Chapter 65: Chapter 64: Must Kiss Before Getting Out of Bed
“You did well today,”
Shao Zifeng put away the Elental Potion Type VIII, and placed two coins beside the Elental Egg as a reward.
The little guy, ecstatic, wrapped the coins around the egg with its vines, causing the whole egg to tremble with excitent.
Now, it was an Elental Egg with a fortune of five yuan.
Happy.
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Sadly, being just an egg, it couldn’t show a happy expression.
Anyone would see it as just a round shape.
Before it could enjoy its happiness for long, the energy potion took effect.
The vines flopped down weakly from the egg onto the table, and the two coins also fell onto the tabletop.
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Still emotionless.
Shao Zifeng held his forehead with one hand.
Great.
It had fallen asleep.
After covering the Elental Egg with its little blanket, Shao Zifeng always felt sothing was missing.
Looking around and seeing no sign of Qiuqiu, he rembered that since entering the rental house, Qiuqiu had seemingly vanished.
Previously, whenever it was around Shao Zifeng, Qiuqiu would act cute and clingy, sticking to him. Now it was nowhere to be seen.
Ha, doggy, you’ve changed.
“Qiuqiu!” Shao Zifeng called out worriedly.
“Ying!”
Qiuqiu imdiately responded to him.
Hearing the sound so close by, Shao Zifeng was puzzled; had Qiuqiu mastered the stalker’s art of invisibility?
“Qiuqiu?” Shao Zifeng tried calling again.
“Ying-ying~”
The mont the voice faded, a bald head peeked out from under the bed, looking innocently at Shao Zifeng.
Its head, hung with spider silk in a comical manner, made Shao Zifeng nearly burst into laughter.
“Why did you go under the bed, it’s so dirty there,” Shao Zifeng picked Qiuqiu up, cleaning the spider silk off while chattering away.
Qiuqiu squinted and enjoyed the ‘egg’ service, noncommittally responding to Shao Zifeng a few tis.
Its tail, resting on Shao Zifeng’s lap, swung from side to side, completely relaxing, showing a very comfortable expression.
Due to being so relaxed, its paws loosened, and sothing slipped out, bouncing a few tis on the floor, the crisp impact sound catching Shao Zifeng’s attention.
Putting Qiuqiu down, Shao Zifeng stood up and walked over to the object, seeing a canine tooth quietly lying on the floor, faintly glowing under the fluorescent light.
Picking up the canine tooth, Shao Zifeng looked puzzled at Qiuqiu, sending a silent inquiry.
“Ying!”
The baffled Qiuqiu looked at Shao Zifeng, then at the canine tooth in his hand, guiltily turning its head, pretending to know nothing.
Then…
Plunk.
Another object fell out of its mouth, bouncing a few tis on the ground.
Stare~
Qiuqiu sheepishly glanced at Shao Zifeng, resignedly opening its mouth and paws.
Imdiately, “ding ding dang dang” sounds filled the air.
It was truly…
Noisy clattering jumbled ringing, large and small beads falling on a jade plate.
All sorts of teeth, gleaming with enal luster, popped like jumping beans, bouncing everywhere.
Seeing all these teeth on the ground, Shao Zifeng gasped…
This, damn…
There were incisors, canines, molars.
Shit, even wisdom teeth had been dug out.
I really should thank you.
I never expected you to be this kind of Qiuqiu.
Facing Shao Zifeng’s gaze, Qiuqiu felt sowhat embarrassed, quickly sweeping up the teeth from the floor.
Without looking at Shao Zifeng, it darted back under the bed.
Shao Zifeng paused for a mont, then chuckled, shaking his head; Qiuqiu was becoming more and more mischievous.
In his heart, he silently mourned for the guys from just now; without even their wisdom teeth, life would be hard.
…
At a different ti, but still the sa location… the sewer.
In the deserted sewer, a haunting chewing sound began, followed by…
“Ugh…”
Coughing and retching sounds echoed far through the empty sewer.
“Plunk.”
A dull blue fluorescence lit up, the light stick flickering, clearly not lasting much longer.
Under the glow, one could see a tall, thin man curled up against the wall, burying his face deeply in his knees, his whole body shivering nonstop.
A mont later, the man struggled to swallow and slowly lifted his head.
It was a face so haggard and pale, with sunken eye sockets, bloodshot eyes devoid of any gleam, hollow cheeks, dark circles under his eyes, and his ssy beard stained with blood and flecks of skin and flesh, looking eerily like a vampire.
His originally silver ponytail had turned gray-white, as the roots were black due to not being dyed in ti.
“Hiss~”
A faint hiss ca from afar, followed by a chaotic clatter growing closer, and eight eerily red spider eyes erged from the darkness.
“Smack.”
The wolf spider threw the rat in its mouth in front of the man, splashing him with dirty water.
The wolf spider’s eight blood-red eyes stared at the man for a while, hissed, and then retreated back into the darkness, the sound gradually fading.
The man stared at the dead rat, his hollow cheeks twitching violently, extending a trembling hand towards the dead rat.
After a faint noise, the light stick went out again.
In the darkness, the grueso chewing sound resud.
And then…
“Ugh…”
…
The next day, early morning.
The sun was just rising, the sky was cloudless, promising good weather for the day.
In a teacher’s apartnt at Su City University, a woman exuding mature charm was still sleeping deeply, her voluptuous figure partly covered by her ssy, curly hair, which fell haphazardly and covered most of her face.
