Chapter 94
Yuanbao’s paw was still raised in the air, frozen as he looked incredulously at the black panther beside Lin Ran.
He had only been gone for a short while, and there was already a new one beside him!?
As for Louis, he was on high alert, his front paws restlessly scratching the ground, a low growl rumbling in his throat.
Although Louis couldn’t understand why a demon with such powerful magic would disguise himself as a cub. In the demon world, this was undoubtedly equivalent to giving up a part of one’s intimidating appearance.
It was a very extravagant and abnormal behavior.
Theoretically, Shao Mian never took this kind of provocation from young demons seriously. Occasionally, he would at most tease them indifferently before letting them go and yawning.
But at this moment, Shao Mian rarely wanted to bite this guy’s spine, so that he could no longer lie on the ground and act cute towards the human…
“Don’t bite, Yuanbao!?”
Lin Ran, who was originally amused, instantly noticed the hostility appearing in Yuanbao’s eyes.
Lin Ran, who knew Yuanbao’s temper all too well, didn’t even think twice before reaching out and scooping up the shrunken golden tabby into his arms.
It had to be said that Yuanbao was already very handsome in his smaller form, and he instantly went from ferocious to adorably fierce.
He bared his teeth, wanting to pounce on the black panther, but was held up by Lin Ran, his four short legs flailing in the air.
“What do you want to do, Yuanbao?”
Lin Ran held down his bared fangs and looked down at Yuanbao in his arms.
“…”
Shao Mian really wanted to bite something to vent his anger, but Lin Ran’s fingers were right there, instantly forcing him to suppress all his hostility.
After hesitating for a while, Shao Mian licked Lin Ran’s fingertip instead, unable to bring himself to bite down.
“So dirty… you’re licking randomly again?”
Lin Ran felt the warm, wet sensation on his fingertip and his face flushed slightly as he pulled Yuanbao’s ear. Why did this guy like to lick things randomly?
Licking randomly again?
Was this morning also licking randomly?
Shao Mian wagged his tail. Although he didn’t speak, the aura around him instantly changed.
“…”
Lin Ran realized that he had inexplicably understood what Yuanbao meant, so he pursed his lips, not wanting to speak, and opened the door to throw him inside.
Louis watched all this happen in an instant, too stunned to react.
A few minutes later, Shao Mian squatted on the dormitory desk with a cold expression, staring at Lin Ran, who had found a few cans of meat for the black panther and opened them, with increasingly dangerous eyes.
Louis actually wanted to say that he didn’t need to eat these, but if it was given by A-Ran, the black panther naturally lowered his head and ate obediently.
His big black tail also swayed back and forth, very lively.
“Baby, you’re so cool!”
Lin Ran, squatting beside him, couldn’t help but reach out and touch the black panther’s head.
Although they were all babies to him, he had to say that small fluffy creatures and big fluffy creatures each had their own charm.
The visual impact of this large fluffy creature was hard to describe, especially since he was currently lying there docilely, letting people pet him.
No fluffy creature lover could resist this ultimate temptation.
Louis, whose fur was being stroked, licked his tongue and rubbed against Lin Ran’s palm, clearly wanting to be closer to A-Ran.
Shao Mian was furious… for a moment.
He decided to continue sneering to see how long it would take before he was remembered.
Although Lin Ran was simply deliberately ignoring Yuanbao, after all, this guy was clearly trying to act cute. He was so small and adorable that it was difficult to be serious with him.
“Louis, I brought your backpack back, and this plushie. Eh, its hat fell off.”
Lin Ran brought in the backpack that had fallen on the ground after Louis transformed back into a black panther and found that the plushie keychain on it was really cute.
It was very delicate and could even change clothes.
“Awoo…”
Louis, looking at Lin Ran holding his plushie, became even more excited and nervous, signaling for A-Ran to open the backpack zipper.
“Do you want to take something? It’s all small clothes.”
Lin Ran helped him open the zipper and was instantly surprised to find that the backpack was full of all kinds of small clothes sets.
“Are these all for this doll? You take such good care of him, he’s a very happy doll.”
