Chapter 33: Chapter 33

"My lovely daughter, Papa saw these dumplings and thought you'd like it," said Fu Jin as he brought out a tray from his storage ring that contained dumplings that were nicely wrapped in leaf coverings and emitting an enticing aroma.

Being a fan of food, Theresa's eyes shone!

"Thank you, Papa, you're the best!" she exclaimed as she snatched the tray.

"These dumplings are really good. Thank you," Theresa remarked but these words sent many arrows into Long Ren's chest.

"I'm so pitiful. I'm her contracted pet. I've done a lot for her but I only end up cast into the bush of forgetfulness. First, there was that Ye Feng, then Lu Wei and now this Fu Jin has become her father. She now has a complete and wonderful 'family'," Ren thought sadly.

"My dear pet, I need some entertainment before the training begins. How about you do the crab walk... or push-ups? I think push-ups would be good. What do you say, father?" Theresa asked Fu Jin who simply nodded in reply.

"Then that's great. Long Ren, do some push-ups, precisely... twenty for a start," she said with a sly smile.

Long Ren stared at her and then at a smiling Fu Jin.

"You bastard," Long Ren cursed Fu Jin using voice transmission in order not to further provoke his mistress.

"So what if I'm a bastard. What's important is that I've gotten a free daughter. No need to labor inside a woman so vigorously to get a child. If all men of my age were as smart as me, then...life would be truly 'lively'," Fu Jin replied using voice transmission.

"Shut up!" Long Ren snapped.

"Hey, blockhead, why are you just standing there? Move!" Theresa shouted startling Long Ren.

"Y...Y...Yes, mistress. Your wish is my command." Ren said using telepathy.

Theresa began to open the dumpling wrappings slowly and tasted a bit of one of the dumplings.

"This is the best thing I've ever eaten since I came from Earth." she exclaimed.

Ren shook his head in pity and rose up from the cold floor. He stared at Theresa and her new father once more, before bringing out a sack of grain from his storage ring.

"Hey! What's that thing for?" Fu Jin asked.

"It's for the push-ups." replied Long Ren.

"Long Ren, Long Ren, I think you as a female are unsuitable to do push-ups since you're currently female. I'm not that evil. How about you dance for us?" she suggested.

"I...Ok!" Ren nodded his head and wanted to start dancing when Theresa stopped him. She got up from her wooden bed and stretched her body.

"It's so frustrating to have such a silly pet as you are." she muttered.

"This is how I want you to dance."

Theresa began to do the belly dance. Though she's not best at it, those hips of her would make one forget her imperfection.

Fu Jin's eyes lit as he watched her performance. He did not know when he started licking his lips, a 'lovestruck expression' appeared on his face. Seeing this, Long Ren wanted to burn Fu Jin to ashes with his green fire but he also dared not take his eyes off his mistress.

His mistress even without lifting a finger would send the emperor begging to hold her hands. Now that she was giving this amazing performance he has never seen nor heard of before, he felt that protecting his mistress would become even harder as days passed.

"Amazing! Amazing! That's my daughter. Dance, dance, dance, my dear." Fu Jin praised as he applauded in delight.

"You hideous bull, SHUT UP!" Long Ren yelled using voice transmission.

"Why? Don't tell me you don't find her pretty as well. It's a pity you no longer have your family jewel, if not by now I'm sure you'd be masturba..."

"Enough! You call yourself a doctor? Why don't you just be a pig?" said Long Ren using voice transmission after cutting off Fu Jin.

"Err... you see, I was born a hideous bull as you earlier said. The heavens, however, took pity on me and changed me into a handsome pig and here I am, blessed with a daughter who is excellent in every aspect!" Fu Jin shamelessly said.

"You..." Long Ren gritted his teeth. He wasn't paying attention to Theresa's dance anymore. All he simply wanted, was to kill Fu Jin.

Theresa finished her dance and walked back to the wooden bed, on which she sat down. She then crossed her fair legs and patted Fu Jin's shoulders gently since he was squatting.

"Father, why not take a seat? We're about to watch an amazing performance." Theresa softly whispered.

"Ah, yes!" Fu Jin exclaimed and immediately sat on the bed delighted.

Seeing them, Long Ren's heart tightened and he clenched his fists underneath his long sleeves.

"Baby girl, dance for us. You must be half as good as Fei Fei" teased Fu Jin.

"Whatever!" Long Ren snapped.

He walked to a corner of the room and took out beads that had bells from his storage ring.

He arranged his hair into 2 ponytails and wore the beads on his now tiny waist.

