Chapter 146: Chapter 146: Night Raid

Harun, whose fox-like beast form was built for speed, ran up from the first floor in just two seconds.

Jiang Qin backed out and stood in the doorway to watch the two of them try to catch the cat.

Another ten minutes passed, and they still couldn’t do a thing about the little cat.

The cat was quite something. It was no longer the cuddly creature that had been snuggling in her arms earlier, but was now calm and composed.

It looked very proud.

Shi Lichuan was at his wit’s end. His Genes didn’t grant him any speed enhancements, but Harun had even shifted back into his beast form and still couldn’t catch the Beast Pet. That was a problem.

Given the situation, for safety’s sake, it would be best to call the Law Enforcement Team.

Jiang Qin stopped him from making the call.

She called out to the kitten, “Mimi, come here.”

The little blue cat glanced at her and, to everyone’s surprise, zipped into her arms with a WHOOSH.

She was a little surprised. ’I was just trying my luck,’ she thought, ’I didn’t expect this little cutie to be so obedient.’

Jiang Qin tried to reason with it. “Since you can understand me, can you please be good?

Otherwise, we’ll have no choice but to hand you over to the Law Enforcement Team.”

If it was handed over to the Law Enforcement Team, it most likely wouldn’t survive.

Seeing the kitten wasn’t making any aggressive moves, she handed it to Shi Lichuan.

Although the kitten didn’t act affectionately, at least it didn’t struggle anymore, letting Shi Lichuan carry it off for a bath.

Then it was disinfected.

But it refused to have its nails clipped.

It did, however, obediently drink the nutrient liquid.

“Qinqin, do you want to keep it? It’s a little dangerous. If you don’t really want to, I can send it to the Exotic Beast Training Base.

If you really want to keep it, then we will. I’m here, so it shouldn’t be able to hurt you.”

Shi Lichuan wasn’t the type of person who would remove everything potentially dangerous from Jiang Qin’s side just to eliminate a threat.

He always considered her wishes first.

If she truly liked it, he was confident he could protect her.

So the most important thing was her happiness, that she liked it.

Jiang Qin looked closely at the kitten. After being washed, it looked no different than before.

Still tiny.

Its fur and eyes were both a clear, watery blue, giving it a dewy look.

“Can we keep it? Didn’t you say it wasn’t a Beast Pet, but an Alien Beast?”

Shi Lichuan said it was fine. “It’s okay. Beast Pets are just tamed Alien Beast cubs.

This little beast is fast, but its attack power isn’t strong. It’s fine to keep it around for fun.”

“Then let’s keep it.”

“Okay, I’ll order a Pet Collar then.”

These collars were a high-tech Interstellar product. Worn on a Beast Pet’s neck, they would deliver an electric shock if it displayed aggressive behavior.

Jiang Qin didn’t really want to put a collar on the kitten, but since it had just arrived, some precautions were necessary.

She’d just have to wait until they were more familiar with it before taking it off.

…

And so, the little kitten stayed.

***

That night, as usual, Jiang Qin slept on the bed while Shi Lichuan slept in his sleeping bag.

The only difference was that now there was a cat bed on her nightstand, with a blue cat lying inside.

Late at night, everyone was fast asleep.

Listening to Jiang Qin’s light, shallow breathing, Shi Lichuan felt a sense of peace settle in his heart.

’This life now… it feels like a dream.’

With this thought, a faint smile touched his lips as he, too, drifted off to sleep.

He, who had always suffered from insomnia, had started sleeping well since the previous night.

The faint, sweet fragrance that lingered in the air was enough to soothe the mind just by breathing it in.

…

The bodyguards patrolled the villa’s perimeter, dutifully carrying out their tasks.

There were people on guard on the first, second, and third floors.

Xie An’an and her sister, living in the rooms on either side of Jiang Qin’s, were also still awake.

What they didn’t know was that right now, outside the villa, others were awake as well.

Several males were squatting in the dark area outside the villa.

Wei Chen and a few of his brothers squatted silently like a group of vagrants, standing guard for the female inside the villa.

And next to them, leaning against the wall and puffing on a smoke-like Inhibitor, who else could it be but Yun Xie?

In the darkness, only the Inhibitor dangling from the corner of his mouth flickered with a faint blue light.

Wei Chen was speechless at the group around him. “The boss and I came here to protect the little female. What are all of you doing here?

Don’t your bodies need healing? Don’t you need to restock supplies? Or have you run out of missions to take?”

“Heh heh, we’re just curious.”

Curious about what kind of female could make their boss, that absolute madman, fall in love at first sight.

Love at first sight! How beautiful must she be?

And after only seeing her once, he comes to stand watch outside her door in the middle of the night.

Most importantly, he’s standing guard without even telling the little female.

He really couldn’t understand the boss’s way of thinking.

Shouldn’t he be telling her about it to score points?

“Brother Chen, what’s the little female the boss likes really like? You have time now, so hurry up and tell us.”

Wei Chen thought for a moment, then described her seriously, “Beautiful, a great singer, very graceful and talented.

I don’t know anything else. After all, today was the first time I saw her too.”

“Well, now I’m really looking forward to seeing her.”

“But isn’t the boss being a little too nervous? That female has several S-level males protecting her at home.

And he still came all this way just to stand watch for her…”

Wei Chen glanced at Yun Xie before lowering his voice. “Miss Jiang has been targeted by those crazy scientists.”

“What???”

“Shh! Keep your voice down. If you draw people over and they see us squatting here… even if you’re not embarrassed, I will be.”

The male who had cried out hastily covered his mouth.

The blond male next to him was just as surprised. “Why would that bunch of lunatics target this female?”

“Who knows. Anyway, there’s a bounty on the Dark Web. Those scientists want her captured alive.”

“A bounty?” All the squatting males were stunned.

A female with a bounty on her head? How incredible must she be?

’She must have something on her so valuable that those scientists would be willing to pay a fortune, right?’

’If not, why would those madmen put a bounty on a little female?’

“Then… isn’t she in a lot of danger?”

“Of course she is. Otherwise, why would Brother Xie and I be out here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?”

Suddenly, as if sensing something, the group fell silent in an instant, their gazes turning vigilant as they stared ahead.

Yun Xie still had that same listless look, but a closer look would reveal that his legs were tensed, ready to spring into action at any moment.

“Something’s coming.”

“Probably a flying-type Genetic Beastman!”

Wei Chen instantly reverted to his beast form. “Let me go and meet them.”

Soon, the sounds of a clash came from up ahead.

“Alright, brothers, let’s get to work. Objective: protect the boss’s future female master.”

Yun Xie said nothing in response to his teammates’ enthusiasm, simply reverting to his beast form and slinking forward.

His long, thick Flood Dragon tail swished as he moved quickly.

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