Chapter 39

Almost instantly, Jun Jun's ears turned red, heat flooding his head: "Let, let go!"

Ling Yue took its weak struggle as coquettishness, its soft, smooth fur like silk making one reluctant to leave; she opened her eyes, her vision hazy: "So soft and warm!"

Ling Yue completely treated it as pet interaction, one hand grabbing Jun Jun's ears, force gentle and soft, yet she directly seized the tiger's weak point: "Master will take you……take you to sleep together!"

The big tiger's body stiffened; the next moment, she hugged its fluffy head, insisting on going upstairs.

Jun Jun scraped the ground with his four paws, leaving scratch marks on the hard tiles, but it was utterly useless!

"Save, save me QAQ"

Ling Yue giggled, hugging its head and began to coax: "Little cutie, just submit to me."

"How pitiful." The Treasure Mouse sighed.

The Mysterious Cat Queen glanced at it disdainfully: "You dodge pretty quickly."

The Treasure Mouse couldn't help puffing out his chest proudly: "Who am I? sensing the master's anomaly, I immediately slicked my feet and slipped away!"

"Hey, wifey, wifey, don't run!"

After a moment, the Feng Shui Turtle slowly crawled out from under the table: "Poor child."

It seemed they had long noticed Ling Yue's oddness; only Jun Jun, intent on showing off, was directly dragged by Ling Yue to warm the bed.

Morning sunlight poured down, the bedroom was utterly tranquil.

Ling Yue's first feeling was, so soft; she pinched it with her fingers, soft and warm, like touching a fluffy cloud, big ones, small ones……

Wrong!

She suddenly opened her eyes, fully awake.

Whose blanket is in a bunch of lumps?

After taking in the scene, Ling Yue drew a deep breath; she still wore yesterday's clothes, on the messy big bed lay piles of furry clumps big and small, the largest——

Ling Yue turned her head; a big tiger lay coiled on one side of the big bed, followed by scattered multicolored kittens, as if sensing the person beside the pillow waking, the big tiger twitched its ears.

Ling Yue lowered her gaze, meeting a pair of beautiful tiger eyes.

Jun Jun:!!!

Master, you're going to scare me to death!

Pull one hair and the whole body moves; when it moved, all the fluff on the bed woke up, the tiny mews drowning Ling Yue.

Her fingertips felt a little itchy.

Ling Yue casually lifted her hand; the chubby little orange cat wrapped its paws around her wrist like a golden puff of cloud, it opened its mouth, its newly grown baby teeth gnawing at her fingertip, Ling Yue couldn't help laughing, since the baby teeth could barely pierce human skin.

"Meow meow~"

"Drink milk~ eat meat~"

Facing dozens of tiny mouths, Ling Yue said nothing; Jun Jun had already leapt up, his long pure-white fur under the sunlight exceptionally smooth, his movements like those of an elegant, noble little prince.

Ling Yue: "How did you end up on my bed?"

The big tiger's eyes widened, as if incredulous, actually having such a thick‑skinned master.

It trembled with rage, fur bristling: "Obviously……obviously……" you bad master, insisting on dragging Tiger Tiger into the room, Tiger Tiger can't beat you so it submits!

The big tiger jumped off the bed; Ling Yue watched as the coquettish furry clumps hopped down one by one, trailing like little bugs, wiggling their bottoms and flicking their tails across the slightly dark floor, so many, many kittens!

Ling Yue was about to go crazy from cuteness!

Jumping about also wanted to go crazy with joy!

Since it no longer had to carry the cubs, the whole cat was blissful like an immortal; the cat mothers' long‑worried cub problem was completely solved in the face of Big Tiger Junjun.

Wherever it went, the army of kittens followed, already becoming a beautiful scenery line in the house.

The cat mothers were greatly relieved, thus they had it much easier and could still pursue their own daily activities and social life.

In the morning, Ling Yue finished her meal and began work.

Her pet consultation shop boomed, always requiring long lines; even knowing it wasn't their turn, just watching the boss consult was enough to be fascinating.

Moreover, later many people would simply stake out the pet shop's entrance to watch the boss consult; as a Pet Street, it unexpectedly gained many snack and treat shops.

Ling Yue still didn't realize she had spurred the street's economic development; after seeing the last customer, she hung up a temporary closure sign.

The neighboring shop owner was a bit curious; Ling Yue smiled: "Waiting for someone."

Boss Wu nodded, originally just stopping by for a chat; compared to his own aquarium shop, Ling Yue's place was much cleaner, and every visit left him feeling very comfortable.

Ling Yue smiled but did not answer.

In the room's eight directions she pasted various talismans, intertwining to form a Spirit‑Gathering Array; although Jing Shi's air is thin, squeezing and inhaling always yields some.

Boss Wu marveled, about to speak, his gaze tightening on the not‑far aquarium: "Boss Ling, Boss Ling, is that a dragon fish?"

His excitement was indescribable; Boss Wu, who had been in the fish business for decades, had never seen such a beautiful dragon fish!

"Perfect! Its appearance is simply perfect!"

The dragon fish in the aquarium seemed to sense it, shaking its head and tail as it surged upward; at the moment it broke the water's surface, a trace of extremely pale violet flickered within the red‑gold intertwining, then it plunged back down, hidden among the water plants, the blood‑red dragon fish faintly visible.

Boss Wu stared, dumbfounded.

"Top‑grade mutant dragon fish!"

He wasn't so clueless; he directly asked whether the dragon fish was for sale, joking that if he could raise such a dragon fish, he'd die content!

The repeatedly astonished Boss Wu didn't realize that the dragon fish eliciting his praise was precisely the small fry he had once despised.

