「Back at Haitang Court.」
The house had turned into a nursery where a group of children—Yiyi, Qian Xiao, Mao Dou, and the Little Glutton, Yun Jin—were playing games.
There was also Xiao Hei, the Gold Swallowing Beast, which everyone was using as a pillow. The conch girl, Beibei, watched the 'ferocious beast's' innocent and aggrieved expression with indescribable glee.
Very good. Especially good. It would be best to let that damned Gold Swallowing Beast soak in seawater for a few more days.
No wonder Beibei was so angry. She was always on high alert, but every few days she would still be caught by Xiao Hei, held in its paws, and relentlessly slurped… I'm not a river snail, I'm a sea conch! Just last night, she had been caught again, her whole body covered in the round, black-and-white creature's gooey saliva. It was utterly disgusting.
