My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome

Chapter 63: Chapter 62 Li Yiming

Su City Supernatural Affairs Management Bureau.

It wasn’t even time to get off work yet, but the tall and burly Chen Zhenglong had already changed into casual clothes, ready to start the plan to rescue the good young man from today onward.

Usually coming to and from work in uniform, he wore a shirt his wife had bought a few years ago, yet it no longer fit. He barely managed to button it up, the shirt binding tightly around him, making him feel extremely uncomfortable all over.

“Damn it, it seems I’ve put on some more muscle lately.”

Chen Zhenglong cursed under his breath, reached back to adjust his collar, and sucked in his slightly protruding belly before he finally felt a bit more comfortable.

“Yo, Captain Chen, looking sharp today—are you going on a date with your sister-in-law?”

A clerical staff member walked by Chen Zhenglong, holding back a laugh as he teased him upon seeing Zhenglong’s awkward appearance.

“Scram, scram, scram, have you finished your work?” His expression hardened as he glared at the clerk.

Frightened, the clerk shrank his neck, recalling the captain’s usual demeanor, and hurried off clutching his file folder.

Chen Zhenglong had a stern face and a stubbly beard around his jaw. He was generally amiable in private, but whenever work came up, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Although the colleagues in the bureau respected him, they couldn’t help but complain about him in private.

Sucking in his stomach, Chen Zhenglong squeezed himself into his car, reached for his collar button, and undid it, finally heaving a long sigh of relief: “Damn it, if I don’t pull that young man out, I wouldn’t do justice to all this suffering.”

Thinking of the pure young man waiting for his rescue, Chen Zhenglong’s eyes hardened, and the red scarf on his chest…

No.

He suddenly felt a heavier burden on his shoulders.

…

All afternoon, Shao Zifeng was tormented in various ways by the madwoman Chen Yixing, until she was satisfied and let him go at dusk.

Fortunately, with plenty of data and samples collected this time, if it weren’t for Qiuqiu’s constant scowling, Shao Zifeng suspected that the woman might have gone even further.

Walking alone under the streetlights of Su City University, he felt a long-missed relaxation. With the various promises provided by Chen Yixing, the pressure of training pets would greatly decrease, saving a substantial amount on Qiuqiu’s food bills at the very least.

Not to mention the choice of a third pet. Whether it’s the world-class reserve of Antarctica or a national reserve, the mutant creatures produced there could not be matched by those in the wild.

Thinking of this, a surge of longing and anticipation rose in his heart.

“Mutant Fairy Shell…”

Speaking of pets, that afternoon’s mutant creature had truly opened Shao Zifeng’s eyes.

A three-star quality defensive pet, though its exact strength tier was not listed on the information screen, according to the hints and his recent exploration, a full three-star quality likely corresponded to a sixth-tier strength.

That is to say, the Mutant Fairy Shell, despite its small size, was a creature that could withstand attacks from a sixth-tier enemy.

“Is it student Shao Zifeng?”

Just as Shao Zifeng was lost in thought, a timid voice emerged from the darkness outside the range of the streetlight, its owner seemingly very nervous, their speech quivering slightly.

Shao Zifeng looked towards the source of the voice, only to see a frail boy slowly walking into the illuminated area of the streetlight.

The boy, probably around eighteen or nineteen, was wearing a washed-out white high school uniform, showing signs of repair. Due to the oversized uniform, it hung loose on the boy’s frame.

He kept his head down, not daring to look at Shao Zifeng, his hands nervously clenching the hem of his garment.

“I am Shao Zifeng, and you are…” Shao Zifeng wore a faint smile, eyeing the boy curiously, feeling that… feeling that this boy seemed familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before. @@novelbin@@

“I… I am Li Yiming, from the second class of the sophomore year of the Combat Training Department.” Hearing Shao Zifeng’s voice made the boy tremble, and he stuttered out his reply.

Li Yiming, Shao Zifeng tried to recall for a moment, but truly couldn’t remember who this person was, and asked curiously, “Li, do you need me for something?”

“It’s not… It’s not me looking for you, someone asked me to take you to a place,” Li Yiming glanced briefly at Shao Zifeng, the unexpected eye contact made him lower his head even more, anxiously staring at his own toes.

“Oh, sorry, I don’t have time.” Upon hearing this, Shao Zifeng felt no desire to continue the conversation and coldly replied with a phrase, moving past the skinny boy towards the school gate.

