Chapter 149: Chapter 149

Thinking of Yezi, An Yan hurriedly checked. Who would have thought? Just because of those few insightful words she had offered Abei earlier, her Yezi had gained a few more leaves.

Up to now, she already had eighty-two leaves!

Moreover, the branch that represented the Divination Technique was almost completely visible. Although a small part was still obscured by Bai Wu, An Yan estimated that small part to contain at most ten or twenty leaves! Most importantly, the next branch was also faintly revealing its outline, as if hiding in plain sight. There were also four characters on it. However, An Yan couldn’t make out what those four characters were for the time being.

Just as she was focusing her attention to study it closely, Li Tianyao suddenly spoke, "Are you this happy?"

It’s just a membership card. Is it really that big a deal?

"Yeah! I’m happy; I won this with my own abilities."

An Yan nodded, then lifted her hand to take out the commemorative badge and pinned it on Li Tianyao’s suit. "For you!"

She had looked at it just now; the badge was made of 999 pure gold, at least 10 grams! The current price of gold seemed to be over five hundred. With this, she had just given away five thousand bucks!

Seeing that Li Tianyao showed no expression, An Yan became unhappy. "This is the result of my own wisdom and talent! If you don’t want it, fine! Give it back to me!"

As she spoke, she reached out to take it off again.

But then her hand was caught by the man. "Who says I don’t want it?"

This was a gift from the little girl!

The man’s hand was scalding hot where it pressed against hers, flustering An Yan. She wanted to pull away but couldn’t.

An Yan lowered her head and forcibly shifted his attention. "Those antiques have issues, you know that, right?"

The man took her hand and led her to sit down on the sofa. His hand rested on her shoulder, and his long fingers absentmindedly stroked her earlobe. "What kind of issues?"

An Yan forcibly ignored the discomfort his actions were causing her. "They contain drugs!"

Li Tianyao was speechless.

「An hour later, the cruise ship docked.」

Police officers were waiting for Bai Zhi and Fu Xiao. As for Abei, he indeed had not done the deed personally, and the explanation he gave was quite reasonable. However, who would end up getting the collaboration that both he and Anan coveted would depend on the potential partner’s decision.

"Sister An Yan!" Meng Rui ran up to An Yan, his eyes lingering on the Little Squirrel tucked in An Yan’s pocket, unwilling to look away.

This little critter had stealthily avoided Li Tianyao’s gaze and slipped into An Yan’s pocket when she came out of the room.

"Aren’t you guys coming to the airport with us?"

An Yan shook her head. "No, we have some other things to deal with."

"Sister An Yan, is Little Squirrel a male or female? If it’s a female, can you give me one of its babies when it has them?" Meng Rui’s eyes shone with expectation.

This Little Squirrel is so smart; its genes must be excellent. Its babies would surely be clever too!

But An Yan directly shattered his fantasy. "It’s a male!"

"Ah?" Meng Rui instantly looked dejected. Disappointed, his agent pulled him away while he muttered, "So cute, how can it be male?"

An Yan watched him go, amused. That kid... has he forgotten he’s a boy himself?

No sooner had she finished speaking than her pocket became empty.

A large hand picked up the Little Squirrel and tossed it into Lu Feng’s arms behind them! As Lu Feng reached out to catch it, something fell from the Little Squirrel with a CLANG.

An Yan didn’t even know when the Little Squirrel had stolen it!

But pets can’t be allowed to develop a habit of pilfering!

An Yan directly took out a needle and pricked the Little Squirrel’s paw with it.

A burst of severe pain made all the fur on the Little Squirrel’s body stand on end! Two waterfall-like tears immediately streamed from its eyes. Its small body hunched over, head touching the ground, desperately begging for mercy!

Only after An Yan was sure it had learned its lesson did she pull out the needle. Then, holding it, she crouched down, pointed at the thumb ring, and told it, "You can’t steal! Got it?"

The Little Squirrel nodded its head while crying.

"If I find out again, I’ll prick you!"

The Little Squirrel quickly hid both its paws behind its back!

Meng Rui walked a few steps and saw Mo Shiyan. He immediately freed himself from his agent and respectfully approached Mo Shiyan. "Teacher Mo, my agent has come to pick me up. I’m leaving now."

Mo Shiyan smiled and nodded.

Watching Meng Rui get into his agent’s car, Mo Shiyan then turned and got into the car that had arrived for him.

As soon as he got in, he received a call from that person. "She’s not easy to deal with; a single failure doesn’t mean anything! Don’t worry, your father is still in his convalescence period. As long as you get the job done, I’ll perform his surgery immediately!"

Mo Shiyan fell silent for a moment before saying, "Understood!"

Putting away his phone, Mo Shiyan turned to look out the car window. An Yan was being led by Li Tianyao into a white stretch limousine.

Previously, he’d assumed An Yan was the kind of girl who would do anything to get Li Tianyao’s attention. Now, after interacting with her, he knew she wasn’t like that at all. Their dynamic seemed more like Li Tianyao was the one pursuing her!

Mo Shiyan lifted his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose.

If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that someone like Li Tianyao would actually be chasing a girl. And this girl clearly wasn’t the type to depend on a man to live. Since that was the case, the conventional methods of courtship obviously wouldn’t work. Perhaps he could try a cooperative approach...

An Yan looked at the Little Squirrel being held by Lu Feng in the passenger seat. "Has its owner been found?"

"No! The squirrel was live-streamed. If it really has an owner, they would contact us. Young Mistress doesn’t need to worry!"

An Yan reached for a bag of nuts and handed it to Lu Feng. "Feed it some. I promised that if it helped me, I’d provide it with nuts for life."

An Yan suspected the Little Squirrel might have stolen the thumb ring because it was hungry. Squirrels naturally hoard food, and it might have mistaken the thumb ring for a nut to store away.

Li Tianyao raised an eyebrow. "What help did it give you?"

"It scared Bai Zhi. It was precisely because of the Little Squirrel that Bai Zhi believed she’d been caught on camera. That’s why she admitted that after Green Tail escaped, she was the one who captured it and put it back into Jiang Xiaoze’s bag."

Only then did Li Tianyao nod. "Since you’ve promised, keep it then!"

"And Green Tail, I can keep him too, right?" An Yan looked at Li Tianyao.

Li Tianyao hummed in acknowledgment. "Keep it!"

An Yan pressed her lips together, but couldn’t suppress her joyful smile.

Li Tianyao reached out and gently pressed the corners of her mouth. "Are two mere creatures worth such a big smile?"

An Yan thought for a moment, then said, "It’s not for them that I’m smiling, it’s for you. Although you don’t like me keeping them, as soon as I said I wanted to, you agreed. I feel that’s very much worth being happy about!"

Hearing this, a faint smile touched the man’s eyes.

He pulled her into his embrace, then reached for the remote control. The TV in the car lowered, and the screen displayed the earlier scene of the staff clearing up the jars and bottles in the cave.