The Relationship Between Mouth and Tongue

Besides Divine Authority, Divinity, and horned crowns, the rewards also included some strange and unusual items.

Cheng Shi a long time organizing in his warehouse before hanging the "Jungle Tribe Hero Medal" on the wall behind the shelf.

He had assumed that A-rank item would be something useful, but he was wrong. The grade was only to highlight the material of the medal, which was made from the bones of a Royal War Bear.

This is just an ordinary medal with no Divine Power, meant to commemorate those who have contributed to the Rainforest Tribe.

The Trials's rewards had a cap, and the Divine Authority and horn crown almost filled the entire reward pool. So Hong Lin could only pick and choose from His treasure trove, and finally picked out this one and casually tossed it to Cheng Shi.

To put it nicely, it's a tribute to his redemption of the Fungus-Footed People; to put it bluntly, it's just a way to fill space.

But apart from taking up some space in the warehouse, this thing is really useless.

"But speaking of which, can we eat the bones of this Royal War Bear?" Cheng Shi looked at the medals on the wall and scratched his head. After hesitating for a long time, he gave up on the idea.

Forget it, let's eat something human food. We can't let Mouth Brother suffer.

The other thank-you letter was even more abstract; it was a leaf, except that it had many words written on it using fibrous roots. Cheng Shi knew nothing about the Civilization of the Fungus-Footed People, so out of curiosity, he could only ask Mouth Brother for help.

After a moment's hesitation, the Lips of Foolish Play began today's recitation:

"To the great Lady Flazhol, the Daughter of Prosperity: "

No words can express our gratitude and devotion. As sinners of Prosperity, it is the greatest fortune of our people to have the opportunity to return to His embrace.

To express our gratitude to you, I would like to share the greatest secret in our people's recorded history, which you are hereby informed of:

When the mycorrhizae wrap around the body three or more times, it can effectively prevent falls while standing during mating, thus increasing fertility.

?????

As he listened, Cheng Shi collapsed.

He stumbled and fell to the ground, rubbing his shoulder where he had hit the ground hard, and sighed helplessly:

"Mouth Brother, next time you adapt something, could you change something unimportant? I'm waiting for the secret, and this is what you tell me?"

"Secrets are also made up."

Their gratitude was too weak, so I helped them polish it up.

"..."

You're quite honest, aren't you!

Cheng Shi with a strange expression, then took the tongue out of his spatial storage and placed it next to his face.

"Mouth Brother, do you dare say another word?"

"Secrets are also made up."

pia——

The Tongue of Lies slapped Cheng Shi across the face.

He immediately perked up, grabbing his tongue and laughing uncontrollably:

"You're lying! Tongue Brother told me you're lying. They have a secret. What secret?"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

No sooner had she finished speaking Tongue of Lies struck Cheng Shi's face again.

pia——

This wiped the smile off Cheng Shi's face. He suddenly realized that, regardless of whether the Tongue of Lies could detect the Lips of Foolish Play, even if it could, it was still slapping itself.

Why should I take the blame for Mouth Brother's lies?

How can you bully people like this?!

Are you guys just acting out my story?

His gaze sharpened as he looked at the tongue in his hand. The tongue had turned over in his grasp and was complaining somewhat boredly:

"How did you end up parasitizing an idiot?"

"..."

Cheng Shi blinked in bewilderment, then suddenly realized the idiot was talking about him. He abruptly threw his tongue on the ground, about to retort, when he heard his own mouth speak first:

"·you're right."

"..."

Cheng Shi's vision went black, and he wanted to open his mouth again, but the Lips of Foolish Play spoke first:

"Just tell me if you're full or not."

The Tongue of Lies twirled twice on the ground and lazily said:

"I can get a full meal at the little girl's place."

Etc!

Little girl?

That Puppeteer!?

Is she even better at lying than I am?!

Absolutely impossible!

But who exactly is she?!

Cheng Shi was shocked. He was about to ask a question when the Tongue of Lies continued, "But following her will only make you choke. You have a good eye. At least this fool still has some truth in his mouth."

"..."

Alright, alright, you two are having a good time calling each other idiots, huh? Fine, if you keep playing like this, don't blame me for taking action.

Cheng Shi, his face dark, picked up the tongue from the ground, then activated his "Tongue of Lies" talent, focusing on himself and asking and answering himself:

"Have I ever lied to anyone? No."

