Leng Yaozhu's Invitation! Gu Yue Blushes: Bringing a Partner to Meet the Parents?

Lin An couldn't be bothered to correct her anymore.

He had corrected her a hundred times, but the silly dragon would call him that regardless.

The word "Wife" seemed carved into her instincts.

It was more practiced than her elemental control.

He wasn't in the mood to deal with this right now.

Although Gu Yue had resolved the dream invasion from the evil spirit master earlier, the residual mental shock remained.

His temples throbbed with a dull ache.

His brain felt stuffed with cotton, heavy and muddled.

After finishing two pastries, Gu Yue couldn't sit still.

She reached out and picked up Lin An's communicator from the nightstand.

She held it in her palms, turning it over and over to examine it.

The screen lit up.

The Spirit Net interface popped up, with various app icons arranged neatly.

Social media, news feeds, online courses, and the Spirit Master Forum.

There were also a few colorful game icons.

Gu Yue's eyes lit up instantly.

"Wow..."

Her fingers swiped across the screen.

She tapped on a game, then backed out.

She opened a video app, where the content on the homepage scrolled by.

Her purple eyes were filled with wonder.

"Wife, this thing is amazing!"

She looked up, her eyes sparkling as she gazed at Lin An, her tone filled with undisguised envy.

"Is this humanity's cutting-edge technology? You can know everything under the sun without even stepping out the door?"

Her fingertips swiped rapidly across the screen.

Streams of information flowed past at an astonishing speed.

With her Spirit Origin Realm mental power, processing this information was effortless.

Yet, she was still stunned.

This was completely different from the world in her memories.

In the tens of thousands of years she had been asleep, humanity had developed from primitive tribes to this level.

Spirit Guidance Technology, Spirit Net communication, artificial intelligence.

These were things the dragon race had never possessed, even in their prime.

"Wife, buy me one, please."

Gu Yue hugged the communicator and turned to look at Lin An.

Her voice softened.

She rested her chin on the edge of the communicator, her purple eyes brimming with anticipation, like a small animal waiting expectantly to be fed.

"Buy me one, just buy me one—"

Lin An didn't even lift his eyelids.

He rolled over and pulled the quilt over his head.

His muffled voice came from beneath the covers.

"I gave you the communicator so you could study, not to play games."

He paused, then added another sentence.

"And... you are not allowed to look at my browsing history!"

Gu Yue pouted.

"Stingy."

She muttered, but still obediently exited the app interface and pulled up the study materials.

Forging Materials Science.

The gold-stamped characters on the cover lit up the screen.

Gu Yue tapped on the table of contents.

Densely packed chapter titles filled the screen.

She swiped her hand a few times.

Page after page of terminology, formulas, and energy circuit diagrams flashed before her eyes.

Her expression shifted from curiosity to gravity.

From gravity to blankness.

Finally, it settled into a look of utter despair.

What on earth was this?

Why was there so much of it?

In truth, she couldn't fathom why she was even learning these things.

In her view, she was a First-Class God at her peak, while the technology of this human world barely reached the level of a Third-Class God.

What was the point of learning this?

But...

Gu Yue snuck a glance at Lin An.

The boy was wrapped in his quilt, with only a small patch of the back of his head visible.

His hair was sticking up from sleep, looking soft and fuzzy.

The corners of Gu Yue's mouth curled up involuntarily.

Forget it.

Just consider it keeping her husband company.

Besides, with her Spirit Origin Realm mental power, photographic memory was the bare minimum.

Though this knowledge was dull, it wasn't difficult for her.

As long as she had the patience to read through it, she would have it all memorized before long.

She took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, and began to read in earnest.

The air grew quiet.

Only the faint hum of the communicator screen turning pages remained.

Along with the steady sound of Lin An's breathing.

Then, a notification popped up.

Gu Yue's pupils contracted sharply.

A new message notification had appeared on the screen.

The sender's profile picture was a woman in a moon-white cheongsam.

The collar was embroidered with red feather patterns.

Leng Yaozhu.

Her teacher.

Vice Tower Master of the Spirit Pagoda, the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo.

Gu Yue's expression turned cold in an instant.

Why?

Why did Lin An have her teacher as a contact?

She snapped her head up to look at Lin An, who was bundled into a ball on the bed.

Her relationship with Leng Yaozhu was that of teacher and student, but it was more like an exchange of interests.

She needed a legal identity in the human world.

Leng Yaozhu needed a disciple with exceptional talent to consolidate her position within the Spirit Pagoda.

They each got what they needed; there was no deep affection to speak of.

But that didn't mean she could accept—

Her teacher being in contact with her Dragon Queen.

Gu Yue bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, and then clicked on it without further delay.

"Young Master Lin An, the Spirit Pagoda does indeed possess what you are looking for."

"Space-time type soul beasts are extremely rare. Only the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger from tens of thousands of years ago had similar characteristics, but it has long since gone extinct. The one in our possession can be considered one of a kind in this world."

"If you want it, you are welcome to come to the Spirit Pagoda to discuss it in person."

Gu Yue read those three lines carefully, three times over.

She confirmed there was no ambiguous information whatsoever.

Only then did she let out a sigh of relief.

Her tense shoulders slumped, and a small arc returned to the corners of her mouth.

It was fine.

It wasn't that kind of relationship.

But immediately after, a new thought popped up.

Lin An was going to the Spirit Pagoda?

She was going too.

Did this count as... bringing a partner to meet the parents?

Gu Yue's face flushed bright red.

She stole a glance at Lin An.

Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Her earlobes began to burn.

Various images uncontrollably surfaced in her mind.

"Hehe..."

Gu Yue let out a silly giggle, then quickly covered her mouth, terrified of waking Lin An.

Her gaze landed on the back of the boy's head, which was exposed outside the covers.

She looked from his hair whorl to his earlobes.

Then from his earlobes to the nape of his neck.

The skin on the back of Lin An's neck was thin, white to the point of being nearly translucent, with faint blue veins vaguely visible.

Gu Yue's gaze stuck to it, unable to pull away.

She wanted so badly to go over and pull off the blanket.

To hold him in her arms and stroke him fiercely.

From his hair down to his spine.

From his spine down to—

Gu Yue shook her head violently, shaking those dangerous thoughts out of her mind.

She took a deep breath, forcing herself to turn her attention back to the communicator screen to continue flipping through that damn Forging Materials Science.

Just then, Lin An's muffled voice came from inside the covers.

"I have a question I want to ask you."

Gu Yue's fingers froze on the screen.

"You have to answer me truthfully."

The boy's voice came from under the quilt, muffled, carrying a hint of hesitation and seriousness.

Gu Yue tilted her head.

"Hm?"

"Are you a male dragon or a female dragon?"

Lin An's voice paused, then continued, his tone lighter than before, yet even more earnest.

"In your eyes, what exactly am I?"

Gu Yue was stunned.

She set down the communicator and looked seriously at the lump under the quilt.

She pondered for a moment before speaking.

"In the Dragon Clan, the strong are respected; gender is not absolute."

Her voice turned serious, no longer the soft, coquettish tone she used in daily life.

"Only the strong can become male. My primary avatar is female, but if you want..."

She paused, her face flushing slightly.

"Actually, it isn't absolute."