66 – Lu Xiaoli

“Naming it?”

Lu Qing wiped his hands.

“Yes, the little beast is our friend now. All my friends have names, like Big Girl, Second Girl, and Little Tiger Head. They all have their own names!” Xiao Yan counted on her fingers earnestly. “So, the little beast should also have a name of its own.”

“Isn’t ‘Little Beast’ good enough?”

“‘Little Beast’ doesn’t sound good, and many animals are called ‘Little Beast.’ We need to give it a special name.” The little girl shook her head.

Lu Qing wanted to say, actually, Big Girl and Second Girl are quite common names too.

He thought for a moment and saw the black little beast peeking curiously into the kitchen from outside.

He asked, “Little one, do you also want a name?”

The black little beast showed a thoughtful expression and then nodded.

“Brother, look, the little beast also wants its own name.” Xiao Yan said happily.

“Since that’s the case, let’s give it a name.”

Seeing the black little beast also had this intention, Lu Qing did not refuse anymore.

But what name would be good?

Lu Qing thought for a while and suddenly had a bright idea.

“How about calling it Xiaoli?”

“Xiaoli?” Xiao Yan tilted her head.

The black little beast also showed confusion in its eyes.

Obviously, both little ones didn’t understand the meaning of this name.

“Yes, the little beast looks like an animal called a civet, so we call it Xiaoli. Also, the character ‘Li’ belongs to the fire element. Look at its fur, doesn’t it look like burning black flames?”

While explaining, Lu Qing took a piece of charcoal and wrote the character ‘Li’.

After this period of study, he had basically mastered the writing of this world’s characters.

Xiao Yan didn’t know if she understood, but the black little beast, after hearing Lu Qing’s explanation, suddenly felt that the name Xiaoli was very grand.

It stared at Lu Qing, its eyes shining.

“Do you like this name?” Lu Qing immediately understood from its expression. “Then you will be called Xiaoli from now on. As for a surname, if you want one, you can have it. If not, you don’t need to. If you want a surname, you can follow ours and be called Lu Li or Lu Xiaoli.”

“Great, little beast, you have a name now!” Xiao Yan said happily. “You are called Xiaoli, and I am called Xiao Yan. Our names are similar.”

The black little beast’s eyes also sparkled with emotion.

After having a name, the black little beast naturally settled into the Lu family.

It started playing chase with Xiao Yan in the house.

Of course, mainly it was Xiaoli teasing Xiao Yan, otherwise, with its speed, not even a hundred Xiao Yans could touch it.

“Oh, Xiaoli, I want to ask you something.”

Lu Qing saw the black little beast playing happily and suddenly remembered something.

Xiaoli stopped and looked at Lu Qing.

“Yesterday, was someone chasing you in the mountains, trying to catch you?”

Lu Qing remembered the conversation he overheard last night from the Wei family guards.

They said Young Master was in the mountains chasing a peculiar black little beast when he accidentally fell into the valley.

At that time, he suspected that the little beast might be Xiaoli. Now was a good time to ask.

Xiaoli tilted its head to think and then nodded.

“Were there six or seven people trying to catch you, one of whom was about my age?”

Xiaoli nodded again.

Lu Qing broke out in a sweat, it was indeed that guy.

His expression suddenly became serious, “Xiaoli, you stay in the house recently, don’t go out. If someone comes, find a place to hide, don’t let anyone see you, understand?”

Xiaoli nodded.

It didn’t like seeing other people anyway…

Lu Qing turned to his younger sister and instructed, ‘And Xiao Yan, when we are outside, you must not mention anything about Xiao Li to anyone, not even your friends. Otherwise, Xiao Li might be taken away, and you would never see Xiao Li again, understand?’

‘Xiao Yan understands! Xiao Yan won’t tell anyone about Xiao Li!’ the little one responded immediately, her face tensing at the thought of never seeing Xiao Li again.

She had become friends with Xiao Li with great difficulty and didn’t want to lose it.

Seeing Xiao Yan comply, Lu Qing finally relaxed a bit.

The little one’s mouth was very tight, and he was always reassured by this.

Just like when they had so much silver at home, he had told her not to mention it to anyone, and until now, she hadn’t leaked a word.

It wasn’t that Lu Qing was overly dramatic.

The Young Master Wei, although he fell into the valley by himself, it ultimately had something to do with Xiao Li.

This time, the Young Master Wei almost didn’t survive. Even if he was treated, his body had suffered serious damage, and it would cost a lot of precious medicinal materials to nurse him back to health.

Having suffered such a calamity, who could say he wouldn’t hold a grudge against Xiao Li for it?

If they couldn’t find Xiao Li, it would be fine. But if they did, wouldn’t they definitely try to capture it for revenge?

Lu Qing remembered well that the guy’s personality wasn’t exactly good.

Although Xiao Li is a Red Light Spiritual Beast, in his ability assessment, it’s on the same level as the Internal Organ Realm.

But if it really came down to it, Lu Qing didn’t think it could fight against the Wei family’s guards.

Human combat methods are too many, their minds are even more cunning, not something an innocent spirit beast can understand.

Not to mention, the Wei family’s great steward, is also a martial arts expert in the Internal Organ Realm.

Thinking like this, it’s best for Xiao Li to hide out for a while and not meet any of the Wei family members.

In fact, Lu Qing wanted Xiao Li to hide deep in the mountains, far away for a while, and come out after the Wei family left.

But seeing how it stayed under the eaves all night just to eat fish this morning, he knew Xiao Li already considered the area around here as its territory.

It wouldn’t be easy to make it leave.

If it couldn’t resist the temptation of fish and snuck back like today, the risk of exposure would be greater.

Rather, it’s better to let it hide at home and avoid this period.

In the following time, by continuing to ask, Lu Qing learned that Xiao Li didn’t have parents around here.

In this great mountain, there was only this one Black Night Spirit Lynx.

It didn’t even know how it appeared in the mountains.

It only knew that it has been living in the mountains since it became self-aware, but in another area.

Only recently did it wander into the mountainous area behind Jiuli Village.

Knowing this, Lu Qing was truly reassured to keep Xiao Li, not worrying about two mature Black Night Spirit Lynxes suddenly popping up one day and accusing him.

Thus, Xiao Li officially moved into Lu Qing’s house.

Since the Young Master Wei’s condition had stabilized, Lu Qing didn’t need to stay at the mountainside courtyard all day.

His life returned to its previous rhythm.

Every morning he greeted his master at the mountainside courtyard, studied medicine for the morning, and then had the rest of the time to himself.

He could go fishing, farming, and practicing martial arts.

For Xiao Li, such days were undoubtedly blissful.

Every day, it could eat the fresh fish Lu Qing caught, and the taste was simply divine.

After eating its fill, Xiao Yan would massage and scratch it.

This life was much more comfortable than living in the mountains.

Xiao Li didn’t want to leave at all and just wanted to stay home forever.

Days went by, and what Lu Qing worried about, Xiao Li being discovered, never happened.

And that Young Master Wei, under the Old Doctor’s meticulous care, his body visibly improved.

Finally, on the seventh day after he woke up, he could get out of bed and walk.

This also meant he could withstand the bumps of the journey and start his trip back to the Wei family.