"·..."

"..."

The Tongue of Lies jolted, and slapped Cheng Shi across the face. Cheng Shi sneered, not even flinching, and immediately followed up with another sentence:

"Have I ever lied to anyone? No."

"..."

Due to the rules, the Tongue of Lies struck his face again, but this time the tongue began to feel something was wrong.

As expected, Cheng Shi began repeating himself without hesitation, one sentence after another, and after each sentence, he would circle himself again with his tongue. After dozens of repetitions, his face was swollen, but the tongue that had been slapping his face was now lying motionless on the ground.

"I can't eat anymore, hiccup—, I'm going to die, hiccup—, I'm going to burst from overeating, hiccup—"

"Beg for mercy? Hah, I fooled you..."

Before he could finish speaking, his tongue suddenly jerked violently, producing a gagging sound.

"Vomit--"

"..."

That's fucking weird, a tongue that can vomit.

Cheng Shi looked at the tongue that couldn't be vomited out and sneered:

"Who was your original owner?"

After painfully gagging for a long time, Unyielding Cheng Shi's fancy moves and tearfully uttered a name.

"Zhen Xin, her name is Zhen Xin!"

!!???

Ah?

Cheng Shi was stunned. He never expected that the Puppeteer was actually Zhen Xin in disguise.

But those control threads clearly don't look fake. Could she be a victim who is Lies Like Yesterday?

Just as Cheng Shi was wondering, the Lips of Foolish Play, who had been watching the show for a while, spoke up again, "It lied to you."

Cheng Shi was taken aback at first, then his face darkened.

"Who lied to me? You think you can lie to me, Mouth Brother?"

"I Never Lie."

That's me! Not you!

Cheng Shi touched his swollen and painful cheek, then suddenly asked, "What's your connection to this tongue?"

"·It doesn't matter."

"Okay, okay, it's alright, right? Since it's alright, let's flush it down the toilet!"

"·..."

As he spoke, Cheng Shi picked up the tongue that could not resist and started walking towards the restroom behind the warehouse. However, he had only gone halfway when the Lips of Foolish Play gave in.

"There is a connection."

Cheng Shi raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself: Here it comes, we've finally gotten it out of them!

What's the relationship?

"The relationship between the lips and teeth is like that of the man and the tooth."

"?" Cheng Shi frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Without me, the tongue will get cold."

"..."

Are you trying to give me a lesson in idioms?

Cheng Shi's face hardened, and he suddenly quickened his pace, but no matter how fast he walked Lips of Foolish Play didn't react. Seeing that Mouth Brother was motionless and didn't explain anything, Cheng Shi's lips twitched and he stopped.

"Aren't you going to flush it down the toilet?"

"..." His tongue was still gagging and he couldn't reply.

Cheng Shi, with a dark face, said angrily, "The toilet is clogged, it won't flush!"

Why should I flush my tongue down the toilet when I finally managed to get it back?

I'm so angry! It's bad enough that I got my face slapped and swollen by a tongue, but I also got mocked by a lousy mouth. My life is so miserable!

But he absolutely couldn't admit defeat. Cheng Shi took out some medicine to reduce the swelling on his cheek, then gritted his teeth and stubbornly said:

"Fine, I won't tell you then. I'll find out sooner or later."

He walked to the edge of the rooftop and sat down, feeling annoyed, and began to ponder Puppeteer was indeed Zhen Xin. Just then, Xie Yang, who was perched on the edge of the opposite rooftop, peered out and asked curiously:

"Dude, what's wrong? You look so listless."

Cheng Shi paused, then blurted out:

"The toilet is clogged, and I'm too full."

?????

Cheng Shi was dumbfounded; he had never imagined that taking things out of context and misrepresenting facts could be used in this way.

Xie Yang was also stunned. He looked at his neighbor's slightly chubby cheeks and remembered that he had come from the back of the warehouse, not the front door. He froze, a little scared, and said:

"... Haha, your hobby is quite unique... Um, I have something to do, I'll be going now."

"..."

Seeing Xie Yang running so fast, Cheng Shi felt that his eccentricities as a "Mage" were likely to increase.

Well, after seeing so many jokes from the other side, some of them are bound to be seen back. Sharing happiness is worse than keeping it to yourself.

Consider it an offering to the God of Merriment...

Thinking about it this way makes me feel much better.