Looking at the Great Toad King, White Crane seemed to understand what he was thinking.
"Toad Brother, I'm a crane right now. How shocked could I possibly look? Everyone, be patient. Let's wait here and see!"
At those words, the Great Toad King lowered himself as well. Ya Ci and Chan Qin exchanged smiling glances without saying anything. Displaying none of the majesty of the North Sea Dragon Lord and his wife, they hid together in the Reed Marsh, giving the Great Toad King all the face he could ask for.
Even then, the Great Toad King leaned toward White Crane and whispered.
"That's a True Dragon of the North Sea! You're far too calm!"
White Crane glanced sideways at him.
"Rather than Dragon Lord Ya being your son-in-law, I'm more surprised that a fellow like you actually has a daughter like her!"
White Crane finally voiced to his face the quip Yi Shuyuan had wanted to make, but never managed to, when he first heard the Great Toad King had a daughter. Yet the Great Toad King was not offended in the slightest. On the contrary, he looked exceptionally pleased.
"Heh-heh, you can't judge a person by their appearance-no, that's not right. I, Chanshang, am as graceful as a jade tree in the wind, quite extraordinary myself. I never told you back then, but I did think about how proud my daughter was. If she were to marry, you'd be a pretty good match too. I even considered bringing you two together. Then I would be, uh..."
Sensing something wrong with the atmosphere, the Great Toad King hurriedly fell silent.
"Just joking, just joking..."
White Crane wanted nothing to do with him. Hearing that account brought memories of his previous life flooding back, and he almost blurted out a