Cheng Shuang lowered her eyes, concealing the sudden surge of negative emotions. When she looked up again, her expression was serene and beautiful.

"If I had the chance, I would really like to ask it if its own meat tastes good."

Everyone's lips twitched; they respected him as a tough guy!

Although Cheng Shuang did not explicitly state this, her words conveyed the message that if she were to encounter a high-level wanderer who resembled a 'Taotie', she was confident she could escape unscathed.

Gong Zhu blurted out in concern, "Don't be so arrogant! You're just like an egg hitting a rock!"

"Would you choose to surrender when a wild beast is hunting you?" Cheng Shuang retorted.

"Hey, that's going too far!" Gong Zhu said angrily, crossing his arms. "Why do you have such a big problem with me! I meant well!"

The girl then realized that her attitude had been a bit extreme. She rubbed her forehead and was about to change her words when she heard Gong Zhu snort, "Come here, come to our room, I want to have a good talk with you."

Immediately, he stood up and went to pull Cheng Shuang away.

Upon seeing this, Da Bai's expression immediately changed, and he tried to block Cheng Shuang's way. Seeing Da Bai move, Xiao Qi quickly advised, "Don't let this small matter ruin our harmony. We have a common goal, so let's all be patient."

Only Si Haiming Bai Gongzhu's intentions were followed, and he said, "Let the two of them have a good talk. The current situation is too unfavorable for us. If they talk things out, it would be wrong for either of them to cause trouble in the future."

Cheng Shuang patted Da Bai and said softly, "It's okay, Da Bai, I'll handle it."

Gong Zhu pouted and muttered a complaint under her breath, "Damn sexists!"

After the two left, Da Bai scratched his head and asked blankly, "They really won't fight?"

Sihai shook his head firmly, "No." He added, "Mainly because Xiaogong can't beat Youyou either."

Da Bai breathed a sigh of relief, while Xiao Qi looked at Si Hai speechlessly. Xiao Gong probably never expected that his older brother would criticize him like this behind his back!

The room that Gong Zhu and the others booked was on the floor below. When Cheng Shuang entered the room, she found that it was not very big. The inner room had a standard double room bed, and the outer room was a small living room with a three-seater sofa, which was just right for Gong Zhu's height of about 1.72 meters.

The little girl then realized what she had overlooked, "Have you grown taller?"

Gong Zhu snorted and asked in a bad tone, "Some maintainers go from fat to thin, some go from sickly to strong, but have you ever seen someone go from black hair to white hair, or from 1.4 meters to 1.8 meters?"

Wow! It actually made a veiled criticism about her height!

Cheng Shuang took a wide-mouthed jar from her spatial storage and handed it to him, saying, "Open it and take a look."

Gong Zhu was taken aback, took it, and casually lifted the stopper, but saw nothing, so he asked, "What... Ugh!"

A strong and familiar stench hit his nostrils. Gong Zhu, his face turning pale, decisively put the plug back on. Fortunately, the stench was just a wisp, but he inhaled it all into his lungs.

That lingering, unforgettable smell is so strong that you just want to bury yourself in oxygen to cleanse your lungs.

He pinched his nose and growled through gritted teeth, "You wicked brat, you've made backups of all this stuff, you're practically robbing the heavens!"

Without saying a word, the little girl took out two more identical jars with a gloomy expression.

Gong Zhu obediently shut her mouth and gently patted the sofa, gesturing for her to sit down.

Upon seeing this, Cheng Shuang put the jar away and sat down.

"I've been thinking about this for a long time. Is your bad attitude towards me because of my gender? Do you think I'm hiding something?" Gong Zhu cleared his throat and took a big gulp of water. He was already prepared to tell Cheng Shuang what was coming next. After all, if they wanted to join someone else's rest stop, it was best not to hide anything and create unnecessary barriers.

"Feng Jiakang is my half-brother, sharing the same mother but a different father."

Cheng Shuang was slightly taken aback, then reacted extremely by jumping up from the sofa and looking at Gong Zhu as if he were a pervert.

Gong Zhu was already well aware of the girl's intelligence. He rubbed his forehead and said, "It's what you think, but it's not what you think." Then, somewhat annoyed, he lowered his voice and roared, "I'm not a brother-obsessed person or a brother-loving maniac. If Hai-ge hadn't said there was a chance to bring Jia Kang back, I wouldn't have used this method."

Feng Jiakang's body was carried back by Sihai. Gong Zhu used his skill to refine him and himself into a puppet with two bodies. If the two were not related by blood, it might not have been successful. Now that they are in one body, the Gate of Reincarnation assumes that Feng Jiakang is not truly dead, so it will not erase his body from the rest stop. If the condition for resurrection is a physical body, then the farcical situation of having the opportunity to be resurrected but being powerless to do so will not occur.

After all, they had only heard about resurrection cards, and cards always have some strange restrictions.

Because of the forced refining, which resulted in excessive force, Gong Zhu was punished by being unable to use his skills in three consecutive Death Grounds. This is why Si Hai is so eager to find a reliable resting place to take them in. Who knows, he and Gong Zhu might be separated in the next Death Ground. At that time, let alone resurrecting Feng Jiakang, Gong Zhu himself would be in trouble.

"So now you have both your own skills and Feng Jiakang's skills, right?" Cheng Shuang was quite good at grasping the key points. Of course, she didn't care about their real purpose for joining the rest station. If it were her, she would have made the same choice. No one wants to be forced to separate from their trusted companions.

"His skills... tsk, let's not even talk about them!" Gong Zhu waved his hand dismissively. Seeing the little girl looking at him speechlessly, he quickly explained, "We were separated when we were young, and our relationship was never deep. It was only after we became protectors together that we gradually became more familiar with each other."

"Why do you seem so adept at being a man?" Cheng Shuang tilted her head and asked curiously.

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