The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Chapter 1742 - 1741: Tree Spirit

"Where did you come from, little baby? Why are you in my house, and where are your parents?"Tang Rao fired off a series of questions, and the little baby just stared at Tang Rao, unsure of which question to answer first.

"Hey, I'm talking to you. Are you mute or something?"

The little baby was different from kids like Tang Xiaobai. Tang Xiaobai had excellent skin that was as tender and watery as it could be, white with a hint of pink that made you want to pinch it. But the little baby was different; his skin was blue with a tinge of grass green.

"This young master is not mute. You better change your attitude, or don't blame me for punishing you."

What?

The expression on the little baby's face was so serious that Tang Rao almost forgot the one standing in front of him, just knee-high, was merely a little toddler.

"Punish me? Go ahead, punish me then. I just love being punished."

It was the first time the blue-green skinned little baby heard someone make such a request. He stumbled over the tree trunk that Tang Rao had just broken to get next to him.

Interesting, the little baby was wobbling and yet wanted to punish Tang Rao?

"I'll electrocute you to death!"

The blue-skinned little baby suddenly started glowing, and the bright light made it impossible for Tang Rao to open his eyes. If it was just that, it wouldn't be a problem, but after a flash of light in his eyes, Tang Rao suddenly felt an intense pain all over his body, like he was going through a tribulation.

"You little thing, what trick did you pull on me?"

Amidst the lightning, if outsiders were watching from afar, they would only see a skeleton dancing joyfully within the electricity.

"I'm electrocuting you. I'm going to electrocute you to death!"

The little baby's mouth didn't stop, and neither did his hands.

"Wait, stop, you little rascal, be careful or I'll tell your parents later."

Just a kid, how tough could he be?

At first sight of the little baby, Tang Rao indeed thought this way, but now he felt his thoughts might be changing.

"Go ahead and tell them. I don't have parents, and my only home was destroyed by you. I'm just a homeless little baby."

The little baby stopped the lightning, and his expression turned from angry to gentle.

"You don't have parents? Then where are your parents?"

Tang Xiaobai grew up with a dad and many moms, having received infinite love from them. Tang Rao never thought he'd one day meet a toddling baby without parents and hear such a tragic story from him.

Ever since he became a father, his heart had softened, and hearing about the little baby crying after mentioning his dad, Tang Rao could hardly hold back his tears.

"I'm an ent, why would I have parents? I was born without them. I'm crying for my tree, you owe me my tree, you owe me!"

Huh?

Tang Rao realized, of course there wouldn't be a blue-green baby; turns out this little one was an ent, born from nature itself, with nature as his parents. Thinking this way and looking at the color of the baby's skin, Tang Rao didn't find it strange anymore.

"What can I compensate you with? How about I plant another tree for you? Or build you a house here?"

It's just a place to stay. Tang Rao could easily make something to shelter the little baby from the wind and rain.

But no, if the toddler is an ent, ents shouldn't fear wind and rain.

"I just want my tree. Nowhere else is my home besides this tree."

The little baby kept crying, and his blue-green skin cried so much that even his tears were blue-green.

"Nowhere else is your home besides this tree? But this tree is dead. Even if you electrocute me here, I can't bring the tree back to life. While I still have the energy to listen to you, you might as well think about what to do and tell me after."

Anyway, the tree was dead and couldn't come back to life. Tang Rao just acted like a rascal, and the little baby seemed easy to fool and bully. Tang Rao clearly had the upper hand. He expected the little one to reconsider the deal between him and Tang Rao, as he shamelessly sat on the tree trunk, waiting for the toddler to think it through.

"Before, I heard people say you're shameless. I didn't know when I hadn't dealt with you, but now that I've met you, I realize you're the grandmaster of shamelessness!"

After cursing for a while, the little baby finally got a bit tired, panting heavily. When thirsty, he plucked a few leaves from the tree and chewed on them, quenching thirst and hunger.

"Didn't think our first meeting would have you give me such a high evaluation. Now you just consider me shameless and quickly tell me, what do you want?"

Tang Rao stood with hands on his hips, looking every bit a rascal.

"You're saying you definitely won't pay for my tree, right?"

The little baby had calmed a lot by now. Since Tang Rao asked him to state his terms, he also decided to calmly discuss conditions with him.

"Right, your tree is dead anyway, and I can't bring it back to life."

Tang Rao spoke the truth to the little baby.

"Alright, since you destroyed my home, I'll give you two choices: first, take me in and let me live in your Little World, providing me with food and shelter; second, I'll use my electricity to destroy all of Zijing City!"

Despite Tang Rao's strong front, mostly he was just being a rascal. Though negotiating terms with Tang Rao, the little ent naturally exuded an ancient majesty, and if Tang Rao wasn't careful, the pressure from the ent could harm him.

"You want to live in my Little World, and have me provide for you?"

The second option was definitely not one Tang Rao would choose. It seemed only the first could be considered.

Tang Rao could agree to let the ent into his portable palace; it was spacious, without much difference if one more person stayed. But if the ent wanted into Tang Rao's Little World, there'd be no way he'd agree, and he'd refuse outright.

"Yes, your Little World must have spaces suitable for the young master to live in, and it's very safe."

The little ent seemed to have high expectations for Tang Rao's Little World.

"No way, my Little World is too dangerous, and no outsider can go in. If you're insistent, I can let you into my portable palace. There're other creatures there, and you can communicate with them to see if you can become friends."

In Tang Rao's portable palace, any creature pulled out wasn't someone to be trifled with, so he wasn't worried the ent could stir any significant trouble inside.

"Okay, deal!"