Chapter 2133: Harvest Farm's Magical Daily Life 04

The window was pushed open by a paw, and a nimble figure leapt inside.

Ling Gun Gun spat the black cat onto the ground, leapt up, and stepped on the arched blanket.

【Host Host! Wake up quick, the guardian spirit brought you back!】

Jin Chen felt, in his dream, as if Mount Tai were pressing down on him.

He irritably opened his eyes, grabbed Ling Gun Gun's head and rubbed it wildly, locking eyes with the black cat whose fur was standing on end on the ground.

The black cat retreated alertly, its tail tip almost standing up like an antenna, lowered its body and yawned, trying to uphold its dignity as a guardian spirit.

Jin Chen: "Tsk."

Being woken up like this was already annoying.

He grabbed the black cat's tail tip and pulled it onto the bed, "Guardian spirit of the magical seed?"

The black cat instantly locked eyes with the pure green in those eyes, seeming to sense something, and its struggling force suddenly weakened.

"... Spirit... Divine Emissary."

My spirit god.

The cat actually saw its idol in the human world!!

"Meow~"

The black cat, excited, dove straight into Jin Chen's arms.

Ling Gun Gun, which had been licking its fur off to the side, pounced over.

"What are you doing! What are you doing!"

It slapped the black cat with its thick white furry paw, "I'm asking you a question, why are you acting cute!"

Jin Chen: "..."

One hand each, holding them apart.

Jin Chen stuffed Ling Gun Gun into the blanket, pinching the black cat's neck: "You want to make a contract with Lin Mian."

"Yes, Divine Emissary."

The black cat complained: "I was tricked by that fierce, smelly man, found the wrong person, and almost couldn't get back in."

"Lin Mian needs time to accept the spirit; you stay a few days before contracting, letting Zero Egg bring you."

Ling Gun Gun refused to return to the space no matter what, being very stubborn.

Ling Gun Gun poked half its head out of the blanket, looking a bit cuter; the rainbow fur that Jin Chen had complained about countless times finally receded, leaving it entirely snow-white.

"Oh dear, Host… Little Lin Mian, it will surely like me."

The black cat naturally obeys everything Jin Chen says, just shy of turning into starry-eyed admiration on the spot.

Jin Chen stacked the black and white ones on the windowsill, playing a balancing game.

"Don't disturb me, I'm sleeping."

Ling Gun Gun pressed the black cat as a pillow, shifted a bit, and asked, "Cat, do you have a name?"

Regarding the existence of this supposed Divine Emissary's contracted beast, the black cat dared not stay silent: "Meow, I'm called Xiao Mo, given by Aunt Lin Yao."

That really is a cat true to its name.

Ling Gun Gun turned over and dozed off.

——

Next day.

Lin Mian looked at the two animals in the garden, momentarily speechless.

He then looked toward Jin Chen standing behind him.

Jin Chen drank the last sip of the diluted dew, then immediately hid behind Lin Mian: "Sleepy, I can't drive them away."

"Really strange." Jin Chen's gaze drifted, "Where did these animals come from."

Lin Mian: "..."

Really wanted to say it actually came out of your room.

"... Woof~"

Ling Gun Gun, with a pinched voice, rolled around in front of Lin Mian, revealing its snow-white fluffy belly.

"Is this a little lion?" Lin Mian couldn't help but squat down to rub the cat, slightly doubtful, "Can a lion and a cat really be good friends?"

"Sure, Sleepy." Jin Chen gave the black cat a look, also squatted down to pinch Zero Egg's belly, "That cat seems to really like the magical seed."

Lin Mian's gaze was indeed drawn; seeing the black cat gracefully stride around the magical seed's plant for two loops, as if the leaves became greener and the dew seeped out faster than usual.

He was somewhat surprised; after a few moments he turned his head and locked eyes with Jin Chen.

Jin Chen half-heartedly exclaimed, "How amazing."

Lin Mian stayed silent for a while, then heard the black cat meow, stopping in front of a green pepper plant, its claws digging at high speed.

The rotting roots were dug up, the black cat lifted its head and gave Lin Mian a narrowed-eyed sound.

A sound even cuter than Ling Gun Gun's without needing to be pinched.

Jin Chen explained.

Lin Mian really wanted to pretend he hadn't seen anything, so he could continue upholding materialism.

But he couldn't.

Lin Mian stroked the black cat's head again, "It's just a magical little cat; do you also want to stay?"

"Meow!" "Woof!"

The black and white ones responded at the same time.

Too cute.

Lin Mian smiled and said, "Alright, welcome you to join Harvest Farm."

Jin Chen couldn't help but sympathize with himself, "When you hired me, you weren't this easy to talk to."

Lin Mian stood up, facing the sunlight, looked at Jin Chen, slightly tilted their head, "With the little black cat's help, we'll be a bit easier, what do you think?"

Jin Chen, who was easily appeased, nodded, then curled their eyes. "Sleepy, you want to see using magic..."

"No, I don't want to." Lin Mian placed their index fingers together, made a crossing gesture in the air toward Jin Chen, tone slightly apologetic.

"Sorry, I need to take things step by step."

"Alright."

Jin Chen showed understanding, from a pocket that seemed able to hold anything, they pulled out a bracelet, lightly hooking Lin Mian's fingertip.

"This is a bracelet that can protect safety; adventurers in my hometown would buy it with many gold coins."

"The temperature from the fingertip was slightly cool; in the early summer's somewhat sultry weather, it actually felt like cool jade."

"Lin Mian nodded, watching Jin Chen put it on them, without refusing, 'Thank you.'"

"Soon Lin Mian started a new round of planning."

"We should finish planting the radishes today, and if time permits, we also need to clear the weeds in the flower bed."

"We need to go to town tomorrow; our vegetables are so abundant we can't finish eating them, it's time to sell."

"——"

"Lin Mian crouched beside a small patch of freshly turned soil, with several packets of radish seeds and a bamboo-handled small shovel piled at their feet."

"They wore a straw hat, fine beads of sweat seeping out under the brim, crouched beside the vegetable patch, attentively comparing the spacing of the land."

"Jin Chen stood behind them, their emerald eyes reflecting the morning light, like a tranquil forest."

"How deep should white radishes be planted?" Jin Chen asked, lowering their head, pinching the brownish seed between their fingertips, "I don't know how to plant vegetables this way."

"As an elf, making plants grow usually uses magic."

"Lin Mian bent over, picked up a thin twig, and drew a shallow groove on the soft soil surface."

"Two finger-widths," they indicated with the twig, "sprinkle the seeds in, then cover with a thin layer of soil, don't pack it too tight."

"Jin Chen nodded, carefully sowing seeds along the prepared groove."

"Lin Mian lifted the wooden bucket, evenly scattering the rotted grass-and-wood ash among the seeds, 'This way it can keep bugs away; I don't want to share the vegetables with bugs.'"

"Their explanation was brief, but their movements were extremely meticulous, not missing even the corners of the field ridges."

"Ling Gun Gun poked its head out from the adjacent field ridge, body covered with grass bits, wiggling excitedly."

"Quite enthusiastic." Lin Mian couldn't help but chuckle.

"The black cat scraped at the soil, trying to help cover it, but ended up kicking the freshly scattered seeds all over."

"Jin Chen, quick-eyed and quick-handed, pinched its scruff and lifted it; the black cat immediately became obedient, no longer causing trouble, and went to patrol the vegetable patch properly."

"The sun gradually grew bigger."

"Jin Chen went around to Lin Mian's back to shade them; the effect wasn't great, but Lin Mian, seeing it, actually felt less hot."

"The sunlight stretched their shadows long on the ground."