69: Too Many Coincidence

Unaware of the 4 different. A slight whimper emanated from the shoulder bag behind him. Lu Yuan helplessly snapped his fingers, took the bag off his shoulder, placed it on the chair beside him, and unzipped it.

"Waiter, three more glasses," he called out.

As he spoke, a bunch of heads, big and small, eagerly squeezed out from the cracks in the chains.

"Wade, you need to understand the power of being a role model," Lu Yuan said, smiling as he gently pressed Pikachu's head and pushed it back.

[T/N: He changed the name Ig]

Seven small yellow squirrels happily ran to the table, followed by a larger yellow squirrel that intimidated the young cubs.

With their sharp claws swiping, the seven small Pikachus lined up neatly.

Wade poked his head out again, walking aside with a face full of grievances. He had brought his wife and children for this job, but he didn't expect to be treated like this. It was truly heartbreaking.

A glass was placed in front of the sulking Wade, and he instinctively hugged it.

"How does it taste?" Lu Yuan asked.

"I think it tastes good," Wade responded, looking at the two glasses of juice being shared by his wife and child. He felt relieved as he stuck the straw into his little mouth and started sipping.

The comment he had made earlier was retracted, and he forgave the disrespectful behavior of the human with fish lips.

Four cups of juice were divided among one person and nine kids. This peculiar sight attracted the attention of many people, especially women who couldn't resist cute animals.

However, the thought of these small animals being spirit beasts was immediately dismissed. Such docile and well-behaved creatures couldn't possibly be spirit beasts! How dare anyone slander them..They were just a group of simple, weak, pitiful, and innocent pets!

Unnoticed, a blue arc flashed across the sharp little claws, and Wade could feel several gazes resting on him speechlessly.

Why were humans so bold now? Even ordinary spirit masters would be cautious around them, so why were these people looking at him with such intensity? Some even had hidden desires in their eyes.

Stop staring! I'm the boss here! Disgusted, Wade waved his little paw and jumped back into the shoulder bag. This casual action gained him many fans. What could be better than a cute pet to capture a girl's attention? Of course, a pet that was even cuter and smarter would be even better.

Unfortunately, humans had a tendency to favor the new and discard the old. It was a part of human nature.

"Excuse me."

Lu Yuan suddenly raised his head and looked the girl who spoke with a gentle smile. Ye Lingling, who had social anxiety, forgot that she had already prepared a script and became stuck in embarrassment.

Embarrassed, she subconsciously looked back at her teammates, hoping to get some useful tips from them. But with such a long distance between them, there were only two ways to communicate with them—shout loudly or hope that he could understand lip reading.

Walking over to ease the embarrassment was also an option, but the members of the Heaven Dou Academy team had already agreed that it might not be necessary.

Not receiving any useful support from her teammates, Ye Lingling felt helpless and could only blame herself for not thinking before speaking, which led to her current embarrassing situation.

As she laughed awkwardly, Ye Lingling's eyes drooped slightly, but she was interrupted by a crisp snap of fingers just as she was about to speak.

"Why do you have to apologize? You didn't do anything wrong," Lu Yuan said, raising his head and looking at Ye Lingling with a gentle smile. He seemed to be talking to someone else, not her.

However, Ye Lingling knew deep down that he was addressing her. Pressing her lips together, she tried hard to gather her thoughts, but her usually quick mind went blank.

The young man sighed, appearing disappointed yet dissatisfied. This made Ye Lingling even more embarrassed. She thought she would hear him asking her to leave, but things didn't unfold as she had imagined.

"You remind me of myself in the past, very much so. I see my own shadow in you," he said slowly, putting down the glass he had been staring at.

Feeling apologetic, Ye Lingling opened the stool opposite the boy and sat down.

"Tell me, why are you here?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Um..." The girl, who wasn't good with words, became stuck again. Sometimes her quick mind would offer unnecessary advice at inconvenient times. Was it too much and too direct to say that she came here for his pet? She wanted to express her intentions tactfully. But she hadn't finished drafting her words!

Tapping the table lightly, the girl raised her head and saw the helpless expression on the boy's face.

"Don't worry about gains and losses, don't overthink it. Just speak your true thoughts," he advised.

She finally said with a hint of apprehension, deliberately slowing down her speech to suppress her overly sensitive heart. "I want to pet your pet, and... I want to know where you got your pet."

Realizing that it wasn't appropriate to say such word, she quickly changed her words, "Where did you get them?"

"I caught it with my own hands," He replied.

Confused, she tilted her head. Could this creature really be caught by himself? Was he a beast trainer?

With a single glance, Lu Yuan guessed what was going through the girl's mind. Amused, he picked up the shoulder bag and placed it on the table. He patted the shell, and Wade poked his head out in confusion.

"Give her a little demonstration, but be careful," Lu Yuan signaled with a slight raise of his chin.

Wade immediately understood what his master meant. He jumped onto the table, ignoring the girl's fascinated gaze, and raised his right paw high.

Yah!

Accompanied by a cute roar, a light blue thunderball the size of a face appeared on Wade's little paw. The flickering thunder light illuminated Ye Lingling's astonished face, and then the thunderball slowly disappeared.

With a look of contempt for the foolish woman, regardless of whether she understood or not, Wade arrogantly went back into the shoulder bag.

"See, I didn't lie to you. I really caught it with my own hands," Lu Yuan said, looking at the innocent girl in front of him.

For the first time, Ye Lingling understood the meaning of "Versailles." Catching a spirit beast with one's own hands and then taming it... If it were as simple as those eleven words, the imperial families of Heaven Dou and Star Luo wouldn't need a carriage for every journey.

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