When the sea dragon saw that its prey had fainted, it seemed to lose interest. It poked her with its snout a couple times, then snorted a current of water unhappily before flicking its tail to head towards Mu Ye.
When it found that this prey didnât move either, it thrashed around in anger, causing enormous, violent waves that actually ended up pushing Tang Doudou and Mu Ye back onto the shore. Lilâ Gray had somehow managed to get down and immediately rushed towards the two when they washed ashore.
âZhizhiâ¦â Lilâ Gray first tried to wake Mu Ye up. He pulled at Mu Yeâs collar as he cried to try and pull Mu Ye up.
However, Mu Ye showed no reaction, so he jumped onto Tang Doudou. He pushed Tang Doudouâs face with his furry paws. When he saw her eyes move, he cried out excitedly and started jumping back and forth on her chest.
Tang Doudou immediately started coughing and vomited out several mouthfuls of water before becoming conscious.
Her first thought was that she really was the reincarnation of a cockroach. She sure had a strong lifeforce to have been able to even survive that.
When she saw Lilâ Gray looking at her with joy in his eyes, she said, âLilâ Gray, thanksâ¦â
Of course, she wasnât thinking that Lilâ Gray saved her. However, while she was still half unconscious, she felt that something had jumped on her chest to push the water out of her lungs which allowed her to wake up.
âZhizhizhiâ¦â cried Lilâ Gray.
Tang Doudou sluggishly sat up and rubbed her forehead. âWhat is it?â
âZhizhiâ¦â Lilâ Gray pointed towards the side. Tang Doudou subconsciously glanced over to look.
Her eyes immediately widened and she crawled over. âMu Ye!â
As she called his name, she reached to check his breathing. She had fallen into the sea while conscious and had still almost drowned, so Mu Yeâs situation was way more dangerous since he had been unconscious.
She felt a bit of wind on her damp finger and sighed in relief. She sat down on the ground and wiped at the sand on her face. Then she recalled the sea dragon she had encountered and started dragging Mu Ye away from the water.
She only stopped when she felt that they had reached a safer place. Afterwards, she started spacing out while looking at Mu Ye.
His current state was seriously strange. No matter how out of it he was, he should still have some reaction to falling off a cliff and into the sea. However, not only was he not dead, he also exhibited no reactionâ¦
She leaned over to listen to his heart. It was beating steadily and strongly. It didnât seem like he was hurt, so what exactly was going on?
Lilâ Gray jumped onto her shoulder. He didnât seem to know what happened to his master either, as he scratched his head and cheek while making soft sounds.
Tang Doudou was in a pretty bad mood, so she was irritated by his grumbling and pushed him to the side. âLilâ Gray, stop messing around and play on your own.â
Lilâ Gray refused to give up and jumped onto her shoulder from her hand. âZhizhiâ¦â
Tang Doudou was annoyed but couldnât bear to berate him, so she asked, âIs there something you want to tell me?â
âZhizhi!â Lilâ Gray hastily nodded.
âThen try gesturing. Maybe Iâll understand!â Tang Doudou had asked without thinking about it and was surprised to see that Lilâ Gray really did have something to tell her. Nine-eared Monkeys were very intelligent. What he wanted to tell her probably had something to do with Mu Ye.
As she guessed at the possibilities, Lilâ Gray had jumped onto Mu Yeâs shoulder. He pointed at Mu Ye, then at his own neck before digging through the fur on his neck.
What did this mean?
Tang Doudou thought about it. Could it be that Lilâ Grayâs neck was itchy so he wanted her to help scratch?
That wasnât right. He had pointed at Mu Ye, so it was Mu Yeâs neck!
âAre you saying that his neck is itchy?â After she finished speaking, she slapped herself. Mu Ye was currently completely out of it, how could his neck itch? And even if it did, how would Lilâ Gray know?
As she expected, Lilâ Gray shook his head, then tugged at his neck. He pulled off a few strands of his fur and waved it at Tang Doudou, before fiercely stabbing the fur towards his neck, then falling to the ground with his eyes rolled back.
This little guy was seriously too good at acting. Tang Doudou thought he was really about to fall down and had hastily reached out to catch him. Before she could speak, Lilâ Gray reached out and yanked the fur back out, then bounced up again.
If Tang Doudou couldnât understand after this, she should really just smack herself to death with a brick of tofu.
âThereâs something on Mu Yeâs neck, thatâs why he isnât waking up?â To double check, Tang Doudou asked if this was what he was trying to say.
When Lilâ Gray saw that she understood, he started jumping in delight. Then he clapped as if he was praising her.
Tang Doudou really felt like crying when she got praised by a monkey. Then she set Lilâ Gray down and crouched down in front of Mu Ye. She struggled to flip Mu Ye over, then started patting the dust off of Mu Yeâs face. As she gaze at this handsome face in the dim moonlight, her breath was taken away by the beauty.
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