7 Ism Freezing (2/2)
Displeased, she returned the courtesy by baring her teeth – they were bigger anyway!
Just like that, a human and a guinea pig engaged in a teeth-clenching cum staring contest before the fiery flames.
”Pfff~” the man, who had been observing the unfolding of events, let out. He looked at Meng Fuyao with much interest and then he ordered with a wave of his hand, ”Yuan Bao.”
The guinea pig ignored him, and it simply swayed its bum.
”Lord Yuan Bao!”
With its little claws still holding onto the fruit, Lord Yuan Bao immediately sprung up and passed it over to the man.
He shook his head and pointed to where Meng Fuyao was standing.
”Squeak, squeak!”
'Was that a protesting squeak?'
”Eh?”
Full of reluctance, Lord Yuan Bao lifted its head up and turned toward her in slow motion.
The guinea pig fixed its sorrowful eyes on the fruit as if it was a final farewell for them.
The bereaved guinea pig was a great mood lifter for Meng Fuyao. Possessing zero empathy for it, she extended her hand out to snatch the fruit.
In passing, she also plucked a strand of hair off its bum.
'Revenge is always sweet.'
”Squeak, squeak!”
Enraged, Lord Yuan Bao hopped into the air and made a 360-degree turn, seemingly in an attempt to display its barani flip1.
In no universe would Meng Fuyao allow a guinea pig to step on her face again. With a simple twist of her body, she dodged its attack.
When it realized that its plan was about to fall short, Lord Yuan Bao quickly changed its battle strategy. It jumped onto the fruit and generously spat on it.
Meng Fuyao grabbed its fat body without hesitation and threw it away. A split second and a flash of a blade later, a long strip of fruit skin contaminated by saliva, came slipping down. With a forward fling, she tossed the skin onto the guinea pig's head, effectively turning it into an oversized hat before the poor creature crashed right into its owner's embrace.
After three rounds of battle, Meng Fuyao emerged as the final victor.
As if driven to insanity, the guinea pig jumped all over the man's body while chewing on his clothes and squeaking incessantly. In response to its indignant cries the man, still resting on the tree, merely pinched its little nose and reasoned with it, ”Who asked you to be a bully first...”
”Squeak, squeak!”
”You didn't lose anything. You stepped on her in fact...”
”Squeak, squeak!” Determined to seek justice, Lord Yuan Bao exposed his bum for the man to see.
”You have thousands of strands of hair! How am I to tell the number you're missing on your bum?”
”Squeak, squeak!” Sir Yuan Bao whined while effortfully trying to reach for the bald spot.
Running out of patience, the man grabbed its neck, forcing it to stay still. ”Speak properly. You didn't wash your bum yesterday!”
”Squeak, squeak!”
”Alright, alright. It's just a snack. Let her have this one, and I'll compensate you the next time round.”
”Squeak, squeak!”
”Your temper's getting worse, and it's their fault for spoiling you,” the man commented calmly, without the least bit of ire. He then fumbled for something in his clothes, adding, ”Ooh... so many snacks. It's tiring for me to hold them. Let's throw them all, shall we?”
”Squeak... squeak...”
As if raising a white flag, Lord Yuan Bao proceeded to a corner to soak in his defeat. The man patted its head. As he was about to speak to Fuyao, he caught a side glimpse of her bulging mouth.
In shock, he stuttered, ”You... you finished it?”
A few chews were all it took for her to swallow it full. ”Yup, I'm done with it.”
'Your squabbling time was my eating time. Should I have waited for you to come and snatch it from me, then?'
The man stared and laughed at her for a long time before shaking his head.
”Looks like you're unaware of it, but when in contact with frost, the fruit becomes poisonous when more than half is consumed.”
”Wha...!” Meng Fuyao was flabbergasted.
Following a swift leap, the cloud-like man was no longer on the tree. Without any fancy movements, he arrived before her, smiling. ”Seeing that you're shivering, lady, you must be very cold. Let's... get warm...”
'What rubbish!' Meng Fuyao glared at him. 'I was winning!'A Barani flip is an aerial maneuver consisting of a front flip and a 180-degree turn.