nycdaug Chapter 194 Pets
Chapter 194 Pets
Long Xiaoxiao's trip outside not only failed to find the mastermind, but she also brought back a strange man, which was really strange. In addition, China did not deliberately hide the news, so it was quickly spread.
Long Xiaoxiao paid little attention to public opinion. She was lying quietly on the mat, seriously thinking about how to catch all those bad guys, but unfortunately she didn't come up with any results.
"Uncle, it seems like this brother isn't very useful." Long Xiaoxiao turned her head and saw Zhang Huo squatting to the side, leisurely munching on a Flame Fruit. She immediately asked the system in a puzzled tone.
The system was browsing the database that Zhang Huo had brought when it heard Long Xiaoxiao's words. It immediately laughed and said to Zhang Huo, "Xiaoxiao thinks you're useless."
Zhang Huo paused in his fruit-eating motion, casually wiping his chin to clean off the juice, then raised an eyebrow and calmly said, "I'm useless? Compared to your broken system, I'm much more useful, aren't I?"
The system sneered.
Long Xiaoxiao simply stared at Zhang Huo without moving, as if she wanted to stare a hole through him. In reality, her thoughts had already flown far away. Her small head couldn't think of too many things, so she just kept recalling the scenes of her previous encounters with those time-traveling fugitives.
Even so, Long Xiaoxiao couldn't find any clues.
Zhang Huo was the first to feel uncomfortable under the gaze. He coughed lightly a few times with his hand to his lips, and then said awkwardly, "Well, Xiao Xiao, it's not that I'm useless, I'm just keeping a low profile."
Hearing Zhang Huo muttering something, Long Xiaoxiao looked up at him in confusion, then silently turned her head away.
This guy looks a bit silly, I'd better stay away from him.
Uncle System once said that stupidity is contagious, and Uncle System always felt that he had become stupid because of Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao deeply agreed, and therefore distanced herself even further from Zhang Huo.
Zhang Huo: "..."
Is he some kind of unlucky thing?
Zhang Huo was still bewildered when Rong Ming and the others arrived with food. Their gazes were focused on Long Xiaoxiao as usual. After carefully examining her and confirming that there was nothing unusual, Rong Ming looked at Zhang Huo.
As early as when Zhang Huo first arrived, they knew that the language he spoke did not belong to any language in this world, and that Zhang Huo might be communicating with the Azure Dragon God through this language.
Anything related to the Azure Dragon God can pique people's interest, let alone a living, breathing, and eloquent person.
Faced with everyone's intense gazes, even the thick-skinned Zhang Huo felt a little uncomfortable and silently shrank closer to Long Xiaoxiao.
Long Xiaoxiao noticed Zhang Huo's actions, looked down at him, and said in a low voice, "Brother, you're such a coward."
Zhang Huo couldn't understand Long Xiaoxiao's words, and just looked up blankly: "Huh?"
The system mocked, "Useless."
Before Zhang Huo could react, Rong Ming and the others had already walked over. They bowed to Long Xiaoxiao with serious and respectful expressions, and then gave a sincere description of the current situation of the city where the stone statue had collapsed.
When it came to this matter, Long Xiaoxiao listened very attentively.
"...So far, most of the destroyed buildings have been repaired, and the residents who unfortunately passed away have been properly taken care of..." Rong Ming said carefully.
After he finished speaking, Rong Ming glanced quickly at Zhang Huo, then casually looked away.
Long Xiaoxiao then revealed a genuine smile. She nodded and said earnestly, "That's good!"
After saying that, Rong Ming finally turned to Zhang Huo and said seriously, "Lord Azure Dragon God, your friend is very interesting. We would like to have a private talk with him, is that alright?"
This statement made it sound as if Zhang Huo was a pet kept by Long Xiaoxiao. Long Xiaoxiao sensed something was off, but didn't think much of it. She simply turned to look at Zhang Huo and asked, "Can you do it?"
The system accurately translated the information for Zhang Huo.
Zhang Huo's eyes widened as he looked at Rong Ming and then at Long Xiaoxiao. Without hesitation, he reached out and grabbed Long Xiaoxiao tightly, his voice almost screaming, "Xiaoxiao! Are you really going to hand me over to someone else like this! Xiaoxiao!"
His excited appearance startled Rong Ming and Long Xiaoxiao. Long Xiaoxiao froze, hesitated for a few seconds, then stretched out her tail and lifted him off her body.
It's really dirty.
Zhang Huo, unaware of Long Xiao's thoughts, stubbornly continued to feign tears.
The system felt embarrassed and said to Zhang Huo in an annoyed tone, "What are you doing! It's shameful."
Zhang Huo complained, "Looking at them like this, who knows what they're taking me for? Headquarters didn't give me anything useful this time. If I get torn to pieces, I'm really dead."
The system knew Zhang Huo's concerns, but still felt that his behavior just now had embarrassed Long Xiaoxiao and damaged her dignity as the Azure Dragon God. So, it changed its mind and said to Long Xiaoxiao, "Just let them come here to find Zhang Huo. You will oversee the whole process."
The system gloated, wanting to teach Zhang Huo a lesson.
Long Xiaoxiao obediently relayed the system's words to Rong Ming and the others.
Rong Ming was taken aback, his face showing difficulty, but he didn't hesitate for long before nodding in agreement.
Zhang Huo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Rong Ming and the others were no longer paying attention to him.
Lunch passed quickly, and Zhang Huo ate to his heart's content. But when dinner came, he saw a group of people in white coats following Rong Ming from afar, and he immediately felt something was wrong.
“0027…” Zhang Huojian said sharply, “You weren’t behind this, were you?”
No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhang Huo felt a strong push from behind. Turning around, he saw that it was Long Xiaoxiao's dragon tail that was pushing him all the way to the group of people in white coats.
Long Xiaoxiao had long been annoyed by Zhang Huo's nagging, and knowing that the Chinese were all good people, she handed it over to them without hesitation.
"Don't hurt him," Long Xiaoxiao reminded him again.
Okay, now it looks more like a pet.
Zhang Huo was still confused when he saw a group of people in white coats surrounding him with serious expressions, chattering away. Soon after, someone else came up and took out a measuring tape to measure him.
Zhang Huo: "..."
Should we have clothes custom-made for him?
Seeing that the researchers had already started working and Zhang Huo did not show any obvious resistance, Rong Ming felt much relieved. He then turned around and pushed the meal he had prepared for Long Xiaoxiao to the front.
While calmly eating her meal, Long Xiaoxiao watched with great interest as Zhang Huo and the researchers in white coats chatted incoherently.
Although they had no idea what the other was talking about, they chatted quite enthusiastically back and forth.