Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 233 - 93: The World is Full of Wonders: Fever_1

Chapter 233: Chapter 93: The World is Full of Wonders: Fever_1

It really was magical.

They knew all along that the engagement banquet was just a show, that the celebration was just for the sake of joy.

Yet, after this day of hustle and bustle, Yan Fei truly felt that everything was somewhat different.

For instance, he always treated Xu Xiaoyan as his wife and cared little about others’ opinions. But somehow, after the banquet, each look he gave her seemed somehow strange.

He couldn’t quite put his finger on what was strange, though.

From that day on, he still woke her up every morning for breakfast, practiced Kung Fu with her, then she would do yoga while he did chores. At other times, they either played by the river—though she called it "doing yoga"—or she would watch him struggle with his summer vacation homework indoors.

Everything seemed the same, but something was different. For instance, during meals, he would unconsciously ask an extra time if she was full. When they were out playing, he asked more frequently if she was tired.

For example, in the past, he couldn’t wait for her to fall asleep so he could sneak off to Dinosaur World. Now, he would occasionally talk to her in the evening, wait for her to fall asleep, quietly shut the door, let the four dogs guard the front, and then rush off to Dinosaur World.

Sometimes, while chopping wood, ironing, roasting bones ..., he would suddenly remember something and return to his room to check if there was any unusual noise coming from next door.

Probably because they would be parting soon, from the day the admission notice arrived, signaling that there would not be many more days like this, she started to cling to him more.

Both seemed to return to their childhood—only then they were worried about being laughed at by other naughty children, about being scolded or hit if they returned home late, about dirtying or damaging their clothes, about other people seeing the patches on their clothes were too many or too ugly...

Now, they don’t have to worry about anything.

Life is magical indeed. Between the two of them, it seems everything is as before, but also something is different.

Even during this time, the most significant incident of the year in Tanghe County went unnoticed by the two.

Of course, that incident had nothing to do with them—it was about a bus full of pilgrims, who were on their way to Liudang Mountain to burn incense, slipping off the mountain trail and plummeting off a cliff, with all passengers on board killed.

This incident made the townsfolk completely forget about the python incident and ignored how many more college admission notices kept coming to the town.

Those who could afford to ride a bus to burn incense on Liudang Mountain must be truly wealthy. It would be a great loss if they died—a few families even left no survivors—it sounded agonizing just thinking about it.

Several of the victims were from Sancha River Town. So during this period, they could hear firecrackers going off intermittently.

In the provincial city, they said one day the streets were covered with firecracker paper scraps.

It wasn’t without influence. At least the sound of firecrackers reminded Yan Fei about something. So he got a piece of white paper one night, placed it on Xu Xiaoyan’s admission notice to Provincial University, and under some dim light, used a pencil head to trace it over and over.

"Yan Xiaofei, what on earth are you up to now?" Xu Xiaoyan, who was quietly reading a book on the side, couldn’t help asking when she saw him finish the ’fake’ admission notice and began to replicate another notice of school instructions.

"Isn’t Ghost Festival coming? I’m going to make a copy of this notice to burn for my grandfather. So, the old man can be happy too." Yan Fei said with a grin.

"You..." Xu Xiaoyan had no words.

There were only three papers in the admission package: the official admission notice, a notice of school instructions, and introduction of the specialty and the institute.

As Yan Fei copied the school instructions in his dog-crawl handwriting and began drafting the specialty introduction, Xu Xiaoyan felt helpless.

This guy always had some quirky ideas. Call him ridiculous, yet he always had a sideways sort of logic, no one could argue with that.

Watching him silently, finishing his drawings, making an envelope from a piece of paper, and copying the words on the envelope exactly, Xu Xiaoyan couldn’t help but smile and cry.

Because when he finished copying the words on the envelope, he drew a pair of parentheses after Xu Xiaoyan’s name and wrote ’Yan Fei’s wife’ inside.

Then, looking at his ’masterpiece’, he was extremely satisfied: "My grandfather doesn’t understand much, I’m too lazy to read it for him. It seems like he has to find a ’cultural ghost’ who knows how to read."

Seeing him like this, Xu Xiaoyan didn’t know whether to laugh or to be upset. She picked up a piece of violet-brown dried meat from the table and threw it at him.

Yan Fei caught it and put it in his mouth, murmuring: "Don’t throw things around! What a waste if it’s lost. I made this with great effort. I’ve tried it before, it definitely won’t spoil if left for a few days."

The jerky he handed to the girl as snacks was the dinosaur jerky he experimented with and made on Vegetable Garden Island. After all, once made into jerky, no one could tell what it was.

