"What is this?" Yang Ruxin looked at the thumb-sized, bright red thing in her palm, which resembled a tiny meatball.
Xiaolun gently rubbed her hand, and Zizi flicked her tongue out.
"Open your mouth," Yang Ruxin immediately turned to Gu Qingheng.
Gu Qingheng did exactly that, without a hint of hesitation.
Yang Ruxin stuffed the little meatball into his mouth, "Swallow it."
Gu Qingheng actually swallowed it down.
"Aren’t you afraid I’ll harm you?" Yang Ruxin laughed.
Gu Qingheng shook his head, "I will never doubt you." If one day she truly wanted him dead, that would mean he was about to lose her, and life without her would be meaningless anyway. So, he would still meet his death without hesitation.
"Then you’d better remember what you just said," Yang Ruxin pinched Gu Qingheng’s cheek, "We have a long time ahead of us."
"Mm," Gu Qingheng pulled her hand down and held it in his.
"Xiaolun said, this guy is hundreds of years old, the dark overlord of the underground, incredibly poisonous. Of course, less poisonous than him, hehe, what you just ate was its inner core, similar to a snake’s gall bladder. It can strengthen the body and counter a hundred poisons... mmm, mmm..."
Before she could finish speaking, Gu Qingheng suddenly stepped forward, wrapped his arms around Yang Ruxin, and kissed her deeply until she was forced to swallow what he had passed to her with his kiss. Only then did he let go of her.
Lin Xiwang quickly lowered his head, feeling an inexplicable sourness in his heart.
"The good stuff shouldn’t all be mine," Gu Qingheng laughed, "We should share it, half each."
"But there are other people here," Yang Ruxin protested with some helplessness, "and this place..." Scary and disgusting, where is it suitable for such affection?
"You are my woman, I’ll kiss you whenever I want, no one can say anything about it, and it doesn’t matter the place," Gu Qingheng said seriously.
"Alright, you win because you’re handsome and reasonable," Yang Ruxin rolled her eyes helplessly, "Let’s get moving, the smell here is really not pleasant, and the oil in this torch is almost out." She had prepared a torch head made of cotton fabric in case they needed it for a mountain hike. Had she known they would tumble into an ancient tomb, she would have prepared more.
Stepping over the dry bones on the ground, they continued on past the corpse of the monster that looked like a man-eating plant.
Of course, Yang Ruxin did not forget to secretly pocket the Luoyang shovel with its rotten handle into her space. It was not easy to come by such a tool; once she got back, she planned to ask Brother Rulin to replace the handle, making it an excellent tool for tomb raiding.
Gu Qingheng saw what Yang Ruxin did, and although he was curious about how much she could fit into her carry-on bag, he didn’t say anything. Everyone has secrets, and if she didn’t tell him now, maybe it just wasn’t the right time. He had patience and would wait until she trusted him completely without reservation.
Going in this direction, in addition to the pile of skeletons they saw earlier, every now and then, they’d step on an odd bone or two, indicating that quite a few people had come this way before.
"There’s a door over there," Gu Qingheng, leading the way, said, "This must be the actual location of a tomb; this should be the entrance." And yet, those who’d come before hadn’t even made it through the entrance before they all died outside.
"There are also skeletons at this doorway," Yang Ruxin glanced around, "The people before died from poison, but these ones were all shot to death."