Chapter 71. Eat My Spiritual PowerÂ
With this little thing using a triple-threat “act cute” combo, who could withstand it?
However, rules had to be established early, or she would be the one suffering later.
“Acting cute won’t work on me.”
Su Tang forced her expression to turn cold. She curled her right finger and flicked the black catâs forehead.
“Those flowers were perfectly fine there. Why did you knock them down?”
Su Tang picked up the bouquet and put it back in its original place. She looked at the petals scattered on the floor and pointed at Xiao Yu.
“I know you can do it. Pick up the trash you made and throw it in the trash can over there. Iâm going to the bathroom to dry my hair now. I hope when I come out, youâve cleaned this up, or Iâll send you back to your master.”
“I don’t like disobedient cats.”
Having said that, Su Tang turned and walked into the bedroom, intentionally leaving a crack in the door. Just as she stood still in the bedroom, she heard a rustling sound from the living room. The corners of her mouth turned up secretly.
At least itâs obedient and not as hard to manage as I thought.
Walking to the bathroom, she pulled a towel from the wall and dried the remaining moisture from the ends of her hair. When she stepped out, the noise outside had stopped. Su Tang slowed her pace and opened the bedroom door.
In the living room, the scattered petals had vanished. The trash can in the corner was lying on its side. The black cat was crouching by it, batting the last petal into the depths of the can with its claw. Then, it grabbed the edge of the can with its front paws, exerting all its strength to slowly stand on its hind legs to pull the fallen can upright.
Finally, it used its head to nudge the edge of the trash can, pushing it bit by bit back to its original corner. Its green eyes were full of seriousness.
After finishing all this, it turned around and looked at Su Tang with its chest puffed out, the tip of its tail wagging proudly as if seeking a reward.
“Meow~”
Su Tang suppressed her laughter and walked over with a stiff face to inspect. She made a show of looking around before crouching down by Xiao Yu.
“Since youâre such a brisk worker, I won’t hold it against you this time.”
Su Tang stroked its head. Xiao Yu squinted its eyes comfortably and let out a purr.
Seeing Su Tangâs attitude soften, Xiao Yu took the opportunity while she was stroking him to secretly rub into her arms.
Su Tang pushed it away gently.
“Don’t act spoiled. This is what you were supposed to do.”
She had worked hard to establish some authority; she couldn’t fall for the little guy’s “sugar-coated bullets” now.
“Go lay in your own bed and sleep. Iâm going to rest too.”
Xiao Yu let out a pitiful “meow-wu” but still jumped obediently onto the sofa. It curled up on the cushion and waved a front paw toward her, as if saying goodnight.
Su Tang smiled, turned, and returned to her room.
The next morning, Su Tang was woken up by Xiao Yuâs licking.
Opening her eyes, she saw the little fellow crouching on her chest, using its pink tongue to lightly lick her cheek. Seeing her open her eyes, it immediately tilted its head and meowed. Its posture was as cute as could be.
Su Tang pinched the catâs scruff and moved it to the side of the bed.
“You really start being restless early in the morning.”
She only tolerated it because spiritual entities were different from normal animals.
Ignoring the cat on the bed, Su Tang went to the bathroom to freshen up. The little fellow left on the bed sniffed here and there, finding the scent here increasingly mesmerizing. It couldn’t help but bury its head in the pillow and take a deep, heavy breath.
In the Medical Department.
Ya Suo was lying on his bed when a scent that was hard for him to endure suddenly surged into his nose. This scent seemed to take root in his lungs, causing his spiritual power to surge out of his body, wanting to blend with it. But when it rushed out, he realized there was no scent nearby to respond to it. For a moment, a sense of powerless emptiness wrapped around him.
“Ugh, that bastard Xiao Yu… what did he do?”
Since sending Xiao Yu to Su Tang, he had consciously reduced his connection with the entity to the minimum. Unless there was a massive emotional fluctuation, he usually couldn’t feel anything. With his body reacting like this, Ya Suo focused his mind to feel the information from his entity.
Feeling that Xiao Yu had actually licked Su Tang and was shamelessly rolling around on her bed, Ya Suoâs face turned red. He gritted his teeth and scolded the fellow.
We are a refined cat. Why learn from those improper street cats? It lowers our status for nothing.
Finally, sensing Xiao Yu sitting obediently by the bed, Ya Suo weakened the link again.
When Su Tang came out of the bathroom, she noticed the cat on the bed looked different. Compared to its clinginess from last night and this morning, it seemed a bit more well-behaved.
Specifically, while she sat in the living room and took out a sandwich she bought at the supply station to eat, Xiao Yu sat motionless on the other side. It sat upright, facing her, doing nothing but staring.
Su Tang pursed her lips, looking at the sandwich in her hand and then at Xiao Yu.
Could it be hungry too?
She had heard that spiritual entities “ate” by absorbing their masterâs spiritual power. But now that it was so far from Ya Suo, could it still absorb his power?
Under Xiao Yuâs intense gaze, Su Tang felt she couldn’t take a bite of her sandwich no matter what.
After several attempts, she realized she couldn’t ignore the cat’s burning stare. She sighed softly and sat on the sofa next to Xiao Yu.
“Are you hungry? Can you not absorb Ya Suoâs spiritual power?”
Xiao Yu tilted its head, looking at her in confusion.
“Meow meow~”
No, I’m just following my master’s orders to be good.
But to Su Tang, this expression was confirmation.
“Ya Suo is being kept at the Medical Department by Director An Se for spiritual chaos. Itâs not convenient for me to take you to see him. How about… you try and see if you can absorb mine?”
She couldn’t just let the little fellow go hungry.
Xiao Yu blinked its watery eyes. What? The little Guide wants to give me her spiritual power?
As expected, his master was rightâa well-behaved cat is more likeable.
It stared at Su Tang with eyes full of anticipation.
Su Tang slowly manipulated her spiritual power, wrapping it around the black cat on the sofa. The little fellow let out a comfortable meow, then went limp on the sofa and squinted its eyes.
“Mm~”
Ya Suoâs eyes snapped wide as he rolled off his bed.
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