[I'm home!]
[I'm home!]
Cloud Kun suddenly surfaced in the middle of the pond.
Water weeds swayed, fish scattered in alarm, lotus flowers and leaves creaked, and the artificial rockery by the pond's edge shook as though it were about to collapse.
At the same time, the Great Camphor Tree in the neighboring courtyard roared:
[Cloud Kun! Did you forget how big the Lotus Pond at home is!!!]
(Ah... ah—... sorry, I'll shrink down a little.
Cloud Kun rapidly contracted. The bow and stern that had extended past the pond's edge and rested atop the rockery beside the lotus pond both drew back, precisely leaving a 0.2-meter gap from the shore:
A person could easily step aboard. Even if they weren't human, like Silk Skirt and the others, they could lightly drift onto the bow.
Moving things and transporting things would both be extremely convenient. All the things he had brought back could be efficiently dumped on Shen Le, so he would not need to carry them himself!
[Shen Le! Shen Le! I'm home! I brought you things!] he shouted.
[Hurry up and come collect your gifts!]
He called once, but there was no response. He called twice, but still nothing.
By the third call, Cloud Kun's voice had grown quieter and more frantic, like a child who had happily returned home only to find no one waiting for him, his father and mother both gone:
[Shen Le... Shen Le, I'm home... Where are you... Where on earth are you...]
Water splashed. Cloud Kun gradually shrank and gradually sank, about to disappear into the whirlpool.
Shen Le was not home. What should he do?
Go out and find him!
Find him!
Maybe he could find him if he went to the East Sea!
Maybe he could find him if he