Care Guide to Raising a Max Level Leaf in Apocalypse - 41
Make Him go bankrupt
“Man? What man?”
Ji Jiu was startled, his eyes widened, making him look even more round.
He tried to retract his hand, but it was grabbed even tighter.
Si Yin Yuan’s eyes were as cold as a deep pool, his tone unchanged, “Hmm?”
Very familiar!
This was the late-night show he often watched before: Overbearing CEO and the Elusive Little Wife!
He never expected his owner to have this side.
Thinking back to his owner’s identity in the “Dream Garden,” he was indeed an overbearing CEO. Ji Jiu suddenly realized.
So, his distraction made the drunk man even more unhappy, and his tone grew even colder, “What are you thinking?”
Ji Jiu’s skin was tender, and the grip had left red marks.
The delicate little one was instantly unhappy and pouted, accusing, “You hurt me!”
Just now, he had a cool and mocking expression, but when he saw Ji Jiu’s pained look, Si Yin Yuan acted like a wolf that had done something wrong and immediately let go.
He leaned in closer, “Did it hurt?”
With a hint of embarrassment in his words, like a big dog that had done something wrong with its tail hanging low.
The warmth from his breath, slightly tinged with the scent of alcohol, touched Ji Jiu’s arm, causing a slight shiver, as if an electric current had passed through.
Ji Jiu hesitated for a moment and tried to pull his hand away.
This time, Si Yin Yuan didn’t use force. When he saw Ji Jiu trying to retract his hand, he simply reached out with both hands and held Ji Jiu’s waist, turning him around and putting him on his lap.
Ji Little Grass: ?
Sitting on his firm, muscular thigh was not very comfortable. Ji Jiu, who was pampered, subconsciously struggled to get down.
Strong and firm arms with well-defined muscles held him securely.
Si Yin Yuan lowered his head, getting close to Ji Jiu’s ear, and asked softly, “Why didn’t you answer me about that man?”
He had a slight blush on his cheeks, but apart from that, his sharp eyes and movements gave no indication of being drunk.
Ji Jiu blinked, “What man?”
He was somewhat frightened by his intoxicated owner and didn’t dare to resist.
Like a well-molded, squishy little ball.
Si Yin Yuan, who was originally enjoying squishing his face, suddenly became very angry when he heard Ji Jiu’s words. He was still squishing and kneading, but now with anger.
As if alcohol had triggered some strange switch or opened the deepest desires in his heart.
Si Yin Yuan had a serious expression and thought, “So soft, so obedient, so good to squish.”
Mysteriously, Ji Jiu, who had been stamped with amnesia, was puzzled, “Isn’t that person you?”
The right corner of Si Yin Yuan’s mouth went up, while the left corner remained flat, forming a creepy smirk. “Don’t play tricks, little one.”
Ji Jiu began to slurp the noodles in his bowl and asked with a mumble, “What will you do if you find that person?”
Si Yin Yuan revealed a cruel expression, “Of course… bankrupt him!”
This frightened the little grass, and he dropped the noodles.
He started to worry. If his owner really went bankrupt, then he wouldn’t have the points to support him anymore.
But why did his owner dislike himself so much?
Ji Jiu hadn’t figured out the answer yet when his bowl was taken away, and he was carried back to the room.
“Now it’s time to fulfill your duty!” Si Yin Yuan gently threw him onto the bed.
Ji Jiu fluttered up from the soft blanket, his soft black hair even more disheveled.
“I don’t want to sleep—”
He didn’t finish his sentence before being pinned down by Si Yin Yuan.
Ji Jiu was so frightened that his real form was about to emerge, completely wrapped up by the tall man.
Their positions were tightly pressed together, and Si Yin Yuan felt it wasn’t enough. He lowered his head and nibbled on the grass.
Ji Jiu was a bit confused.
What was the duty of a little plant?
Why was he getting closer and closer? QAQ
Si Yin Yuan moved to Ji Jiu’s neck, sniffing near the nape.
Uh-oh, someone wanted to eat the little grass.
Ji Jiu stammered, “Don’t bite me, I’m not tasty.”
After Si Yin Yuan had his fill, he raised his head and stared at Ji Jiu. His eyes were focused, and he slowly drew closer.
As Ji Jiu watched the handsome face approaching, he was too scared to breathe.
The expected pain didn’t come, but instead, something soft and extremely gentle brushed against the corner of his eye.
Surprised, Ji Jiu opened his eyes to see Si Yin Yuan’s eyes, which had been drunk, now filled with unprecedented warmth. His lips moved slightly, uttering the word, “Mine.”
Having said that, he fell asleep.
Ji Jiu, who didn’t have time to think, stretched out his hand to push his owner but received an even tighter embrace.
Si Yin Yuan muttered in his dream, “Don’t move, be good.”
Thinking that if he woke him up, he might have to face various kneading from his owner, Ji Jiu touched the recently squished cheek, closed his eyes, and went back to sleep.
…
This nap went straight until noon the next day when Si Yin Yuan woke up.
“Ah.” Si Yin Yuan rubbed his forehead, his eyes gradually clearing.
What had happened yesterday?
He began to try to remember but was met with a blank slate.
Ji Jiu woke up with a little yawn and saw that his owner was awake. He seemed a bit scared and said, “Mr. Si?”
Si Yin Yuan inexplicably looked at him, reached out to straighten his disheveled hair, and asked, “What’s wrong?”
It seemed like things had returned to normal, and Ji Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, shaking his head while holding onto him.
Si Yin Yuan sensed that something was amiss, “Was I drunk yesterday?”
