radicalducati Chapter 400, Keep Your Heart Beating, Be Full of Expectation
Chapter 400, Keep Your Heart Beating, Be Full of Expectation
Chapter 400, Keep Your Heart Beating, Be Full of Expectation
"One thousand and two scratches—was this done merely to record time?"
Gu Yuena's voice rang out beside Ye Nanxiao.
Ye Nanxiao turned his head and saw Gu Yuena, dressed in a white dress, floating quietly to his side like a fairy descended from heaven.
"How is it? Does it fit?" Ye Nanxiao continued his work, carving a full scratch on the stone.
"It feels a little strange. The chest area doesn't feel as snug as the armor." Gu Yuena placed her hands on her growing chest, trying to pull the clothes closer to her chest.
"After all, it's a dress designed for growth, so it's normal for it to be slightly loose." Ye Nanxiao tossed the stone in his hand away.
In fact, Ye Nanxiao had a small expectation: if Gu Yuena were to transform into human form later, would her human body also grow?
As for how to obtain Gu Yuena's body measurements, Master Ye said that he has already entered the ranks of masters in this craft. As the old saying goes, self-reliance leads to abundance. After all, those strange and wonderful clothes in Master Ye's mind are not sold on the mainland.
Even if you were to have it custom-made by a tailor, you'd probably be considered an idiot with a screw loose.
People from another world have no idea how fun it is for people from Earth!
"What's the significance of these 1,002 scratches?" Gu Yuena liked to get to the bottom of things she cared about.
Upon hearing this, Ye Nanxiao manipulated the grass leaves to slowly stroke the scratches on the stone. The leaves of the Spirit Blossom Grass could not give Ye Nanxiao any sense of touch.
The rough scratches bear witness to Ye Nanxiao's longing and hopes.
With time measured in centuries, Ye Nanxiao was terrified that he would forget his origins and that on the other side of time, there was someone he missed dearly waiting for him to return home.
He recorded his longing with engravings; each passing day represented another day that Ye Nanxiao missed his important wife and children.
"This is a very simple yet extremely effective method of recording. What the scratches represent, whether it's time or something else, only the person who made the scratches knows." Ye Nanxiao gently stroked the scratches, his longing gushing out like a fountain.
"Boss, you can interpret this as me missing people who are important to me, or you can interpret it as me spending a certain number of days here."
Do souls also experience longing?
The answer is yes.
Gu Yuena sensed a deep longing emanating from Ye Nanxiao, and even her own emotions seemed to be stirred by the longing emanating from him.
Sensing that strange emotion, Gu Yuena was somewhat puzzled as to what it meant.
"What kind of person does the strategist yearn for?" Gu Yuena raised her hands and stopped in front of her chest. Tiny, crystalline points of light appeared between her hands and shimmered.
"There are many people I miss: my wife and children, my friends, and my relatives," Ye Nanxiao said.
"Relatives?" Gu Yuena asked.
"He's a younger brother I've adopted. He's quite innocent and cute." Ye Nanxiao swayed the grass blades, trying to make a gesture to describe how cute he was.
Gu Yuena watched as Ye Nanxiao gestured with the leaves of the famous grass, and finally the two leaves were put together, with the tips of the leaves curving.
Ye Nanxiao still couldn't figure out how to express "cute," so he simply made a heart shape.
"Cute?" Gu Yuena tilted her head slightly.
"That's also a compliment to you, boss!" Strategist Ye seized the opportunity to flatter him.
After spending some time with Ye Nanxiao, Gu Yuena had gotten used to his flattery and his talkativeness.
"Then you're very good to your brother." Gu Yuena thought that since Ye Nanxiao thought she was cute, she should take care of her brother with the same dedication.
"It's pretty good, isn't it?" Ye Nanxiao chuckled, a series of ways he had tricked Huo Yuhao flashing through his mind.
He did homework for others, acted as a punching bag during training, and made Huo Yuhao the scapegoat when he messed things up – all these behaviors were full of "care".
Watching Ye Nanxiao's actions, Gu Yuena felt as if she had misunderstood something.
With a wave of her jade hand, Gu Yuena extracted Ye Nanxiao's soul from the Spirit Blossom Grass.
A faint white light emanated from his palm and was placed against Ye Nanxiao's chest. The white light transformed into specks of light and merged into Ye Nanxiao's body.
"Your soul is already quite stable, and I don't really need to help you maintain it anymore. After you recover for a while longer, you won't need the Spirit Blossom Grass anymore," Gu Yuena said calmly, withdrawing her hand.
"I feel that I still really need you, boss!" Ye Nanxiao's face was full of sincerity.
If Gu Yuena hadn't personally healed him, how could he have gotten close enough to obtain information to please his boss?
The boss was unhappy; he, the strategist, felt like an extra idle person.
Di Tian and his group are a super-sized group of tough guys who are either focused on cultivation or charging into battle, so I can't go over there and join in the fun.
Xu Sanshi knew exactly which to choose: a burly man reeking of wild beastly sweat or Gu Yuena, ethereal and otherworldly beauty!
"Is that so?" Gu Yuena looked down at her palm. She was very confident in her strength!
"Speaking of which, entrusting one's thoughts to stones is a story from the human world. Are you interested, boss?" Ye Nanxiao threw out a tempting bait.
On the surface, Gu Yuena appears to be indifferent to external affairs and focused on cultivation, but secretly she enjoys listening to stories from the human world, especially mythological stories that contain elements of mythical beasts.
Ye Nanxiao's mind was filled with a large number of stories and anecdotes from his previous life on Earth. Gu Yuena became addicted to just picking a few to talk about.
