Chapter 65

Chapter 65 The little beast moves in

“…”

Man and beast stared at each other in silence.

Seeing the aggrieved look in the little black beast’s eyes, Lu Qing fell silent for a moment.

He hadn’t expected the little creature to actually hide up here.

And judging by the looks of it, it must have been keeping watch all night.

“Little creature, have you been waiting here all night?”

Lu Qing asked after a long silence.

The little black beast didn’t move, but the aggrieved look in its eyes only deepened.

“…Sorry, I was busy last night and wasn’t home.”

“…” The little black beast remained motionless, but a faint mist formed in its eyes.

Seeing the little black beast on the verge of tears, Lu Qing felt an inexplicable sense of guilt.

If he remembered correctly, the little creature seemed to be just a cub.

And, after all, it was his creditor.

After all, he had accepted a hundred-year-old ginseng from it for nothing.

“How about… come in with me?” Lu Qing asked tentatively. “I still have some fish in the kitchen.”

Seeing the mist in the little beast’s eyes seemed to have subsided a little, Lu Qing opened the door and walked in.

When he carried Xiaoyan to the room and came out, he saw the black beast sitting on a stool looking at 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 beast.

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

It immediately pounced on it and started eating with big mouthfuls.

The grievances before disappeared without a trace.

Seeing the black beast eating happily, Lu Qing couldn’t help but smile.

Speaking of which, this little thing is quite good.

It was obviously hungry all night, but it didn’t break into the house, but waited for him on the eaves all night.

This respect clearly showed that it really regarded him as a friend.

Otherwise, with its nose, how could it not smell that there were still fish in the kitchen.

If it really wanted to break in, it would be easy to do.

Seeing that the beast was eating so absorbedly, Lu Qing didn’t disturb it, but went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

Although he had prepared breakfast for his master and others in the small courtyard halfway up the mountain, he hadn’t eaten yet.

He set up a jar of porridge, added some minced meat to it, and let it simmer slowly. Then Lu Qing went to take a bath.

He had been boiling medicine for the past two days and had sweated a lot. Coupled with the smoke and fire in the pharmacy, his body was already sticky and uncomfortable.

After taking a bath, Lu Qing came out refreshed. Then he unexpectedly saw that the black beast did not leave immediately after eating the fish.

Instead, it sat on the stool and licked its paws and washed its face leisurely.

As for the basin of fish on the ground, there were still quite a few left.

How rare!

Lu Qing was amazed.

This was the first time he saw the black beast with fish left.

Every time he fed it in the past, it would eat up all the fish.

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

This time, he packed twice as much fish as usual, so the guy finally couldn’t finish it.

But this still surprised Lu Qing.

“Little thing, when are you going to leave? I’m going to wake Xiaoyan up for breakfast.”

Lu Qing knew that the little black beast didn’t seem to like interacting with other people except him. Usually,

when he came to eat fish in the evening, he would wait until Xiaoyan fell asleep before coming.

However, what he didn’t expect was that the little black beast seemed not to hear what he said.

He walked to the corner, jumped onto a cabinet, curled up, and fell asleep.

Lu Qing: …

“I really went to wake Xiaoyan up?”

The little beast still didn’t move.

Why is this guy so abnormal today?

Lu Qing felt puzzled.

“…You can keep it, but if Xiaoyan gets excited when she sees you, you mustn’t hurt her,”

Lu Qing warned, then went to her room and woke her up.

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

As she ate, Xiaoyan wasn’t fully awake yet.

She sipped intermittently, her eyes hazy, her gaze fixed on the opposite side, unfocused.

Slowly, her gaze focused, and her eyes widened.

“Brother, what’s that?”

Xiaoyan asked hurriedly, pointing to the black figure on the cabinet in front of her.

“That,” Lu Qing glanced up. Seeing that the figure hadn’t moved, he said, “That’s the little black beast you long to see every night but never see.”

“That’s a little beast?!”

The little girl couldn’t even finish her porridge. She

immediately jumped off the stool, scurried under the cabinet, and looked up.

But she was small, and when she got under the cabinet, she couldn’t see the black beast on top.

This made Xiaoyan very anxious.

After thinking for a moment, she ran back to the table, pulled out a stool, and planned to stand on it to see the beast.

Lu Qing saw this and quickly stepped forward to stop him.

“Don’t disturb it, or it will scratch you.”

This made the black beast unhappy.

It stood up, stretched, and then gently called out to Xiaoyan.

Xiaoyan immediately cheered up, “Brother, look, the beast said it won’t scratch me!”

Lu Qing: …

Why didn’t he hear that?

But he could sense the beast’s friendliness towards Xiaoyan.

After thinking about it, he didn’t stop Xiaoyan from interacting with it.

After spending some time together, Lu Qing had already realized that the black beast was extremely intelligent, not much different from a human.

Since it took the initiative to show its goodwill, it seemed that it was not opposed to Xiaoyan.

“Okay, then make friends with it,” Lu Qing said.

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

The black beast glared at Lu Qing with disdain, then lightly hopped off the cabinet and came to Xiaoyan, rubbing its head against her hand.

Then, he looked at Lu Qing provocatively.

Xiaoyan was even happier. She excitedly called out to Lu Qing, “Brother, little beast wants to be my friend!”

Lu Qing saw the black beast’s smug expression.

Well, this little creature was just trying to show off.

Still, he was relieved that the two little creatures were getting along so well.

Reassured, he smiled at Xiaoyan, “In that case, you must make good friends with it. It’s very powerful, so don’t provoke it.”

“Don’t worry, brother, I won’t!” Xiaoyan replied happily.

The black beast’s eyes lit up with satisfaction at Lu Qing’s praise.

The two-legged beast was quite discerning; it could see its strength.

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

Then, the two little creatures began to exchange words.

Seeing that they were getting along well, Lu Qing stopped paying attention.

He saw that Xiaoyan had almost finished the porridge in her bowl, so

he cleaned up and went into the kitchen. Just as he finished washing the dishes, he saw Xiaoyan running in happily.

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

Happy New Year to everyone. There’s another chapter tonight

(end of this chapter)