This Crayfish Is Not Edible - Chapter 75

Meanwhile, the smart person Long Aotian proudly spoke of was presently being dragged on the cold, hard ground.

His swollen right hand outstretched, he was being dragged by the restraint in his engagement ring.

Long Ki lifted his face from the ground. “Can you slow down?” he said.

“No! Why should I? What are you doing on the ground, anyway? Counting sand grains?” she said with a huff.

He stood up from the ground and dusted off his pants. “No, I wish I was,” he mumbled. “Did you try removing your ring?”

“Again! I tried. This shitty ring won’t come off,” she shouted.

He cupped his ears and winced. “Please don’t shout, my precious ear drum is being damaged by your banshee voice,” he whispered.

Yukiya bit her lips and held back a curse. Taking her prayer beads in her hands, she mentally mumbled, ‘I should not curse. That is unladylike,’

“Hey can you find my left shoe, I think I lost it five feet back,” He said.

She rolled one prayer beat. ‘Women should be… virtuous,’ she mentally read the verse.

“Hey can you scratch my armpits they itch,” he said.

‘Poise…. And patient,’ she mentally read it in her head.

“Hey my pants are slipping can you help tie it for me,” he said.

The prayer beads snapped in her hands. ‘That’s it, fuck I don’t care if I’m unladylike.’

She walked back to him and punched him. “Tie your own pants. Don’t you have your own hands? Are they disabled?” she shouted.

Long Ki blinked his eyes and gazed at the fuming woman. ‘Oh shit, it’s the raging beast mode.’ He thought and gulped.

“I… I do have hands, but… but.. They are presently out of order,” he whispered with a downcast look.

Yukiya was stunned for a second. “What do you mean? Are you hurt?” she whispered with a concerned look.

The red dragon quickly hid his swollen hands behind him.

“What are you hiding? You really are hurt?” she ran towards his back.

But he turned back and faced her. “Nothing…. Nothing is wrong,”

Squinting her eyes, she analysed the dragon in front of her.

His brows were sweating, he was panting, his lips looked a little pale and overall he looked wane.

“Shit, you are sick,” she rushed over to him and placed a hand on his forehead.

His body was burning up.

“God, that’s too hot, come sit here,” she pulled him to a nearby rock and sat him down. “Why didn’t you say so ha?”

She kneeled down next to him and started shuffling through her medicine bag. “I have fever pills with little impurity, but it might not work for you,” she whispered with a frown. But still she popped a few in his mouth.

“Eww, take it out,” he whined.

“Stop being a kid.” She softly patted his back.

His body was too hot to be controlled by normal pills. ‘I should find cold natured herbs. Do I have some with me?’ she thought and shuffled through the bag again.

Long Ki faced the flustered woman. She was shuffling through her bag and tossing everything on the ground. Her fine silk like hair slid down her face.

‘That should be uncomfortable,’ he thought and slid her hair behind her ears.

She gazed up at him with her eyes wide.

Their eyes met. He could see the worry she had for him in her eyes. ‘Didn’t you hate me? Why are you so worried?’ he thought as he gazed at her fine features.

Her cheery like lips were pouting. Her arched eyebrows in a frown. Her upturned nose perfectly arched.

‘She really is beautiful,’ he thought.

She gasped and held his hands.

“Why is it so swollen? Did you get bit by something?” she said and pulled his sleeves up.

She could not find any visible bite marks on him. But his ring finger was very pink and swollen.

“This… is the ring to tight? Remove it,” she demanded.

“I can’t… I tried,” he whispered with a small smile.

“Well ill try then.” she started pulling the ring, but it didn’t budge. “Why? Why isn’t it coming off?” she cried.

He held her face and whispered, “Don’t waste your energy. This ring can’t be removed,”

She had a confused expression. “Why not? It’s just a ring?”

“It’s not just a ring. It’s an ancestral dragon ring. It won’t come off” he whispered.

“A dragon ring? Whatever lets go the nearby town and saw it off,” she said.

“What! No! My mother will kill me if I even chip it. Besides, it can’t be destroyed by mortal weapons,” he said.

“You won’t know until you tried,” she said.

He sighed and held his forehead. “I tried okay. I tried cutting it with my sword, but it won’t budge,” he whispered.

Gazing down at her anxious expression, he hid his face in his hands. “I heard that it can only be removed with…. jshdhs” he started mumbling.

“Stop mumbling. Tell me how to remove it,” she said anxiously.

“It can only be removed with a kiss,” he shouted.

“WHAT!”