65 – The Little Beast Moves In

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Human and beast, four eyes met, and remained silent.

Looking at the aggrieved expression in the black little beast’s eyes, Lu Qing fell silent.

He did not expect this little thing to actually hide up here.

And from the looks of it, it seems to have kept watch here all night.

“Little thing, did you wait here all night?”

After a long silence, Lu Qing asked.

The black little beast did not move, its eyes only showing more grievance.

“…Sorry, I had something to do last night, wasn’t home.”

……The black little beast still did not move, but a mist of tears appeared in its eyes.

Seeing the black little beast almost about to cry, Lu Qing suddenly felt a pang of guilt.

If he remembered correctly, this little thing seemed to still be just a cub…

Moreover, speaking of it, it was also his creditor.

After all, he did take a hundred-year-old ginseng from it for free.

“Why don’t… you come inside with me?” Lu Qing asked tentatively, “I still have some fish left in the kitchen.”

Seeing the tears in the little beast’s eyes seemed to recede a bit, Lu Qing opened the door and walked in.

When he carried Xiao Yan into her room and came out again, he found the black little beast sitting on a stool, watching him.

Lu Qing smiled, went to the kitchen, poured all the remaining fish into a wooden basin, brought it out, and placed it in front of the little beast.

Seeing a big basin full of fish, the black little beast’s eyes instantly lit up.

It immediately pounced on it and began eating with big gulps.

The grievance from earlier disappeared without a trace.

Watching the black little beast eat happily, Lu Qing couldn’t help but smile too.

Speaking of it, this little thing is quite impressive.

Even though it had been hungry all night, it stubbornly did not break in, but waited under the eaves all night.

This respect, clearly showed it treated him as a friend.

Otherwise, with its nose, how could it not smell the fish in the kitchen?

If it really wanted to barge in, it would have been an easy task.

Seeing the little beast eating so immersively, Lu Qing didn’t disturb it. Instead, he went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

While he had prepared breakfast for his master and others at the hillside courtyard, he himself hadn’t eaten yet.

Setting a pot of porridge, adding some minced meat, and letting it simmer slowly, Lu Qing went to take a bath.

These past two days, he had been boiling medicine, sweating a lot, and reeking from the pharmacy fumes, his body was sticky and uncomfortable.

After the bath, Lu Qing came out feeling refreshed, and to his surprise, he saw that the black little beast, after eating its fill, did not leave immediately.

Instead, it sat on the stool, leisurely licking its paws and washing its face.

As for the basin of fish on the ground, quite a bit still remained.

A rare sight indeed!

Lu Qing clicked his tongue in wonder.

This was the first time he saw the black little beast leave any fish.

Usually, when he fed it, it would eat the fish clean.

Even if it was overly full, it would never leave any fish.

This time he had prepared twice the usual amount of fish, and this guy finally couldn’t finish it.

But even so, it still astonished Lu Qing.

“Little thing, when do you plan to leave? I’m about to wake Xiao Yan for breakfast.”

Lu Qing knew that besides him, the black little beast did not seem to like interacting with others much.

Usually, it would come to eat fish at night, only after Xiao Yan had fallen asleep.

However, to his surprise, the black little beast seemed to have not heard his words.

It walked to a corner, jumped on a cabinet, curled up, and fell sound asleep.

Lu Qing: ……

“I’m really going to wake Xiao Yan, you know?”

The little beast still didn’t move.

Why is this guy acting so strange today?
Lu Qing felt puzzled.

“…You can stay here, but if Xiao Yan sees you and gets excited, you must not hurt her.”

Lu Qing reminded, then went to the room to wake up Xiao Yan.

After urging the sleepy little girl to wash her face and brush her teeth, Lu Qing brought the cooked porridge.

While drinking the porridge, Xiao Yan was still not fully awake.

She drank the porridge absentmindedly, her eyes unfocused, staring blankly ahead.

Slowly, her gaze began to focus, and her eyes opened wider and wider.

“Brother, what is that?”

Xiao Yan pointed to the black figure on the cabinet in front and hurriedly asked.

“That?” Lu Qing looked up and saw that the creature still hadn’t moved. He said, “That’s the little black beast you want to see every night but never manage to.”

“Is this the little beast?!”

At this, the little girl couldn’t even drink her porridge anymore.

She jumped off the stool and ran to the bottom of the cabinet, looking up.

But she was too short. From under the cabinet, she couldn’t see the black little beast on top.

This made Xiao Yan anxiously run around in circles.

She thought for a moment, then ran back to grab a stool, planning to stand on it to see the little beast.

Seeing this, Lu Qing quickly stepped forward and stopped her.

“Don’t bother it, be careful, it might scratch you.”

Saying this, the black little beast seemed a bit displeased.

It stood up, stretched lazily, then gently called out to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan immediately beamed, “Brother, look! The little beast said it won’t scratch me!”

Lu Qing:…

He didn’t hear it say that.

However, he did sense the little beast’s friendliness towards Xiao Yan.

Thinking about it, he decided not to stop Xiao Yan from interacting with it.

After spending this time together, Lu Qing already knew that the black little beast had very high intelligence, almost no different from a human.

Since it took the initiative to show goodwill, it probably didn’t mind Xiao Yan.

“Alright then, you can make friends with it.” Lu Qing said.

Then he turned to the little beast and said, “Little thing, remember not to bully my sister.”

The black little beast gave Lu Qing a disdainful look, then lightly jumped off the cabinet and came to Xiao Yan, voluntarily nudging her hand with its head.

Then it provocatively looked at Lu Qing.

Xiao Yan was even happier. She excitedly shouted to Lu Qing, “Brother, the little beast wants to be friends with me!”

Lu Qing saw the proud expression of the black little beast.

Fine, this little thing is deliberately showing off to me.

However, seeing the two little ones getting along well made him feel relieved.

He relaxed and smiled at Xiao Yan, “Since it’s like that, make sure to be friends with it. It’s very formidable, so don’t irritate it.”

“Don’t worry, Brother, I won’t!” Xiao Yan replied happily.

The black little beast’s eyes showed satisfaction upon hearing Lu Qing praise its formidability.

These two-legged creatures are quite perceptive, they can see its prowess.

“Little beast, little beast, can I touch you…”

What followed was the interaction time between the two little ones.

Seeing that they were getting along well, Lu Qing didn’t intervene further.

Seeing that the porridge in Xiao Yan’s bowl was almost finished, he cleaned up and took it to the kitchen.

As soon as he finished washing the dishes, he saw Xiao Yan running in happily.

“Brother, Brother, let’s give the little beast a name?”

Wishing everyone a happy New Year, there will be another chapter tonight.