Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Clang–
The hamster collided with the cage again.
Xia Yu continued with the scaring practice, as he was happy with the hamster’s reaction and his ability to puff up his fur whenever he wanted.
After half an hour, however, the hamster became immune. Regardless of species, when something was scared with the same thing over and over, the scenario would stop being frightening.
Xia Yu began to try different ways of puffing up his fur.
He tried dropping to the floor first, ambushes, feint attacks…
The different scare tactics would only scare the hamster for an hour, and then the animal got used to it.
The hamster realized that the cat only looked scary and couldn’t come inside the cage.
Realizing his scaring techniques weren’t effective, Xia Yu knew he needed to step it up.
The hamster felt it was safe, so it wasn’t afraid. Thus, he needed to break down the animal’s sense of security to scare it.
Although having the hamster run loose in his room wasn’t very smart.
He opened the door of his room first, then he went toward the cage and shook it really hard, trying to bite the cage.
The hamster was startled for a bit, but it was still calm until Xia Yu shook it out of the cage.
Seeing its safety nest, the cage, being tossed on top of a dresser, the hamster panicked. It tried to run under the bed, but Xia Yu moved it back to the living room.
Closing the bedroom door, Xia Yu ran to the hamster, puffing up its fur.
The hamster crawled on the floor with its claws, trying to stop moving forward, then ran to the right.
So Xia Yu ran to the right too, once again puffing up its fur.
After an hour, Xia Yu lay on the balcony to rest, also letting the hamster rest.
Five minutes later, he began the chase again.
In order to frighten the hamster more, he tried not to be disgusted and lightly bit the hamster, tossing it to the side.
Another hour had passed. It was time to take a break. Xia Yu lay on the sofa, while the hamster hugged a chair leg.
A door opened. It was the door to Youxue’s room.
The girl noticed the black cat on the sofa right away, but not the hamster by the chair leg.
She picked up the black cat and stroked its fur, checking it over.
She breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the cat was fine.
So her brother wasn’t abusing the cat. The cat was just playing with him.
It was still weird that he was locked in his room playing with the cat though.
Youxue smoothed out the cat’s messy fur and carried it toward the bathroom.
Xia Yu, held by Youxue, was confused. What was his sister doing?
It wasn’t until she closed the bathroom and started undressing that he understood the situation.
The girl was really naive. How could she just go into a bathroom with a cat? Didn’t she know that there could be a person inside the cat?
Xia Yu stood up and walked to the door. He was a cat with dreams and principles. He couldn’t do things like this.
But before he could reach the door, Youxue grabbed him.
“You have to take a bath!” The girl gripped him so tightly that he couldn’t escape.
“…”
Xia Yu opened his mouth, pretending to bite her.
The girl hurriedly let go of him. He used the chance to open the door and run away.
He closed the door and locked it.
This sister of his had no sense of self-preservation, making him worry.
Youxue was freaked out by the earlier near-biting incident and didn’t look for the cat.
When he heard the shower start, Xia Yu relaxed.
He headed toward the dining table and looked at one of the chair legs.
Hey, where was my hamster?
The hamster wasn’t a small animal. It was just here. Where did it go?
He looked all over the living room, even under the sofa and dresser, he still couldn’t find the hamster.
Where did it go?
It couldn’t have climbed that high.
He scratched his head and tried again, also searching inside the three bedrooms. The hamster was nowhere to be found.
Xia Yu stopped and sat on the sofa, trying to figure out where the hamster went.
After a while, Youxue finished her shower, coming out of the bathroom in a nightgown.
The girl walked carefully toward Xia Yu, reaching out her hands.
Assuming the girl was going to hold him, Xia Yu obediently put out his paws.
But Youxue suddenly drew back her hands.
“Silly cat, I’m not holding you!” The girl chuckled and went inside her room.
While knowing Youxue was taking revenge on the near-biting incident earlier, Xia Yu was still a little anxious.
What if his sister disliked him?
He smelled himself, there was no odor. But cats had a different sense of smell from humans. He decided to shower.
He went into the bathroom. Grabbing a wash pan belonging to Xia Dongyang, he started filling it with water.
The faucet was a little high. He needed to jump to reach the handle.
After filling the water, he used his paw to check the temperature. Just as he was about to go into the wash pan, he noticed an unwelcome visitor.
The grey hamster was hiding in the corner, among the bathroom products. It shivered near a bottle of body wash.
Xia Yu tried to analyze the situation calmly.
The hamster was in the bathroom.
Youxue was taking a shower in the bathroom earlier.
“…”
“Meow–!”
“Squee–!”
The black cat held the hamster in its mouth and tossed it in the living room.
He chased the hamster around until 2 a.m., canceling their rest period. After he was satisfied, Xia Yu put the hamster back in its cage, then he returned to his own body.
He sat up in bed and glanced at the hamster. The hamster was exhausted and passed out.
The black cat was also sleeping on the floor.
He picked up the hamster cage, waking up the hamster, and put it next to the black cat.
“Squee–!”
The hamster shivered with fright, hiding in the farthest corner of its cage.
Happy with the hamster’s reaction, Xia Yu sat down at his desk and looked at the control panel.
Seeing [Scaring Lv 1], he smiled.
Facing the hamster, he tried to remember how he puffed up its fur and scared the hamster.
“Squee–!” The hamster saw the giant creature growing bigger, showing sharp teeth and a dark glint in his eyes.
The hamster stiffened and passed out in its cage.
Checking the cage, Xia Yu saw that the hamster only fainted. He relaxed.
He needed to practice more with the hamster.
When he had the Scaring skill, he could better handle the housekeeping chief.
He read a little and thought of how Youxue carried him to the bathroom.
Youxue was growing fast.
She was probably finding her old clothes too small.
.
At 7:30 a.m., after washing up and breakfast, he talked to his sister.
“What is it?” Youxue was confused.
Xia Yu took out 200 yuan, then added 100 more. “Get yourself some clothes.”
Youxue noticed Xia Yu’s gaze and realized why.
If it was other people, they’d have been upset or even embarrassed, but Youxue was not like those girls.
She hugged Xia Yu. “Brother, you noticed. Thanks.”
She only took one bill. “I don’t need this much money, just 100 yuan is plenty.”
“Clothes like this need to be good quality. You can use the rest for whatever.” Patting her head, Xia Yu felt bad having only 2500 yuan left in his savings. He still gave the 300 yuan to his sister.
He had to deal with the housekeeping chief today, and then finish learning the piano!
If he kept going like this, he wouldn’t be making money, he’d be bankrupt!