Ye Xiao rushed out with the instrument. The instrument's beeps became sharper and louder, as if it was getting closer and closer to the target. Ye Xiao's heart also began to pound.
It's not necessarily a conversation, but it's impossible for someone in the forest garden to suddenly die here, so what's the matter with the sudden appearance of the soul?
So it’s probably just a conversation!
Ye Xiao was extremely excited, but his face was extremely tense. He moved quickly following the alarm of the instrument. However, just two seconds later, the alarm suddenly stopped, and Ye Xiao's footsteps also paused. The surroundings instantly returned to the loneliness of the night. Everything was quiet and even a little empty, as if nothing had happened.
Ye Xiao lowered his head, staring at the silent device, his brow furrowed. He turned it off and back on again, but still nothing happened. He looked around and suddenly called out, "Tan Tan, is that you?"
Beneath a tree by the distant lake, a pink little mouse, sprawled on the ground, moved at the sound of the shouting. She struggled to get up, but she had no strength at all. "What's going on? I'm so tired. Were you feeling the same way?" she asked.
Lu Xin circled around her twice: "I don't think so. Are you too weak... Oh, I mean your soul is too weak."
Lin Tantan lay there depressed. Lu Xin said again, "Try to move your paws and tail."
Lin Tan Tan tried: "I can't feel their presence."
"That's because you and your new body aren't compatible enough yet. Uh, try more."
Lin Tan Tan has seen through Lu Xin. This guy is just a half-baked person and has only a vague understanding of many things. However, having him as an advisor is better than having no one around.
Although she felt extremely tired and as if a mountain was pressing down on her, she still tried her best to move and grab.
“…Ahh, it’s moving!”
"...That looks like the wind blowing through your fur, doesn't it?"
Lin Tan Tan: "..."
"Hey, did your tail move?"
"Really? Let me see. I can't turn my head."
The two rookies were messing around there, one of them was anxious to roll up his sleeves and get to work, and they didn't notice Ye Xiao walking towards them.
Ye Xiao looked at the tree by the lake, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. These days, whenever he approached it, the tree would shake non-stop, but it was so quiet tonight. Was it asleep?
For some reason, he always felt that there seemed to be something different about this tree. The branches and leaves seemed to be dimmer and less vibrant, but also seemed to be more relaxed, as if some burden had been removed. To be honest, it was like returning to the original tree that had been growing quietly.
After a while, water drops began to fall from the leaves of the big tree. More and more water drops gathered together, and it looked like a light rain under the tree.
Ye Xiao remembered again that it seemed that it had not rained much these days, which was its normal state.
He didn't quite understand what was going on, but he still had high hopes for the tree. He patted the trunk and said, "Did you see Tan Tan? Was she the one who appeared just now?"
The trees were silent and motionless, with no reaction at all. Ye Xiao frowned and sighed, looking towards the peaceful forest garden. Just as he was about to leave, he heard a weak "chirp" sound. Following the sound, he saw a small light pink thing lying on the ground, struggling to wriggle. It was the one making the sound.
Looking closely, it was a little mouse with smooth and neat fur. It was only the size of a handhole and very delicate and cute.
Of course, this exquisite cuteness is evaluated by Ye Xiao imitating Lin Tantan's aesthetics and senses. He himself does not think it is that cute.
He thought that if Tan Tan saw the little mouse, he would definitely say it was so cute, then pick it up to look at it for a few more seconds and give it some snacks.
At this time, the little mouse was lying there limply, moving but unable to really get up, as if it was sick. It was soaked by the water droplets dripping from the leaves, and its fur was stuck together, looking very pitiful.
Ye Xiao hesitated for a moment and squatted down in front of it.
Lin Tantan was very excited at the moment: "I can scream now, ah, my claws can move! Ouch, where does the water come from!"
The cold water dripped onto her body. Her new body was so small, and there was a dense bunch of leaves right above her. She was soaked in no time. She shivered with cold. Oh my god, it was so cold!
It’s winter now!
She wanted to look up to see what was going on, but suddenly a shadow fell over her. She looked up and was immediately startled.
From her current perspective, the person in front of her was no different from a giant, and she felt very oppressive. But she soon realized that it was Ye Xiao, and the oppressive feeling disappeared. She shouted twice excitedly and anxiously.
“Chichi!”
Ye Xiao! It's me! Let's talk!