"Wow! Long Ren. You are hot. Can I bed you tonight?" Fu Jin asked Long Ren, using a voice transmission technique.

Hearing his, Long Ren's eyes turned violet but then quickly returned to normal again. Theresa did not even notice.

"Little princess, what are you waiting for? Dance!" she yelled.

With that, Long Ren closed his eyes and turned around so that his back was facing them. He stretched both hands sideways and slightly lifted his heel. Then he tried to shake his hips but Fu Jin shook his head.

"Long Ren, my love, try harder. Who knows if I might be in a much better mood to..."

"Ssh!" Theresa cut off Fu Jin with her index finger placed on his lips.

It was also at this moment that Long Ren turned around to see this scene. His eyes turned violet again ad he almost couldn't resist the urge to tear Fu Jin into pieces. He was his mistress pet but he's always mistreated while a con old man gets to be treated by his mistress like a king.

What did he do to deserve all this? Mistress is even humiliating him constantly just for amusement. That old man Fu Jin is dead meat.

Still, he continued dancing, pretending not to care as they ate and laughed together. Fu Jin also made some terrible jokes but Theresa laughed at it. All these were like stabs of a dagger to his heart.

"Mistress, please come back to your original self okay?" Long Ren muttered to himself, crestfallen.

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Long Ren wanted to spin around elegantly the way Theresa did earlier but he missed his footing and crashed down to the floor miserably. It was also at this moment that the door was blown open by Ye Feng who rushed inside with an anxious Lu Wei.

"Child, are you alright?"

"Jiejie, are you alright?"

Both asked at the same time.

They looked at an unworried Theresa, a smiling Fu Jin and a tired Long Ren who was gasping for breath and also massaging his hurt ankles.

"You... what happened here?" Ye Feng asked in bewilderment.

"Guess mom!" Theresa replied with a smile.

Lu Wei suddenly began to laugh, attracting their attention.

"What is it that makes you amused little one?" Fu Jin asked.

"It's karma. The almighty Lord Long Ren... look at you. I am so glad I lived to see this day even if it will result in loss of my head." she said in between mirths.

"You..." Long Ren pointed at her in anger. How dare she mock him? She must be asking for quick death. This puny human has such guts!

"Do you believe that I'll crush you to powder?" Long Ren asked angrily.

"Awww! So cute. I'm so scared." Lu Wei continued her mirth, angering Long Ren even more. She relied on the fact that he was Theresa's pet and therefore won't be able to hurt her.

You see, her sister has finally 'gained control' of this bastard who'd been torturing her in the name of teaching her to cultivate. How could she not be happy? He deserves this punishment. In her eyes, Theresa was even merciful. Ha, karma!

Ye Feng on her part stared at Fu Jin with mean eyes. It was like she wanted to kill him now for some reason.

"Follow me, you dirty old man." Ye Feng invited him using voice transmission.

"It's an order!" Ye Feng added before turning around and walking away.

"Mom, where are you going?" Theresa asked in puzzlement. She'd just arrived, why go out again?

There was no reply from Ye Feng. So Theresa turned to look at Fu Jin whose expression was unreadable.

"Father, what's wrong with my mom? Did you offend her?" she asked in a whisper.

"No! Err... I have to go." Fu Jin said before disappearing from the secluded room.

Theresa shook her head and shifted her attention to Lu Wei who had stopped laughing and having a staring contest with a really pissed Long Ren.

"Those two..." Thersa muttered to herself with a smile on her lips.

In less than 8 seconds. Lu Wei finally gave up.

"Ok! You win. You really live up to your name... miss Long Ren." Lu Wei said purposely to get him angrier.

"What? Are you feeling ashamed that your ego is gone? Jiejie, you did a good job in taming this arrogant creature." Lu Wei said, not knowing that Long Ren's ears were bringing out smoke.

When she wanted to speak again, she saw that Long Ren was very angry. A tinge of fear built up in her heart.

"Oh my gosh! The demon lord is irked. What should I do?" Lu Wei thought as worry flashed on her face. She immediately ran over to Theresa and stood behind her.

"Jiejie, your body must be feeling stiff. Let me massage your shoulders. I'm really good at it." Lu Wei offered.

"Sure!" Theresa replied. Who would say no to free high quality service?

"And Meimei?"

"Yes, Jiejie" Lu Wei replied with the sweetest voice she could mimic.

"Have a taste of these dumplings brought by father." said Theresa.

"Father?" Lu Wei asked not understanding.

"It's that old fart who was here not long ago." Theresa explained.

