Chapter 964 - 726: "From Now On, Call Me Dad"_3
Shen Tang naturally showed sincerity as well, sealing a part of her healing ability and space power to send to Fu, so during critical moments, they could have additional help.
After chatting for a few more words, they continued on their way.
After all, they were still fugitives from Sky City, especially since Xiao Xue’s identity was too special, three people were too conspicuous, and having more people meant more risk.
Moreover, since that incident last time, the checkpoints in all the cities of Sky City were very strict now.
Shen Tang thought for a moment and decided to let the two go into her space first. After she disguised herself and sneaked into the city, she’d find an opportunity to release them once inside.
Thus, she let the two enter the space first.
She even specifically instructed Xiao Xue to get along well with this brother!
The current space was expanded quite a bit compared to the beginning.
However, because a large number of Purification Trees were needed previously, most places were cultivated into fertile fields to plant Purification Trees.
Shen Tang usually was too lazy to manage the space, mostly using it to escape or hide, and hadn’t really cleaned it up, with many areas being empty, basically serving as a backup storage warehouse.
But later, due to Shen Li’s mother Su Jiu, she tidied up the space well and even used the Earth Element Ability to build a house.
Now Su Jiu lived there, recuperating in sleep.
After Xue Yinzhou and Fu entered the space, they were staring at each other. They had nothing to talk about at all, and the air was eerily quiet.
Xiao Xue yawned lazily.
He was currently in a recovery period, requiring a lot of energy while minimizing consumption to speed up recovery. Thus, most of the time, he was very sleepy, but he tried to stay awake when with Shen Tang.
Now that Shen Tang was not around, he directly reverted to beast form, curled atop the stone table in the courtyard like a round cake, intending to sleep.
Fu agilely leaped onto the tree in the courtyard, bending one long leg while the other hung leisurely. He leaned lazily against the thick trunk, looking down at the opposite seemingly asleep Little Snake.
In his mind, he counted on his fingers several times.
No, something’s off.
The dates don’t add up either.
Where did she get such a big snake cub?
Could it be that due to the Ghost Snake Clan’s naturally special physique, living by devouring energy, the more they consume, the faster they grow?
Tsk.
The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he got. He casually picked a thumb-sized small green fruit and flicked it away.
Bam~
It hit the stone table, waking the Little Snake who was about to sleep.
The Little Snake immediately raised its head, dangerously staring at him, hissing coldly with its tongue.
Fu smiled apologetically, "Sorry, my hand slipped."
The Little Snake didn’t believe him at all; this guy was totally looking for trouble for no reason!
The Little Snake already couldn’t stand this third wheel and hadn’t had the chance to be intimate with Tangtang for the past few days! Now with Fu himself seeking trouble, it was a great opportunity for a little fix!
Fu saw the Little Snake suddenly emitting a gloomy and cold murderous aura, raising its silver-white tail, instantly condensing several blades made of black fog in the air, directly attacking the tree.
Fu’s mouth twitched, and he quickly leaped down from the tree to avoid the attack, helplessly saying, "Why such a big temper, really like your dad..."
He quickly stopped himself, raising his hands, "Wait, don’t make a move, I really have something to ask you."
The Little Snake paused its actions, tilting its head to look at him, waiting for him to continue.
"I wanted to ask..." Fu was puzzled, "How come your dad is gone? Is he dead?"
He used a tone of certainty.
Looking at the stunned Little Snake on the opposite side, the young man’s deep voice even carried a hint of affectionate sympathy, "What a poor child, not even having a dad around you, later you can recognize me as your dad."
The Little Snake’s pupils contracted sharply, angrily opening its fangs and flew up like an arrow off the string, biting Fu’s arm.
"Sss!"
Fu was bitten so hard that his face under the mask twisted painfully; this little thing had no mercy at all!
The toxin injected into the wound, the surrounding skin darkened.
However, this level of toxin wouldn’t be lethal to him now.
