After washing up, Lu Qing looked at the culprit in the kitchen with a resentful expression as he busied himself cooking for her.
Gu Xicheng seemed to notice the gaze and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
"Qingqing, don't look at me like that, or we might not be able to leave the house today!"
Gu Xicheng's tone was somewhat hoarse and threatening, which made Lu Qing glare at him fiercely again.
"You stingy person!"
Gu Xicheng smiled helplessly, then served the steaming hot braised beef noodles.
"Want some braised beef noodles made by that stingy guy?"
Lu Qing nodded shamelessly: "Of course I ate it!"
Who would turn down delicious food!
Watching Lu Qing slurp her noodles angrily, Gu Xicheng couldn't help but feel helpless:
"You started it all, so why are you acting like the villain who got angry first!"
Lu Qing: "I only pinched you, why did you have to make me suffer for so long!"
Gu Xicheng said with a dark face, "Don't you want to think about where you pinched me?"
Lu Qing: "I..."
She couldn't say anything more; the place where she pinched him was indeed inappropriate.
Seeing Lu Qing's increasingly guilty look, Gu Xicheng couldn't help but pinch her cheek:
"Qingqing, don't be embarrassed. If you want to pinch me again next time, I'm happy to oblige!"
Lu Qing pouted and slapped Gu Xicheng's hand away.
"I didn't mean to pinch you!"
"It's all Mao Yayun's fault for recording those audio files. I couldn't stop thinking about them when I went to sleep last night."
I don't know what came over me this morning, but I suddenly wanted to hear you call my name, so I did it.
Gu Xicheng couldn't help but find it amusing:
"Actually, my moaning isn't as nice as yours, really!"
Gu Xicheng started driving again, and Lu Qing blushed as if she had remembered something.
"Let's not talk about this anymore! Let's eat quickly, we still have important business to attend to after we finish eating!"
Lu Qing quickly lowered his head and ate.
Gu Xicheng stopped teasing her.
After finishing their meal, the two went to the Investigation Bureau and asked Wang Yanjun to help them find the addresses and identities of the three people who had been arrested by Mao Yayun.
Of the three people, one is an ordinary person, one is an internet celebrity, and the other is a well-known voice actor.
The passerby's family had already called the police, but the internet celebrity was being pressured by her company not to do so because of her profession.
The voice actor was on leave when he was arrested, and he doesn't usually contact his family, so even his family doesn't know he's missing.
Judging from the expectation and anxiety on the faces of the family members, it was clear that the kidnapped person had not been released.
Wang Yanjun also had someone use the Sky Eye system to search the entire city, but they still couldn't find any trace of the three people.
These three people seemed to have vanished from the world in an instant.
"Now it's confirmed, these three have been kidnapped by that auspicious beast again!" Lu Qing said in a deep voice.
Wang Yanjun: "But why would an auspicious beast kidnap three people who have already been kidnapped?"
Gu Xicheng: "I think the most important thing right now is to figure out exactly what this auspicious beast is."
Lu Qing took out the tuft of hair that he had found at Mao Yayun's house last night.
"Hey bro, can the DNA system detect the genes of mythical beasts?"
Wang Yanjun: "Um... well... that probably won't work!"
"If it's a mythical beast or monster that's already on the list, their genes can be identified. But for those that have never appeared in the world before, there's no record of them in the database at all, so there's nothing we can do about it."
Lu Qing couldn't help but sigh: "Then who else can help us identify the owner of this hair?"
Wang Yanjun: "If there were a mythical beast, perhaps it could tell the difference!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing's eyes lit up:
"A mythical beast! How could I forget? I have a mythical beast too!"
"Gu Xicheng, let's go! We'll go to your house!"
Lu Qing pulled Gu Xicheng away.
Upon arriving at the Gu family home, the two headed straight for the cat villa in the garden.
That's right, Lu Qing was looking for the Five Elements Spirit Beast, Little Coal Ball.
Although Little Coal Ball claims Lu Qing as its master, its true owner is Gu Fei.
After the last time it fell into a deep sleep, Gu Fei put Little Coal Ball in the cat villa. When it woke up, Lu Qing didn't intend to take it with him.
So it truly became a giant cat, eating and sleeping in the villa.
After some time apart, it has grown to be larger than an adult Maine Coon.
When Lu Qing went over, it was sleeping on its soft little bed!
The pot next to it contained various kinds of stewed meat that hadn't been eaten.
He lives a more comfortable life than Lu Qing.
"Coal lump, wake up!"
Lu Qing poked the coal ball's head and it took him a long time to wake it up.
What are you doing?!
The coal fan, still half asleep, stretched out his paw, waved Lu Qing's hand away, and then fell asleep again.
Lu Qing lost his patience, grabbed it by the scruff of its neck, and lifted it up:
"Wake up!!!"
With a roar like a lioness from the east of the river, Coal Ball was instantly awakened, and the fur on his entire body stood on end in fright.
Upon turning its head and seeing Lu Qing's face, it was overjoyed:
"Master! It's you? You finally remembered to look for me!"
These words made Lu Qing feel a little guilty.
She had indeed put the coal briquettes out of her mind for a long time.
If I hadn't needed its help this time, I probably still wouldn't have remembered.
"Um... how strong are you now?" Lu Qing asked.
"I'm really amazing now, Master, let me go and I'll show you!"
Lu Qing released his grip, and the coal ball landed lightly on the ground. Then, with a shake, it instantly emitted a multicolored light.
Lu Qing could clearly feel the five elements of spiritual energy gathering on its body.
This force is powerful, but there is still room for improvement.
The coal ball has probably not yet reached adulthood. Once it does, it will be able to harness the power of the five elements in the universe.
"Not bad!" Lu Qing's praise was genuine.
The coal ball tossed its head smugly:
"I knew it! You won't lose out if you accept it!"
"Master, did you come to see me because you need something?"
Lu Qing: "Can't I come to see you if I have nothing to do?"
"You probably don't even remember me unless it's something important!"
Coal Ball was quite aware of its place in Lu Qing's heart.
After all, Lu Qing was forced to take it in as a pet in the first place, so it's normal that he doesn't remember it unless necessary.
Lu Qing coughed lightly:
"I do need your help with something."
Coal ball: "Master, just tell me, I'll do whatever I can to help you!"
Lu Qing took out the tuft of hair and gave it to it:
"Smell this. Do you know what kind of mythical beast's fur this is?"
The coal ball leaned closer, sniffed, and then exclaimed:
"Such a rich auspicious aura! This is the fur of an auspicious beast!"
Lu Qing nodded: "That's right, but I don't know exactly which auspicious beast it is!"
The coal briquette took another careful sniff:
"This taste... seems familiar!"
"Master, please don't rush, let me think about it!"
Coal Ball paced back and forth around Lu Qing as he pondered.
After a long while, it exclaimed in surprise:
"That's it! It's deer antler! This taste, no doubt about it, this is it!"
“Lu Shu!” Lu Qing frowned immediately.
She had heard of this auspicious beast, but had never seen it before, and there was no record of its appearance in ancient books.
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