Chapter 32 Tangled

The thousand-year-old store that Qin Buyang mentioned was located on a particularly prosperous street in the city center. Many pedestrians coming and going around were looking in this direction intentionally or unintentionally.

011 was currently lying in the host's arms, with only a pair of trembling ear tips and a tuft of smart hair showing.

Although he kept covering his head with his host's hand, he could still feel the gazes from all around him. [Host, why are all those humans looking at me? QAQ, am I looking really weird right now?]

That must be the case, otherwise why would everyone just stand there pointing and laughing at him after seeing him?

011 could already imagine what these humans were saying.

For example, "Look at that fat kitten in that person's arms. It's even wearing a skirt like a little girl. How conceited." Or, "Is that person holding a big green loaf of bread? If not, why don't we come over and eat it?"

Being called a fat kitten before left a huge psychological shadow on 011, a red panda who believed that health and fitness were the essence of beauty.

Although he said he didn't care.

But he still tried to straighten himself up to make himself less round.

As a result, the movement of straightening up attracted even more attention from the people around them. 011 saw someone seemed to be approaching, so he quickly tugged at the host's sleeve and cried, "Let's go, host! I'm scared! I feel like they want to eat me."

One of his previous hosts had said that if someone is staring at you, they want to eat you.

And humans love to eat red pandas like him.

Thinking of this, 011 suddenly felt that the eyes of the crowd looking at him were filled with terrible appetite.

Why is the world no different from before?

Fortunately, his host was quite obedient this time. Knowing he was afraid, he rubbed his head. His usually deep, magnetic voice softened considerably. "Don't be afraid. I'll protect you."

Then he pinched his ears twice.

[Host, please don't touch my ears outside.] 011 Claw instantly covered his ears with his hands. He had just vaguely heard those humans talking about furry ears, and they must have thought his ears were strange.

He pushed the host's hand away, then remembered that if he pushed him away, there would be nothing to cover his ears.

I could only pull it back angrily, [Anyway, the host is blocking it for me, but you can't pinch it.]

The red panda snorted twice in an extremely domineering manner.

After making sure he was out of sight of these people, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had not often participated in the mission world in physical form before. Although he had read in the encyclopedia that everyone liked the red panda species, he felt that humans were always strange. Who knew whether their liking for red pandas was real or fake?

"Okay, no pinching." The host's low voice sounded.

011 was instantly elated when he heard what his host said, but the next second he noticed that the cold big hand had moved, rubbing his tail very quickly and gently pinching his paws.

The gloomy young man who was pinching his paw had his handsome, deep eyebrows slightly lowered and his eyelashes trembling. His thin, seemingly straight lips seemed to be slightly raised at this moment. He said in a serious tone, "What's wrong? I didn't touch my ears."

The fingertips still did not stop moving.

011 was so sleepy from the massage that he didn't realize it was wrong. The host didn't seem to touch his ears, so he raised a paw and patted the host's head, "Oh, good boy."

A good boss should be clear about rewards and punishments.

"Yeah, so good." Lu Tai looked at the little panda in his arms and felt the envious eyes of the people around him. Faint voices of "so cute" and "I want to touch you" came to him, but he seemed not to hear them and just pinched the soft panda's paws.

With such no vigilance, I'm afraid even if he apologizes and kisses the little panda on the face, the little fool will just feel dizzy.

Thinking of this, Lu Tai did just that. He pursed his pale lips and quickly and lightly pressed his lips against the panda's clueless face. "Sorry, I just noticed there seems to be something on your face, but since I don't have both hands free, I can only use this method to help you get it off."

[Ah? So that's how it is, host, you're so kind.] 011 didn't feel anything was wrong after hearing what the host said.

The host has to hold him with one hand and massage his paws with the other hand. He definitely doesn't have a third hand. It's normal to help him with his mouth. In the system space, the big cat seniors sometimes lick his fur or something.

Just as he was thinking this, a very familiar snort suddenly came from behind him.

011 looked in the direction of the voice and saw Qin Buyang, who had changed into casual clothes and had unstyled red hair. He must have just taken a shower.

"Wow, this little skirt is pretty." The other person saw him raise an eyebrow, revealing sharp canine teeth with obvious ill intentions. "Why are there a few white spots on this kitten's red face? Let me see if it got dirty by accidentally crawling into the flour bag?"

"Come on, I'll be a good person and help you clean it up."

Qin Buyang didn't seem to care much, and said this as he quickly approached. This posture scared 011 so much that she hid in the host's arms with her ears turned upside down. "It's not a skirt! It's a cloak!"