Although he was a little surprised that such a big black panther’s hobby was playing with dolls, Lin Ran thought it was quite cute after thinking about it.
He looked cool and mysterious, but secretly had a girlish heart?
The demons in “Demon World” all had different personalities, always leaving a deep impression on Lin Ran.
Louis wanted to tell A-Ran the truth, that this doll was actually a chibi version of A-Ran as an NPC, and he was raising the top star of the Demon World, A-Ran!
But he hesitated and felt a little embarrassed, so he didn’t say anything, letting A-Ran misunderstand.
Shao Mian, after the initial shock, frowned and sneered at the table full of things, then looked at the innocent-looking Louis, his sneer deepening.
After all, Lin Ran didn’t know that this was his own plushie, but Shao Mian did!
Not only did he know, but Stone even sent Shao Mian a set of every new design as soon as it was released, as payment for the Core of Wisdom he owed.
Because Stone knew very well that the value of his handmade crafts wasn’t equal to that reward, he insisted on doing so.
But at this moment, Shao Mian noticed at a glance that Louis’ collection was almost complete, only a few sets less than his own, and the difficulty of this could be imagined.
Every time a new card face set was released, the forum’s front page was full of acquisition posts. For this reason, “Demon World” even specifically opened a trading section to prevent too many similar posts from flooding the forum.
Even so, there were still countless demons who couldn’t get them running to various sections, wailing and begging for a kind person to sell them one.
“So you can’t transform back? Or can you decide yourself?”
After tidying up Louis’ things without knowing the truth, Lin Ran curiously rubbed the black panther’s ears, actually wanting to touch his abs even more.
But this seemed a bit presumptuous, so Lin Ran held back.
Hearing A-Ran’s question, Louis hesitated for a moment, thinking that A-Ran wanted to see his human form, so he simply transformed back in front of Lin Ran.
“I can control it.”
The black-haired young man explained shyly.
But the next moment, the young man carefully placed his chin in Lin Ran’s palm.
After playing for so long, Louis knew that A-Ran liked to touch the fur on his chin.
“…………!”
However, this scene startled Lin Ran, and he immediately withdrew his hand, his eyes widening slightly in bewilderment.
He felt that if he really touched it, this scene would be a bit too suggestive.
Lin Ran felt that he wasn’t a pervert yet?
And Louis, who had transformed back into human form and was at a loss as to why A-Ran reacted so strongly, was caught off guard when a large hand suddenly pressed against his neck and he was slammed against the wall with a “bang.”
A demon’s physique was naturally completely different from that of an ordinary human. Even though his neck was being pressed against the wall by that large hand, Louis simply coughed, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked at the man in front of him in a daze.
Louis could feel that the other party was holding back and hadn’t used his full strength.
And although his appearance had changed, his aura wouldn’t change.
Even so, looking at Shao Mian in front of him, Louis blinked and looked at those cold and terrifying crimson gold eyes.
Louis suddenly remembered a rumor he had heard when he was young.
“Yuanbao, are you trying to kill him?”
Lin Ran stared blankly at this scene and only reacted when Louis was already against the wall, covering his throat and coughing.
And the commotion was so loud that there were clearly voices outside anxiously asking what had happened, as if there had been a sudden earthquake, the walls shaking.
“He won’t die, demons are very different from humans.”
Shao Mian coldly glanced at Louis, thinking that if this guy really pretended to be dead, he wouldn’t mind making it real.
It was one thing in beast form, but in human form, wanting to cling to him like this was impossible.
“It’s okay… I’m not hurt.”
Louis still seemed a little dazed and even comforted A-Ran.
Lin Ran, who didn’t believe it at all, carefully examined him and found that after wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Louis was still alive and kicking, except for his slightly hoarse voice and the bruise on his neck.
If he was sent to the hospital a little later, the wound would probably have healed itself.
No way, if his physique was this strong, how could Yuanbao have the nerve to act so weak before?!
Lin Ran’s gaze suddenly changed after realizing this, making Shao Mian, whose back felt cold, confused.
“Lin-zai——Lin-zai! Did you hear that noise just now?”
“Did something happen in your room?”
