Jiang Nan couldn't hear the cat talking.

But he found that Xia Chi seemed to have communicated with the cat.

And judging from the way Xia Chishuang looked after the fight, the communication process was not so pleasant.

Jiang Nan couldn't help but gently nudged Xia Chi's arm with his knuckles: "What's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing."

Xia Chi turned his head mechanically, appearing calm on the surface, but a storm was brewing in his heart.

【Fuck! 】

[It turns out I wasn't hallucinating! This cat can really talk?!]

Xia Chi fixed his eyes on the cat and began to study it.

The cat was well-fed, its fur as black as ink, streaked with dark brown tiger stripes, and shone with a metallic luster in the sun. A scar that had not yet healed ran diagonally across its forehead, like a third eye about to open.

It lay on the tree, its back arched in a smooth arc, its head held high, its amber pupils shrunk into a sharp line in the light, revealing a bit of the majesty of a guardian king kong.

[Damn…]

[This isn't a demon, it's clearly an auspicious sign.]

He turned around and looked at Shi Lu, who was becoming more and more beautiful because of the red energy.

No wonder Shi Lu's career luck keeps improving. It turns out she has a lucky beast by her side that not only wards off bad people but also brings her wealth and fortune.

[However, this type of cat is extremely protective of its owner and will never let go of any slight. Zhao Ming deserves this bad luck.]

[No, I have to get along well with it. Maybe I can share some of its blessings with Jiang Nan.]

Xia Chi frantically rummaged through his bag and pulled out a vacuum-packed beef jerky. He took it out as if it were a treasure, held it carefully in his hands, and gave Sang Biao in the tree an almost ingratiating smile.

"Sang Biao, Sang Biao, do you want some beef jerky?"

Sang Biao was too lazy to even lift his eyelids. He just stretched himself, and the nameplate around his neck flashed a golden light in the sunlight.

Xia Chi was sharp-eyed and saw the word "stove" on the nameplate.

It suddenly woke Xia Chi up.

[Wow, this auspicious sign has quite a strong origin. It's actually the Kitchen God's guardian beast.]

[When one person attains enlightenment, all his family members and friends will ascend to heaven. This guardian beast is still a registered earthly immortal.]

[Hiss, something's wrong. Guardian beasts are naturally solitary, usually staying in mausoleums or temples with abundant incense. They cultivate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and they hate the foul energy of humans. How could they be willing to be Shi Lu's pet and live in this smoky and toxic studio, wasting their own spiritual energy?]

[Unless... it recognizes its master! ]

Xia Chi tilted his head and looked at Sang Biao carefully.

Sang Biao looked nonchalant, with the tip of his tail swaying lightly from time to time, but his pair of gilded vertical pupils were always fixed on the cheering desk, and his pupils contracted and expanded slightly with every movement of Shi Lu.

There was no trace of the detachment that a guardian beast should have. It was clearly a fool who was willing to be bound by his seven emotions and six desires. Even the auspicious aura flowing around him was tainted with some mundane things.

[Could it be that he truly acknowledged his master? Oh my god…]

How is this possible...?

Xia Chi had to count on his fingers to find out the truth of the matter.

【Forehead--】

He was stunned when he found the answer.

[Why is it still a story about picking up men?! ]

[Who would have thought that this sleek and auspicious beast was once a dirty little mess curled up in a garbage dump.]

[His spine was broken, and he was so emaciated that he was just a bag of bones. Even the veterinarian shook his head and said he couldn't be saved.]

But Shilu still took it home and took good care of it.

He seemed to see the girl guarding the cat's bed late at night, squeezing out nutritional paste bit by bit and feeding it to its mouth.

I didn't expect that Zang Zang Bao would slowly come back to life, and become more energetic and more beautiful.

I don't know if he was really greedy for her dried fish, or if he was tempted by worldly desires, but he just stayed and refused to leave.

[During that time, Shilu had just left the group due to injury and had nothing to do, so she kept it by her side.]

【It’s true, good people are rewarded. 】

【Shi Lu picked up a great blessing for herself.】

Jiang Nan looked at the back of Xia Chi's excited head and turned his gaze to the cat.

Blessings?

