Chapter 18: Want More?
Su Qinghan looked at Xiao Mumu and said softly, “Still want to eat?”
“Want......” Xiao Mumu said in a low voice; if one didn’t listen carefully, it would be inaudible.
“How can I be so submissive... Forget it, as long as I can live and eat my fill, it’s fine.” Xiao Mumu thought in her heart, hoping that Su Qinghan could give her another piece of chocolate—preferably not like just now.
The corner of Su Qinghan’s mouth curled up slightly. “If you want it, then meow a few times like a cat for me to hear. Maybe if I’m happy, I’ll give it to you.”
Hearing this, Xiao Mumu lowered her head even further.
“Do I really want to?”
Gurgle—Xiao Mumu’s stomach rumbled with hunger again.
“I’m really so hungry... and chocolate is so delicious... I can’t possibly hold a grudge against food, right?”
Su Qinghan looked at Xiao Mumu, who was silent, and just as she was about to take out the food, the girl spoke.
“Meow~”
A shy and somewhat weak meow came from Xiao Mumu’s mouth, making Su Qinghan feel an urge to hold her in her arms and nuzzle her fiercely.
The smile on Su Qinghan’s face changed slightly—like ice melting in spring—no longer so cold, no longer so terrifying.
She said to Xiao Mumu, whose face clearly showed “anticipation”: “Too quiet, I didn’t hear clearly~”
“What? This is definitely on purpose—humiliating me again! But... since I’ve already called out once, if I give up now, it would be too much of a loss.”
Xiao Mumu, thinking this in her heart, immediately opened her cherry-like small mouth. “Meow~”
This time, the sound was much louder than before. She should have heard it clearly, right?
Su Qinghan’s smile deepened. “I still didn’t hear clearly. Call out again for me to hear.”
“If you don’t want to give it, just say so. Why do you have to humiliate me!” Xiao Mumu called out again, “Meow~”
If Su Qinghan still didn’t give it to her this time, she wouldn’t call out anymore.
Three pieces of chocolate instantly appeared in Su Qinghan’s hand. She casually tossed them onto the floor and rubbed Xiao Mumu’s white head.
Xiao Mumu saw the chocolate thrown at her feet, and disregarding any dignity, quickly picked them up, putting two pieces into the pocket of her nightgown.
Then she tore open the wrapper of the piece in her hand and stuffed it into her mouth in one go. She didn’t chew—just let the chocolate melt slowly in her mouth.
“Delicious!” Xiao Mumu’s eyes narrowed happily, and the small tuft of white fur on top of her head, which had been sticking up from sleep, swayed slightly.
She looked even cuter.
“It feels like it’s missing a bit of fresh fragrance... No, no, what am I thinking!” Xiao Mumu’s face turned redder, like a ripe apple.
Su Qinghan tossed down a 500ml bottle of fruit juice, then washed her hands and walked toward the bedroom, leaving Xiao Mumu alone in the living room.
She knew that Xiao Mumu didn’t dare to run away now, so she was very at ease letting her wander around the room. After all, a small punishment should have taught her a lesson.
The result was just as Su Qinghan had guessed. Xiao Mumu just thought about it in her heart and then dismissed the idea of running away.
“There’s nothing outside. It’s better to stay here obediently. After all, I have a place to sleep and food to eat... although I can’t eat my fill.”
Xiao Mumu went to the toilet, then lay down on the sofa.
If Su Qinghan were here, she wouldn’t dare to do this. Now that Su Qinghan had gone back to the bedroom, her courage had grown.
“The sofa is still more comfortable.” Xiao Mumu leaned back on the sofa, her small, jade-white feet dangling in the air like a swing.
She was still drinking pineapple-flavored fruit juice; in a short while, she had drunk half of it.
Feeling that her stomach was no longer as hungry as before, Xiao Mumu’s mood greatly improved, and a long-lost smile appeared on her face—beautiful and moving like a flower.
She looked at the heavy rain outside the French window and began to daze off, not thinking about what kind of abuse and play she would suffer from Su Qinghan in the future; not thinking about the heavy rain that would flood up to the 30th floor in about twenty more days.
She thought about nothing, emptied her mind, and immersed herself in this brief moment of leisure and comfort.
The cold wind outside was still blowing, but Xiao Mumu on the sofa had already fallen asleep.
Su Qinghan sat on the chair, her legs crossed and placed on the desk, eating a bag of cucumber-flavored potato chips.
But her mind was thinking about what happened yesterday.
“Unexpectedly, in just about two months, plants have mutated, and they can even release fragrant toxins that invade the nervous system, causing hallucinations or forceful control. The things happening now are increasingly beyond my control... I don’t know what will happen next......”
Thinking, Su Qinghan got down from the chair, sat cross-legged on the floor, her hands covering her knees, closed her eyes, and began to relax her body and mind.
Gradually, Su Qinghan’s consciousness appeared in her mental sea; she sensed her Space System ability, and there wasn’t much change.
Then it was the Mind Creation System ability; outside, the constantly changing polygonal patterns began to appear on the back of Su Qinghan’s hand.
“The Mind Creation System has improved a bit. It should be because when I was dealing with that mutated plant earlier, the consumption was too great, and I inadvertently tempered my spiritual power.”
“The Mind System is still good in this aspect; in the early stages, besides improving oneself through Spirit Crystals, one can also improve through meditation and tempering spiritual power. However, these methods are still not as fast as Spirit Crystals in improving strength. But the real game hasn’t started yet. The number of Spirit Crystals is pitifully small; it’s better to improve steadily through meditation.”
Thinking, Su Qinghan gradually emptied her mind, her breathing steady and even.
Su Qinghan strolled through a quiet forest; every breath she took brought her a sense of comfort. She walked aimlessly like this.
Just then, she bent down and picked up a glowing seed.
The seed slowly sprouted in her hand, growing branches and leaves. Su Qinghan placed the seed on the ground, and the seed began to grow wildly, finally growing into a towering tree.
“What is creation?”
This question appeared in her mind, and the voice in her heart said flatly: “It is a wondrous process from nothing to something. ‘Humans’ are a very peculiar creature on this planet; through the recombination and transformation of old things, they can always create novel things—imagined, and beyond imagination......”
At night, Su Qinghan slowly sat up from the floor, opened her eyes, and a bright light burst forth from them, surging like ocean waves, then returning to calmness.
The constantly changing patterns on the back of her hand disappeared again, and her whole person looked much more energetic than before.
She lit a candle, pushed open the bedroom door, walked into the living room, and saw Xiao Mumu wrapped in a quilt, sleeping soundly on the sofa, completely unaware that Su Qinghan had already stood behind her.
It didn't matter where Xiao Mumu slept; anyway, she had already been punished.
Su Qinghan walked forward and poked her delicate and smooth cheek with a finger.
The latter woke up in a daze, saw Su Qinghan standing in front of her, and was so scared that she quickly sat up.
“Ma... Master, good evening!”