bayedsolid Chapter 370 The Gluttonous Pig Addiction
Chapter 370 The Gluttonous Pig Addiction
He couldn't escape the mirrored time and space of the Tang Dynasty.
"Look, I am now the master of this Changbai Forest!" Little An Ding Si stood on the rocks by the stream, hands on her hips, her chin held higher than the peak of Zhongnan Mountain. Her childish voice carried an unquestionable declaration, and the entire lush forest became her domain.
Zhen Xiaosi was so amused by her posture that she almost choked on her water. She adjusted her glasses and laughed so hard that her shoulders shook: "Pfft... Wow!! Your skills are quite agile!" She thought to herself: An Dingsi, An Dingsi, are you perhaps inheriting the ancient water escape technique and planning to perform a 'Lingbo Weibu' on this tributary of the Wei River?
"Hehe!" Little An Ding Si shook her head smugly, the pale yellow ribbons on her twin buns fluttering in the wind. Her big, dark eyes accurately captured Zhen Xiao Si's thoughts. "Sister Zhen Xiao Si, you're allowed to be a 'snow-flying' on the snowy plains of Northeast China, but I'm not allowed to be a 'water-skipper' in this Zhongnan Mountain stream?!"
Zi'an leaned lazily against an old, gnarled locust tree, dappled shadows falling on his budding, upright figure. He glanced at the lively little bundle of joy on the stream rock, a knowing smile playing on his lips. His voice, clear and slightly languid, carried a youthful charm: "Alright, little rascal, everyone knows what you're thinking. What you love is this carefree life, with the sky and earth as your dwelling, the grass and trees as your neighbors, like a barefoot mountain spirit frolicking in the forest."
Qiu Rongmu could no longer contain himself. He lightly touched the wet moss with his toes, and his movements even carried a bit of the agility of a forest spirit. He scooped the little An Ding Si, who was still standing with his hands on his hips, off the rock and gently placed it back on the shore.
He ruffled the little girl's hair and smiled at Zi'an and Zhen Xiaosi, saying, "Brother Zi'an is absolutely right! Our Princess Anding is not capable of harboring those scheming and political maneuvering tactics of the Taiji Palace."
All she wanted was the simple pleasure of being able to plunge into the vast forests and fields at any time to find singing stones and dancing fireflies!
Upon hearing this, Zhen Xiaosi also nimbly leaped down from the blue stone where she was perched. Her soft-soled brocade shoes, embroidered with lotus patterns, shattered a pool of clear, shallow water, splashing up tiny, sparkling droplets of water.
She casually wiped the wet mud off her shoes, adjusted her glasses, and her eyes behind them brightened slightly at the sight of the forest's vitality: "Oh dear, Zi'an and Mutou, you're both absolutely right! The summer geomantic star charts assigned by the Imperial Observatory, and those newly acquired Dunhuang fragments, certainly need to be studied. But, well..."
She stretched her stiff back, which had become stiff from sitting for a long time, and a sly smile appeared on her face. "Occasionally, I need to go on some 'adventures' in the woods, pick some wild ginseng and gather some dandelions, so that I can inject some lively energy into this 'academic shell,' right?"
Qiu Rongmu immediately widened her eyes dramatically, pointed at Zhen Xiaosi, and said in a teasing tone, "Haha! I see now! You're not here for 'adventure' at all. You're clearly using 'academic research' as a pretext to study how to find the freshest ferns and the plumpest wild mushrooms in the forest to satisfy your insatiable 'gluttonous pig's addiction,' aren't you?!"
Zhen Xiaosi blinked, not annoyed at all, but instead casually pursed her lips, her eyes gleaming behind her glasses, her tone self-righteous: "'Gluttonous pig addiction'? Craving delicacies and indulging in sound sleep, these are the greatest pleasures in life! I, Zhen Xiaosi, act with integrity and honesty! I live my own life and enjoy my own flavors, what's wrong with that? Besides,"
She glanced around mischievously. "Who among you dares to say they don't like it?"
Amidst the stream and woods, laughter suddenly erupted even louder, the clear voices of the boys and girls startling several perched kingfishers into flight. The joyful atmosphere seemed to almost burst through the treetops and soar into the sky.
However, this unrestrained laughter was suddenly interrupted by a jarring, arrhythmic "clanging" sound!