“Thanks for all your hard work today, everyone. Su Boss, welcome to the team. I’ll add you to the Wildcat Squad Chat Group shortly. From now on, any tasks will be posted there. Of course, if you have any questions, I’ll guide you ‘hand in hand’ as well.”
In the depths of the mountain, with sheer brute strength, they had subdued the Spring Stage Tyrant Bear.
As the Blood Princess, Lin Xue gathered her blood into a Blood Sword, delivering the final slashing blow to kill the beast.
Su Qi’s Su Wife Ability test was complete, and tonight’s interview was coming to an end.
They retraced their steps back to the Teleportation Array guarded by Security Guards, ready to return to Lin Hidden Mansion.
Unconsciously, it was already two o’clock in the morning, and the sky outside had turned pitch black.
Back at Room 1501, the gathering place of the Cangyou Wildcat Team within Lin Hidden Mansion, a brief meeting was held, and Su Qi’s interview finally concluded with Lin Xue’s flirtatious, youthful voice drawing the curtain.
Although Su Qi had passed the interview and officially joined the Cangyou Wildcat Team family, and had even discovered another function of his Su Wife Ability beyond just making bentos, it had exceeded his own expectations.
Yet at this moment, Su Qi could not bring himself to be happy.
The massive figure of the Tyrant Bear that had just risen was too deeply imprinted in his mind.
Thinking about that projectile, capable of piercing through him while pumping his blood, unsettled him profoundly.
Having read some strange comics as a boy, Su Qi felt distinctly uneasy—what kind of feeling was that?
It was hard to describe.
If he had to put it into words, it was like a girl walking down the street suddenly being chased by a suspicious man wearing a trench coat who abruptly opened it.
Although the Tyrant Bear (the exhibitionist) had fallen (been captured) and he himself had escaped unharmed, the discomfort lingered.
Just as Su Qi’s mood grew complicated, he ended the meeting and walked to the foyer.
He instinctively reached to put on his shoes, preparing to leave the Wildcat Team and go home for a good night’s sleep to heal his wounded spirit.
At that moment, a cute, obedient little girl’s voice suddenly sounded from behind him.
“Su Sister, it’s so late tonight. It’s unsafe to go out. Why don’t you just stay here with the Wildcat Team?”
“There’s a room prepared for newcomers, though we don’t have sheets or blankets yet. But Su Sister, we’re all girls here. You can sleep in my room tonight. My bed is big, and I even have an unopened set of pajamas!”
Turning toward the voice, Su Qi saw An Xiaoling dressed in an adorable bunny pajama set, clutching a pillow with an innocent, cuddly look—just like the sweet little sister next door.
Faced with such a soft and cute invitation to sleep over, Su Qi honestly felt a bit tempted.
Although he knew An Xiaoling’s current obedience was mostly an act, who wouldn’t like a sweet, soft, and well-behaved little sister?
But temptation aside, as a pure-hearted and moral young man who had feelings for Elder Sister Wen Yin, Su Qi gently shook his head and politely declined An Xiaoling’s kindness.
“Xiaoling, I’m a bit particular about my own bed. I’ll go home tonight. Don’t worry about me—I’ll take a taxi when I leave.”
After telling this small white lie, Su Qi stepped out of Room 1501.
Ding~
He swiped the private elevator card Lin Xue had given him after the meeting, riding alone as the elevator slowly descended, watching the floor numbers change on the display.
Perhaps because he was alone and his mind wandered, as the floors dropped lower, the shocking image of the blood-pumping scene in the Saint Ruins began to replay in his head.
Feeling a slight stir of emotions, Su Qi hurriedly shook his head, trying to distract himself.
He took out his phone, intending to scroll through Douyin for a bit.
But after a couple of taps, he realized his battered phone had died and blacked out since he used the flashlight in the Saint Ruins—it wouldn’t turn on at all.
With no phone, Su Qi glanced around the elevator, hoping for some ads or distractions.
But Lin Hidden Mansion was a high-end residence of the Lin family, and the elevator was extremely clean.
It didn’t have the colorful advertisements common in most buildings, nor any tacky lock-picking flyers in the corners.
Seeing nothing to pass the time and having just reached the 11th floor, Su Qi started reviewing his Ability panel.
Though he had looked over his Su Wife Ability countless times, to the point of knowing it inside out, it was still a good way to pass the time.
