Chapter 133
Chapter 133: Jealousy Made Qian Qi Unrecognizable
With the reporters gone and Tang Yun De out of the room, the ward finally felt like it belonged to humans again.
The atmosphere loosened. Zhang Feng and Liang Yu Ting chatted easily with Grandpa Sun and Uncle Li—after all, they’d been training blazing hounds in the magic beast storage room so often that the four of them were already familiar.
At noon, Grandpa Sun and Uncle Li said their goodbyes and left.
Qian Qi immediately shifted into teacher mode. “How’s your training? Has the blazing hound learned to follow orders?”
“Pretty much,” Zhang Feng said. Then he glanced at Si Kong Wang like he wanted to say something—but swallowed it.
Si Kong Wang noticed at once. He pushed back his chair. “I’ll go buy something to eat. You guys talk.”
As soon as Si Kong Wang left, Qian Qi looked at Zhang Feng. “What is it? Something wrong?”
“It’s about Little Zhang,” Zhang Feng said.
Little Zhang was the name he’d given the blazing hound he was training. “A while back, Little Zhang suddenly released something at me. It looked like a small formation. I don’t even know what it was.”
He scratched his head. “After that, it was gloomy for days. Training got lazy.”
Liang Yu Ting nodded quickly. “Same. Something came at me too. It looked like a contract mark… but not exactly.”
Qian Qi went still.
Then her voice cracked. “What the hell?”
She rolled off the bed like she’d been launched. “You’re telling me they initiated a contract with you?”
She had bathed A Tu, scrubbed A Tu, shoveled A Tu’s shit, practically offered her whole soul on a platter—yet that trash dog still refused to trust her enough to form a contract.
But these two trained blazing hounds for two months and got a contract thrown in their faces?
So she was the only one licking boots for nothing?
Zhang Feng blinked. “Initiated a contract? What does that mean?”
“A magic beast can initiate a contract with a human first,” Qian Qi said, jaw tight. “The chance is tiny. Like… tiny-tiny. Honestly, you could say it never happens.”
As far as she knew, there was no public record of it.
But she also knew Silver had proposed a contract to her right after giving birth, so she couldn’t fully believe the “never” part.
What she couldn’t believe was why it happened so fast for them.
“But we’re ordinary people,” Zhang Feng said. “Contracting with us is impossible.”
Qian Qi’s eyes stung in a very specific way. “It’s possible.”
Zhang Feng froze. “Huh?”
“Ordinary people can contract magic beasts too. You just don’t know it.” Her expression sharpened, all humor drained away. “But you cannot tell anyone. Not a word.”
She wasn’t being dramatic.
Ordinary people were fragile. Most didn’t have protection like Zhang Feng and Liang Yu Ting—two grandpas watching their backs and D-rank defensive armor shielding their bodies. If regular people rushed into magic beast contact with nothing but ambition, they’d die.
When her berserk powder and defense fruit spread, when the world was stronger, then this could come out.
Not now.
“I can help you form the contract in secret,” Qian Qi said, eyes locked on them. “But don’t go showing off. Only the three of us—no…”
Her gaze dropped to Little Min. “Only the four of us know.”
Zhang Feng and Liang Yu Ting followed her gaze without thinking.
Then their brains caught up and short-circuited.
“We can… contract a magic beast?” Liang Yu Ting whispered.
“This is insane,” Zhang Feng said. “Even students with beast-taming talent can’t do it. We’re ordinary—how could we—”
“You can,” Qian Qi snapped, jealousy practically steaming off her skin. “Don’t make me say it a third time!”
Zhang Feng and Liang Yu Ting clamped their mouths shut.
A beat passed.
Then Zhang Feng, doomed by curiosity, asked softly, “Qian Qi… if you’re this amazing, doesn’t that mean you already contracted a magic beast a long time ago?”
A pillow flew.
It hit him with a satisfying thud.
“Get the hell out!” Qian Qi roared.
Not long after, news about Qian Qi exploded online. It shot to the top of the trending lists. The hottest topic was her conversation with Tang Yun De about buying the formula.
Some people praised her, calling her capable. Some marveled that someone so young could negotiate business with Tang Yun De. Others said she was attention-seeking, that it was all staged hype.
There were plenty of saints too—people who swore that if they ever created a magic potion, they’d release it for free to benefit everyone, unlike Qian Qi, who was asking society for money like some petty merchant.
And the most ridiculous rumors claimed she was sleeping with Li Hong Sheng. Otherwise, how could a student make something that powerful?
The System watched the comments scroll and glanced at Qian Qi carefully. “You’re still reading? Not angry?”
“Why would I be angry?” Qian Qi snorted.
She’d seen worse in her past life. Words typed from a safe distance, with zero physical damage behind them, couldn’t touch her.
“They’re not stopping me from making money.” She grinned, cruel and delighted. “While they roll around in the gutter just to survive, I’ve already latched onto the most badass System in the universe. I’m going to lie in a mountain of gold and count cash until my hands go numb.”
The System coughed, clearly pleased, then tried to sound serious. “Since you’re so stable, there’s something I need to tell you.”
“Oh?” Qian Qi tilted her head. “Spit it out.”
“Watch your mouth. Be serious.” The System’s tone shifted. “You know you cleared the Yan Jiao dungeon, right?”
Qian Qi’s eyes narrowed. “Then how did I clear it?”
“Not important,” the System cut her off. “What matters is… you contracted a magic beast in there.”
Qian Qi froze.
Then she pointed at herself, mouth dropping open. “Me? I contracted a magic beast? Seriously? A D-rank one?”
That made no sense. Contracting was supposed to be difficult. She hadn’t even been in the Yan Jiao dungeon for long.
How could some magic beast fall in love at first sight and decide she was The One?
“Did my luck explode?” she murmured, brightening. “Did I run into some hopeless romantic with rocks for brains?”
The System went silent for half a second. “…What did you even just say?”
Qian Qi rubbed her hands together, excitement bubbling up despite herself. “So what did I contract? A lion? A leopard? A cute little bunny?”
“It’s crow-shaped,” the System said.
Qian Qi’s smile died.
“It’s slightly fierce, lightning fast, and small,” the System added. “A cowardly little beast.”
Qian Qi turned, grabbed her light-brain, and started searching how to break a contract.
The System sighed. “Hey. You don’t have to be that disgusted. Lose your memory and dump it on the spot? Over there, people like you get called a scumbag master.”