Chapter 118: Baby, Eat Me~
Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Baby, Eat Me~
Gu Zhao didn’t hear Gu Xulin’s words. All she could hear was the smug laughter of the Tiger Whales.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! We truly are the invincible, unbelievably handsome kings of the ocean!"
"Those big dummies—the ones who look like their brains have been poked by a spike—actually thought they could steal our treasure! They’d have better luck eating our poop!"
"Xiangxiang is ours now!"
"She’s mine, mine, MINE!!"
"The hell with you, you Devil Fish! You’re asking for a fight! She’s obviously mine!"
Gu Zhao hugged the Tiger Whale carrying her tightly. The sound of boisterous chatter filled her ears, and cool drops of water splashed onto her face.
Unlike the other Tiger Whales, which would dive down only to shoot back up and create a huge splash, this one swam steadily on the surface.
But that was the extent of its consideration. It didn’t leap, but it did parade her on its back, swimming right past the other Tiger Whales!
Showing off for dear life!
"Oh my, oh my! Xiangxiang is so soft! Xiangxiang is on my back! She likes me best!"
The other Tiger Whales glared at it, furious. If it weren’t for the treasure on its back, they would’ve given it a good tail-slap, one way or another!
"It’s my turn to carry the baby! Quick, give me the baby!"
"It’s obviously my turn!"
The Tiger Whale carrying Gu Zhao looked at the pod surrounding it and feigned a dilemma. "There are so many of you, but only one baby. Who am I supposed to give her to~"
"I know! The baby will definitely like the strongest whale! Whoever wins the fight gets to carry her!" it goaded them on with a provoking tone.
It watched them with its little eyes, giddy with anticipation for the drama about to unfold.
"That makes sense! But since I’m obviously the strongest, I think we can skip the fight," one Tiger Whale said, swishing its tail proudly.
"You narcissist! Asking for a fight!" The Tiger Whale beside it lunged right at it.
Soon, more and more Tiger Whales joined in, until every last one was fighting.
The Tiger Whales began to fight for custody of Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao looked at the sky with a look of utter resignation. ’Sigh, being too popular isn’t always a good thing.’
But her swinging feet kicked the Tiger Whale a few times.
The drone that had been racing over arrived just in time to see a pod of Tiger Whales fighting, while Gu Zhao sat on one of them, watching the show from a safe distance.
[?? What happened? I knew it was flying too slow! We missed the good part, ahhh!]
[Willing to pay big money for the Monkey King to reenact this for me!!]
[Drone, you’ve committed a heinous crime! Why didn’t you get here sooner! Missing the beginning is even worse than missing the finale, you know!]
[Gu Zhao looks so calm... Don’t tell me she secretly fanned the flames? Why else would the Tiger Whales suddenly start fighting! That’s going too far!]
[Our Monkey King would never... okay... actually, she probably would...]
[Drone!! Go after it!! It’s running away with Gu Zhao again!!]
[I have a reasonable suspicion that it was the one that provoked the Tiger Whales to fight! So it could snatch Gu Zhao for itself!]
The drone operator froze for a moment. He saw the Tiger Whale beneath Gu Zhao quickly swim away.
Meanwhile, the fighting pod of Tiger Whales didn’t notice at all, still going at it with extra fervor.
Once he snapped out of it, the staff member controlling the drone immediately had it give chase!
Monkey King! How are we supposed to live without you!
Even taking a crap feels wrong without Gu Zhao!
「Meanwhile.」
Gu Xulin and the others got off the Unicorne Whale and set foot on the snow mountain.
"We need to find a suitable place to set up our tents first, as a temporary base camp," Jiang Yifeng suggested.
Then he secretly glanced at Gu Xulin. ’His sister was just carried off, isn’t he worried?’
Gu Xulin nodded in agreement, but he seemed a bit distracted.
’Of course I’m worried! I wish I could fly to Gu Zhao’s side right now and spank her bottom raw!’
’Couldn’t she just rein in that overwhelming animal magnetism of hers for once!’
’Can’t she learn from me! I keep my own overwhelming charm under wraps~’
"Well... I’ll take the lead then?" Jiang Yifeng asked tentatively.
No one objected, but Jiang Yuchen felt that nobody was in the mood to pay attention to his brother.
Without Gu Zhao, Zhong Mingrui and the others were all listless, like plecos out of water, or students facing the start of school with their homework unfinished.
They weren’t dead, but they weren’t really living either—just struggling a bit before the inevitable.
