C74 Part2

Translated by An Edited by An

Nian JiMo was working in the office of the assistant to the HallMaster. There were a lot of documents on the table waiting for him to approve. When Yang QiQi opened the office door, he was holding the seal of the HallMaster with a gloomy face. In his other hand, he was holding his cold lunch.

“Get out! Knock on the door and come in again. How many times do you want me to say it?!” He didn’t even lift his head as he threw these ice-cold and severe words at her.

Yang QiQi was stunned by his cold tone. She stared at him blankly. Although she knew he was cold-blooded and harsh towards outsiders, he had always been gentle and respectful to her. He had never treated her like this.

Nian JiMo noticed that something seemed amiss. He raised his eyes and saw that it was the little female he had been thinking about day and night. His face turned white instantly; he stood up from the chair hastily and stepped forward to hold her in his arms: “I’m sorry ah, QiQi. I didn’t know you were coming. I didn’t mean to yell at you, forgive me…”

Yang QiQi had already come back to her senses by this time. Her soft body relaxed as she snuggled in his arms, wrapping her arms around his waist. She narrowed her eyes and smiled: “I’m not angry ah. It’s just that I haven’t heard you use such a tone with me, so I couldn’t react in time. But, Ah Ji, no matter how busy you are, you can’t skip meals ah.”

“Let’s talk about it after I’m done…” As Nian JiMo spoke, his voice became lower and lower. Done? Perhaps he won’t be able to finish his work till the end of the ranking competition. Mu YouZhi, that loathsome fat old man, put the HallMaster’s seal on his table and dumped this mountain of paperwork on him. How many days had the pitiful him not accompanied QiQi to sleep? ‘Too despicable.’ He really wanted to crush that old man’s fat body and turn it into fertilizer for the plants.

Yang QiQi raised her head and kissed his chin. Then, she pushed his arms aside and got out of his embrace. She walked to the table and threw the lunchbox with the cold food into the trash can.

“That being the case, finish your meal properly before diving back into work.” She took the food container from Xu’s hand, set the food on the table, and called Nian JiMo over to eat.

Looking at the steaming food on the table, and then looking at his beloved little female with a flowery smile on her face, Nian JiMo only felt that tears would spill from his eyes anytime. Such a warm little female was his partner… How lucky was he to become her Guardian Beast?

Yang QiQi packed up the food container and prepared to leave as soon as he was finished eating his meal. His work must never be affected by her presence.

“QiQi will be handed over to you for now.” Nian JiMo said to Xu.

Xu nodded: “Don’t worry, I won’t let her lose a single hair on her body.”

The next person they had to look for was Zheng Shou. Since he was in charge of patrolling, it was unlikely for him to be found at a fixed place. After asking several attendants about him, Yang QiQi and Xu finally found him in the winding corridor by the pool of water.

[ T/N: In case you can’t recall the structure and location of the Saintess Hall, there’s a rough description provided in the 3rd paragraph of chapter 41.1]

“QiQi~” Zheng Shou was pleasantly surprised. Ignoring the gazes of the members of the small patrol team behind him, he embraced her and kissed her fervently. “QiQi, are you here to see me? I’m so happy. I haven’t seen you all day long so I really missed you!”

The male beastmen behind him huddled together and tooted. Hearing them, Zheng Shou turned around and raised his fist as a threat but instead of being afraid, they roared with laughter.

“I missed you too.” Yang QiQi touched the stubble on his chin: “You and Nian JiMo have lost weight in the past few days. Did you not eat your meals properly? I brought you some food.”

“Mmm, QiQi came at the right time. I’m indeed starving.” The old bear happily took the food container from Xu’s hand and sat down on the ground to eat. A smile so big bloomed on his big black face that his eyes couldn’t even be seen properly.

All the male beastmen on the side jointly disdained him: ‘Damn you! You really have no sense of shame. You just had dinner in the cafeteria and you were also the one who ate more than anyone else.’

That night, after handsome guy Xu accompanied Yang QiQi to deliver a loving dinner to her two busy Guardian Beasts, he escorted her all the way back to the small house. He returned to his room and stepped into the bathroom. Closing the door behind him, he took off his shirt and trousers, revealing several purple mottled bruises on his whole body.

He shut his eyes and stroked the bruises on his chest lightly, imagining Yang QiQi was brushing it with her small hands; just as gently and focusedly she was doing it to Xiang BuChen in the living room. He even visualized a faint trace of distress in her eyes…

Somewhat frustrated, he lowered his hands and clasped the two edges of the washbasin. He looked at his face in the mirror: thick sword-like eyebrows and brown eyes. A different kind of softness was added to the former chilly and rigid temperament. He knew that he was truly stuck now. It was no longer just for the mission or because Ah Qin gave him this responsibility…

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