However, Luo Xiao and the others, who had been startled, came over, confirming that the noise seemed to have come from Lin Ran’s room, but Lin Ran hadn’t made any sound.
Luo Xiao, who was a little worried, even wanted to ask the dorm supervisor to open the door.
But the next second, the door was opened a crack.
“I’m fine, nothing happened.”
Lin Ran guiltily held down the two large fluffy creatures who were fighting and came out to deal with the matter.
And Luo Xiao, Zhu Yao, and the others, seeing that Lin Ran was indeed fine, breathed a sigh of relief.
It was good that nothing had happened.
“I don’t know what happened, there was a loud bang just now, it was really strange.”
“By the way, I brought you food, should I put it in your room?”
Facing his friends’ enthusiastic concern, Lin Ran was a little flustered and subconsciously took the plastic bag.
“It’s okay, my room is a bit messy, just give it to me.”
If he really let Luo Xiao and the others in and they saw the two guys in his room, Lin Ran had a hunch that the consequences would be a bit complicated.
“Oh… uh, hmm?”
But as Luo Xiao handed him the food, just as he was closing the door, he thought he saw a glimpse of a young man with his upper body bare.
And there was a bruise on his neck.
…?
“What’s wrong, Xiao? Why are you still standing there??”
Zhu Yao patted Luo Xiao’s shoulder, not knowing why he had suddenly stopped.
“Have you ever thought about a question?”
On the way back, Luo Xiao’s tone was complicated.
“What question? You’re even thinking about questions while eating spicy hot pot?? Didn’t we just finish our exams?”
Zhu Yao felt that Luo Xiao must have gone crazy from studying.
After all, everyone knew that Luo Xiao’s family wasn’t short of money, and he had always had a “just get by” attitude towards studying. Among the four people in the dormitory, although he wasn’t a slacker, he was definitely not as serious and outstanding as Lin Ran.
“Lin-zai has never had a girlfriend, right?”
“Yeah, what, is there another girl who wants you to deliver a love letter?”
Lu Yi pushed up his glasses, not surprised by this.
With Lin-zai’s face, coupled with his good personality, as his roommates, they had received a bunch of requests to pass on messages at the beginning of the semester.
But Lin Ran had never accepted any of them.
The three people in the dormitory could more or less sense the reason. The main reason was probably that Lin Ran felt that his family situation was special, and agreeing would probably be a burden to the girl.
Plus, he was busy working part-time to earn living expenses and really didn’t have time for love.
So although the girls who were rejected felt regretful, they didn’t have any extreme reactions.
According to Zhu Yao’s observation, a large portion of them even gradually became his fans under the leadership of Class President Guan Qianqian…
During the campus gala voting period, the combat effectiveness of Lin-zai’s fan group couldn’t be underestimated.
“Is it possible that Lin-zai doesn’t like girls? And Lin-zai has been staring at his phone recently, either smiling or spacing out.”
When Luo Xiao said this, everyone fell silent.
“What, he doesn’t like girls, he likes you?”
Zhu Yao’s words made Luo Xiao slap him.
The atmosphere was completely ruined.
Luo Xiao, who was choked, felt that he shouldn’t say anything more and just pretended that he had seen it wrong.
He didn’t believe that Lin-zai would be the kind of improper person who would keep a young man!
Daddy didn’t believe it——!
Even if it were true, it must be those guys who were clinging to him, and Lin-zai didn’t know how to refuse.
Luo Xiao, who had perfectly explained it to himself, finally slapped his head, feeling that he had to care more about Lin-zai in the future.
“But Lin-zai hasn’t had a boyfriend either.”
Until Lu Yi slowly added a sentence.
After all, among so many love letters, there were also some from males… There were quite a few of them hidden in S University.
In Lu Yi’s opinion, Lin-zai was simply clueless in this aspect.
There were inevitably some discussions in the male dormitory sometimes, but Lin-zai never participated actively. If they asked too much, he would blush and seriously emphasize that such things shouldn’t be taken lightly.
The three of them were so amused by seeing Lin Ran blush, wasn’t this much more interesting than chatting?
