Chapter 21
"I'm not saying anything stupid! What I said is true! Don't keep treating me like a child!"
Tang Yu'an said loudly, like a little lion with its fur standing on end.
"Okay, I said the wrong thing."
Zhou Qi hugged him again and rubbed his head with his chin, "I apologize to you, I'm sorry."
Tang Yu'an's arrogance suddenly deflated.
"I don't want you to apologize, I just want you to be well and stay with me forever..."
Hearing the crying tone in his voice, Zhou Qi felt his heart soften, "Okay, as long as you don't mind, I will always be with you."
"I don't dislike it, and you can't dislike me either!"
Zhou Qi smiled slightly, rubbed his head again, and said, "Well, that's what you said."
With Zhou Qi's gentle comfort, Tang Yu'an's emotions gradually stabilized. He sniffed and wiped away his tears somewhat embarrassedly.
"Do you feel uncomfortable somewhere?" he asked with concern.
Zhou Qi paused.
Before he could say anything, Tang Yu'an bared his teeth and said, "Tell me the truth!"
Obviously, Tang Yu'an was still brooding over what Zhou Qi had concealed from him, and it was easy to find something wrong with him after careful observation.
Zhou Qi sighed helplessly, and finally told the truth: "I don't feel anything at ordinary times, it's just..."
Hearing his explanation, Tang Yu'an was stunned.
"You said that when Grandpa Li took out the stone, you felt like you were being controlled?"
As he spoke, he took out the blue crystal from his portable storage.
When the blue crystal appeared, Black Pearl, who was lying on the sofa and secretly observing the two teenagers, suddenly raised his head, and greed appeared in his golden eyes.
However, before it could react, the older human boy, whom it had originally ignored, suddenly looked towards it.
A sharp and bloodthirsty red light appeared in his black eyes.
Black Pearl suddenly became furious.
It suddenly arched its body. Although it looked like a cute white Pomeranian, it still retained the habits of a cat.
The puppy almost exploded into a fur ball, with its claws digging into the ground and its teeth bared, looking completely alert and fearful in the face of danger, ready to fight at any time.
Its movement naturally attracted Tang Yu'an's attention.
Tang Yu'an turned his head and looked at it, "Are you awake?"
He stood up and walked towards Black Pearl. As the blue crystal in his hand moved away, Zhou Qi's eyes regained a bit of clarity.
Realizing that he had lost control again, cold sweat broke out on his back again. He clearly felt the desire to snatch the blue crystal.
Zhou Qi took a deep breath and tried hard to suppress the desire.
"Don't be afraid, it's safe here."
The sound of Tang Yu'an talking to the puppy reached his ears, calming his rapidly beating heart.
An An...
Zhou Qi silently recited Tang Yu'an's name in his heart. As his eyes became more and more determined, the red in his eyes gradually faded, and the consciousness that tried to snatch his body hid in his body again.
The angry Black Pearl slowly calmed down after being comforted by Tang Yu'an.
It was still wary of Zhou Qi. Although his eyes had returned to normal and the creepy aura that made it shudder had disappeared, it no longer dared to underestimate this human boy as before.
Tang Yu'an finally realized something and turned to look at Zhou Qi.
"Brother Xiaoqi?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Zhou Qi smiled. There was indeed something strange in his body, but everything that happened just now at least proved that the thing was not invincible.
Tang Yu'an walked back to his side again, looked left and right, and made sure that he was okay before showing the blue crystal in front of him.
"Will it still be controlled now?" he asked.
Zhou Qi could feel a voice whispering in his ear: Grab it... Grab it quickly...
However, he shook his head at Tang Yu'an.
"It's okay, I won't be affected by it again." Zhou Qi said, "Put it away first, don't use it for the time being."
Since that was what the parasite wanted, how could he let it succeed?
"Oh well."
Tang Yu'an put the stone away. Seeing that Zhou Qi looked normal, he turned around and walked away, going to the kitchen to get Black Pearl's portion of food.
The other three little ones had already licked their bowls clean. Seeing Tang Yu'an taking new food, they couldn't help but look at him with expectant eyes.
"This one is for Black Pearl, you are not allowed to grab it." Tang Yu'an said solemnly.
Hearing this, the three little ones drooled but behaved well and did not move forward.
Black Pearl looked at the small bowl that Tang Yu'an placed in front of it, then looked at the two dogs and one cat opposite, and found that even the four-eyed dog listened to the young man very much, and deep thought appeared in his eyes again.
It actually wanted the blue crystal very much, but when the boy approached it, it had no intention of snatching it away.
It wasn't until the boy put the crystal away that it felt a little annoyed, but it had no intention of attacking the boy.
How strange...
Although it had doubts, it was obviously not smart enough to figure out why.
Noticing that the two dogs and one cat were looking at this side eagerly, Black Pearl finally collected her thoughts and looked at the bowl of white liquid in front of her.
