Today's second update: Chapter 3622! 2/4!
Having run into a neither-soft-nor-hard rebuff, Zhu Ganglie did not feel the slightest embarrassment or irritation. The honest smile on his face did not weaken in the least, as though he had long grown accustomed to such treatment.
He very naturally shifted his gaze toward Xu Caiyi beside him. His "pig face," which had seemed somewhat ferocious after his demonic visage faded, instantly softened like Spring Breeze and Rain. Even the lines of his face appeared gentler, and his distinctive tusks seemed to have reined in their sharpness.
He tried his utmost to make his voice as soft and warm as possible. Though it remained booming, he somehow forced out a strange kind of "gentleness":
"Little Yi Yi! Oh, my precious little darling! Let Uncle Pig have a look! You've grown into such a lovely young lady! Look at that little face of yours—you're as pretty as your mother was back then! No, you've surpassed her! Uncle hasn't seen you for such, such a long time!"
In stark contrast to Xu Buwan's indifference, Xu Caiyi's clear, bright eyes immediately curved into two adorable crescents when she saw Zhu Ganglie. A radiant, unguarded smile blossomed across her face, as though the person before her was not the foreign-race Marshal who had just exuded overwhelming demonic might and exchanged a blow with her master from afar, but a true elder who cherished her.
Completely unconcerned by his savage appearance, enough to make ordinary cultivators tremble, she ran toward Zhu Ganglie in bouncing steps like a cheerful little sparrow, calling out in a crisp voice as she ran, "Uncle Pig! Uncle Pig!"
Seeing this, Zhu Ganglie beamed even more broadly. He hurriedly crouched his mountain-like, massive body down and extended one rough yet exceptionally broad and