Chapter 72: Chapter 72: I’m Not Playing with You Anymore
"This is your brilliant idea?" Gu Xulin looked at the scene before him and laughed in exasperation.
The ropes they’d ’borrowed’ weren’t going to waste. They were tied to the two Big Eagles, with a wooden plank fastened in the middle.
Gu Zhao nodded seriously, her eyes filled with excitement. "Yep, yep! Eagle-brand paragliding, an experience you don’t want to miss!"
She still had over half an hour of good luck left! She was confident that even if she jumped into the flood, she’d just be thrown back onto the shore!
With this much luck, not using it for some extreme fun would be a total waste!
After all, she was the unkillable Little Zhao!
Gu Xulin smiled as he watched Gu Zhao, the exasperation and urge to thrash his bratty sister reaching their absolute peak.
"Gu Xiao Zhao! Come here," he said in a gentle tone.
Gu Zhao stared at him for two seconds, then plopped right onto the wooden plank. "Go, go!"
The two Big Eagles instantly flapped their wings and took off.
Gu Zhao gripped the ropes on both sides tightly. A light rain was still drizzling down, which only made her feel more comfortable.
"A little higher!" Gu Zhao was already completely lost in the moment.
The two Big Eagles cooperatively rose a bit higher.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" Gu Zhao’s maniacal laughter echoed through the air.
Gu Xulin stared at Gu Zhao without blinking, terrified she would fall in the next second.
His little terror would become a little corpse.
[OMG, what kind of godly maneuver is this?! An Eagle-brand paraglider? Gu Xiao Zhao, you really dare to dream!]
[Holy crap! Everyone watching, do not try this at home! One wrong move and you’ll be eagle droppings before you even take off. And even if you do take off, you’ll still end up as droppings.]
[One eats you on the spot, the other takes you back to the nest to eat?]
[Brilliant! "Do not imitate this dangerous stunt"? Director, you overestimate me, BWAHAHAHA.]
[AHHHHHHH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THAT NOBLE, EXTINCT ANIMAL!!!! Can you please pluck a feather for me to study!]
[Hast Eagle: Slick.]
Was just flying high the end of it?
Impossible. For a death-defying thrill seeker who couldn’t die, of course she had to play until she was completely satisfied!
"Descend!" Gu Zhao shouted excitedly.
The two Big Eagles instantly began to dive.
Gu Zhao felt like she was about to be thrown off, but she was still incredibly excited.
Seeing this, Gu Xulin’s face went pale and his legs turned to jelly. It looked like his little terror was really about to become a little corpse.
"AHHH, BIG KING IS SO COOL!!" Zhong Mingrui watched Gu Zhao with adoration. Seeing her dive downwards, he jumped to his feet.
Song Yi was also full of excitement and worship. "Big King! Big King!!"
Song Zhe was filled with envy! He wanted to try it too! So cool!!
Zhong Siqi was probably the one who understood Gu Xulin the best. He looked worriedly at the girl flying in the sky, then back at Gu Xulin, who looked about to collapse on the ground.
"Brother Lin... try to look on the bright side..." Zhong Siqi said, looking at Gu Xulin with sympathy.
’His own little brother is unreliable, but he’s just got a bad mouth. A good spanking usually solves the problem.’
’But Brother Lin has a little sister. You can’t just spank your sister. The struggle... the struggle is real.’
’But... he’d gladly trade his little brother for her!’
’Flying looks so awesome!!’
Gu Xulin: ...
The two Big Eagles flew just above the floodwaters, and Gu Zhao sat on her wooden plank, looking down at the churning deluge below.
The two Big Eagles continued flying into the distance, quickly disappearing from Gu Xulin’s and the others’ sight.
Gu Xulin was both furious and anxious.
After flying for a while, Gu Zhao noticed animals struggling in the floodwaters.
She had the Big Eagles fly toward them, then she flipped over, hooking her feet around the wooden plank and hanging upside down.
"A little lower."
[Don’t do this! I’m scared!!! Drone, stop descending! I don’t want a first-person experience of a rapid descent!!]
[!!!!!!! WHAT AM I SEEING?! Hanging upside down? Gu Xiao Zhao, you think this isn’t exciting enough?!]
[Oh my god, that pose! Is she hanging herself up like a piece of cured meat?!]
[If that rope loosens or the plank falls... I can’t even imagine! Where are my heart attack pills?!]