Of course Ye Xiao didn't understand. To him, it sounded like the little mouse saw a savior when it saw him. It made a delicate and cheerful cry, and its two small black eyes lit up.
Those eyes and that look reminded him of his little girl who was nowhere to be found. He even had an outrageous thought in his mind: maybe Tan Tan couldn't see him now, but found that the little mouse was injured and sick and lying here unable to move, so she appeared to lure him out and asked him to save this little thing.
He stared at the little mouse for a moment, making sure that the joy in her eyes was not an illusion. She was really a very smart little creature, and he preferred to be like this when talking to her.
He turned around and looked around: "Let's talk, is that you?"
Lin Tan Tan: “…” It’s me, but why are you talking to the empty air? I’m right in front of you!
"Chirp, chirp!" Lin Tantan called a few more times, trying hard to use his thin claws that were just able to move twice.
Ye Xiao looked at her again, and seeing how hard she was trying to survive, he said, "Whether or not Tan Tan led her to discover you, just come with me. When she comes back and sees you, she will definitely like you."
As he said this, he pinched the little mouse, whose fur was stuck together and had shrunk to the size of a fist, just like pinching a steamed dumpling, and placed it in the palm of his other hand.
When the cold skin came into contact with her, Lin Tan, who was freezing, shivered and curled up instinctively. She wanted to have a larger area of contact with the skin to absorb more heat, so she stretched out her claws and scratched Ye Xiao's palm, urging him to close his palm.
Ye Xiao indeed clenched his palm, worried that the little thing would fall from his hand, and then took her into the house.
Lin Tantan felt a little more comfortable now, but was still shivering from the cold.
Soon she was brought into the room. The room was not much warmer than outside and there was no heating equipment at all. She wanted to get into the bed, but Ye Xiao held her in his hand, got a basin of water, and put her in to wash her.
Lin Tantan always washes the small animals he picks up first.
But the problem was that if it was really cold, Lin Tantan would always use hot water. She was both a water and fire element, so getting hot water was easy. Ye Xiao, on the other hand, didn't have that ability. He was a master who could take cold showers even in the coldest days of winter. Lin Tantan wasn't around at the moment, and she didn't care about her quality of life at all, so it was impossible for her to prepare hot water in her room.
So Lin Tantan screamed in pain from the cold.
"Ahhhh! It's so cold!"
All they made were "chirping" sounds and the appearance of them flapping their wings like crazy.
Ye Xiao directly suppressed her with force, rinsed her in cold water, then picked her up, wiped her clean with a towel, and then let the air blow dry her fur.
The process was very quick, but Lin Tantan was still freezing. The last gust of wind was still so cold that she couldn't even open her eyelids. Her fur was all pulled back, revealing her pointy head. She was screaming, "Ahhhhh Ye Xiao, you idiot! Be gentle! My fur is falling off!"
When she was finally blown dry, the skin all over her body felt a dull pain from having her hair pulled.
She lay on the table like a pancake, even more wilted than before.
Ye Xiao poked her: "What's wrong?" Is she so seriously ill?
After hesitating for a while, he finally asked Mingze to come over.
After all, this is most likely the mutant rat that Tan Tan has his eyes on.
Mingze got up immediately after receiving the call and rushed to Linyuan. He thought something serious had happened, but he didn't expect that he had to treat a little mouse.
Mingze was stunned for a moment, looking at the mouse on the table that seemed to be dying: "This is..."
"Check if it's sick." Ye Xiao didn't explain.
Mingze didn't ask any more questions, but after checking it again, there seemed to be nothing wrong. He guessed, "Maybe it has a fever? Its body temperature is a little hot." As he said this, he input energy into the little mouse.
As the wood energy surged into her body, the drowsy Lin Tan was suddenly shocked. She opened her eyes and saw Mingze. She guessed that the energy she received was wood energy. Is this what Lu Xin said, that receiving wood energy feels like taking a hot spring bath?
It’s so, so comfortable.
Lin Tan Tan was almost in tears. She had finally waited for the wood energy. It seemed that possessing the mouse was the right decision.
However, she was a big boss of the wood element in the past, but now she has to wait for others to give her energy. The gap is really too big.
Thinking of this, she fell into a deep sleep unknowingly. Lu Xin was right. The drowsiness brought by soaking in a hot spring was totally irresistible.
Seeing that the little mouse had fallen asleep, Mingze withdrew his hand after a while and said hesitantly, "It should be fine." For some reason, this little mouse gave him a very strange feeling.
