Chapter 3

Lan Ji chased in from outside, still holding the iron bowl in her hands.

From far away, Bai Tang could already smell that foul stench. She was so frightened her soul nearly left her body, and she desperately burrowed into Xiao Xinyue’s arms, wishing she could crawl right into her collar.

Xiao Xinyue completely stiffened.

The soft little ball was in her arms. That unfamiliar body warmth made her uncomfortable.

Ever since she had gained awareness after birth, she had never been close to anyone. Forget a spirit beast; she had never even touched any living creature.

Xiao Xinyue said, “Get down!”

Lan Ji expressionlessly carried the iron bowl over. “You haven’t eaten dinner yet. Play with your master later.”

Master?

Bai Tang froze.

Xiao Xinyue reacted even more strongly than she did, her little face icy unauthorized copycold. “I have not acknowledged her as my spirit pet. I am merely keeping her for the time being.”

Lan Ji set the iron bowl down. “But you let her stay in your arms.”

When Bai Tang saw the bloody meat, she nearly threw up. The little villain smelled nice, so she used her tiny paws to cling hard to Xiao Xinyue’s clothes, wanting to get even closer to her.

Xiao Xinyue grabbed the back of her neck and placed her on the dining table.

Lan Ji said, “Miss, you really do spoil her.”

Xiao Xinyue was incredulous. “I spoil her?”

“Your clothes were messed up, but you didn’t punish her.”

Xiao Xinyue lowered her eyes and looked. Her dress had been snagged by claws, and a few pale blue strands of fur were stuck to it.

She gritted her back teeth. Unable to endure it any longer, she left the dining room in a hurry without saying another word.

Lan Ji brought the iron bowl in front of Bai Tang. “Miss has a cleanliness obsession. She really is tolerating you.”

Bai Tang did not think so at all. She had felt killing intent from the little villain Read on BaiLianTalesjust now. But right now, the person in front of her was the most terrifying one.

She backed away, whimpering a few times, her little expression full of reluctance.

Lan Ji remained expressionless. She picked up the spoon beside her, scooped up a piece of bloody meat, and brought it to Bai Tang’s mouth.

Bai Tang could not help wanting to vomit. Her stomach churned.

Xiao Xinyue changed her clothes and returned to the dining room, intending to teach a certain ungrateful spirit beast a lesson. But instead, she saw a pale blue ball rushing toward her at high speed and climbing onto her body.

Xiao Xinyue: “!!”

Bai Tang climbed onto the little villain’s shoulder. Smelling the faint floral fragrance, she finally suppressed the nauseous feeling.

Lan Ji looked over faintly. “She really does like you.”

Xiao Xinyue already had a bad temper. After being climbed on by Bai Tang again and again, her patience had reached its limit. She grabbed Bai Tang by the scruff of her neck and stared into her sapphire-blue eyes. “If you charge at me again, you won’t even know how you died.”

At the word “died,” Bai Tang’s fur instantly puffed up like a dandelion, her eyes filled with terror.

Lan Ji said, “You scared her. She was ​stolen content​only born a few days ago. Be careful, or she might get stressed and pee on you.”

Xiao Xinyue was startled and quickly let go.

Bai Tang fell to the ground. It did not hurt much, but she still rubbed her bottom with her little paws, her movements adorably silly.

Lan Ji picked her up, rubbed her head, and kept stroking her while saying, “Be good. Let’s continue eating.”

Bai Tang: !!

She struggled with all her might, but unfortunately, she was too weak.

Xiao Xinyue glanced at Lan Ji. She still had a cold face, but what she had just said did not sound like something that should have come from her mouth. Xiao Xinyue did not really care about this change in her. She only said, “Make me another dinner.”

Lan Ji noticed that the plate was empty.

“Miss has a good appetite today.”

Xiao Xinyue gave a flat “Mm” and glanced at Bai Tang.

Bai Tang pretended she had not noticed her gaze. Her little head looked east and west, anywhere but at her.

Lan Ji set Bai Tang down. In her heart, everything concerning the Young Lady ranked first. “I’ll prepare dinner for you right away.”

Lan Ji left.

Bai Tang jumped down from the dining table and walked outside.

She had eaten, so it was time to go back.

Xiao Xinyue noticed but was too lazy to care.

Less than twenty minutes later, Lan Ji pushed a dining cart over and placed a new steak in front of Xiao Xinyue.

Xiao Xinyue unhurriedly cut the steak, while Lan Ji stood quietly to the side, waiting on her.

Xiao Xinyue picked up her fork and placed the cut steak into her mouth, only to bite down on nothing.

She lowered her eyes and saw that Bai Tang had returned at some point and swept all the steak from her plate clean.

Xiao Xinyue’s expression turned extremely [unauthorized copy]cold. The fork in her hand was unknowingly bent by her grip.

