Gu Yuena Eavesdropped at the Wall

Zhu Zhuqing wore tight black pants.

An oversized shirt covered her upper body.

Blushing, she looked at Su Mu, who was bending over.

"What are you doing? Aren't you getting on?"

"We need to hurry back."

Su Mu looked back and said.

Zhu Zhuqing bit her lip and gave a cold snort.

She slowly walked behind Su Mu and lay against his back.

Feeling the softness against his back, Su Mu's lips curled into a faint smile. He raised a hand and gently patted Zhu Zhuqing's butt.

"Hold on tight," he said with a smile. "Don't fall off."

With that, Su Mu used the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone's flight skill.

He flew toward the Sunset Forest.

By the time they reached the courtyard in the Sunset Forest, it was already midnight.

The courtyard was pitch-black, without a single light.

Seeing this, Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed Gu Yuena had already gone to bed, or she had yet to return.

But the moon was full that night, and by its light,

Su Mu opened the courtyard gate.

"Have you always lived here?"

Zhu Zhuqing asked curiously.

"Mm."

Su Mu replied with a smile.

Just as Su Mu was about to take Zhu Zhuqing to his room on the left side of the courtyard,

The door to the room on the right suddenly opened from within.

The sudden sound startled Zhu Zhuqing.

She darted behind Su Mu.

A girl wearing a white shirt emerged from the room, rubbing her eyes. Her hair was silver, and her face was still heavy with sleep.

Under the moonlight, the girl looked even more beautiful.

At the sight, Su Mu thought, This is bad.

Why did Gu Yuena have to come out now?

"You're back?"

"Where have you been these past few days?"

"That shameless old Golden Crocodile isn't here either!"

Gu Yuena's voice was ethereal, unlike Zhu Zhuqing's cool voice.

Zhu Zhuqing, behind Su Mu, heard the voice and saw Gu Yuena as well.

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Gu Yuena's shirt.

Then she looked at the shirt she herself was wearing.

Her brows knitted tightly.

She gave Su Mu's waist a vicious pinch.

"Hiss~~"

Su Mu sucked in a sharp breath of pain.

"Who's that behind you?"

Hearing Su Mu's voice, Gu Yuena noticed Zhu Zhuqing behind him and asked.

"This is—"

"Who are you?"

Just as Su Mu was about to speak, Zhu Zhuqing stepped out and looked at Gu Yuena, demanding an answer.

The two women stood in the moonlight, wearing matching shirts.

"How rude. Shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking someone else's name?"

Gu Yuena looked at Zhu Zhuqing and spoke in her ethereal voice.

This was also a rule Gu Yuena had learned during her years in human society.

But in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, it was a provocation.

For a moment, though, Zhu Zhuqing was left speechless by the retort.

"All right, all right."

Su Mu hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over.

"Gu Yuena, go back to your room and sleep."

"Zhu Zhuqing, come with me to your room!"

"Oh? So you're Zhu Zhuqing. I've heard that shameless old Golden Crocodile Douluo mention you!"

With that, Gu Yuena turned, went back into her room, and shut the door.

Zhu Zhuqing glared at Su Mu.

She walked ahead of him, fuming.

Su Mu sighed softly.

Shaking his head, he followed her.

After returning to the room and closing the door, Su Mu saw that Zhu Zhuqing was already sitting on the bed.

When she saw Su Mu come in, Zhu Zhuqing snorted coldly.

She turned her head away.

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing angry, Su Mu didn't indulge her.

He walked over.

A night passed.

The next morning.

Su Mu opened his eyes and looked at Zhu Zhuqing nestled in his arms like a little bird. Smiling, he rubbed her head.

Perhaps Zhu Zhuqing was a little tired; she was still asleep.

She let out a soft murmur.

Her head moved as she resisted briefly, then she went still again.

Su Mu looked at Zhu Zhuqing's adorable appearance.

He couldn't quite hold himself back.

After Zhu Zhuqing got up, Su Mu took her out of the courtyard as though fleeing.

They arrived in Suotuo City.

He bought Zhu Zhuqing two changes of clothes. It wouldn't do for her to keep wearing a shirt that might let her peanuts show; it would affect the speed at which he drew his sword.

The main, main reason they had fled the courtyard was that

Gu Yuena had actually crouched by the wall and eavesdropped on them last night.

Eavesdropping at night was one thing, but she had listened in again that morning!

Su Mu was at a loss.

So he simply left to get away from her.

As the two searched for a hotel on the streets of Suotuo City,

Su Mu suddenly spotted a general store.

But it wasn't the store that interested him.

It was the owner, lying in a recliner off to one side.

He looked to be around fifty, with a somewhat hooked nose and a generally sly, cunning appearance.

He also wore a pair of black-framed crystal glasses, which gave him a very peculiar look.

Wasn't that Flender?

He remembered that Tang San had bought a piece of hair crystal here for his Dragon Whisker Needles.

With that thought, Su Mu walked inside.

Even when someone entered, Flender didn't open his eyes.

He remained in his rocking chair, rocking back and forth with a creak.

Drawing on the original work's description of Plate Gold Hair Crystal,

Su Mu searched the shop.

After looking around, he spotted a piece of crystal the size of a human head at the foot of a wall.

The crystal was barely transparent, with large patches of dark yellow impurities inside and none of a crystal's luster.

Recalling the description in the original work, Su Mu brightened.

He took 200 Gold Soul Coins from the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night and tossed them onto the table.

"Boss, I'll buy this for 200 Gold Soul Coins."

As he spoke, Su Mu picked up the piece of Plate Gold Hair Crystal and made to leave.

"Stop!"

"Who told you that thing costs 200 Gold Soul Coins?"

Lying in his rocking chair, Flender opened his eyes slightly and looked at Su Mu and Zhu Zhuqing, his voice languid.

Hearing this, Su Mu felt somewhat helpless.

In the original work, Flender had also toyed with Tang San for quite a while before he took the thing away.

The reason Su Mu had offered 200 Gold Soul Coins straight away was that he didn't want to haggle back and forth with him.

"Then 400!"

As he spoke, Su Mu took another 200 Gold Soul Coins from his Soul Tool.

"Not enough!"

Su Mu paid Flender's words no mind.

Once again, he took 200 Gold Soul Coins from his Soul Tool and tossed them onto the table.

"Forget it. I'm not selling!"

At this moment, Flender's languid voice rang out again.

Hearing that, Su Mu laughed.

As expected of a member of the Golden Iron Triangle.

Grandmaster was already quite a weirdo, and Flender was no better.

That was fine too. If he couldn't get it, Tang San probably couldn't either.

Even if Tang San did get it, he wouldn't be able to hurt Su Mu with it.

With that thought, Su Mu returned the head-sized piece of Plate Gold Hair Crystal to its original spot.

He was about to put away the bags of Gold Soul Coins on the counter.

"What are you doing?"

"You can leave! The money stays!"

Flender spoke lazily in his somewhat raspy voice.

Hearing this, Su Mu frowned.

"If you're not selling and we're not buying, why should we still give you money?"

Zhu Zhuqing, who had been angry for some time, looked at Flender and demanded an answer.

"Well?"

"Let me think."

Flender muttered and rubbed his chin. He continued, "You picked it up and looked at it. The price for looking at that crystal is 600 Gold Soul Coins."

"Are you satisfied with that explanation?"

Flender's words made Zhu Zhuqing even angrier.

Su Mu looked at Flender and laughed.