Lin Ran didn’t know that his “reputation was almost ruined” and simply heaved a sigh of relief.
Louis touched his ribs with an unchanged expression, and with a few “clicks,” he put all his dislocated bones back into place, making Lin Ran wince a little.
The more it was like this, the more he felt that Yuanbao was being unreasonable.
Lin Ran could sense that Louis did have many characteristics of demons, that is, his way of thinking was very different from ordinary humans.
He wasn’t doing it on purpose.
“So you really don’t need to go to the hospital?”
“Mm… going to the hospital would be bad.”
His overly strong healing ability would be discovered.
Facing A-Ran’s concern, Louis easily became happy again.
Although the difference in treatment between his beast form and human form made him a little confused.
Did A-Ran like to touch his chin, or not?
“Can I come find you again next time?”
Before leaving, Louis still asked shyly and nervously, even though Shao Mian’s gaze had already fallen on him after hearing this.
“Yes, but it would be better to tell me in advance. And you really can’t do many things casually in human form. The environment in school is relatively simple, but you still have to protect yourself, Louis.”
Lin Ran reminded him, still a little worried.
He felt that he really cared about these fluffy creatures scattered all over the world.
“Mm!”
Although Louis didn’t understand these things, the concern in A-Ran’s words still made him happy.
But walking on the street, Louis looked at the image on the advertising screen and found that the canned food A-Ran had fed him was the top-brand pet food shown on it.
Subconsciously walking into the store, Louis silently pointed at the row of cans and had the clerk pack two large shopping bags.
“If I could, I really want to be A-Ran’s pet…”
He didn’t know if “Demon World” would finish updating tonight.
Louis muttered with a sigh.
But it successfully made Luo Xiao and the others, who were passing by with spicy hot pot, freeze beside him. They never expected to hear Lin-zai’s name here, and the content was so shocking!?
Not allowed, absolutely not allowed!!
Especially Luo Xiao, who noticed the bruise under Louis’ collar at a glance. It was definitely this guy who had led Lin-zai astray——!
“You’re a grown man, young and healthy, can’t you have some ambition!?”
Louis: ?
“No!”
Shao Mian was emphasizing the same thing very seriously.
He absolutely wouldn’t allow Lin Ran to let that black panther in again.
In fact, Shao Mian was already sneering and considering how to make him disappear.
“If Louis disappears or gets hurt, you’ll be the prime suspect, Yuanbao.”
Lin Ran didn’t say much, simply looking at Yuanbao’s eyes, which were clearly full of bad intentions, and said this.
Shao Mian：……
Shao Mian instantly wanted to explode.
They had only met for one day, and he was already being fierce towards him because of him?
Although the golden tabby cub looked very unintimidating when angry, Lin Ran still couldn’t forget the scene of Yuanbao suddenly pressing him against the wall.
“I think it’s clearly you who’s being fierce, Yuanbao.”
The next second, Lin Ran frowned, reached out, pinched the golden tabby’s cheek, and started rubbing it.
It had to be said that Yuanbao cheating and transforming into a cub was a bit of a foul. Lin Ran really wanted to bury his face in his fur and take a deep breath.
But Shao Mian clearly didn’t want to admit this accusation and wagged his tail, wanting to run away, but he didn’t realize that he had shrunk and was easily caught by Lin Ran with a laugh.
Actually, Lin Ran had wanted to play with him the moment Yuanbao appeared at the top of the stairs.
Usually, if he wanted to coax Yuanbao into shrinking so he could play with him, Lin Ran felt that it wouldn’t be easy, and he would be rejected 99% of the time.
Lin Ran reached out and rubbed the pads on Yuanbao’s paws, finding that they felt amazing!
They were soft and bouncy when pressed, and when his sharp claws emerged, they would immediately retract as if afraid of scratching him. Lin Ran became a little addicted to playing with them.
If a plushie could achieve this level of realism, Lin Ran felt that it wouldn’t be a matter of price, but that even technology couldn’t achieve it.
He didn’t even notice when Shao Mian stopped struggling.
Louis was too embarrassed to touch himself, but Yuanbao was different.
Lin Ran felt justified in touching him.