Ling Yue also said nothing, fearing to stimulate him, and then it was time to move on.

As for the dragon fish Jin Jin, listening to Boss Wu's endless flattery, the whole fish felt light and airy; it also didn't stint on its performance, its dazzling movements making Boss Wu's eyes continually sparkle.

Ling Yue turned her head; Boss Wu's face was almost pressed against the aquarium.

"Hehehe…… mutant dragon fish…… really beautiful."

Ling Yue: "……"

Perhaps you should remember, there is still a big living person here.

Noticing her gaze, Boss Wu coughed lightly out of habit, his eyes almost stuck to the aquarium; more precisely, to that special mutant fish Gold Gold.

"Cough cough cough." Boss Wu coughed a few times, then looked at Ling Yue: "Boss Ling, I'm here today as the manager of the 85th pet shop on Pet Street, sincerely inviting you to join our Jing Shi's Pet Competition this year."

Saying that, he pulled an invitation from his pocket.

The other party was serious, so Ling Yue couldn't be perfunctory; she simply didn't know what the Pet Competition was. Only after Boss Wu explained did she understand. Looking at the cat head on the invitation, Ling Yue guessed: "Is it about cats?"

Boss Wu laughed: "Right, our Jing Shi's annual Pet Cat Competition; the grand prize is 150,000 reward and an official certificate."

Ling Yue: Great!

I don't know why, hearing about making money excites her, even though she could never spend all her money in this lifetime——

Ling Yue looked at the perpetually silent Black Cat Queen: "Are you willing?"

The Black Cat Queen walked over in a catlike step, placed a paw on the prize money, and said coolly: "Go."

It was calculating in its mind how many cans of cat food 150,000 could buy, how many days the cats could eat, and since just entering a competition would get it, the Black Cat Queen wouldn't let it pass.

Ling Yue bumped paws with it: "Then let's work hard together!"

At that moment, the door of the pet consultation shop was suddenly pushed open, a handsome, slightly trendy head poked in, its hair dyed pink with a ring of light green at the edges, each strand standing straight up, looking like……a flower.

They locked eyes——

Ling Yue: "……"

Boss Wu: "……"

Is he aging too fast? What the hell is this?!

Upon seeing her, the young man burst into a smile: "Host hey! I saw the host in person!"

His overexcited demeanor made it seem like he wanted to jump up, when suddenly a hand grabbed him and pulled him down: "You kid, don't you know any manners?!"

Ling Yue took a deep breath.

The pet consultation shop's doors swung fully open, and a family of three walked in—presumably parents and their son. Seeing her, the man spoke first to apologize: "Sorry, my son has an open personality; if he's caused any offense, please forgive him."

The father behaved properly; it was just the son who was too flighty. If it weren't for that face blending both parents' best traits, Ling Yue would have expressed deep suspicion.

Looking at it now, the pink‑haired youngster is purely a genetic mutation; his enthusiasm isn't bad at all, at least his personality is fun.

She shook her head to show she didn't mind, and the man continued: "I'm Song Han, a Jing Shi resident; I run a small company, introduced by my niece Ren; this is my wife and son."

Ling Yue understood, gave him a penetrating look, and asked: "May I ask what you'd like to consult about?"

Song Han: "To be frank, I have a feng shui fish I bought from a friend, but lately it's suddenly taken a turn for the worse, on its last breath. I had a doctor examine it, but they found no cause. This time I've come to ask you what illness it might have."

The young man beside him also chimed in: "Host, do you still remember me? I'm the Shenji Baijiazi, I often tip in your livestream—I'm the one who's sent dozens of moons! Too bad my luck is extraordinarily terrible; I've never won a draw."

He said this, dejected and lowering his head; Ling Yue laughed: "Huh? But my livestream draw requires a bright pearl."

Young man:!!!!

Ling Yue smiled: "It's fine if you can't draw; you've got money power."

Song Han listened, couldn't help glaring at his son: "Good-for-nothing little rabbit bastard!"

Son Song Xi glared back: "I'm the little rabbit bastard—who's the big rabbit bastard then?"

Song Han: "……"

He rubbed his sore brow, pondering, and said: "Miss Ling, since the feng shui fish's condition is truly dire, we didn't bring it; we hope you can come for a home consultation."

Ling Yue blinked, not out of hesitation but because she was thinking about things, and again it was a feng shui fish; she glanced at the energetic Gold Gold: "All right, let me prepare first."

Saying that, she walked toward Gold Gold; the father and son looked over at once and were stunned, because they also had a feng shui fish at home, which they valued greatly, so for such things they could be considered somewhat accomplished.

This fish before us completely outclasses in appearance, shape, and vitality! Though it's still an immature feng shui fish, if it keeps developing, its future achievements will be limitless.

Ling Yue only took away the Dragon Fish Gold Gold.

Gazing at the sprawling villa covering a thousand square meters, Ling Yue suddenly thought: "Song Han's 'small company' might be overly modest."

In her impression, she seemed to have vaguely heard that name before.

Ling Yue strode into the villa; the villa's servants were all out elsewhere, the living room very quiet. The decor isn't particularly lavish, but it has a homely feel—visible in the photos on the walls, the ornaments on the tables, and some minor details.

Of course, the most eye‑catching thing is the person‑tall aquarium; anyone who enters sees that pure‑red‑hued feng shui fish floating on the water surface.

After a while, it will only slightly wag its tail.

"Save me……save me……I can't breathe anymore!"

"Mm, so tired……When can I rest? I'm just a fish, I'm not a corporate slave!"