"Oh. I get it now." Lu Wei nodded.

"I wonder what he'd do to you Jiejie if he finds out you regard him as an old fart than a father. Life is truly two-faced." Lu Wei thought as she took a bite out of a dumpling. Her eyes immediately widened in surprise.

"This is the most delicious dumpling I've ever had in my entire life." Lu Wei exclaimed before proceeding to massage Theresa's shoulders better.

"You really are good at it. Long Ren, my dear. Why don't you entertain us once again?" Theresa asked with a smile.

"Yes, mistress," Long Ren replied after containing his anger.

"Lu Wei, just you wait." he thought as he rose up from the ground and put on a fake, stiff smile while starting the belly dance all over again.

It did not take long for him to twist his ankle and crash to the floor more miserably than before. At this, Lu Wei burst out laughing.

"My Gosh! This is an outstanding performance." Lu Wei falsely praised in between mirths.

"..." Long Ren did not have time to say anything to Lu Wei. All he cared about was his right ankle.

"Mistress, why are you punishments always humiliating and horrible?" Long Ren asked Theresa telepathically.

"It's not horrible, my dear. This is what every beautiful maiden should learn. It could save your life." replied Theresa telepathically.

"Mistress..." Long Ren was at a loss for words. So mistress has taken him for a woman permanently? Could his situation be less dire?

If this continues, he wasn't sure that he wouldn't... kill himself!

"Mistress, you seem to be forgetting something. I am not a woman. Whatever I look like now is only temporary. I will turn back to normal." Ren said telepathically.

"We'll see about that my dear pet," Theresa replied telepathically.

"Lu Wei?" she called.

"Yes, Jiejie? What do you need?" Lu Wei asked back.

"I want to entertain you," said Theresa.

"Entertain me? How? Why?" Lu Wei asked in confusion.

"Don't ask. Just watch me." Theresa said before rising from the bed.

She stretched her body a bit and headed to a corner of the room. She began to do another type of belly dance. It not too fast nor too slow. It also requires extreme shaking of the hips. Theresa also twirled every 7 seconds.

"Jiejie, you really are a goddess." Lu Wei praised but Theresa motioned for her to be quiet.

Theresa walked to Lu Wei and turned around. Then she twisted her waist and slowly shook her hips.

"This..." Lu Wei stared at Theresa's hips wide-eyed.

"Jiejie, you need to be protected from the ravenous wolves outside," Lu Wei thought. Her Jiejie is too tempting even for her as a female.

Theresa finished dancing 5 minutes later and walked back to the wooden bed on which she sat.

"Jiejie, need a massage?" Lu Wei asked.

"No Meimei! I want you to promise me something"

"Yes, Jiejie, anything except my little life," said Lu Wei with bright eyes.

"Then that's good. Go to that end and dance."

"M... me? Dance? Jiejie, I don't know how..." Lu Wei refused the order but Theresa placed her index finger on Lu Wei's lips.

"Go and... dance." she whispered.

"You... fine, you win Jiejie. I'll dance," Lu Wei said in defeat. She rose up from the wooden bed and walked to a corner of the room.

"Wait, Meimei, before you start dancing let me give you a tip," said Theresa.

"Okay, Jiejie," said Lu Wei with a nervous smile. She looked at Long Ren who hissed at her.

"Crazy fox," she thought.

"Long Ren, get up and go join her." Theresa ordered Long Ren telepathically.

He wanted to refuse but her scary glare made him weak. He sighed and got up from the ground. He patted the creases on his dress and walked over to a stunned Lu Wei.

"What's going on? Is he coming to crush me to powder?" Lu Wei thought in fear and stared at Theresa, her eyes asking for an explanation.

"Lu Wei, I want you two to compete in doing the belly dance. Don't be shy. Shake your hips really well and entertain me. The winner gets a present from me and a song." Theresa said as she crossed her legs.

Lu Wei and Long Ren then stared at each other with mean eyes.

"I need to win." thought Lu Wei.

"I will win even if I must cheat" thought Long Ren.

"Lord Long Ren, right now we are competitors so let's also make a bet. If I win, you will make me... cakes, and give me a massage. But if you win, I will do anything you ask except surrender my beautiful head." Lu Wei offered.

"Are you two dancing or not?" Theresa asked impatiently.

"Fine! I accept the bet." said Long Ren using voice transmission.

He stood 10 feet away from Lu Wei and when Theresa whistled, both began to dance imitating the styles they could remember.

Theresa wasn't going to be partial. Only the winner could receive her favor.