Bai Tang stuck out her tongue and licked her paw, her face full of satisfaction. It had been so long since she had eaten a normal meal that she could not quite control herself.

Xiao Xinyue flew into a rage. “Get out by yourself, or I’ll throw you out!”

Bai Tang looked at her with watery blue eyes. Of course, she chose to slowly walk back on her own.

She jumped down from the table. Before she had taken two steps, Lan Ji picked her up in one swift motion.

Suddenly lifted into the air, Bai Tang failed to react for a moment and whimpered a few times.

Lan Ji said expressionlessly, “So the Young Lady’s dinners were all eaten by you.”

Bai Tang blinked her big eyes and pretended to be innocent.

Lan Ji placed her back on the dining table. “A disobedient spirit pet needs punishment. Young Lady, you shouldn’t spoil her too much. Otherwise, she will develop the habit of stealing your food.”

Xiao Xinyue glanced at her. “I spoil her? What gave you that illusion? I don’t like her.”

“If I’m not mistaken, both dinners were eaten by bailiantales.comthis little thing. If it were any other spirit beast, you might have already killed it.”

“Are you reminding me to kill her? This spirit beast was also forced onto me by all of you. You’re right. I should kill her.”

Bai Tang gnawed on her paw.

In the original work, she had grown up just fine. Why did they keep bringing up killing now?

She rolled over, exposing her soft belly, and let out a soft sound, her sapphire-blue eyes staring unblinkingly at Xiao Xinyue.

Xiao Xinyue remained unmoved.

Instead, Lan Ji could not help rubbing Bai Tang’s belly twice.

Bai Tang immediately rolled over, ran away, jumped down from the table, and rubbed against Xiao Xinyue’s feet.

Lan Ji looked disappointed. “She really does like you. She only rubs against you on her own.”

That little movement pleased Xiao Xinyue. The corners of her lips curved slightly. “She just doesn’t want to die.”

Having been seen through, Bai Tang paused, then jumped onto Xiao Xinyue’s read the original at bailiantales.comlap and rubbed against her again.

Lan Ji restrained the hand that wanted to pet her and said, “She has only been born for a few days. How could she possibly understand what we’re saying?”

Bai Tang nearly nodded.

She let out a sweet, soft, coquettish sound.

Xiao Xinyue looked at the soft little ball in her arms. In the end, she did not chase her away.

Lan Ji said, “Shouldn’t you give her a name?”

Giving her a name would undoubtedly mean acknowledging her as her spirit pet. Xiao Xinyue felt an inexplicable resistance. She did not have much of an opinion about Bai Tang herself. It was simply because Xiao Jue had forced Bai Tang on her that she instinctively did not want her. No matter how powerful this spirit beast was, it had nothing to do with her.

“I don’t need any spirit pet.”

“But she likes you very much.”

Xiao Xinyue stood up. “I don’t need one.”

Bai Tang followed behind her.

It was not that she particularly wanted to become her spirit pet. It was just that only by staying by the little villain’s side could she find a chance to kill her.

After walking a few steps, Xiao Xinyue noticed a little tail following behind her.

Bai Tang walked on her short little legs, her fluffy tail swaying, soft and adorable.

Xiao Xinyue stopped and looked back at her.

Bai Tang also stopped and moved closer to her.

Xiao Xinyue took another two steps.

Bai Tang had to take several steps with her short legs before stopping near Xiao Xinyue’s heel, as if afraid she would not want her.

Behind them, Lan Ji’s gaze followed Bai Tang. She was almost melted by her cuteness. How could there be such an adorable spirit beast?

Xiao Xinyue lowered her head and looked at Bai Tang. “You want to be my spirit pet that badly?”

She did not actually want to be one. But the closer she was, the easier it would be to kill her.

Bai Tang nodded her little head. Being with this girl was truly like accompanying a tiger.

Xiao Xinyue crouched down in front of her and, for the first time, carefully examined the spirit beast before her. She was a soft, cute little ball, completely impossible to associate with a powerful spirit beast.

Her pale blue fur looked soft. Her sapphire-blue eyes were like precious gems. Her two ears were very cute, especially the little horn just emerging from her forehead, which made her look even more adorably silly. She was practically the very definition of cute.

Bai Tang felt her fur stand on end under Xiao Xinyue’s deep gaze.

But looking at the little villain from up close, she found that Xiao Xinyue’s eyelashes were thick and long, and her fair, tender face really was beautiful. Unfortunately, when she grew up, she would become the great villain who destroyed the world.

Even now, she already looked like a villain.

In short, she was extremely terrifying.

“Wu wu.”

Are you not done looking yet?

Spirit beasts were powerful aids. Even humans without magical talent, if they had the means, would spend a huge price to buy a spirit beast to protect themselves when they bailiantales.com encountered danger. Xiao Xinyue had never thought of owning one.

But when she saw Bai Tang keep following her, she wavered.

