A Young Woman's Heart

I forgot to set my alarm and slept from noon on the first day until noon on the second day, almost missing my weekly meeting...

Well, let's not dwell on those basic mistakes.

"Knock knock knock knock!" It sounded like someone was knocking on my ear. Yes, that was the alarm clock reminding me.

I slowly opened my eyes, and the titanium alloy cat's eye began to display the surrounding temperature, humidity, and other environmental parameters.

These need to be manually, or rather, mentally, turned off every time the cat wakes up, otherwise all it sees are various parameters, which gives the cat a headache.

Actually, all I need to do is turn on the smart display, but my titanium alloy peephole is probably a counterfeit product, so it has some problems in that area, and I have to reset it every time I wake up.

It's not so bad once you get used to it, after all, my thinking speed is quite fast.

The sky had completely darkened, the rain was still falling, and the cat that called itself Whitebeard was gone.

"Sutang, come here~" Xiaoyao waved to me and poured the leftover food into the cat bowl.

Fine, I'll give you the right to call me by my own name only.

I pursed my lips and went over to enjoy my dinner.

It wasn't until the fruit shop closed and Xiaoyao and Wanyan went back to their room to rest that the white-bearded creature finally arrived.

My men were already on guard in the shadows when its voice came from outside the roller shutter: "Sir, the Wild Ghost will be making its move tonight..."

“Alright, come in. Jump in through the back window,” I said to it outside the door. “I want to see what this wild ghost you’re talking about looks like.”

"Hehe, don't be afraid then."

"Scared? Why would I be scared?" I rolled my eyes in annoyance, pushed open the half-closed door and rushed into the small room, where both girls were already asleep.

Whitebeard landed nimbly into the house, his movements quite skillful, without making a sound.

What followed was a long wait.

But for a hunter like me, this kind of waiting is nothing; I'm very patient!

Just as I was slightly distracted, a dark figure suddenly darted in through the window, startling me.

Could there really be some kind of ghost or monster?

I hadn't noticed it before.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a mouse even bigger than a kitten.

This is the first time I've ever seen such a fat rat; it looks like it's been genetically modified!

"Here it comes!" Whitebeard suddenly rushed forward and began a chase with the other side. When the rat had nowhere to hide, he finally decided to launch a counterattack from under the bed.

I lay outside watching and saw that Whitebeard was no match for it. It was caught by its sharp claws and had to retreat.

"This is what you call a wandering ghost?"

"A wild ghost has possessed it. If it finds a suitable body, it will definitely take over a human! If you want to protect her, do as I say. Let's recite the Tai Chi Yin-Yang Five Elements Eight Trigrams Rat-Taming Formation together to trap it. We'll make our move after it's exhausted!"

"Hiss—!" The rat hissed like a venomous snake, making my heart clench involuntarily.

This rat seems quite strange; its eyes are still red. If it bites something, even if it doesn't possess it, it could at least infect humans with a virus.

Could the legendary plague be spread by this kind of rat?

"Hurry, it's too late!"

"Oh! How do you pronounce it?" I asked, a little nervously, which was unusual for me.

"The way of Heaven is to supplement what is lacking and to diminish what is excessive..."

As we chanted, the big rat began to struggle violently, then rushed out from under the bed and slapped the white-bearded man to the ground.

The power of exaggeration...!

"Damn it! Its magic has become even stronger!" The white-bearded man scrambled to his feet and leaped onto a nearby cardboard box. "I can't suppress it anymore!"

"..." I stared at the red-eyed rat for a full three seconds before deciding to give it a try.

No, it's not a trial, it's a full-scale attack.

We cannot give it a chance to resist.

So I punched it on the head, knocking it to the ground, and then, taking advantage of its unpreparedness, I bit its throat.

"Click".

After a sharp crack, the other party began to struggle violently, leaving a large pool of blood on the ground, before finally stopping after a long while.

"What? You actually... killed it with brute force?"

"What's so difficult about this?" I looked at Whitebeard speechlessly. "I thought he was much stronger... tsk."

"It's not dead yet. The wild ghost is trapped inside the rat's body. Given time, it will surely break free. I must get rid of it!"

"How should we handle this?"

Burn them!

"You can use fire, meow?"

"We can borrow fire from humans; there's always a way." With that, the white-bearded man, who claimed to be a Taoist priest, picked up the large rat and darted out the window. When I followed him out, I found that it had already disappeared.

In any case, the problem has been solved.

As for whether the white beard was real or fake, I'm too lazy to investigate.

Anyway, those rats look disgusting, and I have no desire to eat them.

