CH 13

Chapter 13: Little Ocelot

“Lin Luo?” Xing Mo asked tentatively. He knew that Lin Luo was a descendant of the first generation of Beastkin. He could become a beast, but he didn’t know what his beast was.

“Mao…Mao…” The little thing floating in the bathtub immediately flailed and called out weakly in his direction, as if calling him for help.

Xing Mo hurried over, fished the wet little guy out of the bathtub, and then wrapped him in a dry towel.

When he took the little guy in his arms, Xing Mo realized that he was heavier than he thought, but because all the wet fur was sticking to his body, he couldn’t tell what kind of beast it was for the time being.

“Woo…” Lin Luo let out a pitiful cry. He was a little embarrassed that he was causing Xing Mo trouble again.

It may be due to the sequelae of mental overdraft. When he was in the bath, he felt that his vision turned black, his body suddenly became smaller and he suddenly fell completely into the water, but his hands and feet couldn’t get his strength. Had he not been fished out, he might have actually drowned in the bathtub.

Xing Mo put Lin Luo on the bed, let him lie on the bed, and then slowly dried the fur on him with a towel.

Lin Luo cooperated very much. He velveted his claws when he raised his paws, and lowered his head as needed. The soft fur made Xing Mo a little fond of it.

Lin Luo’s fur soon became half-dry, puffy and fluffy, looking at the fluffy ball, it was very cute.

Xing Mo felt that Lin Luo’s animal shape should look like a feline, but his body is a bit larger than a normal cat. The fur is silver-gray, the abdomen is pure white, and the back has black spots.

Xing Mo turned on his light brain, took a photo of Lin Luo with a camera, and then searched on the StarNet, only to find that Lin Luo’s animal form turned out to be an ocelot [1].

The leopard cat has a well-proportioned body, a round head and short snout, large and round eyes, erect pupils, small and pointed ears, and looks somewhat similar to a cat, but its attack power is several times that of a cat.

Lin Luo was initially looking at Xiao Xiao when he was huddled up in a ball, but after standing up straight, his body stretched, and it really did look similar to a leopard.

Xing Mo looked at his pitiful little appearance, followed his fur with his hands a little amusingly, and asked softly, “What’s wrong? Aren’t you able to change back?”

Lin Luo yowled listlessly, which could be regarded as a response to his question.

“Otherwise, will you sleep with me tonight? With you like this, I’m not at ease.” Xing Mo said, stroking Lin Luo’s soft fluff.

Lin Luo opened his mouth and yowled. Xing Mo didn’t know what he meant, so he assumed that he had agreed.

Xing Mo put the jade and the half bottle of element liquid into his space button, and went to his room with the fluffy little ocelot. As for the mess in Lin Luo’s room, it was handed over to the housework robot to clean up.

One person, one ocelot, one lying on the left and one on the right on the spacious bed. Xing Mo was afraid that he would accidentally roll over onto Lin Luo in his sleep, so he did not sleep too close to him. Lin Luo huddled on his side obediently, shrank on the pillow at the head of the bed, and fell asleep very quickly.

Only in the middle of the night, Lin Luo must have felt a little cold and subconsciously looked for the heat source only to stumble into Xing Mo’s arms.

Xing Mo was very alert when he slept. He couldn’t have slept through such a big movement when something crawled into his arms, but when he touched Lin Luo’s fur, he quickly relaxed and reached out to draw him into his arms. Satisfied, he closed his eyes and fell back asleep.

However, waiting the next morning, Xing Mo woke up to find that the little ocelot in his arms had become that delicate and lovely boy again.

The unsuspecting boy slept very sweetly in his arms. Because of his sleeping position, half of his cheek was squashed, his mouth slightly opened, and the pink tongue inside could be vaguely seen. Lin Luo’s appearance at this time was definitely not graceful, but in Xing Mo’s eyes, he still found it inexplicably cute.

At this time, the teenager slowly began to wake up, his long eyelashes trembling twice, and finally opened his eyes, revealing those beautiful brown eyes, but because he had not yet woken up, his eyes have no focus and look a little dazed.

Lin Luo sat up slowly, stretched out his waist lazily, and then sat there for a long while, seeming to be in a half-dreaming and half-awake state. Even the quilt covering his body didn’t fall off.