He had completely lost his memory of yesterday. In the past, when he got drunk, he was always calm and collected, going to bed to sleep.
Yesterday should have been the same.
Ji Jiu hesitated for a moment, thinking of the audacious and arrogant declaration of ‘Mine’ he made yesterday, then silently nodded.
Si Yin Yuan pondered, “Did it scare you?”
Ji Jiu shook his head and nodded again.
Si Yin Yuan made a reasonable deduction that it was probably due to being pulled into bed after getting drunk.
In the end, he arrived at the wrong conclusion.
To make up for it, he got up, reheated the leftover food from last night for himself, and made fresh food for Ji Jiu. His demeanor was calm, collected, reliable, and fatherly, quite a contrast to the way he had clung to the little grass and nibbled at it last night.
During this time, Ji Jiu had been secretly observing, just like a curious little creature.
It wasn’t until the appetizing smell wafted over that Ji Jiu dared to confirm that the bad owner from last night was gone!
He eagerly picked up the bowl of dry rice, thinking that he hoped that the bad owner would never appear again.
While they were eating, Si Yin Yuan’s communicator rang a few times. He didn’t hesitate to answer it.
As expected, it was a meeting notice.
The previous night’s commotion from the research institute hadn’t escaped the other four factions, and they had begun inquiries early this morning. Fortunately, Rumeng managed to promptly extract the memories of most unrelated personnel, avoiding any panic among the masses.
If Si Yin Yuan hadn’t slept in, the meeting would have started early in the morning.
However, as long as he wasn’t present, no one dared to propose an early meeting.
After the power of the Security Team was expelled from the base’s ruling power, the status of hunters significantly elevated. There were already signs of becoming the leader of the base.
The only faction that clearly surpassed the Guild in terms of public reputation was the Non-Ability Special Department. Whether it was the Church with many die-hard followers or other factions, the numbers of their devotees were dwarfed by the Non-Ability Special Department, which was based on the entire base.
However, the Church’s previous instigation had failed, and instead accelerated the close relationship between the Non-Ability Special Department and the Hunter’s Guild. This also made many independent-thinking ordinary people realize that the Hunter’s Guild, composed entirely of awakeners, was not cold-hearted.
Over eighty percent of the population in the base were ordinary people. The Non-Ability Special Department, which was standing entirely on the side of ordinary people, was able to overthrow one of the seven major factions, the Security Team, in a single day. Besides some assistance from the Hunter’s Guild, it was essentially the will of the people.
However, the premise of a civil war is that there is no external threat at the moment, and balancing it would harm everyone involved, with the citizens of the base always the main victims.
This was the last scene that Si Yin Yuan wanted to see.
After agreeing with the opposite side, Si Yin Yuan continued to eat his meal methodically.
Once the leftover food from last night was dealt with, he got up to prepare for the meeting.
The atmosphere at the meeting clearly indicated that the Institute was being blamed, and even Chen Ke’s death didn’t garner much sympathy.
Some were more concerned with how to extract something from the Institute itself rather than the actual truth.
The Chief Justice of the Judiciary Team coldly snorted, “It was because you claimed them to be unassailable that we agreed to let you use mutants for research. We didn’t expect such a mishap.”
Chen Yanli, head of the logistics management group, shook her head in disagreement, “Director Hu, I remember that your institute has recently acquired some high-level mutants, including a Parasitic Spine King, Peace, and even an S-class mutant.”
Hu Yan shrugged, “The Luminous Lilies was intentionally released.”
He cast his affectionate fox-like eyes towards the Chief Justice and continued, “Chief Justice, you can use your ability ‘Hammer of Truth’ to verify if what I’m saying is true or not.”
The Chief Justice, one of the ruling authorities, naturally had a ‘Hammer of Truth’ ability that was not a simple lie detector.
He could use his ability to confirm the truth or falsehood of things that the lie detector himself had no knowledge of. If what Hu Yan said was logically considered false within the realm of truth, then even if he believed it to be true, it would still be determined as false, and vice versa.
This ability had a wide range of applications but also had significant limitations.
Firstly, what they checked had to be supported by evidence. Therefore, they could only verify the statement “The Luminous Lilies was intentionally released” as true because there was enough evidence at the scene.
However, they couldn’t use questioning like “Was the Luminous Lilies released by someone specific?” to prove that person had no suspicion, as the evidence wasn’t sufficient.
There was a lot of room for improvement for this ability, such as narrowing the range of evidence limitations to achieve a true determination of the truth.
Unfortunately, the Chief Justice rarely used his own ability, so it had barely progressed compared to the early days of the apocalypse. Upon being mentioned by Hu Yan, he immediately released the ‘Hammer of Truth.’
As the hammer, symbolizing truth, struck down, the face of the Chief Justice darkened. He looked towards his ally, the Church, but found that today’s leader was particularly silent, wearing a mask and not uttering a word.
Si Yin Yuan smiled, “You should all have received my last mission report, which is about the truth of the destruction of the original base due to the ‘Vanishing Enclave’.”
The leader of the Non-Ability Special Department frowned, “Are you suspecting that it was the Blood Sect who did it?”
The atmosphere became serious in an instant when these words were uttered.
While they discussed, Ji Jiu, who was feeling drowsy from their discussions, decided to sneak out to get some air, or well, to grab a snack.
A row of white-robed individuals guarded the door and immediately turned their attention to him when he came out.
It was as though they wanted to peer right through him, but what concern did he have as a cute little grass?
However, he hadn’t gone far when he was pounced on by someone who had been lying in wait for him.
The person who came carried a familiar voice, and they screamed loudly, charging like a bird returning to its nest.