Gu Zhao fixed her eyes on a red fox flailing in the water, seized the opportunity to scoop it into her arms, and then used her other hand to grab a struggling pika.
She dropped them off on the shore and went back for several more runs, until one of the two Big Eagles suddenly had an upset stomach!
It let loose a huge dropping! Gu Zhao’s eyes went wide. She immediately started swinging wildly, barely managing to dodge the disaster.
"Quick, quick! Fly back!" Gu Zhao sounded slightly panicked.
’I got carried away and forgot the time! The bad luck is here!’
The way back was nothing like the smooth journey out; it was as if everything was trying to send her to her grave.
The rope tied to one of the Big Eagles suddenly showed a crack! Then it snapped completely!
With a lurch, Gu Zhao grabbed onto the remaining rope with one hand. But with her entire weight now pulling on the other Big Eagle, it was dragged downward.
"Holy crap! AHHHHHH!" This was life-threateningly thrilling.
The other Big Eagle quickly flew down and used its body to support Gu Zhao.
[They’re crazy, they’re all crazy!! This whole world is insane!]
[How is this scene both ridiculous and kinda cool?! She’s like a little adventurer from a fairy tale who secretly rode an eagle, except the real-life version is just too deadly.]
[OMG, she’s still adjusting her posture! Does she think she’s not hanging securely enough?! This kid has a serious misunderstanding of the word "danger"!]
[If this were a movie, it’d be an iconic scene in a fantasy adventure! Too bad in reality, it’s just a scene that’s making her brother’s blood pressure skyrocket.]
After navigating who knows how many obstacles, Gu Zhao finally saw Gu Xulin and the others.
She clung to the rope with both hands and shouted at Gu Xulin, "Brother! I’m back from hanging myself!!"
Gu Xulin was nearly scared out of his wits by the sight. Gu Zhao was standing on the back of one eagle while clutching the rope.
It really did have the look of someone who’d just been hanged.
Good news: the little terror was still a little terror.
Bad news: the little terror was still a little terror.
The moment she landed, Gu Zhao’s foot slipped and she fell off the eagle’s back, instinctively grabbing a huge handful of its feathers to save herself.
"SCREECH!!!!! SCREECH!" the Hast Eagle shrieked, its voice trembling.
Gu Zhao landed flat on her butt. She looked at the fistful of feathers in her hand, then at the Hast Eagle, which looked like it was about to cry.
Gu Zhao: ...
The other Hast Eagle: ...
Everyone else: ...
Tragic.
Gu Zhao tried to put the feathers back, but they just fell to the ground...
Looking at that spot now, it was a little bald...
Haha... Gu Zhao gave an awkward laugh, picked up the feathers, and shoved them into Gu Xulin’s hands.
"Bao’er... wants two kisses, or I’m gonna cry all over you," the balding Hast Eagle said with tears in its eyes.
"Kisses, kisses! Of course, kisses!" Gu Zhao immediately planted several pecks on it, just as a feather happened to tickle her nose.
"ACHOO!" She couldn’t hold back a sneeze... right onto the Big Eagle’s head.
Hast Eagle: ...
"Waaah, I’m not playing with you anymore!" the Hast Eagle cried, running away on its feet...
[First... that’s kind of pitiful... Second... since they’re already plucked, can you sell me some?]
[Sell them to us first! We specialize in ancient biological genetics!!]
[Hehehe, Zhaozhao is the Gu Family’s precious daughter, right? I happen to have a bit of a connection with your Brother Gu Er! Sell them to me first!]
Director Guo’s phone started ringing again.
He was partly troubled and partly enjoying it.
’I’m finally experiencing what it feels like to have funding fight to be thrown at me.’
Someone else being harassed just like him was the bewildered Brother Gu Er.
A confused Gu Yunqi answered the phone. The person on the other end spent ages trying to establish a connection, and just as he was about to lose his patience, they finally got to the point: "Could you give me priority in buying a couple of your sister’s feathers?"
Gu Yunqi frowned. ’What trouble has Gu Zhao gotten into now?’ Although he didn’t understand, he still refused. "Sorry, I have no right to make decisions about her things. You can wait for her to come back and ask her directly."
He hung up immediately after speaking, but another call came in right away.
He answered four or five calls in a row, all from people wanting to buy feathers.
Gu Yunqi frowned. "I really brought back a handful of trouble."
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