"What’s this jerky you’re always making me eat? You haven’t told me yet." Xu Xiaoyan complained.

"I did tell you, but you didn’t believe me. It’s really dinosaur jerky! I didn’t lie to you!" Yan Fei answered honestly.

"Pfft! Keep dreaming! I should throw away your book on bone fossils. You’re completely obsessed!" Xu Xiaoyan lazily argued back as she watched him speaking so earnestly.

Yan Fei didn’t mind being rebuffed, feeling secretly cheerful in his heart: I’m telling the truth! This is the best-tasting Deinonychus meat. If you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do!

Seeing him so pleased with himself, the girl angrily threw another piece of jerky at him. "Why don’t you claim it’s python meat..."

Catching the jerky and stuffing it in his mouth, Yan Fei retorted, "Didn’t you forbid me from catching them?"

"Hmpf!" The girl rolled her eyes at him again, "But honestly, I’m curious about that giant python. Is it as big as the legends say? How terrifying would that be? Aren’t you afraid?"

"Not afraid at all!" Yan Fei replied nonchalantly. "Do you want to see it?"

"No!" The girl shook her head immediately. "What a terrifying sight! If there were a smaller one, maybe. But surely our city zoo has smaller pythons, right? Maybe we could go see them?"

"Huh?" Yan Fei was a bit surprised. He had been thinking that if she wanted to see it, he would go back to Circular Island to look for a giant python. But now, she wants to go to the zoo.

"What, huh?" The girl glared at him. "You’re absolutely forbidden from going out at night to look for the python."

"The zoo works for me! When should we go?" Yan Fei finally caught on. He didn’t actually know where the city zoo was, despite having been to the city quite a few times.

"Never mind. It’s not worth it. We’re just going for a peek, and motorbikes aren’t allowed in the city, so we’ll have to pay for transportation. We’ll end up wasting a ton of money if we go. Maybe when I start going to Provincial University, the school will organize a zoo visit. There must be an even larger zoo there." The girl, after hearing it was going to be a serious trip, immediately started worrying about the expense.

"You won’t have to worry about money in the future. I’ll be earning more and more. It’s decided, we’re going tomorrow." Yan Fei immediately made the ’domineering’ decision.

He felt a bit high-handed after saying it. Although the girl didn’t react, he still explained, "Actually, I have other business in the city too. We can take care of everything at once."

"What business?"

"You’ll see when we get there! Just a small thing..."

"Hmpf, acting all mysterious. Up to no good!" The girl glared again.

Yan Fei enjoyed her glares. Sometimes he thought she looked particularly attractive while glaring, like right now. He stopped himself from blurting out what he was originally going to say, and let her keep guessing.

"Fine, we’ll go! I’ve never been to the city before! I suppose it’s a good opportunity to see what a big city looks like. Besides, when I move to Provincial City for school, I won’t be as close to the city as I am now, and you won’t be able to come with me to the zoo."

These days, travel still wasn’t that convenient and people weren’t used to going around by car. Despite going to school in the county, there were still many students like her who had never been to the city.

"How many times have I told you? The provincial city isn’t that far from here. I’ve already checked the map." Yan Fei, seeing the girl get downcast whenever this topic came up, felt his mood dropping, "I did the math. It’s only about 400 kilometers away. If we want to go, we can get there quickly."

"You calculated that with a ruler on a map, didn’t you?" The girl was amused by his words. "Who calculates distance like that? It’s clearly about 500 to 600 kilometers away. Did you think I wouldn’t know you were estimating it on a map with a ruler? According to your calculations, you’d have to fly there!"

If there had been a quiz show on TV, Yan Fei would definitely give her an internal thumbs up in his mind and congratulate her, "Congratulations! You’re right! That’s exactly what I was planning."

Nevertheless, Yan Fei quickly handed a piece of jerky to the girl, "This one’s for you!"

"Pfft, no thanks. It’s not good to eat so much meat at night." The girl gave him another glare. "Keep dreaming! As if you could actually fly there! Get out, get out, get out. I want to sleep now!"

With that, she crawled into her mosquito net to go to sleep.

"Go ahead and sleep! Acting like I haven’t ever seen you sleep before!" Yan Fei stalked out of the room, clearly irritated.

Once outside, he started thinking about the way the girl looked when she slept. He stuffed the piece of jerky she had refused earlier into his mouth, mumbling to himself, "Eating a lot of meat at night isn’t good for you? Seems true, why else am I feeling a bit feverish...?"