After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

At this moment, a faint rustling sound began to come from outside. It was impossible to tell what kind of animal it was, but one could tell from the dense sound that there must be a large number of such things.

Pearl hid in Zhao Duo's arms in fear, "Was it that snake?"

"No," Zhao Duo said. "Pearl, close your eyes and go to sleep."

Pearl closed her eyes but didn't see Zhao Duo placing his hand on the edge of the bed, letting it fall naturally to the ground.

The moment his fingertips touched the ground, strange black runes appeared on his entire arm from top to bottom, from his wrist bone to the back of his hand. Countless insects crawled out from under the bed and quickly emerged from the wooden house.

Fortunately, Pearl never opened her eyes, so she didn't witness this horrific scene.

After a while, the rustling sounds outside stopped, and all was quiet.

Pearl nestled in the boy's arms and whispered, "Has that thing... left?"

"Let's go." Zhao Duo withdrew his hand and gently stroked Pearl's back. The back of his hand was smooth, and the black runes had faded away.

Pearl rolled over and lay down next to the boy, pulling the blanket over herself, and said softly, "My clothes are dirty..."

"Don't take off your coat, it's cold in the mountains."

"...Oh, then I'm going to sleep."

"it is good."

Pearl's voice was still a little hoarse, "Zhao Duo, I'm still a little scared..."

Zhao Duo said, "Shall I tell you a story?"

"Um……"

Pearl didn't know when he fell asleep; he slept soundly until dawn.

Zhao Duo had disappeared. He stepped out of the cabin and was stunned by the sight before him.

As dawn broke, butterflies of all colors fluttered throughout the valley, creating a breathtaking scene.

He reached out his hand, and a blue butterfly landed on his fingertip.

He was having a great time playing with the butterflies when he suddenly heard the boy call him.

"Pearl, come and have breakfast."

"understood."

Pearl ran to the stream and carefully tidied herself up before heading to the small kitchen.

Zhao Duo made hot and sour rice noodles. Although both bowls of rice noodles were topped with a layer of dry and fragrant shredded meat, Pearl's bowl had significantly more shredded meat.

Pearl paid no attention to these trivial matters because he had been spoiled by his parents since childhood and was used to it.

Although it was wrong of him to go up the mountain alone, the boy actually dared to spank him! He was already very scared, and then the boy yelled at him!

Pearl ate the rice noodles with her chopsticks, glaring at the boy with what she thought was a very angry look.

Before he could even glare at him twice, he saw the fresh teeth marks on Zhao Duo's neck and suddenly felt guilty.

He was so angry he was blinded; he bit so hard, right on the neck...

This is so embarrassing...

Neither of them spoke. Zhao Duo had always been composed, while Zhenzhu was half guilty and half shy.

Dried meats like rabbit and fish hung from the beams. Pearl racked her brains for a topic to talk about. "Have you been living here for the past two months?"

Zhao Duo nodded. "Yes."

"Is this place far from your hometown village?" Pearl asked curiously.

"It's not far," Zhao Duo said. "If there's a chance in the future, I'll bring you here again."

Pearl nodded, then suddenly asked out of the blue, "What does the evening primrose look like?"

Zhao Duo said, "It looks good."

Pearl waited for him to continue, and after a long while, he asked, "That's it?"

Zhao Duo nodded. "That's all."

Pearl frowned. "Isn't there any blueprint or anything?"

"My father said that if we are destined to meet, we will find each other."

Pearl was truly terrified when she heard the boy say last night that he would die without moonflowers.

"What color is that flower? What shape is it? What do its leaves look like?" Pearl asked. "I'll help you look."

"It's a purple flower," Zhao Duo said. "Pearl, I'll either take you to the village or take you down the mountain. You choose."

Pearl pouted, "Can't I go with you to find flowers?"

"It's dangerous, and evening primroses only bloom at night, so you can't find them during the day."

Pearl asked pitifully, "What if you can't find it? Will you die?"

Zhao Duo gently pinched Pearl's cheek. "No, no one in our family has ever died because they couldn't find evening primroses."

Pearl asked, puzzled, "Then why did you say you'd die if you couldn't find the evening primrose?"

"I……"

Pearl frowned. "Are you hiding something from me?"

Zhao Duo sighed softly, "If I tell you, you'll obediently come down the mountain, okay?"

Pearl pouted, pouting especially high, and reluctantly hummed in agreement.

"I lied to you before. I won't die if I can't find the moonflower."

Zhao Duo's voice was unchanged, and his tone was the same as always, but Pearl could hear a hint of heartache in it.

"But you will, sweetheart, if I want to be with you, I have to eat evening primroses."

Under Pearl's questioning gaze, Zhao Duo lifted his sleeve, and when the black runes appeared, Pearl was startled.

"What's this?" Pearl touched the back of the boy's hand. "It looks like a tattoo."

Zhao Duo explained, "I don't know how to explain it to you, but you can think of it as the totem of the Atuna family. It represents inheritance and is also a symbol of bloodline."

"Hmm..." Pearl tilted her head.

"If I were with you, without the restraint of the evening primrose, you would be poisoned by my blood."

Upon hearing this, Pearl panicked and stammered, "But last night...you...I...blood..."

Pearl wanted to say that last night he had so viciously bitten the boy's neck, and the boy's blood had already gone into his stomach...

Zhao Duo blushed, a rare occurrence for him. "It's not that kind of blood."

Pearl was even more confused. "What is that?"

Zhao Duo coughed, his ears burning, "Let's share a room."

Pearl didn't react immediately and asked very seriously, "If we sleep together, how will your blood poison me?"

"Silly girl," Zhao Duo chuckled, "Anyway, I'll find the evening primrose, don't worry."

"Shouldn't I bleed during intercourse?" Pearl was still struggling with this question. "I see in the erotic pictures that it's all about boys losing their virginity... um."

Zhao Duo stuffed a piece of dried meat into Pearl's mouth. "Good girl, are you full?"

Pearl nodded, then, belatedly realizing the inappropriate things she had said, blushed and fell silent.

Before descending the mountain, Pearl suddenly remembered the giant white snake and realized that it was the sacred snake of the Atuna family, a creature of extremely high status.

Pearl asked softly, "Won't it bite you?"

Zhao Duo said, "I won't bite."

Does it obey you?

"They're fairly obedient."

"Will it bite me?"

"Won't."

Hearing the boy say that, Pearl felt relieved and began to think to herself that if she had the chance to come to Mount Tsukimi again in the future, she would pester the boy to take her to see the giant serpent!

He doesn't usually look at large snakes, but one this big has to be examined!