"I wonder if Big King will be captured by the Tiger Whales and made into the chieftain’s wife..." Zhong Mingrui said, a little worried.
Song Yi was also worried. "But... Big King isn’t the same species as them."
"You’re behind the times. Your way of thinking is becoming ancient. I saw it in a video my brother was scrolling through."
"Love is love, regardless of gender. If it’s free like that, then it must be regardless of species too!"
Zhong Mingrui explained proudly. ’I know so much! If Big King were here...’
His spirits drooped again.
The others looked at Zhong Siqi with strange expressions, wanting to say something but holding back.
’So this is the kind of stuff you like to watch...’
Song Zhe silently backed away. ’I’ll always support Brother Qi in spirit! Physically... I’d rather not.’
Zhong Siqi’s face darkened as he tried to explain, "Zhong Mingrui! You were clearly the one watching that on my phone!"
Zhong Mingrui replied listlessly, "Oh, if you say so, Brother."
The looks everyone gave Zhong Siqi grew even stranger.
Zhong Siqi was suffering in silence.
The group tied ropes around their waists, linking them together in a chain. Jiang Yifeng, relying on his solid professional knowledge and experience, led the way at the front.
He was full of soaring ambition, determined to conquer this snow mountain!
But the others behind him were each lost in their own thoughts.
’Ye Zuiyi silently hoped that the Tiger Whales wouldn’t be tempted by Gu Zhao. It would be best if they ate her! Or even just threw her into the deep sea.’
’Anything, as long as Gu Zhao doesn’t come back!’
Then, she looked at Gu Xulin, a flash of killing intent in her eyes.
’Gu Zhao isn’t here... In that case...’
’I’ll take it out on him first!’
’I remember there’s a bottomless crevasse on this snow mountain...’
’He’s getting off easy.’
’Now, how should I lure him there...’
Ye Zuiyi pondered for a few seconds, then the corners of her mouth turned up. ’If Zhong Mingrui or Song Yi were to fall in, would he just stand by and do nothing?’
Led by Jiang Yifeng, the group quickly found a spot sheltered from the wind. Because of the polar day, they couldn’t judge the time by the sky, but luckily, Gu Zhen had secretly brought a watch!
Gu Zhen took out the watch with a grin. "Good thing I’m so clever! When the director was confiscating our things, I hid it in Gu Jiao’s hat!"
Gu Jiao, who had no idea: ?
Director Guo, watching this now: !!!
"You’re not allowed to use that!" Director Guo’s voice came through the drone.
Everyone: "Oh dear, why have my ears suddenly gone deaf? Don’t tell me snow blindness has evolved to affect hearing now!"
The bullet screen exploded with laughter.
「7:00 PM.」
The sky was still bright.
Everyone’s stomachs were growling up a storm. No one was in the mood to do anything, not that there was much to do anyway.
Gu Xulin could only nibble on the roasted duck he had snatched from Zhong Mingrui, while Ye Zuiyi, Jiang Yifeng, and the others also ate their food.
"I wonder if Gu Xiao Zhao is going hungry..." Gu Xulin ate distractedly.
He sighed with every bite he took.
Zhong Mingrui also took another large, worried bite.
After eating, the group needed to get some sleep. Zhong Siqi took the first watch of the night.
The others went to sleep, each with their own troubles.
Gu Xulin slept particularly restlessly, his forehead covered in a fine sweat from whatever he was dreaming about.
Suddenly, his eyes flew open and he bolted upright.
Zhong Siqi heard the noise and poked his head in. "Brother Lin, what’s wrong?"
Gu Xulin took a few deep breaths. "It’s nothing. I just dreamed that Gu Zhao was crying about being hungry, and then she started chasing me and trying to bite my butt..."
「On a nearby island.」
Gu Zhao was running for her life on her short little legs. Behind her, the beach was covered with all kinds of fish thrown ashore by the Tiger Whales.
Among them was a smiling seal.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Gu Zhao shrieked in desperation as she dodged. Occasionally, she wasn’t fast enough and a fish would bite onto her clothes.
"Baby, eat me! My flesh is tender!" the fish holding on to her clothes pitched with all its might.
The seal that had been tossed ashore immediately stopped smiling. It pushed itself over with its flippers, bit the fish, and swallowed it.
’Hmph! I went through so much trouble to "accidentally" run into the Tiger Whales! And so much trouble to pretend to be caught! Do you think that was easy for me!’
’I didn’t go through all that just to watch these shameless fish try to woo Xiangxiang Baby!’
"Baby~ Eat me~" The seal swallowed the fish and started smiling again.