Xiaobai jumped onto the bed in a few steps and lay down obediently beside Lan Ziye.

Lan Ziye sat up, holding Xiaobai on his lap and stroking Xiaobai's soft fur. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, "By the way, where's Mrs. Li? You killed the rat demon, but did you kill Mrs. Li?"

Mrs. Li is a human, and humans have their own laws. Killing a human is a very troublesome thing!

Speaking of this, Xiaobai hesitated for a long time before he said proudly, "Actually, I didn't catch the rat demon!"

Huh? Lan Ziye looked at Xiaobai curiously.

"When I arrived, the rat demon had been seriously injured and was beaten into its original form. It was lying on the ground half-dead, and the defensive magic weapon on its body appeared and disappeared! Actually... I just picked up a big bargain!" Xiaobai said embarrassedly, "As for Mrs. Li... I didn't see her!" After saying that, he hung his head like a child who had done something wrong.

Lan Ziye, however, patted Xiaobai's head with a grin, and said proudly, "I was wondering how you caught up with that mouse so quickly, considering how fast it was and how long it had been running for? You're quite lucky, and it's worth celebrating!"

"Master?" Xiaobai opened his big eyes and looked at Lan Ziye in confusion.

"Silly cat, your master doesn't have any heroic complex. As the saying goes, a cat is a good cat whether it is black or white as long as it catches the mouse! As long as the result is good, it doesn't matter how it is achieved!" Lan Ziye comforted.

Xiaobai: ...Why does this sound so inappropriate?

"Okay, Xiaobai, don't worry about it. Even if it's unexpected money, it's still money!" Lan Ziye stroked Xiaobai's head again and said, "I'll give you a plate of fried small yellow croaker tomorrow as a reward!"

Xiaobai's two drooping cat ears suddenly stood up. Fried yellow croaker! His favorite! (*???*)

Seeing Xiaobai's excitement, Lan Ziye smiled, took out his phone, and called Wu Xuzi. Before Wu Xuzi could speak, he got straight to the point, "Boss Li's order is over. Can you help me go to the black market and ask if anyone wants the corpse of the Millennium Rat Demon?"

"Aunt, can you tell me about this tomorrow? Don't you see what time it is? Don't go to sleep. I'm so sleepy!" Wu Xuzi's lazy voice with a heavy nasal tone came from the other end of the phone.

Lan Ziye blinked twice and checked the time on his phone. It was already one in the morning. He didn't expect this task to take so long!

However, she had no intention of letting Wu Xuzi go and letting him sleep soundly. (???)

Lan Ziye said with a sly smile, "Boss Li is dead!"

"What?" The voice on the other end of the line instantly became alert, followed by Wu Xuzi's anxious voice. "This has never happened before! Can you kill the client while carrying out a mission? Was it that rat demon who killed him? Oh my God, what should I do? If this gets out, my reputation will be ruined. What should I do? This matter is..."

Lan Ziye could see through the phone that Wu Xuzi was sweating profusely with anxiety, his head was scratched into a mess, and he was spinning in circles in the room. He couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"You're still laughing?" Wu Xuzi heard Lan Ziye's laughter on the other end of the line and shouted angrily, "Do you know how serious this matter is? Will anyone ever ask me to be the middleman and ask you to do a task again? The reputation I've built up over the past few decades is at stake!"

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