After seeing the smile on the other person's face, 011 realized that Qin Buyang was deliberately teasing him.

It turns out that villains would not be so kind!

"Let me see what Qin Buyang likes to eat. I'll eat it all up on the table later." The red panda rubbed his paws together and laughed an extremely evil laugh, his ears trembling with excitement.

He didn't dare confront Qin Buyang face to face, so he could only plan a prank in secret with evil intentions.

After issuing this threat, 011 looked at the host and said, "Let's hurry over and grab Qin Buyang's seat. If Qin Buyang wants to eat, we'll move the table. If Qin Buyang wants to sing karaoke, we'll change the song. We're going to do the most disgusting and evil things!"

These are all good methods he learned online.

Qin Buyang: ...

He really didn't know what was going on in this little bastard's head day by day, but he was curious so he didn't say anything and waited for the other party to "bully" him.

Come to think of it, it was also the first time he saw the little bastard's true face.

It was a little rounder than Qin Buyang had imagined, like the glutinous rice balls in the supermarket that were specially made into the shape of small persimmons. I just don’t know if it looked round because of the hairs on it, or if it was solid.

In short, I just want people to try it out.

But there was a guy next to him who was guarding against him like a thief, afraid that he would get any closer. Qin Buyang could only make a face to tease him when the red panda looked at him. It would be even better if he could attract him and let him stroke it a few times.

[……]011 pretended not to see anything. It’s better not to accept such a fool as your subordinate.

The entrance of the store was in front of him. He smelled the delicious aroma and stepped on the host's arm with his front paws, trying to look inside. He felt that human food was still delicious. He felt that his mouth was turning into nutrient solution after drinking nutrient solution every day in the system space.

The red panda followed its host inside, and was soon approached by a free mechanical waiter. "Do you have a reservation, please?"

[What a stupid first-generation system! There should be three.] He wagged his tail, carefully nudged the robotic waiter's round body, which resembled a sweeping robot, with his front paws, and then excitedly jumped onto the "waiter's" head.

He felt that this round touch was very novel. Could it be that a system that had no thoughts before was like this?

The little panda stepped on it with its paws out of curiosity, finding it very interesting and just as it was about to try to connect and communicate, it heard the human Qin Buyang whispering to the host again.

It's just that he's playing on a robot, so there's no way to hear what they're saying right now.

"It seems like he's really fostered here with you. I can tell he's not very familiar with this kitten yet." Qin Buyang stood to one side, his arms folded, gloating. "Small animals like to be near heat sources, but he'd rather be near a cold machine than stay in your arms."

Kill him while he's ill.

He has always been extremely jealous of Lu Tai.

Although he is ordinary, he still wins the favor of Yaoyao.

Qin Buyang was waiting for this gloomy young man to act rudely and curse in front of the red panda. It would be best if the red panda would kick him and replace him with another useful host.

For example, him.

[What are you mumbling about again?] 011 tilted his head and looked at the red-haired man's sharp, smiling profile. He had a feeling that he was up to no good.

Seeing the host lowering his head, as if intimidated and unable to speak, he immediately jumped up in anger and rushed towards the red-haired man's face, then started beating him with cat punches. "I am the host's boss now! No one can bully me!"

After all, he accepted points from so many hosts.

However, what surprised the little panda was that the man not only did not wail and cry as he had guessed, but his big paw actually supported his butt to prevent him from falling.

She took his claws with her face as if it didn't hurt at all.

011 swung his claws dozens of times until the last system felt a little tired. He was about to take a break and continue fighting, but before he could move his claws, he was lifted off Qin Buyang's face.

Then the host's indifferent voice sounded, "Whether he likes me or not is not your concern."

[Yes, host, don't listen to his nonsense! I love you the most in the whole world and the whole universe!] 011 heard the host's voice and rubbed his chin with his ear to comfort him, [The host is now half as brave as I am when he rejected his PUA!]

He thought he was bravely protecting his younger brother.

He had no idea that he could be so adorable when he was yelling and acting fierce just now.

Everyone is looking forward to burying the cat.

Qin Buyang was also very proud.

The red panda, oblivious to the undercurrent between them, snorted with a noble and cool air, then patted the host with his paw and spoke, "Let's go eat quickly. Later, I'll extort 100 boxes of fruit from him to vent my anger on you, the host! I have absolutely no other intentions."

He pretended to be completely selfless, doing it entirely for the host's younger brother, and it had nothing to do with wanting to eat fruit.

The host didn't seem to notice and nodded happily, raising his thin lips. The sight of being fooled so easily made the little panda feel extremely guilty.

