Chapter 562 It Wants to Follow Me
Because of home quarantine, the streets of the entire village were deserted, and apart from a few people who stayed behind to guard the ancestral hall, there was hardly anyone to be seen.
These people all knew Ye Wanxi and the others, so they didn't make things difficult for them and let them in.
After entering the ancestral hall, the group indeed found their third senior brother inside.
Besides, Xiao Yuchan and the three members of the Wu family, grandfather, and grandson, were also present.
"Third Senior Brother."
Jun Wuduan turned around when he heard Ye Wanxi's voice, and was slightly surprised to see a group of people behind her: "Why are you all here?"
"I was just about to leave and wanted to come over to offer incense to Senior Sister Qi Yao and say goodbye."
Jun smiled for no reason and moved aside.
Given the previous incident of the incense being extinguished, Ye Wanxi did not allow Feng Tianyu to offer incense to Qi Yao again. Instead, she stepped forward, lit a few sticks of incense herself, and quietly explained the situation to Qi Yao's memorial tablet.
Ye Wanxi always believed that Senior Sister Qi Yao had guided them here because she had foreseen this calamity. Now that the matter was basically resolved, she wanted to burn incense to inform her and put her mind at ease.
After explaining everything, Ye Wanxi inserted the incense sticks into the burner.
Wisps of white smoke rose leisurely, and then a strong wind blew in from who-knows-where.
Everyone was blown off balance by the gust of wind, and Ye Wanxi was hit in the face with a cloud of dust. Fortunately, Feng Tianyu quickly stepped forward to block it, otherwise her entire face would have been covered in dust.
When the wind died down, everyone looked again and found that the incense in the stove had burned down to the bottom, with only a few embers left.
Ye Wanxi breathed a sigh of relief, guessing that Senior Sister Qi Yao must have heard her words and could eat her last few sticks of incense without worry.
The Wu family members stared in disbelief, wanting to say something but unsure how to begin, their expressions somewhat comical.
Jun Wuduan watched all this, his eyes narrowing slightly with a dangerous glint in them, his long, narrow phoenix eyes swirling with an unusual emotion that even he himself was unaware of.
The little jade toad jumped off the table long before the wind started blowing, finding itself a safe haven in advance.
When the trees were still and the wind had stopped, it jumped out from under the table, blinking its tiny, beady eyes, looking somewhat bewildered.
Ye Wanxi quickly noticed its presence and bent down to say goodbye: "Mixed dough, we're leaving now. You stay here and keep Senior Sister Qi Yao company. I'll come to see you again when I have time."
As if understanding her words, the little jade toad hopped on the spot and landed skillfully on Ye Wanxi, showing no intention of getting off.
The expressions of the Wu family members changed slightly; their worst fears had come true!
“Miss Ye, the Gu King…” Wu Chi began tentatively, but was interrupted by Jun Wuduan: “It seems it doesn’t want to stay here anymore.”
"Yeah?"
Ye Wanxi turned to ask Xiaoyuchan, but was startled by Grandpa Wu's suddenly raised voice.
"Absolutely not. The Gu King is our ancestral spirit pet and a sacred object of our clan. Where else could it go if it doesn't stay here?"
As Grandpa Wu was speaking, he reached out to welcome Little Jade Toad back, but Little Jade Toad immediately showered him with a row of ice spikes.
Grandpa Wu: "..."
Everyone: "..."
Ye Wanxi frowned, looking somewhat troubled: "You want to come with me, instead of staying here with Senior Sister Qi Yao?"
"Croak—" the little jade toad cried out, its voice somewhat dejected.
As a spirit pet raised by its owner since it was a cub, the little jade toad was more familiar with its owner's scent than anyone else. But just a moment ago, it sensed the last trace of its owner's presence in the house... gone.
The little jade toad didn't want to go with Ye Wanxi; it wanted Ye Wanxi to take it to its owner.
Unfortunately, the two, one human and one pet, couldn't communicate, so Ye Wanxi was destined to be unable to understand its meaning.
The little jade toad seemed a bit down, lying on Ye Wanxi's shoulder as if it were withdrawn and unwilling to move.
Ye Wanxi was at a loss for what to do when she looked up and found that her third senior brother had appeared beside her at some point, staring intently at the little jade toad on her shoulder.
"Third Senior Brother?"
Jun smiled at her without warning: "I'd like to speak to it alone for a bit, is that alright?"
Although Ye Wanxi didn't know what he wanted to do, she said with difficulty, "I'm afraid I can't make that decision, it..."
"It's alright, I can do it myself." Jun Wuduan said, extending his hand directly to the little jade toad. "Come here."
This situation reminded people of the embarrassing scene when Grandpa Wu was spat on with ice spikes. Ye Wanxi also thought of the first time Jun Wuduan came here and met Xiao Yuchan. Suddenly, an ominous premonition arose in her heart.
Just as he was about to give a warning, he saw that the little ice toad did not attack Jun Wuduan as it had resisted Grandpa Wu just now. Instead, it was quiet for a while, then suddenly kicked its hind legs and jumped into Jun Wuduan's palm.
Jun Wuduan's smile deepened, and he praised, "A clever child."
Then, in a low voice that only the two of them could hear, he said, "Come with me, I'll take you to your master, okay?"
Little Jade Toad never expected that the most reliable person at the crucial moment would be this nemesis who used to argue with her master all the time and occasionally even made her master so angry that he would fight.
After hesitating for a moment, I decided to trust him this once!
Jun Wuduan felt a slight chill from his little finger and said something that surprised everyone: "It seems we've reached an agreement; it wants to come with me."
The three members of the Wu family: "..." They had a million "mmp"s to say in their hearts!
“Mr. Jun, this is probably inappropriate. The Gu King is from our village…”
“I know about the sacred objects in your village, and I never deny that.”
"That……"
Before Grandpa Wu could finish speaking, Jun Wuduan interrupted him: "It is your sacred object, not your prisoner. You can't keep it locked up for life; what's the difference between that and keeping a pet?"
Grandpa Wu choked. Seeing his father retreat, Wu Yan frowned and disagreed, saying, "Whether it's a sacred object or a pet, it's a matter within our village and has nothing to do with outsiders."
Upon hearing himself referred to as an outsider, Jun Wuduan's eyes narrowed dangerously, and he chuckled softly, "It has nothing to do with being an outsider, but right now it's because it doesn't want to stay with you. Do you think you can keep it here?"
Killing people and destroying their hearts is nothing more than this.
Wu Yan felt as if a knife had been stabbed into his heart. Everyone had seen the Gu King's rejection of them, so why was that? They were clearly the Gu King's direct descendants, so why were they inferior to these outsiders? It was truly frustrating.
Wu Chi's initial indifference towards Jun Wuduan had turned into wariness and suspicion. Rather than letting him take the Gu King away, it would be better to...
"Even if the Gu King has been staying in the village for too long and is bored, wanting to go out and leave, Miss Ye is still better than you..."
"Junior Sister has two other pets, and neither of them are easy to deal with. If you let her take them, are you sure they'll live to see you next time?"
The three members of the Wu family: "!!!" This is intimidation! Intimidation! Intimidation!
(End of this chapter)
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