"Less? Uh... damn rabbit, do you have a death wish?" Wu Gang responded subconsciously, then realized something was off and cursed.
Qin Shou, unfazed, crossed his arms, squinted his eyes, and looked at Wu Gang as if watching an idiot: "Am I wrong? You've been chopping for who knows how many millions of years, and the tree still looks like a bird... Do you think if you chop for another few million years, or even tens of millions of years, there will be any different result?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Gang was slightly taken aback. He had thought that the cheeky rabbit would spout nonsense, but what it said actually made some sense, as if it were a rabbit engaged in serious conversation.
If talking about loneliness, on this moon, Chang'e isn't the loneliest, since she always has a rabbit for company.
Wu Gang is truly lonely, without even a rabbit, only a tree...
Wu Gang, who had been lonely for countless years, deep down was still longing for someone to talk to. Now that such a rabbit had come, although he cursed with his mouth, he actually quite liked having someone to chat with. Even arguing was better than zoning out alone.
Since the rabbit had mended its ways and wanted to have a genuine conversation, Wu Gang's tone softened a bit, and he shook his head, "You don't understand. I know I can't chop it down, but I must chop anyway. Sometimes, punishment isn't about cutting it down but about showing a certain attitude."
Qin Shou smacked his lips and said, "You think it's about attitude, but maybe that guy has long forgotten about you. Over all these years, has he ever come to see you? Has he ever cared what you are doing?"
Wu Gang shook his head subconsciously...
Qin Shou spread his hands and said, "There you go, you've been forgotten. If you ask me, you should do something meaningful and fun with the rest of your life! Not continue this boring, pointless, and hopeless task of chopping wood."
Wu Gang laughed, "Meaningful things? What meaningful things can you possibly do on this crappy moon? It's still better than chopping wood!"
Qin Shou said, "Who says there's nothing?"
Showing a hint of surprise, Wu Gang asked, "Oh? There is? Then tell me, what's more meaningful than chopping wood?"
Qin Shou said, "Look, you've wasted so much time and life on pointless things. In my opinion, you're better off opening your heart, letting bygones be bygones, taking on an apprentice, passing on all your lifelong knowledge to them, transferring all your cultivation power to your apprentice, giving them all your treasures, and making them incredibly powerful. Then they can help you get your revenge, sweep across the heavens, and rescue you. After that, you won't have to chop such an intractable tree anymore!"
"Heh, and the chopping?" Wu Gang asked.
Qin Shou said matter-of-factly, "Well, you chop whatever catches your eye! Uh, seems like we got off topic. Anyway, what do you think about my proposal just now?"
"Take on an apprentice? Heh, who would I take as an apprentice?" Wu Gang put down his axe and asked Qin Shou with a smile.
Qin Shou pointed to himself and said, "How about me?"
Wu Gang chuckled, then suddenly pointed behind Qin Shou and said, "Someone's coming."
Qin Shou looked back instinctively, and Wu Gang pulled up his trousers, lifted his leg high, and with a kick and a loud shout, "Fly, you!"
The rabbit went flying as commanded!
Wu Gang laughed heartily, "What a soft butt... Eh? Where's my shoe?!"
Wu Gang suddenly realized his right shoe was missing, his bare foot feeling somewhat disheveled by the wind...
A roar then echoed from the woods, "Damn rabbit, give me back my shoe!"
Smack!
A rabbit fell from the sky, tumbling several times before coming to a stop face down on the ground.
Qin Shou lifted his head, snorted, and had a straw sandal clenched in his mouth!
"Kick me? Kicking me comes with a price! This shoe, I'm confiscating!" Qin Shou snorted again, pondering whether this would be his dinner or breakfast.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded from behind, Qin Shou thought to himself that this was bad and promptly placed the shoes on the ground, sat on them with his buttocks, crossed his legs, whistled, looked up at the sky, as if he knew nothing at all.
Almost at the same time, the bulky figure of Wu Gang burst out from the woods and upon showing up, he shouted, "Damn rabbit, where are my shoes?"
Qin Shou, flicking his ears as if tossing his bangs, rolled his eyes and said, "Your shoes, you ask the shoes. Why are you asking me? I don't know anything."
Wu Gang wasn't going to trust this damn rabbit, his eyes glanced over and he pointed under the rabbit's buttocks, "What is that under your buttocks?"
Qin Shou the rabbit wasn't very large, but Wu Gang was a standard 1.9-meter tall hulk, even his foot was nearly the same size as the rabbit when erected.
Thus, although it was just a shoe, for Qin Shou to think he could hide it under his buttocks was far too flattering for the size of his rear.
Anyone who wasn't blind could easily see the straw shoe under his buttocks.
Regrettably, Qin Shou's hiding technique didn't rely on his buttocks, but on his thick-skinned, impervious face!
Qin Shou looked up and said, "What? Isn't that a tail behind my buttocks?" After saying that, Qin Shou exclaimed, "You wouldn't have that sort of fetish, would you? Let me tell you, I am a pure rabbit!"
Wu Gang rolled his eyes and said, "Get up!"
Wu Gang stamped his foot hard, the ground roared, and there was a violent shake, sending Qin Shou flying into the air.
However, this fellow did a somersault in midair and grabbed the shoe in his hand.
"What's that in your hand? Still trying to deny it?" Wu Gang roared.
Qin Shou waved his hand, a look of confusion on his face, "What is this? Isn't this a pancake? Haven't you seen one before?"
Wu Gang thought Qin Shou was about to concede, but then came this response, he fumed, "Damned pancake, that's my shoe!"
"If I say it's a pancake, then it is a pancake! Don't you believe it? Watch me prove it to you," Qin Shou said.
Wu Gang was taken aback, "Prove it? How will you prove it?"
Qin Shou grinned, Wu Gang suddenly had a bad feeling, and shouted, "Don't!"
Qin Shou directly stuffed the shoe in his mouth, crunched down with one bite, and the sound of grass blades breaking echoed, shattering Wu Gang's heart.
Wu Gang cried out, "Have mercy! I've worn those shoes for hundreds of thousands of years!"
Qin Shou heard this and nearly choked, asking, "Hundreds of thousands of years? Have they ever been washed?"
Wu Gang, with a darkened face, said, "What do you think? Do we have the conditions to wash shoes here in Heaven?"
"Blegh..."
The rabbit covered its stomach and vomited.
Seeing this, Wu Gang's eyebrows twitched, finally having a trick up his sleeve to deal with this rabbit. His face was extremely angry, but inside, he was sneering, he moved closer to Qin Shou and said, "Let me tell you, the time I've mentioned is an understatement. After I grew up, I've always worn it. Not only have I never washed the shoes, but I haven't even washed my feet, they are covered in mud right now, don't believe me, just look..."
"Blegh..."
The rabbit turned its back to Wu Gang, holding the shoes, bent over as if to vomit.