Xing Mo was still lying down. At this moment, Lin Luo’s entire bare back was seen in full view. His skin was smooth and white, and his back was very beautiful. The the areas that should be thin were thin, and the places that should be filled out were filled out.

Xing Mo admired it for a while before he said, “Good morning, Xiao Luo.”

Lin Luo was taken aback by the sudden sound, holding the quilt and turning his head vigilantly, a pair of cats-slit pupils glared around. He slept dully this time, and subsequently looked even more dull when he was holding the quilt and trying to wake up.

“Hahahaha…” Seeing his cute look, Xing Mo couldn’t help but laugh. This was the first time he laughed like this in the past few years.

Xing Mo was already very good-looking. When he laughed like this, he was far too attractive, which immediately made Lin Luo feel his heartbeat speeding up, and his small face turned completely red.

Once Xing Mo laughed enough he used his light brain to issue instructions for the housework robot to send for Lin Luo’s replacement clothes.

Because it was too embarrassing, Lin Luo hid in the quilt and changed clothes in the quilt. However, Xing Mo was watching from the outside. He was like a large silkworm, wiggling around in the bed. What should I do if it looks even more cute?

Lin Luo changed his clothes after a lot of hard work, and went back to his room to wash, before going downstairs to eat breakfast with a red face.

Xing Mo knew that Lin Luo was easily shy and didn’t dare to bully him too much, so he took the initiative to change the topic to Elemental Liquid.

Lin Luo just remembered that he hadn’t told Xing Mo about that…

“Xiao Luo? What’s wrong with you?”

“Brother Xing…I have something to tell you…” Lin Luo said solemnly to Xing Mo.

“What’s the matter?” Xing Mo noticed Lin Luo’s seriousness, and suddenly became serious.

Lin Luo hesitated for a moment, and then revealed his findings. Whether it was his ability to see the energy radiance from the jade inside the jadeite through the surrounding matrix, or the characteristic of elemental energy that has a particularly high affinity with his spiritual power, he told him everything.

“What you said is all true?”

“It’s all true! I swear!”

Even though Xing Mo asked so, he actually believed him in his heart. It was really that his performance yesterday was too extraordinary. If it was really like what he said, then everything has a reasonable explanation.

“Besides me, don’t mention this to anyone else in the future!” Whether it’s the ability to see through gambling stones or the particularity of his mental power, it’s all too heaven-defying. He can already imagine what kind of bloody storm Lin Luo will face.

“Yes! I won’t tell anyone except Brother Xing! I only believe in you, Brother Xing!”

Lin Luo’s unreserved trust in him made it so Xing Mo couldn’t help but be moved. He once again rejoiced that he had picked up such a big treasure as Lin Luo back.

“Xiao Luo, do you like betting on rocks?”

Lin Luo didn’t understand why Xing Mo asked, but he nodded honestly.

“Then you can work hard to learn the knowledge of gambling. I will change our employment agreement and change your status to a gambling consultant.” This will conceal Lin Luo’s unusualness, a gambling expert. Yi Xun, if he often gambles up, he can still push his luck, but an energy engineer with a high elemental affinity is completely different.

He is now in the jadeite business, and he has an additional stone gambling consultant around him, and he will never attract anyone’s attention. However, if he adds an energy engineer, he might alarm Xing Shang. Now the Xing family is already in chaos. What will happen then? It’s hard to say. This is also the reason why the father Xing asked him not to disclose the news and asked him and Lin Luo to live on Kipola temporarily.

For Lin Luo’s safety, this arrangement is the best choice.

“Sounds good.”

Xing Mo and Lin Luo re-signed an employment agreement, changing Lin Luo’s title to stone gambling/selecting consultant, and all treatments remain the same.

===========Author’s Notes===========

The author has something to say: Xiao Luo’s animal form is a leopard cat. Although he is small in size, he is fast and powerful. The key is…cute! Hahahaha~

Xiao Luo is about to start smashing the entire stone gambling world! ! By the way, secretly poke and do a side job, help yourself with old attacks and upgrade to a level or something~~hehehe~~~

===========Translator’s Corner===========

[1] So I’m not sure exactly what the author wanted here, but I’m pretty sure they are actually describing a Silver Bengal Cat (top photo) and not an Ocelot (bottom photo) from the coloration described. Now that might just be something lost in translation, ooooorrrr…. we can chock it up to genetically engineered interstellar cat-kin. Reader’s choice.