The next day!
Early morning!
Bright sunlight spilled across the earth, its dazzling rays streaming in through the window.
Lu Yunxiao leaned against the headboard, his long hair draped loosely over his shoulders.
Though he had not slept all night, he was as energetic as ever.
In fact, he felt even better than usual.
"Time to get up, Cai'er!"
Lu Yunxiao lightly tapped Queen Medusa's cheek with his index finger as she lay in his arms, smiling as he spoke.
Queen Medusa scrunched up her face and slapped his hand away. A faint trace of resentment flickered in her enchanting, beautiful eyes.
"Stop bothering me, you beast!"
Lu Yunxiao chuckled. Rather than getting angry, he looked immensely proud.
"Can't be helped. I want to keep a low profile too, but my strength won't allow it."
"Besides, who told my Cai'er to be so stunningly beautiful, so incomparably lovely?"
Lu Yunxiao casually offered up some flattery.
Queen Medusa rolled her eyes at him, the corner of her mouth twitching.
How had she fallen for such a rascal in the first place?
And fallen so deeply, at that.
Now, she was finally suffering for it.
Too lazy to argue nonsense with Lu Yunxiao, Queen Medusa lay quietly in his arms, gazing out the window from the corner of her eye.
So it was already the second day.
"What are your plans for today?" Queen Medusa asked casually.
"For today? Nothing much. How about I take you back to the Snake-people Race?" Lu Yunxiao said, stroking his chin thoughtfully.
"You mean it?"
Queen Medusa instantly perked up.
"A gentleman's word is as good as a galloping horse's whip!"
"You call yourself a gentleman?"
Queen Medusa shot Lu Yunxiao a disdainful glare and slipped out of his embrace.
Stretching out her snow-white arm, Queen