Unfortunately, we can't connect to the Meow Planet network here, and Earth's local area network is intermittently unreliable; otherwise, we could search for information about the origins of that white-bearded creature.

Wait a minute, could this guy have deliberately lured that big rat over here so I could kill it and then take it back to eat?

Its size was no match for that big rat...

I stood in front of the rain curtain, stunned for a moment.

Good heavens, they actually dared to fool even the president!

Hmph, he's got talent. Should we bring him under our wing?

You know, I'm a cat who loves talent like my own child!

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Chapter Ninety-Five: Going Up the Mountain

Today is the second to last day of the National Day holiday. Mo Xueyao, Li Wanyan, and Hua Yinyin are standing at the foot of Tiger Mountain, preparing to go up the mountain.

"Oh my! Little Yaoyao, look, there's a huge carp over there!" Hua Yinyin shouted, pointing at the stream in front of her. "Hey, it's burrowed into the soil."

"Are we going up the mountain or not..." Mo Xueyao muttered, her eyelids drooping. "Let's not waste time down here."

"This is what a walk is all about!"

"Didn't you say you were going to check on the 'secret base'?" Mo Xueyao grabbed the back of her collar. "Let's go, let's go."

"Ouch!" Hua Yinyin was dragged away unwillingly, while Li Wanyan walked quietly to the side, holding a cotton candy she had bought earlier.

Cotton candy is nothing special, but colorful cotton candy is quite rare.

Although they were just some coloring additives, they still piqued Hua Yinyin's curiosity, so she bought three for everyone to try.

As for the taste... it's no different from regular cotton candy.

Everyone else had finished eating, but Li Wanyan was eating slowly, so she was still licking her food.

The air in the mountains was quite humid, and the cotton candy quickly became less fluffy.

"Wanyan, it won't taste good if you don't eat it soon." Mo Xueyao shook off Hua Yinyin, who was clinging to her arm like a sticky candy. "After this, it will taste just like eating white sugar."

"Mmm." Li Wanyan sped up a little, but still sipped it slowly, maintaining the most basic elegance.

Despite being born into a poor family, she pays great attention to her manners, which sometimes makes Mo Xueyao very curious about how her mother raised her to be like this.

It must have been quite an achievement to raise such a daughter in a family like that.

The edges of the steps are always covered with moss, and the branches overhead sway from time to time, sometimes from the wind, sometimes from a squirrel darting by.

"squirrel!"

"What's the big deal..." Mo Xueyao rolled her eyes at Hua Yinyin. The squirrel on the tree branch above seemed to be startled, threw down the pine nuts, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Ouch!" Hua Yinyin yelled angrily after being hit on the forehead by a pine cone, "Don't let me catch you!"

"How old are you? Why are you still arguing with a squirrel?" Mo Xueyao shook her head helplessly. "We've only climbed halfway up the mountain. Hurry up and put in more effort."

"Hmm, I'm a little hungry too. Let's go up the mountain and get something to eat!"

"Is this all you've got...?"

At first, everyone could chat as they walked, but after passing the halfway point, they were too tired to chat anymore and just focused on climbing uphill, hoping to reach their destination quickly so they could rest.

The reason we didn't rest along the way was because we were afraid that if we relaxed, we wouldn't want to climb any further.

But when you reach the summit, the sense of accomplishment is still very satisfying.

Although the poem had been used to death, Mo Xueyao still couldn't help but open her arms and shout loudly at the model-like city: "Truly, when you stand at the top of the mountain, you can see all the mountains below!"

"Little Yao Yao says this every time we climb to the top of the mountain."

"There's no such thing as 'every time'!" Mo Xueyao ruffled her bangs in dissatisfaction, then dodged her attack as prepared, and darted to the side with a playful laugh.

"Well, Xiao Yaoyao is getting more and more arrogant, always messing with the big boss!"

"You think you're so great?" Mo Xueyao crossed her arms and glanced at her sideways.

"Alright, stop fooling around." Li Wanyan took a deep breath of the fresh mountain air and stopped the two playful individuals.

Standing on the hilltop is a wonderful feeling; it feels like you could reach out and grab a building.

Hua Yinyin, who had been making a ruckus, quieted down and looked at the city below the mountain with a contented expression.

"What are you looking at?" Mo Xueyao asked, standing beside her.

"I'm looking for your fruit shop."

“Then you should go to the Provincial Cancer Hospital first.” Mo Xueyao squinted as she searched for her target, and then her eyes landed on the building that was clearly enclosed by a wall.