Ye Xiao nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."
After Mingze left, he looked at the little pink ball sleeping soundly on the table, hesitated for a moment, and thought that it had a fever, so he found a soft little cushion to make a nest for it. After putting it on the cushion, he covered it with a small quilt made of a towel, and even moved a lamp not too far away to cover it.
While doing all this, Ye Xiao inexplicably felt a soft and peaceful feeling in his heart. When he came to his senses, his expression became a little strange. He looked at the chubby little pink ball for a long time, his expression changing from time to time, and then he regained his composure. He just sat beside it the whole night and continued to practice his supernatural powers.
The next day, Lin Tantan woke up feeling refreshed. Ah, so comfortable. She felt that her soul had indeed become much stronger. The wood energy was indeed powerful. She had to find a way to let Mingze give her more treatment.
Thinking of this, she found that the bed under her body was so comfortable, just like her old big bed. It had been a long time since she had slept in her own soft big bed, or rather, it had been a long time since she had a proper sleep lying down. It was really pitiful to be a ghost.
She couldn't help but shrink into her own bed, turning left and right, sighing and grumbling. As she turned around, she suddenly remembered that she should be at Ye Xiao's place now. He hadn't sent her away, had he? She quickly climbed out and looked up to meet a pair of calm and deep eyes.
Lin Tantan was stunned.
Ye Xiao looked at her for a moment, then slowly withdrew his gaze from her, as if the observation he had just made did not exist, and slowly said, "What do you want to eat in the morning?"
Lin Tan Tan looked in the direction of his finger. There were many small plates. One plate contained a pot of milk, one plate contained a few peanuts, one plate contained some minced meat, one plate contained cheese, and some contained corn kernels, carrots, potatoes, melon seeds, oil, small insects, small pieces of wood, paper, etc.
She was surprised. Could a mouse eat such a good breakfast?
Ah, these wonderful days of eating and waiting to die!
She crawled out of her nest, sniffed this dish, pried open that, and found that the corn kernels and melon seeds were all raw. She had no interest in them, let alone the woodworms. She set her sights on milk, peanuts, and minced meat. Just as she was about to drink some milk and opened her mouth, she suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao said considerately, "Do you want to wash your face and brush your teeth first? Or go to the bathroom first?"
He was taken out with a small washbasin, a small toothbrush, and even a small toilet. Lin Tan was stunned. These were obviously made of wood, and they were quite suitable for her current body shape, but when did he prepare them? Was he really going to keep her as a pet?
My boyfriend, no, my husband actually likes pets so much?
She was dizzy and was helped by Ye Xiao to wash her face and brush her teeth, but when it was her turn to use the small toilet, she refused to go up. She jumped off the table and almost fell head over heels. Fortunately, Ye Xiao reached out to catch her.
She was put on the ground and was about to run out. Ye Xiao wanted to follow her, but she turned her head and called out to him twice. Ye Xiao seemed to understand and just stood there motionless. Lin Tan Tan then ran out and found a secluded place far away, and solved her physiological problem very unskillfully.
Alas, she never thought that one day she would have to pee in the open air.
Turning her head and coming out of the bushes, she suddenly saw Lu Xin floating. She was startled and then exploded: "Lu Xin, when did you show up?"
Lu Xin was actually startled by her shouting: "I just got here. I saw you running out from a distance and followed you."
Lin Tan Tan looked at him suspiciously, and after making sure he wasn't peeking, he asked, "Where did you go later?"
Lu Xinxin was still in shock and said, "Ye Xiao seems to have a soul-detecting device in his hand. It doesn't seem to be very effective on me, but it's not completely useless either. Anyway, I don't dare to get too close."
"I see."
"Did you tell him who you are?"
"Oh, I forgot!" My original plan was to write a statement of identity as soon as I could move. But I was surprised by the set of toiletries just now. Well, I'll write it later.
She ran back and saw Ye Xiao standing in front of the house, looking at her silently. The morning light danced in his eyes, covering up his true emotions. She shrank her claws, suddenly feeling that his gaze was very strange. The next moment, he slowly smiled, squatted down, holding a small towel in his hand, and said softly, "Come here, let me wipe your claws."
The author has something to say: Ye Xiao: I suddenly found that my wife seemed to have turned into a little mouse. What should I do? Of course I should continue to pamper her.
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