He glanced at the host stealthily again, and after making sure he was not discovered, he stood on the host's shoulder again with great interest, looking down at all the humans here.

Qin Buyang over there reported the box number. Data streams flashed on the panel of the small robot. It quickly locked the location and ran to the front to lead the way.

011 looked at the bald robot in front of him, and stepped on the host's shoulder with his claws.

He was a rather curious person by nature, and at this moment he could not help but jump up and land on the robot's head, leading the way in front with his chest held high and his head held high like a little boss.

After many twists and turns, they finally arrived at the door of the private room Qin Buyang booked on the top floor two minutes later.

The others should have arrived a long time ago. There was a very faint voice coming from inside the box door. The little panda rolled his eyes and looked at Qin Buyang who was following behind him, then stretched out his paw to pull up the door handle of the box.

"I'll make him think I opened the door, but I didn't, so he'll hit his head." 011 was constantly plotting mischief with malicious intent, "Let him embarrass himself in front of so many people. At least he'll earn a few points."

He recalled what he had seen before and used his body weight to push the door handle down.

Finally, the door opened with great difficulty. The little robot under his claws thought that it was the person inside who opened the door. After detecting that the door was open, it rolled its wheels and walked in.

As the little robot ran too fast, 011 couldn't grab the door handle and was thrown forward like a cat slingshot.

Just when he thought he was going to fall like a kitten, a pair of big hands caught him and held him in their arms. He looked up and saw Uriel's calm smoky gray eyes. His slightly cool palms rubbed his head soothingly.

011 was originally a little bit afraid of him because of what happened when he turned into a snake, but at this moment he suddenly remembered that during the assessment, the other party gave him all the snacks.

He was not one to hold grudges easily, so he tentatively stepped on the human with his paw, and only after making sure that there was no problem did he worry and check the surrounding situation.

The table is almost full now.

There were three empty seats left, next to Gary and Uriel. It seemed that they knew that pets would come, so they reserved one more seat on purpose. But the red panda was angry and unhappy at the moment.

[Ah, my plan has been ruined!] He originally wanted to take up all the seats and make Qin Buyang agree to compensate him and the host with 100 boxes of fruit before letting Qin Buyang sit down!

The evil red panda pawed at the table and began searching for a suspect among the humans. [Who on earth ruined my good deed?!]

He was busy looking around the crowd, not noticing the different expressions of the young men, especially Cedric, who simply blinked and looked away to avoid being stared at by the red panda.

[Could it be Gallier? Or Fran? They seem to be the most moral two.] 011 didn't notice anything was wrong with some of them.

He could only judge people by their personalities and quickly locked onto two targets. However, before he could retaliate, he suddenly heard Galliard say, "The kitten that Junior Lu Tai brought isn't too shy. It can have a seat all to itself. It seems Junior Cedric did the right thing this time."

"So it's you, Cedric." 011 immediately understood what Gallier said and narrowed his eyes. "I didn't expect that someone as evil as you could actually be a good person!"

[Let me find out what he doesn't like to eat, and then I'll put it all in his bowl.]

He snorted and immediately went to the original book to research what Cedric disliked about food, but after studying the entire book, he couldn't find anything that could be used as a prank.

[Damn it, I can’t find it!] 011 angrily retracted the original plot.

Cedric, who had accidentally provoked the red panda, tapped the table with a forced smile, looking at Galliard with a questioning look every second - didn't we just discuss this together? Why are you suddenly being so kind and putting all this on me?

Galliard smiled back - I would rather die than let my friend die.

011 was unaware of the undercurrent between the two of them. He was thinking of a new plan to bully Qin Buyang, to take revenge for scaring him and then mocking him for wearing a skirt.

[And it’s not a skirt at all. The host said it’s the mysterious cloak worn by the great detective!] He plucked at it with his claws.

Although the color is a bit brighter, who says that a detective panda wearing a green cape is not a detective panda? If he looks at the cape, it doesn't look like a skirt at all.

As soon as he finished speaking, Uriel, who was holding him and unconsciously pinching his paws in thought, finally lowered his gaze again.

The red panda is indeed a little different. The originally chubby little ball with short limbs is covered with a light green cloak and a cute little headscarf on its head, which just highlights its round and fluffy little face.

Two ears poked out from the tailored headscarf and shook in the air in a very eye-catching way.

Like a small clockwork doll with exquisite workmanship.

Uriel reached out his pale fingertips and touched it. It was still soft and warm. No matter how he observed it, this little panda looked like just an ordinary small animal.

Perhaps this is the result of the development of higher-dimensional civilization.

How long can 11 stay on this star?

