I'm Investigating妖怪Cases in the Human Realm

As a fake half-demon, Yue Jiuling feels that living in the human realm is actually pretty good. However, this is only true if she can retrieve her original body and separated soul. There's no c...

Chapter Ninety: Time's Up

"Hey~ How could you say that? Is there no trust between us anymore? Waaah~" Bai Xinyu cried, looking very sad, but Yue Jiuling ignored this drama queen.

"Tsk~ You're kidding me. Trust? I might trust you a little about other things, but I would never trust you about this."

The two chatted idly as they walked toward their assigned manhole cover. Just as they were about to reach it, they suddenly heard some faint noises coming from inside the manhole cover!

Something's up!

Upon noticing something amiss, the two quickly exchanged a glance and then cautiously walked towards the manhole cover.

Bai Xinyu had regained her serious demeanor. She made a gesture to Yue Jiuling with a solemn expression, and then slowly approached the manhole cover. Yue Jiuling, who understood the gesture, secretly went around to the other side of the manhole cover.

"Squeak squeak squeak~"

There were some sounds coming from under the manhole cover. Yue Jiuling thought there must be rats down there, but she still didn't dare to let her guard down. What if there were other things in the manhole cover besides rats?

Bai Xinyu was already very close to the manhole cover. She bent down to look at it and found nothing except the sound of mice. So she said, "Hmm... it seems like there are mice down there, and they sound like they're fighting."

Yue Jiuling laughed and said, "Yes, I could tell too. There were three of them. Two were fighting, and one was yelling from the side."

Since it was just a rat and nothing else, the two of them decided to stand next to the manhole cover and continue chatting.

Meanwhile, the others guarding the manhole covers elsewhere also made no further discoveries.

On the food street, Yue Jiuxing held a handful of grilled squid in her left hand and an ice cream in her right, eating with a happy expression, saying, "Oh my god, this combination is so delicious! And the chili on the squid is really flavorful too."

Yue Jiuyue followed along, holding a spicy grilled fish in one hand and a milk tea in the other. She said, "Mmm~ So delicious. Jiuyue, do you want to switch with me? We can share."

"all right."

The two women exchanged their food while talking, but Yue Jiu Nian, who was following behind them, was not so happy. She was carrying a lot of things, so she had to carry them all the way and couldn't eat anything at all.

"Hey~ Could you guys stop eating for a second and come help me get this?"

Yue Jiu Nian looked at the two foodies in front of her speechlessly and said, "All you do is eat. You don't even come to help carry some snacks. Don't you even think about how many snacks you bought?"

They not only went out for a late-night snack, but also packed a lot of snacks and bought a lot of other snacks at the supermarket.

When buying things, Yue Jiu Nian paid for them, but she also carried the items herself. The two idiots in front of her only knew how to eat and didn't try to help at all, which made Yue Jiu Nian so angry that she wanted to hit them.

However, the two people in front of Yue Jiu Nian seemed not to hear her shout at all, and did not react at all, so Yue Jiu Nian had to shout again: "Hey~ Did you two hear me?"

"Huh? Jiu Nian, why are you calling us?"

Finally, someone heard her. Yue Jiuyue pouted and turned to look at her: "What's wrong?"

Yue Jiuxing also turned around, but they had no idea what was going on and just stared blankly at the people behind them.

Yue Jiu Nian was utterly exasperated. She shook the pile of things in her hands and said, "You guys are going too far. All you do is eat, and you don't even bother to help. If that's the case, then whoever carries the things home keeps them. People who don't help can't eat."

Upon hearing this, the two idiots realized what was going on and quickly ran over, saying, "Coming, coming! We'll be finished eating soon. We'll help you get it when we're done, so please don't be angry!"

"That's right, that's right. We were just so happy. We wanted to eat more after spending a few days in the mountains. We were wrong, we'll be right there."

Seeing that the two idiots had finally decided to help, Yue Jiu Nian shared some of her things with them: "It's good that you know you're wrong. You've never been nice to me at all. Serving you is like serving a master. How can you do this?"

"Yes, yes, we were wrong."