Barete did not look up the whole time. He opened his mouth, the words that had repeated over and over inside him was interrupted and reconstructed. In the end, it became a completely different word of ‘okay’.

Knowing that Barete had someone he liked made Gu Mengmeng heave a sigh of relief.

She had already brought harm to Snakel, disrupting Gregory’s life. If she were to drag Barete into this, it might take her longer than a millenium to clear all the emotional debts that she had.

Except that she did not realise that what Barete had been staring at the whole time… was her shadow.

After she turned around, Barete then looked up. His eyes were filled with deep longing that was as deep as the ocean, and his emotions were turbulent.

I did not lose you, because I never obtained you…

So losing, to me, is a luxury.

But it’s alright. So long as you are blissful, nothing else matters to me.

If you want to fly away, then do it.

I shall stay here and guard over your things. Whenever you are tired and want to rest, everything here will still be the same as when you left. You will always have a familiar home, a familiar Barete standing at the same spot waiting for you.

That night, Gu Mengmeng gathered the 16 valued females for a night campfire party.

During the excitement, they shared all the interesting events that had occurred at Saint Nazaire while Gu Mengmeng was not around for the past two years.

When Gu Mengmeng heard the 16 valued females give incessant compliments about Barete, her heart even more at ease.

It was never easy to settle matters between females, but Barete had been unanimously praised by the 16 valued females. All of them claimed that he was a considerate male and was kind to everyone.

Gu Mengmeng laughed and said that Barete was practically the central air-conditioner of Saint Nazaire, whereas Barete only smiled without saying anything.

He was kind to the 16 valued females, only because they were picked by Gu Mengmeng. Additionally, whenever she talked about the 16 valued females, she would have a look of pride.

How was he being considerate to 16 valued females? He was merely guarding the item that she was proud of… It was not any different from protecting the old clothes in the cave.

Gu Mengmeng stayed at Saint Nazaire for almost two months and walked on every inch of land there.

The salt lake that she had first met Elvis at, where she had taken advantage of him. She had also attempted suicide there and caused a huge commotion.

The Platform of the Deity’s Punishment where she had first met Lea at. That time, she had even called Lea a ‘beauty’, addressed him as ‘father’ and also saved Barete, who had almost died, and fought with Nina there…

The stream where Sandy had made a huge fuss at because she had a nosebleed, and the territory where she had dug for potato and sweet potato…

She visited every single place with Elvis and Lea. Thinking back on the past experiences, every event that she felt miserable at that time seemed so sweet now.

After two weeks, Gu Mengmeng had intended on visiting the Mecca Desert before winter came, so that she could settle the Heart of the Desert, then ‘die’ without any worries.

But before she could leave Saint Nazaire, she felt a twisting pain in her womb.

Gu Mengmeng held her womb and her face instantly turned sheet white. Beads of sweat started to flow down her face. It was so painful that she felt breathless even when breathing, so she did not even dare to breathe.

Lea had not been wasting time ever since he was revived. Whenever he was free, he would travel to the dream realm to learn medical techniques, especially in gynecology.