“Wait… wait a second, Shao,”

Shao Zifeng had just taken a few steps when the urgent, trembling voice of the boy behind him reached him again.

Shao Zifeng slightly turned his head upon hearing the words, feeling a bit impatient, yet he couldn’t show it.

Damn it!

The boy hesitated for a moment, as if he had made a huge decision, suddenly raised his head, his handsome pale face hosted a pair of big black-framed glasses, “Shao… Shao, someone’s plotting against you, you must be careful.”

After uttering the sentence, as if it exhausted all his courage, his handsome face turned crimson, and he instantly collapsed.

He lowered his head again and hurriedly walked past Shao Zifeng, his figure gradually disappearing into the night.

“Li Yiming.”

Shao Zifeng stood in his place, pondering over this name, he recognized that face, it seemed from the campus free challenge initiated by Wang Hao, he was the first challenger.

If he remembered correctly, his pet beast was a big rooster.

But what did he mean by someone plotting against him, could it really be that someone saw his handsome face and couldn’t restrain their burning emotions, planning to make a move on him?

“Tsk, this is tricky.”

Jokes aside, after listening to Li Yiming’s warning, Shao Zifeng pondered deeply for a while, still couldn’t figure out whose sin he had committed, and his stomach began to growl first, irritatingly scratching his head.

Forget it, let’s go eat.

Preserving my life is crucial.

…

Half an hour later, after having dinner, Shao Zifeng prepared to take a shortcut home.

He took off the backpack from his back and held it in his arms, bonding with the Elemental Egg.

The Elemental Egg had been well-behaved all day, apart from a few bursts of emotional harassment when it was awake, there hadn’t been a situation of grass growing everywhere.

He patted the backpack satisfied, planning to give it a one-dollar reward after getting home.

The Elemental Egg emitted a burst of jubilant emotions.

The street lights on the path, constantly poorly maintained, many were damaged, with a few flickering unpredictably, emitting a sizzling electricity sound, as if from a scene in a horror movie.

“Ah!”

Passing a small alley, a miserable scream came, Shao Zifeng acted as if he hadn’t heard, expressionlessly continuing on his way, he wasn’t someone who liked to bring trouble upon himself.

“Fuck, even getting someone to shout is beyond you, useless! Useless!”

“Bang!” The sound of something heavy hitting a body resonated, followed by another suppressed groan.

Shao Zifeng slightly furrowed his brow, stopping in his tracks, the voice from before was very familiar.

“Brother Gang, don’t get mad, that Shao Zifeng is at this school, if it comes to it, we can just block him tomorrow,” another obsequious voice came out from the darkness.

“Yeah, Brother Gang, just leave it to us, don’t tire yourself out.”

Sounds were coming from the alley again, and after a burst of swearing, a dull thudding noise filled the air.

The familiar moans at low pitch lingered in Shao Zifeng’s ears, making him think of the boy who had sent him the message.

Shao Zifeng furrowed his brow, considering the number of people present.

He had decided not to leave, as the several people inside were obviously targeting him.

Trouble had arrived; there was no need to carry it overnight…

A slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he looked around and took a brick from the corner of the wall.

He admitted to himself that he wasn’t a good person.

Well, then he’d solve the problem in the way a bad person would.

As Shao Zifeng moved deeper, everything unfolding before him came into his view.

The alley was not deep, and at its end, a dim street lamp flickered, unknown tiny insects constantly slamming into the bulb, making a ticking sound.

Under the streetlight, five youths, who looked like students, were repeatedly kicking a frail boy curled up on the ground.

The boy was holding his head with both arms, bent at the waist lying sideways on the damp ground, emitting low, suppressed groans of pain.

On the other side, a cat and a dog pressed a bloody rooster with their paws, ceaselessly tearing and biting at its flesh, their eyes emitting a faint green glow in the darkness.

The rooster, which had looked so proud at first, was now splattered with blood, its feathers all torn. It lay powerlessly in a pool of blood, its dim eyes looking at Li Yiming without any trace of emotion.

Perhaps due to the overwhelming smell of blood, the two pets hadn’t noticed someone else’s approach.

Shao Zifeng hid in the shadows next to a pile of junk, watching everything calmly, but the bulging veins on the hand clutching the brick revealed that his heart was far from calm.

“Dammit, useless trash,” the leading young man kicked out, striking Li Yiming heavily in the belly.

Li Yiming grunted and slid across the ground, crashing into the wall of the alley, his violent coughs splattering bits of bright red under the streetlight, starkly conspicuous.

