Truly Stubborn

Seeing Su Mu again, the little girl bit her lip, and tears of grievance began to trickle down her cheeks.

She made no sound, just cried.

Seeing this, Su Mu panicked.

"What's wrong?"

"I didn't leave you behind!"

"I heard your stomach rumbling, and I was hungry too, so I caught two pheasants."

"Look."

Su Mu lifted the pheasants in his hand and waved them at the little girl.

After hearing Su Mu's explanation, the little girl finally stopped crying and raised a little hand to wipe her face.

She got up and stalked away in a huff.

Su Mu felt a little helpless.

Honestly, women were all the same, no matter their age.

Su Mu had initially wanted to follow her.

This was the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

If a Soul Beast happened to wander out, he didn't even know whether it would get a full meal.

Only when he saw the little girl gathering dry branches not far away did Su Mu relax.

He went to the river and cleaned the two pheasants.

Before long, the little girl had gathered a small pile of firewood.

Su Mu lit a fire, found two branches to skewer the pheasants on, and began roasting them.

The little girl squatted obediently to one side.

She watched the occasional sparks pop out of the fire, her expression serious.

Su Mu looked at how adorable the little girl was.

He couldn't resist.

He moved closer to her.

Then he reached out and patted her head.

So satisfying!

It's just the right size.

Too cute.

Before Su Mu had enjoyed himself enough, the little girl raised both hands, took his hand off her head, and flung it forcefully aside.

She pursed her little lips and glared at him.

"Well, well, well!"

"You're a little wildcat who gets her fur all bristled up, aren't you?"

Hearing Su Mu tease her, the little girl turned her body and scooted over a little.

She turned her little head away and stopped looking at him.

Su Mu followed her and gave her little head another couple of pats.

The little girl neither resisted nor paid him any attention.

That made Su Mu feel as though he'd lost some of the fun.

Only then did he stop.

Seeing that the little girl was ignoring him, Su Mu had no choice but to concentrate on roasting the pheasants.

Soon, both pheasants were ready.

Su Mu had prepared some chili and salt in the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night.

The taste should be pretty good.

"Come on, little wildcat, time to eat!"

Smiling, Su Mu handed the little girl a roast pheasant he had deliberately put chili on.

Hearing that the food was ready, the little girl finally turned her head.

She glared fiercely at Su Mu and snatched the roast pheasant from his hand.

Su Mu grinned and began eating on his own.

Once she had the roast pheasant, the little girl hesitated for a moment.

Seeing how much Su Mu was enjoying his food, she opened her little mouth and took a bite too.

Su Mu had been watching the little girl all along. When he saw her take a bite, he stopped eating and watched with glee at her misfortune.

The moment she took a bite, the little girl sensed something was wrong.

Her fair, rosy little face instantly turned bright red from the heat.

Even her little ears flushed red.

She looked at the roast pheasant in her hands, her little face full of disbelief.

Seeing this, Su Mu nearly burst out laughing as he tried to hold it in.

The little girl heard him, turned to glare fiercely at him, and stubbornly swallowed the chicken in her mouth.

Still glaring at Su Mu, the little girl took another bite.

She chewed with all her might.

Whoa, she's that tough?

Su Mu felt as though the little girl was imagining the roast pheasant in her hands was him.

The little girl ate quickly, bite after bite.

It was as if, so long as she swallowed fast enough, the heat couldn't get to her.

But anyone who had eaten chili knew that the more you ate, the hotter it got.

After only a few bites, the little girl couldn't take it anymore.

Her brows pinched together, and tears trickled down her cheeks.

She kept eating and glaring at Su Mu as her tears fell.

She looked as if she were saying, If I ask you for help, I lose.

At that point, Su Mu couldn't bear to watch anymore.

What kind of living environment raised her to be like this?

Holding the roast pheasant he hadn't touched and hadn't put any chili on, Su Mu walked up to the little girl.

"All right, are you silly?"

"If you can't handle spicy food, don't eat it."

"Couldn't you tell me?"

Su Mu was a little annoyed. This little girl was far too stubborn, far too obstinate.

Looking at Su Mu and hearing his words, the little girl's tears fell even harder.

But she didn't give in. She viciously took another bite of chicken.

Su Mu didn't know what to say anymore.

He somewhat regretted teasing the little girl like that.

She looked no more than four or five years old.

Who did she learn to be this stubborn from?

Su Mu snatched away the roast pheasant with chili on it.

He stuffed the one without chili into the little girl's hands.

The little girl didn't stand on ceremony.

She raised the back of her hand and wiped away her tears.

Then she began eating, glaring at Su Mu all the while.

To Su Mu's surprise, the little girl ate the whole thing.

Does she really eat that much, or had she been hungry for too long?

After the two had eaten their fill, the sky gradually darkened.

Su Mu looked at the little girl sitting beside him with her arms around her legs.

He couldn't help grumbling inwardly, Where did Golden Crocodile Douluo, that master I picked up, go?

Why isn't he here yet?

What am I supposed to do with this little girl?

I can't keep her with me all the time.

That would be too dangerous.

Just as Su Mu was thinking about how to make arrangements for the little girl, a group of people suddenly approached from afar.

Three men dressed like household servants surrounded a young girl.

The girl was dressed in fine clothes and had a tall, slender figure.

She was a little over 1.6 meters tall and looked to be about eleven or twelve.

Since children in Douluo developed quickly after awakening their Martial Souls, Su Mu couldn't determine the girl's exact age.

But her figure really was something. By his estimate, her chest was probably a D cup.

As she walked, they bounced up and down somewhat uncontrollably.

Su Mu wondered if one careless movement might send them bouncing right out.

That was one big pair of white jade rabbits.

Just as Su Mu was watching with relish, the little wildcat had moved up behind him at some point.

She clutched his hem tightly.

Su Mu felt the little girl's movement and her slightly trembling body.

His heart was full of questions.

Is she scared?

Does she know these people?

Are they here for this little girl?

As he was thinking, the group walked straight toward him.

"Come out, young miss."

"We've all seen you."

One of the men dressed like a servant spoke.

Hearing this, the little girl couldn't help trembling violently.

Feeling her movement, Su Mu frowned deeply and looked at the group before him.

"Kid, don't meddle in other people's business."

"Get out of here, now."

"Otherwise, you won't be able to leave in a moment!"

Seeing no movement from the little girl behind Su Mu, the man looked at Su Mu and threatened him viciously.

At that, Su Mu was certain that the little girl behind him knew the people in front of him.

But their relationship probably wasn't very friendly.

Hearing those words, the little girl gripped Su Mu's hem even tighter.

"What if I say no?"

Su Mu reached one hand behind him and gently patted the little girl's back as he refused.