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

Zhao Duo said, "Insects."

"I thought it was one of those passersby," Pearl muttered. "But I didn't see any bugs."

Zhao Duo remained silent.

Pearl urged, "Brother!"

Zhao Duo succinctly replied: "Medicine bell."

Pearl froze for a moment, then turned pale with fright. "You mean there are bugs in the medicine bell?!"

His precious item, which he keeps by his bedside every night, had bugs inside?!

Pearl is about to go berserk! She wants to bite!

"Don't be afraid, it won't escape," Zhao Duo said. "It's a twin Gu king, a rare sight in a century, capable of intimidating all insects."

Pearl gasped and let out a soft "Ah—".

The scream sounded like a whisper.

Pearl's mind is now filled with nothing but bugs; he even sleeps with bugs in his arms at night.

Ugh! I want to die!

Zhao Duo continued, "I have one too. If you encounter danger, I can sense it."

Hearing Zhao Duo say this, Pearl briefly paused her fear and asked, "What's so special about seeing two of them once in a hundred years?"

"Good boy, it's a twin Gu."

Pearl reached out and touched the medicine bell at her waist. "Can it also cure poison?"

"Can."

Upon hearing this, Pearl said, "No wonder... I was almost drugged by your fiancé before, but I woke up after smelling the medicine bell."

Zhao Duo was both amused and exasperated. "How did you manage to drug yourself?"

Pearl pouted, "He's already come right up to me! He says he's your husband and tells me to get away."

"I'm not familiar with him," Zhao Duo said. "We might have met during holidays or major festivals, but we haven't exchanged more than a few words."

Pearl felt a surge of joy upon hearing this, but then she came to her senses and asked, "Wait, I still don't understand. Why can you sense when I'm in danger? What does it have to do with the insects?"

"If one of the twin Gu Kings encounters poison, it will hiss excitedly," Zhao Duo said. "At the same time, the other one will also sense it."

"Really?" Pearl shook the medicine bell. "But I haven't heard them make any noise..."

Zhao Duo explained, "It's still just a larva, and its voice is very weak."

Pearl guessed that it was probably that handful of medicinal powder that caused the Gu King to hiss, which Zhao Duo then sensed.

He asked curiously, "Then where's your Gu King? Let me see it."

Zhao Duo stopped, looked down at the pearl, and asked earnestly, "Do you really want to see?"

Pearl nodded halfway, then suddenly shook her head. "Never mind, I'm not going to watch it."

He paused, then asked cautiously, "You didn't let your body get too loose, did you?"

Zhao Duo: "..."

Although Zhao Duo's face didn't show much expression, Pearl still understood.

Pearl still had one last line of defense: "You didn't hide it in your clothes, did you?"

"no."

"That's good." Pearl breathed a sigh of relief. "You're not allowed to put bugs on yourself anymore."

"it is good."

"So where did you keep your dog?"

Zhao Duo tilted his head slightly, revealing the small hoop he wore in his left ear.

"In earrings?"

Zhao Duo nodded.

Pearl got goosebumps all over his body, and he mustered up his courage to take a closer look. He saw that the small ring on his left ear was not a smooth silver surface, but had something wrapped around it in circles.

After he realized that it was a thin, silvery worm, he silently turned his head away.

After a while, Pearl asked again, "Why can your worm be kept outside, but mine has to be kept in the medicine bell?"

Zhao Duo said, "I was afraid you'd be scared."

Pearl thought about it and realized it made sense. If Zhao Duo had given him a worm directly, he might have beaten Zhao Duo into a worm...

That's not right either. When Zhao Duo gave him the medicine bell, he was only three years old and could only pout and cry very loudly.

After they came down the mountain, Pearl felt embarrassed to be hugged by him.

Zhao Duo put him down and asked, "Shall I take you home first?"

Pearl looked at the crowd singing and dancing not far away and said, "No! It's so lively over there, let's go play."

Pearl had already missed the worship ceremony; if she missed the singing and dancing as well, then this year's mountain god worship would have been a waste.

He had no intention of turning back just because of Atuya.

Zhao Duo hesitated, "But your injury..."

Pearl said nonchalantly, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Seeing that the boy didn't believe her, Pearl lifted her skirt and prepared to perform a backflip on the spot.

Zhao Duo quickly pulled the person back, "Stop fooling around."

"I'm really okay now." Pearl tugged at the boy's sleeve. "Brother, let's go play, brother~"

"Don't whine." Zhao Duo squeezed his son's hand back. "Are you hungry?"

Pearl shook her head and pulled the boy into the crowd.

In front of the mountain god temple, apart from various small vendors, a bonfire has been lit in the central square, and many young people have begun to dance a prayer dance around the bonfire.

Joyful music, clean and pure smiles, a melody that, though incomprehensible, sounded like heavenly music…

The prayer dance wasn't difficult, and Pearl quickly learned the movements. She pulled Zhao Duo into the crowd and joined everyone in singing and dancing.

Zhao Duo's heart and eyes were filled with the adorable boy in front of him; he could only see his star-like bright eyes and radiant smile.

Just when young people are beginning to feel love, someone has to come along and spoil the fun.

When Pearl was first bumped into, he thought it was just because there were many people around and the other person was careless.

But before long, he was hit again.

Zhao Duo pulled the person into his arms, his gaze fixed intently on the person behind Pearl.

Pearl turned her head to look behind her. She didn't recognize the boy behind her, so she patted Zhao Duo's hand and said, "He must have bumped into me by accident. I'm fine."

The music suddenly changed, turning into a dense drumbeat.

The young master and the young master immediately separated into two groups. Pearl was too embarrassed to stick to her brother, so she pushed him to the young master's side.

As the dance steps changed, Pearl and Zhao Duo were now separated by quite a few people.

However, Zhao Duo's cold and aloof face still stood out in the crowd.

Pearl's white veil, a snow-white tulle, stood out strikingly among the sea of ​​navy blue and purple.

Suddenly, someone kicked Pearl hard in the shin.

Pearl was suddenly kicked to the ground by an external force. He tried to get up by bracing himself on the ground, but someone tried to step over the back of his hand.

He quickly withdrew his hand, and now he understood that someone was deliberately targeting him.

He couldn't think of anyone else but Artuya.

Zhao Duo rushed over immediately, picked him up, and pulled him out of the crowd.

"My dear, are you alright?" Zhao Duo had no idea what had happened to his son, but his eyes were fixed on Bai Pengpeng. When he saw him fall, he immediately came over.

Pearl blinked, looking aggrieved, and complained, "Someone kicked me."

Zhao Duo's face darkened, and he almost immediately thought of Artuya.

Pearl lifted her skirt, revealing her boots, and showed Zhao Duo her pink dagger.

When Yin Cheng ordered the crafting of this pink dagger, he took into account the issue of his son carrying it close to his body. Therefore, only one side of the scabbard was inlaid with irregular peach blossom stones, while the other side was polished smooth and flat.

"He kicked my dagger; he'll definitely be limping now!"