"Mengyao, come sit here," Lin Fan said, grinning as he sat in the Grand Tutor's chair.
"I'm already sitting, are you blind?" Tian Mengyao retorted, unwilling to comply.
"Come sit on my lap, or my mind will get confused and I won't be able to figure anything out."
"You dare threaten me?"
Tian Mengyao walked over aggressively and raised her hand to hit Lin Fan's head.
Lin Fan was incredibly agile. Before Tian Mengyao's hand could land, he embraced her slender waist, lifted her entirely, and placed her on his lap.
"Let go, it'll be bad if someone walks in and sees," Tian Mengyao struggled a few times, but her strength was negligible.
"My dear wife has worked hard," Lin Fan teased.
"Who's your wife? I might be some fox spirit," Tian Mengyao said, annoyed.
"She's far away, yet right in front of you," Lin Fan pinched her cheek.
It had to be said that youth was a woman's greatest asset.
Even though Tian Mengyao was exposed to the wind and sun on Luofeng Mountain every day, her expensive cosmetics and her youthful, good skin made her touch incredibly comfortable.
"Take your hand away, your hands are rougher than the soles of my feet," Tian Mengyao grumbled, her voice soft and complaining.
"Yes, yes, let me touch again, just to see how tender Mengyao really is." Lin Fan flicked her small, delicate earlobe.
Tian Mengyao's delicate body trembled, and she immediately grabbed Lin Fan's hand.
"Shouldn't we discuss business now?"
"Immediately."
Despite Tian Mengyao's objections, Lin Fan was still playing with her fair, tender ear while organizing his thoughts.
"Mengyao, here's what I'm thinking. Luofeng Mountain is vast, but Luofeng Village is very small. You know, the Ma Mi Chi on the mountain are about to become a disaster, but the village simply doesn't have enough people to pick them."
As Lin Fan spoke, Tian Mengyao basically understood his idea.
"You're not thinking of gathering villagers from nearby to help, are you? Will our village people agree?" Tian Mengyao doubted the feasibility of this idea.
She had been in Luofeng Village for almost a year and had become accustomed to the villagers arguing over trivial matters.
These incidents left her speechless.
Neighbors who had lived together for decades would argue over a few bricks and even come to the village committee for her to mediate.
She wondered if they were just looking for trouble out of boredom.
Lin Fan curved his lips and said playfully, "The surrounding villages are just as poor, and they need help too. If you only focus on Luofeng Village, how can you become a great official in the future?"
"Hmph, I never thought about becoming a great official," Tian Mengyao said one thing and meant another.
Lin Fan chuckled and patted her delicate shoulder.
"Alright, stop taking advantage."
Tian Mengyao pushed herself off the armrests of the chair and jumped down.
Lin Fan quickly closed his legs...
"Honestly, we were having a nice conversation, and you had to do these little things," Tian Mengyao complained with a blushing face.
"Can't I help it?" Lin Fan didn't seem embarrassed at all.
With a beauty in his arms, what man could resist?
"It's settled then. I'll discuss it with everyone tomorrow."
Seeing Lin Fan's apparent displeasure, Tian Mengyao pecked him on the cheek.
"Don't be unhappy."
"You know my family is strict, otherwise..."
"Ahem."
Lin Fan cleared his throat. "Mengyao, actually, there are other ways even if it's not like that."
His gaze lingered on her lips.
"You wish!" Tian Mengyao knew what he was thinking and huffed coquettishly before turning to leave.
Lin Fan sighed helplessly, "Women, saying one thing and meaning another."
"I haven't even said anything, and you already know. You understand me pretty well!"
"Tsk tsk, you've watched enough of those little movies, why can't you learn something from them."
*Crunch, crunch!*
"It's broken!"
Lin Fan reached for his waist and was greatly alarmed.
He had heard noises in the room earlier and thought it was a mouse. He was too preoccupied with his affection for Tian Mengyao to pay it any mind.
The Golden Silkworm Gu was gone!
Lin Fan rushed into the room at the fastest speed.
The crunching sound stopped, as if startled by his arrival.
Lin Fan took a few steps forward, picked up the sandalwood box, and turned it in his hand, discovering a distinct bite mark on it.
There were also many fine wood shavings scattered on the bed.
"Come out, you!"
Lin Fan shouted and flung open the lid.
The golden Golden Silkworm Gu lay obediently in a corner, its two front claws clinging tightly to the Chi Pearl, looking up at Lin Fan with innocent eyes.
"You dare to bite anything? It's worth a hundred million US dollars!"
As soon as Lin Fan finished speaking, information came from the Golden Silkworm Gu in his mind: it really, really wanted this thing, and it would greatly help its cultivation.
"Wanting it is useless, I can't give it to you."
Lin Fan was worried. This little guy was already incredibly powerful, capable of killing in an instant.
If it became any stronger, what would it become?
"Just hand it over to me first."
Fearing any damage to the Chi Pearl, Lin Fan reached out to snatch it from the Golden Silkworm Gu.
Although the little guy had great strength, the Chi Pearl's surface was smooth, offering no grip.
Amidst a harsh scraping sound, Lin Fan finally managed to retrieve the Chi Pearl from the Golden Silkworm Gu's grasp.
*Buzz!*
The next second, a stream of light, almost invisible to the naked eye, swirled around Lin Fan. The Golden Silkworm Gu, anxious, tried to snatch the Chi Pearl back.
Lin Fan ignored the troublemaking little creature and carefully inspected it. Finding no damage to the Chi Pearl, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Constant messages of "Give it to me quickly, I want it" flooded his mind.
The Golden Silkworm Gu's attempts to land on Lin Fan's hand were all dodged by him.
"Do you know what this thing is?" Lin Fan asked with his mind.
The Golden Silkworm Gu's flight slowed considerably.
At the same time, a magical scene appeared in Lin Fan's mind.
A slender figure became clearer and clearer, resembling a snake and a dragon!
It ascended through clouds and mist, causing monstrous waves to surge on the water's surface!
Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and golden lightning and thunder rumbled incessantly.
A green figure weaved through them!
*Boom!*
Myriad bolts of lightning rained down fiercely!
The creature, resembling a dragon and a snake, was awe-inspiring without anger.
A golden light became increasingly clear before Lin Fan's eyes...
*Plop!*
The Golden Silkworm Gu suddenly fell straight to the ground.
It struggled to flip over, lying weakly on the ground, motionless.
Lin Fan's lips moved, "It's a dragon!"
Ascending through clouds and mist, summoning rain, with a slender physique – what else could it be but a dragon?
The only strange thing was that this dragon had no whiskers.
"Hiss!"
Lin Fan gasped.
"Little thing, you've done a great deed."
"Huh?" It was only then that he noticed the Golden Silkworm Gu had fallen to the ground for some reason.
The little guy's aura was very weak, and it would likely need a few days to recover.
Lin Fan picked it up and placed it in his hand, but it dragged its weary body and crawled towards the Chi Pearl in Lin Fan's other hand.
"Fine, let you hold it for a bit."