Uriel was always indifferent to emotions. He pinched the panda's ears and habitually ignored the throbbing in his heart. Seeing that everyone was almost there, he opened his lips and said calmly, "Then let's start ordering."

As he said this, he picked up the menu on the table.

011 had been coveting the food here for a long time, and thought that people like Uriel would definitely not let their pets decide what to eat, so he struggled to return to his host, but the next second he saw a menu in front of him.

Uriel's voice was flat and level. "Order whatever you want. You should be able to understand a little bit of what I'm saying."

"I almost forgot. According to this worldview, a small number of animals have the ability to understand certain things." The red panda suddenly remembered, and without hesitation, he tapped the screen with his paws.

He was satisfied only after making sure that Uriel would bleed profusely.

At that time, he would eat and take away with the host, and pack up the leftovers and put them in the public refrigerator in the cafeteria. When eating, he could just microwave them.

The frugal red panda thought so.

Uriel naturally had no objection to eating. He had saved a lot of money over the years, enough for 100 red pandas to spend for several lifetimes.

This amount of money is nothing to him.

…

It took ten minutes for all the dishes to be served.

Because the chef operated the machine, the food was much better than in the 21st century before 011. Soon the table in front of him was filled with all kinds of delicious food.

The red panda had long been eyeing the shrimp-like delicacy, which was as big and thick as an adult's palm.

Just as he was about to move his claws, he suddenly noticed the host sitting opposite him with a sad expression. He immediately remembered that he seemed to have accidentally ignored the host for too long.

The red panda felt a little guilty.

"Host, I'll be back soon. I want to eat this shrimp. Ask Uriel to peel it for me so you don't have to get your hands dirty." He had just said that he loved the host the most in the entire universe, so now he could only rack his brains to think of a way to cover up the fact that he had forgotten the host.

Looking at the guilty look on the red panda's face, Lu Tai knew that he had probably forgotten about him.

The young man's brow darkened again, but he didn't say anything more. Instead, he looked at Uriel and said, "Professor Uriel, Yaoyao loves to eat shrimp. If no one peels the shells for him, it will easily get stuck in his throat. So let me do it so that you don't get your hands dirty."

He didn't want the red panda to see how hideous he looked because of his unreasonable jealousy, so he just lowered his eyes and spoke calmly.

"Host, host, it's okay to get his hands dirty. We're bullying him this way. After all, you're pushing someone else to do something you could do yourself." 011 didn't notice anything was wrong with the host. To him, it made no difference who fed him.

If I let Uriel feed it, I might be able to earn some points.

After all, not everyone likes peeling shrimp.

When 011 was thinking happily, suddenly a big fat peeled shrimp appeared on the plate in front of him. He turned his head and met Galliard's smiling eyes.

"If you like eating shrimps, you will become smarter. No wonder I think Yaoyao is so smart." The blond young man spoke in a gentle and warm tone, rubbing his head with his slender hands that were not wearing disposable gloves but only ordinary black gloves.

011 immediately felt proud when he was praised for being smart.

He immediately forgot about his host and watched the shiny prawn rub its head against the palm of Gary's hand. Just as he was about to grab it with his claws, he was controlled by that hand, wiped it with a wet wipe, and then carefully put on disposable gloves.

This was also his first time wearing gloves. He found it very interesting to see the black claws opening and closing in the transparent gloves.

But before he had looked at it for two seconds, he was attracted by the shrimp in front of him again and immediately grabbed it and started to nibble on it. The red panda felt that Galliard was the person with the best personality among the protagonists and villains. He was so obsessed with mysophobia that he was willing to peel shrimp for him.

He decided to bully Galliard less in the future.

011 licked his lips after finishing the last bite and was about to ask Galliard for another one, but when he looked up, he found that the group of people who were peeling shrimps at the table were now looking at him.

As if they had noticed that he still wanted to eat shrimp, everyone, including his host, reached out and handed him a peeled shrimp at the same time.

Looking at Galliard with his warm smile, Cedric who seemed very impatient but seemed to have a tail wagging behind him, Is with a cold and awkward expression, Qin Buyang who held his chin to watch the fun, Uriel who pinched his ear, Fran who peeled shrimp patiently, and the host who looked a little hurt with his eyes lowered and his long eyelashes trembling.

The red panda looked at the fat white shrimps in front of him and felt like he was looking at a difficult enemy.

No matter whose shrimp you take, the others will be unhappy.

The red panda is still relatively soft-hearted.

He had never encountered such a scene before, and was immediately entangled. His claws were so entangled that they almost tore Uriel's suit trousers into holes.