If there was any intention of resistance, he would just hug this grumpy golden tabby and not let him go. Yuanbao, who was already in the wrong today, naturally didn’t move.
It wasn’t until Lin Ran, out of curiosity, started rubbing the fur on his belly that Shao Mian finally couldn’t stand it anymore and transformed back into human form, quickly grabbing Lin Ran’s wrist.
“Yuanbao?”
Lin Ran looked blankly at Yuanbao, who was close at hand. He was held back so he didn’t bump into him.
Shao Mian quietly looked down at Lin Ran.
Shao Mian felt that Lin Ran thought that black panther lacked common sense and was worried about him, but Lin Ran himself clearly lacked common sense.
Or perhaps because his parents weren’t around since he was young and he was raised by his grandparents, Lin Ran was indeed much less sensitive in this aspect.
So when Lin Ran noticed Shao Mian unnaturally straightening his body to hide a certain reaction, he froze for a long time, then silently clenched his hands, his face much hotter than in the morning.
Although he was insensitive, it didn’t mean that Lin Ran was completely unaware of relevant knowledge.
Especially during puberty, the first time he washed his underwear in the morning, Lin Ran secretly woke up early and washed it behind his roommates’ backs while they were still sleeping. He had a very deep impression of that.
“Yuanbao, you…”
But before Lin Ran could speak with a flushed face, he was hugged by Shao Mian, who was unusually quiet.
This usually fierce big cat seemed to know that he was in the wrong, simply and restrainedly burying his face in Lin Ran’s neck and sniffing his scent.
It was a scent that was familiar to his bones, with a light fragrance of soap pod, which Shao Mian always found addictive.
Lin Ran felt like he was being tightly hugged around the waist by a big lion.
“Don’t touch them anymore, okay? Can’t you just touch me?”
Shao Mian felt that he should be much more pleasant to touch than those random guys outside!
And the update was about to be completed. If a bunch of random guys all crowded over, Shao Mian really suspected that he wouldn’t be able to resist deleting all their accounts.
“No, I don’t want to touch you anymore, let go, Yuanbao.”
Lin Ran, sensing the danger, directly rejected Yuanbao’s self-promotion, but his tone had a hint of feigned calmness and panic.
Even though this conversation was childish.
“Then do you want to touch that black panther like this?”
Shao Mian instantly became alert and jealous, looking at Lin Ran.
“I don’t want to touch anyone anymore!”
Lin Ran gave up.
“No, you said you wouldn’t dislike me, and you would tell me if you felt uncomfortable…”
But even so, Shao Mian seriously started to bring up the past.
“But when did I dislike you? Let go first, I’ll get you clothes to take a shower.”
Lin Ran felt like the tables had been turned on him, his face burning hot.
“Okay.”
“Then can I lick you again?”
A super soft question, and his crimson gold beast pupils looked at Lin Ran obediently, as if he would obediently go take a shower if he agreed.
“And didn’t you say you didn’t dislike it?”
We demons are very simple.
The big lion’s eyes showed doubt, as if his feelings had been deceived by an evil human.
“…But not disliking it doesn’t mean it has to happen every day.”
Lin Ran blushed and felt that he should have decisively said he disliked it in the morning.
But at that moment, Yuanbao’s gaze towards him made Lin Ran really feel that he couldn’t lie.
Because the feeling of being gently pecked on the lips by Yuanbao wasn’t disgusting at all.
It was even like a usually domineering behemoth retracting all its claws and carefully nudging him, afraid that he would be angry.
It even made Lin Ran feel that it was a bit clumsily cute.
Although when this thought appeared, Lin Ran felt that he definitely couldn’t let Yuanbao know, otherwise, who knew how smug this guy would become.
“…”
However, looking at Shao Mian’s rarely dejected and pitiful appearance, Lin Ran inexplicably held his hand.
He leaned in and lightly brushed his cheek, originally a fleeting touch.
But the next second, his wrist was gently held by Yuanbao.
Like a golden lion lying aggrievedly on the grassland, suddenly having a butterfly lightly land on its nose, and instinctively chasing after it when it was about to fly away the next second.