Fu quickly removed the Little Snake from his arm, speechless, "Why so fierce? Really the same temperament as your dad."
Also looked like his dad.
Just as annoyingly... detestable!
The Little Snake angrily glared at Fu, hearing his words, got even angrier and opened its mouth wanting to give him another bite.
This time, Fu learned from experience, quickly releasing the Little Snake and retreating a hundred meters away, clenching his teeth tightly, "I am being kind just for your mom’s sake, you really think I don’t dare to punch you?"
"Sssss~"
The Little Snake raised its upper body, ready to attack.
Just as the two were about to fight again,
Shen Tang returned.
The two hurriedly stopped, the icy killing aura vanishing without a trace, looking like friendly brothers once again.
No one wanted to leave a warlike and rough image in their female’s heart.
The Little Snake instantly transformed back into human form, reverting to a soft and harmless appearance in front of the female, rushing forward to hold and gently rub against her, whining, "Tangtang, you’re back, I missed you so much."
Shen Tang scrunched her face in a mixed expression, "I was only gone for a little while."
"But I felt like it’s been a long time."
As an outsider, Fu had no privilege to get too close, only standing afar watching the warm and harmonious scene between the two, with the atmosphere around him seemingly getting even lower.
After the Little Snake whined, he glanced at Fu not far away and then complained, "Tangtang, he bullied me!"
Seeing the female looking over, Fu quickly said, "I wouldn’t dare lay a hand on him; obviously, this little guy has sharp teeth and bit me."
With that, he lifted his sleeve, revealing his solid and slender forearm.
Indeed, there were two small blood holes there, with the surrounding skin blackened, clearly injected with toxin.
While the Little Snake was completely unharmed.
Even if a knife was against his neck, Fu wouldn’t dare touch this snake cub.
Shen Tang knew the Little Snake didn’t like Fu, but biting was wrong!
Though the little guy was quite obedient and well-behaved in her presence, it was only limited to being with her; he couldn’t always stay with her, he had to learn to get along with normal people.
So, this time, Shen Tang didn’t comfort the Little Snake like before, instead deliberately put on a straight face, seriously saying, "How can you bite Brother, go apologize to him."
The Little Snake naturally couldn’t bring himself to apologize.
Clearly, this guy was looking for trouble on purpose, how could Tangtang favor an outsider?
Fu hurriedly smoothed things over, "I’m fine, this minor injury is no big deal."
Shen Tang was very apologetic, quickly using the healing ability to detoxify and heal him, then looked at the Little Snake, "I’ve been a bit busy these days, for the time being, you just follow Brother Fu."
Then, she spoke to Fu, "Sorry to trouble you looking after the Little Snake these days."
The Little Snake suddenly widened his eyes, looking all incredulous and utterly unwilling!
Before he had time to refuse, he heard the man opposite speak lightly, "Alright, not a trouble, don’t worry, back when I was with my partner, I secretly read quite a few parenting manuals."
"Oh? You’re already married with kids?" Shen Tang was a bit surprised.
Fu paused, his tone turned somewhat low, "Not yet, my partner has left."
"Ah, my apologies." Shen Tang immediately felt guilty, unknowingly mentioning someone’s sad past.
"No problem, it’s just I had a quarrel with her, and she kicked me out."
"..." Shen Tang’s mouth twitched; she thought the person was gone.
Turns out it was just a couple’s argument.
Shen Tang scratched her head, comforting, "Couples fighting is normal, there’s nothing big about it, maybe soon you’ll be reconciled."
Fu stared straight at her, "Really? You think so?"
"Yeah, it’s completely normal for partners to fight! Besides, someone so good like you, surely the other will cherish you, you two can definitely reconcile." Shen Tang spoke her honest thoughts.
Though the time spent together wasn’t long, after a few days, she felt Fu truly was a very good person.
Fu looked at her for a while, seemed like he chuckled softly:
"Then I’ll consider it your good wish."