He'd known Shi Lu for a long time, back when Venus burst onto the scene and became a huge hit across Asia. Back then, every album from the group dominated the music charts, their concerts were packed, and any of the members' airport looks would dominate the trending search results for three days. Shi Lu's iconic backflip and splits video, as the lead dancer, is still replayed on various platforms.

But just as the group was at its peak, Shilu was injured during a rehearsal, fracturing her hip. She spent a year recuperating on crutches and was quickly replaced by a new trainee. Fans were still asking on the official fan page, "When will Lulu return?" However, her name was no longer on the company's new project proposals.

From the top to being hidden, it’s just a matter of a piece of medical certificate.

Later, he became famous because of this cat?

hiss……

Looks ordinary.

And a little fierce.

They say you shouldn't pick up male pets from the street. Seven out of ten are stupid, eight are dull, and nine are bad. The concentration of perverts is comparable to a detention center.

[At the very least, Li Chengyin will be in danger, at the worst, Fu Shenxing will be in danger, and even Ye Hua is at risk of having his eyes removed!]

[Shi Lu happened to pick up a lucky guy and brought him back, and he even recognized him as his master. How did she do that?]

Xia Chi suddenly thought of another question.

[That's not right. A master-master contract requires resonance of consciousness between both parties. How did this girl reach a consensus with a cat?]

Could it be that...?

Xia Chi's heart skipped a beat.

[Can this girl also hear cats talking? ]

Xia Chi and Jiang Nan turned to Shi Lu together.

Shi Lu was answering the host's questions with ease. She was at the age full of youth, and her every frown and smile captivated everyone, drawing cheers from the audience.

Look at Sang Biao again, he has a focused look and is wagging his tail as if no one is around.

Xia Chi exclaimed as if he had discovered a new continent.

【Wow~ There are so many stories between the two of them. 】

[Shi Lu initially thought it was just an ordinary stray cat.]

[This girl has a problem—she has to cuddle with something to fall asleep...]

[Seeing Sang Biao paralyzed and unable to move, I was afraid he would freeze to death at night, so I tucked him into bed and slept with him...]

Fell asleep...

Fell asleep...

Fell asleep...

…

Sang Biao's tail stopped wagging.

[I slept for more than half a year, and I was completely sound asleep...]

Soundly asleep...

Soundly asleep...

Soundly asleep...

Sang Biao dug his claws into the tree trunk.

[Oh my god, is this a distortion of human nature or a decline of morality?]

Our dignified guardian beast, Comrade Sang Biao, was rubbed into the woman's fragrant and soft chest, listening to her hazy mumbling in her sleep, and rubbing his little face against her fur again and again...

[No wonder I am so happy here and don’t miss my homeland.]

[Shilu, Shilu! How can you treat our Cat Immortal as Abebe's servant?]

[Did you know that what you are holding in your arms is not a cat, but a little immortal who has been practicing for a hundred years! ]

[The ruthless path that I have diligently cultivated...]

Xia Chi pretended to wipe away the tears of laughter.

[A century-old foundation shattered in one day! My graduation from the Ruthless Dao is now gone.]

[You smell of her perfume on you. It's your nose's fault. You shouldn't be able to smell her beauty. I'll wipe everything off and sleep with you~]

Sang Biao's whole body was tense, and if it weren't for the fur covering it, the whole cat would feel slightly hot.

[Shocking! A popular female star's private life is a mess! She has erotic dreams every night, dreaming of hugging a dark-skinned man with 18-pack abs.]

[When she woke up, her face was red. She looked down at Sang Biao in her arms. Sang Biao was also looking at her, his eyes were inexplicably deep...]

[Such an embarrassing scene, such a Haitang plot, who, who can write a script for me...]

Sang Biao closed his eyes and plowed three smoking claw marks on the bark.

Should I pretend not to hear or kill him to silence him?

Killing someone to silence them is too troublesome, and you have to bury them. People are much harder to bury than shit. It's such a big pile. Where can you dig such a big hole?

It's too much effort.

After some consideration, Sang Biao shook his ears and decided to ignore this noisy mortal.

It gracefully arched its back, lightly jumped onto the highest branch, and then jumped onto the nearby wall. As soon as it landed, it heard the exaggerated exclamation of the lunatic behind it -

[What?! Shilu actually took the cat fairy to breed!]

Sang Biao slipped and almost fell off the wall.

