Chapter 10

There was a sound of rain outside the window, but the house, which was heated by the heater, was completely silent.

The black ball was quieter than ever. When the heavy rain fell, it casually looked back.

After all the hassle, Wen Xin really didn't have the energy to cook, so she just ate something quickly.

He glanced at the heavy rain outside the window, suddenly picked up the black ball that was dozing on the table, and started stroking the cat.

The black group was caught off guard.

The young man's technique of stroking the cat was very skillful, gentle but powerful. His porcelain-white fingertips stroked the side of its face, repeatedly hooking and pinching, bringing out waves of tingling and pleasurable sensations.

The black group struggled in vain and was soon defeated by Wen Xin's actions. Their vision became blurred and they let out a restrained and patient cry.

Wen Xin put his hand close to its ear and smiled softly: "Does it feel itchy or uncomfortable?"

"roar."

The roar was light, and it was obvious that he was too embarrassed to say it out loud. Wen Xin laughed again and coaxed him gently: "Do you want me to tickle you again tomorrow?"

"roar."

"But scratching an itch takes effort. I'm working so hard, so it's not too much to ask for some compensation, right?"

"roar."

"So when I bring it back later, you are not allowed to quarrel with it again."

“Roar…Roar?”

Suddenly, the black group's confused eyes became clear.

It quickly turned its head to look at Wen Xin, who blinked innocently: "You have already agreed, you can't go back on your word."

Looking at the young man with an expectant look on his face, Hei Tuan's brows were wrinkled, but his eyes relaxed a little.

Realizing this, Wen Xin immediately hugged the black ball and gave it a big kiss happily.

"Xiao Hei, I know you are the best!"

Wen Xin stood up, put on his coat quickly, picked up his umbrella, and while Heituan was still in a daze, he stood at the door and promised loudly: "We will be back soon--"

The door slammed shut.

The roar that the black ball was about to roar against his mouth was choked back, and the corners of his mouth twitched constantly.

Looking at the pouring rain outside the window again, it closed its eyes helplessly, as if it had compromised.

There was insufficient light at night, and the heavy rain blurred the normal scene into a hazy mess. It was extremely difficult to find a cat in such a situation.

"Little Green, Little Green—Ah Green!"

For so long, Wen Xin didn't know what the green ball was called, and could only call it according to the cat's color.

However, after calling out anxiously several times, there was no sign of the other person.

Maybe the Green Team had already left this place in anger, and he was just wasting his energy searching for it.

But when Wen Xin thought back to the stubborn little figure standing in the sunset, he felt that the Green Group was still here.

So Wen Xin didn't stop.

The wind was blowing hard, and the drizzle was blown into places that the umbrella couldn't cover, and Wen Xin's clothes and hair were all damaged.

He just wiped his wet face and continued searching nonchalantly.

Finally, when he found a bush against the corner of the wall, a round little head poked out from the shadows.

"Meow……"

The cry was so subtle that if Wen Xin had not paid close attention, he would have probably ignored it.

He lowered his head and saw the familiar young man, and his anxious heart finally settled down.

The scale viper had originally returned to its original form and shrank into the shadows, but the moment Wen Xin came over, it subconsciously turned into a cat.

This inevitably resulted in its fur getting soaked by the rain and sticking to its body, making it look like a skinny cat.

The scene before my eyes was so similar to the day when I picked up the black group.

Wen Xin felt soft-hearted and distressed, so he squatted down and wanted to hug it: "Why don't you take shelter from the rain?"

Unexpectedly, Green Ball avoided his hand and took a step back.

The beast's pupils trembled, avoiding his gaze, as if it was afraid of something.

Wen Xinfang said softly, "Be good, Xiao Hei won't hurt you again."

But the green group still didn't want to get close to him, and instead retreated further away.

Wen Xin was puzzled.

It was not until he noticed that the green ball frequently glanced at the bandage on his palm with the corner of his eye that he suddenly understood something.

But instead of retracting his hand, he stretched it out so that the green group could see it more clearly: "You know, this is proof that you are protecting me."

Green Group was stunned when he heard this and stared at him strangely, wondering if Wen Xin had gone stupid.

How can scars be proof of protection?

Wen Xin was very frank: "First, I cut this wound by myself. It has nothing to do with you. Second, and this is the most important point. If it weren't for you, I would have been injured more seriously, and I might even have died."

The green group opened its mouth.

Wen Xin didn't give it a chance to feel disgusted, and he bluntly said to it, "Are you afraid that you might hurt me?"

"But you have been clearly protecting me all along. Even though I rejected you repeatedly and ignored you on purpose, and finally made you angry, you didn't hit me."

The young man frowned, and his eyes seemed to be filled with starlight, dazzling and eye-catching.

He spoke each word with great certainty, "I believe you will not hurt me."

The rain was pouring down, but it was completely blocked by the depressed umbrella.

In this quiet and narrow bush, time seemed to drag on for a long time. After a long time, the green ball finally stopped hiding and let the young man hold him in his arms.