As Su Qi opened the Su Wife Ability interface and began to reread it from the top, a purple, dazzling notification flickered in the upper right corner.
It was immediately followed by an even more brilliant, colorful notification—the likes of which Su Qi had never seen before.
With these two messages appearing, Su Qi felt a foreboding sense.
While he had seen purple notifications before—like the one he received today after cooking for the Cangyou Wildcat Team with the Armored Crab, which granted him a large experience boost—he had never encountered a colorful one.
Considering his experience bar was just shy of 150 points needed for an upgrade, and colorful notifications implied ‘good news,’ Su Qi had a bad feeling.
Could it be that his Su Wife Ability had leveled up?
But where did that last bit of experience come from?
Just as Su Qi was about to check the details of the notifications—
Shrrrip~
Before he could, a sound of fabric tearing came from his chest.
Instinctively, Su Qi lowered his head toward the source.
He saw two soft, milky-white shapes breaking free like birds singing their freedom, gently pressing against his JK uniform shirt.
Watching this sudden change unfold and feeling a slightly heavier softness than before, Su Qi panicked.
Part of his panic was due to the physical change, but the other part was the painful realization dawning on him.
His guess that the Su Wife Ability had upgraded was correct.
Wuu… So when the Ability advances, does his body start developing feminine traits?
Just as Su Qi was still trying to accept this new reality in disbelief, the transformation continued, catching him completely off guard.
Unlike his earlier surprise, now his jade-white face was marked by sheer disbelief.
Looking down, Su Qi realized the second change caused by the Ability upgrade had affected his most precious treasure.
The sword he had not drawn for eighteen years had shrunk into a dagger!
This… This was not right!!!
Nooo!!!
…
Ding~
As the boy Su Qi stared blankly at his new changes, his peach blossom eyes fixed on what lay beneath, lost in thought.
The elevator had quietly reached the first floor.
When the doors slid open, the lively and playful Lin Xue appeared right in front.
In fact, knowing Su Qi’s secret after the meeting, Lin Xue had guessed he wouldn’t stay overnight.
She had already jumped out a window earlier to wait by the elevator downstairs, ready to escort her cute junior schoolmate home.
After all, since something had gone wrong during the interview and Su Qi hadn’t let her cure his poison, it was only fair to collect some interest.
But when the elevator doors opened, what greeted Lin Xue shocked her into wide-eyed surprise.
There, curled up in the corner of the elevator, was Su Qi, trembling as if terrified.
His peach blossom eyes were shaking uncontrollably.
His slender legs, wrapped in white stockings, clung tightly to each other, seemingly the only way to hold up his unsteady body.
One pure white hand mysteriously embraced the two soft mounds pressing against his chest.
The other hand was caught between the soft white stockinged legs, hidden beneath the skirt’s hem, faintly visible—evoking both innocent fragility and a subtle hint of allure.
The delicate posture combined with the hazy mist in his apricot peach blossom eyes made Su Qi look simultaneously pitiful and vulnerable, as if he could shatter at a touch.
This fragility evoked a protective instinct in Lin Xue, much like the idiom ‘Xi Zi holding her heart’—an overwhelming urge to protect and care.
Seeing Su Qi so weak and helpless, Lin Xue felt an inexplicable tenderness.
Though she knew the truth that Su Qi was a boy, her heart ached all the same.
Yet while feeling compassion, Lin Xue glanced at her watch, puzzled.
The minute hand had just passed five.
Hadn’t the meeting just ended?
By time calculation, no one should have harmed Su Qi, her junior schoolmate!
What could have happened in these five minutes?
While Lin Xue was lost in thought, trying to make sense of it all—
Ding dong~
Since no one had exited, the elevator doors began to close automatically once again.
Without hesitation, Lin Xue stepped into the elevator, ready to ask Su Qi about what had happened.
But as she lifted her slender legs and entered the enclosed space, inhaling the fragrance in the air and looking closely at Su Qi, she froze in place.
How could this be?
Just a few minutes ago, but the two little rabbits on Su Qi’s chest seemed noticeably larger now.
More importantly, the scent of his body’s blood smelled even sweeter than before.
Like a delicious, fragrant little cake.
Sluuurp~~~~
Oh no, this time I really can’t resist…
😳😳😳😳