It's a fragrance I've never smelled before...
Black Pearl lowered its head and carefully licked the milk. When the wonderful taste spread across its tongue, it finally understood why the four-eyed dogs looked at it with such eyes.
What is this? How can it be so delicious?!
“Awoo—Awoo—”
The little white dog buried its head in eating, and kept making whimpering sounds in its throat to protect its food, which was exactly the habit of a cat.
Tang Yu'an smiled and ignored him. Instead, he came to Zhou Qi again and said, "Brother Xiaoqi, are you really okay? I think I saw your eyes turn red before."
"Well, it's probably related to that thing." Zhou Qi said.
Tang Yu'an looked at him. Although he was very worried, there seemed to be nothing he could do for the time being.
He had no choice but to say, "I'll keep an eye on your dashboard information."
Now we can only hope that the grocery store system can provide any more useful clues.
"As for that blue crystal... let's go find Grandpa Li tomorrow and ask him what this stone is and what its specific function is."
Such a small stone is worth 200 points, which should not be simple in itself.
"good."
Zhou Qi agreed.
After they sorted out today's harvest and made simple plans for the next day, they prepared to take a shower and go to bed.
There is not much entertainment at night and it wastes electricity. It is better to go to bed early and get up early to recharge your energy.
When Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi finished packing and were about to turn off the lights and go upstairs, they suddenly noticed something and turned to look at the open space in the back room.
Yinbi pounced on Wangcai, pressed the kitten under his paws, and enthusiastically smeared its face with saliva.
The four-eyed puppy had already lain down in the corner, sleeping with its eyes closed. As for Black Pearl...
Tang Yu'an picked up the empty bowl on the ground and looked around the shop, but couldn't find the little white dog.
Finally, he saw a window hole in front of the shop that was stretched open a crack, and there were still a few black hairs remaining on the wooden board of the window hole.
It seems that it ran away while they were taking a shower.
Tang Yu'an scratched his head, looked at the black pearl in good condition on the pet panel, opened the map and took a look, and sure enough, he saw an orange-yellow light spot appear on it.
This orange light spot should represent the pet, which will only appear on the map after leaving the grocery store.
Watching the light spot quickly run away, Tang Yu'an finally chose not to recall it.
Take it slow, Black Pearl is a cat and he loves freedom by nature.
Since Yuanbao can independently transform between its original form and a puppy, Black Pearl should be able to do it as well.
When I met it in the afternoon, it was still holding down the silver coins to fight. It should be considered powerful among the mutant creatures and not afraid of being bullied.
However, Tang Yu'an still made settings on the pet panel.
[Automatically recall pet slots when endangered]
[Do not attack humans unless threatened]
Then he went back to the back room, petted the three little ones who stayed, laid out sleeping mats for them, said good night, and went back upstairs to sleep with Zhou Qi.
Today is an extremely fulfilling day.
As soon as the two teenagers lay down in bed, they fell into a deep sleep.
No words were spoken that night.
The next day, when Tang Yu'an got up, he found that there were new changes in today's daily tasks.
The task panel only says: Daily tasks (updated at 00:00 every day)
1. Completed the transaction (0/2)
2. Purchase goods at the wholesale market (0/20)
3. Complete the cargo inventory with the help of the cargo list function (0/1)
4. Clean the shop (0/1)
5. Complete the transaction and get profit (0/2)
There are still 5 tasks, but except for cleaning and inventorying, the number of other tasks has increased, which may be related to the fact that his merchant level was upgraded to level 2 yesterday.
Tang Yu'an told Zhou Qi the news.
Zhou Qi nodded, "Fortunately, today's task is not difficult."
Now they already have stable customers. Not to mention Granny Guo and Kang Kang, Old Li is still seriously injured and has not recovered yet, so he should have a need for business.
Then there is Lin Zhen, who can also be developed into a stable customer source.
"Yes, fortunately we are not looking for two new customers." Tang Yu'an's tone was full of relief.
If the number of daily tasks to be completed increases with each upgrade, then it would be very difficult. Fortunately, there are good things like daily task refresh cards.
"Let's get up."
"good!"
When they came down from the attic, they saw Silver Coin running towards them with a little orange cat on its head, wagging its tail and greeting them enthusiastically.
Yuanbao also wagged his tail, but didn't run over. He just squatted there and watched them.
Tang Yu'an greeted them one by one, and just as he was about to go wash up, Yinbi bit the corner of his clothes and pulled him towards the store door.
"Do you want to go out and play?"
Tang Yu'an opened the door of the shop, but smelled a bloody smell coming in from outside. Zhou Qi, who was standing behind him, couldn't help but change his expression.
He pulled Tang Yu'an behind him, then cautiously looked out, only to see—
A dead bird had been placed at the door at some point, and there were several feline footprints left around it.
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