After the young man returned home and took a shower, the smell of shower gel was still on his body, light and refreshing, and seemed to be some kind of clear woody fragrance, with some floral scent.

The fragrance had become very faint in the rain, so the green ball moved closer and sniffed the fragrance carefully, as if trying to remember something.

Wen Xin discussed with it: "Do you have your own name? No... How about I call you A-Lu?"

The scale viper responded in a low voice.

When the two returned home, Wen Xin paid special attention to the black group's reaction.

Heituan didn't get angry. He just opened his eyes, glanced at them, and then closed his eyes.

Instead, the green ball in Wen Xin's arms struggled, jumped to the ground, and took the initiative to approach the black ball.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, and the green group spoke first.

Scaled Viper: "I really didn't intend to let them survive that experiment..."

It recalled the scene at that time with an unexpectedly calm expression, or rather numbness, so it did not speak very fast.

"The more mutants that die, the greater the chance of survival, so everyone goes crazy and bites everyone they see, including me."

"There was blood everywhere, and screams everywhere. I don't know who bit me. It hurt so much that I dare not think about anything else. If anyone dares to bite me or get close to me in the future, I will bite and inject venom into them."

"Until the end, there was only one sheep left."

Originally, the black ball just listened quietly, but only at this moment did it open its eyes, and its gaze pierced the scale viper as sharp as an arrow.

Surprisingly, there was no ferocity in the eyes of the scale viper, only confusion.

“It came right at me.”

At that time, the scaly tree viper had used up every last drop of venom, and its body was covered with wounds, all of which were bloody bites from other mutants. Even the base of its tail was broken.

Except for the remaining fangs, it has basically lost its combat capability.

It was tired and in pain, and was even more afraid that it would die. Its nerves were stretched to the extreme, and in the chaos it heard a cry for mercy.

The one crying for mercy was not the sheep, but the dying tiger beside it.

The sheep, which had no fighting power, had no advantage in the fight, so the tiger paid a heavy price to protect the other side.

The scaled viper still had half of its tail, but it lost all of its tail and was bleeding profusely.

The tiger knew it was dying, so it howled with all its might, saying that the sheep was no threat and hoping the scaled viper would let it go.

However, before the scale viper could respond, it died in pain.

Even until its body lay motionless, its gray eyes were still fixed on the scale viper, full of pleading.

The scale viper rarely thought about what happened next.

It refused to recall the past. Whenever it thought of the sheep's sad cries, it always felt as if its heart was torn apart.

It was only when it was curled up in the rain-washed bushes just now that it vaguely remembered that after the tiger died, in addition to the hysterical howling of the sheep, it also heard the endless discussions of humans on the loudspeaker.

Things like “This sheep looks really pitiful when it cries” and “Some parts of the sheep’s structure are similar to those of humans”.

And what about "Haha, now that you guys mention it, I really want to give it a try"...

The scale viper, who was only thinking about surviving, didn't really understand those vague words.

But it remembered that after hearing these words, the sheep stopped crying, its eyes turned red as if blood was about to drip out, it went completely crazy, and opened its mouth to bite it, as if it wanted to commit suicide.

Faced with the threat of life and death, the Scaled Viper did not hesitate at all.

It was already numb to killing, and just like killing other mutants, it easily strangled the weak sheep and then stabbed its fangs into the other's warm neck.

…

After hearing the whole story, Heituan moved his lips, and after a while, he hummed.

The green group didn't care what the other party's reaction was. After finishing speaking, it just stood there in a daze.

Time seemed to be frozen, stuck at this moment, stagnant.

Until Wen Xin came over with a towel and a hair dryer.

"Alu, come here."

Wen Xin first wiped the green ball with a towel, then turned on the hair dryer to a low setting and blew its hair dry carefully.

After it was over, Wen Xin noticed that the atmosphere between the two groups was a bit weird and raised his eyebrows.

He thought they couldn't let go because they hadn't resolved their past grievances.

Thinking that as the owner, he must act as a catalyst for melting the ice, Wen Xin picked them up, one in each hand.

The two balls had no time to react and were rubbed madly by Wen Xin.

"Okay, okay, the past is in the past. We should all look forward, right?"

The black ball's hair was all messed up by his rubbing, and the green ball had never enjoyed such a heavy and crazy caress before, and was almost strangled to death.

The green group was horrified: "He, he is always like this?"

The black group struggled but failed: "I don't know, it never happened before!"

It was also the first time for Wen Xin to try to pet cats in this way. He buried his whole face in their chests, chins and cheeks, wrapped in the soft fur, and felt the vigorous beating of the muscles under the skin of the two little guys, as if he was experiencing some kind of silent excitement.

In the past, Heituan was too reserved and he didn't have the courage to do this.

At this moment, it was like the door to a new world was opened, and I became more and more addicted and more and more unrestrained.

Finally, the two balls ran away unable to bear it any longer, and the stagnant air finally began to move again.

Two thousand miles away, in a secret research base in City H, a storm is brewing.