Chapter 170 Medusa's True Tenderness

Gu Manor.

Pavilions and corridors twisted and turned, with the tinkling sound of clear springs flowing over stones.

Medusa was sitting in the courtyard admiring the flowers, with Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian sitting on either side of her; the sight of the three beauties enjoying the flowers was incredibly pleasant.

Medusa was wearing a loose, light purple robe, her figure still exquisite, and even fuller due to her pregnancy. Her belly had grown large, and she could not see her toes when she looked down.

She was sharp and, noticing a sound at the courtyard entrance, immediately stood up and looked at Gu He.

"You finally decided to come back? Hmph..."

The charming, feminine voice echoed through the courtyard, stirring up the fragrance of the purple peonies.

Gu He hurriedly walked to her side, placing one hand on her shoulder and gently touching Medusa's rounded belly with the other.

"Quickly, sit down. Pregnancy is hard work," Gu He said gently.

Medusa sat down with a huff, "You've been gone for over five months. The child doesn't even recognize their father anymore. You should be ashamed!"

The recliner she sat on was specially made, woven from fine, soft rattan, with a small pillow tied at the head so that pregnant women could rest comfortably on it.

Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian's eyes flickered, and they consciously left, clearing space for the two of them.

Gu He sat beside Medusa, took her hand, and pressed it against his cheek, saying softly, "The child will definitely remember their father. If they don't, they can just look at me more now."

Then, with one hand holding Medusa's jade-like hand, Gu He pressed his face against the fabric covering her belly, "Let me listen to the child's heartbeat."

"Heh~" Medusa let out a soft laugh.

Perhaps because she was over seven months pregnant, Gu He could clearly hear the movements the child was making inside Medusa's belly.

"Eh?"

"The child seems to have moved. Is this them touching their daddy?"

Gu He felt the fetal movement with his facial skin, his eyes filled with the smile of a new father.

The next moment, to Medusa's surprise, he lifted his head and asked her, "Have you been bored during the time I was away? Have you felt unhappy? Tell me everything now."

In front of his "family," Gu He poured out all his tenderness, completely devoid of the icy coldness he showed outsiders.

Because he was worried that Medusa would be too bored while nurturing the fetus in the mustard seed space, Gu He had left the ring containing the mustard seed space in the mansion.

Therefore, Medusa could move freely between the mustard seed space, which was laid out with temple scenery, and the real world.

After the mustard seed space was decorated with the medicine fields Gu He had obtained from the ruins, those vast stretches of desert had taken on a new look, which Medusa liked even more.

During the time Gu He was away, Medusa would tend to the medicine fields in the temple, scold the mischievous Zi Yan, and sew clothes for this new life about to be born together with Qing Lin and the others in the real mansion.

So...

Medusa chuckled softly,

"I wasn't bored at all~"

"You stinky guy, you always like to offer this belated concern. Get up quickly, don't crush the child!" Her voice carried a hint of coquettish reproach.

Because of her pregnancy, she often ate items and Medicinal Pills that replenished Qi and blood. Her face was rounder than when Gu He first met her, but it wasn't the kind of roundness of being plump, but rather having flesh where it should be, and being thin where it should be.

Like a passionately blooming hibiscus, hanging high on a slender branch, smiling at Gu He in the bright sun.

Gu He looked up at Medusa from an angle he had never seen before, only feeling that the more he looked, the more he liked her.

And the maternal gentleness enveloping Medusa was like a halo of Holy Light surrounding her, exceptionally dazzling, and exceptionally pleasing to Gu He.

"Alright, I'll get up," Gu He said.

He hadn't used much force to begin with, and after being "scolded" by Medusa, he immediately stood up.

Then, like an immature child, he stood up from the small stool and released his Dou Sheng aura.

With his mature and handsome face, which rivaled that of any young man, he raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly at Medusa:

"Baby, your father is already a Dou Sheng, fully capable of protecting you all."

Medusa looked at him and couldn't help but chuckle: "Childish!"

Childishly showing off his strength, childishly acting as a protector.

But this man was the man she loved the most.

And he was... the daddy, the father, of the baby in her belly.

Never before had Medusa felt such a deep realization.

Previously, she had always kept a reserve in her heart because she had always felt that their statuses were a little different.

She was the Queen of the Snake-People Clan, and putting aside her status as Queen, she was also a Snake-Person, while Gu He was a human. Medusa actually couldn't imagine what kind of person their child would be.

Would they be strong or weak?

Would they be human or a Snake-Person?

But at this moment, she gently placed her right hand on her belly, and the breathable fabric could not block her connection to the other life inside her body.

The child's father had just achieved a Breakthrough to Dou Sheng and was now showing off his strength in front of his wife and child.

It was protection; it was heart-stirring.

"Click!"

Medusa felt as if some shackle deep in her heart had broken.

From the obscure little country of the Jia Ma Empire to the vast Central Plains reached after Transmigration through countless spaces, from a mere Dou Zong to the current Dou Sheng.

Medusa had walked alongside Gu He.

How could such a man not be worth entrusting her life to?

With a flash of thought, Medusa stood up. Gu He saw her movement and hurriedly withdrew his aura, asking softly: "What's wrong?"

Medusa didn't speak; she gently cradled her belly with her right hand and revealed a beautiful smile. Just like before she was pregnant, she gently kissed the corner of Gu He's mouth,

"I love you, Gu He."

"I've never told you before, but the purple wild peonies planted in the Tager Temple, and the purple wild peonies in the courtyard now, they all share a common flower language—"

"What is it?"

Gu He turned his body to avoid pressing against Medusa's belly, a flash of restraint in his eyes, and pressed his forehead against hers.

Medusa seemed to smile again, her slightly curved lips carrying a delicate fragrance,

"The flower language is Reincarnation of love; even in the next Reincarnation, I will still fall in love with you just like last time."

Gu He felt something; at this very moment, their heartbeats seemed to be connected, and even the child in her belly couldn't intervene.

Gu He gently kissed Medusa, not daring to go deeper, but it was full of affection.

They kissed for a long time, kissing as gently as the wind. Medusa couldn't help but close her eyes. When it stopped at the last moment, she leaned into Gu He's arms, her voice as soft as that floral fragrance:

"There are three more months until the child is born."

"My Physique recovers very quickly..."

Medusa's serpentine nature was fully revealed at this moment, a pair of beautiful eyes carrying a watery allure, every word seemingly hinting at something.

This hint was not shameful; Medusa had always been straightforward, and she knew Gu He would surely understand.

Gu He nodded, a soft laugh emerging from his throat.

"Alright..."