"What kind of mythical beast is it this time? Is it Bai Ze or a sequel to Xie Zhi?" Gu Yuena immediately became interested.
In Gu Yuena's eyes, the mythical beast stories in human society were the stories left behind by those mythical beasts who were wholeheartedly devoted to the divine realm when the Dragon God ruled the divine realm.
She missed the days when the Dragon God ruled the divine realm.
"There aren't many mythical beasts related to love and longing. It seems to be called the Love-Longing Bird, but what I'm going to talk about this time isn't a mythical beast, but the story of the Love-Longing Rock," Ye Nanxiao said.
However, Gu Yuena's attention was focused on the mythical bird, the Lovebird, mentioned in Ye Nanxiao's words.
"Xiangsi Rock, what's that?" Gu Yuena finally noticed the key point.
As Ye Nanxiao patted the edge of the Lake of Life, he pointed to the carvings on it and said, "This is the prototype of the story behind my carvings."
"I want to hear about the lovebird!" Gu Yuena said, gazing at Ye Nanxiao calmly.
"How about we listen to the Lovebirds story later?" Ye Nanxiao tried to maintain his position as a storyteller.
Gu Yuena remained silent, watching Ye Nanxiao intently.
In a split second, Grand Strategist Ye changed his expression, slapping the air with his right hand as if it were a gavel, "Speaking of the lovebirds, their feathers are beautiful, they nest among bamboo trees, feeding, roosting, flying, and singing, the male and female responding to each other."
When Gu Yuena heard that lovebirds would follow their mates to the death, her face showed not emotion, but confusion.
"Why would someone run to their partner's arrest and walk right into their trap? Why not just kill the people who arrested them?"
Ye Nanxiao paused, realizing that he had only thought of the lovebirds as a group of loving couples who showered each other with affection, and had not considered these issues.
"Perhaps, the lovebirds can't beat us?" Ye Nanxiao said with a wry smile.
"So weak? How can it be a divine beast?" Gu Yuena's face showed disdain.
Ye Nanxiao blinked. How could he explain to Gu Yuena that the lovebird was revered as a divine beast in his memory because of people's admiration, not because of its power?
"Ring ring~"
A small wind chime hanging on a tree rang.
"The package has arrived! Boss, wait a minute!" Ye Nanxiao retreated back into the Spirit Blossom Grass and quickly ran towards the entrance of the Lake of Life area.
The demon spirit, carrying a large pile of boxes, squatted outside waiting for Ye Nanxiao, idly playing with the doorbell that Ye Nanxiao had made.
"Coming!" Ye Nanxiao jogged out.
Upon seeing Ye Nanxiao, the demon spirit immediately became wide awake.
"Strategist, why do you want me to go to the human world and bring these things back?" the demon asked, pointing to a pile of boxes beside him.
This morning, Ye Nanxiao specially made a list for himself, asking him to go to the human world and bring back a lot of things. The demon spirit could only understand the word "flour" on the list.
"Thanks! I'll treat you to dumplings tonight!" Ye Nanxiao dragged the pile of boxes and ran straight back.
Gu Yuena, who was still sitting by the lake pondering why the lovebird was revered as a divine beast, was drawn to the commotion caused by Ye Nanxiao.
"What are you doing?" Gu Yuena asked.
In the past, Ye Nanxiao would occasionally ask demon spirits to bring back some strange things, which Gu Yuena was already used to.
"Today is a special day! You'll find out tonight!" Ye Nanxiao plunged into the kitchen he had painstakingly prepared.
After asking the question, Gu Yuena began to ponder the previous one again.
Since Ye Nanxiao said she would know in the evening, this was just a short time for her to pass the time in a daze.
Night fell quickly while Gu Yuena was lost in thought.
"Clang, clang~" Ye Nanxiao struggled to push a bamboo cart out of the kitchen. At his current height, it was like pushing a three-story-high truck.
The rich aroma brought Gu Yuena back to her senses, and she looked at the dishes on the bamboo cart. Among them, a white, crescent-shaped object caught her attention.
"Is it food?" Gu Yuena asked.
"This is called dumplings!" Ye Nanxiao climbed onto the bamboo cart. It took her a little while to climb onto the bamboo cart with her petite Blooming Spirit Grass body.
"Tonight is a special day. In the human world, it's called Chinese New Year. And for Chinese New Year, we eat dumplings!" Ye Nanxiao said excitedly.
This was the first time Gu Yuena had seen Ye Nanxiao so excited, and she couldn't help but become curious, so she picked up a dumpling and put it in her mouth.
"Is the Lunar New Year some kind of special occasion?" Gu Yuena asked, puffing out her cheeks. She thought the food called dumplings was quite delicious, but the flavor was a bit bland and not as good as the roast meat that Ye Nanxiao often made.
"This day signifies anticipation, a time to look forward to the new year, to believe that things will get better and better, and that all bad luck will be swept away!" Ye Nanxiao said, hands on her hips.
Are you looking forward to it? That would be great!
Gu Yuena quickly devoured the dumplings on the bamboo cart.
"Keep the anticipation going, keep your heart pounding! Let those waiting for you be filled with anticipation!" Ye Nanxiao smiled, and a spark of light exploded in the sky, acting as a firework.
The dazzling fireworks, reflected in Gu Yuena's eyes, shone with multicolored light.
"Are you looking forward to it?" A smile appeared on Gu Yuena's face as she recalled the days when she listened to Ye Nanxiao tell stories. It seemed that those days were quite interesting.
"Then let's look forward to it, just as the strategist said."
"Next time, I want to hear stories of powerful mythical beasts!"
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