

“I was wrong.”

“I’ll never dare to do it again.”

“Please forgive me this time, Young City Lord.”

Scaring Yu Shu with a worm is too complicated to explain. There will definitely not be a next time.

Yu Shu was stunned, feeling a little strange.

She never thought that Nan Zhi, this shameless dragon, would admit her mistake so quickly, and even so sincerely.

Of course, the strangeness in her heart was not because of this matter, but because of the warm breath on her neck.

When the breath came again, she hurriedly released her hands, but before she could push Nan Zhi away, something happened.

“You, you all…”

A gasp came from a distance.

Nan Zhi and Yu Shu looked in the same direction at the same time. Yu Shu had a blank expression, but Nan Zhi’s eyes narrowed.

It was her cousin, Nan Yao, who considered the Nine Provinces his home.

“What are you two doing?” Nan Yao’s voice was loud, and his tone was particularly gloating.

With this reminder, Nan Zhi and Yu Shu gradually realized that their current posture was a little… delicate.

They looked at each other and quickly separated.

Yu Shu unnecessarily patted the grass dust off her clothes, her expression indifferent.

Nan Zhi immediately grabbed Nan Yao’s collar and walked to the side, frowning. “Weren’t you mining at the border of the Nine Provinces?”

“Your news is so old.” Nan Yao rolled his eyes. “I was released fifty years ago.”

“…”

“But you’re really something…”

Nan Zhi had a feeling that Nan Yao wasn’t going to say anything good. “What do you want to say?”

Nan Yao slowly gave her a thumbs-up and winked. “You’re something else. To be able to…”

Nan Zhi’s expression changed slightly. To prevent Nan Yao from saying something stupid and angering Yu Shu, she cast a Flower-Plucking, Leaf-Flying spell at him.

“Idiot, shut up.”

“Nan Zhi!”

Nan Yao retreated repeatedly. He was immediately amused by Nan Zhi’s preemptive strike and said in a sarcastic tone.

“You’re being so unreasonable. You found a sweetheart and didn’t even tell the clan so we could all have some fun…”

Nan Zhi’s heart tightened. She subconsciously looked at Yu Shu and felt her scalp tingle when she saw the vengeful little white tiger frowning.

So, in response to Nan Yao’s brainless words, Nan Zhi used all her strength to gather a ripple of water in her palm.

“Ah—”

Nan Yao flew. He flew very high and very far.

Afterward, Nan Zhi looked at Yu Shu guiltily, a very unnatural fake smile on her face.

“Young City Lord, he was speaking nonsense. You won’t take it out on me, right?”

“Heh…”

Nan Zhi had tried to dual cultivate with her while she was sleeping, and now Nan Zhi’s clansman came here to act in a play. The two of them had bad intentions.

She let out a cold laugh, giving Nan Zhi a sidelong glance.

“What do you think?”

“Nan Zhi.”