Since childhood, she had never had anyone close to her. Her mother had been killed by her. Her father despised her. Lan Ji, the only one who stayed by her side, had merely been sent by her father to take care of her. She did not even know whether Lan Ji did so willingly.

But this stupid beast had chosen her on her own.

Xiao Xinyue gathered water elements into an ice needle and pierced her own index finger. A bright red bead of blood appeared on the pad of her finger.

Bai Tang froze.

Why was the little villain hurting herself?

Xiao Xinyue said, “Suck it.”

Bai Tang hesitated and struggled for a moment. Afraid of displeasing the little villain, she took Xiao Xinyue’s index finger into her mouth. A sweet, metallic taste spread across the tip of her tongue.

Xiao Xinyue pulled her hand back. The sticky feeling on her fingertip made her uncomfortable.

Lan Ji thoughtfully handed over a wet handkerchief.

Xiao Xinyue accepted it and wiped her finger clean.

Bai Tang: “…”

She was disgusted? Bai Tang was disgusted too.

But something strange seemed to happen to her body. It felt as though some kind of connection had formed in her soul.

Lan Ji was surprised. “Miss, you didn’t have to form a blood contract.”

Xiao Xinyue said nothing.

Bai Tang was stunned. A blood contract was the fairest kind of contract and would not allow one side to be absolutely oppressed by the other. But to sever the contract, one party had to die. She remembered that in the original work, it had been a master-servant contract. Since she had transmigrated here, it was normal for there to be deviations.

Now she had one more reason to kill the little villain. Only if Xiao Xinyue died could this contract be undone.

Xiao Xinyue stood up. “From now on, you’ll be called Xiao Bai.”

Xiao Bai? That was practically a puppy’s name.

She disagreed!

Bai Tang anxiously jumped around and cried out.

Xiao Xinyue ignored her and turned to leave, but her stomach chose that exact moment to growl.

Xiao Xinyue: “…”

Her childish face flushed red, revealing a delicate innocence appropriate for her age.

Lan Ji held back a laugh. “I’ll prepare another dinner for you.”

Xiao Xinyue did not speak, but she did not refuse either.

Bai Tang tugged at Lan Ji with her paw.

Lan Ji understood. “And your spirit pet. She seems not to like raw meat. Just like you?”

Xiao Xinyue said, “Whatever.”

She had tacitly accepted the fact that Bai Tang was her spirit pet.

Bai Tang happily spun in circles. Finally, it was not bloody raw meat anymore.

Lan Ji prepared a high chair for her. She sat side by side with Xiao Xinyue, waiting for dinner to arrive.

Bai Tang picked up the iron fork beside her. It was too heavy, and her paws were not nimble. She had only held it for two seconds before the fork fell into the plate with a crisp clang.

So embarrassing.

Bai Tang secretly glanced at Xiao Xinyue.

Xiao Xinyue ignored her.

Bai Tang tried hard to pick up the fork again. She did not want to truly lower her head and eat with her mouth like a spirit beast. Before, she had only done that because she had been too hungry. That did not count.

Bai Tang tried several more times, making several loud clinking sounds.

She secretly looked at Xiao Xinyue again. To her surprise, Xiao Xinyue had no reaction at all and was only staring at the plate in front of her. Bai Tang had thought the little villain would scold her.

Bai Tang struggled to pick up the fork. When she lowered her head, she noticed that Xiao Xinyue had been covering her stomach with one hand the whole time, her young face showing a bit of stubbornness. Bai Tang suddenly understood. She was trying to keep her stomach from growling.

It was normal for a hungry stomach to growl.

The little villain actually cared about that so much.

She was still quite a cute child.

Lan Ji pushed dinner over, and the fragrance of meat filled the air.

Bai Tang’s eyes instantly lit up.

After Lan Ji divided the dinner portions, she stepped aside.

The meat pie in front of Bai Tang was more than twice as large as Xiao Xinyue’s. Bai Tang swallowed and tried hard to pick up the fork, but the fork disobediently fell again. She really could not resist the temptation of delicious food, so she climbed directly onto the dining table and started eating with her mouth.

Her mouth was covered in meat sauce, and sauce was smeared all over her face. Her cute little face became dirty.

When Xiao Xinyue ate, she was always quiet. This was the first time there had been so much movement beside [Read on BaiLianTales]her, making it impossible for her to ignore.

After chewing and swallowing the food in her mouth, she glanced coldly at Bai Tang. “Glutton.”

Bai Tang’s movements stopped.

She seemed to have eaten a little too much. She would just take it as a compliment on her good appetite.

She grinned, revealing two small sharp teeth. Sauce was smeared all over her little face, and her sapphire-blue eyes were bright.

Lan Ji wanted to reach out and rub her head, but restrained herself. “Xiao Bai is very cute.”

Xiao Xinyue withdrew her gaze. “She’s just so-so.”

Only a little cute.