Demon King's Repayment - chapter 35
Hui Teng took two steps back as she looked at the human staggering towards her with a strange expression. Only two or three loose white hairs remained on top of his head. His face’s skin was so dry and loose. And despite his rancid smell all over, he used his toothless mouth to call out to her.
A passerby who was squeezed pushed the beggar impatiently, “Smelly beggar, what wife? It’s been a long time—decades ago ever since she was gone. Stop dreaming.”
The beggar pounced on the ground, then climbed up again. When he looked up, there was only a beam of scorching sunlight shining on the empty street. The flying dust in the beam danced lightly as if laughing at him. Nowhere around was the beautiful woman, the snake wife.
When they went back to the carriage, the human form Hui Teng sat quietly with her arms bent on the edge of the carriage, looking back and staring in the direction of Lianghe Town.
Yuan Xiang didn’t know how to comfort this friend from a different race, “Are you still reluctant to leave Li… your husband?”
Hui Teng turned her head to look at her for a moment, then shook her head lightly, “If I love my husband, no matter how old he looks, I should have been happy to see him. Now it seems like I just admired his face. Fortunately, Shifu had an insight about the world and enlightened me, so that I can realize what I want in my heart.”
The carriage was getting faster and the cold wind hurt the skin on her face.
Yuan Xiang fished the furry little wolf onto her knees, took off her cloak, and wrapped it on both of them.Â
“It’s so warm,” she said.
Nan He’s little head struggled to get out of the cloak.
“You, is your life also short?” The nice voice sounded again.
“Yes, human life is very short.” Yuan Xiang looked at the setting sun gradually falling from the top of the rolling hills on the horizon, “In your opinion, it may be like a mayfly. Born in the morning, we will die at night. But fortunately we human beings generally don’t think so. We think that life is quite long, with lots of troubles and lots of happiness.”
Nan He’s voice no longer came. Yuan Xiang used the cloak to cover him quietly and recklessly patted him a few times on his back, but he did not escape.
He was so fluffy and so nice to touch. It would be nice if he could be well-behaved everyday.
When they returned to Queqiu Town, it was already dark. Yuan Xiang was holding the little wolf and was about to open the courtyard door but Hui Teng who was following them stopped.
“I’m not going in. I have disturbed you for a long time. I won’t trouble you anymore but I will come back to thank you in the future.”
She crossed her hands and bowed slightly to show respect.
Yuan Xiang went to the market to look for the dishes that Shiniang asked her to buy. Nan He’s injury was almost healed and he was walking slowly beside her with his short legs. When they arrived in a crowded place, Yuan Xiang was afraid that he would be squeezed out and get lost, so she picked him up and hung him on her arm.
“Nan He, what do you think? Will Ah Teng go back to her hometown or will she still stay in this world? She loses her temper easily. It makes me a little worried.” Yuan Xiang was in a pork stall, stretching out her hand to pick and choose.
“Boss, cut a slice of meat. Make it fat, thin and skinny. Slice it into thin slices.” She pointed to the meat she had picked.
“Okay. Don’t worry, little lady, I’ll cut it for you.” The butcher swiped the pig-killing knife in his hand on the stone twice, cutting off a piece of meat quickly.
Next to the meat stall was the poultry seller’s stall. Several cages of chickens and ducks ready for slaughter were crowded together, making noise. They also passed by a mutton stall with two fresh bloody sheep heads. There were also dog meat sellers and frozen fish sellers. The sharpening of the knives from the butchers and the various sounds of domestic animals was mixed up in the enthusiasm of the human market.
“That snake is very strong.” Nan He said and then added, “The strong have their own world and the weak have no choice. It is the law of the world.”
“You mean Ah Teng is very powerful so she is purely qualified?” Yuan Xiang reached out and touched the fluffy head of the little wolf. “Oh, it turns out that Xiao Nan is quite good at talking. It’s true. If an ordinary girl lived in this world with such a temperament, she would have been bullied.”
Every time Yuan Xiang touched him, his small pointed hairy ears trembled nervously and a tender pink color would come on the white fluff. While waiting for the meat cutting, Yuan Xiang touched his head, rubbed his neck for a while, and then turned over the small elastic meat pad to compare.
Nan He’s body tensed. He patiently retracted his claws and did not bite nor escape.
For some reason, Nan He had become a lot more docile in recent days. Although he still did not get so close, at least he was not growling and guarding like before. If Yuan Xiang stretched out her hand to pat his hair, at most he would just run away, rarely did he stretch his claws to scratch her and would never turn his head to give you a bite. Yuan Xiang was in a good mood. She was hopeful that she could bury her face in the silver-white fur ball and rub the little wolf recklessly.
Miao:
Sanxian: large family of 3-stringed plucked musical items, with snakeskin covered wooden sound box and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra.
sepak takraw: a game played in southeast Asia which is leg volleyball.
You should watch it once. Woah their kicks! Its advanced level football and volleyball mixed.Â
The ball is traditionally made with rattans.
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