[You brat, what are you standing there gawking for? If you hadn't treated me pretty well, I wouldn't have given it to you. You'd better be nicer to me from now on. Otherwise, once I get stronger, I'll show you what it means when a real man stops playing nice... uh, no, I mean a real man won't be pushed around!]
Ling Feng muttered inwardly as he watched Nuwa stare blankly at him.
Naturally, his inner voice could not escape Nuwa's notice, but this time, she was surprisingly unangered. She looked at Ling Feng, wanting to speak but holding back.
"Weren't you..."
Nuwa had wanted to ask whether he had gone to all that trouble because he wanted this Flat Peach tree, but remembering that she had heard it in his thoughts, she changed tack. "This is a supreme innate spiritual root, something extremely rare. Are you sure you want to give it to me?"
Ling Feng answered without hesitation, "I'm sure."
"But..."
Ling Feng raised a hand to interrupt Nuwa. "All right, it's settled. Don't refuse."
Then Ling Feng smiled at Nuwa and transmitted his voice. "If you feel you owe me, my Lady, just make sure I can eat as many Flat Peaches as I like whenever I want them. Of course, I'll help you persuade Ren Water so she'll be happy to stay with you."
With that, Ling Feng winked his right eye at Nuwa. The spark he sent her way seemed to paralyze her, leaving her frozen in place, her phoenix eyes fixed on him.
He worked so hard just now to give me the innate spiritual root, yet I treated him...
Remembering how she had lost her temper at Ling Feng out of embarrassment, Nuwa felt a little regretful. She lightly bit her red lip,