Chapter 60

Chapter 61: That Day, Every Beast Tamer Took a Slap

Qian Qi turned to Liu Sheng and asked: “Classmate, can your Lao Liu catch a frisbee?”

Liu Sheng shook his head hard: “No. I’ve trained him many times and even showed him videos. He doesn’t get it.” So far, Lao Liu understood only attack moves. Well, and meal times. He always yelled when he was hungry.

“I see.” Qian Qi looked around for something handy, then asked, “Classmate, can I borrow your jacket?”

“Huh?” Liu Sheng looked from his jacket to Qian Qi’s. “But you have one.”

Qian Qi glanced at her own faux-leather jacket that cost 27.55 and said mysteriously: “You don’t get it. It has to be the Contract Master’s jacket.”

“What are you trying to do?” Liu Sheng was confused, and the other students looked just as lost.

“Liu Sheng, hurry and give it to her!” cried the Beast Taming students who were watching. “We want to see what Big Boss Qian Qi is about to do!”

Ever since Qian Qi beat a D grade Contract Beast, the Beast Taming students had a strange faith in her. They couldn’t help expecting something amazing every time she moved.

Pushed by the crowd, Liu Sheng handed over his jacket.

Qian Qi crumpled it into a ball and tossed it far.

Liu Sheng gaped: “…?”

Qian Qi patted Lao Liu’s rump and ordered: “Lao Liu, go fetch it!”

Lao Liu tilted his head and stared at her.

Liu Sheng realized what she wanted and shook his head again: “Forget it. He won’t fetch. Flame Hounds are magibeasts, not pet dogs. They think fetching is beneath them.”

“Yeah, magibeasts are hard to train,” another student complained. “Mine still poops on the sofa after two years and refuses to use the litter box.”

“Big Boss, give up,” someone added. “You’re great with Magiplants, but training magibeasts isn’t your thing.”

Qian Qi ignored them. She rubbed her chin, thinking. A moment later, she stood in front of Lao Liu and gave the base of his skull a light click.

Then she pointed at the jacket and said clearly: “Lao Liu, bring the jacket back.”

Lao Liu kept tilting his head and staring.

“See? I told you it wouldn’t work,” Liu Sheng sighed. “Magibeasts are proud. They won’t do things only dogs do…”

The next second, his proud Lao Liu sprang out like an arrow, happily picked up the jacket, trotted back, and set it before Qian Qi.

He even lowered his head for praise, nudging Qian Qi’s hand again and again.

Liu Sheng froze, then burst with jealousy: [I’m so salty right now.] [When I bought you a Fire Qilin Fruit, you weren’t this obedient.] [Now you’re cuddly with a stranger? After all the meals I served and the poop I scooped?]

He couldn’t understand it at all. Why would Lao Liu fetch the jacket for Qian Qi but refuse to fetch the frisbee for him? Was it the smell? But the frisbee should have had his smell too.

The other Beast Tamer students were just as stunned. “How did Lao Liu suddenly become so obedient?” one asked. Another said, “Didn’t Big Boss Qian Qi say it has to carry the Contract Master’s scent?” A third wondered, “If we throw our jackets, will it work for us too?”

A student tested it right away. He balled up his own jacket and threw it, patted his beast’s rump, and said: “Go, fetch it.”

His Contract Beast gave him a chilly look, then slapped him with a paw.

[Know your place. You think you can pat this noble beast’s rear?]

Others followed and also got slapped.

“Why isn’t it working?”

“It was the same steps. Why can’t we do it?”

They thought about what they had missed and then lit up together. “Just now, Big Boss Qian Qi gave the Flame Hound’s neck a click, right? That must be a switch!”

Several students reached out, grabbed their Contract Beasts’ necks, and tried to copy Qian Qi’s click.

The next second, their beasts bit their arms. The Contract Masters screamed in pain.

[This can’t be right. Qian Qi did exactly this.]

Qian Qi chuckled at the scene. She turned back to Lao Liu and gave him a full-body joint-release massage.

With several gentle clicks, Lao Liu felt as light as air. His speed and agility went straight up to near E grade. He threw back his head and howled, then lifted his legs and sprinted along the edge of the Beast Taming Plaza.

He was at least three times faster than A Tu had been during the earlier race.

A student almost thought Liu Sheng had given Lao Liu some secret boost and yelled: “Whoa, Liu Sheng, since when is Lao Liu that fast?”

Liu Sheng was shocked too. He knew his Contract Beast’s top speed, and this was impossible. Unless…

He looked at Qian Qi. [Was it that massage just now? But that was only a simple massage, right?]

The Beast Taming Teacher had watched everything. Staring at the calm Qian Qi, he asked yet again: “Classmate, what exactly is going on?”

He had lost count of how many times he’d asked that today. This class had jumped far off his plan and kept punching him with surprises.

Qian Qi paused for two seconds, but the teacher cut her off: “Forget it. Don’t say anything. I won’t believe a word.”

Qian Qi sighed: “…” [Sob. So much for trust between people.]

Liu Sheng rubbed his hands and asked humbly: “Big Boss Qian Qi, how did you do it? Why do the Flame Hounds like you so much?”

Qian Qi finally got to pause for real. After two seconds, she said: “I’ll post the exact method on the campus forum at 12:00 a.m. tonight. You’re welcome to read it.”

Liu Sheng and the others lit up. They nodded over and over, staring at Qian Qi like she was a lifesaver: “Please don’t be late. We’ll be waiting.”

Qian Qi patted her chest and promised: “Don’t worry. I won’t be late.”

After that practical class, news that Qian Qi was favored by the Flame Hounds and even tamed them spread across the forum like fire. People said every Beast Tamer on campus took a slap from their own beast that afternoon.

Some hardworking student even posted a video of Qian Qi massaging a Contract Beast, and the views exploded. Comments piled up fast. Students whispered online: “Did you notice the beast got stronger after Qian Qi massaged it?” “Looks like it. Is it some special technique?” “Insider news: Qian Qi will share how to get a Flame Hound to like you at 12:00 a.m. tonight.” “No way, really? Then contracting a Flame Hound will be easy from now on.” “As expected of Qian Qi. I’ll be waiting right on time. One person, one hound, here we come!”

The Beast Taming students were too excited to sleep. They camped on the forum, ready to learn how to win a Flame Hound’s favor.

Late that night, Qian Qi got back from the Back Mountain and sat on her bed. She opened her Light-Brain with a slow smile.

She rubbed her hands. [Oh, my cute, charming, and rich students of the Beast Taming Department.] “You must be dying to know the method,” she whispered to herself, then grinned, “Easy.”

Her fingers flew over the Light-Brain, and a sly, crafty smile spread over her plain little face, growing sharper bit by bit.