[At this time, Lu was really loyal. She carefully selected a competition-level puppet. The pedigree certificate was thicker than the family tree.]

Xia Chi suppressed a laugh, [They said it was some kind of bloodline optimization, but they didn't appreciate it.]

[I found a few more young female cats for him to choose from, including Maine Coons and Golden Tabby Cats...]

[Pfft, what a fantastic plot! Just imagine the cat fairy being surrounded by a group of female cats in heat, feeling hopeless and helpless. Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha…]

With a "crack", the bricks under Sang Biao's claws shattered into powder.

He slowly raised his claws, their sharp tips gleaming coldly in the sunlight. Broken bricks fell from between his fingers, dispersing into a silver-gray mist in the wind.

It looked at its own sharp claws that could kill with one blow, and its pupils shrank into thin lines.

kill.

Still don’t kill.

Xia Chi was still immersed in the joy of the Cat Fairy's blind date and was completely unaware of the danger approaching.

Instead, it was Jiang Nan who was standing next to him who noticed something strange.

Under the shadow of the crape myrtle, the cat's back arched high, every hair standing on end. The muscles in its hind legs trembled slightly, and the bricks beneath its claws shattered for some reason.

Those eyes narrowed into two thin lines, locking onto Xia Chi's neck tightly, as if they were going to pounce on him and rip open his throat in the next second.

According to Xia Chi's description, if this cat is really an immortal.

…

Xia Chi's outrageous thoughts must have reached the immortal's ears without missing a word.

Pulling out the beard from a tiger's face is no less difficult.

And the instigator was smiling like Mai Shiranui's brother, not knowing whether to live or die.

【Ahahahahaha…Cat Immortal, you have come to this day too.】

[A dignified young lady was chased all over the house by a group of female cats in heat, hahahahaha…]

Xia Chi was about to punch the wall.

Jiang Nan sighed imperceptibly, but stood firmly in front of Xia Chi.

He turned his head, his eyes fixed on every subtle movement of Sang Biao.

[Oh my, the old cat went on a hunger strike and ignored everyone for three days, so Shi Lu finally gave in and gave up the idea of breeding it.]

[But Sang Biao's charm is too great, and several female cats in the neighborhood come to him to scratch at the windows every day.]

Shi Lu gritted her teeth and made an appointment for sterilization surgery!!!

[Sterilize the cat fairy? Ahahahaha, so funny.]

Xia Chi couldn't stand up because he was holding his stomach, and Jiang Nan supported him.

Sang Biao's last bit of patience disappeared, and a cold light flashed between his flesh pads——

Heaven in heaven, this boy has repeatedly violated the majesty of heaven and slandered my pure cultivation. I have no choice but to break my vow of not killing him today. I am willing to offer a hundred years of incense as a sacrifice to destroy this beast's soul.

Strong winds blew and the shadows of the trees swayed.

Oh my god!

He screamed without knowing whether to live or die.

How can I describe the night before surgery...?

【If no one writes it, I will start it! 】

That night...

Shi Lu suddenly felt a heavy warmth pressing down upon her in her sleep. She drowsily opened her eyes and saw a pair of gilded eyes staring at her intently—a look so familiar that it made her heart tremble.

[Is this another wet dream? ]

She subconsciously reached for the furry ball in her arms, only to find warm skin instead. The man before her had a pair of furry cat ears jutting out from his messy black hair. The shallow scar on his forehead glowed with a faint golden hue. A familiar nameplate hung on his collarbone, with the word "Zao" written on it.

The man's sturdy arms rested on her ears, his muscles rising and falling with his breathing. Shi Lu's gaze slid down his abdominal muscles until she saw the restlessly swaying black tail. She finally exclaimed, "You, you, you..."

"I heard..." The man suddenly approached, his bony fingers clasping her slender wrist and pressing her into the fluffy pillow. His voice, shrouded in heat, whispered to her sensitive ears, "I heard... you're going to castrate me?"

[His tail lifted her chin: "Should I repay you for saving my life with my body?"]

Xia Chi was role-playing in his mind and screaming with excitement.

[Ah——I can’t stand this anymore!!]

“Ouch—”

A low roar cut through the air, and Sang Biao turned into a shadow, rushing towards Xia Chi with a sharp sound of wind.

You poured too much juice.