The morning light stread through the gaps in the curtains, bathing her in a soft glow where tiny dust particles danced in the beams, creating a tranquil, ethereal beauty.
“Ding-dong-dong… ow ow ow~”
The sharp ring of the phone shattered the room’s tranquility.
The woman frowned slightly and pulled the blanket over her head.
“Ding-dong-dong… ow ow ow~”
The urgent ringing, accompanied by a buzzing vibration, finally beca too much to bear. She opened her bleary eyes and reached for her phone.
“Who is it?” Her voice was languid, tinged with slight annoyance.
“What? You want to find you a personal trainer?”
Hearing the reply, Chen Yixing snapped awake, sat up abruptly, and her pink silk quilt slid down to her legs, revealing a pink bunny hooded pajama.
She irritably ran her fingers through her ssy curls, her face incredulous.
After gathering Qiuqiu’s data yesterday, she had been busy all night, and had only just fallen asleep when the phone call woke her.
That was botherso enough, but what she heard next!
!
Chen Yixing!
Distinguished Professor at Su City University!
A leading figure among the younger generation in ancient biology in Daxia!
You’re asking to help you find a personal trainer? Do I look like your nanny!
I might as well…
“Is that not okay?” Shao Zifeng’s voice ca through the phone, laced with laughter.
Chen Yixing, picturing his annoying grin, grabbed a pink bunny pillow from under the covers and angrily hamred it a few tis before she grudgingly squeezed out the words through clenched teeth, “Fi-ne!”
After hanging up and tossing the phone beside her, Chen Yixing collapsed back onto her girlish bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, then pulled the silk quilt over her head.
A mont later, a delicate, fair hand peered out from the blanket, groping at the pillow’s edge.
She grabbed the phone and swiftly retracted back under the covers.
“Bro, help out here…”
“Yixing ah, you’re looking for … honey, stop joking.”
“Hubby~ Baby won’t get up unless I get a kiss.”
“Muma, behave.”
Hearing the voice on the other end of the line, Chen Yixing’s face darkened, and her already sour mood worsened.
…
After hanging up, Shao Zifeng wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Two tender green vines stretched out in front of him, and Shao Zifeng plucked an ivory-colored fruit, thanking the Elental Egg inside his travel bag.
A single fruit eased the soreness resulting from the high-intensity training.
Qiuqiu perked up, sniffing the fresh aroma in the air, and toddled over to the travel bag, dancing and babbling sothing to the bag.
Feeling Qiuqiu’s presence, the travel bag shuddered but ignored her chatter.
Qiuqiu ran around the travel bag a few tis, finally seeming to make up her mind. She spat out a shiny white tooth and reluctantly placed it beside the zipper of the bag.
A vine reached out, tapped the tooth, and then gestured a finger-wagging motion to Qiuqiu.
Qiuqiu visibly grew upset, clutching the tooth with one paw while pointing at the travel bag with the other, her mouth moving rapidly in unreadable chatter to the Elental Egg.
Shao Zifeng watched the playful little creature, smiled faintly, and did so simple stretching to alleviate the tension.
After yesterday’s fight, he realized that his rigorous strength training, aside from building muscle, had little real-world application.
Yesterday’s fight seed easy.
That was because he ambushed and eliminated one at the start, and the narrow alley was not suited for group fighting, giving him an advantage.
If it had been in a more open area, even if he had won, he would likely have sustained serious injuries.
Despite being slightly faster in strength, speed, and reaction, he was not good at fighting.
In combat, he could only resort to dirty tricks and finish with a hit from his “turtle leg.”
Being cautious in revealing his hand, and considering that such a minor scenario wasn’t worth showing off anyway, he decided to find soone proficient in various combat techniques to train him.
Co to think of it, Chen Yixing really was a good person.
He had only tentatively asked, not expecting her to actually agree.
This saved him the trouble.
Checking the ti, Shao Zifeng picked up his travel bag, called Qiuqiu who was still fussing at the Elental Egg, and left the grove behind the residential area.
….
On the path, two elderly ladies dressed in Tai Chi attire approached, apparently also heading to the grove for so exercise.
Shao Zifeng slightly stepped aside to let the ladies pass first.
The ladies glanced at Shao Zifeng, nodded slightly, then turned to chat with each other.
“Hey, have you noticed? There seem to be fewer rats around our area lately.”
“Right? I’ve been wondering why we haven’t seen those damned things much lately, thank heavens.”
The two morning walkers gradually moved away, their voices fading into whispers.
Shao Zifeng pondered their words, then shook his head with a rueful smile, always overthinking whatever news he heard.
The decrease in rats was very likely due to the Abnormal Administration Bureau stepping in to clear them out.
In this era, rats, as a Mutant creature group most dependent on humans, thrived in the dark corners of cities.
Due to their frightening reproductive capabilities, cities conducted regular purgings upon detecting abnormal rat populations.
While complete extermination was impossible, these actions effectively controlled potential outbreaks.
Of course, there were cases like Jiang City, where neglect led to a massive increase in the rat population, eventually causing a disaster.
But those were largely exceptions.
Ding.
His phone vibrated.
Pulling out his device, he saw a text from a stranger: “Young man, I am Qiao Feng, now a peerless martial art is ready to be passed on to you. After school this afternoon, at Su City University’s grove, don’t miss it.”
Shao Zifeng was exasperated.
Must be crazy.
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