Chapter 354: Pardon my presumption? You are far too presumptuous!

Nezha drank the wine in large gulps, his throat feeling sour and bitter.

"Second Brother."

"Actually... actually, I always feel that she hasn't left herself any way out."

Nezha's words made Yang Jian immediately straighten his back.

"You..."

"There is too much she wants to do, but those causalities, and the price of changing so many things, will surely lead to a day when she has to bear it all."

"I am not afraid that she cannot see her own heart."

"I am afraid that because she doesn't leave herself a way out, she is unwilling to look at her own heart."

"I am even more afraid... that I will never see her again."

Nezha's eyes were faintly filled with tears. Everyone said he didn't like to use his brain to think, but along this journey, he was the one who observed Tang An the most.

"Third Brother." Yang Jian had thought Nezha was sad because he had expressed his love and received no response, but he hadn't expected him to see things so clearly.

"Second Brother." Nezha drank the wine in the flask in one go.

"I will protect her, sparing no effort, even if I have to pay the same price for it."

"I have lost too much in this life; I do not want to, and I cannot, lose her again."

"Whether as a master, a lover, or even a stranger, someone who silently stays in the shadows..."

"As long as she is safe, I am willing to endure anything."

Yang Jian could not speak for a long time; even he had always treated Nezha as a child.

But thinking carefully, Nezha had lived for so many years, experienced all kinds of hardships, and relied on himself to forge a path to become the Great God of the Three Altars of the Sea.

How could he not see through many things?

Tang An seemed to sense something and turned her head to look toward Nezha.

Nezha did not avoid her, but met her gaze directly. The look in his eyes was enough to make anyone feel unbearable.

Tang An waved at them. "Come back quickly once you two are done talking; we still have to keep moving forward."

"Coming, Master." After Yang Jian responded, he flew to Nezha's side.

He placed a hand on Nezha's shoulder. "Let's go, don't let Master worry."

"Mm." Nezha adjusted his emotions and tossed away the wine flask. "Let's go."

The journey west was not yet over; she could not stop, and neither could they.

Seeing that the two of them were coming back, Tang An turned around and secretly leaned over to Sun Wukong.

"Wukong, do you think Yang Jian has comforted Nezha well?"

"Does Master need to step in?"

Sun Wukong covered Tang An's mouth and nose. "Master, you'd better study how we're going to pass the next trial."

In fact, Sun Wukong knew that it was precisely because Tang An truly did not understand emotions that she had no emotional fluctuations. She would understand even less that at times like this, it was best for her to keep silent and act normally.

Comforting Nezha was something better left to him and Yang Jian.

"Woof woof!"

Tang An heard the dog sound and turned to look.

It was Xiaotian Quan returning, and he was carrying a puppy that looked only a month old.

When Tang An saw the little puppy, her heart melted, and her attention was immediately diverted.

"Wow, so cute."

She ran to Xiaotian Quan's side and crouched down to examine the puppy closely.

The puppy's fur was a mix of yellowish-brown and white, with a strip of white fur running down from the top of its head, becoming a major feature of its appearance.

"Wow~"

Tang An picked up the puppy. "Yang Jian said you were delayed by something; turns out you went to have puppies?"

Xiaotian Quan:???

"Yang Jian is really something, how can such a big event as having puppies be called a small matter?"

"I'll have to have a good talk with him later. Even though you're a male dog, you can't be so careless about the production process, can you?"

Xiaotian Quan: Huh???

Speaking of this, Tang An suddenly looked at Xiaotian Quan's chest area. "Pardon my presumption, but... can you produce milk?"

"I*..."

Can't take it! Really can't take it anymore!

Xiaotian Quan exploded and immediately lunged toward Tang An.

Yang Jian arrived in time, using his immortal power to turn into a dog leash, and hurriedly pulled Xiaotian Quan back.

"Master, don't stop me, today, today I must bite her to death!"

"Tsk, look at that, how many people raising kids aren't crazy? Even dogs are driven crazy."

The Xiaotian Quan who had just calmed down was set off by a fire again.

"Ah!!! She is bullying people too much, Master! Did you hear what she said? Ah?"

Yang Jian held his forehead in silence, only increasing the force on the dog leash.

Sun Wukong was laughing on the side. "Provoking two people to explode in such a short time, Master, I admire you, I really do."

"Heh, it's just a sprinkle of water." Tang An tossed her hair and turned to carry the puppy away, completely ignoring the still-exploding Xiaotian Quan.

Xiaotian Quan grunted in anger, digging the ground with his two paws, wishing he could treat Tang An as the earth and dig through her to vent his anger.

Tang An placed the puppy on the table to observe its limbs and see if there were any illnesses.

"Speaking seriously, where did you get the puppy?"

Yang Jian sat down on the side. "On the way to buy food for you, I found an abandoned puppy on the side of the road."

"This dog is a spirit dog with excellent bones, so Xiaotian Quan picked it up."

"Before coming here, he took the puppy to wash in the river, and only brought it here after cleaning it up."

Tang An rubbed the puppy's face. "What? Afraid I'm a face-con and wouldn't want to keep the dog?"

Yang Jian smiled. "So, Master, are you keeping it?"

"No."

"Huh?" Xiaotian Quan rushed over anxiously. "Why? I even washed it clean."

"If it's because of what I just..."

"Snap!"

Tang An flicked Xiaotian Quan on the forehead. "What are you thinking? Am I, Tang An, such a petty person?"

She picked up the puppy to look at it. "Don't you think its owner shouldn't be me, but Chenxiang?"

"After all, nephews take after their uncles, and they both have a spirit dog as a standard accessory."

"If it can accompany Chenxiang as he grows up and protect him, who knows, maybe it will be the second Sun-Swallowing Divine Lord?"

Xiaotian Quan's eyes lit up, and he panted happily, immediately appearing like a sycophant, very diligent. "When shall we deliver it?"

"We can go deliver it now."

Yang Jian interrupted them and asked, "Master, aren't you going to give it a name?"

"Little Chenxiang's partner should naturally be named by Chenxiang."

"Go, Xiaotian Quan, take it to find Chenxiang."

"Woof woof!"

Xiaotian Quan wagged his tail excitedly, carrying the puppy and fleeing toward Huashan.

"Xiaotian Quan really has the look of a nanny."

"Let him raise Chenxiang in the future too."

Yang Jian's mouth twitched. Letting a dog raise a child, are you serious?

Well, she really does seem to be serious.

"Let's go, let's pack up and continue our journey."

Tang An took off her coat; the weather, which had been cold before, was now getting hotter the further west they went, no different from summer. ===== CHAPTER 355 =====