Xia Shizhao, who had been in seclusion in the research room and laboratory for three months, had not left the mountain villa. With only a week left before she was to go to school to conduct pheromone training for others, she was dragged out by her mother and the others.

Xia Shizhao rubbed his head and sat down at the dining table, unsurprisingly seeing another guest.

Ye Qiuling.

A look of exasperation crossed her face. "Are you broke or what? Or are you just too bored to do anything but come to my house for dinner every few days?"

His tone and attitude were absolutely awful.

Mu Tong glanced at Ye Qiuling, whose face remained expressionless, then at her dejected daughter. She patted Xia Shizhao's hand reassuringly and said to Ye Qiuling with a smile, "Qiuling, my daughter Zhaozhao has been having some trouble with medicine and machinery lately and isn't in a good mood. Don't worry about it."

Ye Qiuling sat up straight, smiled slightly, and said softly, "It's alright, Auntie. I understand. Zhaozhao and I are friends. You can relax. I mean no harm."

"Yes, Mom, don't pay too much attention to her. If she had any ill intentions, we would have been finished long ago."

Xia Shizhao rested his chin on his hand on the table and continued, "Let's eat, let's eat, I'm hungry."

Now she, Ye Qiuling, and Liu Ruxuan are all in the same boat, investigating the lab and researching how to balance the differences between ABO. If they reveal even one thing, they will be seen as a thorn in the side by many people.

Assassinations are definitely inevitable.

For example, the mercenaries established by Ye Qiuling's third organization were discovered, and every day people would come to provoke them or issue missions that had no return.

Or perhaps they were assassinated when they were bored.

Mercenaries are inherently in a gray area, and interstellar law won't protect them.

However, it is not true that mercenaries arbitrarily carrying out large-scale missions would violate interstellar law.

After finishing their meal, Xia Shizhao gestured for Ye Qiuling to follow him.

Upon entering the research lab, Xia Shizhao took out a bottle of dark blue potion and tossed it to Ye Qiuling behind him, saying, "Try drinking this; it's a potion to enhance mental strength."

Ye Qiuling opened the lid and drank it directly.

Then Xia Shizhao looked at her quietly.

He slightly bent his index finger and rested it on his chin, hissed, and muttered softly, "This shouldn't be happening, why isn't there any reaction?"

He walked over and patted Ye Qiuling on the shoulder.

The person collapsed onto her with a thud. Xia Shizhao hurriedly caught her, patted her face, and exclaimed, "Hey?! Did you faint from the pain???"

Xia Shizhao himself had taken the medicine; it was effective in stimulating mental power, but the effect was not significant.

"I'm really impressed. He was in so much pain that he passed out but didn't utter a sound. He's a tough guy."

Xia Shizhao put her on the small bed where she usually rested, then placed the instrument around Ye Qiuling's temples, stood up and carefully observed the constantly changing data on the screen.

They are all developing towards the peak value.

Xia Shizhao was a little surprised to see the highest value. Ye Qiuling's mental strength had always been 2s.

The medicine was administered too aggressively.

Xia Shizhao felt a chill in his heart.

However, Ye Qiuling's overall strength has long exceeded 2s, so how could she not be 3s yet? Xia Shizhao looked at Ye Qiuling with a strange expression, scratched his head at the ears that had been stimulated, crossed his arms in confusion, and stood aside in deep thought. Surely it couldn't be because of this that her strength would increase?

As I was pondering why, I suddenly felt something soft in my arms.

Xia Shizhao looked down.

"..."

It's Little Tiger.

The doubt in her eyes was almost overflowing.

Little Tiger? ??

She didn't see Xiaohu during lunch. Ye Qiuling didn't mention bringing him either!

Holding up the little tiger, Xia Shizhao looked on with a bewildered expression. "Where did you come from? Did you pop out from under Ye Qiuling's arm? I didn't see you just now?"

Three deadly questions were asked in quick succession, but Little Tiger couldn't speak, his airplane-shaped ears drooping as he lowered his head.

Xia Shizhao could tell a little guilty from the hairy face.

Xiao Hu was created by Ye Qiuling.

This idea is simply unbelievable.

If someone had said they could conjure a white tiger out of thin air in the past, Xia Shizhao would have only given that person two words: 'crazy'.

Who would believe it if someone conjured up a fleshy, cuddly animal?

But Ye Qiuling just conjured one up out of thin air.

Xia Shizhao placed the white tiger on the lab table and looked down at it.

A short while later, Xia Shizhao took out a syringe and gently coaxed the trembling little white tiger.

"Sweetie, I'm going to draw a vial of blood to study what kind of creature you are. Don't be afraid."

Xia Shizhao inserted the needle and drew out a small tube of blood, which was then analyzed on an instrument. The results showed that the blood overlapped with Ye Qiuling's blood by 99.9%.

No, it was Xiao Hu, born to Ye Qiuling?!

Xia Shizhao strategically retreated, staring at the adorable little tiger with utter astonishment, "It's true that some people can give birth to kittens?!"

"Uh... your imagination is too wild. Little Tiger is my spiritual manifestation, not my child. Hmm, no, maybe he is my child."

Ye Qiuling woke up after being dizzy for half an hour. She looked at Xiao Hu, who had a blank look in his eyes, and took him back. She clenched her left fist and coughed twice, as if her throat was a little uncomfortable.

Xia Shizhao handed her a glass of water and said curiously, "Can you summon Little Tiger again so I can take a look?"

Ye Qiuling cleared her throat and nodded.

Silently, he summoned Little Tiger.

Xiao Hu raised his hand and waved at Xia Shizhao, but Ye Qiuling took it back.

"So spiritual power has a physical form? How did you know that?"

"Last time I was bored, I randomly picked one of those books you left in the living room, and that's what it said."

"Um?"

Xia Shizhao looked at Ye Qiuling with a dangerous yet amused expression, "No page fell out, right?"

Feeling a bit of danger, Ye Qiuling shook her head warily. She had put a page back in its original place that day, which had fallen off earlier.

Xia Shizhao nodded with relief, "Which book?"

"It's... a legend about spiritual power."

Xia Shizhao tilted his head: ...

"Wait, are you looking at that stack of books that's only half an arm's length high?"

Ye Qiuling nodded.

"No, that's a mythological novel that my mom took out to read..."

Xia Shizhao was slightly devastated. She had read so many books, but they were not as good as a mythological novel.

Ye Qiuling's throat bobbed slightly. "That...that's a mythological novel?"

"Yes... mythological novels are mythological novels, but this is a very high probability possibility."

Xia Shizhao snapped out of his breakdown and started thinking. Under Ye Qiuling's quiet gaze, he said seriously, "Why can't I? I want something fluffy too."

Ye Qiuling broke out in a cold sweat in an instant: ...

If you have that, she'll be finished too.

The spiritual body is synesthetic, meaning that when Xia Shizhao touches Xiaohu's head, her head will also feel it.

But Ye Qiuling doesn't dare to say it now.

He silently lowered his head.

Moreover, Xiao Hu represents her emotions. Sometimes when she really misses Xia Shizhao, Xiao Hu will pop up on its own and then she will happily go find Xia Shizhao.

Of course, Xiao Hu is mostly silly.

Because she didn't have that much free time to control Xiaohu's reactions.