The leading youth crouched down, grabbed Li Yiming by the hair, and slapped his twisted face in pain.

“Kid, you can’t cough up the cash, and you can’t get things done either. Tell me, what should I, Brother Gang, do to punish you?”

Li Yiming’s vision blurred, seeing double images of the man in front of him.

Even though he couldn’t make out the youth’s face clearly, the long-standing bullying still made him shiver uncontrollably with fear in his eyes.

“Useless.”

Brother Gang, feeling somewhat bored by Li Yiming’s reaction, banged his head on the ground and disdainfully wiped his hands on him.

“Bleh.” Brother Gang stood up and spat on Li Yiming, then turned back to his pets, “Blood Wolf, Blood Tiger, kill that rooster for me; I’ll treat you to some meat tonight.”

His words caught the attention of the dog and the cat. They first yelped pleasingly at Brother Gang, then their eyes glinted ferociously, and, baring their sharp teeth, they bit towards the rooster’s neck.

“No… please… I beg you.” Hearing Brother Gang’s words, Li Yiming struggled to get up.

A youth by his side saw this and stepped on his back, spewing a string of curses.

Li Yiming strenuously lifted his head, watching the pets’ teeth close in on the rooster’s neck.

His mouth open but unable to make a sound, tears blurring his vision, his hands frantically scratched at the ground, leaving white marks with his nails.

The rooster looked at him once more, not with regret or unwillingness, but with a hint of relief.

Seeing the rooster’s eyes, Li Yiming was stunned. This was the first time he hated his own cowardice so much.

“Bang!”

“Ah!”

Just as everyone’s attention was drawn, a short scream made everyone shudder in shock, and they looked in astonishment toward the position of the young man on the outermost edge.

Blood splattered on the walls of the alley, provoking everyone’s tense nerves.

“Thud!”

The blood-drenched young man collapsed to the ground, revealing a boy with a tall stature and handsome appearance, except for his gentle smile which seemed somewhat eerie, marred by drops of crimson.

“Who are you!”

Gan Brother roared furiously, staring intently at Shao Zifeng as his two pets quickly released the rooster and positioned themselves in front of him, crouching low and baring their teeth menacingly.

Shao Zifeng smiled sweetly at the flustered people before him and said nothing, shaking the blood off his hand.

He was assessing the combat power of both sides.

Having been strengthened through the “Bonding Reaction” and recent training, it was hard to say if he could take on five people.

But four people shouldn’t be a problem.

Thinking this, the smile on Shao Zifeng’s face became even more benevolent.

Gan Brother didn’t recognize Shao Zifeng, but that didn’t mean no one else did. Suddenly, a skinny man with glasses pointed at Shao Zifeng, “Shao Zifeng, Gan Brother, this is Shao Zifeng.”

His voice was somewhat out of tune due to too much excitement.

Shao Zifeng was a little stunned when he heard the familiar voice.

Oh, it really was an acquaintance, that Chen Wen who blew his cover.

Didn’t expect that it was you doing the dirty deeds behind the scenes.

Shao Zifeng grinned at Chen Wen, his smile together with the dim lights and the blood on his face making Chen Wen shudder violently, taking a half step back.

“Fuck, punk, you’re asking for it,” swore Gan Brother’s two henchmen, pointing at Shao Zifeng, itching to charge at him right away.

Gan Brother waved his hand to stop his henchmen, stepped forward, and with a gloomy expression, he stared at Shao Zifeng, “Kid, you’re quite something, I haven’t seen such an arrogant junior for a long time. Today, Gan Brother will teach you the rules of Su City University.”

With that, Gan Brother suddenly turned around and swung his leg, delivering a fierce whip kick towards Shao Zifeng’s head with a whoosh.

Unfazed, Shao Zifeng stepped back and threw a bloodstained brick.

“Crack.”

“Ah!!!!”

The collision was clearly in favor of the brick over the leg.

Gan Brother collapsed to the ground, clutching his shin, screaming continuously.

“Kid, you’re freaking cheating.”

Gan Brother was almost crying; wasn’t it supposed to be a fair fight, man to man, martial to martial? How could you freaking use hidden weapons?

Shao Zifeng remained silent; having started, he decided to end the fight quickly.

“Get him, cripple him!” Seeing Shao Zifeng charging, he roared with bloodshot eyes.

Henchman A and Henchman B looked at each other, and swung their fists to meet him.