Chapter 42 (1/2)

Su Yanying was glad to see the signboard of the “Pixie Pet Store.” She was excited and looked forward to coming to this mysterious shop again. She had been missing the place.

She had been separated from her pets for three days. She could not wait to give those little darlings a hug.

Even though…

Those guys were not little. They were so huge that she had to hold her head up high just to look at them.

But to her, those pets were her babies. She bought some of the pets when they were cubs and raised them. Some of the pets grew up quickly. They reached adulthood in three to five years and grew from a size where she could pick them up easily to one that she could ride them.

“I wonder if the owner has been taking good care of your pets.”

Lan Lele came with Su Yanying as her escort again and to supervise. After all, they had spent a fortune last time they visited. They couldn’t afford to be fooled by that owner.

Su Ping stopped cultivating when the two stepped into the store. “Wait here,” he said with a poker face.

With that said, Su Ping went to the pet room in the back to wake up the Lightning Rat and the other three pets.

“Come on out.”

Su Ping told the pets to step out of the nursing pens.

The pets dawdled their way out from the nursing pens reluctantly as they sensed Su Ping’s determined will.

As soon as they stepped away from the nursing pens, the pets were reconnected to Su Yanying’s astral power contract. They could feel each other’s presence.

“It’s them.” Su Yanying’s eyes glowed. She was happy that she could tell her pets were just in the back, a wall away from her.

She stood on tiptoe, looking with antic.i.p.ation.

After several minutes, she finally saw her pets slowly step out from the pet room; they would stop every now and then to look back as if something behind them was appealing and they were unwilling to be away from it.

Su Yanying was surprised.

From the astral power contract, she could sense vividly how reluctant her pets were. They had not seen each other for a long time. How could her pets be attracted to something else and not become excited to see her?

Had they become attached to this place?

“Go on. Go.” Su Ping waved his hand impatiently.

Those pets were intelligent. They looked at him with their watery eyes, begging.

Su Ping was not in the mood to gaze into their eyes. He hurried them on.

The pets were sad. They returned to Su Yanying, down in the dumps. When they saw their own master, they rubbed against her as a welcoming sign and then lay p.r.o.ne on the floor, feeling blue.

Su Yanying was surprised since she could sense the frustration in her pets.

This wasn’t the meeting she had pictured.

Shouldn’t they run to her, wild with joy?

Shouldn’t they dance and hop around her in happiness?

Why would they be depressed when they saw their master?

Su Yanying darted a look at the Lightning Rat by her foot. Last time she had visited, the Lightning Rat was overjoyed to see her. It was also in a bad mood at the moment.

“Why…?” For a moment, Su Yanying did not know what to say. She felt that the situation was unfair and an urge to cry was bubbling up.

Su Ping was surprised to feel how upset and reluctant the pets were but he could understand.

The elementary nursing pens were built with spirit stones. The pets were being nurtured by the anima at all times. What the pets felt in the nursing pens was similar to what people felt when soaking in a hot spring during winter. It was already nice that pets were not furious after being dragged out all of a sudden.

Lan Lele noticed something was off about the pets. She questioned Su Ping, “Sir, why are they so lifeless?”